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It’s outrageous they’re killing innocent people, but we also need to stress, every time, that it would not really matter even it were absolutely certain that they were drug traffickers. Murdering criminals is still, you know, murder.
The government has killed 32 people in 7 strikes with no evidence they were traffickers. The admiral leading the mission quit. If we had proof, they’d face a court, not a drone.
The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.
The law still applies, even to suspected drug traffickers, and right now, the Administration’s story isn’t adding up.
October 22, 2025 at 1:45 AM
It’s outrageous they’re killing innocent people, but we also need to stress, every time, that it would not really matter even it were absolutely certain that they were drug traffickers. Murdering criminals is still, you know, murder.
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
September 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert just dropped its first response to ABC, FCC chair, and Disney firing Jimmy Kimmel.
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
This is a must-watch. 🔥 #cdnpoli
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Shuler: This is the choice working Americans have been given: chaos, or the same broken status quo.
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Shuler: This is the choice working Americans have been given: chaos, or the same broken status quo.
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
We wanted cheaper groceries—and we got tanks in our streets.
We wanted affordable health care—and instead, 16 million Americans are about to be kicked off their coverage
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If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
August 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
If you’re an immigrant with legal status who’s committed 0 crimes you can be sent to a torture prison where you’ll be raped and dehumanized.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
If you’re old pals with Trump and ran a pedophile ring you get sent to a cushy minimum security prison despite being ineligible because you’re a sex offender.
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Summers is not a fire breather or some left winger. He slimmed down Obama’s stimulus and he said Biden’s Covid stimulus would overheat the economy. So him saying this is a big damn deal.
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Summers is not a fire breather or some left winger. He slimmed down Obama’s stimulus and he said Biden’s Covid stimulus would overheat the economy. So him saying this is a big damn deal.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene describes the Trump economy:
“My kids’ generation, the 20-year-olds, they can’t afford rent. They can’t buy a house. They can’t afford insurance. They can’t afford bills, and they are losing hope for the future in America.”
“My kids’ generation, the 20-year-olds, they can’t afford rent. They can’t buy a house. They can’t afford insurance. They can’t afford bills, and they are losing hope for the future in America.”
July 16, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene describes the Trump economy:
“My kids’ generation, the 20-year-olds, they can’t afford rent. They can’t buy a house. They can’t afford insurance. They can’t afford bills, and they are losing hope for the future in America.”
“My kids’ generation, the 20-year-olds, they can’t afford rent. They can’t buy a house. They can’t afford insurance. They can’t afford bills, and they are losing hope for the future in America.”
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They held him like this for 100 days.
July 16, 2025 at 10:17 PM
They held him like this for 100 days.
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Trump/Trumpism, in a nutshell.👇
July 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Trump/Trumpism, in a nutshell.👇
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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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Just imagine the scandal this would be for any other presidential administration in history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Just imagine the scandal this would be for any other presidential administration in history.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
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Kids in Texas died as a direct result of Kristi Noem's negligence. She should be removed from office before her incompetence gets Oregonians killed in a wildfire.
“In the past, FEMA would have swiftly staged these teams…
But officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
But officials realized they needed Noem’s approval before sending additional assets. Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Urban Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.”
www.cnn.com/2025/07/09/p...
In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...
www.cnn.com
July 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Kids in Texas died as a direct result of Kristi Noem's negligence. She should be removed from office before her incompetence gets Oregonians killed in a wildfire.
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Remember, if something awful happens in a red state it’s disgusting to question political leaders and their responsibility. But if something awful happens in a blue state well, it’s only natural to blame it all on the libs or the one (1) trans person who was employed by the city for a few years.
Rep. Roger Williams on people questioning the response to the Texas floods: "Why don't they write a nice letter to somebody? Why don't they down there and say 'we're gonna pray for these people'? Let's hold hands and do that."
July 9, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Remember, if something awful happens in a red state it’s disgusting to question political leaders and their responsibility. But if something awful happens in a blue state well, it’s only natural to blame it all on the libs or the one (1) trans person who was employed by the city for a few years.
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We've never been more in need of a free and independent press to protect our rights and serve as a check on abuses of power.
Instead, Paramount and CBS have betrayed the core values of journalism.
Instead, Paramount and CBS have betrayed the core values of journalism.
Paramount agrees to pay $16 million to settle Trump's CBS lawsuit
Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.
www.npr.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
We've never been more in need of a free and independent press to protect our rights and serve as a check on abuses of power.
Instead, Paramount and CBS have betrayed the core values of journalism.
Instead, Paramount and CBS have betrayed the core values of journalism.
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Can we start talking about the war on children?
Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs—and more
#Trump
#Trump
Trump administration withholds over $6 billion for after-school, summer programs—and more
Day camp providers and schools are warning that a Trump administration funding freeze could wreck summer for low-income American families and wipe out some after-school programming next year.
The ...
www.dailykos.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Can we start talking about the war on children?
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If this bill passes:
- 17 million people would lose health insurance.
- 5.4 million more families would face increasingly higher medical debt.
- 380 rural hospitals would be at risk of closing.
- Health care premiums would go up for everyone.
- An additional 51,000 people could die each year.
- 17 million people would lose health insurance.
- 5.4 million more families would face increasingly higher medical debt.
- 380 rural hospitals would be at risk of closing.
- Health care premiums would go up for everyone.
- An additional 51,000 people could die each year.
July 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
If this bill passes:
- 17 million people would lose health insurance.
- 5.4 million more families would face increasingly higher medical debt.
- 380 rural hospitals would be at risk of closing.
- Health care premiums would go up for everyone.
- An additional 51,000 people could die each year.
- 17 million people would lose health insurance.
- 5.4 million more families would face increasingly higher medical debt.
- 380 rural hospitals would be at risk of closing.
- Health care premiums would go up for everyone.
- An additional 51,000 people could die each year.
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I wrote about how Trump is freeing actual criminals to make politically inconvenient people into criminals.
Trump’s Immigration Enforcement: Free The Criminals, Jail The Innocent
The Trump administration's immigration enforcement has revealed itself to be not just cruel, but fundamentally backwards: They're literally freeing dangerous criminals while manufacturing cases against innocent people. And…
The Trump administration's immigration enforcement has revealed itself to be not just cruel, but fundamentally backwards: They're literally freeing dangerous criminals while manufacturing cases against innocent people. And…
Trump’s Immigration Enforcement: Free The Criminals, Jail The Innocent
The Trump administration's immigration enforcement has revealed itself to be not just cruel, but fundamentally backwards: They're literally freeing dangerous criminals while manufacturing cases against innocent people. And they're doing it all to cover up their own massive legal fuckups. Take the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. We covered this last week when Magistrate Judge Barbara Holmes ordered his release, noting that the Justice Department appeared to have leaned on actual criminals to fabricate evidence against him.
www.techdirt.com
July 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I wrote about how Trump is freeing actual criminals to make politically inconvenient people into criminals.
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With almost no notice, the Trump Administration is withholding $72 million in federal education funding from Wisconsin - with no indication of if/when the funds will be released. This funding accounts for 11.5% of all federal funding for K-12 education Wisconsin typically receives.
July 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
With almost no notice, the Trump Administration is withholding $72 million in federal education funding from Wisconsin - with no indication of if/when the funds will be released. This funding accounts for 11.5% of all federal funding for K-12 education Wisconsin typically receives.
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About 75% of the clean energy manufacturing investments announced since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act have been in Republican districts. But those projects could be at risk under the latest version of President Trump’s tax bill
Biden’s climate law boosted red states. Their lawmakers are now gutting it.
The former president bet that the economic benefits of his policies would protect them over time. Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress have upended that wager.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
About 75% of the clean energy manufacturing investments announced since President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act have been in Republican districts. But those projects could be at risk under the latest version of President Trump’s tax bill
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White House Shares Meme of Trump with Alligators Wearing ICE Hats
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
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Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
White House Shares Meme of Trump with Alligators Wearing ICE Hats
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 PM
White House Shares Meme of Trump with Alligators Wearing ICE Hats
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
Trump administration celebrates threatening migrants with death by alligator
meidasnews.com/news/white-h...
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And people told me I was overreacting in comparing the concentration camp to Auschwitz. They're not being subtle about what they want to do
The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.
July 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And people told me I was overreacting in comparing the concentration camp to Auschwitz. They're not being subtle about what they want to do
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If you've tuned into CSPAN anytime in the last 2 hours and found yourself slapping the side of the TV, wondering why the screen isn't changing, here's what's happening...
July 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
If you've tuned into CSPAN anytime in the last 2 hours and found yourself slapping the side of the TV, wondering why the screen isn't changing, here's what's happening...
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Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
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🤥 Trump lies about not cutting Medicaid and hides behind the “waste fraud and abuse” smokescreen far too many have fallen for repeatedly.
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
July 1, 2025 at 4:45 PM
🤥 Trump lies about not cutting Medicaid and hides behind the “waste fraud and abuse” smokescreen far too many have fallen for repeatedly.
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
#TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
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Torres: "In 2024, 90% of new electricity generation in the US was clean energy. 60% of it is solar. And Republicans are proposing to defund solar and battery storage and wind, which are the leading sources of new electricity generations in the US. It is an act of strategic self-sabotage."
June 30, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Torres: "In 2024, 90% of new electricity generation in the US was clean energy. 60% of it is solar. And Republicans are proposing to defund solar and battery storage and wind, which are the leading sources of new electricity generations in the US. It is an act of strategic self-sabotage."
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This isn’t just a bill.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
Judd Legum explains 7 of the things in Trump's megabill:
1. Cuts $930B from Medicaid
2. 16M lose health ins
3. Slashes food asst for poor families by $186B
4. Lower incomes for bottom 40% of families
5. Increases deficit by $3.3T
6. $45B for new immigration jails
7. Billions for defense contractors
1. Cuts $930B from Medicaid
2. 16M lose health ins
3. Slashes food asst for poor families by $186B
4. Lower incomes for bottom 40% of families
5. Increases deficit by $3.3T
6. $45B for new immigration jails
7. Billions for defense contractors
7 things everyone should know about Trump's megabill
The Republican reconciliation legislation, which Trump calls his "big, beautiful bill," is massive.
open.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This isn’t just a bill.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.
It’s a fundamental restructuring of American society in which the poor are abandoned, and “immigration jails” outrank healthcare.
Billions taken from one and given to the other.