Ilene
@ilenej.bsky.social
Lifelong Democrat, Travel junkie, Francophile, Foodie, and contributor to USA Today 10best.com 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇺🇦 https://10best.usatoday.com/local-experts/ilene-jacobs/
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Trump in distraction overdrive.
This is particularly idiotic from a policing perspective.
You want to catch the people you think are bad guys so you can find other bad guys.
Of course that would also require you to prove that the people you killed or captured were actually bad guys…
#RFA
This is particularly idiotic from a policing perspective.
You want to catch the people you think are bad guys so you can find other bad guys.
Of course that would also require you to prove that the people you killed or captured were actually bad guys…
#RFA
Trump says US has carried out strike against drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela
President Donald Trump says the U.S. has carried out a strike in the southern Caribbean against a drug-carrying vessel that departed from Venezuela.
apnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump in distraction overdrive.
This is particularly idiotic from a policing perspective.
You want to catch the people you think are bad guys so you can find other bad guys.
Of course that would also require you to prove that the people you killed or captured were actually bad guys…
#RFA
This is particularly idiotic from a policing perspective.
You want to catch the people you think are bad guys so you can find other bad guys.
Of course that would also require you to prove that the people you killed or captured were actually bad guys…
#RFA
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Trump is once again weaponizing government power for revenge. Schiff, James, and Cook are the latest targets—dragged into “fraud” investigations pulled straight from Trump’s enemies list. This isn’t justice. It’s political retribution.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-...
Selective Enforcement: Trump’s Abuse of Power Hits New Lows
Grand juries, fake fraud charges, and the chilling message to America’s democracy.
adamkinzinger.substack.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Trump is once again weaponizing government power for revenge. Schiff, James, and Cook are the latest targets—dragged into “fraud” investigations pulled straight from Trump’s enemies list. This isn’t justice. It’s political retribution.
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-...
adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/selective-...
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The US military will conduct a flyover of the White House and wider DC at 11am tomorrow (Wednesday).
Epstein’s victims will be holding a press conference on Capitol Hill around the same time.
Epstein’s victims will be holding a press conference on Capitol Hill around the same time.
September 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The US military will conduct a flyover of the White House and wider DC at 11am tomorrow (Wednesday).
Epstein’s victims will be holding a press conference on Capitol Hill around the same time.
Epstein’s victims will be holding a press conference on Capitol Hill around the same time.
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NEW: The DHS has issued a heightened terror threat for Americans. Good thing we have that 22 year old former gardener in charge of counterterrorism and DHS is busy with mass deportation. www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisor...
National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin - June 22, 2025 | Homeland Security
www.dhs.gov
June 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NEW: The DHS has issued a heightened terror threat for Americans. Good thing we have that 22 year old former gardener in charge of counterterrorism and DHS is busy with mass deportation. www.dhs.gov/ntas/advisor...
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Newsom’s social media team is killing it. (This isn’t an old picture. It’s from right now. I asked.) 😂😂😂😂
June 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Newsom’s social media team is killing it. (This isn’t an old picture. It’s from right now. I asked.) 😂😂😂😂
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With this awful terror attack in Colorado, Congress needs to ask how many federal resources have been pulled from counterterrorism to deport Hispanics?
June 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
With this awful terror attack in Colorado, Congress needs to ask how many federal resources have been pulled from counterterrorism to deport Hispanics?
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It is an extraordinary and unprecedented development in American history that the Nation’s Federal Judiciary would have to consider having its own security force because federal judges cannot trust the U.S. Marshal’s Service under this President and his Attorney General.
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
It is an extraordinary and unprecedented development in American history that the Nation’s Federal Judiciary would have to consider having its own security force because federal judges cannot trust the U.S. Marshal’s Service under this President and his Attorney General.
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The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Wall Street Journal had a piece last night that the Judicial Conference of the United States — the policy making body for the federal judiciary — is discussing whether the Judiciary should have its own armed security force rather than rely on the U.S. Marshals for federal judges’ protection.
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"Trump is unique among the nation’s presidents in having no interest in presiding over a functioning govt, let alone building institutions that will survive his term in office. That's why the analogies pundits have tried to draw between the early periods of other presidencies fall entirely flat."
A cabinet of dunces
In the Trump regime, incompetence is a job requirement.
www.publicnotice.co
May 23, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"Trump is unique among the nation’s presidents in having no interest in presiding over a functioning govt, let alone building institutions that will survive his term in office. That's why the analogies pundits have tried to draw between the early periods of other presidencies fall entirely flat."
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The Mad King is up.
May 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The Mad King is up.
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The Truth About Russia’s Nuclear Threats Against Ukraine
YouTube video by Adam Kinzinger
youtu.be
May 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
May 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
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Boarder Patrol is now scanning Americans who leave the country.
Not entering, leaving.
This isn’t border security. It’s a test run for a surveillance state.
If leaving the U.S. feels like a threat, maybe the threat is already here.
#EyesWideOpen #AuthoritarianCreep
Not entering, leaving.
This isn’t border security. It’s a test run for a surveillance state.
If leaving the U.S. feels like a threat, maybe the threat is already here.
#EyesWideOpen #AuthoritarianCreep
May 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Boarder Patrol is now scanning Americans who leave the country.
Not entering, leaving.
This isn’t border security. It’s a test run for a surveillance state.
If leaving the U.S. feels like a threat, maybe the threat is already here.
#EyesWideOpen #AuthoritarianCreep
Not entering, leaving.
This isn’t border security. It’s a test run for a surveillance state.
If leaving the U.S. feels like a threat, maybe the threat is already here.
#EyesWideOpen #AuthoritarianCreep
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"No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State"
- U.S. constitution
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
- U.S. constitution
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Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
abcnews.go.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:51 PM
"No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State"
- U.S. constitution
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
- U.S. constitution
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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In 48 hours, almost 300,000 YouTube views for my dialogue with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social , Episode 5 of the David Frum Show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpU2...
Anne Applebaum and the Most Corrupt Presidency in American History | The David Frum Show
YouTube video by The Atlantic
www.youtube.com
May 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In 48 hours, almost 300,000 YouTube views for my dialogue with @anneapplebaum.bsky.social , Episode 5 of the David Frum Show. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpU2...
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Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
May 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.
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The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The Suspension Clause:
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
1) Doesn't allow the President to unilaterally suspend habeas, especially when Congress is in session;
2) Applies only to cases of invasion or rebellion (this is quite clearly neither); and
3) *Even then,* applies only "when the public safety may require it." (It doesn't.)
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Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media.
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
148. Suspending Habeas Corpus
In response to adverse rulings in numerous immigration cases, Stephen Miller is raising the specter of suspending habeas. His argument is factually and legally nuts, but it's worth explaining *why.*
www.stevevladeck.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Excellent piece on Miller on habeas. Far superior to the surprisingly both-sides-ish coverage by some media.
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
What Miller is claiming the power to do isn’t questionable or dubious. It would be anti-constitutional usurpation.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/148-suspen...
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Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education, sent Harvard a letter.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
They graded it.
Bwahahaha.
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People are talking about his Pope trolling and Alcatraz, rather than the billion dollar corruption scheme.
May 5, 2025 at 10:14 PM
People are talking about his Pope trolling and Alcatraz, rather than the billion dollar corruption scheme.
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Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Howell drips with disdain for the firms who capitulated to the White House and says of those who resisted "will be the models lauded when this period of American history is written." ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Because Harvard’s not kissing Trump’s ass.
Don’t get lost by their Ivy League status. It’s a political shakedown—textbook authoritarianism in plain sight.
Don’t get lost by their Ivy League status. It’s a political shakedown—textbook authoritarianism in plain sight.
May 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Because Harvard’s not kissing Trump’s ass.
Don’t get lost by their Ivy League status. It’s a political shakedown—textbook authoritarianism in plain sight.
Don’t get lost by their Ivy League status. It’s a political shakedown—textbook authoritarianism in plain sight.
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The conman who was forced to shut down his fake "university" because its operation was consumer fraud, is trying to undermine America's oldest, most prestigious, legitimate university through an abuse of presidential power.
May 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The conman who was forced to shut down his fake "university" because its operation was consumer fraud, is trying to undermine America's oldest, most prestigious, legitimate university through an abuse of presidential power.
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Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.
1. Clay Jackson, a Texas lawyer, provided basic legal advice to an immigrant family fearing deportation
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Then, two officers visited him at his home, accusing him of "obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation"
Then, after speaking publicly, he was fired from his job at a Fortune 500 company
Fortune 500 company abruptly fires lawyer who helped immigrant family
On March 4, Clay Jackson, an attorney in the Dallas area, was at a gas station near his home when the attendant asked if he would help a local immigrant family.
popular.info
April 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Take a minute from your day and read this chilling story about how quickly we've gotten to where we are.