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the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
December 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
the failure to prosecute Trump for seeking to overturn the election is one of the greatest and most consequential bag fumbles in the history of American politics
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Trump's promise of $1,776 for service members last night -- which was supposed to be a tariff thing -- is in fact theft from increased housing allowances.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Trump's promise of $1,776 for service members last night -- which was supposed to be a tariff thing -- is in fact theft from increased housing allowances.
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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I’ve railed for months about the deliberately malevolent destruction of USAID by the boys of this administration…
Stories like this in @propublica.org say more in a few paragraphs and pictures than I could ever say.
Stories like this in @propublica.org say more in a few paragraphs and pictures than I could ever say.
When the Trump administration took away her family’s food this summer, Rose Natabo had to choose which of her three sons to care for — who ate and who didn’t.
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
This is her story... and the story of too many others.
New, @propublica.org
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I’ve railed for months about the deliberately malevolent destruction of USAID by the boys of this administration…
Stories like this in @propublica.org say more in a few paragraphs and pictures than I could ever say.
Stories like this in @propublica.org say more in a few paragraphs and pictures than I could ever say.
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NEW: We've tracked at least 33 pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since the attack on the capitol. Four of them allegedly reoffended after Trump's pardon.
At least 33 pardoned insurrectionists face other criminal charges—but many are now going free - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
At least 33 January 6th insurrectionists pardoned by Trump have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since January 6, 2021.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
NEW: We've tracked at least 33 pardoned January 6th insurrectionists who have been rearrested, charged or sentenced for other crimes since the attack on the capitol. Four of them allegedly reoffended after Trump's pardon.
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Trump refused to bow his head for a solemn moment during the dignified transfer ceremony for fallen soldiers at Dover
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Trump refused to bow his head for a solemn moment during the dignified transfer ceremony for fallen soldiers at Dover
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Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump is taking money out their housing allowances approved by Congress and giving it to them in a “bonus” so it looks like it came from him. It’s just a shell game with military pay from the ultimate con man
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New FBI Deputy Director just dropped. He’s the former Missouri AG.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
December 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
New FBI Deputy Director just dropped. He’s the former Missouri AG.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
This guy used Missouri taxpayer money to sue Starbucks for harming white men, China for not sending masks during Covid even though he said Covid was a hoax, and who fought to execute a man who was found innocent of any crime.
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NEW: We just filed a lawsuit, on behalf of a coalition of nonprofits, asking the court to prevent the Trump administration from unlawfully defunding the work of the CIGIE.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Lawsuit filed to protect crucial watchdogs from Trump-Vance administration assault - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
A coalition of nonprofit organizations are uniting to defend the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) from a Trump-Vance administration attempt to defund it.
www.citizensforethics.org
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit, on behalf of a coalition of nonprofits, asking the court to prevent the Trump administration from unlawfully defunding the work of the CIGIE.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
Without inspectors general, waste, fraud and abuse goes unchecked.
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once Maduro is toppled, per sources familiar with the discussions.
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
Trump administration asking US oil industry to return to Venezuela — but getting no takers
The administration’s outreach to the industry, previously unreported, is the latest sign the White House is dreaming of a post-Maduro future for Venezuela.
www.politico.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is asking U.S. oil companies if they’re interested in returning to Venezuela once Maduro is toppled, per sources familiar with the discussions.
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
So far, the answer is a hard “no.”
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Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-war-with-venezuela/
December 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Pros And Cons Of War With Venezuela https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-war-with-venezuela/
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Let’s spread the rumor that Bongino is leaving the FBI because he just could not continue to cover up what he now knows about Epstein.
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Let’s spread the rumor that Bongino is leaving the FBI because he just could not continue to cover up what he now knows about Epstein.
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This quote is better than the photos!
The Vanity Fair photographer from the Susie Wiles story.
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
Holy. Shit.
www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/...
December 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This quote is better than the photos!
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Watching BRAZIL (1985, dir. Terry Gilliam) really prepared me for authoritarian cultists being proud of their tacky plastic surgery
December 17, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Watching BRAZIL (1985, dir. Terry Gilliam) really prepared me for authoritarian cultists being proud of their tacky plastic surgery
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-Sandy Hook should have ended children being slaughtered in schools, instead Republicans rallied to defend guns.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
December 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM
-Sandy Hook should have ended children being slaughtered in schools, instead Republicans rallied to defend guns.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
-Jan. 6, 2021 should have ended Trump, instead Republicans rallied to defend treason.
-The Epstein Files should end rich men's lust for rape, instead Republicans rally to defend scum.
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It's a defining feature of the Trump Era: unqualified people in big important jobs who don't want to do them and can't anyway so they spend a lot of time pretending to do it on TV and social media.
I’m sorry but why is the head of cbs news on tv herself
December 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's a defining feature of the Trump Era: unqualified people in big important jobs who don't want to do them and can't anyway so they spend a lot of time pretending to do it on TV and social media.
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This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This is not normal, and continued and ever-increasing rhetoric like this should not be treated as normal. #holdfast #steadystate
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this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
this is a general warrant and it's specifically the kind of warrant the framers passed the 4th amendment to outlaw
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Over a decade ago, a professional counterpart, in a friendly nation’s services, remarked to me that the problem with Americans was that we — in terms of threats to our liberty — did not fear tech companies as much as we did our own government. He was quite right.
"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read. as.ft.com/r/199e371f-8...
Big tech’s ‘elite victim complex’
[FREE TO READ] Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
as.ft.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Over a decade ago, a professional counterpart, in a friendly nation’s services, remarked to me that the problem with Americans was that we — in terms of threats to our liberty — did not fear tech companies as much as we did our own government. He was quite right.
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Letter, The Steady State to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair and Ranking Member
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
Letter, The Steady State to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair and Ranking Member
Nomination of Ms. Lindsey Halligan for United States Attorney, December 12, 2025
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Letter, The Steady State to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair and Ranking Member
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
open.substack.com/pub/steadyst...
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Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
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‘lame duck’ should precede his name in every instance
December 12, 2025 at 12:40 AM
‘lame duck’ should precede his name in every instance
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Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
"Today’s ruling is a powerful affirmation that the rule of law still matters," Sandoval-Moshenberg said. "The Court made … clear that the govt cannot detain a person indefinitely without legal authority, and that every agency involved must now comply fully and promptly with the Court’s directives."
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is released from ICE custody following judge's order
Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court in Maryland ruled that the Trump administration lacked the legal authority to continue holding Abrego.
www.nbcnews.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Sean Hecker, Kilmar's attorney, once hailed how much courage it took Kilmar to challenge what DOJ/DHS is doing to him. That stuck with me. Kilmar Abrego is just some guy, vulnerable in a way most of us are not.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
But he has taken on Trump and ... thus far at least, prevailed.
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Trying to strong-arm Indiana & failing and now this, Trump really does not understand federalism one iota does he
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trying to strong-arm Indiana & failing and now this, Trump really does not understand federalism one iota does he
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Despite huffing and puffing from Trump and his flying monkeys, a majority of Republicans joined with all the Democrats in the Indiana Senate to reject the proposed gerrymander. A fine day for Indiana, for fair districting, and for the future of the Republican Party if it is to deserve to have one.
December 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Despite huffing and puffing from Trump and his flying monkeys, a majority of Republicans joined with all the Democrats in the Indiana Senate to reject the proposed gerrymander. A fine day for Indiana, for fair districting, and for the future of the Republican Party if it is to deserve to have one.
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Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI.
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
Big Tech's AI Power-Grab
Robert Reich
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Trump just confirmed he'll sign an executive order banning states from regulating AI.
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5
It's a huge victory for Big Tech, which has spent millions lobbying to stop guardrails against AI. https://youtu.be/imtkNL4v2ks?si=lA7bwZgq-9DYkij5