John Kaster
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Call them relentlessly
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Leigh bringing it as always 🔥
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Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Leigh bringing it as always 🔥
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Call them relentlessly
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Leigh bringing it as always 🔥
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Leigh bringing it as always 🔥
@politicsgirl.bsky.social
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What could go wrong?🙄
We'd better hope Elon never gets mad at the government or our national defense may stop working.
We'd better hope Elon never gets mad at the government or our national defense may stop working.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the integration of Elon Musk's xAI platform, Grok, into military networks as part of a new "AI acceleration strategy" during a visit to SpaceX.
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 AM
What could go wrong?🙄
We'd better hope Elon never gets mad at the government or our national defense may stop working.
We'd better hope Elon never gets mad at the government or our national defense may stop working.
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I want to make this abundantly clear: There is NO reason Ukrainians should be suffering this genocidal hell. The free world has the power to help protect them. We are CHOOSING not to uphold international law and our obligations under it to Ukraine. So Ukrainians suffer and die.
Ice on the inside of the entry door to our Babusya’s apartment block in Kyiv. The temperature is -12 C outside, and Russia is continuing to attack the Ukrainian capital’s energy infrastructure with drones. The latest air raid ended about an hour ago.
January 13, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I want to make this abundantly clear: There is NO reason Ukrainians should be suffering this genocidal hell. The free world has the power to help protect them. We are CHOOSING not to uphold international law and our obligations under it to Ukraine. So Ukrainians suffer and die.
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Democrats are simultaneously beginning to refer to ICE and CBP agents as "poorly trained."
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
January 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Democrats are simultaneously beginning to refer to ICE and CBP agents as "poorly trained."
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
This message comes from leadership. They're trying to use it as a substitute for dismantling ICE and CBP and imprisoning their current employees. Don't fall for it; don't take any Dem seriously who uses it.
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Ilhan tells some yappy dumbass what's up
January 13, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Ilhan tells some yappy dumbass what's up
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I mean, sure, if there was a war and they snuck up on some soldiers by adopting the trappings of civil aviation, you might call it a war crime. But since there wasn’t one and they snuck up on some civilians who were probably fishermen and at worst drug dealers, it’s just fuckin murder.
Breaking NYT:
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter.
The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status.
That is a war crime called "perfidy."
U.S. Attacked Boat With Aircraft That Looked Like a Civilian Plane
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:25 AM
I mean, sure, if there was a war and they snuck up on some soldiers by adopting the trappings of civil aviation, you might call it a war crime. But since there wasn’t one and they snuck up on some civilians who were probably fishermen and at worst drug dealers, it’s just fuckin murder.
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UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
January 13, 2026 at 5:15 AM
UPDATE: The pipe bomber is a 2x Trump voter and will argue Trump’s insurrection pardons apply to him also
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
www.fox5dc.com/news/dc-pipe...
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
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Greg Bovino is a lying thug who fabricates claims of crowd violence as a pretext for unlawful use of force:
www.fox32chicago.com/news/border-...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/border-...
January 13, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Greg Bovino is a lying thug who fabricates claims of crowd violence as a pretext for unlawful use of force:
www.fox32chicago.com/news/border-...
www.fox32chicago.com/news/border-...
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NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
A new spate of Justice Department officials quit because their section didn't want to probe Renee Good's shooting
At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now
January 13, 2026 at 4:15 AM
NEW: Top DOJ officials quit after their division refused to probe Minnesota ICE shooting - At least four leaders of the Civil Rights Division resigned because the section's head, Harmeet Dhillon, decided not to investigate shooting of Renee Good.
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
www.ms.now/news/doj-civ...
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Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
This woman is harder than goddamn steel dealing with these goddamn thugs. I want her to be my neighbor.
January 13, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Will never not be jarring to see armed goons demanding people’s papers on the street in the United States of America like it’s Nazi Germany. Fuckin nightmare scenes.
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But wait a minute... Trump told us yesterday he was interim president of Venezuela.
JUST IN: Rubio tells Judge Boasberg that there’s no way to retrieve the 137 Venezuelans deported under the Alien Enemies Act — or even offer them due process — given the delicate negotiations with Venezuela’s new post-Maduro regime. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declaration of Secretary of State Rubio – #229, Att. #1 in J.G.G. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00766) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Response to Court Order by PAMELA J. BONDI, PETER B. HEGSETH, KRISTI L. NOEM, MARCO A. RUBIO, MADISON SHEAHAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURI...
storage.courtlistener.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
But wait a minute... Trump told us yesterday he was interim president of Venezuela.
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"ICE is violence-prone because its main purpose has become theatrical. Under present leadership, ICE is less a law-enforcement agency than it is a content creator.
from David Frum:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
from David Frum:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Why Vance Committed So Hard to the Minneapolis Shooter
The vice president knows what ICE means to MAGA.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 5:06 AM
"ICE is violence-prone because its main purpose has become theatrical. Under present leadership, ICE is less a law-enforcement agency than it is a content creator.
from David Frum:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
from David Frum:
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
Trump 'orders US army chiefs to draw up plan to invade Greenland'
Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
“A diplomatic source said: 'The generals think Trump's Greenland plan is crazy and illegal. So they are trying to deflect him with other major military operations. They say it's like dealing with a five-year-old'.”
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
That’s an insult to 5-year olds.
A dangerous and corrupt moron.
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23,000 words, not one of them "Epstein."
January 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
23,000 words, not one of them "Epstein."
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If we continue to treat contending with NCII and AI-enabled sexual abuse as secondary to innovation, we will keep rediscovering the same harm- only louder, faster, and harder to undo, write WITNESS’ Bruna Santos and shirin anlen.
The Grok Disaster Isn't An Anomaly. It Follows Warnings That Were Ignored. | TechPolicy.Press
AI developers and regulators must treat nonconsensual sexualized imagery as a design-level risk, write Bruna Martins dos Santos and shirin anlen.
www.techpolicy.press
January 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If we continue to treat contending with NCII and AI-enabled sexual abuse as secondary to innovation, we will keep rediscovering the same harm- only louder, faster, and harder to undo, write WITNESS’ Bruna Santos and shirin anlen.
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It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
Boycott Hilton Hotels
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
It's worth your time to call Hilton to cancel your account with them. 1-800-446-6677. Here's why:
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
They asked me if it was because of the ICE thing. I said it was. Then they suggested I wait a couple days to see if they were going to change course.
The pressure is getting to them. Let's keep it up.
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a bunch of the most powerful people in the world holding hands and chanting "worse things aren't possible"
this is a five alarm Fucking With The Money fire and between this and the Greenland threats the rich assholes might want to wake up and realize this dude is going to cost them way more than any wealth tax will
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
January 12, 2026 at 3:38 AM
a bunch of the most powerful people in the world holding hands and chanting "worse things aren't possible"
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I agree with those saying that the death of Renee Good should resonate across America in the same way the 1970 Kent State Massacre did.
As the full facts of this shooting become known, the horror of it expands exponentially.
We mustn't let new news overtake our memory of recent horrors.
As the full facts of this shooting become known, the horror of it expands exponentially.
We mustn't let new news overtake our memory of recent horrors.
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I agree with those saying that the death of Renee Good should resonate across America in the same way the 1970 Kent State Massacre did.
As the full facts of this shooting become known, the horror of it expands exponentially.
We mustn't let new news overtake our memory of recent horrors.
As the full facts of this shooting become known, the horror of it expands exponentially.
We mustn't let new news overtake our memory of recent horrors.
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"If Iran shoots protesters we'll invade" - ICE shoots woman in the face
"We must take down the narco regime in Venezuela" - pardons Honduran narco dictator
"Maduro runs a torture camp in Caracas" - has torture camp in Guantánamo
Every accusation is a confession.
"We must take down the narco regime in Venezuela" - pardons Honduran narco dictator
"Maduro runs a torture camp in Caracas" - has torture camp in Guantánamo
Every accusation is a confession.
January 11, 2026 at 4:31 PM
"If Iran shoots protesters we'll invade" - ICE shoots woman in the face
"We must take down the narco regime in Venezuela" - pardons Honduran narco dictator
"Maduro runs a torture camp in Caracas" - has torture camp in Guantánamo
Every accusation is a confession.
"We must take down the narco regime in Venezuela" - pardons Honduran narco dictator
"Maduro runs a torture camp in Caracas" - has torture camp in Guantánamo
Every accusation is a confession.
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Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
Russell Vought, Trump’s Shadow President
From the wholesale gutting of federal agencies to the ongoing government shutdown, Russell Vought has drawn the road map for Trump’s second term. Vought has consolidated power to an extent that inside...
www.propublica.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Russ Vought set out to ensure a second Trump term would not be hampered by checks and balances:
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
“I don’t want President Trump having to lose a moment of time having fights in the Oval Office about whether something is legal or doable or moral.”
(Published Oct. 2025 with @newyorker.com)
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“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.
Kaine: "I can tell you this -- we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this."
January 12, 2026 at 3:11 AM
“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.
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If Congress waits, Trump will simply seize it before Congress can take a vote. Congress needed to vote on this LITERALLY yesterday.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
“If we need to”…. You fucking need to.
Kaine: "I can tell you this -- we will force a vote in the Senate about no US military action in Greenland or Denmark if we need to. We will get overwhelmingly bipartisan support that this president is foolish to even suggest this."
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
If Congress waits, Trump will simply seize it before Congress can take a vote. Congress needed to vote on this LITERALLY yesterday.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.
Every hour that passes there is a MAJOR risk that Greenland is stolen from its people AND the NATO alliance immediately collapses.
How can they not see this? Act NOW.