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this is going to be a fucking shitshow, lmao
Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs
The wholesaler is the latest company to file a lawsuit against a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.
www.nbcnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
this is going to be a fucking shitshow, lmao
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A basic and intuitive understanding of the law is that punishments should not be retroactive upon a policy change.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
"We followed everything we were supposed to do"
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Legitimate green card applicants with US spouses are being
arrested by armed, masked men at scheduled immigration interviews, taken away from their children, sent to prison
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A basic and intuitive understanding of the law is that punishments should not be retroactive upon a policy change.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
This is even worse. There is no formal policy change, they are simply penalizing couples for following common practice - explicitly allowed by Congress - for decades.
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Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
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RFK Jr. is obviously a dangerous fraudster. But he would not have the power he currently has without being aided by the Republican Congress—in some cases, by members who should know better.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
November 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
RFK Jr. is obviously a dangerous fraudster. But he would not have the power he currently has without being aided by the Republican Congress—in some cases, by members who should know better.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
I despise RFK Jr. but I also harbor a different flavor of contempt for doctors like Cassidy and Barasso.
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Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Unvaccinated infants are the second most likely group to get hospitalized for Covid after older adults. Any effort to minimize the effectiveness for kids is evil.
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I can't scream loudly enough that the people leading HHS right now are liars. RFK Jr. Marty Makary. Vinay Prasad. They are liars. And the lies they are telling are the lies eugenicists like themselves tell.
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I can't scream loudly enough that the people leading HHS right now are liars. RFK Jr. Marty Makary. Vinay Prasad. They are liars. And the lies they are telling are the lies eugenicists like themselves tell.
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The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
November 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The president is about to start a war for no real reason. All of the things he has blamed on the country he’s targeting — fentanyl distribution, “emptying the asylums” and sending patients to the U.S., alignment with Tren de Aragua— are provably, obviously false.
Lots of people are going to die.
Lots of people are going to die.
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That tired old lie about immigrants being job-stealers? Pfft. Immigrant-led businesses employed nearly eight million Americans, according to 2019 data from the New American Economy👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
That tired old lie about immigrants being job-stealers? Pfft. Immigrant-led businesses employed nearly eight million Americans, according to 2019 data from the New American Economy👇🏽 open.substack.com/pub/americas...
This is the funniest, most-unexpected turn of this Friday afternoon.
this is like that scene in office space where the consultants end up loving peter
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is the funniest, most-unexpected turn of this Friday afternoon.
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Good day to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Still.
But we are back in a reality where Ukraine is being pushed toward capitulation.
Myroslava wants her son to live in a free world.
She voiced The Counteroffensive's stance: Trump's peace plan is a roadmap to more war.
Still.
But we are back in a reality where Ukraine is being pushed toward capitulation.
Myroslava wants her son to live in a free world.
She voiced The Counteroffensive's stance: Trump's peace plan is a roadmap to more war.
Trump’s 'Peace' Plan Means More War
Myroslava voices Ukraine’s fear that the new US peace plan resembles capitulation. Despite fatigue and losses, the Counteroffensive team believes a just peace is possible only on Ukrainian terms.
www.counteroffensive.news
November 21, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Good day to readers; Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands.
Still.
But we are back in a reality where Ukraine is being pushed toward capitulation.
Myroslava wants her son to live in a free world.
She voiced The Counteroffensive's stance: Trump's peace plan is a roadmap to more war.
Still.
But we are back in a reality where Ukraine is being pushed toward capitulation.
Myroslava wants her son to live in a free world.
She voiced The Counteroffensive's stance: Trump's peace plan is a roadmap to more war.
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it’s less commented on but RFK, jr. is the end product of decades of credulous, unserious, dereliction of duty from the press in the same way trump is
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
it’s less commented on but RFK, jr. is the end product of decades of credulous, unserious, dereliction of duty from the press in the same way trump is
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In this post, I address Trump's shameful attempt to reprise the Munich agreement with Ukraine - and what US and European supporters of Ukraine can do to counter it: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
Trump's Shameful Attempt to Reprise the Munich Agreement With Ukraine - and What to do About it
Denys Bozduhan | Dreamstime.com President Trump has presented a 28-point "peace" plan for the Russia-Ukraine war, which - in reality…
reason.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
In this post, I address Trump's shameful attempt to reprise the Munich agreement with Ukraine - and what US and European supporters of Ukraine can do to counter it: reason.com/volokh/2025/...
A-freaking-men.
this man has blood on his hands and everyone who supported him and excused him has blood on their hands and I do not want to hear a single fucking Democrat with any position other than "impeach and remove him immediately"
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
he and his MAHA movement are child killers
Breaking News: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he personally instructed the CDC to abandon its position that vaccines do not cause autism. The move underscores his determination to challenge scientific orthodoxy — in this case, that vaccines save lives — and bend the health department to his will.
November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A-freaking-men.
We in the U.S. are all living in an increasingly dangerous world because a bunch of anti-science idiots have been put in charge of our public health system.
While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of #CWD to people worry scientists
If the Prion and Public Health Office is shuttered, human CWD cases could go unnoticed.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Lorie Shaull / Flickr cc
If the Prion and Public Health Office is shuttered, human CWD cases could go unnoticed.
www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...
Photo: Lorie Shaull / Flickr cc
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
We in the U.S. are all living in an increasingly dangerous world because a bunch of anti-science idiots have been put in charge of our public health system.
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This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
This is pretty amazing. This guy just won a solid victory in Bucks County, PA, one of the most important swing counties in the country, by *explicitly and deliberately* making his race *all about* nationalizing ICE raids. Confirms the point about this now being a winning issue for Dems.
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If you are thinking about sending money to Amy McGrath or some long shot senate candidate, stop yourself and send it to your state’s legislative candidates. More bang for your buck and more likely to make a difference. A strong state legislative slate will boost the top of the ticket, too. 3/3.
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
If you are thinking about sending money to Amy McGrath or some long shot senate candidate, stop yourself and send it to your state’s legislative candidates. More bang for your buck and more likely to make a difference. A strong state legislative slate will boost the top of the ticket, too. 3/3.
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Controlling state houses also gives you way more control over the election infrastructure, from everything from districting to ballot access. If you control the statehouse, you nip election fuckery in the bud. Dems aren’t gonna get better conditions than this. Better make it count 2/3
November 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Controlling state houses also gives you way more control over the election infrastructure, from everything from districting to ballot access. If you control the statehouse, you nip election fuckery in the bud. Dems aren’t gonna get better conditions than this. Better make it count 2/3
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I mean jesus christ, it was not that long ago that "papers please" was damn near universally accepted as a 2-word shorthand for the kind of oppressive society that we beat our chests over being better than
Email just went out on my campus that the Immigration Goons ("federal immigration agents") will be in town (Raleigh).
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
Inter alia, it says,"International students, faculty and staff should carry evidence of their immigration status with them at all times."
The fuck kind of country are we living in?
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I mean jesus christ, it was not that long ago that "papers please" was damn near universally accepted as a 2-word shorthand for the kind of oppressive society that we beat our chests over being better than
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I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
Yeah, here's hoping it doesn't happen in this or any ideologically-aligned successor administrations. If it does, it's going to be a hell of a lot worse.
November 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Yeah, here's hoping it doesn't happen in this or any ideologically-aligned successor administrations. If it does, it's going to be a hell of a lot worse.
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To reiterate: aiming a firearm at a non-violent bystander who is not resisting arrest or posing any threat is an illegal use of force and possibly a crime.
This ICE agent should be investigated for misconduct. No one is above the law.
This ICE agent should be investigated for misconduct. No one is above the law.
ICE agent points firearm at woman in car filming in Santa Ana, prompting police response
The agent, who identified himself to police, said the woman was following and filming him Sunday afternoon.
www.ocregister.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
To reiterate: aiming a firearm at a non-violent bystander who is not resisting arrest or posing any threat is an illegal use of force and possibly a crime.
This ICE agent should be investigated for misconduct. No one is above the law.
This ICE agent should be investigated for misconduct. No one is above the law.
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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Abolish ICE. Prosecute CBP. These are moderate positions.
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Abolish ICE. Prosecute CBP. These are moderate positions.
Full endorsement of this sentiment. We need to concentrate less power in an office that has been shown to be easily corruptible.
“We cannot go back to anything approaching the old constitutional order, which already had been in a long, terminal decline.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-american...
The American Presidency Can Never Be Trusted Again
It’s time for multiparty democracy and a limited executive.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Full endorsement of this sentiment. We need to concentrate less power in an office that has been shown to be easily corruptible.