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What Bannon is proposing is illegal.
Brennan Center: “It is illegal to deploy federal troops or armed federal law enforcement to any polling place. In fact, it is a federal crime for anyone in the U.S. military to interfere in elections in any way.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Brennan Center: “It is illegal to deploy federal troops or armed federal law enforcement to any polling place. In fact, it is a federal crime for anyone in the U.S. military to interfere in elections in any way.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Federal and State Election Laws Ban Federal Forces from Polling Places
Americans should feel safe to vote free from intimidation by the presence of the military or federal agents.
www.brennancenter.org
February 4, 2026 at 9:14 PM
What Bannon is proposing is illegal.
Brennan Center: “It is illegal to deploy federal troops or armed federal law enforcement to any polling place. In fact, it is a federal crime for anyone in the U.S. military to interfere in elections in any way.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
Brennan Center: “It is illegal to deploy federal troops or armed federal law enforcement to any polling place. In fact, it is a federal crime for anyone in the U.S. military to interfere in elections in any way.”
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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When I left the Post to found The Contrarian 13 mo ago, I expressed my disappointment, and disgust for Bezos’s refusal to treat ownership of The Post as a sacred mission. TO ALL WAPOST journalists: We value your work, would love you in Independent Journalism. Contact us: info@contrariannews.org
The Killing of The Post
Jeff Bezos and legacy media cowardice continue enabling Trump; slashing staff and betraying what was once a global institution
open.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:27 PM
When I left the Post to found The Contrarian 13 mo ago, I expressed my disappointment, and disgust for Bezos’s refusal to treat ownership of The Post as a sacred mission. TO ALL WAPOST journalists: We value your work, would love you in Independent Journalism. Contact us: info@contrariannews.org
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So the “elected” President with his elected majority House and Senate says they have to takeover elections because Dems cheat. Make that argument make sense.
February 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
So the “elected” President with his elected majority House and Senate says they have to takeover elections because Dems cheat. Make that argument make sense.
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You run a real classy shop, Bezos.
INBOX: Washington Post Ukraine Correspondent Lizzie Johnson announces that she has been laid off in the middle of a below-freezing war zone without power, heat, or running water.
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
You run a real classy shop, Bezos.
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realistically they are doing this because they need them elsewhere and this is not sustainable and that in itself is a victory for the MN resistance
Homan in Minneapolis: "Effective immediately, we will draw down 700 people effective today."
February 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
realistically they are doing this because they need them elsewhere and this is not sustainable and that in itself is a victory for the MN resistance
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Many people don't realize how special and valuable having a Department of Justice that is impartial and insulated from political influence is until it's gone.
February 4, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Many people don't realize how special and valuable having a Department of Justice that is impartial and insulated from political influence is until it's gone.
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Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email
The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.
newrepublic.com
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Seems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else.
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
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Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
Holy shit. Not only was Tulsi Gabbard present for the raid on Georgia's election center, she called Trump and put him on speaker phone to the FBI agents conducting the raid! (Gift link)
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Scenes from a personalist regime: the president speaks directly with the security agents expected to generate a justification for his taking control over elections
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This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
Fucking surreal that people dressed like this and carrying assault rifles are permitted to kidnap people off our streets
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
This cannot be something a civilian law enforcement agent is allowed to wear in the US — and an agency that has a culture that tolerates this cannot be saved.
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SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty."
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty."
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
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a flashing red light -- this is about 2026, not 2020 open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
Trump FBI Executes an Electoral Smash & Grab
Lauren Groh-Wargo gears up for a fair fight in Fulton County, Georgia.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 PM
a flashing red light -- this is about 2026, not 2020 open.substack.com/pub/contrari...
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Speaker Johnson is lying.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Speaker Johnson is lying.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
He knows that counting mail votes is not “magic” or “fraudulent,” it is following the law.
Echoing these lies shows how beholden Johnson is to the Liar In Chief, but the Speaker of the House should be above such awful behavior.
This is disgraceful.
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Pains me to write this with my friend & former colleague Perry Carbone (I’m writing a longer form for my book out in September). “The Justice Department and the FBI are no longer functioning primarily as law enforcement agencies. Instead, they are being used as tools for political leverage.”
From Day One, the Trump Regime Made DOJ a Tool of Political Leverage
When people believe prosecutions are political — and politics are prosecutorial — trust collapses.
open.substack.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Pains me to write this with my friend & former colleague Perry Carbone (I’m writing a longer form for my book out in September). “The Justice Department and the FBI are no longer functioning primarily as law enforcement agencies. Instead, they are being used as tools for political leverage.”
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The leadup to Jan 6 taught us: ratfuckery is ALWAYS preceded by organized efforts to set a narrative. So when a GOP Rep goes on TV and says, "it's dangerous that states run their own elections, really it should be the federal government", LISTEN. He's prepping the ground for stealing an election. 1/
BASH: Would you be comfortable w/Trump 'taking over' elections nationally?
REP GONZALES: POTUS is bringing up a fact on many Americans' minds - election integrity
B: Isn't the issue that he's not telling the truth?
G: One of the issues is every state does it differently. That gives a lot of doubt
REP GONZALES: POTUS is bringing up a fact on many Americans' minds - election integrity
B: Isn't the issue that he's not telling the truth?
G: One of the issues is every state does it differently. That gives a lot of doubt
February 3, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The leadup to Jan 6 taught us: ratfuckery is ALWAYS preceded by organized efforts to set a narrative. So when a GOP Rep goes on TV and says, "it's dangerous that states run their own elections, really it should be the federal government", LISTEN. He's prepping the ground for stealing an election. 1/
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No identifier number on the ICE agent. Northern Illinois had a court order requiring two forms of identification clearly visible. That has to happen everywhere. Every agent who draws a gun on an observer needs to be recorded and tracked.
February 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
No identifier number on the ICE agent. Northern Illinois had a court order requiring two forms of identification clearly visible. That has to happen everywhere. Every agent who draws a gun on an observer needs to be recorded and tracked.
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During all the years before Trump’s ICE, immigration agents did NOT wear masks, and they needed judicial warrants. Just sayin’.
Rep. Mark Harris: "Some of these things are nonstarters. Having judicial warrants? To me, hat's a nonstarter. Being able to make off their mask, putting them at risk? That's a nonstarter. I would say anything that's going to hamstring the work of ICE, that's just not going to go anywhere."
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
During all the years before Trump’s ICE, immigration agents did NOT wear masks, and they needed judicial warrants. Just sayin’.
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Four weeks ago: Trump floated the idea of canceling future elections
Three weeks ago: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election”
Yesterday: “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting”
But it’s not just rhetoric: all of this has come against a backdrop of concrete action.
Three weeks ago: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election”
Yesterday: “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting”
But it’s not just rhetoric: all of this has come against a backdrop of concrete action.
“Republicans ought to nationalize the voting”: Trump eyes radical power-grab
Those concerned about democracy don’t have the luxury of simply shrugging with indifference to the president’s latest conspiratorial nonsense.
www.ms.now
February 3, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Four weeks ago: Trump floated the idea of canceling future elections
Three weeks ago: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election”
Yesterday: “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting”
But it’s not just rhetoric: all of this has come against a backdrop of concrete action.
Three weeks ago: “When you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election”
Yesterday: “The Republicans ought to nationalize the voting”
But it’s not just rhetoric: all of this has come against a backdrop of concrete action.
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If you want to understand the philsophy/ideology/plan Tim is referring to, I explain in this post (see Group 3) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
February 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM
If you want to understand the philsophy/ideology/plan Tim is referring to, I explain in this post (see Group 3) open.substack.com/pub/asharang...
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BREAKING: Trump team to start “daily” meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
Justice Department expected to ramp up efforts to deliver on Trump’s ‘weaponization’ priorities | CNN Politics
Justice Department officials are expected to meet Monday to discuss how to reenergize probes that are considered a top priority for President Donald Trump — reviewing the actions of officials who inve...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
BREAKING: Trump team to start “daily” meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
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What the hell is Tulsi Gabbard up to?
February 2, 2026 at 7:24 PM
What the hell is Tulsi Gabbard up to?
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Gift Article - New: bipartisan group of DHS general counsels call out use of administrative warrants
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
Opinion | We Were Top Homeland Security Lawyers. You Can’t Wish Away the Fourth Amendment.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Gift Article - New: bipartisan group of DHS general counsels call out use of administrative warrants
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/o...
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Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
on.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
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NEW: Following multiple SpaceX Starship explosions that caused commercial jets to scramble for safety, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a broad warning that rocket launches could “significantly reduce safety” for airplanes.
FAA Warns Airlines About Safety Risks From Rocket Launches, Urges “Extreme Caution”
The agency’s official safety alert comes as SpaceX looks to ramp up Starship tests. A recent ProPublica investigation found that explosions during previous Starship launches disrupted air traffic and forced pilots to scramble for safety.
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Following multiple SpaceX Starship explosions that caused commercial jets to scramble for safety, the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a broad warning that rocket launches could “significantly reduce safety” for airplanes.