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His supporters starting to realize he only cares about making his and his family and fellow oligarchs bank accounts great again
November 12, 2025 at 4:57 PM
His supporters starting to realize he only cares about making his and his family and fellow oligarchs bank accounts great again
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25% of the 8 are from Tennessee. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty we see you. #MarshaMoneyGrab
November 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
25% of the 8 are from Tennessee. @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty we see you. #MarshaMoneyGrab
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Massive violations of the Constitution and private property by these deportation agents. www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Massive violations of the Constitution and private property by these deportation agents. www.syracuse.com/news/2025/11...
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ICYMI: A watchdog group is urging state bars to investigate Lindsey Halligan — Trump’s top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia — over her handling of cases against James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the full complaint on Slip Opinion: annabower.substack.com/p/watchdog-g...
Read the full complaint on Slip Opinion: annabower.substack.com/p/watchdog-g...
Watchdog Group Files Bar Ethics Complaint Against Lindsey Halligan
The non-profit group Campaign for Accountability requests investigation of top federal prosecutor pursuing cases against Letitia James and James Comey.
annabower.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
ICYMI: A watchdog group is urging state bars to investigate Lindsey Halligan — Trump’s top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia — over her handling of cases against James Comey and Letitia James.
Read the full complaint on Slip Opinion: annabower.substack.com/p/watchdog-g...
Read the full complaint on Slip Opinion: annabower.substack.com/p/watchdog-g...
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UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike legality www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike legality www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Having shitty, corrupt, thuggish cops is expensive.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
Breaking: Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret kansasreflector.com/2025/11/11/m...
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, express regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Having shitty, corrupt, thuggish cops is expensive.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
Not for the cops I mean. But for the taxpayers.
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Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Senators look at Trump's shameless corruption and say "give us some of that"
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Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Translation: he has no idea how insurance works
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For my friends, everything.
For my enemies, the law.
For my enemies, the law.
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
For my friends, everything.
For my enemies, the law.
For my enemies, the law.
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Bar discipline is one of the most important fora for this fight.
It's really important to make it clear to the next generation of would be Eastmans and Chesebros that if they do this stuff they probably will not practice law again.
It's really important to make it clear to the next generation of would be Eastmans and Chesebros that if they do this stuff they probably will not practice law again.
Chesebro, Clark, Eastman, Giuliani, Meadows, Powell, and 71 others.
BREAKING
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
President Trump has granted a pardon to a slew of Trump world figures, including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Sidney Powell, for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Bar discipline is one of the most important fora for this fight.
It's really important to make it clear to the next generation of would be Eastmans and Chesebros that if they do this stuff they probably will not practice law again.
It's really important to make it clear to the next generation of would be Eastmans and Chesebros that if they do this stuff they probably will not practice law again.
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BERNIE ON THE *DEAL* with Centrist Dems: “That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
BERNIE ON THE *DEAL* with Centrist Dems: “That is a totally meaningless gesture. You can get 100 votes here and it won't mean anything because the House is not going to take it up.”
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According to Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), nearly 160 successful strikes have been conducted in 2025 against oil extraction and refining facilities, leading to fuel shortages and a 37% drop in refining capacity.
Russia's air defenses are wide open — there's just one problem
Ukrainian drones — and the occasional missile — have been causing havoc across Russia for months.
According to Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), nearly 160 successful strikes have been conducted in 2...
kyivindependent.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:26 PM
According to Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), nearly 160 successful strikes have been conducted in 2025 against oil extraction and refining facilities, leading to fuel shortages and a 37% drop in refining capacity.
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Mamdani is going to implement Sriracha law. Everyone will have to slather hot sauce on their scrambled eggs
Mamdani is going to implement My Sharona law. Everyone will have to create songs with undeniable rock beats.
Mamdani is going to implement Shari Lewis law.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
Everyone will be required to stick their fist up a lamb's a
Excuse me, there's someone at the door.
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Sriracha law. Everyone will have to slather hot sauce on their scrambled eggs
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PSA: Not a real quote, y’all.
BREAKING FOX NEWS: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy goes on the record: "Pilots need to stop depending on air traffic controllers. They need to suck it up and go with their gut feelings."
November 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
PSA: Not a real quote, y’all.
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They even say it in their pleadings!!!
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
They even say it in their pleadings!!!
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Trump SCOTUS asks people not to eat, while they dither over whether you should eat at all.
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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Trump SCOTUS asks people not to eat, while they dither over whether you should eat at all.
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Herein lies the ultimate problem, our judicial system and courts generally are not always equipped to optimally address extreme forms of government lawlessness, failure, dysfunction, and noncompliance...
The growing consensus on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's order tonight: a horrible situation, handled strategically (from @stevevladeck.bsky.social) www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Herein lies the ultimate problem, our judicial system and courts generally are not always equipped to optimally address extreme forms of government lawlessness, failure, dysfunction, and noncompliance...
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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NEW: Trump team can hold back SNAP funds for now. Forty million families wonder where their next meal will come from
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay to expire 48 hours after 1st Circuit rules.
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay to expire 48 hours after 1st Circuit rules.
November 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
NEW: Trump team can hold back SNAP funds for now. Forty million families wonder where their next meal will come from
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay to expire 48 hours after 1st Circuit rules.
Justice Katanji Brown Jackson issued an administrative stay to expire 48 hours after 1st Circuit rules.
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HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
November 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
HE'S APPEALING TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO STARVE AMERICANS
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Trump administration immediately appeals to Supreme Court following First Circuit denial of request for stay.
Breaking: First Circuit denies Trump administration request for stay of district court order ordering administration to fully fund SNAP benefits.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Court Denies President’s Bid to Halt Food Stamp Funding for Now
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Trump administration immediately appeals to Supreme Court following First Circuit denial of request for stay.
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One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides.
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
Just going to be an incredible decision if SCOTUS says they needed to make an emergency intervention because of the risk that poor people might get food they are legally entitled to
November 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
One of the key things the Supreme Court is supposed to do on an emergency motion is to balance the hardships to each sides.
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency
Here it is not even close--people starving v. the government not tapping a reserve they are supposed to tap anyway in the event of an emergency