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William Webster, known as “Mr. Clean”, restored trust in the FBI after the scandals of the 1970’s. He served in the Navy, was a federal judge, FBI Director, then CIA Director. He’s passed away at 101 years of age: wapo.st/45nW9DE
William Webster, who led FBI and CIA through crises, dies at 101
He was credited with restoring trust to the two sullied agencies after the domestic-spying and Iran-contra scandals of the 1970s and 1980s.
wapo.st
August 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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For those who were hopeful that Trump “pivoted” on Ukraine, the meeting in Alaska will sell Ukraine down the river.

Trump is scared to death of Putin.

Taco
August 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Tomorrow morning I offer my thoughts on the 60th anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. I explain how it went from it being a law celebrated by both parties to something the GOP wants killed--and why SCOTUS may grant their wish.

Only for Dem Docket premium members. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
August 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you”

Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”
August 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Attention fellow frogs in boiling water:

Here are two Trump-appointed federal judges -- both of whom were troubling judicial nominees to start with -- ruling that it was fine that Trump ignored another court's order.
BREAKING: The D.C. Circuit has vacated Judge Boasberg's contempt order over the Trump administration's decision to deport people under the Alien Enemies Act in defiance of his TRO.

Rao (Trump), Katsas(Trump) side against Boasberg

Pillard (Obama) dissents
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
August 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Deaf guy tried to show ICE his ID. An agent grabbed it and didn't return it.

So he tried to type a message about his disability but an agent grabbed his phone.

He was left w/ no way to communicate w/ the men seizing him.

He was a DACA recipient (a "dreamer"). He spent nearly a month in detention.
Dreamers Face ‘Greatest Threat’ Yet in Trump Immigrant Crackdown
The DACA program has survived years of political siege—but recent arrests have dreamers shocked and worried.
www.thebulwark.com
August 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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The Voting Rights Act is 60;
and it needs CPR, legal protection, and a fully-armed security detail.
johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-voting...
The Voting Rights at 60: Still Waiting in Line
We celebrated 60 years of voting rights by making sure your polling place is in a Cracker Barrel parking lot at 2AM
johnfugelsang.substack.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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BREAKING: I am suing the Department of Justice for the training videos instructing FBI personnel to flag mentions of Donald Trump in the Epstein files. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/i-am-suing...
I Am Suing the Department of Justice for the Epstein Files Training Videos
On July 20th, I was the first to report the existence of training videos instructing FBI personnel how to flag mentions of Trump and others in the Epstein files. Today, I'm suing for those videos.
www.muellershewrote.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Last week I got to go backstage at the Outlaw Country Festival to talk with Willie Nelson, pre-show, on his tour bus.

He is 92 and he absolutely killed it later that night. Tonight, we present the tour bus interview on @SiriusXM #127.
August 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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An innocent President would simply release the Epstein Files and demand a full FBI investigation into every Epstein client.

That’s it.

That’s the whole ballgame summed up.
August 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Seizing the property of private organizations to punish dissent is totalitarianism.

It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.

Yet people who drool ‘freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.
The Commerce Department threatening to take over Harvard's patents shows the extent to which the federal government is trying to pressure the university into a settlement. They are trying everything possible. (gift link)
Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents
The move is the latest escalation in the White House’s battle with the Ivy League school.
www.wsj.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Don't go with this garbage. Prager is gross negligent and should be a no go
My God, people, protect your children from this trash propaganda, and fight your school districts if they try to force it on you.

Raise one holy hell of a ruckus and demand your child be protected from this.
The White House has a preferred alternative to PBS: PragerU, a nonprofit organization that specializes in creating right-leaning educational short videos for adults and children. . It may already be in countless classrooms. www.vox.com/today-explai...
August 9, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Wait, what???
Judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state

The order came at the request of A.G. Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”
#txlege

www.texastribune.org/2025/08/08/b...
Judge blocks Beto O’Rourke from financially supporting Texas Democrats who left the state
The order came at the request of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who O’Rourke accused in a separate lawsuit of going on a “fishing expedition, constitutional rights be damned.”
www.texastribune.org
August 9, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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Canadians have cut their purchases of American wines by *96.8%*

That's...basically all of it. Great job, Trump
Turns out wine with strong hints of fascism and bullying aren't popular in other parts of the world.
Monthly US wine exports plunge, down 96.8% to Canada YoY. China (-36%) and the UK (-6%) also down. Overall, US wine exports declined by $38.8 million (-37%) compared to June 2024. #EconSky #Wine
August 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Please watch this in its entirety

Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.

This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
🧵
August 9, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Take this in for a moment: These people have devoted their careers to protecting human life so politicians who don't care about your life can tell you the scientists are threatening your life, so you drive to the CDC and try to end the lives of the people who've tried so hard to save yours.
CNN on Emory Shooting: Police are operating under the theory that the shooter either was sick or believed that he was sick, and blamed the illness on the covid vaccine
August 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Fiona Hill: The United States is on a path toward full-on state repression.
August 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Laura Loomer is attacking Flo Groberg for being the wrong kind of Medal of Honor recipient—he’s a French-Algerian immigrant—and suggesting the Army posting about him today is an act of disloyalty to Trump.

…The Army posted about Flo today because 8/8/2012 was the day he tackled that suicide bomber.
August 9, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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August 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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You sure about this, Google?
August 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Meanwhile, here in Maine, AI crawlers have rendered the server that manages our statewide interlibrary loan unreachable by legitimate attempts to pass through requests/information

Again, but louder: the server can’t be reached by libraries and the folks trying to use them BECAUSE OF AI CRAWLERS.
Gavin, you massive disappointment, what are you doing??

(I mean, I know what you're doing, but I need you to stop)

How many educators did you talk to when you made this decision? Oh, none, you say? Ohhhh this is for presidential donations, you say?

www.mercurynews.com/2025/08/07/n...
Newsom announces agreements to embed AI products from Big Tech into state colleges, high schools
The announcement comes amid massive hype and significant concerns over the “generative AI” technology that can produce text, video, sound and computer code in response to prompts from u…
www.mercurynews.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Andry Hernández Romero, the makeup artist from Venezuela who was deported to El Salvador by the Trump admin and held in a notorious mega-prison, has been sent back to Venezuela, according to Robert Garcia.

"We are grateful he is alive and are engaged with both the State Department and his team."
July 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM