KeepingTheRepublic@bsky.social
@keepingtherepublic.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Teacher & Researcher. Trying to be a decent Citizen in an Uncivil World. The flag of my native land says “Sic Semper Tyrannis”
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Truth in cartoons, 1932/2025: John Heartfield’s cartoon explained the “meaning of the Hitler salute” (“millions stand behind us!”). Grateful we have someone in our age with Ann Telnaes’ courage to show us how wealth capitulates to Trump
[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]
[credits: Metropolitan Museum of Art; anntelnaes@substack]
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Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
February 4, 2026 at 12:37 AM
Well, my fellow Maine voters. Here is Susan Collins today paying tribute to her boss while holding her MAGA hat.
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SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty."
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
February 3, 2026 at 11:48 PM
SEN. @hickenlooper.senate.gov : “Death cards left behind by ICE agents — cards with white supremacist history left in detained immigrants' abandoned cars… Imagine finding your brother's empty car with one of these in the driver's seat. Cruelty for the sake of cruelty."
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
(H/T @lulacorg.bsky.social )
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ICE Agent Scores Easy Win By Deporting Own Family — theonion.com/ice-agent-sc...
ICE Agent Scores Easy Win By Deporting Own Family
CHICAGO—Saying he couldn’t remember the last time an immigration raid had been so convenient, fast, or fun, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent Mark Hammond reportedly scored an easy win Monday ...
theonion.com
February 3, 2026 at 11:12 PM
ICE Agent Scores Easy Win By Deporting Own Family — theonion.com/ice-agent-sc...
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This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.
Martinez: "[I] sat in federal court and watched from 20 feet away as the border patrol agent who attempted to kill me testified at a hearing. Agent Charles Exum—Charles Exum, my attempted executioner was Charles Exum—I hope the government does not consider my use of his name here to be...doxxing."
February 3, 2026 at 10:38 PM
This woman has shown more courage than the nominal leaders of the Democratic Party.
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WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
Q: You're a constitutional lawyer. Can you detail the 4th Amendment protections someone has if ICE approaches their home w/an administrative warrant?
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
MIKE JOHNSON: When ICE goes to execute a warrant, it's issued by an immigration judge, & that is a sufficient legal authority to go apprehend someone
February 3, 2026 at 3:49 PM
WRONG. I-205 administrative warrants are not issued by immigration judges. They’re signed by ICE officers. And EVEN IF THEY WERE issued by an immigration judge - they are executive branch employees, NOT judicial branch. JUDICIAL warrants are needed to enter a home without consent.
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Too bad we didn’t have the courage here to take it on. Can the French come here and take over our government? I know we might’ve been down this path a long time ago but I think it’s time.
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Too bad we didn’t have the courage here to take it on. Can the French come here and take over our government? I know we might’ve been down this path a long time ago but I think it’s time.
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BREAKING: Rep Ted Lieu just called for Deputy AG Todd Blanche’s resignation, and points out why partying with Epstein actually would be illegal.
February 3, 2026 at 6:48 PM
BREAKING: Rep Ted Lieu just called for Deputy AG Todd Blanche’s resignation, and points out why partying with Epstein actually would be illegal.
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“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
February 3, 2026 at 5:16 PM
“Imagine if we had to follow the law”
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Note that Leonard Leo, Mark Paoletta and Roger and Carrie Severino, all capos in the DC Catholic mafia, are Clarence’s biggest lickspittle lapdogs. Woof!
www.rawstory.com/clarence-tho...
www.rawstory.com/clarence-tho...
Clarence Thomas hit with astonishing accusation in Epstein files
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was named in an allegation sent by email to two federal judges and discussed last August by federal prosecutors in New York, the Justice Department’s...
www.rawstory.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Note that Leonard Leo, Mark Paoletta and Roger and Carrie Severino, all capos in the DC Catholic mafia, are Clarence’s biggest lickspittle lapdogs. Woof!
www.rawstory.com/clarence-tho...
www.rawstory.com/clarence-tho...
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Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Spanish PM Sánchez: The owner of X, himself a migrant, used his personal account to amplify disinformation about the sovereign decision of my government to regularize 500,000 migrants who live, work, and contribute to the success of our country.
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You cannot have a country run by a mentally unstable leader. #TrumpOut
"shortly before midnight, six hrs after The Times reported...Trump had backtracked, he claimed the story was wrong &...was now seeking $1 billion “in damages” from Harvard & that... investigations...should now be criminal."
"shortly before midnight, six hrs after The Times reported...Trump had backtracked, he claimed the story was wrong &...was now seeking $1 billion “in damages” from Harvard & that... investigations...should now be criminal."
Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
You cannot have a country run by a mentally unstable leader. #TrumpOut
"shortly before midnight, six hrs after The Times reported...Trump had backtracked, he claimed the story was wrong &...was now seeking $1 billion “in damages” from Harvard & that... investigations...should now be criminal."
"shortly before midnight, six hrs after The Times reported...Trump had backtracked, he claimed the story was wrong &...was now seeking $1 billion “in damages” from Harvard & that... investigations...should now be criminal."
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Democratic states fund Republican states. Welfare Kings like Senator Mullin want us to send OK more and more money while he stops basic federal services in NY, increasing the imbalance to Welfare States like OK? That is not a sustainable policy.
Markwayne Mullin: "I agree with what Lindsey is saying on defunding these sanctuary cities. We should pull our TSA agents out of their airports and not allow their airpot to be classified as international or even a regional hub. We should pull all of our aid."
February 3, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Democratic states fund Republican states. Welfare Kings like Senator Mullin want us to send OK more and more money while he stops basic federal services in NY, increasing the imbalance to Welfare States like OK? That is not a sustainable policy.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Cruelty is big business
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Cruelty is big business
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Israeli bulldozers begin demolishing a number of Palestinian homes in the town of Tarqumiya, the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing its owners.
February 2, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Israeli bulldozers begin demolishing a number of Palestinian homes in the town of Tarqumiya, the occupied West Bank, forcibly displacing its owners.
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Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
February 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Murphy on Fox News Sunday: "I mean -- c'mon. We're still pretending that ICE is going after dangerous people? They aren't. What is happening in Minnesota right now is a dystopia. ICE is teargassing elementary schools, it is disappearing legal residents into cars, it is murdering American citizens."
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🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
🤔You mean the *centrist* Dem responsible for killing good bills had ties to Epstein? Imagine that
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Rick Scott is the private prison industry's top recipient of political donations. The more families ICE abducts and ships off to concentration camps, the more money Rick Scott and his political donors make from those camps.
February 1, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Rick Scott is the private prison industry's top recipient of political donations. The more families ICE abducts and ships off to concentration camps, the more money Rick Scott and his political donors make from those camps.
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BREAKING: Trump team to start “daily” meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
Justice Department expected to ramp up efforts to deliver on Trump’s ‘weaponization’ priorities | CNN Politics
Justice Department officials are expected to meet Monday to discuss how to reenergize probes that are considered a top priority for President Donald Trump — reviewing the actions of officials who inve...
www.cnn.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:19 PM
BREAKING: Trump team to start “daily” meetings to focus on prosecuting his political adversaries, according to CNN
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
Looks like Susie Wiles’ efforts to “limit” Trump’s focus on retribution has failed spectacularly.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/p...
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February 2, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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They are mentally unable to accept a loss.
February 2, 2026 at 7:55 AM
They are mentally unable to accept a loss.
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This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
I was a little late to catch up with this WSJ kleptocracy story. We already knew Sheikh Tahnoon dropped $2b on World Liberty Financial to get Trump to let UAE import advanced chips. Now we learn Tahnoon also purchased 49 percent of World Liberty Financial.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:21 PM
This is now without question the biggest politico-financial scandal in United States history. Teapot Dome was trivial in comparison.
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Golly gee, oh well. They got me again. What can I do about?
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Golly gee, oh well. They got me again. What can I do about?