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The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
January 16, 2026 at 3:38 PM
The 6-month-old that DHS is tweeting about here lived in the neighborhood and the baby’s father was just trying to evacuate his family after federal agents had shot someone.
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So how do the failure to cut spending line up with DOGE's claims? The wall of receipts was mostly a wall of lies, based on double-counting, claiming pre-existing cuts, claiming programs that remain in place have been eliminated, or vastly exaggerating the scale of cuts.
January 16, 2026 at 2:54 PM
So how do the failure to cut spending line up with DOGE's claims? The wall of receipts was mostly a wall of lies, based on double-counting, claiming pre-existing cuts, claiming programs that remain in place have been eliminated, or vastly exaggerating the scale of cuts.
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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this, driving a person to suicide because they had the temerity to want to work in public service, is what russ vought hoped to accomplish
“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
this, driving a person to suicide because they had the temerity to want to work in public service, is what russ vought hoped to accomplish
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So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
Federal prosecutors quit in protest over lack of investigation into ICE shooting
Six lawyers from US attorney’s office in Minnesota quit along with four leaders of DoJ’s civil rights division
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
So, if I'm reading this right:
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
4 prosecutors at the Dept of Justice Civil Rights division quit because the Trump-appointed leadership won't investigate Good's killer,
and
6 from the Minnesota US Attorney's office quit when they were told instead to investigate her widow.
(HT @benjaminkabak.com)
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This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
Jerome Powell: "This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
January 12, 2026 at 1:45 AM
This is the sort of statement that was expected from every university president and law firm partner over the last year. That those statements weren’t made played a huge part in where we are now and people will remember.
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This is a Kavanaugh stop.
January 12, 2026 at 12:01 AM
This is a Kavanaugh stop.
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As someone pointed out, this is what a Kavanaugh stop REALLY looks like.
January 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
As someone pointed out, this is what a Kavanaugh stop REALLY looks like.
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it is 2022. I am arguing with Will stancil about mask mandates.
it is 2024. I am agreeing with Will Stancil about the Biden economy and Elon Musk.
it is 2027. I am helping members of the 1st Free Minneapolis Volunteers spraypaint an icon of Will Stancil on the side of one of their tanks.
it is 2024. I am agreeing with Will Stancil about the Biden economy and Elon Musk.
it is 2027. I am helping members of the 1st Free Minneapolis Volunteers spraypaint an icon of Will Stancil on the side of one of their tanks.
hey if any attorneys in DC want to help me bring a pre-enforcement action against ed martin, I'm 100% for it
Will you arguably can go to a judge right now. This is a threat from a US attorney. Talk to a lawyer about a pre-enforcement action
February 4, 2025 at 4:59 AM
it is 2022. I am arguing with Will stancil about mask mandates.
it is 2024. I am agreeing with Will Stancil about the Biden economy and Elon Musk.
it is 2027. I am helping members of the 1st Free Minneapolis Volunteers spraypaint an icon of Will Stancil on the side of one of their tanks.
it is 2024. I am agreeing with Will Stancil about the Biden economy and Elon Musk.
it is 2027. I am helping members of the 1st Free Minneapolis Volunteers spraypaint an icon of Will Stancil on the side of one of their tanks.
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ICE brandishing, not legal fucking cowards .
January 9, 2026 at 10:33 PM
ICE brandishing, not legal fucking cowards .
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The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
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Trump's "mastermind" Vought is stymied once again in his yearlong crusade to protect corporations and screw over consumers by shutting down the CFPB. Despite his best efforts to bankrupt the CFPB, today he officially complied w/ a court order to keep it funded. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624...
January 9, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Trump's "mastermind" Vought is stymied once again in his yearlong crusade to protect corporations and screw over consumers by shutting down the CFPB. Despite his best efforts to bankrupt the CFPB, today he officially complied w/ a court order to keep it funded. www.courtlistener.com/docket/69624...
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Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
January 8, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.”
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?
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remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
remains striking the extent to which trump quite loudly does not see himself as president of the united states and more as a clan leader for his supporters
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When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
Here is her winning poem:
www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
Here is her winning poem:
www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
Macklin, Renée Nicole
Renée Nicole Macklin, United States, (contemporary), poetry includes: On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs. Macklin is a poet, and in 2020 was an undergraduate in the English Department at Old Dominio…
www.porkopolis.org
January 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
When she is not writing, reading, or talking about writing, she has movie marathons and makes messy art with her daughter and two sons."
Here is her winning poem:
www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
Here is her winning poem:
www.porkopolis.org/pig_poet/ren...
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What an absolute dereliction of duty by basically everyone in Congress, no?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
January 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
What an absolute dereliction of duty by basically everyone in Congress, no?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
January 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Their messaging is so fucking incoherent. Maduro was an illegitimate leader who lost in 2024, which is why we're replacing him with his VP instead of the person who won in 2024. We did this to stop fentanyl, which is why he's indicted for cocaine.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
We're also occupying Venezuela via Zoom call.
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Every statement Jeffries makes is perfect for finessing the moment, & completely inadequate for the future. He says nothing wrong & in the same breath condemns his leadership, because it is *not enough* for our leaders to be narrowly correct on details. It has not been enough & it will not be enough
January 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Every statement Jeffries makes is perfect for finessing the moment, & completely inadequate for the future. He says nothing wrong & in the same breath condemns his leadership, because it is *not enough* for our leaders to be narrowly correct on details. It has not been enough & it will not be enough
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the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
January 2, 2026 at 1:43 AM
the water thing about genAI is bullshit but the thing where it makes on-demand nudes and CSAM isn't and the thing where it talks you into killing yourself isn't and those seem pretty bad
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GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 25, 2025 at 10:35 PM
GOP operatives Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman, convicted election fraudsters, were paid $960,000 in the second quarter to secure a pardon for a former nursing-home operator who defrauded the government of $38 million. Trump pardoned the man, Joseph Schwartz, last month.
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On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5