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Ahem. It's the job of the President to appoint DAs - with advice and consent from the Senate.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Ahem. It's the job of the President to appoint DAs - with advice and consent from the Senate.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
The President can ignore that rule - but only once (per district) and only for 120 days.
Do you know who appoints DAs after the 120 day mark has passed?
Pam Bondi doesn't. Because it's the judiciary.
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One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
Judge bars Trump from immediately cutting funding to the University of California | CNN Politics
The Trump administration cannot immediately cut federal funding to the University of California or issue fines against the school system over claims it allows antisemitism or other forms of discrimina...
www.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
One reason why elite schools (Columbia, Brown, Cornell) caving to Trump’s illegal impoundment and extortion is so galling — a betrayal, really — is that they would have won had they fought. By giving up, they guaranteed every other school will have to fight harder.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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Trump is melting down over the Epstein files vote—calling Republicans “weak,” “soft,” and “foolish.” Sir, if you weren’t sweating before, the 1,600 mentions of you in those 20,000 documents might explain the sudden … concern.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Trump is losing it over looming House vote to release Epstein files
President Donald Trump is panicking about an impending House vote on releasing the Epstein files. In a Truth Social post Friday morning, ...
www.dailykos.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump is melting down over the Epstein files vote—calling Republicans “weak,” “soft,” and “foolish.” Sir, if you weren’t sweating before, the 1,600 mentions of you in those 20,000 documents might explain the sudden … concern.
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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10 months in - the result is - they emboldened the murderer to kill more.
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
10 months in - the result is - they emboldened the murderer to kill more.
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Our money is on Marge in this fight — all Trump is doing by attacking her is showing his MAGA base the only thing he has ever cared about is blind loyalty to him.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our money is on Marge in this fight — all Trump is doing by attacking her is showing his MAGA base the only thing he has ever cared about is blind loyalty to him.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
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This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
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Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Chinese company UBTECH Robotics has assembled an army of humanoid robots for factory work.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
They don’t need recharging - the humanoids are capable of changing their own batteries, making their presence in production almost independent of humans.
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💣‼️ Ukrainian intelligence says Russia plans to produce up to 120,000 glide bombs in 2025, including 500 new long-range versions that can strike targets up to 200 km away (potentially 400 km), - Reuters
❗️Russia is currently firing 200–250 glide bombs per day.
❗️Russia is currently firing 200–250 glide bombs per day.
November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
💣‼️ Ukrainian intelligence says Russia plans to produce up to 120,000 glide bombs in 2025, including 500 new long-range versions that can strike targets up to 200 km away (potentially 400 km), - Reuters
❗️Russia is currently firing 200–250 glide bombs per day.
❗️Russia is currently firing 200–250 glide bombs per day.
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🇺🇸☢️ Representatives of the US Department of Energy and the nuclear industry are trying to convince Trump not to conduct nuclear tests, - CNN
The NNSA has already prepared an analytical memorandum, where it explained that the full resumption of explosive tests will require at least 36 months.
The NNSA has already prepared an analytical memorandum, where it explained that the full resumption of explosive tests will require at least 36 months.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🇺🇸☢️ Representatives of the US Department of Energy and the nuclear industry are trying to convince Trump not to conduct nuclear tests, - CNN
The NNSA has already prepared an analytical memorandum, where it explained that the full resumption of explosive tests will require at least 36 months.
The NNSA has already prepared an analytical memorandum, where it explained that the full resumption of explosive tests will require at least 36 months.
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America’s allies are adapting to a new reality: leadership without reliability.
When Trust Becomes Strategy: Rethinking America's Innovation Posture
U.S. allies have long balanced between leaning on American leadership and resisting its immense gravitational pull: political, economic, and structural.
warontherocks.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
America’s allies are adapting to a new reality: leadership without reliability.
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This isn’t good news IMO. When Willis was disqualified from prosecuting fraudulent elector Burt Jones because she hosted a fundraiser for his opponent, Skandalakis took that case for himself and disappeared it. I imagine he’ll do the same here.
BREAKING: Pete Skandalakis, executive director of the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, has appointed himself to prosecute the case against Trump and others in Fulton County.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
The move follows a court ruling that disqualified Fani Willis from pursuing the case.
November 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This isn’t good news IMO. When Willis was disqualified from prosecuting fraudulent elector Burt Jones because she hosted a fundraiser for his opponent, Skandalakis took that case for himself and disappeared it. I imagine he’ll do the same here.
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"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"300 agents stormed the building, rappelled from a helicopter, knocked down doors and hurled flash-bang grenades. Agents ziptied and detained many US citizens for hours..."
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
Prosecutors have not filed a *single* criminal charge against anyone arrested that night:
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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This was Kyiv last night
November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This was Kyiv last night
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Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Yikes 😬 an official U.S. government account just referred to Americans as “imbecilic morons.” That’s… a choice.
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🔴 Russian forces are scattering PFM-1 “butterfly” mines across the streets of Kherson, dropping the explosives from drones.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🔴 Russian forces are scattering PFM-1 “butterfly” mines across the streets of Kherson, dropping the explosives from drones.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
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"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 members of the United States Senate over $1,000,000 a piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and healthcare to pay for it. How is this even on the floor!?"
Rep. AOC
Rep. AOC
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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Very happy to see the @kennaninstitute.bsky.social, where I was proud to be a fellow for several years (and which made my first book possible), is back up and running independently after DOGE attempted to dismantle it. No Special Govt Employees can come for it now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Very happy to see the @kennaninstitute.bsky.social, where I was proud to be a fellow for several years (and which made my first book possible), is back up and running independently after DOGE attempted to dismantle it. No Special Govt Employees can come for it now. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top diplomat: “I think you might suggest to putin that lavrov can get insight on talking to me,” Epstein wrote in a June 24, 2018.
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Nearly a month before President Donald Trump met Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Helsinki in 2018, Jeffrey Epstein attempted to pass a message to Russia’s top diplomat: “I think you might suggest to putin that lavrov can get insight on talking to me,” Epstein wrote in a June 24, 2018.
Big Crookin’ in Mortgage Paperwork Nirvana: The Bill Pulte Story talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-c...
Pulte, chair of Fannie Mae, used its highly private financial data to hunt Trump foes. The purge of oversight officials at Fannie Mae came after they started scrutinizing Pulte’s improper conduct.
Pulte, chair of Fannie Mae, used its highly private financial data to hunt Trump foes. The purge of oversight officials at Fannie Mae came after they started scrutinizing Pulte’s improper conduct.
Big Crookin’ in Mortgage Paperwork Nirvana: The Bill Pulte Story
You may remember that I wrote back in August about the MAGA...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Big Crookin’ in Mortgage Paperwork Nirvana: The Bill Pulte Story talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/big-c...
Pulte, chair of Fannie Mae, used its highly private financial data to hunt Trump foes. The purge of oversight officials at Fannie Mae came after they started scrutinizing Pulte’s improper conduct.
Pulte, chair of Fannie Mae, used its highly private financial data to hunt Trump foes. The purge of oversight officials at Fannie Mae came after they started scrutinizing Pulte’s improper conduct.
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Civil Unrest Spreads As The Russian Economy Spirals
YouTube video by Jay in Kyiv
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November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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🤬❌ Russian Attacks Stop Ukraine’s Centrenergo Plants
💡All thermal power plants of the Ukrainian company Centrenergo have completely stopped generating electricity due to massive attacks by Russian forces.
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💡All thermal power plants of the Ukrainian company Centrenergo have completely stopped generating electricity due to massive attacks by Russian forces.
Read more ⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/russian-atta...
Russian Attacks Stop Ukraine’s Centrenergo Plants
All thermal power plants of the Ukrainian company Centrenergo have completely stopped generating electricity due to massive attacks by Russian forces. The compa
theukrainianreview.info
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
🤬❌ Russian Attacks Stop Ukraine’s Centrenergo Plants
💡All thermal power plants of the Ukrainian company Centrenergo have completely stopped generating electricity due to massive attacks by Russian forces.
Read more ⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/russian-atta...
💡All thermal power plants of the Ukrainian company Centrenergo have completely stopped generating electricity due to massive attacks by Russian forces.
Read more ⬇️
theukrainianreview.info/russian-atta...
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Russia deliberately targeted power substations linked to the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear plants last night. These are not random strikes, they are calculated attacks on Europe’s nuclear safety. Ukraine demands an emergency IAEA Board meeting to address this escalating threat.
November 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Russia deliberately targeted power substations linked to the Khmelnytskyi and Rivne nuclear plants last night. These are not random strikes, they are calculated attacks on Europe’s nuclear safety. Ukraine demands an emergency IAEA Board meeting to address this escalating threat.