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@theunderminer.bsky.social
All actions have consequences. Inaction even more so.
Its been said before and will be said again: It's all about the cruelty

Internal memo halts oversight of prison rape protections for trans inmates : NPR share.google/NKd1cFct07BG...
DOJ orders prison inspectors to stop considering LGBTQ safety standards
A memo obtained by NPR shows the Justice Department is telling inspectors to stop evaluating prisons using standards designed to protect trans and other LGBTQ community members from sexual violence.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
HOT DAM!

Uranium discovered in newly built Colorado dam pauses $600 million project share.google/DD1VRB6oXFIP...
Uranium discovered in newly built Colorado dam pauses $600 million project
The new Chimney Hollow Reservoir halts construction and threatens timeline for major water supply
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November 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Ask yourself: when was the last time Donald Trump skipped a meal? Then consider nearly $100 million in taxpayer funded golf games for him so far this year alone.

Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits - POLITICO share.google/CeZs12iwPy4N...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just in case you don't think there are enough police in Washington DC.
August 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
They escorted out the protester when she was the one who was assaulted and whose property was damaged.

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Update from John Ismay
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June 14, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Great! Let's give another set of billionaires more access to our private data and control of us. Peter Thiel and the PayPal mafia continue to execute on their oligarchy. Remember Vance is their inside man.

Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans
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May 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Remember Justice Sotomayor's prescient dissent in the immunity ruling less than a year ago? "Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune, Immune, Immune." What do you say now, Mr. Chief Justice?

Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
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May 27, 2025 at 6:50 PM
White farmers in South Africa get special status to the US due to alleged genocide and land grab. Palestinians are being mass murdered and we supply the bombs and bullets. With 90% tarrifs, Trump extorts Vietnam to steal farmers' land for his development. No justice.
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Video: Inside a Trump Family Project in Vietnam
As President Trump blurs the lines between politics and business — and threatens steep tariffs on trade partners — governments feel compelled to favor Trump-related projects. Damien Cave, Vietnam bure...
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May 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I think the fundamental concept is to undemine. It apparently does no good to go at DJT. His base must be undermined. That means his base in the House and Senate. These techniques should be used against them.

Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/o...
Opinion | Three Well-Tested Ways to Undermine an Autocrat
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May 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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This is Senator Chris Murphy outlining tRump's money grab in the middle east. It's stunning and it's being done out in the open. It's a great speech and a must watch 🗳️💙☮️

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Murphy On Trump’s Middle East Trip: This Is A National Security Disaster And A Moral Abomination.
YouTube video by Senator Chris Murphy
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May 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
It is not antisemitic to call out and oppose genocide. Meanwhile, Shabbos Kestenbaum flies around like a rock star trying to get other immigrants deported for expressing opposition. Shameful.

As Gaza Siege Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry and Patients Die www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/w...
Israel’s Total Blockade of Gaza Has Created ‘Catastrophic’ Conditions, Doctors Say (Gift Article)
The effect of Israel’s total siege has become “catastrophic,” doctors say. Food, water and medicine shortages are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths.
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May 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
And, Hunter Biden was pursued for years for alleged influence peddling for calling his Dad.

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Video: What to Know About Trump’s Crypto Company
President Trump’s cryptocurrency firm has eroded the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in American history. David Yaffe-Bellany, a technology reporter...
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April 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Does anybody remember the scoffs about DA Dani Willis carrying cash? Turns out that's now ok.

Kristi Noem’s Handbag Was Snatched From Beneath Her Chair, D.H.S. Says www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
Kristi Noem’s Handbag Was Snatched From Beneath Her Chair, D.H.S. Says
Ms. Noem “could feel this person as they snatched her bag,” a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said.
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April 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Did anybody yell at this guy for not wearing a suit and tie?
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
So, is this where push comes to shove?

Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Dept. Defies Order to Reveal Plan to Return Wrongly Deported Man www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Administration: Live Updates and Latest News (Gift Article)
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April 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Should be just in time for Christmas if we get busy establishing a stocking factory in the US. (Tariffs might make the stocking cost prohibitive for Americans.)

Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/c...
Trump Signs Executive Orders Aimed at Reviving U.S. Coal Industry (Gift Article)
The moves include loosening environmental rules, but it is unclear how much they can help reverse the sharp decline in coal power over the last two decades.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
These nazi bastards. Today, the time is upon us to see whether the Supreme Court will uphold Due Process and the rule of law. One way or the other, its show time.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Block Order Requiring Return of Wrongly Deported Migrant
The government said Judge Paula Xinis, who ordered that the administration return the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, by Monday, had engaged in “district-court diplomacy.”
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April 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Ordering a lawyer to lie to a Federal Judge is just an extraordinarily bad idea. Dep AG Todd Blanche is listed on the government's pleadings. He should go before the judge and try his luck.

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Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders (Gift Article)
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
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April 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
In the middle of the night, the republican Senate cowards slipped the knife between the ribs of the American people, showing their true allegiance to the oligarchs and their utter disdain for democracy.

Senate Approves G.O.P. Budget Plan After Overnight Vote-a-Thon www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...
Senate Approves G.O.P. Budget Plan After Overnight Vote-a-Thon (Gift Article)
Republicans pushed through their blueprint for tax and spending cuts after Democrats forced them to cast politically painful votes into the early morning on every element of President Trump’s agenda.
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April 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
How's this for government efficiency?

"Two months after President Trump ordered his administration to prepare the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay for up to 30,000 migrants, about 400 migrants have been held there at a cost to taxpayers of more than $40 million."

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How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown (Gift Article)
In two months, only around 400 migrants have been held there, mostly Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens designated for deportation.
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April 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Deoartment of Government Efficiency. Indeed, a misnomer

No Toilet Paper and No Privacy: Returning to the Office, Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/u...
Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office (Gift Article)
President Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit.
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April 1, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Gee, and here I thought these Nazi-racist-clowns claimed that it was wrong to use race as a basis for any decision-making; that they don't see race as a basis for admissions anywhere.

‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/u...
‘Mission South Africa’: How Trump Is Offering White Afrikaners Refugee Status (Gift Article)
The United States has banned most refugees, including 20,000 people who were already ready to travel to the United States before President Trump took office. But Mr. Trump is making one exception.
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March 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This grifter doesn't have to pay back the stolen $60 million. Sounds like "full MAGA." He talks Trump's language, gets a full pardon. But, don't look at Jr, Eric, Ivanka, or Jared's business dealings.

Journey From Biden Loyalist to ‘Full MAGA’ Ends in a Trump Pardon www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/u...
Path to a Trump Pardon: Devon Archer, a Biden Loyalist, Goes ‘Full MAGA’ (Gift Article)
Devon Archer used his knowledge about Hunter Biden’s foreign business dealings to gain favor from Republicans and appeal for clemency.
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March 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM