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HEGSETH: We wore a patch on our shoulder that said ISAF -- International Security Assistance Force. And you know what the joke was? That is stood for 'I saw Americans fighting.'
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
June 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
HEGSETH: We wore a patch on our shoulder that said ISAF -- International Security Assistance Force. And you know what the joke was? That is stood for 'I saw Americans fighting.'
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
COONS: Let's just make clear for the record that our military partners in Afghanistan included many who served and died
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I don’t know who woke up at CNN and said “you know what? We’re just going to tell the truth today” but WELL DONE
June 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I don’t know who woke up at CNN and said “you know what? We’re just going to tell the truth today” but WELL DONE
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This is a pretty important point!
The correct way to connect the authoritarian presence in LA and the Big Beautiful Bill is that the bill gives the government the resources to do this in dozens of cities at once. So if you don't like what's happening in LA, it's coming to your town if the bill passes.
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This is a pretty important point!
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Bonta: We brought a lawsuit today on behalf of the governor and the State of California, challenging as unlawful the president’s federalization of the National Guard..
The authority he relies on does not permit him to unilaterally call in the National Guard.
The authority he relies on does not permit him to unilaterally call in the National Guard.
June 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Bonta: We brought a lawsuit today on behalf of the governor and the State of California, challenging as unlawful the president’s federalization of the National Guard..
The authority he relies on does not permit him to unilaterally call in the National Guard.
The authority he relies on does not permit him to unilaterally call in the National Guard.
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This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
June 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the spirit of Los Angeles.
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
This is California.
Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
#FreeDavidEndRaids
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.
June 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
In Greek mythology, Narcissus fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.
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Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.
STEPHANOPOULOS: When will we see an actual trade agreement? Will we see any this week?
HASSETT: I expected we were probably going to see one perhaps as early as last week
HASSETT: I expected we were probably going to see one perhaps as early as last week
June 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Hassett has now taken to forecasting what going to happen last week, and he’s still wrong.
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Amazing stuff in this article.
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
After firms struck deals to avoid punitive executive orders, some big clients decided to take their business elsewhere.
www.wsj.com
June 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Amazing stuff in this article.
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
The Law Firms That Appeased Trump—and Angered Their Clients
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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THIS!
The same people who say Adriana Smith should stay hooked up to machines so a fetus can gestate inside her dead body for 7 months because “it’s a sacrifice a mother would make” can’t fathom a mother crossing the border with her children in hopes of providing a better life for them.
May 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
THIS!
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Romania’s pro-European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country’s presidential election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival.
Romania’s pro-EU candidate beats hard-right rival to win presidential election | CNN
Romania’s pro-European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country’s presidential election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival.
www.cnn.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Romania’s pro-European Union presidential candidate Nicușor Dan won the country’s presidential election Sunday, defeating his ultranationalist rival.
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Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
May 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just a reminder for any member of Congress who seems to have forgotten...
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Ben Cohen — a co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s — was among those arrested for protesting during RFK Jr.‘s testimony before the Senate, NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
May 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Ben Cohen — a co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s — was among those arrested for protesting during RFK Jr.‘s testimony before the Senate, NBC News’ Ryan Nobles reports.
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
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I've always loved Paul Rudnick's wit.
May 9, 2025 at 12:07 AM
I've always loved Paul Rudnick's wit.
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CFPB employees can't own stocks in companies that the agency regulates. A DOGE employee was warned by ethics lawyers that he held nearly $700K in stock in such companies.
He then carried out mass firings at the agency – including those ethics lawyers.
The corruption couldn’t be any more blatant.
He then carried out mass firings at the agency – including those ethics lawyers.
The corruption couldn’t be any more blatant.
May 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
CFPB employees can't own stocks in companies that the agency regulates. A DOGE employee was warned by ethics lawyers that he held nearly $700K in stock in such companies.
He then carried out mass firings at the agency – including those ethics lawyers.
The corruption couldn’t be any more blatant.
He then carried out mass firings at the agency – including those ethics lawyers.
The corruption couldn’t be any more blatant.
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Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
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the new pope is getting Loomered
May 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
the new pope is getting Loomered
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Pope Bob from Chicago. Amazing stuff.
May 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pope Bob from Chicago. Amazing stuff.
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Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.
May 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Crockett: I cannot wait until voters have an opportunity to say: You took food out of my mouth. You took a roof from over my head. You are responsible for making sure that I do not have health care. I'm going to make sure you don't have a job.
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If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
May 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
If guilty people don't have Due Process rights, then innocent people don't have Due Process rights, because we don't know if they're innocent or guilty until we have a trial or hearing.
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Fascism is on the move. Trump boasts of "liberation" by trying to destroy the global economy. Today Canada and the Netherlands ponder what true liberation means. We need to remember the huge cost paid to free people from gangster regimes.
Here is my latest:
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-true-lib...
Here is my latest:
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-true-lib...
A True "Liberation Day"
"Those who cannot remember their past are condemned to repeat it."
charlieangus.substack.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Fascism is on the move. Trump boasts of "liberation" by trying to destroy the global economy. Today Canada and the Netherlands ponder what true liberation means. We need to remember the huge cost paid to free people from gangster regimes.
Here is my latest:
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-true-lib...
Here is my latest:
charlieangus.substack.com/p/a-true-lib...
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Is Trump required to follow the constitution? This Federalist Society constitutional lawyer says he doesn’t know
May 5, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Is Trump required to follow the constitution? This Federalist Society constitutional lawyer says he doesn’t know
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"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."