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Motivated to be an active community member of people who care. We cannot give up. As long as we stay involved, there’s hope.
It is too late for individuals, families, our allied countries. And now it appears it may be too late for our immediate future…. Scott Bessent as fed chair: never.
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
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December 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
It is too late for individuals, families, our allied countries. And now it appears it may be too late for our immediate future…. Scott Bessent as fed chair: never.
The Trump family is and always has been fundamentally corrupt.
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The Trump family is and always has been fundamentally corrupt.
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
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Further evidence: “Ultimately, [Trump’s] impulse to give clemency to bad people…is rooted in what Weigel called Trump’s monomyth: ‘that the justice system he’s tangled with throughout his business and political careers is crooked, picking favorites.’
The Only Democrats Trump Likes...
...are ones accused of corruption.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Further evidence: “Ultimately, [Trump’s] impulse to give clemency to bad people…is rooted in what Weigel called Trump’s monomyth: ‘that the justice system he’s tangled with throughout his business and political careers is crooked, picking favorites.’
It is horrendous that in the US we read stories daily about ICE abuses,military in our cities, children dying, farms closing,+the murders of 82 human beings at sea. It is shocking that Congress cannot coalesce against Trump, Miller, Noem, Hegseth +Kennedy as what they do is unAmerican +unacceptable.
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
It is horrendous that in the US we read stories daily about ICE abuses,military in our cities, children dying, farms closing,+the murders of 82 human beings at sea. It is shocking that Congress cannot coalesce against Trump, Miller, Noem, Hegseth +Kennedy as what they do is unAmerican +unacceptable.
The depravity of ICE and of the Trump administration is revealed to us daily. Congressional republicans, you are being called upon to honor your oath and serve this country. Impeach Trump and his cabinet now.
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The depravity of ICE and of the Trump administration is revealed to us daily. Congressional republicans, you are being called upon to honor your oath and serve this country. Impeach Trump and his cabinet now.
And yet he has Hegseth bomb 22 boats claiming, though not proving, the people who were murdered were “narcoterrorists”.
Trump has now pardoned a murderous drug lord who smuggled 400 tons of cocaine into the country, AND the guy who ran the Dark Web's biggest drug marketplace.
Former Honduran president released from US prison after Trump pardon reut.rs/3Y3ziKg
December 3, 2025 at 1:14 AM
And yet he has Hegseth bomb 22 boats claiming, though not proving, the people who were murdered were “narcoterrorists”.
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BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇
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I have lived in Nashville since 2002 and have never seen excitement around a candidate like this ever.
December 1, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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The cover up +failure to take responsibility by Noem, +by Hegseth on ordering Special Ops to kill the survivors of a 9/2 strike on a small boat off Venezuela, +on Kennedy for changing the CDC website++, and on Trump for Epstein files, DMing Bondi, +acting as a mad king++ is the beginning of the end.
SmallBites (@smallbite)
Welker: What vetting did the Trump administration do before giving this suspect asylum?
Noem: That’s the Biden administration’s responsibility.
Welker: Asylum was approved in April of this year ...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The cover up +failure to take responsibility by Noem, +by Hegseth on ordering Special Ops to kill the survivors of a 9/2 strike on a small boat off Venezuela, +on Kennedy for changing the CDC website++, and on Trump for Epstein files, DMing Bondi, +acting as a mad king++ is the beginning of the end.
“Judges in Massachusetts and Colorado recently certified class action lawsuits against ICE’s new approach. And [last] Tuesday, a judge in California approved a nationwide class, which could immediately force the administration to provide bond hearings to those subject to the ICE policy.”
More than 220 judges have now rejected the Trump admin’s mass detention policy
The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.
www.politico.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“Judges in Massachusetts and Colorado recently certified class action lawsuits against ICE’s new approach. And [last] Tuesday, a judge in California approved a nationwide class, which could immediately force the administration to provide bond hearings to those subject to the ICE policy.”
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“If the allegations against Hegseth are true, he must be held to account with his removal and criminal conviction.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Must Pete Hegseth Be Investigated Now?
A Saturday Prompt
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November 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“If the allegations against Hegseth are true, he must be held to account with his removal and criminal conviction.”
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Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Referring to Hegseth’s order to kill the survivors of a 9/2 strike on a small boat off Venezuela, former JAGs declared unanimously “…the giving +the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both” and “anyone who issues or follows such orders [to] be prosecuted.”
November 29, 2025
In the wake of yesterday’s report from Alex Horton and Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Special Operations to kill the survivors of a September 2 stri...
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November 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Referring to Hegseth’s order to kill the survivors of a 9/2 strike on a small boat off Venezuela, former JAGs declared unanimously “…the giving +the execution of these orders, if true, to constitute war crimes, murder, or both” and “anyone who issues or follows such orders [to] be prosecuted.”
Fully agree, they are complicit
Congress and the supreme court gave their power away to Trump, everything that comes next falls squarely on their shoulders.
November 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Fully agree, they are complicit
“ICE arrests in the Boston area more than tripled in the first seven months of this year compared to last, while the number of people sent to facilities outside New England spiked sixfold, according to the Globe analysis.”
This brutality has got to stop. Fyi, Boston is legally a Sanctuary city.
This brutality has got to stop. Fyi, Boston is legally a Sanctuary city.
‘Treated like an animal’: ICE is moving detained immigrants quickly to conservative states, raising due process concerns - The Boston Globe
Immigrants in New England targeted for deportation are being whisked away quicker and to farther locations than ever before.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“ICE arrests in the Boston area more than tripled in the first seven months of this year compared to last, while the number of people sent to facilities outside New England spiked sixfold, according to the Globe analysis.”
This brutality has got to stop. Fyi, Boston is legally a Sanctuary city.
This brutality has got to stop. Fyi, Boston is legally a Sanctuary city.
Essential that we all stand up for our laws +our constitution. Of course the military, but also ICE who to my understanding, before Trump+Miller was focused on drug enforcement +sex trafficking, Congress +the courts.
Trump threw fit because, as we know, he +his gang could care less about our laws.
Trump threw fit because, as we know, he +his gang could care less about our laws.
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Essential that we all stand up for our laws +our constitution. Of course the military, but also ICE who to my understanding, before Trump+Miller was focused on drug enforcement +sex trafficking, Congress +the courts.
Trump threw fit because, as we know, he +his gang could care less about our laws.
Trump threw fit because, as we know, he +his gang could care less about our laws.
Jay Kao:”The president should not even be talking to the AG…yet Trump sends a DM to Bondi +then posts it on Truth Social. … The DOJ is hollowed out legally…make them do the work they hate and they willI leave, so only loyalist who will follow orders will stay.”
—just as spelled out in Project 2025
—just as spelled out in Project 2025
Just the thing for easing back into the news after Thanksgiving. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jay Kuo, from the Status Kuo Substack, joins me for a conversation between two appellate lawyers about, well, everything.
A recording from Joyce Vance's live video
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November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Jay Kao:”The president should not even be talking to the AG…yet Trump sends a DM to Bondi +then posts it on Truth Social. … The DOJ is hollowed out legally…make them do the work they hate and they willI leave, so only loyalist who will follow orders will stay.”
—just as spelled out in Project 2025
—just as spelled out in Project 2025
It has always been the 30%… next Tuesday Aftyn Behn must win in the special election in Tennessee 💪
Most in GOP say: No so fast, Mr. President - The Boston Globe
Trump loyalists want broad powers, but most Republicans don’t.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It has always been the 30%… next Tuesday Aftyn Behn must win in the special election in Tennessee 💪
He is a sick lunatic, +does not belong anywhere near the White House yet is finding others who like himself are arrogant, incompetent +also deeply cruel.A reflection of the egoic man in the oval. We must get them out. Dems in congress need to plan with dem governors now.The midterms may be too late.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
He is a sick lunatic, +does not belong anywhere near the White House yet is finding others who like himself are arrogant, incompetent +also deeply cruel.A reflection of the egoic man in the oval. We must get them out. Dems in congress need to plan with dem governors now.The midterms may be too late.
Way to go AG Andrea Campbell, who
wrote The Boston Trust Act to ensure “…every Boston resident—regardless of immigration status—can report crimes, serve as witnesses, and seek police assistance without fear of doing so will lead to deportation…for themselves or loved ones.”
wrote The Boston Trust Act to ensure “…every Boston resident—regardless of immigration status—can report crimes, serve as witnesses, and seek police assistance without fear of doing so will lead to deportation…for themselves or loved ones.”
AG Campbell urges judge to toss Justice Department suit challenging Boston’s ‘sanctuary’ immigration policy - The Boston Globe
In the brief filed Monday in US District Court in Boston, Campbell wrote that the Trust Act complies with state law, including a 2017 ruling by the state’s highest court.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Way to go AG Andrea Campbell, who
wrote The Boston Trust Act to ensure “…every Boston resident—regardless of immigration status—can report crimes, serve as witnesses, and seek police assistance without fear of doing so will lead to deportation…for themselves or loved ones.”
wrote The Boston Trust Act to ensure “…every Boston resident—regardless of immigration status—can report crimes, serve as witnesses, and seek police assistance without fear of doing so will lead to deportation…for themselves or loved ones.”
I fully agree, but believe that congress is obligated on behalf of their constituency to impeach each and every one of them now!
People are saying that FBI Director Kash Patel might be fired, but in my opinion trump's ENTIRE cabinet is a joke: Hegseth, Pam Bondi, Rubio, RFK Jr, McMahon, Kristi Noem, Rollins, Nutlick...
Either he intentionally picked the WORST people, or just couldn't find anyone better.
Either he intentionally picked the WORST people, or just couldn't find anyone better.
November 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I fully agree, but believe that congress is obligated on behalf of their constituency to impeach each and every one of them now!
Hegseth is a huge +dangerous embarrassment.
With deep gratitude we have Senator Mark Kelly, who 25 years ago was stationed on the USS Midway during Desert Storm. He flew 39 combat missions over Iraq +Kuwait, had a missile blow up next to his airplane +, was shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft.
With deep gratitude we have Senator Mark Kelly, who 25 years ago was stationed on the USS Midway during Desert Storm. He flew 39 combat missions over Iraq +Kuwait, had a missile blow up next to his airplane +, was shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft.
When you draw a platoon leader like Hegseth, it’s your worst nightmare. You just ride it out until he’s gone and gets replaced by someone who isn’t a complete jackass. Only a fool like Trump would put one of them in charge of the entire defense department.
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Hegseth is a huge +dangerous embarrassment.
With deep gratitude we have Senator Mark Kelly, who 25 years ago was stationed on the USS Midway during Desert Storm. He flew 39 combat missions over Iraq +Kuwait, had a missile blow up next to his airplane +, was shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft.
With deep gratitude we have Senator Mark Kelly, who 25 years ago was stationed on the USS Midway during Desert Storm. He flew 39 combat missions over Iraq +Kuwait, had a missile blow up next to his airplane +, was shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft.
Fascinating and highly informative chat on the supposed American plan
My chat with the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Ukraine and the United States. Was meant to be 30 minutes and ended up going for an hour. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/o…
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fascinating and highly informative chat on the supposed American plan