John Cockrell
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🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Tim Dillon: " No one will tell us what Tulsi Gabbard is doing, but apparently it's so bad, it's so destructive… A highly classified whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner."
February 14, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Tim Dillon: " No one will tell us what Tulsi Gabbard is doing, but apparently it's so bad, it's so destructive… A highly classified whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard is related to a conversation intercepted in which two foreign nationals discussed Jared Kushner."
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One of the terrible things about the ICE occupation of Minneapolis is that they’ve been doing stuff that is so crazy that people assume it’s some kind of exaggeration, despite being widely documented on video. Following observers home! Lurking outside elementary schools! Black-bagging citizens!
February 14, 2026 at 7:54 AM
One of the terrible things about the ICE occupation of Minneapolis is that they’ve been doing stuff that is so crazy that people assume it’s some kind of exaggeration, despite being widely documented on video. Following observers home! Lurking outside elementary schools! Black-bagging citizens!
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Deutsche Bank fired a compliance officer for flagging gross irregularities surrounding movement of funds by Epstein and Kushner, much of it in and out of Russian and Russian offshore banking centers. www.levernews.com/the-complian...
The Compliance Officer Who Flagged Epstein — And Lost Her Job
An FBI interview reveals Deutsche Bank’s internal warnings about Jeffrey Epstein and Jared Kushner — and alleged retaliation against the whistleblower.
www.levernews.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Deutsche Bank fired a compliance officer for flagging gross irregularities surrounding movement of funds by Epstein and Kushner, much of it in and out of Russian and Russian offshore banking centers. www.levernews.com/the-complian...
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Epstein survivor: "If Pam Bondi put victims first, she would at least acknowledge our presence there. She's evading responsibility and evading any sort of sense of accountability. It sits horribly with survivors."
February 14, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Epstein survivor: "If Pam Bondi put victims first, she would at least acknowledge our presence there. She's evading responsibility and evading any sort of sense of accountability. It sits horribly with survivors."
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n case it isn't already crystal clear that anti-Ukrainian, pro-Russian corruption reigns supreme at the IOC:
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 AM
n case it isn't already crystal clear that anti-Ukrainian, pro-Russian corruption reigns supreme at the IOC:
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A 2-month-old baby in Dilley is not doing well…
His mother has been having trouble producing breastmilk because of the food/stress, so she’s had to make him formula with dirty water.
He is now sick and apparently having trouble breathing - TWO MONTHS OLD.
His mother has been having trouble producing breastmilk because of the food/stress, so she’s had to make him formula with dirty water.
He is now sick and apparently having trouble breathing - TWO MONTHS OLD.
So a TWO MONTH OLD BABY is part of the worst criminals this regime was going to go after?
Univision reporter Lidia Terrazas interviewed Texas Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social about the youngest person in custody at the Dilley Detention Center -- A TWO-MONTH OLD BABY.
February 14, 2026 at 7:20 AM
A 2-month-old baby in Dilley is not doing well…
His mother has been having trouble producing breastmilk because of the food/stress, so she’s had to make him formula with dirty water.
He is now sick and apparently having trouble breathing - TWO MONTHS OLD.
His mother has been having trouble producing breastmilk because of the food/stress, so she’s had to make him formula with dirty water.
He is now sick and apparently having trouble breathing - TWO MONTHS OLD.
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ICE Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 10:29 AM
ICE Agents Suspended After Their Story of Shooting an Immigrant Falls Apart www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/u...
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Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. https://cnn.it/4tH3r0O
February 14, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Steve Bannon discussed opposition strategies with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein against Pope Francis, with Bannon saying he hoped to “take down” the pontiff, according to newly released files from the US Department of Justice. https://cnn.it/4tH3r0O
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Trump’s immigration enforcement is fueling a detention boom that rewards private prison companies for mass confinement, surveillance, and prolonged detention - despite mounting deaths and abuse in these facilities.
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ICE’s Largest Prison Contractors Post Record Revenue
Two of ICE’s biggest contractors for operating detention centers hailed "growth opportunities" amid Trump's crackdown.
time.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Trump’s immigration enforcement is fueling a detention boom that rewards private prison companies for mass confinement, surveillance, and prolonged detention - despite mounting deaths and abuse in these facilities.
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Did Miller write Rubio’s speech w/racist dog whistle marketing on immigration?
This is “old world” rage baiting… the type of rhetoric we have not seen since WWII.
This really sets the United States into a dark time from a policy standpoint.
#ImpeachRubio Fascism has no place in America.
This is “old world” rage baiting… the type of rhetoric we have not seen since WWII.
This really sets the United States into a dark time from a policy standpoint.
#ImpeachRubio Fascism has no place in America.
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Did Miller write Rubio’s speech w/racist dog whistle marketing on immigration?
This is “old world” rage baiting… the type of rhetoric we have not seen since WWII.
This really sets the United States into a dark time from a policy standpoint.
#ImpeachRubio Fascism has no place in America.
This is “old world” rage baiting… the type of rhetoric we have not seen since WWII.
This really sets the United States into a dark time from a policy standpoint.
#ImpeachRubio Fascism has no place in America.
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16 US Ambassadors to NATO & Supreme Allied Commanders in a joint statement:
"NATO is vital to U.S. national security. It is not an act of American generosity. It is a strategic bargain.. at a fraction of the cost of going it alone."
#MSC2026 #StrongerTogether
www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...
"NATO is vital to U.S. national security. It is not an act of American generosity. It is a strategic bargain.. at a fraction of the cost of going it alone."
#MSC2026 #StrongerTogether
www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...
NATO is Vital to U.S. National Security
A joint statement by 16 U.S. Ambassadors to NATO and Supreme Allied Commanders, arguing "NATO is not an act of American generosity. It is a strategic bargain that ensures the United States remains the...
www.belfercenter.org
February 14, 2026 at 8:43 AM
16 US Ambassadors to NATO & Supreme Allied Commanders in a joint statement:
"NATO is vital to U.S. national security. It is not an act of American generosity. It is a strategic bargain.. at a fraction of the cost of going it alone."
#MSC2026 #StrongerTogether
www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...
"NATO is vital to U.S. national security. It is not an act of American generosity. It is a strategic bargain.. at a fraction of the cost of going it alone."
#MSC2026 #StrongerTogether
www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...
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President Trump privately railed against GOP lawmakers over blowback from a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes, sources say. https://cnn.it/3O8d0FL
February 13, 2026 at 11:54 PM
President Trump privately railed against GOP lawmakers over blowback from a racist video depicting the Obamas as apes, sources say. https://cnn.it/3O8d0FL
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We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
February 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
We have now entered the "His Opponents Are Afraid of Falling Out of Windows" stage of Donald Trump's emulation of Vladmir Putin.
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Holy shit, these people. (I use the term loosely.)
WE FOUND THE WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE.
Nope! I don’t want my tax dollars funding DHS brutality, and I definitely don’t want it paying for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski to jet-set around the country and fuck in a private cabin on a luxury $70M 737 Max.
Listen to this mess.
Nope! I don’t want my tax dollars funding DHS brutality, and I definitely don’t want it paying for Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski to jet-set around the country and fuck in a private cabin on a luxury $70M 737 Max.
Listen to this mess.
February 14, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Holy shit, these people. (I use the term loosely.)
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A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
February 14, 2026 at 3:01 AM
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released by the National Science Foundation.https://cnn.it/3MoF7zU
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Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Can someone remind me who is the majority party? WaPo seems to need help here.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
Note the framing here:
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
It’s “Democrats have refused to fund” DHS and not “Republicans refused to prohibit face masks” or “the two parties could not agree on how to reform the agency.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
February 14, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Can someone remind me who is the majority party? WaPo seems to need help here.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
I thought it was the GOP, who despite what the WaPo wants you to think, actually have some agency. Lots, really, tho you’d never get that idea from the media.
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$38.3 bn for concentration camps, shuffled into the pockets of Trump's billionaire cronies in the prison industry. Nothing for health care.
February 13, 2026 at 6:41 PM
$38.3 bn for concentration camps, shuffled into the pockets of Trump's billionaire cronies in the prison industry. Nothing for health care.
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It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Documents offer new details about the origins of the EPA's attempt to deregulate pollution
MS NOW has reviewed documents revealed as a result of an earlier lawsuit filed last August by the Environmental Defense Fund and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
www.ms.now
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
It is literally zero surprise that they knew their hand-picked climate deniers weren’t putting out real science.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
Their nonsense has never been real, but part of a fraudulent propaganda campaign, designed by fossil fuel to protect its “free-to-pollute” business model.
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Narrator: "He lost the popular vote in 2016 by about 2.9 million votes."
Trump speaking at Fort Bragg: "The first time, I won but they say I didn't win the popular vote. You know I did. I won it by a lot."
February 13, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Narrator: "He lost the popular vote in 2016 by about 2.9 million votes."