Midnight8299
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(Not your) lawyer, anxious MN sports fan
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Narrator: "That language was racism..."
Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Narrator: "That language was racism..."
Obviously the most important thing for dems is to work on winning back power. But I really hope there’s some groups out there or within the gov keeping track of all the crazy changes and prepared to roll it back asap. That planning needs to happen before
The United States could begin requiring visitors from countries on the visa waiver program to provide up to five years of their social media history, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection proposal.
U.S. plans to ask visitors to disclose 5 years of social media history
The proposal would affect travelers from countries on the visa waiver program, including Australia, Britain, France, Germany, Israel, Japan and South Korea.
wapo.st
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Obviously the most important thing for dems is to work on winning back power. But I really hope there’s some groups out there or within the gov keeping track of all the crazy changes and prepared to roll it back asap. That planning needs to happen before
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
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I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I can't stop thinking about the purported drug smugglers being murdered by the US military. The punishment for drug offenses isn't the death penalty. This is just bloodlust and men in suits playing with lives they don't care about. It's truly grotesque and gravely compromises this country.
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Proposed fist question for Senate/House Armed Services Committee:
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Hegseth: "I watched that first strike live. As you can image at the Dept of War, we've got a lot of things to do. So I didn't stick around for the hour to 2 hours, whatever, where all the sensitive sight exploitation digitally occurs. I moved on to my next meeting. A couple hours later I learned..."
December 2, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Proposed fist question for Senate/House Armed Services Committee:
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
Mr. Secretary, do you hereby testify—under penalty of perjury—that all your public statements about your involvement in the Sept. 2 strike are true?
We provided you a copy of all your statements before this hearing.
I agree with the message. But I didn’t need to be called out like this. What do you know that I don’t?!
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I agree with the message. But I didn’t need to be called out like this. What do you know that I don’t?!
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November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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We're going from $150 → $1,250/mo; an 833% increase.
KEEP SHARING YOUR STORIES about increased ACA premiums due to the disappearance of subsidies. The stories clearly are having an impact, they help people feel less helpless, and they create solidarity that leads to action.
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
Mine went from $395→ $821. What happened for you?
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We're going from $150 → $1,250/mo; an 833% increase.
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Mine is going from $491 to almost $1900 in NJ. For a family of 4.
November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Mine is going from $491 to almost $1900 in NJ. For a family of 4.
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Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
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"[A]s for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear ... that they are US citizens or otherwise legally in the United States" 🙄 #KavanaughStop
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 PM
"[A]s for stops of those individuals who are legally in the country, the questioning in those circumstances is typically brief, and those individuals may promptly go free after making clear ... that they are US citizens or otherwise legally in the United States" 🙄 #KavanaughStop
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Republicans don’t need to know how to govern for the same reason the 9/11 hijackers didn’t need to know how to land.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Republicans don’t need to know how to govern for the same reason the 9/11 hijackers didn’t need to know how to land.
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April 26, 1942: The Reichstag holds its last session, unanimously passing a decree making the Führer "Supreme Judge of the German People." Any last privileges of the parliament were removed as Hitler became final decision-maker in all matters, including life and death over every German citizen.
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
April 26, 1942: The Reichstag holds its last session, unanimously passing a decree making the Führer "Supreme Judge of the German People." Any last privileges of the parliament were removed as Hitler became final decision-maker in all matters, including life and death over every German citizen.
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It sounds like the Republicans should stop protecting Bill Clinton and release the Epstein files.
Comer: The evidence we gathered does not implicate President Trump in any way. Public reporting, survivor testimony, and official documents show that Bill Clinton had far closer ties to Epstein
October 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It sounds like the Republicans should stop protecting Bill Clinton and release the Epstein files.
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the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
October 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
the symbolism of “Trump destroying the White House for a overpriced luxury vanity project, during a government shut down, days after a historically-large mass demonstration against his regime called “No Kings”’ would be rightly viewed as laying it on a little thick if it was in a work of fiction
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Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
October 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Divided Ninth Circuit panel stays injunction against President Trump’s federalization of National Guard troops in Portland:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Graber, who is no firebrand, wrote quite a dissent—encouraging en banc review and some patience on the part of the public:
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so what's in the news today
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
so what's in the news today
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Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
Petro objected to the US bombing a Columbian fishing vessel that had the emergency beacon on because they were broken down, that we subsequently bombed. One Columbian fisherman survived the attack.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
This is the official US response to Petro's comments.
October 19, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Don’t let the frogwater that’s boiling us alive let you skip over this: we murdered another country’s citizens in cold blood, and when their leader objected, we called him a drug dealer and cut off aid to his country. That’s freakish.
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Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”
October 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Brett Kavanaugh: “The Govt sometimes makes brief investigative stops …”
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ICE is out of control in Chicago. Now just tossing tear gas canisters out of the car in the middle of one of our neighborhoods as kids are walking home from school, people out going grocery shopping.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
October 4, 2025 at 12:35 AM
ICE is out of control in Chicago. Now just tossing tear gas canisters out of the car in the middle of one of our neighborhoods as kids are walking home from school, people out going grocery shopping.
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/10...
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An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...
There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.
These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.
slate.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 AM
An arrest of a person due entirely to the person having dark skin color is now known across the country as a "Kavanaugh stop," based on Justice Kavanaugh's justification of the practice. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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👀⚖️ "Kavanaugh Stops" what a legacy to leave. #KavanaughStop
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
👀⚖️ "Kavanaugh Stops" what a legacy to leave. #KavanaughStop
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Re this absurdity on the HUD homepage right now, a federal employee told me:
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Re this absurdity on the HUD homepage right now, a federal employee told me:
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
In lighter news, anyone else’s kid think it’s “cake-pop demon hunters”? Or do I just bribe with Starbucks too often?
September 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In lighter news, anyone else’s kid think it’s “cake-pop demon hunters”? Or do I just bribe with Starbucks too often?