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BBC Audio | Americast | Who’s Running America… Trump’s Policy Chief (Stephen Miller)
Our profile of Trump’s right-hand man
www.bbc.com
Democratic party messaging needs to constantly hammer on the evident fact that Steven Miller is masterminding White House policy right now. Trump is only a figurehead, Sharpie-signing anything Miller puts in front of him.
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Until Trump began conspiracies about mail voting, Republicans were fully on board with GRACE PERIODS for ballots to arrive as long as postmarked by Election Day. They passed it overwhelmingly in KS, OH, & elsewhere.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
Ohio Bans Grace Periods for Mail Ballots, Fulfilling Trump’s Wishes - Bolts
Ohio is the fourth GOP-run state this year to ban ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive after. A Supreme Court case could force that policy nationwide next year.
boltsmag.org
December 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Until Trump began conspiracies about mail voting, Republicans were fully on board with GRACE PERIODS for ballots to arrive as long as postmarked by Election Day. They passed it overwhelmingly in KS, OH, & elsewhere.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
But now Trump hates it.
So 4 red states—KS, OH, ND, UT—all banned it this year.
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This energy! 👏🏼
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
December 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This energy! 👏🏼
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
“We know there are hundreds of good Americans at the FBI and DOJ who also want to see justice for Epstein's victims and survivors.
To anyone who worked hard on the files and is now seeing their work being hidden by their own
DOJ, there are whistleblower protections.”—Rep Garcia
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Hey ICE
The statute of limitations for kidnapping varies greatly by state and severity, but often it's a long period or nonexistent for serious cases; many states have no time limit for capital kidnapping (life/death penalty), while others set limits like 10 years or more for aggravated kidnapping.
The statute of limitations for kidnapping varies greatly by state and severity, but often it's a long period or nonexistent for serious cases; many states have no time limit for capital kidnapping (life/death penalty), while others set limits like 10 years or more for aggravated kidnapping.
December 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Hey ICE
The statute of limitations for kidnapping varies greatly by state and severity, but often it's a long period or nonexistent for serious cases; many states have no time limit for capital kidnapping (life/death penalty), while others set limits like 10 years or more for aggravated kidnapping.
The statute of limitations for kidnapping varies greatly by state and severity, but often it's a long period or nonexistent for serious cases; many states have no time limit for capital kidnapping (life/death penalty), while others set limits like 10 years or more for aggravated kidnapping.
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If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help
Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If you are a whistleblower and need legal representation, @lawyers4goodgov.bsky.social may be able to help
Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
Please contact us
www.lawyersforgoodgovernment.org/pro-bono-lit...
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If escaped inmates from Dachau had staggered into a newsroom in 1930s Berlin to report what was happening, what would Bari Weiss have done? I think we know.
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
How Bari Weiss Would Have Handled Dachau
This is what happens when media executives confuse speech absolutism with selective courage.
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If escaped inmates from Dachau had staggered into a newsroom in 1930s Berlin to report what was happening, what would Bari Weiss have done? I think we know.
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
open.substack.com/pub/saltypol...
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
December 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.
C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.
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It’s time to unmask ICE. Let’s get it done.
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
It’s time to unmask ICE. Let’s get it done.
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“The skies over the Caribbean have become increasingly crowded in recent weeks, as the U.S. military has sent more aircraft and equipment to the region as part of the military buildup against Venezuela.”
The pilot of a JetBlue flight reported on Friday that he narrowly avoided colliding with a U.S. military aircraft over the Caribbean after an Air Force refueling tanker passed in front of the commercial plane without broadcasting its position, according to air traffic control radio communications.
U.S. Military Plane and JetBlue Flight Nearly Collided Over Caribbean, Radio Traffic Shows
The Air Force refueling tanker was flying without its location transponder activated and could not be detected by air traffic control.
nyti.ms
December 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
“The skies over the Caribbean have become increasingly crowded in recent weeks, as the U.S. military has sent more aircraft and equipment to the region as part of the military buildup against Venezuela.”
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BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
BREAKING: At one point, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT torture prison in El Salvador to avoid discovery in US courts. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
December 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ossoff: "She's gonna have to give up her insurance in the middle of chemotherapy while she's fighting breast cancer. What are people supposed to do when they lose health insurance in the middle of a cancer battle? ... this is life or death"
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December 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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In post-Roe America, abortion providers and their patients face "a lot of pressure" and "a lot of stereotypes," says @soledadobrien.bsky.social. Her new documentary, "The Devil is Busy" sheds light on "the actual people in these clinics," and the realities of reproductive healthcare. #Velshi
Soledad O'Brien: 'The Devil is Busy' gives “a more nuanced picture” of abortion providers
The new HBO documentary “The Devil is Busy” looks at the difficult daily work of abortion providers working under strict restrictions in Atlanta. Executive producer Soledad O'Brien tells Ali Velshi that with abortion becoming a highly politicized issue, she wanted to show "who are the actual people in these clinics, and what they do day in and day out." The documentary's focus on providers and patients, rather than higher level discussions of policy, O'Brien explains, aims to provide "a more nuanced picture of what's actually happening" in post-Roe America.
www.msnbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In post-Roe America, abortion providers and their patients face "a lot of pressure" and "a lot of stereotypes," says @soledadobrien.bsky.social. Her new documentary, "The Devil is Busy" sheds light on "the actual people in these clinics," and the realities of reproductive healthcare. #Velshi
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Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
December 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Mark Kelly: "They are not silencing me. I'm still speaking out. I still am going to do my job every single day regardless of whether this president wants to kill me, hang me, execute me, or shut me up. I'm not gonna shut up."
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WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
December 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
WOW! AN HONOR! — GCN
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"Trumpism was not entirely3 rejection of a status quo that no longer served people’s legitimate needs.
The American order as we knew it from, say, 1979 to 2015 was tremendously successful.
Liberalism’s great liability isn’t 'wokeness.' It’s a lack of self-confidence bordering on masochism."
The American order as we knew it from, say, 1979 to 2015 was tremendously successful.
Liberalism’s great liability isn’t 'wokeness.' It’s a lack of self-confidence bordering on masochism."
December 6, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Trumpism was not entirely3 rejection of a status quo that no longer served people’s legitimate needs.
The American order as we knew it from, say, 1979 to 2015 was tremendously successful.
Liberalism’s great liability isn’t 'wokeness.' It’s a lack of self-confidence bordering on masochism."
The American order as we knew it from, say, 1979 to 2015 was tremendously successful.
Liberalism’s great liability isn’t 'wokeness.' It’s a lack of self-confidence bordering on masochism."
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We will end up paying twice for Trump’s tariffs, once as customers and once as taxpayers. Watch. Big business will be fine, though.
December 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
We will end up paying twice for Trump’s tariffs, once as customers and once as taxpayers. Watch. Big business will be fine, though.
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The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats need to lay the groundwork for reform by attacking the villains on the Supreme Court - loudly, angrily, personally, relentlessly. And they should start now.
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
paulwaldman.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Democrats Need to Treat the Supreme Court Like the Villain It Is
The Court is out of control, and we'll never see reform unless we build the case for it. Starting now.
paulwaldman.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The current Supreme Court has forfeited all legitimacy.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
Democrats (and everyone) need to address that reality.
John Roberts > Roger Taney.
Court needs to expand. And have fixed terms—like *every* other supreme court in developed world. And have ethics rules, like all normal organizations.
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Pollster: Trump's net approval rating among voters under the age of 30 is going into a deep, dark black hole. Look at that, -46. That is a shift on the net approval of 56 points in the wrong direction since February. We almost never see drops this big, this quickly.
December 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Pollster: Trump's net approval rating among voters under the age of 30 is going into a deep, dark black hole. Look at that, -46. That is a shift on the net approval of 56 points in the wrong direction since February. We almost never see drops this big, this quickly.
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The new official definitions of anti-semitism which seek to criminalize Israel criticism, this admin’s authoritarian tactics, and AI fueled surveillance via Palantir, will be marshaled to crush dissent in ways that were impossible in 2003.
June 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The new official definitions of anti-semitism which seek to criminalize Israel criticism, this admin’s authoritarian tactics, and AI fueled surveillance via Palantir, will be marshaled to crush dissent in ways that were impossible in 2003.
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@maddow.bsky.social U.S. Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration dismantled the agency www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog.... 🤢🤮😑🫣🫢🤬🤬🤬
U.S. Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration dismantled the agency
The nonpartisan independent agency's mission is to promote peace internationally and resolve violent conflicts globally. Most of its staff were let go in March.
www.nbcnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:19 AM
@maddow.bsky.social U.S. Institute of Peace renamed for Trump after his administration dismantled the agency www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog.... 🤢🤮😑🫣🫢🤬🤬🤬
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I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
December 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I have just approved TINY CARS to be built in America. Little SEDANS that should fit four at most but when you open the door 27 clowns spill out. HOW??? They will DUST THEMSELVES OFF as they leave the car. The HORN will make the little eeooh-eeooh sound. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.
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Hell hath no fury like a gerrymandered Hispanic Texas activist woman scorned.
Let’s dance.
Let’s dance.
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Hell hath no fury like a gerrymandered Hispanic Texas activist woman scorned.
Let’s dance.
Let’s dance.