David Crook
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David Crook
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· Apr 2
REPORTER: Do you think the president should move forward tomorrow with tariffs?
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
MIKE JOHNSON: Look, you have to trust the president's instincts on the economy
Would like a to have a journalist have Trump explain (without equivocating or skipping)
1) how he think tariffs work –and who pays them
2) the SPECIFIC emergency that is the reason for the tariffs
1) how he think tariffs work –and who pays them
2) the SPECIFIC emergency that is the reason for the tariffs
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Sen. Roger Wicker, the Republican chairman of Armed Services, promises “rigorous oversight” after The Post reported Hegseth’s order to kill all 11 people in the first U.S. boat strike.
A former JAG who advised Special Ops called the scenario “murder” and “a war crime”
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A former JAG who advised Special Ops called the scenario “murder” and “a war crime”
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Senate committee vows ‘vigorous oversight’ in killing of boat strike survivors
The Republican-led committee’s pledge came after The Post reported that the defense secretary ordered that a U.S. strike on an alleged narcotics boat leave no survivors.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Sen. Roger Wicker, the Republican chairman of Armed Services, promises “rigorous oversight” after The Post reported Hegseth’s order to kill all 11 people in the first U.S. boat strike.
A former JAG who advised Special Ops called the scenario “murder” and “a war crime”
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A former JAG who advised Special Ops called the scenario “murder” and “a war crime”
wapo.st/48k7g1S
Just as gun nut jobs who argue Nullification are also outside the Constitution
Government actors who refuse to be bound by the rule of law are not morally entitled to its protection.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
December 1, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Just as gun nut jobs who argue Nullification are also outside the Constitution
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Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
All DOGE accomplished was purging critical government staff, handing private data to outsiders, and sentencing thousands in developing countries to death by gutting USAID.
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
I don’t say this lightly: if there were any justice in this world, the people responsible for this devastation would be in jail
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
Nutlick: Mmmmm. Deez nutz taste so good. You should try some
Lutnick: "The best part about America is we have Donald Trump in the Oval Office"
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Nutlick: Mmmmm. Deez nutz taste so good. You should try some
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Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
Ermittler vermuten Russland hinter Bauschaum-Attacken auf Autos
Hunderte Autos wurden vor einem Jahr in mehreren Bundesländern mit Bauschaum beschädigt. Die Ermittler gehen derzeit davon aus, dass damit die Grünen vor der Wahl diskreditiert werden sollten.
www.n-tv.de
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Before Germany’s last elections, hundreds of combustion-engine cars had been vandalised, combined with pro-Green flyers left on site. State investigators now assume a Russian influence operation:
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
#fossilwarfare
www.n-tv.de/politik/Ermi...
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If you plan to follow this advice, please see me after class
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
If you plan to follow this advice, please see me after class
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“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...
Cops Used Flock to Monitor No Kings Protests Around the Country
A massive cache of Flock lookups collated by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows as many as 50 federal, state, and local agencies used Flock during protests over the last year.
www.404media.co
November 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
“This is a wake-up call for leaders: Flock (ALPR) technology is a threat to our core democratic values,” EFF’s @Maassive.bsky.social told @404media.co. www.404media.co/cops-used-f...
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Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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"The executive branch is weaponizing its official communications channels to mock opponents, degrade public trust and transform the people's website into a partisan playground."
— @azzacohen.bsky.social, White House videographer for Kamala Harris, at @The Contrarian
— @azzacohen.bsky.social, White House videographer for Kamala Harris, at @The Contrarian
Split Screen: ‘MySafeSpace’ and the Collapse of whitehouse.gov
Visual language is never neutral. It shapes our subconscious understanding of power, legitimacy, and identity.
contrarian.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"The executive branch is weaponizing its official communications channels to mock opponents, degrade public trust and transform the people's website into a partisan playground."
— @azzacohen.bsky.social, White House videographer for Kamala Harris, at @The Contrarian
— @azzacohen.bsky.social, White House videographer for Kamala Harris, at @The Contrarian
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Trump's personal family businesses (real estate and crypto) are going gangbusters, as the same people and countries touting fake investments in the U.S. are making real investments into his ventures. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
Donald Trump Wants to Bullshit The Economy Into Greatness
The president insists he’s scored $21 trillion in foreign investment. It’s gobbledygook.
www.thebulwark.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Trump's personal family businesses (real estate and crypto) are going gangbusters, as the same people and countries touting fake investments in the U.S. are making real investments into his ventures. www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-tru...
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The commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family’s companies are profiting from them.
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family companies are profiting from them.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The commerce secretary Howard Lutnick is helping push data center projects. His family’s companies are profiting from them.
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This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is a man whose wife was SHOT IN THE HEAD having to act even-keeled when the President of the United States tries to incite violence against him. Trump has to go, right now.
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MacCALLUM: You're implying that Trump might do something they wouldn't want to uphold. What are you talking about?
CROW: The protests at Lafayette Square where he said, 'Can't you just shoot them in the legs'
MacCALLUM: That's not an order. That's a comment
CROW: That's coming from the president
CROW: The protests at Lafayette Square where he said, 'Can't you just shoot them in the legs'
MacCALLUM: That's not an order. That's a comment
CROW: That's coming from the president
November 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
MacCALLUM: You're implying that Trump might do something they wouldn't want to uphold. What are you talking about?
CROW: The protests at Lafayette Square where he said, 'Can't you just shoot them in the legs'
MacCALLUM: That's not an order. That's a comment
CROW: That's coming from the president
CROW: The protests at Lafayette Square where he said, 'Can't you just shoot them in the legs'
MacCALLUM: That's not an order. That's a comment
CROW: That's coming from the president
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Breaking news: A panel appointed by President Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has instead concluded that the agency should be more powerful and autonomous.
Noem at odds with Trump-appointed panel over future of FEMA
Instead of further shrinking and dismantling FEMA, the FEMA Review Council wants to make it more independent.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Breaking news: A panel appointed by President Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has instead concluded that the agency should be more powerful and autonomous.
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"I was able to get Congress to leave him alone."
November 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
"I was able to get Congress to leave him alone."
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A South Carolina woman who police say tried to end her pregnancy with medication has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child neglect.
Don't miss this story from @kylietcheung.bsky.social
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
Don't miss this story from @kylietcheung.bsky.social
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
A South Carolina 20-Year-Old Has Been Charged With Attempted Murder
Police say she took medication to end her pregnancy
jessica.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
A South Carolina woman who police say tried to end her pregnancy with medication has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child neglect.
Don't miss this story from @kylietcheung.bsky.social
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
Don't miss this story from @kylietcheung.bsky.social
jessica.substack.com/p/south-caro...
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Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just the president of the United States rationalizing that a Washington Post reporter was basically asking to be murdered and cut to pieces with a bone saw because of his reporting.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
As he sits next to the thug who ordered it.
If there is one salient feature about America’s right wing over the last decade, it’s dishonesty. and dishonesty about honesty. And dishonesty about dishonesty.
Basically, they have no qualities beyond being dishonest.
Basically, they have no qualities beyond being dishonest.
Ben Shapiro: “When the president said deport all the illegal immigrants, I never thought that he meant that literally”
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
If there is one salient feature about America’s right wing over the last decade, it’s dishonesty. and dishonesty about honesty. And dishonesty about dishonesty.
Basically, they have no qualities beyond being dishonest.
Basically, they have no qualities beyond being dishonest.
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He was held civilly liable for sexual abuse and slandered his accuser. He’s been accused by roughly two dozen women of rape and sexual assault. He was best friends with a pedophile. He bragged about grabbing women by the pussy and said Ivanka had to beg him not date younger than her when she was 17.
Nancy Mace: "You can see in the Epstein emails that he's clearly targeting President Trump as retribution for him being a good man ... he's a good man who protects women. That's what real men do."
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
He was held civilly liable for sexual abuse and slandered his accuser. He’s been accused by roughly two dozen women of rape and sexual assault. He was best friends with a pedophile. He bragged about grabbing women by the pussy and said Ivanka had to beg him not date younger than her when she was 17.
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Reading the stats on how ICE is grabbing people in OR this week mostly by pulling over immigrants in cars, and shaking my fist at everyone who ever believed for a sec that surveillance = safety.
license plate data merged with credit header data, marriage records, vehicle ownership, and voter registrations, in one app for ICE agents. oh and it sends push notifications when someone they're seeking is nearby.
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
🆒: www.404media.co/this-app-let...
This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.
www.404media.co
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Reading the stats on how ICE is grabbing people in OR this week mostly by pulling over immigrants in cars, and shaking my fist at everyone who ever believed for a sec that surveillance = safety.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
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New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Trump-Licensed Presidential Seal Beer Pong Set Could Violate Federal Law
A site affiliated with Lee Greenwood sells merchandise with the seal—such as a $20 beer pong set with “Presidential themed balls”—and pays licensing fees to a Trump LLC.
www.forbes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
New: A site licensing Trump's name is selling merch with the presidential seal — including a $20 beer-pong set with “Presidential themed balls.”
Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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Federal law says you can’t manufacture or sell likenesses of the seal without authorization.
me, for @forbes.com
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context