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Jim Reilly
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Retired, Opinionated Curmudgeon
Trump's Border Czar Can't Be Trusted to Make ICE Stand Down
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Trump's Border Czar Can't Be Trusted to Make ICE Stand Down
Tom Homan?
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February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
February 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
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I’m betting Comer will suddenly lose interest in this hearing.
February 5, 2026 at 3:17 PM
DOJ Attacks Judge, Claims Judicial Immunity For Itself
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DOJ Attacks Judge, Claims Judicial Immunity For Itself
Stunt, man
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February 5, 2026 at 5:52 PM
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It’s bad enough that we’re subsidizing extremely profitable sports teams with our tax dollars to build stadiums, but we’re letting them charge us $17 dollars for a beer and $11 dollars for a damn hotdog at the concession stand?

Enough. Here’s one thing we can do about it.
February 5, 2026 at 3:04 PM
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They went through the trouble of severing DHS. Just shut down DHS if republicans don’t agree to your terms. Why extend it? I get that ICE is funded no matter what and won’t close down, but what was the point of severing DHS for leverage if you’re just gonna keep extending the funding?
If Dem senators vote to extend the DHS CR again, they are instantly going to lose a tremendous amount of support from their base who have been in wait-and-see mode on this. I can only assume Dem senators considering this have completely lost touch with their voters. Don’t do it.
February 5, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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@rothschildmd.bsky.social describes how pissed off Trump's conspiracists were about the anti-gun comments in the wake of Alex Pretti's murder.

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February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Ya still can't trust DJT!
UPDATE: Despite rhetoric, feds continue aggressive crackdown in Minneapolis
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UPDATE: Despite rhetoric, feds continue aggressive crackdown in Minneapolis
After the brutal killing of Alex Pretti on January 25 — the second fatal shooting of an American citizen by federal agents in the Minneapolis area — the Trump administration sought to advance a narrat...
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February 5, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Trump is the reason the Founders kept elections out of POLITICAL CONTROL. They distrusted dealing with greedy, power crazed "kings" www.ms.now/chris-jansin...
February 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The statue is a recreation of one tossed into Baltimore Harbor in 2020. The new version got $30,000 in taxpayer money for its creation. www.ms.now/opinion/colu...
Opinion | Why Trump thinks a statue of Christopher Columbus could help him in the midterms
A statue of Christopher Columbus is moving to the White House from Baltimore. Trump thinks it will help the Italian vote in the midterms.
www.ms.now
February 5, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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Sen. Mitch McConnell is among the oldest serving senators.
Sen. Mitch McConnell Hospitalized With Flu-Like Symptoms, Received ‘Positive’ Prognosis
Sen. Mitch McConnell is among the oldest serving senators.
www.forbes.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Somebody should invent a socioeconomic system which is good at allocating resources
February 4, 2026 at 8:44 PM
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"ICE guys are pretty miserable. I don’t think morale is particularly high for them. They’re freezing, they’re getting shouted at. They can’t go anywhere without being tailed by 5 cars. They get out and immediately there's a crowd of 100 people shouting at them, blowing whistles as loud as they can."
Inside the resistance with Will Stancil
"It's something I could do to keep them from stealing my neighbors."
www.publicnotice.co
February 4, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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At this point, some leaked videos might help.
February 4, 2026 at 11:54 AM
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If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.
February 5, 2026 at 12:16 AM
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The Supreme Court’s one-line decision in the California Prop 50 gerrymandering case went the right way, but it hides a larger truth. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
February 5, 2026 at 1:39 AM
BREAKING: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED Our Motion to Compel in DOGE FOIA Case Involving Musk's Phone(s)
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BREAKING: Judge Boasberg has GRANTED Our Motion to Compel in DOGE FOIA Case Involving Musk's Phone(s)
Though still refusing to acknowledge Musk was a government employee, DOJ argued they shouldn't have to find out if he was using a personal phone. They just lost that argument.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...
Supreme Court Clears Way for California Voting Map
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February 4, 2026 at 10:02 PM