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If you voted in Seattle, check to make sure your vote was counted! If not, you may have a chance to cure your ballot:

info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
November 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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NEW: President Trump's pardon of his alleged 2020 co-conspirators was less about shielding them from past crimes, his adversaries say, than about signaling to others that he has their back if he needs them again in 2026 or 2028.

w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 AM
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Bovino and Border Patrol agents might leave Chicago as soon as this week
Bovino and Border Patrol agents might leave Chicago as soon as this week
The Trump administration is making plans for Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and some of the agents under his command to leave Chicago, perhaps as soon as this week, according to three U.S. officials.
www.cbsnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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The CFPB was created. The Trump administration is seeking to eliminate it, despite the fact that Congress has passed no law enabling it to do so.
November 11, 2025 at 4:46 AM
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This hidden provision is so crooked and selfish, it doesn't even apply to US Representatives. Just US Senators.
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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On pardons, Trump is no longer concerned about appearances or the pretense of propriety.

He’s corrupting the process; he knows he’s corrupting the process; he knows that we know he’s corrupting the process; and he’s doing it anyway. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump pardons Giuliani and 76 others involved in scheme to overturn 2020 election
The president was already under fire over a series of scandalous pardons. He continues to make matters worse.
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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"If you’re a Republican official convicted of corruption, your odds of receiving clemency from Trump are roughly 100%...

"The latest move seems intended to deliver a political message: Those who assist Trump with his schemes need not worry about legal consequences..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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It seems the new “thank you for your attention to this matter” is preceding a lie with “are you ready”
INGRAHAM: Is affordability a voter perception issue of the economy, or is there more that needs to be done by Republicans?

TRUMP: More than anything else, it's a con job by the Democrats. Are you ready? Costs are way down.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Insurance operates via risk pools to smooth out the cost of providing coverage. An individual "negotiating" with an insurance company will be assumed to be high risk, and premiums will be astronomically high. The reason why the marketplaces exist is to create risk pools that smooth out premium costs
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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This guy would still have been in jail if Trump hadn't pardoned him in January. Prosecutors called his actions on Jan 6 "mind-numbingly dangerous."
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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BREAKING:

A whistleblower tells House Judiciary Democrats that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation of her 20-year prison sentence from Donald Trump. tinyurl.com/582addcc
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Federal agents pepper-sprayed a baby girl in Little Village this weekend. There's no limit to what these thugs will do.

To make Chicago safe again, we need ICE and CBP to get the hell out of our city.

#ice #chicago
Feds Pepper-Spray 1-Year-Old In Cicero, Use Tear Gas On Little Village Neighbors
Federal agents were shot at, according to the Department of Homeland Security, while legal observers said agents created a "dangerous and unsafe environment."
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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NEW: Trump pardons the husband of GOP Rep. Diana Harshbarger.

Bob Harshbarger pleaded guilty to fraud & distributing kidney drugs from China that weren't FDA approved.

His wife was an officer in the company, but claimed she wasn't involved.

The WH says the pardon was not related to his last name
Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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The fainting in the Oval Office gets the SNL treatment.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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📌The President of the United States is doing everything he can to help starve Americans instead of doing everything he can to help feed them.

Read that again.
November 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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While this decision by Justice Jackson about SNAP benefits is frustrating, there is some method behind it

If she denied the request, the DOJ would’ve brought the motion to another Justice

At least this way Jackson can control the process
UPDATE: Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule.

DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.

Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
Justice Jackson temporarily blocks SNAP benefits order to allow appeals court to rule
DOJ asked SCOTUS for a stay as USDA was in the middle of completing its process for making full payments. Update: Jackson's order came a little past 9 p.m.
www.lawdork.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Democrats didn’t cave. They boxed republicans in and made them own the shutdown. Watch.
November 8, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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It shouldn’t require a judge to step in for the president to honor his oath.
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
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Trump is fighting as hard as he can to starve kids for negotiating leverage.
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Low-income families will see even deeper #SNAP cuts because the Administration plans to release only two-thirds of the funds it says are available, shortchanging millions who rely on benefits to afford food. More from @katiebergh.bsky.social: www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...
Administration Won’t Spend All SNAP Funds It Says Are Available, Leading to Deep Benefit Cuts for Low-Income Households
The Trump Administration is only planning to release two-thirds of the SNAP funding it committed to spend to partially cover November benefits, cutting families’ benefits far more than necessary and s...
www.cbpp.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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These partial benefits weren't necessary in the first place. The courts affirmed that the Administration could have used their legal transfer authority to provide full benefits, but they chose not to do so.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Nearly 5.4 million households will receive only $12, the minimum benefit for households with 1 or 2 members under USDA’s plan. But this appears to violate SNAP’s regulations, which require these households to receive the typical minimum benefit of $24.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Nearly 1.2 million households will get $0 for November under USDA’s plan, because the benefit reduction will be more than their typical monthly benefit amount. Almost 5 million people live in these households, about 1 in 9 SNAP participants.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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We estimate that USDA’s plan will result in a roughly 60% cut in average benefits. Because of how the SNAP benefit calculation works, USDA's plan to cut maximum benefits for each household size by 50% results in a deeper cut to average benefits—and a much deeper cut than needed.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM