Jon Daigle
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Trump himself has been convicted of 34 felonies and is the first criminal elected president.
The worst single-day crime spree in modern Washington history, of course, took place on Jan. 6, 2021. Trump issued no order to the National Guard to intervene -- Mike Pence did -- and later pardoned the perpetrators.
Citing a nonexistent crime crisis, Trump plans to take over the Washington DC police and put troops in the streets of the nation's capital. Contrary to his claims, violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Campbell Robertson Chris Cameron www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
August 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Trump himself has been convicted of 34 felonies and is the first criminal elected president.
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What makes these controversies extra extraordinary is that those minimizing Soviet and Russian tyranny are often the same ones who consider themselves defenders of national sovereignty against the real or imagined diktats of Brussels.
Curious, isn't it?
Curious, isn't it?
Eighty Years After WWII Ended, Some Europeans Forget Who the Bad Guys Were
Putin’s pals blame the Allies always, the Nazis sometimes, the Soviets never.
www.thebulwark.com
May 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
What makes these controversies extra extraordinary is that those minimizing Soviet and Russian tyranny are often the same ones who consider themselves defenders of national sovereignty against the real or imagined diktats of Brussels.
Curious, isn't it?
Curious, isn't it?
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Don’t worry — now you’ll only have to spend $50 to $150 extra in taxes, per child, for holiday gifts
While Trump got a $400 million holiday gift early from Qatar
Because he matters way more than your kids — right?
While Trump got a $400 million holiday gift early from Qatar
Because he matters way more than your kids — right?
May 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Don’t worry — now you’ll only have to spend $50 to $150 extra in taxes, per child, for holiday gifts
While Trump got a $400 million holiday gift early from Qatar
Because he matters way more than your kids — right?
While Trump got a $400 million holiday gift early from Qatar
Because he matters way more than your kids — right?
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Every day I will marvel at how hard James Comer tried without success to prove that Biden was tangentially corrupt and how little of a shit he gives that Trump is demonstrably, outrageously corrupt.
May 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Every day I will marvel at how hard James Comer tried without success to prove that Biden was tangentially corrupt and how little of a shit he gives that Trump is demonstrably, outrageously corrupt.
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Not a great time for the top U.S. intelligence and defense officials to be people the president picked because he liked their TV hits.
May 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Not a great time for the top U.S. intelligence and defense officials to be people the president picked because he liked their TV hits.
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“Like a child who loves a parade and an extreme narcissist who demands constant praise, an uneducated White House occupant who cares more about self-service than service to country or the Constitution is holding America hostage.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/did-you-ev...
www.americaamerica.news/p/did-you-ev...
Did You Ever Imagine Living in a Country Like North Korea or the USSR?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
May 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
“Like a child who loves a parade and an extreme narcissist who demands constant praise, an uneducated White House occupant who cares more about self-service than service to country or the Constitution is holding America hostage.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/did-you-ev...
www.americaamerica.news/p/did-you-ev...
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Every state needs to do this ASAP
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Every state needs to do this ASAP
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Yes, and if the history of military conflict teaches us anything, it's that shooting the people in your own trenches is definitely a winning strategy
I don't give a shit who says it, but Dems need far fewer conflict adverse geriatrics that don't have the energy to fight. It's a political war right now and we need more people that act like it.
April 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Yes, and if the history of military conflict teaches us anything, it's that shooting the people in your own trenches is definitely a winning strategy
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Martin O'Malley just mentioned state attorneys general filing state kidnapping charges. Just imagine the collective cheer in this country if state troopers pulled over, arrested and cuffed a van full of masked ICE fascists.
April 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Martin O'Malley just mentioned state attorneys general filing state kidnapping charges. Just imagine the collective cheer in this country if state troopers pulled over, arrested and cuffed a van full of masked ICE fascists.
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He wants to build prisons in El Salvador for American citizens he doesn't like.
Enough's enough. He needs to be stopped.
Enough's enough. He needs to be stopped.
April 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
He wants to build prisons in El Salvador for American citizens he doesn't like.
Enough's enough. He needs to be stopped.
Enough's enough. He needs to be stopped.
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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
April 15, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.
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Trump told us the plan today: The Trump administration wants the prison in El Salvador — and, perhaps, others — to hold Americans.
Importantly, Vance, Rubio, and Bondi did not appear surprised or upset by this news — in fact, it did not appear to be news to them at all. This is the plan.
Law Dork:
Importantly, Vance, Rubio, and Bondi did not appear surprised or upset by this news — in fact, it did not appear to be news to them at all. This is the plan.
Law Dork:
Trump told us the horrifying reason why Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not back in the U.S.
The Trump administration wants to send Americans to foreign prisons. Keeping Abrego Garcia in El Salvador is key to that lawless plan.
www.lawdork.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Trump told us the plan today: The Trump administration wants the prison in El Salvador — and, perhaps, others — to hold Americans.
Importantly, Vance, Rubio, and Bondi did not appear surprised or upset by this news — in fact, it did not appear to be news to them at all. This is the plan.
Law Dork:
Importantly, Vance, Rubio, and Bondi did not appear surprised or upset by this news — in fact, it did not appear to be news to them at all. This is the plan.
Law Dork:
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Are we great yet?
April 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Are we great yet?
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When the funniest joke of the month turns out not to be a joke?
April 15, 2025 at 1:27 AM
When the funniest joke of the month turns out not to be a joke?
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Spot the American. Is it someone who speaks his mind and does the work to get citizenship? Or is it someone born into citizenship who covers his face while abducting people in a Черный ворон?
Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4
April 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Spot the American. Is it someone who speaks his mind and does the work to get citizenship? Or is it someone born into citizenship who covers his face while abducting people in a Черный ворон?
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@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene purchasing tens of thousands of dollars in stock right before tariff pause: “So many of these people are crook liars and frauds, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is, of course, Exhibit A. We are seeing corruption unfold before us in real time.”
April 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene purchasing tens of thousands of dollars in stock right before tariff pause: “So many of these people are crook liars and frauds, and Marjorie Taylor Greene is, of course, Exhibit A. We are seeing corruption unfold before us in real time.”
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President Trump may soon try to invoke the “Insurrection Act” to trigger the ability to use the military for domestic law enforcement.
Today’s “One First” offers an overview of the statute; how it’s been used; and what might happen if Trump tries to use it now:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
Today’s “One First” offers an overview of the statute; how it’s been used; and what might happen if Trump tries to use it now:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
142. Five Questions About Domestic Use of the Military
The federal government's authorities to use the military for domestic law enforcement are old, broad, and vague. They may soon become far more relevant than they've been for quite a long time.
www.stevevladeck.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
President Trump may soon try to invoke the “Insurrection Act” to trigger the ability to use the military for domestic law enforcement.
Today’s “One First” offers an overview of the statute; how it’s been used; and what might happen if Trump tries to use it now:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
Today’s “One First” offers an overview of the statute; how it’s been used; and what might happen if Trump tries to use it now:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/142-five-q...
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@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: “Trump and his officials have crossed a dangerous new line: ignoring the Supreme Court, reinterpreting its order, and flat out lying about what the Court said.”
April 15, 2025 at 12:45 AM
@jenpsaki.msnbc.com: “Trump and his officials have crossed a dangerous new line: ignoring the Supreme Court, reinterpreting its order, and flat out lying about what the Court said.”
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“The home-growns are next,” Trump said. “You’re going to need to build about five more places.”
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
Snapshot: "Home-Growns Are Next"
Donald Trump is not just hungry to kidnap migrants without due process. He said out loud today he's ready to deport American citizens. We've been warned.
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“The home-growns are next,” Trump said. “You’re going to need to build about five more places.”
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
"And in the background, you can hear laughter. Cold-blooded, justice-defying, humanity- rejecting laughter."
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
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Among the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against the Crown was “transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
Trump’s Wildly Unconstitutional Plot to Banish U.S. Citizens to Gulags
His plan to send American citizens to foreign prisons is the latest in a long series of affronts to the American constitutional order.
newrepublic.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Among the Declaration of Independence’s grievances against the Crown was “transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offences.”
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The Art of the Deal
April 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The Art of the Deal
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There's something weird happening where The Discourse about the tariffs is about how Trump is trying to return us to 1950's and 1960's, the manufacturing heyday of America, but he's not! He' been very very explicit about this. He wants to return us to the 1890's. That's a different project!
April 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
There's something weird happening where The Discourse about the tariffs is about how Trump is trying to return us to 1950's and 1960's, the manufacturing heyday of America, but he's not! He' been very very explicit about this. He wants to return us to the 1890's. That's a different project!
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“The Supreme Court is about to decide whether the Trump administration can exile Americans to a gulag overseas and then leave them there,” writes @adamserwer.bsky.social:
‘A Path of Perfect Lawlessness’
The Trump administration’s arguments in a high-profile immigration case have much broader implications.
bit.ly
April 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
“The Supreme Court is about to decide whether the Trump administration can exile Americans to a gulag overseas and then leave them there,” writes @adamserwer.bsky.social:
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Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
April 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Last night I wrote about Abrego Garcia’s case. Today, SCOTUS confirmed it’s true. Even though their stay is just temporary, he remains in cruel & unusual conditions in a foreign prison with no recourse. It could happen to any of us. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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It is probably accurate to say no world leader has taken a thriving economy and turned into a basket case faster than Donald Trump.
April 4, 2025 at 6:27 AM
It is probably accurate to say no world leader has taken a thriving economy and turned into a basket case faster than Donald Trump.