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Not one whiny question about how members of Congress should have special privileges to avoid subpoenas for call logs (not content), but focused on the facts of the prosecution of DJT.
This was one of the best moments in today’s #JackSmith hearing on the #Trump investigation.
#Jayapal did an excellent job of getting facts out there vs the Republicans repeated lies.
#SheShed🇺🇸
youtu.be/aSEBrxrO4LE?...
#Jayapal did an excellent job of getting facts out there vs the Republicans repeated lies.
#SheShed🇺🇸
youtu.be/aSEBrxrO4LE?...
WATCH: Rep. Jayapal questions Jack Smith on Trump investigations
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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January 22, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Not one whiny question about how members of Congress should have special privileges to avoid subpoenas for call logs (not content), but focused on the facts of the prosecution of DJT.
The GOP/MAGA can’t claim they are the “Party of Law & Order”
✳️ Today: shaming and blaming LE officers who defended the Capitol and ALL its legislators & staff
✳️ ICE violating the Constitution daily, w/ cheers from WH and DHS
✳️ Clemency for nearly 1600 Capitol rioters & insurrectionists
(more ⬇️)
✳️ Today: shaming and blaming LE officers who defended the Capitol and ALL its legislators & staff
✳️ ICE violating the Constitution daily, w/ cheers from WH and DHS
✳️ Clemency for nearly 1600 Capitol rioters & insurrectionists
(more ⬇️)
January 22, 2026 at 11:40 PM
The GOP/MAGA can’t claim they are the “Party of Law & Order”
✳️ Today: shaming and blaming LE officers who defended the Capitol and ALL its legislators & staff
✳️ ICE violating the Constitution daily, w/ cheers from WH and DHS
✳️ Clemency for nearly 1600 Capitol rioters & insurrectionists
(more ⬇️)
✳️ Today: shaming and blaming LE officers who defended the Capitol and ALL its legislators & staff
✳️ ICE violating the Constitution daily, w/ cheers from WH and DHS
✳️ Clemency for nearly 1600 Capitol rioters & insurrectionists
(more ⬇️)
We need the media to push back on Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Spokesperson.
She is a human lie factory and DHS paid her husband’s firm $220M (hidden by direct payment to another entity first) - at a time when Noem suspended federal purchasing rules that would have revealed this conflict.
She is a human lie factory and DHS paid her husband’s firm $220M (hidden by direct payment to another entity first) - at a time when Noem suspended federal purchasing rules that would have revealed this conflict.
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
We need the media to push back on Tricia McLaughlin, DHS Spokesperson.
She is a human lie factory and DHS paid her husband’s firm $220M (hidden by direct payment to another entity first) - at a time when Noem suspended federal purchasing rules that would have revealed this conflict.
She is a human lie factory and DHS paid her husband’s firm $220M (hidden by direct payment to another entity first) - at a time when Noem suspended federal purchasing rules that would have revealed this conflict.
Trump has NOT swept Greenland under a block of ice by saying there’s a concept of a plan. And, no. We are not at status quo.
It will take decades for America to recover from his betrayal of our allies.😢😢😢😢😢
The pain of a stab in the back is felt forever.
It will take decades for America to recover from his betrayal of our allies.😢😢😢😢😢
The pain of a stab in the back is felt forever.
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Trump has NOT swept Greenland under a block of ice by saying there’s a concept of a plan. And, no. We are not at status quo.
It will take decades for America to recover from his betrayal of our allies.😢😢😢😢😢
The pain of a stab in the back is felt forever.
It will take decades for America to recover from his betrayal of our allies.😢😢😢😢😢
The pain of a stab in the back is felt forever.
Dear Deficit Hawks:
How many lawsuits will be filed against ICE/DHS for improper conduct since 1/20/25 and what is the estimated COST to TAXPAYERS?
How much have ICE/DHS & military budgets grown since 1/20/25?
How much will the top 1% tax savings affect the national debt?
Are you happy now?
How many lawsuits will be filed against ICE/DHS for improper conduct since 1/20/25 and what is the estimated COST to TAXPAYERS?
How much have ICE/DHS & military budgets grown since 1/20/25?
How much will the top 1% tax savings affect the national debt?
Are you happy now?
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Dear Deficit Hawks:
How many lawsuits will be filed against ICE/DHS for improper conduct since 1/20/25 and what is the estimated COST to TAXPAYERS?
How much have ICE/DHS & military budgets grown since 1/20/25?
How much will the top 1% tax savings affect the national debt?
Are you happy now?
How many lawsuits will be filed against ICE/DHS for improper conduct since 1/20/25 and what is the estimated COST to TAXPAYERS?
How much have ICE/DHS & military budgets grown since 1/20/25?
How much will the top 1% tax savings affect the national debt?
Are you happy now?
As many “identity mistakes” as ICE makes, does anyone feel comfortable without a Judge approving a warrant to break into a house - and allowing just ICE to say it’s ok? 🏡⛓️💥💥
It violates the 4th Amendment & they knew it. That’s why they hid it and didn’t distribute it widely. 🫣⚖️🤯
‼️Lawless violence‼️
It violates the 4th Amendment & they knew it. That’s why they hid it and didn’t distribute it widely. 🫣⚖️🤯
‼️Lawless violence‼️
🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.
January 22, 2026 at 1:55 PM
As many “identity mistakes” as ICE makes, does anyone feel comfortable without a Judge approving a warrant to break into a house - and allowing just ICE to say it’s ok? 🏡⛓️💥💥
It violates the 4th Amendment & they knew it. That’s why they hid it and didn’t distribute it widely. 🫣⚖️🤯
‼️Lawless violence‼️
It violates the 4th Amendment & they knew it. That’s why they hid it and didn’t distribute it widely. 🫣⚖️🤯
‼️Lawless violence‼️
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The Civil Rights Division is going to charge a Black Man under the Ku Klux Klan Act on MLK day.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
January 20, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The Civil Rights Division is going to charge a Black Man under the Ku Klux Klan Act on MLK day.
Do I have that right?
Do I have that right?
🤔 What is occupying your mind that you would like to share with your Senators and your Rep?
🗣️✍️ If Washington in not acting in ways that you agree with, you need to call or write them to explain. We can’t say they aren’t listening if we don’t call.
☎️ Use @5calls.org or call directly: 202 244-3121
🗣️✍️ If Washington in not acting in ways that you agree with, you need to call or write them to explain. We can’t say they aren’t listening if we don’t call.
☎️ Use @5calls.org or call directly: 202 244-3121
January 21, 2026 at 4:29 PM
🤔 What is occupying your mind that you would like to share with your Senators and your Rep?
🗣️✍️ If Washington in not acting in ways that you agree with, you need to call or write them to explain. We can’t say they aren’t listening if we don’t call.
☎️ Use @5calls.org or call directly: 202 244-3121
🗣️✍️ If Washington in not acting in ways that you agree with, you need to call or write them to explain. We can’t say they aren’t listening if we don’t call.
☎️ Use @5calls.org or call directly: 202 244-3121
Today at Davos:
“She rubbed me the wrong way. So I raised her tariff to 39%.”
Our President to the then President of Switzerland.
“She rubbed me the wrong way. So I raised her tariff to 39%.”
Our President to the then President of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Today at Davos:
“She rubbed me the wrong way. So I raised her tariff to 39%.”
Our President to the then President of Switzerland.
“She rubbed me the wrong way. So I raised her tariff to 39%.”
Our President to the then President of Switzerland.
Congress needs to pass a law allowing Congress or a Court to appoint an Independent Counsel to investigate top Exec. Branch officials.
We can no longer rely on the Inspector Generals (fired) or this DOJ (lawless) to investigate or appoint a Special Counsel.
☎️ Call your Sens & Rep at 202 244-3121.
We can no longer rely on the Inspector Generals (fired) or this DOJ (lawless) to investigate or appoint a Special Counsel.
☎️ Call your Sens & Rep at 202 244-3121.
January 21, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Congress needs to pass a law allowing Congress or a Court to appoint an Independent Counsel to investigate top Exec. Branch officials.
We can no longer rely on the Inspector Generals (fired) or this DOJ (lawless) to investigate or appoint a Special Counsel.
☎️ Call your Sens & Rep at 202 244-3121.
We can no longer rely on the Inspector Generals (fired) or this DOJ (lawless) to investigate or appoint a Special Counsel.
☎️ Call your Sens & Rep at 202 244-3121.
Here’s the deets on where and how to vote in the Runoff Special Election to fill Sylvester Turner’s seat that has been vacant since March 2025. Make your choice starting today for Early Voting. Election Day is Jan 31.
Time to (finally) send another Rep. to Congress!
Time to (finally) send another Rep. to Congress!
Early voting begins for special election runoff in Texas’s 18th Congressional District. Everything you need to know
Early voting begins Wednesday, Jan. 21, for the special election runoff in Texas’ 18th Congressional District.
www.click2houston.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Here’s the deets on where and how to vote in the Runoff Special Election to fill Sylvester Turner’s seat that has been vacant since March 2025. Make your choice starting today for Early Voting. Election Day is Jan 31.
Time to (finally) send another Rep. to Congress!
Time to (finally) send another Rep. to Congress!
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January 21, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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🚩GOP Leaders: Time for a Nixon-tape visit
🔥We’ve reached the tipping point
He “now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.”
🔥We’ve reached the tipping point
He “now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.”
The message of Trump’s letter to the prime minister of Norway signals that the president “genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him,” @anneapplebaum.bsky.social argues.
Trump’s Letter to Norway Should Be the Last Straw
Will Republicans in Congress ever step in?
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 2:36 PM
🚩GOP Leaders: Time for a Nixon-tape visit
🔥We’ve reached the tipping point
He “now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.”
🔥We’ve reached the tipping point
He “now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize.”
He’s making our lives less safe by his reckless destruction of decades-long relationships with our best allies and his single-minded mission to reward and gratify himself.
He demonstrates NO interest in our lives- economic, health, safety, jobs…
EU is breaking up with US.
We’re a bad boyfriend.
He demonstrates NO interest in our lives- economic, health, safety, jobs…
EU is breaking up with US.
We’re a bad boyfriend.
The Guardian had a rundown of Trump's late night Truth Social binge, which included "an AI generated visual of himself planting the US flag on Greenland."
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
January 20, 2026 at 2:21 PM
He’s making our lives less safe by his reckless destruction of decades-long relationships with our best allies and his single-minded mission to reward and gratify himself.
He demonstrates NO interest in our lives- economic, health, safety, jobs…
EU is breaking up with US.
We’re a bad boyfriend.
He demonstrates NO interest in our lives- economic, health, safety, jobs…
EU is breaking up with US.
We’re a bad boyfriend.
Oh yeah. Just a coincidence. Where is the legislation that would prohibit purchase and sale of individual stocks by Members of Congress?
Sen. Markwayne Mullin bought up to $50K each in Raytheon stock (RTX) & Chevron (CVX) just days before the U.S. strike on Venezuela—
Mullin sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee — I’m sure it’s just a coincidence..
Mullin sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee — I’m sure it’s just a coincidence..
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Oh yeah. Just a coincidence. Where is the legislation that would prohibit purchase and sale of individual stocks by Members of Congress?
"Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly..." #MLKDay www.instagram.com/reel/DTiK9MF...
Hip Hop Caucus on Instagram: "Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.
Thank you for speaking knowledge and truth into us all with words that we still hold close to us daily.
Who's throwing somethin...
119K likes, 1,312 comments - hiphopcaucus on January 15, 2026: "Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King Jr.
Thank you for speaking knowledge and truth into us all with words that we still hold close to u...
www.instagram.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"Somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly..." #MLKDay www.instagram.com/reel/DTiK9MF...
He has lost the majority of Americans by viciously attacking and arresting citizens, asylum-seekers, visa holders, green card holders and folks who lived an honest long life & benefited the U.S. in many ways - NOT rapists and murderers.
Also watch the CECOT segment that (finally) aired last night.
Also watch the CECOT segment that (finally) aired last night.
To lower the temperature in Minneapolis, Police Chief Brian O’Hara says, President Trump needs to say, “We're still going to go after the worst of the worst, but we're not going to be treating American citizens in ways that risk destroying a beautiful American city.”
January 19, 2026 at 12:39 PM
He has lost the majority of Americans by viciously attacking and arresting citizens, asylum-seekers, visa holders, green card holders and folks who lived an honest long life & benefited the U.S. in many ways - NOT rapists and murderers.
Also watch the CECOT segment that (finally) aired last night.
Also watch the CECOT segment that (finally) aired last night.
Instead of just dwelling on the negative events of the first year of Trump’s second term, the author gives us direction and hope for course correction. But we can’t wait 3 more years to do it. Here’s how 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
January 18, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Instead of just dwelling on the negative events of the first year of Trump’s second term, the author gives us direction and hope for course correction. But we can’t wait 3 more years to do it. Here’s how 👇 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...
Filial cannibalism = animals eating their own. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Truth Social
Truth Social is America's
truthsocial.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Filial cannibalism = animals eating their own. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
A thoughtful warning based on history. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Opinion | They Were Ordinary Germans. We Are Ordinary Americans.
www.nytimes.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:41 AM
A thoughtful warning based on history. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/o...
Trump punitive tariff threats kill EU-US trade deal.
Kudos to Putin. It took years, but the kompromat paid off and America is in rapid decline.
Kudos to Putin. It took years, but the kompromat paid off and America is in rapid decline.
NEWS: EU lawmakers are set to halt approval of the EU’s trade deal with the U.S. over Trump’s vow to impose tariffs on countries that supported Greenland in the face of his threats. (Bloomberg) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 17, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Trump punitive tariff threats kill EU-US trade deal.
Kudos to Putin. It took years, but the kompromat paid off and America is in rapid decline.
Kudos to Putin. It took years, but the kompromat paid off and America is in rapid decline.
Don’t tell people this is a “Law & Order” OR “Back the Blue” administration.
They use LE for their OWN PURPOSES - money, control, revenge, self-protection or political pressure.
AND they release or pardon some of the HARDEST CORE CRIMINALS who were actually convicted of serious, large-scale crimes
They use LE for their OWN PURPOSES - money, control, revenge, self-protection or political pressure.
AND they release or pardon some of the HARDEST CORE CRIMINALS who were actually convicted of serious, large-scale crimes
January 17, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Don’t tell people this is a “Law & Order” OR “Back the Blue” administration.
They use LE for their OWN PURPOSES - money, control, revenge, self-protection or political pressure.
AND they release or pardon some of the HARDEST CORE CRIMINALS who were actually convicted of serious, large-scale crimes
They use LE for their OWN PURPOSES - money, control, revenge, self-protection or political pressure.
AND they release or pardon some of the HARDEST CORE CRIMINALS who were actually convicted of serious, large-scale crimes
Guess he is a “Pedophile Protector” afterall.
NEWS: The U.S. Department of Justice has formally moved to block the appointment of an independent monitor or special master to oversee the release of Epstein-related records
DOJ Moves to Block Independent Monitor in Maxwell Case, Says Courts Cannot Force Epstein File Disclosures
DOJ Tells Court It Cannot Be Forced to Release Epstein Files
meidasnews.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Guess he is a “Pedophile Protector” afterall.
“DOJ has lost its damn mind” “They are just off the rails”
DOJ ISN’T investigating the killing of Renee Good and IS investigating her widow, Frey & Walz - w/o predicate crimes.
BLANCHE KNOWS IT’S WRONG & HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF DOJ’S MISCONDUCT‼️
We should all be worried.
DOJ ISN’T investigating the killing of Renee Good and IS investigating her widow, Frey & Walz - w/o predicate crimes.
BLANCHE KNOWS IT’S WRONG & HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF DOJ’S MISCONDUCT‼️
We should all be worried.
Elie Honig Rips DOJ Over Minn. Probes: 'Lost Its Damn Mind' www.mediaite.com/media/tv/doj...
‘DOJ Has Lost Its Damn Mind’: Elie Honig Slams Former Employer’s Latest Investigations
CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig had some uncharacteristically harsh words for the Department of Justice after it was reported that the DOJ is investigating Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapo...
www.mediaite.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
“DOJ has lost its damn mind” “They are just off the rails”
DOJ ISN’T investigating the killing of Renee Good and IS investigating her widow, Frey & Walz - w/o predicate crimes.
BLANCHE KNOWS IT’S WRONG & HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF DOJ’S MISCONDUCT‼️
We should all be worried.
DOJ ISN’T investigating the killing of Renee Good and IS investigating her widow, Frey & Walz - w/o predicate crimes.
BLANCHE KNOWS IT’S WRONG & HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE OF DOJ’S MISCONDUCT‼️
We should all be worried.
Please remember and never forget.
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Please remember and never forget.