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Remember when scholars of authoritarianism told us he would go after his political opponents, unions, academia, and the media and people were like, “But Tim Walz got the date wrong from when he was in Tiananmen Square?”
Trump: "This is like, proof. Irrefutable proof that Obama was seditious. That Obama was trying to lead a coup. And it was with Hillary Clinton, with all these other people. But Obama headed it up ... this is the biggest scandal in the history of our country."
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Remember when scholars of authoritarianism told us he would go after his political opponents, unions, academia, and the media and people were like, “But Tim Walz got the date wrong from when he was in Tiananmen Square?”
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"It’s not too much to say that just as the House has been shut down to avoid more Epstein cover-up votes, the exec branch is now more or less exclusively focused on trying to shut down the Epstein story: MLK documents, a meeting w/Maxwell, a new Hillary/Obama treason probe. It’s all they’re doing."
House and Executive Branch Now Totally Derailed by Epstein
Every time I think Donald Trump is putting some distance between himself...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"It’s not too much to say that just as the House has been shut down to avoid more Epstein cover-up votes, the exec branch is now more or less exclusively focused on trying to shut down the Epstein story: MLK documents, a meeting w/Maxwell, a new Hillary/Obama treason probe. It’s all they’re doing."
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"As of mid-July, courts had ruled against the administration in 165 of the lawsuits. The Post found that the administration is accused of defying or frustrating court oversight in 57 of those cases — almost 35 percent." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against him
A comprehensive analysis of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty, a serious test for the court system.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"As of mid-July, courts had ruled against the administration in 165 of the lawsuits. The Post found that the administration is accused of defying or frustrating court oversight in 57 of those cases — almost 35 percent." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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It's a big story that Trump and/or strategically placed loyalists inside the administration are now actively manipulating the bureaucracy to generate sets of "facts" that are clearly designed to serve as the pretext for criminal prosecution.
Trump just said Schiff merits "prison" for the "fraud" an IG supposedly found.
Again, I talked to experts/former IG who described the process used here as deeply troubling.
This is becoming his model for manipulating bureaucracy to hatch pretexts to target foes:
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
Again, I talked to experts/former IG who described the process used here as deeply troubling.
This is becoming his model for manipulating bureaucracy to hatch pretexts to target foes:
newrepublic.com/article/1980...
July 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's a big story that Trump and/or strategically placed loyalists inside the administration are now actively manipulating the bureaucracy to generate sets of "facts" that are clearly designed to serve as the pretext for criminal prosecution.
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Trump and his appointees have been accused of flouting courts in a third of the more than 160 lawsuits against the administration in which a judge has issued a substantive ruling, a Washington Post analysis has found. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump officials accused of defying 1 in 3 judges who ruled against him
A comprehensive analysis of lawsuits against Trump policies shows dozens of examples of defiance, delay and dishonesty, a serious test for the court system.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Trump and his appointees have been accused of flouting courts in a third of the more than 160 lawsuits against the administration in which a judge has issued a substantive ruling, a Washington Post analysis has found. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Compelled speech by the government
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name reut.rs/3IHqDJ3
Trump threatens Washington stadium deal unless NFL team readopts Redskins name
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on Sunday to interfere with a deal to build a new football stadium in Washington, D.C., unless the local NFL team, now known as the Commanders, changes its name back to Redskins.
reut.rs
July 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Compelled speech by the government
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NEWS from me: The Trump administration has decided to destroy almost $10 million worth of contraceptives rather than send them to women in need overseas. The destruction itself will cost $167,000, the state department told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration to destroy nearly $10m of contraceptives for women overseas
As part of president’s shuttering of USAID, destruction of the contraceptives will cost US taxpayers $167,000
www.theguardian.com
July 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
NEWS from me: The Trump administration has decided to destroy almost $10 million worth of contraceptives rather than send them to women in need overseas. The destruction itself will cost $167,000, the state department told me. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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NEW. Listen to Maria Farmer
“A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
“A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
July 20, 2025 at 6:40 PM
NEW. Listen to Maria Farmer
“A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
“A former Jeffrey Epstein employee said that she told the F.B.I. in 1996 and 2006 about what she considered a troubling encounter with Donald J. Trump.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/20/u...
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“Researchers …tried to calculate how many more people would die as a result of [Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill]…they came to 42,500 annually by 2034…And still, for all those that die, a much larger number will be sicker and live worse lives.”
by @economist.com
by @economist.com
Quantifying Trumpcare
Researchers estimate the Big Beautiful Bill could result in 42,500 excess deaths a year
economist.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“Researchers …tried to calculate how many more people would die as a result of [Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill]…they came to 42,500 annually by 2034…And still, for all those that die, a much larger number will be sicker and live worse lives.”
by @economist.com
by @economist.com
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Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.
trib.al
July 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.
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I remember when newspapers used to run massive, multi-page spreads of American service members lost to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, accompanied by their military headshots.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
US citizen, Army veteran detained at California immigration raid | CNN
George Retes, a 25-year-old Army veteran and father of two, had been planning his three-year-old daughter’s Minnie Mouse birthday party at the park for weeks.
amp.cnn.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I remember when newspapers used to run massive, multi-page spreads of American service members lost to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, accompanied by their military headshots.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
They're going to have to resurrect it for those hunted and thrown away by their own government. This story is a mini-genre.
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This was the order of events:
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
July 18, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This was the order of events:
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
1. Paramount acceded to Trump’s extortion by paying a bribe.
2. Stephen Colbert calls his employer out for doing that.
3. Paramount fires Stephen Colbert for being honest about Trump.
4. Proving Trump’s bribe worked.
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No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence.
July 18, 2025 at 3:26 AM
No one will be fooled by this. People are asking for the release of the evidence from the Epstein investigation. The grand jury transcripts are something else entirely and would exclude almost all evidence.
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Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
July 16, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.
- Carl Sagan
- Carl Sagan
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Trump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip as rambling talk includes unlikely Unabomber story
Trump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip and delivers rambling speech
www.independent.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Trump, 79, forgets who is with him on Pittsburgh trip as rambling talk includes unlikely Unabomber story
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NEW: Companies seeking favorable outcomes from the Trump administration have pledged to give at least $63 million to Trump’s future presidential library, according to a new analysis by Elizabeth Warren that names all of these companies. www.huffpost.com/entry/elizab...
Elizabeth Warren Exposes All The Corporate Money Flowing Into Trump’s Presidential Library
Paramount, Meta and X are among the companies giving tens of millions of dollars to Trump’s future library as they seek perks from his administration.
www.huffpost.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: Companies seeking favorable outcomes from the Trump administration have pledged to give at least $63 million to Trump’s future presidential library, according to a new analysis by Elizabeth Warren that names all of these companies. www.huffpost.com/entry/elizab...
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The President, who owns a crypto company and personally profits from it, is using his official position to pressure Congress to vote for a bill that will personally make him more money and shield him from accountability.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
July 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The President, who owns a crypto company and personally profits from it, is using his official position to pressure Congress to vote for a bill that will personally make him more money and shield him from accountability.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
This is what a corrupt oligarchy looks like.
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All this follows directly from anti-COVID vaccine fearmongering. Before it's over, it's likely to cost tens of thousands of innocent lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
All this follows directly from anti-COVID vaccine fearmongering. Before it's over, it's likely to cost tens of thousands of innocent lives. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
There’s a nonzero chance you will die from a cancer that could have been curable because people who couldn’t pass 7th grade biology and are scared of things like “mRNA” and “riboflavin” and “walkable cities” decided to make their ignorance everybody else’s problem
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People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
People who entered the US legally and have no criminal charges are being held in the Everglades camp, according to records obtained by the Miami Herald. Maybe that’s why the government won’t release the names of those being detained. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
July 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“…he presented his Texas ID, Social Security card and a wallet-sized birth certificate. The agents refused to believe he was a citizen and took him into custody. “I told them we had rights and asked to make a phone call. But they told us, 'You don't have rights to anything'," Galicia told the paper”
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Trump’s New Tariffs Could Cost Households $2,400 This Year, Analysis Finds. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...
Trump Tariff Impact: New Fees Could Raise Prices, Cost Americans $2,400 Per Year
Prices of clothing and shoes are expected to be particularly impacted by the tariffs, Yale University’s Budget Lab found.
www.forbes.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Trump’s New Tariffs Could Cost Households $2,400 This Year, Analysis Finds. www.forbes.com/sites/alison...