Deb
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Trump is extorting $10 billion from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service he controls through his appointees in the most massively corrupt shakedown in US history.
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
It will barely make the mainstream news.
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Breaking Bloomberg:
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump just sued the IRS and Treasury Department for $10 billion over the unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office — potentially putting American taxpayers on the hook for a massive payout. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Sues IRS, Treasury for $10 Billion Over Tax-Return Leaks
President Donald Trump sued the US Treasury and Internal Revenue Service for at least $10 billion over an unauthorized disclosure of his tax returns to the press during his first term in office, poten...
www.bloomberg.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump is extorting $10 billion from the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service he controls through his appointees in the most massively corrupt shakedown in US history.
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
It will barely make the mainstream news.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
BREAKING: A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to reveal how it apportions taxpayer money, including information it apparently tried to hide through spend plans in footnotes.
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
This is a huge win for transparency and accountability!
Court once again shuts down OMB attempts to keep spending secret - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A federal judge ordered the Trump admin to reveal legally binding plans to spend congressionally appropriated funds today in a lawsuit brought by CREW against OMB and OMB's Director Russell Vought.
www.citizensforethics.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
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You know what? It was. And Republicans have to be made now to SAY that it is illegal. This is where we are.
I guess I was under the mistaken impression that it was *already" illegal to deport American citizens. Not to mention that said deportation would also involve kidnapping.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand a ban on the deportation of American citizens as a condition of winning their support for legislation funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
January 30, 2026 at 2:25 AM
You know what? It was. And Republicans have to be made now to SAY that it is illegal. This is where we are.
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Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
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Wanna hear something crazy?
The federal budget allocates three times the funding for ICE than for the United States Marine Corps.
The federal budget allocates three times the funding for ICE than for the United States Marine Corps.
January 30, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Wanna hear something crazy?
The federal budget allocates three times the funding for ICE than for the United States Marine Corps.
The federal budget allocates three times the funding for ICE than for the United States Marine Corps.
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A significant number of data bases related to vaccines at the CDC have not been updated in 6 months.
This is why public health data is important. Administration of the first measles vaccine was in 1963. Cases decreased. A second dose was recommended in 1989. That was even more effective. 🧪
This is why public health data is important. Administration of the first measles vaccine was in 1963. Cases decreased. A second dose was recommended in 1989. That was even more effective. 🧪
January 30, 2026 at 2:01 AM
A significant number of data bases related to vaccines at the CDC have not been updated in 6 months.
This is why public health data is important. Administration of the first measles vaccine was in 1963. Cases decreased. A second dose was recommended in 1989. That was even more effective. 🧪
This is why public health data is important. Administration of the first measles vaccine was in 1963. Cases decreased. A second dose was recommended in 1989. That was even more effective. 🧪
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The Republican Congress has completely abdicated its constitutional duty, we must demand they start doing what they swore an oath to do and rein in this out of control administration.
January 30, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The Republican Congress has completely abdicated its constitutional duty, we must demand they start doing what they swore an oath to do and rein in this out of control administration.
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Like with the Epstein files, ICE’s victims are telling you what is happening. People who have survived ICE internment have consistently mentioned others dying and/or being disappeared, they’ve talked of beatings, rape, and torture; the victims know, listen to them. #3E #GoodvsEvil
Inside Trump’s concentration camps; torture and disappearances by ICE. #Opdeatheaters #3E #GoodvsEvil #ICE #ICEout
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
January 30, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Like with the Epstein files, ICE’s victims are telling you what is happening. People who have survived ICE internment have consistently mentioned others dying and/or being disappeared, they’ve talked of beatings, rape, and torture; the victims know, listen to them. #3E #GoodvsEvil
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Gavin Newsom: “ You will not have a country if he rigs this election — you will have a president who will be running for a third term
He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”
He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”
January 29, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Gavin Newsom: “ You will not have a country if he rigs this election — you will have a president who will be running for a third term
He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”
He is wrecking this country, wrecking the economy. He's a lawless president. Wake up, America — wake up to what's going on”
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The cruelty is big business
January 30, 2026 at 12:23 AM
The cruelty is big business
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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RFK Jr: "Mr President, we're in the process of implementing your great American healthcare bill." (There is no healthcare bill.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:24 PM
RFK Jr: "Mr President, we're in the process of implementing your great American healthcare bill." (There is no healthcare bill.)
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Under Elon Musk, nearly all restrictions on porn and child trafficking have been removed, allowing Twitter to emerge as the world's leading porn and child exploitation site. Europeans ponder aggressive action against Musk. www.ft.com/content/117a...
How Elon Musk’s Grok spread sexual deepfakes and child exploitation images
Billionaire’s xAI start-up lacks adequate safeguards, say experts, but many AI models are trained on troubling material
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Under Elon Musk, nearly all restrictions on porn and child trafficking have been removed, allowing Twitter to emerge as the world's leading porn and child exploitation site. Europeans ponder aggressive action against Musk. www.ft.com/content/117a...
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"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
Homan: "I begged for the last two months on TV for the rhetoric to stop. I said in March -- if the rhetoric doesn't stop, there is gonna be bloodshed. And there has been. I wish I wasn't right. I don't want to see anybody die."
January 29, 2026 at 3:32 PM
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me."
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
--Homan in February
"Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely."
-- Tom Homan in March
"I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room"
-- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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New via WSJ:
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Exclusive | Spy Chief Tulsi Gabbard Is Hunting for 2020 Election Fraud
The director of national intelligence earlier this week joined the FBI search of an election center in Georgia.
www.wsj.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:45 PM
New via WSJ:
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
Tulsi Gabbard has spent months investigating the results of the 2020 election that Donald Trump lost.
Gabbard is leading the administration's effort to re-examine the election and look for potential crimes.
Widespread fraud does not exist. Joe Biden won the 2020 election.
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You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
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Incredible story, more extraordinary Trumpian corruption.
Two global trading houses that brokered an opaque deal with the Trump admin this month to sell Venezuelan oil were previously prosecuted for bribery schemes involving oil sales elsewhere… A senior trader at Vitol donated $6 million to Trump’s 2024 election. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump officials awarded Venezuela oil-sale contracts to firms tied to bribery
The Trump administration awarded $500 million in contracts for Venezuelan oil sales to two firms with a history of bribery and corruption.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Incredible story, more extraordinary Trumpian corruption.
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ICE is spending lots of money on data based surveillance. Data coming mostly from your smartphone and your friends', with help of all those ads.
ICE isn’t just brutal. It’s also big business. From 2008 to 2021 ICE spent *$1.2 billion* on geolocation tracking, $561M on data analysis, $252M on government databases, and $97M on data brokers. Most of that went to companies who will lobby for this system to stay in place.
January 29, 2026 at 7:14 AM
ICE is spending lots of money on data based surveillance. Data coming mostly from your smartphone and your friends', with help of all those ads.
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If I was a Senator, one of my asks to secure my vote on the budget would be the appointment of a special prosecutor to review ICE/CBP use of force cases.
Good to see: Rep Jamie Raskin is encouraging whistleblowers inside DHS and DOJ to approach Dems and share info about failure to investigate ICE murders.
"We are now being far more direct in asking whistleblowers to come forward," Raskin tells me.
In my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
"We are now being far more direct in asking whistleblowers to come forward," Raskin tells me.
In my new piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
If I was a Senator, one of my asks to secure my vote on the budget would be the appointment of a special prosecutor to review ICE/CBP use of force cases.
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"The next No Kings Day is March 28: Save the date, but don't sit back and wait" bluevirginia.us/2026/01/thur...
January 29, 2026 at 12:29 PM
"The next No Kings Day is March 28: Save the date, but don't sit back and wait" bluevirginia.us/2026/01/thur...
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5/ Taken together, this isn’t just about one raid. Trump allies may potentially be trying to fuse Maduro election tech tales, a Fulton ballot seizure, and the visible presence of the DNI into a single national security story that redeems the Big Lie.
January 29, 2026 at 12:05 PM
5/ Taken together, this isn’t just about one raid. Trump allies may potentially be trying to fuse Maduro election tech tales, a Fulton ballot seizure, and the visible presence of the DNI into a single national security story that redeems the Big Lie.
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🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~14% of New Zealand electrical power generation (15GWh). Solar power was ~2% (1.8GWh). Hydro power was ~57% (63.5GWh). Geothermal power was ~25% (28GWh).
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
January 29, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🇳🇿 Yesterday wind power accounted for ~14% of New Zealand electrical power generation (15GWh). Solar power was ~2% (1.8GWh). Hydro power was ~57% (63.5GWh). Geothermal power was ~25% (28GWh).
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
Source: EM6
#NewZealand #windenergy #solarenergy #geothermalenergy #hydroenergy
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Is this real? Because if so I think I called it with twelve minutes to spare
January 29, 2026 at 3:59 AM
Is this real? Because if so I think I called it with twelve minutes to spare
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."