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Roman Smith
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Explorer. Blue (just like my dress.) Despise MAGAts. Live in Hollywood, CA. romanscalifornia.com
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After 100 days of P47, I will be dramatically scaling back my nightly updates. I knew we would have lots of activity from P47, but the daily flood is too much to continue at the rate I've been keeping.
On This Day (Nov 11) in 2025 (1/7)
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Judge Dianna Gibson (UT gerrymandering), p1
- UT wants to gerrymander so GOP gets all four House seats
- GOP submitted a map splitting Salt Lake County in four
- Gibson rejected map
- UT Supreme Court agreed w/ Gibson
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
News came in Sun as the day progressed...Dems were, not surprisingly, caving to the deplorable GOP, not even a week out from elections that were the most one-sided since the GOP shellacked Dems in 2010. Why did Schumer cave? Can we dump him today?

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Chuck Schumer’s Quiet Betrayal: The Day the Democratic Party Forgot Who It Serves
The American people begged their leaders to stand up to Trumpism. Instead, their Senate “leader” sold them out. When courage becomes optional, democracy becomes impossible...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Nov 10) in 2025 (1/19)
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Ghislaine Maxwell
- after interview w/ Todd Blanche, transferred to Club Fed
- has been getting extraordinarily preferential treatment
- pvt exercise area, service dog, internet access
- in all likelihood, her sentence will be commuted
November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Before the 2020 election, P47 couldn't get enough camera time to talk about sending checks directly to voters, complete with his signature. Many people voted for him, thinking checks came from his personal funds. Surprise, now he's doing it again

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Is Trump’s $2,000 “Dividend” Really a Plan to Buy Votes?
The $2,000 “dividend” plan may be the boldest attempt yet to turn democracy into a cash-for-votes transaction…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
On This Day (Nov 9) in 2025 (1/10)
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Mark Wolf, p1
- chief judge of Court of MA; appointed by Reagan
- stepping down after 50+ yrs in DOJ/judiciary
- 'My reason is simple...can't bear to be restrained'
- 'by what judges can say/do publicly outside courtroom
November 10, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Nov 8) in 2025 (1/6)
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Epstein Files
- Ehud Barak is former Prime Minister of Israel
- his email was hacked recently
- JE helped broker agreement bw Côte d'Ivoire and Israel
- Marge: 'this may keep House out/session through 2026'
November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
The economy is still shit, the govt is still shut down, The Epstein Files are still being locked away from our eyes, Adelita Grijalva has still not been sworn in, more boats are gone, P47 continues sleeping in public...but Dems kicked ass on Tue night

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Saturday Report 11/8/25 — Health insurance prices are exploding: where is all that money going?
The Best of the Rest of the News...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Nov 7) in 2025 (1/9)
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Judge Nachmanoff (Comey)
- trial judge
- ruled on Judge Fitzpatrick's ruling (re, evidence)
- 'Judge Fitz properly addressed need for grand jury recs'
- DOJ must turn over grand jury material to Comey
- will go on docket
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
'Cruelty is the point': while it was outwardly obvious, it wasn't publicly acknowledged by the media until baby separations during the reign of P45 were shown on camera; now, P47 has upped the ante with ICE + other policies in his march to dictatorship

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The Atrocity Loop: Is America Finding New Ways to Justify the Unthinkable?
From eugenics and AIDS denial to border kidnappings, the same cold logic endures: if the victims suffer enough, the powerful can call it order…
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November 8, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Nov 6) in 2025 (1/17)
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Judge Nichols (Sandwich Guy)
- fourth day of trial
- jury deliberations started yesterday
- asked judge for details on word, 'bodily harm' today
- jury acquitted today
- acquittal: all jurors voted, 'Not Guilty'
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
P47 is sniping at the GOPers in the Senate near-daily, demanding that they end the filibuster rule; thus far, even Senate GOPers have said, 'no chance.' Would getting rid of the filibuster be a good thing? How about forcing forty, 'no' votes? Hmmm...🤔

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A Republic, If You Can Count to 51: Why the Filibuster’s Demise Could Save Democracy
Let debate rage for days, then vote, as the founders intended; end the antique veto and force both parties to own their visions before the people…
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November 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
On This Day (Nov 5) in 2025 (1/33)
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SCOTUS (Tariffs), p1
- tariffs arguments at SCOTUS today
- John Sauer's arguments (for P47) not particularly good
- neat Katyal (for plaintiffs) much stronger arguments
- Sauer argued that P47 tariffs have *ZERO* to do with $$$
November 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
It's not so visible or obvious, but big business is a big benefactor of govt programs like SNAP; it's calculated, and welcomed by big business. Simple example: if you are getting $100/month of SNAP, Walmart will pay you $100 less/month. Simple formula

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The SNAP Scam: How Billionaires and Politicians Built a Welfare System for the Rich
Behind the rhetoric about ‘lazy freeloaders’ lies a stunning truth: America’s largest corporations depend on food stamps to prop up their low-wage empires...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:50 AM
On This Day (Nov 4) in 2025 (1/15)
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Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE)
- DOJ ordered to produce all video from Oct 23 incident
- some has already been used in DHS PR vids
- there's body camera and drone camera footage availeble
- DOJ has decided they won't comply w/ court order
November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Once upon a decade, people could have a job, and survivably live; but that was pre-Reagan. FDR reversed the horrors left by Hoover, and transformed the country positively for the citizenry; Reagan reversed FDR, ensuring only the wealthy get benefits

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The Great American Heist: How Reagan, Trump, and Their Billionaire Backers Stole the Middle Class
A 50-year project to turn the world’s strongest democracy into a playground for the rich...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:55 AM
On This Day (Nov 3) in 2025 (1/7)
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Judge Immergut (Portland Natl Guard)
- 'no credible evidence...protests grew out of control'
- 'violence not against fed officers or ICE facility'
- 'testimony shows ICE not unable to affect arrests'
- PI against Natl Guard granted
November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
In the 90's, GOPers were desperate to prevent Hillary Clinton from introducing a new healthcare plan, so they penned an alternative. Hillary's plan didn't pass, and Obama took that GOP (Heritage Foundation) plan and called it Obamacare

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Healthcare for All: The Democratic Promise That Could Heal a Broken Nation
When politics becomes personal, policy becomes powerful, and there’s nothing more personal than survival…
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November 4, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Nov 2) in 2025 (1/7)
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P47, re Schumer + Dems
- 'there's something wrong with these people'
- 'Schumer is a basket case. He has nothing to lose'
- 'he's become...I just left Japan...'
- 'he's become a kamikaze pilot'
- Dems: 'they've become crazed lunatics'
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
On This Day (Nov 1) in 2025 (1/2)
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Epstein Ballroom donors
- previously undisclosed
- $2.5M Blackrock (Panama Canal)
- $2.5M Jeff Yass - ByteDance (TikTok)
- $2.5M Extremity Care (Medicare)
- $?.?M Vantive (Medicare)
- full list will likely never be known
November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Violence perpetrated by ICE continues unabated (despite rulings from judges), P47 is bragging about marble upgrades to the Lincoln bathroom and Gatsby-themed parties at MaL, and P47 just doesn't give a rat's ass about the shutdown, SNAP or other issues

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Saturday Report 11/1/25 — Tear gassing trick-or-treaters: Noem’s new definition of American values...
The Best of the Rest of the News and Opinion…
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November 2, 2025 at 3:58 AM
On This Day (Oct 31) in 2025 (1/12)
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Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (Elections)
- P47 wants voter reg to include proof/citizenship
- 'Constitution assigns responsibility for election'
- 'regulation to States and Congress'
- 'President lacks authority to direct such changes'
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Many worry about whether or not we will have elections in 2026 or 2028; others point out that we will almost certainly have, 'elections'; but then, Russia has 'elections', and the widely unpopular Putin gets 90% of the vote 🤔. What's in store for us?

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Will the 2028 Election Even Happen? Is There a Plot to Use the Insurrection Act to End Democracy?
From John Adams to Kent State to the Insurrection Act, history warns us what happens when power fears the people more than the enemy…
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November 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
On This Day (Oct 30) in 2025 (1/14)
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Judge Michael Nachmanoff (Comey trial)
- Comey filed three motions today
- 'I need to see grand jury proceedings'
- 'I need Bill of Particulars'
- 'dismiss, because I literally told the truth'
- previously filed, re vindictive prosecution
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Facebook decides what you see when you log in (something that will make you angry), the bird site makes sure you see right-wing fascistic propaganda, Amazon determines which products you will see, and Google chooses which ads you see. Algorithms own us

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Is the Algorithm the Single Greatest Threat to Humanity at this Moment?
Algorithms are not tuned for what is best for society. They don’t follow the rules that hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution have built into our cultures, religions & political systems…
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October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
On This Day (Oct 29) in 2025 (1/9)
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Judge Ellis (Chicago ICE)
- CBP Field Cmdr Greg Bovino testified yesterday
- his testimony was limited, and less than impressive
- Ellis ordered Bovino to testify daily at 6pm to Nov 5
- DOJ appealed daily Bovino; 7th Circuit sided w/ DOJ
October 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM