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“For those who oppose the Russian invasion & want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians. He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations.Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.” - Congressman Don Bacon.
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
“For those who oppose the Russian invasion & want to see Ukraine prevail as a sovereign & democratic country, it is clear that Witkoff fully favors the Russians. He cannot be trusted to lead these negotiations.Would a Russian paid agent do less than he? He should be fired.” - Congressman Don Bacon.
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"The nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda." Jenny Schuessler at the NYT with a deep dive into what's been happening at #NEH. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a... [gift link]
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"The nation’s largest public funder of the humanities appears to be transforming into a vehicle narrowly tailored to the president’s agenda." Jenny Schuessler at the NYT with a deep dive into what's been happening at #NEH. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a... [gift link]
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“The Tucson Democrat stood on the House floor during a pro forma session that lasted less than three minutes, enough time for an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Fellow Democrats chanted ‘Swear her in!’
But the Republican presiding over the House gaveled the session to an abrupt end.”
But the Republican presiding over the House gaveled the session to an abrupt end.”
Stalling Adelita Grijalva’s swearing-in also delays vote on release of Epstein files
Democrats say House Republicans are delaying the swearing-in of Adelita Grijalva – elected by landslide last week to replace her late father in Congress – to stall release of the Epstein files. The Tu...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
“The Tucson Democrat stood on the House floor during a pro forma session that lasted less than three minutes, enough time for an opening prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance. Fellow Democrats chanted ‘Swear her in!’
But the Republican presiding over the House gaveled the session to an abrupt end.”
But the Republican presiding over the House gaveled the session to an abrupt end.”
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The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
Defense Secretary Hegseth requires new 'pledge' for reporters at the Pentagon
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
www.npr.org
September 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.
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Ezra Klein is right and it matters he's saying this. The question is not "funding the government" or "shutting down the government."
It's funding *this* government versus shutting down *this* government. It's not the definite article existing independent of who's in power. It is who's in power.
It's funding *this* government versus shutting down *this* government. It's not the definite article existing independent of who's in power. It is who's in power.
Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Ezra Klein is right and it matters he's saying this. The question is not "funding the government" or "shutting down the government."
It's funding *this* government versus shutting down *this* government. It's not the definite article existing independent of who's in power. It is who's in power.
It's funding *this* government versus shutting down *this* government. It's not the definite article existing independent of who's in power. It is who's in power.
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BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
August 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
BREAKING: Big moment as CDC staff stage a mass walkout.
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
They have lined the street outside its HQ to greet and salute the four top officials who have resigned in protest at RFK Jr’s attack on the agency’s science base.
(🎥 AP)
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Unbelievable. Just days after the tragic flooding in Texas, NOAA is demanding that public TV stations remove equipment from towers that is critical for these stations to send weather alerts. Trump’s ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives.
July 15, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Unbelievable. Just days after the tragic flooding in Texas, NOAA is demanding that public TV stations remove equipment from towers that is critical for these stations to send weather alerts. Trump’s ideological crusade against public broadcasting will cost lives.
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Now let’s arrest some actual ICE officers who aren’t identifying themselves, who knows they could be imposters
US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US sees spate of arrests of civilians impersonating Ice officers
Experts say trend of agents detaining people while masking and wearing plainclothes increases risk
www.theguardian.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Now let’s arrest some actual ICE officers who aren’t identifying themselves, who knows they could be imposters
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In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
In 25 years of covering national security, I’ve never seen a story like this: Senior Trump officials discussed planning for the U.S. attack on Yemen in a Signal group--and inadvertently added the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
![I am the immigration attorney for Jerce Reyes Barrios, born in January 16, 1989 in Venezuela. 2. In February and March 2024, Mr. Reyes Barrios marched in two demonstrations in Venezuela protesting the authoritarian rule of Maduro. At the second demonstration, he was detained and taken to a clandestine building where he was tortured (electric shocks and suffocation) along with other demonstrators. 3. Shortly after his release, he fled Venezuela for the United States. He registered with CBP One in Mexico, then presented himself to CBP officials on the day of his appointment. He was taken into custody and detained at Otay Mesa Detention Facility in September 2024. 4. We applied for asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT protection in December 2024. His final individual hearing is set for April 17, 2025 before Judge Robinson at the Otay Mesa Immigration Court. 5. On March 15, 2025, Mr. Reyes Barrios was deported to El Salvador with no notice to counsel or family. It was not until March 18, 2025 that counsel was able to reach an ICE official and learn that he had in fact been deported. 6. Mr. Reyes Barrios was/is a professional soccer player in Venezuela. He has never been arrested or charged with a crime. He has a steady employment record as a soccer player, as well as a soccer coach for children and youth. 7. Initially, Mr. Reyes Barrios was placed in maximum security at Otay Mesa and accused of being a Tren de Aragua gang member. The accusation is based on two things. First, he has a tattoo on his arm of a crown sitting atop a soccer ball with a rosary and the word "Dies." OHS alleges that this tattoo is proof of gang membership. In reality, he chose this tattoo, because it is similar to the logo for his favorite soccer team Real Madrid. See logo below. [pictures of the tattoo and the pictures of the logo]. 8. Second, OHS reviewed his social media posts and found a photo of Mr. Reyes Barrios making a hand gesture that they allege is proof of gang membership.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifncv2sfxob3h7ozdkoymku3wfpbknlroa6bric46v5y7asbrzrim@jpeg)
March 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
NEW! Sworn declarations filed last night confirm the Trump admin sent INNOCENT people to rot in prison El Salvador, including a professional soccer player jailed and tortured by the Maduro regime, who entered this country LEGALLY to seek asylum, and who has NO CRIMINAL RECORD in either country.
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Important
March 11, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Important
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Yeah, this is a perennial truth -- landmark struggles over free speech typically involve people who are saying and doing things that are *unpopular*
That's, uh, why they need the protection of the First Amendment. It's sort of the whole point.
That's, uh, why they need the protection of the First Amendment. It's sort of the whole point.
if you find yourself reluctant to support the guy at Columbia because you find some of the politics he espoused distasteful or even abhorrent, you should know that this is exactly the reaction that they hoped for in choosing him as a target for unlawful detention based on political speech.
March 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Yeah, this is a perennial truth -- landmark struggles over free speech typically involve people who are saying and doing things that are *unpopular*
That's, uh, why they need the protection of the First Amendment. It's sort of the whole point.
That's, uh, why they need the protection of the First Amendment. It's sort of the whole point.
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Can't wait for the Party of Reagan to explain how Lech Walesa is a woke commie simp.
Polish Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa and 38 other former political prisoners of Poland's communist regime have condemned Donald Trump's treatment of Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday, which they said reminded them of communist interrogation techniques
Wałęsa condemns Trump treatment of Zelensky, likening it to communist interrogation
notesfrompoland.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Can't wait for the Party of Reagan to explain how Lech Walesa is a woke commie simp.
The award for Best Oscar Presenter goes to Da’vine Joy Randolf
March 3, 2025 at 1:54 AM
The award for Best Oscar Presenter goes to Da’vine Joy Randolf
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Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.
March 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Literally all he did was quote someone. Defining criticism of the government as treason is what authoritarians do. Turning a publicly funded news outlet into a state media propaganda machine is what authoritarians do.
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Measles guidance provided by RFK Jr. includes information about administering vitamin A to measles patients, so I wanted to share this helpful graphic from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Vitamin A alone does not prevent measles. Vaccination does. @nfidvaccines.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Measles guidance provided by RFK Jr. includes information about administering vitamin A to measles patients, so I wanted to share this helpful graphic from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases. Vitamin A alone does not prevent measles. Vaccination does. @nfidvaccines.bsky.social
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told NBC News that this is "a bad day for America’s foreign policy." "Ukraine wants independence, free markets and rule of law. It wants to be part of the West. Russia hates us and our Western values. We should be clear that we stand for freedom”.
February 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., told NBC News that this is "a bad day for America’s foreign policy." "Ukraine wants independence, free markets and rule of law. It wants to be part of the West. Russia hates us and our Western values. We should be clear that we stand for freedom”.
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fwiw if social media is any guide,
pretty much every single thing Zelensky says publicly ends with a thank you. Here he is thanking Senators of both parties shortly before he got to the White House today:
pretty much every single thing Zelensky says publicly ends with a thank you. Here he is thanking Senators of both parties shortly before he got to the White House today:
February 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
fwiw if social media is any guide,
pretty much every single thing Zelensky says publicly ends with a thank you. Here he is thanking Senators of both parties shortly before he got to the White House today:
pretty much every single thing Zelensky says publicly ends with a thank you. Here he is thanking Senators of both parties shortly before he got to the White House today:
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Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...
Watch Zelenskyy's Full Address To Congress
YouTube video by NBC News
youtu.be
February 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Zelenky stood in front of the American government, in the seat of our democracy, and thanked our entire nation. Every farmer, teacher, engineer, nurse, and cop. Thanked us on behalf of his entire country. youtu.be/7gjwlCe5T6M?...
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A personal note about the @katiephangshow.bsky.social:
February 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A personal note about the @katiephangshow.bsky.social:
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This morning, the National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees, effective immediately. The number represents roughly 10% of its workforce.
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
Trump Tracker: Firings, lawsuits, and U.S. science in chaos
Follow President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally
scim.ag
February 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This morning, the National Science Foundation fired 168 probationary employees, effective immediately. The number represents roughly 10% of its workforce.
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
Follow Science’s coverage of President Donald Trump’s impact on U.S. research and science globally. ⬇️ scim.ag/40XtSSi
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Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
February 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Here is the ad the Washington Post refused to run about Elon Musk this weekend.
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com
And here is the ad the Post was happy to run by a rightwing group funded by Musk that smeared me in October.
I started Democracy Docket to be fiercely independent and prodemocracy. Check it out. www.democracydocket.com