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Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."
January 29, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Sen. Ossoff: "Much of the American public are quite reasonably alarmed and asking questions after the Director of National Intelligence was spotted bizarrely and personally lurking in an FBI evidence truck in Fulton County, Georgia yesterday."
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Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
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Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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January 29, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Liam is in ICE custody and his health is deteriorating.
Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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Joaquin Castro says Liam is depressed, lethargic, sleeping excessively and barely eating, repeatedly asking about his mom, and when he can go home. He’s withdrawn and not the bright preschooler he was just days ago.
LIAM NEEDS A DOCTOR
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I am deeply concerned about Liam and every child at the Dilley Detention Center.
No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention.
What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately.
No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention.
What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately.
January 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
I am deeply concerned about Liam and every child at the Dilley Detention Center.
No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention.
What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately.
No parent should have to worry about whether their child is eating, getting medical care, or deteriorating in detention.
What I saw was alarming — and unacceptable. Liam must be released immediately.
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The U.S. Capitol Police reported that the number of cases investigated last year grew by more than 50 percent.
“Decreasing violent political rhetoric is one of the best ways to decrease the number of threats across the country,” the Capitol Police said.
“Decreasing violent political rhetoric is one of the best ways to decrease the number of threats across the country,” the Capitol Police said.
Thousands more threats were looked into in 2025, Capitol Police say
The United States Capitol Police looked into thousands more threats last year against the Capitol, members of Congress, their family members and staff.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:30 PM
The U.S. Capitol Police reported that the number of cases investigated last year grew by more than 50 percent.
“Decreasing violent political rhetoric is one of the best ways to decrease the number of threats across the country,” the Capitol Police said.
“Decreasing violent political rhetoric is one of the best ways to decrease the number of threats across the country,” the Capitol Police said.
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The Justice Department expects to finish its review and public release of government files related to Jeffrey Epstein “in the near term,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in court filings on Tuesday in Manhattan. Here's what to know.
U.S. Expects to Finish Review of Epstein Files Soon, Bondi Says
By law, the government was required to release its files on Jeffrey Epstein in December. Now the attorney general said they will be out “in the near term.”
nyti.ms
January 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
The Justice Department expects to finish its review and public release of government files related to Jeffrey Epstein “in the near term,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in court filings on Tuesday in Manhattan. Here's what to know.
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Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
January 28, 2026 at 6:19 AM
Just a reminder that both Ilhan Omar and Maxwell Frost have been attacked this week.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
No outrage by right-wing media or even corporate media.
Now imagine if this were done to Republicans.
The entire system is rigged in favor of conservatives, folks. The double standards are just wild.
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Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
January 16, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Investigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
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President Trump pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, who pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation, and two co-defendants in the federal case.
The pardons are the latest example of Trump using clemency to reward allies and donors.
The pardons are the latest example of Trump using clemency to reward allies and donors.
Trump pardons former Puerto Rico governor in campaign finance case
The pardon is the latest instance of Trump using his clemency powers to reward allies and those who have financially supported his political operation.
wapo.st
January 17, 2026 at 12:30 AM
President Trump pardoned former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced, who pleaded guilty to a campaign finance violation, and two co-defendants in the federal case.
The pardons are the latest example of Trump using clemency to reward allies and donors.
The pardons are the latest example of Trump using clemency to reward allies and donors.
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Currently, Indigenous people are housed in the ICE facility in Minnesota. We want to make it clear that this isn’t isolated to Minnesota, nationwide indigenous people are being harassed if not outright targeted by ICE operations. We need to be more vocal about these issues!
January 17, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Currently, Indigenous people are housed in the ICE facility in Minnesota. We want to make it clear that this isn’t isolated to Minnesota, nationwide indigenous people are being harassed if not outright targeted by ICE operations. We need to be more vocal about these issues!
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This IS the result of the Supreme Court of the United States of America giving the most amoral person in America immunity from his crimes.
Crimes that stack up daily.
Including 115 counts of 1st-degree murder of unarmed civilians suspected of crimes not punishable by the death penalty.
Crimes that stack up daily.
Including 115 counts of 1st-degree murder of unarmed civilians suspected of crimes not punishable by the death penalty.
January 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This IS the result of the Supreme Court of the United States of America giving the most amoral person in America immunity from his crimes.
Crimes that stack up daily.
Including 115 counts of 1st-degree murder of unarmed civilians suspected of crimes not punishable by the death penalty.
Crimes that stack up daily.
Including 115 counts of 1st-degree murder of unarmed civilians suspected of crimes not punishable by the death penalty.
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He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
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President Trump bought more than $1 million worth of corporate bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery only weeks after the media giants announced a $83 billion merger deal that could reshape Hollywood.
Trump bought $1M in Netflix, Warner Bros. bonds after merger announcement
The president bought the bonds days after saying he’d be “involved” in deciding whether to approve the $83 billion deal.’
www.washingtonpost.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 AM
President Trump bought more than $1 million worth of corporate bonds from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery only weeks after the media giants announced a $83 billion merger deal that could reshape Hollywood.
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At least one ICE officer fired gunshots during a traffic stop in L.A., striking a motorist who authorities said threatened them with a vehicle while trying to flee an arrest. A U.S. marshal also was struck by the gunfire.
Shooting by ICE officer in Los Angeles wounds motorist, U.S. marshal
Federal authorities said the driver had threatened officers with a vehicle while trying to flee an arrest.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
At least one ICE officer fired gunshots during a traffic stop in L.A., striking a motorist who authorities said threatened them with a vehicle while trying to flee an arrest. A U.S. marshal also was struck by the gunfire.
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I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop.
This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground
This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground
October 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I don’t understand why anyone’s debating this — a Nazi tattoo is a non starter, full stop.
This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground
This is a race for a U.S. Senate seat. The bar for candidates to clear doesn’t have to be insanely high, but it should at least be off the ground
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ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.
October 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
ICE officers stopped a family at gunpoint and smashed the car window on top of the newborn baby. “I was screaming that there was a baby,” cried the mother. “But they didn’t care,” and covered the baby with their bodies, fearing that the glass would hurt him.
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The “methods for doing so” are (1) getting two thirds of Congress and three fourths of the states to repeal the 22nd Amendment and (2) declaring himself king.
That’s it.
Stop treating this despotic bullshit as if it’s some worthwhile thought experiment we have to consider as legitimate.
That’s it.
Stop treating this despotic bullshit as if it’s some worthwhile thought experiment we have to consider as legitimate.
President Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”
Trump won’t rule out seeking a third term in the White House, tells NBC News ‘there are methods’ for doing so
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call that he was “not joking” about a third term, adding that “it is far too early to think about it.”
nbcnews.to
March 30, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The “methods for doing so” are (1) getting two thirds of Congress and three fourths of the states to repeal the 22nd Amendment and (2) declaring himself king.
That’s it.
Stop treating this despotic bullshit as if it’s some worthwhile thought experiment we have to consider as legitimate.
That’s it.
Stop treating this despotic bullshit as if it’s some worthwhile thought experiment we have to consider as legitimate.
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I'm not sure that trying to weasel your way out of this by saying "oh the so called war plans weren't actschually war plans" is gonna be particularly compelling to people
March 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I'm not sure that trying to weasel your way out of this by saying "oh the so called war plans weren't actschually war plans" is gonna be particularly compelling to people
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Here’s an unctuous toady who has zero scruples around caring about what could have happened to troops due to the morons running national security and confuses luck with what her actual job is, which is making sure people don’t have to rely on luck to stay alive www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Bondi Suggests Signal Chat Episode Is Unlikely to Be Criminally Investigated
The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not on military information being shared in advance in a group text among top officials.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Here’s an unctuous toady who has zero scruples around caring about what could have happened to troops due to the morons running national security and confuses luck with what her actual job is, which is making sure people don’t have to rely on luck to stay alive www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was detained March 25 by Department of Homeland Security agents in masks and plainclothes.
“We should all be horrified at the way DHS spirited away Rumeysa in broad daylight,” Mahsa Khanbabai, Ozturk’s lawyer, said. wapo.st/3QPfoiA
“We should all be horrified at the way DHS spirited away Rumeysa in broad daylight,” Mahsa Khanbabai, Ozturk’s lawyer, said. wapo.st/3QPfoiA
March 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Rumeysa Ozturk, a PhD student at Tufts University, was detained March 25 by Department of Homeland Security agents in masks and plainclothes.
“We should all be horrified at the way DHS spirited away Rumeysa in broad daylight,” Mahsa Khanbabai, Ozturk’s lawyer, said. wapo.st/3QPfoiA
“We should all be horrified at the way DHS spirited away Rumeysa in broad daylight,” Mahsa Khanbabai, Ozturk’s lawyer, said. wapo.st/3QPfoiA
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UC Berkeley speaks up for the rule of law. The letter is also fascinating for implying "top" law schools are less willing to speak out. None of the top schools (in, yes, imperfect rankings) signed. No Stanford, Yale, UChicago, Duke, Harvard. But then we have #12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24 signing.
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Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
UC Berkeley speaks up for the rule of law. The letter is also fascinating for implying "top" law schools are less willing to speak out. None of the top schools (in, yes, imperfect rankings) signed. No Stanford, Yale, UChicago, Duke, Harvard. But then we have #12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21, 24 signing.
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Who could have seen this coming? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Bondi Suggests Signal Chat Episode Is Unlikely to Be Criminally Investigated
The attorney general said the focus should be on the success of the U.S. military strike in Yemen, not on military information being shared in advance in a group text among top officials.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Who could have seen this coming? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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With the Signal leak, a normal White House would admit error, promise to get to the bottom of it, fire some high profile people, and move on.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
In Signalgate, Trumpworld is demonstrating exactly what's wrong with authoritarian populism: Refusal to admit error, walling out of constructive criticism, the cult-like defense of the leader at all costs.
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
March 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
With the Signal leak, a normal White House would admit error, promise to get to the bottom of it, fire some high profile people, and move on.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
But as @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social and @gregsargent.bsky.social point out, this combative cult of personality can’t do that. Worse for them and the country.
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"That’s why the CIA guards don’t allow cell phones, or even Fitbits, into their buildings. Which brings us back to Bill Murray’s question: Why was the director of the CIA using a cell phone at CIA headquarters?"
www.spytalk.co/p/signalgate...
www.spytalk.co/p/signalgate...
SignalGate: Did CIA Boss Ratcliffe Use a Cell Phone in Headquarters?
And why were these clowns texting secrets on Signal at all?
www.spytalk.co
March 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"That’s why the CIA guards don’t allow cell phones, or even Fitbits, into their buildings. Which brings us back to Bill Murray’s question: Why was the director of the CIA using a cell phone at CIA headquarters?"
www.spytalk.co/p/signalgate...
www.spytalk.co/p/signalgate...