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Because she’s a Russian spy.
Exclusive: A U.S. official has alleged wrongdoing by U.S. spy chief Tulsi Gabbard in a complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to people familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Because she’s a Russian spy.
It’s a cult.
The party of small government now proposes marriage camps!
Project 2025 at work👇🙄
Project 2025 at work👇🙄
February 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
It’s a cult.
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This was a bribe.
UAE royals gave the Trump family $500 million, and Trump, in his presidential capacity, gave them access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
The most powerful person on the planet, also happens to be the most shamelessly corrupt.
UAE royals gave the Trump family $500 million, and Trump, in his presidential capacity, gave them access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
The most powerful person on the planet, also happens to be the most shamelessly corrupt.
February 1, 2026 at 2:19 AM
This was a bribe.
UAE royals gave the Trump family $500 million, and Trump, in his presidential capacity, gave them access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
The most powerful person on the planet, also happens to be the most shamelessly corrupt.
UAE royals gave the Trump family $500 million, and Trump, in his presidential capacity, gave them access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
The most powerful person on the planet, also happens to be the most shamelessly corrupt.
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
Hey everyone, you’re not going to be able to find anyone qualified to help take care of your aging parents/grandparents. Remember to thank Trump and Vance.
What ICE is doing with its horrific assault and ban on immigration absolutely goes hand in hand with the attack on Medicaid, especially for HCBS.
Not because they are using these benefits, but rather because they are supporting them, both through labor and taxes paid.
www.kff.org/immigrant-he...
Not because they are using these benefits, but rather because they are supporting them, both through labor and taxes paid.
www.kff.org/immigrant-he...
Potential Impact of the Federal Pause on Immigrant Visas From 75 Countries on the U.S. Health Care Workforce | KFF
This policy watch discusses the implications for the U.S. health care workforce of the recent DOS immigrant visa pause for individuals from 75 countries deemed more likely to be a public charge.
www.kff.org
January 31, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Hey everyone, you’re not going to be able to find anyone qualified to help take care of your aging parents/grandparents. Remember to thank Trump and Vance.
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FLAG: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal ICE memo reviewed by NYT.
The change expands the ability of lower-level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they suspect are undocumented immigrants.
The change expands the ability of lower-level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they suspect are undocumented immigrants.
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 PM
FLAG: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal ICE memo reviewed by NYT.
The change expands the ability of lower-level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they suspect are undocumented immigrants.
The change expands the ability of lower-level ICE agents to carry out sweeps rounding up people they suspect are undocumented immigrants.
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It's no surprise why the US is "backsliding" fast: Putin is desperate in Ukraine and needs help.
Trump's problem is, he picked a tough speed. It works to go slower and gradually erode rights, as in Orban's Hungary. Or faster, to dominate and cause terror, as in Hitler's Germany. In between is hard.
Trump's problem is, he picked a tough speed. It works to go slower and gradually erode rights, as in Orban's Hungary. Or faster, to dominate and cause terror, as in Hitler's Germany. In between is hard.
New from me: It is not just that the US is experiencing democratic backsliding. Authoritarianism has emerged more quickly than in other benchmark countries.
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
This graph from John Burn-Murdoch sums it up. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/autocracy-...
January 31, 2026 at 6:15 PM
It's no surprise why the US is "backsliding" fast: Putin is desperate in Ukraine and needs help.
Trump's problem is, he picked a tough speed. It works to go slower and gradually erode rights, as in Orban's Hungary. Or faster, to dominate and cause terror, as in Hitler's Germany. In between is hard.
Trump's problem is, he picked a tough speed. It works to go slower and gradually erode rights, as in Orban's Hungary. Or faster, to dominate and cause terror, as in Hitler's Germany. In between is hard.
No rep should be safe. If your Dem rep isn’t fighting against this fascist takeover….replace them!
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 PM
No rep should be safe. If your Dem rep isn’t fighting against this fascist takeover….replace them!
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Hell, yeah.
“I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”
“I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”
January 31, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Hell, yeah.
“I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”
“I’ve got white skin, so I’m using my privilege to speak for my friends and neighbors. We’re telling them to stay home and stay safe, and we’re coming out and fighting for them.”
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“…Most white people in this country are like most people who eat meat in this country: they want to enjoy a good steak, but they don’t want to go to a slaughterhouse and put a bolt gun in a cow. White people enjoy their privilege, but they don’t exactly want to see how their privilege gets made.”
Here’s my @thenation.com post on the arrest of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, the violation of the First Amendment, and Trump’s ongoing attempts to change the face of his victims and spark a race war.
The Trump Administration Arrested Don Lemon Like He Was a Fugitive Slave
Lemon’s arrest is not only a clear violation of the First Amendment but a blatant throwback to the Constitution’s long-discarded Fugitive Slave Clause.
www.thenation.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:09 PM
“…Most white people in this country are like most people who eat meat in this country: they want to enjoy a good steak, but they don’t want to go to a slaughterhouse and put a bolt gun in a cow. White people enjoy their privilege, but they don’t exactly want to see how their privilege gets made.”
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“.. years after Mr. Lutnick has said he severed ties with Mr. Epstein.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
January 30, 2026 at 8:44 PM
“.. years after Mr. Lutnick has said he severed ties with Mr. Epstein.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN THEN!!!!
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
January 30, 2026 at 7:48 PM
SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN THEN!!!!
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“Defund ICE or we’ll close the airports and the coast guard” is a better rallying cry than “Defund ICE or we’ll starve disabled people and kick patients off life saving clinical trials.” That’s why separating DHS out is important.
January 30, 2026 at 4:34 PM
“Defund ICE or we’ll close the airports and the coast guard” is a better rallying cry than “Defund ICE or we’ll starve disabled people and kick patients off life saving clinical trials.” That’s why separating DHS out is important.
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reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
reminder that a small handful of Republicans in the House and Senate could end this madness today
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Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."
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This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
January 29, 2026 at 1:54 AM
This giant ICE Army they are building this year is also likely to be at polling places during the midterms in heavily Democratic precincts with the excuse being that they are looking for “illegals trying to vote.”
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Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
January 29, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Ossoff: "This is a seismic event. This should have people across the country absolutely shook. This is a huge deal. This is an FBI raid on the Fulton County Elections office ... This is a shot across the bow at the midterm elections. He tried to steal power when he lost it in 2020."
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We are the power!
January 28, 2026 at 9:31 PM
We are the power!
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I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
Donald Trump Is Frightened
Trump wants to appear eager to minimize out-of-control clashes between government militias and protesters. But he doesn’t want to stop the things causing those clashes in the first place.
newrepublic.com
January 28, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I'm calling bullshit on the media narrative that Trump is "pivoting" and "deescalating" on his ICE raids. The threshold is this: As long as the military occupations and the treatment of US cities as enemy territory continue, there's no pivot. ICE out. 1/
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
(New piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
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Dear DHS: You need to implement an immediate operational stand down of ICE and Border Patrol interior operations so your agents can learn basic stuff, like the fact that the First Lady of the United States is an American citizen even though she has an accent.
CNN airs unearthed footage of a Border Patrol agent harassing a ride share driver:
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
"If you were from this country, you would know I'm an immigration officer... I can hear you don't have the same accent as me."
January 28, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Dear DHS: You need to implement an immediate operational stand down of ICE and Border Patrol interior operations so your agents can learn basic stuff, like the fact that the First Lady of the United States is an American citizen even though she has an accent.
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If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."
January 27, 2026 at 6:06 PM
If Democrats haven't announced their proposal for the Donald Trump No Guns in Public bill by the end of the day, they're missing an easy shot
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Here’s the list of demands Dems are seeming to agree on to fund the govt. Dems don’t have the power to defund ICE b/c it’s funded by the Big Ugly Bill. I agree ICE can’t be reformed & must be abolished, but restrictions are all we have until we get the majority. Senator Chris Murphy explains below.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Here’s the list of demands Dems are seeming to agree on to fund the govt. Dems don’t have the power to defund ICE b/c it’s funded by the Big Ugly Bill. I agree ICE can’t be reformed & must be abolished, but restrictions are all we have until we get the majority. Senator Chris Murphy explains below.
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Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
January 27, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Okay. Time to call your democratic senators and tell them that Bovino’s demotion and humiliation WILL NOT SUFFICE to fund DHS.
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Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
January 27, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.
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“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“You cannot bring a firearm, loaded, with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple.” — FBI Dir. Kash Patel