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It's long past time for the 25th Amendment. For fuck's sake, how much more has to happen?
September 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's long past time for the 25th Amendment. For fuck's sake, how much more has to happen?
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Lawmakers are expected to push Patel to explain to a questioning public whether he is truly equipped to run the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
Kash Patel to face questions from Congress amid turmoil at his FBI | CNN Politics
After months of slow burning controversies around his agency, from the handling of the investigation into Charlie Kirk's murder to the bungled release of Epstein files, FBI Director Kash Patel will face Senate and House lawmakers at two highly anticipat...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Lawmakers are expected to push Patel to explain to a questioning public whether he is truly equipped to run the nation’s top law enforcement agency.
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Maurene Comey, former FBI Dir Jim Comey’s daughter, has filed a lawsuit alleging her firing from DOJwith no notice, following outstanding performance ratings violates the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/n...
Fired Prosecutor Challenges Trump’s Claims to Power in Lawsuit
www.nytimes.com
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maurene Comey, former FBI Dir Jim Comey’s daughter, has filed a lawsuit alleging her firing from DOJwith no notice, following outstanding performance ratings violates the law. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/n...
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What’s happening in Fulton County Georgia right now impacts all of us when we go to the polls in 2026 and 2028. We owe it to ourselves & our country to stay informed. joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
September 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What’s happening in Fulton County Georgia right now impacts all of us when we go to the polls in 2026 and 2028. We owe it to ourselves & our country to stay informed. joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
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The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
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BREAKING: Congresswoman Maxine Waters just called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke “Article 25” of the Constitution to remove him from office.
“Something's wrong with this president!"
Who agrees?
“Something's wrong with this president!"
Who agrees?
August 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
BREAKING: Congresswoman Maxine Waters just called for Trump’s cabinet to invoke “Article 25” of the Constitution to remove him from office.
“Something's wrong with this president!"
Who agrees?
“Something's wrong with this president!"
Who agrees?
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Kari Lake, the Trump administration official tasked with dismantling the Voice of America, sent termination notices to more than 500 employees at the broadcaster and its parent agency Friday night.
Kari Lake lays off more than 500 staff at Voice of America parent agency
Amid a contentious court battle, the Trump administration official sent long-awaited termination notices to staffers who have been waiting on administrative leave for months.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Kari Lake, the Trump administration official tasked with dismantling the Voice of America, sent termination notices to more than 500 employees at the broadcaster and its parent agency Friday night.
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Trump & Kennedy, instead of attacking diseases are attacking the scientists who keep us safe, exactly what anyone who watched Trump’s performance during Covid, is familiar with Kennedy’s anti-science views, or read Project 2025 could have anticipated. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
Will the C.D.C. Survive?
www.nytimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Trump & Kennedy, instead of attacking diseases are attacking the scientists who keep us safe, exactly what anyone who watched Trump’s performance during Covid, is familiar with Kennedy’s anti-science views, or read Project 2025 could have anticipated. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/h...
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Another solid, well-respected DOJ prosecutor, sacrifed on the altar of Trumpism www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Bondi Fires First Replacement After Judges Reject Habba Appointment
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Another solid, well-respected DOJ prosecutor, sacrifed on the altar of Trumpism www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Raskin: "The central part of the campaign will be, do you want to elect Democratic majorities to stop millions of people from being thrown off their healthcare, or do you want to go through with it? They thought they were clever in saying they would wait until 2027 so nobody will feel the pain"
July 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Raskin: "The central part of the campaign will be, do you want to elect Democratic majorities to stop millions of people from being thrown off their healthcare, or do you want to go through with it? They thought they were clever in saying they would wait until 2027 so nobody will feel the pain"
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America's top national security agencies have been using polygraph tests, seeking employees' communications and threatening criminal investigations.
The moves expose the deep mistrust between top national security officials and their own staffs.
The moves expose the deep mistrust between top national security officials and their own staffs.
Trump's paranoid security state
Trump and his team now run the government. But that doesn't mean they trust it.
www.axios.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
America's top national security agencies have been using polygraph tests, seeking employees' communications and threatening criminal investigations.
The moves expose the deep mistrust between top national security officials and their own staffs.
The moves expose the deep mistrust between top national security officials and their own staffs.
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I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
July 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.
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BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
May 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
BREAKING: The scene at the Rayburn Building is pure rebellion. Protesters are swarming in during live hearings on Medicaid cuts.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
Security’s losing control. Because when the government wages war on the poor, the poor fight back.
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BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
The White House has begun process of looking for new secretary of defense
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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April 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
BREAKING NEWS: The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is battling a series of major setbacks that portray the Pentagon as an agency in deep turmoil — including a fresh bombshell report on his use of Signal and the brutal defection of a one-time close ally.
Turmoil engulfs Pentagon as fresh Signal allegations hit Hegseth
The Pentagon denied reports saying Hegseth sent details of planned attacks in Yemen in a Signal chat group that included his wife.
www.axios.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is battling a series of major setbacks that portray the Pentagon as an agency in deep turmoil — including a fresh bombshell report on his use of Signal and the brutal defection of a one-time close ally.
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The FBI has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list after Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray and not punish employees for partisan reasons.
F.B.I. Suspends Bureau Employee on Patel’s So-Called Enemies List
The employee was a longtime counterintelligence analyst who had worked on the F.B.I.’s investigation examining Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
www.nytimes.com
April 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The FBI has suspended an analyst on Kash Patel’s so-called enemies list after Patel told lawmakers that the bureau under his leadership would stay out of the political fray and not punish employees for partisan reasons.
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The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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April 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The agency forecasts weather, manages fisheries, and researches the world's oceans, atmosphere, and climate. The proposed budget cuts would slash the climate work entirely.
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The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often.
Social Security targets tech team for cuts at a time when systems are under strain | CNN Politics
The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often.
cnn.it
April 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The Social Security Administration plans to slash its technology team roughly in half at a time when the agency’s complex and fragile computer systems are crashing more often.
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I’d love a federal government that cares much about protecting people as it does about protecting Teslas
March 15, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I’d love a federal government that cares much about protecting people as it does about protecting Teslas
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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet Voice of America.
Trump moves to gut several agencies, targeting Voice of America, libraries
The president signed two new executive orders, one that repeals several Biden-era labor and environmental policies and another that severely cuts various independent agencies.
wapo.st
March 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to eliminate several additional federal agencies, including one that oversees the federally funded media outlet Voice of America.
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The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
March 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The battle of our day is no longer about Democrats versus Republicans or left versus right.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
The choice right now is democracy or dictatorship. And we're sliding faster than I ever thought possible into the latter.
Everyone must choose which side they’re on.
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A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts to do so were unlawful.
Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause
A federal judge said that the president’s efforts to remove Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, were unlawful.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts to do so were unlawful.
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My new Just Security article on what the Judge should do next in the Eric Adams criminal case:
The Rule Of Law Depends On The Mayor Eric Adams Case
Why the Judge Should Hold An Evidentiary Hearing – [BTH, Vol 2.5.c]
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February 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My new Just Security article on what the Judge should do next in the Eric Adams criminal case:
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1/ “There was no legitimate reason for the Friday Night Massacre in the military. It was the slaughter of our integrity, our values, and our security.” joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-nig...
Friday Night Massacre in the Military
Friday night, the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (who is black) and the Navy's top admiral (who is female) were fired, along with the most senior Judge Advocates General (JAGS) for the Army, Navy, ...
joycevance.substack.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
1/ “There was no legitimate reason for the Friday Night Massacre in the military. It was the slaughter of our integrity, our values, and our security.” joycevance.substack.com/p/friday-nig...