Rachel Votes Blue
@rchungerford.bsky.social
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On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
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It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
On the patently unlawful boat strikes
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
It's hard for USGs to claim ‘mistake of law’ or ‘advice of counsel’ – when they’re firing lawyers who wouldn't sign off on the strikes.
WaPo's new revelations on firings or removals:
1) CIA General Counsel
2) NSC Legal Adviser
3) CIA Mission Center’s lawyer
🧵
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This is gate keeping through removing advanced degrees for women and minorities in high need fields that require post grad degrees to progress.
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
This is gate keeping through removing advanced degrees for women and minorities in high need fields that require post grad degrees to progress.
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Read this article please
Mamdani walked in with an agenda. Trump walked out repeating it.
Trump’s Oval Office Surrender to Zohran Mamdani
In a stunning White House meeting, Donald Trump abandoned his party’s narrative and embraced New York City’s mayor-elect, while Mamdani stayed laser-focused on issues facing the city.
www.meidasplus.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Read this article please
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If you’re looking for more incentive to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social win the #TN07 Special Election on December 2nd, look no further than this ‘House math’ post below.
A win here could absolutely cripple the House GOP for a good portion of 2026.
If you’re looking for more incentive to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social win the #TN07 Special Election on December 2nd, look no further than this ‘House math’ post below.
A win here could absolutely cripple the House GOP for a good portion of 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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If you’re looking for more incentive to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social win the #TN07 Special Election on December 2nd, look no further than this ‘House math’ post below.
A win here could absolutely cripple the House GOP for a good portion of 2026.
If you’re looking for more incentive to help @aftynbehn.bsky.social win the #TN07 Special Election on December 2nd, look no further than this ‘House math’ post below.
A win here could absolutely cripple the House GOP for a good portion of 2026.
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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Unbelievable our own US Ambassador would meet with someone who betrayed our country - even if for an ally (and btw it was mostly for money) - and in our Embassy.
We still have difficulty w/@CIA clearance cases involving Israel bc of animosity towards Pollard even aft 40 years
We still have difficulty w/@CIA clearance cases involving Israel bc of animosity towards Pollard even aft 40 years
Ambassador Mike Huckabee, President Trump’s envoy to Israel, met at the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem in July with Jonathan Pollard, an American who spent 30 years in prison for spying for Israel, Pollard said. The unusual meeting appeared to be a sharp break with years of precedent for U.S. diplomats.
Ambassador Huckabee Held Meeting With Jonathan Pollard, Ex-Spy, at U.S. Embassy in Israel
Jonathan J. Pollard, who was convicted of espionage, said in an interview that the meeting, which was highly unusual for a U.S. diplomat to attend, had been friendly.
nyti.ms
November 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Unbelievable our own US Ambassador would meet with someone who betrayed our country - even if for an ally (and btw it was mostly for money) - and in our Embassy.
We still have difficulty w/@CIA clearance cases involving Israel bc of animosity towards Pollard even aft 40 years
We still have difficulty w/@CIA clearance cases involving Israel bc of animosity towards Pollard even aft 40 years
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Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
ICE Says Critical Evidence In Abuse Case Was Lost In 'System Crash' a Day After It Was Sued
The government also said "we don't have resources" to retain all footage and that plaintiffs could supply "endless hard drives that we could save things to."
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Feds now claim a "system crash" that happened immediately after ICE was sued is the reason why 10 days of footage from inside the Broadview Detention Center has been lost.
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
Unreal hearing on this earlier:
www.404media.co/ice-says-cri...
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The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The DOE just cut multiple fields from the “professional degree” list, shrinking loan access for future workers. Nursing, PAs, PT, OT, audiology, public health, social work, & education master’s all got dropped.
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
And yes, they’re fields dominated by women.
#ProudBlue
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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I’m a Black higher ed lawyer, formerly in-house counsel at Harvard and top expert on Project 2025.
This is Project 2025 in action, dismantling the Department of Education; no Congressional approval, no public comment periods, nothing.
No coming back from this, folks. It didn’t have to be this way.
This is Project 2025 in action, dismantling the Department of Education; no Congressional approval, no public comment periods, nothing.
No coming back from this, folks. It didn’t have to be this way.
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I’m a Black higher ed lawyer, formerly in-house counsel at Harvard and top expert on Project 2025.
This is Project 2025 in action, dismantling the Department of Education; no Congressional approval, no public comment periods, nothing.
No coming back from this, folks. It didn’t have to be this way.
This is Project 2025 in action, dismantling the Department of Education; no Congressional approval, no public comment periods, nothing.
No coming back from this, folks. It didn’t have to be this way.
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Resistance Rises While The Regime Crumbles: House Overturns Senate Scam, Veterans Tell Troops To Refuse Any Illegal Orders, and AOC Dismantles Big Trump Lie
No Fear: Brave Veterans In Congress Choose Constitution Over Tyrant, Americans Flood DC Demanding Trump’s Impeachment, and AOC Dismantles A Big Trump Lie
Resistance rises while the regime begins to crumble
www.dworkinsubstack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Resistance Rises While The Regime Crumbles: House Overturns Senate Scam, Veterans Tell Troops To Refuse Any Illegal Orders, and AOC Dismantles Big Trump Lie
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NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NEW: ICE has finally released post-shutdown detention data. The latest data reveals that a full 40%(!) of people arrested in the interior and held in ICE detention have no criminal record; no criminal charges or prior convictions. That is up from just 4% when Trump took office.
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We already have a massive nursing shortage that the Dept of Ed just ensured will get even worse. Hospitals are going to become increasingly dangerous places to be.
I’m sorry that I don’t have anything intelligent to say right now because I am so fucking angry
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...
Nursing is no longer counted as a 'professional degree' by Trump admin
The Department of Education has excluded nursing as a "professional degree" program as it implements various changes to student loans.
www.newsweek.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
We already have a massive nursing shortage that the Dept of Ed just ensured will get even worse. Hospitals are going to become increasingly dangerous places to be.
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TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
TEN MONTHS IN:
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
The national debt is higher.
The trade deficit is wider.
The inflation rate has worsened.
The unemployment rate is up.
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With every single insane post Trump makes, he becomes less powerful. Less believable. Less authoritarian.
He’s a weak man.
He’s a weak man.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
With every single insane post Trump makes, he becomes less powerful. Less believable. Less authoritarian.
He’s a weak man.
He’s a weak man.
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“The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol.”
WTAF, America?
WTAF, America?
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
“The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol.”
WTAF, America?
WTAF, America?
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EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
Wyden Presses for Investigation Into JPMorgan Chase and Epstein
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
EPSTEIN BOMBSHELL: my staff is releasing a new report showing JPMorgan Chase executives – all the way to the top – enabled Epstein's sex trafficking operation. You're going to want to read this.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN CONGRESS should be pressed about Trump calling for their colleagues to be killed
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There are not “tens of millions of criminal illegals in our country.” It’s simply false. It’s wrong by orders of magnitude. It’s the government telling a racist lie to whip up racial hatred of nonwhite Americans, especially Latinos. It’s one of the most overt acts of white supremacy in US history.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
There are not “tens of millions of criminal illegals in our country.” It’s simply false. It’s wrong by orders of magnitude. It’s the government telling a racist lie to whip up racial hatred of nonwhite Americans, especially Latinos. It’s one of the most overt acts of white supremacy in US history.
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Trump pardons allies who boost his crypto coin.
Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating.
Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business.
The list goes on.
We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating.
Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business.
The list goes on.
We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Trump pardons allies who boost his crypto coin.
Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating.
Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business.
The list goes on.
We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
Trump invests in corporations that he's supposed to be regulating.
Trump cuts deals with autocrats to advance his family's real estate business.
The list goes on.
We must not become numb to this blatant corruption.
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LOUISIANA… Manhattan-sized Meta data center with no community input… sound familiar, Memphis?
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
LOUISIANA… Manhattan-sized Meta data center with no community input… sound familiar, Memphis?
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This Schedule F charade is a textbook example of the corruption of Roberts Court, which will likely endorse it. The entire argument rests on a tacit agreement to pretend that the plain meaning of words, as the legislators understood them, don’t exist. Pure corruption. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Final Schedule F regulations to describe civil service protections as ‘unconstitutional overcorrections’
OPM officials told agency HR leaders Tuesday that President Trump has Article II constitutional authority to remove tens of thousands of career federal workers in jobs over potential “resistance to po...
www.govexec.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This Schedule F charade is a textbook example of the corruption of Roberts Court, which will likely endorse it. The entire argument rests on a tacit agreement to pretend that the plain meaning of words, as the legislators understood them, don’t exist. Pure corruption. www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
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The Department of Education is parceling off its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies.
Much of the funding for K-12 and colleges is being handed over to—wait for it—the Department of LABOR.
Because what else is education good for apart from producing workers?😞
Much of the funding for K-12 and colleges is being handed over to—wait for it—the Department of LABOR.
Because what else is education good for apart from producing workers?😞
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The Department of Education is parceling off its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies.
Much of the funding for K-12 and colleges is being handed over to—wait for it—the Department of LABOR.
Because what else is education good for apart from producing workers?😞
Much of the funding for K-12 and colleges is being handed over to—wait for it—the Department of LABOR.
Because what else is education good for apart from producing workers?😞