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Omnia iam fient quae posse negabam - Everything which I used to say could not happen will happen now. (Ovid)
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The Trump administration has completely abandoned enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, a key Civil Rights era achievement. That's left Kenneth Hansbrough, a blind wheelchair user, trapped in an apartment that puts his safety at risk. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
HUD Is Refusing to Enforce Anti-Discrimination Law—and Won’t Let Anyone Else Do It, Either
The initial chaos of layoffs has been followed by a concerted effort by the Trump administration to halt the enforcement of the Fair Housing Act.
www.thenation.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Trump administration has completely abandoned enforcement of the Fair Housing Act, a key Civil Rights era achievement. That's left Kenneth Hansbrough, a blind wheelchair user, trapped in an apartment that puts his safety at risk. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Hearing this is payback for Colorado not honoring Trump/Peters ‘pardon’
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It's very cool that the Supreme Court invented a political system that gives these lunatics unlimited influence.
Miriam Adelson encourages Trump to serve an illegal third term during a Hanukkah celebration at the White House. The crowd chants "four more years!"
December 17, 2025 at 2:10 AM
It's very cool that the Supreme Court invented a political system that gives these lunatics unlimited influence.
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Bowie. I think you will too.
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
The Supreme Court's Secret Plan to Reshape America | Professor Nikolas Bowie
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I really enjoyed this conversation with Harvard Law Professor Nicholas Bowie. I think you will too.
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
We unpacked how the Supreme Court’s conservative majority is dismantling decades of voting rights, campaign finance law, and congressional authority. youtu.be/LHv8zFi1bPk?...
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The pause on immigration benefits for all nationals of 19 countries has turned the lives of many Americans and their relatives upside down.
He was days from becoming a U.S. citizen. Then came the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown
The pause on immigration benefits for all nationals of 19 countries has turned the lives of many Americans and their relatives upside down.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The pause on immigration benefits for all nationals of 19 countries has turned the lives of many Americans and their relatives upside down.
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What’s worse, Fetterman working harder to get a pardon for Netanyahu than healthcare for his own constituents….or the fact that he did the Netanyahu letter in secret?
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What’s worse, Fetterman working harder to get a pardon for Netanyahu than healthcare for his own constituents….or the fact that he did the Netanyahu letter in secret?
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Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators
I got a fascinating array of responses to my Tuesday post about...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Towards a Deeper Understanding of Our Age of Monsters and Predators talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/towar...
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In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
December 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In American high schools, many teenagers are assigned few full books to read from beginning to end — often just one or two per year, according to researchers and thousands of responses to an informal reader survey by The New York Times. trib.al/gNp7kWK
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what in the fuck
December 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
what in the fuck
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Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on.
An estimated 200,000 people have fled fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo just days after Trump hailed a “historic” peace deal to end the conflict.
200,000 Flee Congo After Trump’s ‘Historic’ Peace Deal
Why the Rwanda-Congo accord misses the point.
foreignpolicy.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Quick guide to interpreting US foreign policy propaganda: if the word “deal” was used, some American made some money, and the war is still going on.
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oh my god let it go YOU FUCKING LOSER
Breaking news: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Fulton County, Georgia, over records related to the 2020 election, escalating the Trump administration’s efforts to boost the president’s false claims that his loss to Joe Biden was rigged.
DOJ sues Georgia county as Trump pushes debunked 2020 election fraud claims
President Donald Trump has increasingly pressured his administration to find widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, despite those claims having been debunked and dismissed in dozens of cases by ...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
oh my god let it go YOU FUCKING LOSER
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A beautiful moment in a terrible story.
The regime once swore he would never see his family in Maryland again. They were wrong. He's out and on his way home.
December 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A beautiful moment in a terrible story.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses
A federal judge ordered Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from custody on Thursday night, making for the latest major setback in the Trump administration’s bigoted immigration ...
www.dailykos.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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Here is Zelensky filming himself in an area Putin claims Russia has taken. The guy is such a badass. (Compare to Putin who has comical furniture built because he’s afraid to sit near his own allies.)
Zelensky arrived in Kupyansk, which Putin claims is "under Russian control."
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Here is Zelensky filming himself in an area Putin claims Russia has taken. The guy is such a badass. (Compare to Putin who has comical furniture built because he’s afraid to sit near his own allies.)
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Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
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you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?
December 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
you know who else blamed a minority group for every problem in their nation instead of addressing the issue?
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The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The first paragraph of Judge Breyer‘s opinion granting an injunction in the California National Guard case is a banger.
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To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
They are going after that college students' family now. JFC www.nytimes.com/2025/12/07/u...
Immigration Agents Target Family of Deported College Student
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 1:44 PM
To go after a family for no other reason than that their daughter sparked sympathy is appalling. Absolutely appalling. Beyond cruelty into outright sadism.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Here apparently meaning that, if you lose a competition, that you can appeal to the refs for a second chance.
CNBC: Do you sense that the president is in your corner here?
DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
DAVID ELLISON: What I would say is I'm incredibly grateful for the relations with the president, and I also believe he believes in competition
December 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here apparently meaning that, if you lose a competition, that you can appeal to the refs for a second chance.
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So strange that CBS's $16 million payoff a few months ago didn't buy the company a reprieve from Trump's hostility
Trump demands an apology from CBS (or else!) says, "The only reason Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown (Green turns Brown under stress!) went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States (Certainly not the first time she has been jilted!)."
December 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So strange that CBS's $16 million payoff a few months ago didn't buy the company a reprieve from Trump's hostility
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Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix www.theverge.com/news/839813/...
Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix
It’s not over yet.
www.theverge.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Paramount launches a hostile $108 billion bid to snatch Warner from Netflix www.theverge.com/news/839813/...