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After working with hundreds of young afghans attempting to rebuild their lives in the US, all I can say is that I'm surprised their suffering hasn't gotten national attention sooner. I know a dozen guys with almost identical stories to Rahmanullah. We've fucked them constantly since summer 2021.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
After working with hundreds of young afghans attempting to rebuild their lives in the US, all I can say is that I'm surprised their suffering hasn't gotten national attention sooner. I know a dozen guys with almost identical stories to Rahmanullah. We've fucked them constantly since summer 2021.
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Every soldier and former soldier is hurting from this.
One of the two National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House complex, Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, has died, President Donald Trump said.
The second critically wounded National Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life.
The second critically wounded National Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life.
Live updates: National Guard member dies after shooting, Trump says; another is critically wounded
National Guard troops Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe are in critical condition after being shot near the White House, officials said. The suspect was named as Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Every soldier and former soldier is hurting from this.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
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Do not punish all Afghan people for the deranged actions of one individual.
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Do not punish all Afghan people for the deranged actions of one individual.
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Trump’s base is crammed with America Firsters who claim to hate the way the US has interfered with the internal politics of other countries. This was one justification for cutting USAID and other forms of soft power. But when Trump crimes with his dictator buddy in Brazil, there will be crickets.
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Trump’s base is crammed with America Firsters who claim to hate the way the US has interfered with the internal politics of other countries. This was one justification for cutting USAID and other forms of soft power. But when Trump crimes with his dictator buddy in Brazil, there will be crickets.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
Why is Draft Kings sponsoring Wheel of Fortune?
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Why is Draft Kings sponsoring Wheel of Fortune?
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The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The folks at @afghanevac.bsky.social have in hand a new USCIS directive which largely targets Afghan refugees who fled the Taliban in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
In case you needed a reminder that the most loathsome people in the world work for DHS.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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All the ones who touched USAID almost certainly violated numerous laws wrt handling of classified material, among other things. I'd guess they would be immune to civil suit by wronged employees/etc but they absolutely should be prosecuted.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
All the ones who touched USAID almost certainly violated numerous laws wrt handling of classified material, among other things. I'd guess they would be immune to civil suit by wronged employees/etc but they absolutely should be prosecuted.
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The fact that this, and every other Trump pardonee who has subsequently broken the law, has not ended Trump's political career, that it barely even registers on the national discourse, underlines just how far we are from a functioning democracy that values accountability.
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Yeah, anyone paying attention last week when Republicans laughed off Schumer’s offer to end the shutdown in exchange for a year-long extension of ACA subsidies could see this coming. The GOP wants to kill the ACA, this is how they’re going to do it, and they’re salivating at the chance.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Yeah, anyone paying attention last week when Republicans laughed off Schumer’s offer to end the shutdown in exchange for a year-long extension of ACA subsidies could see this coming. The GOP wants to kill the ACA, this is how they’re going to do it, and they’re salivating at the chance.
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I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
November 10, 2025 at 4:27 AM
I'm reminded once again that a weak, incompetent opposition party is a hallmark of competitive authoritarianism.
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Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Would love to see some reporting on how the airline lobby put on the pressure.
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The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 AM
The ACA made my whole self-employed life possible. For almost ten years, I was able to build a career that actually worked for me AND keep receiving necessary care to address the consequences of childhood medical neglect. And I still deserved better. We all do.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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Thinking of this quote from Mamdani’s victory speech.
“We have bowed at the altar of caution and we have paid a mighty price” !!!!!! Say it louder so mr Schumer can hear!!!!
November 10, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Thinking of this quote from Mamdani’s victory speech.
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Start following you congress people with shame bells
Go full THEATRE KID
they want to act a monkey give them a CIRCUS
Go full THEATRE KID
they want to act a monkey give them a CIRCUS
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Start following you congress people with shame bells
Go full THEATRE KID
they want to act a monkey give them a CIRCUS
Go full THEATRE KID
they want to act a monkey give them a CIRCUS
There’s already plenty of State and USAID people who fit this bill!
It sure would be a shame if a whole crop of experienced civil servants with intimate knowledge of government's inner workings, who had formerly been barred from running for partisan office by the Hatch Act, suddenly became available to be candidates because they got fired.
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
There’s already plenty of State and USAID people who fit this bill!
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It sure would be a shame if a whole crop of experienced civil servants with intimate knowledge of government's inner workings, who had formerly been barred from running for partisan office by the Hatch Act, suddenly became available to be candidates because they got fired.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 AM
It sure would be a shame if a whole crop of experienced civil servants with intimate knowledge of government's inner workings, who had formerly been barred from running for partisan office by the Hatch Act, suddenly became available to be candidates because they got fired.
I already have done this and you should too! Tell them you’re angry, tell them what you want them to do until they listen!
you could call your democratic senators and ask them to replace schumer as minority leader
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
I already have done this and you should too! Tell them you’re angry, tell them what you want them to do until they listen!
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For what it's worth, I do basically agree that even pretty good Dem Senators (e.g. Booker) should face a strong primary challenge
Some of them may end up deserving to win those primaries! But they should still have to face them
Some of them may end up deserving to win those primaries! But they should still have to face them
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
For what it's worth, I do basically agree that even pretty good Dem Senators (e.g. Booker) should face a strong primary challenge
Some of them may end up deserving to win those primaries! But they should still have to face them
Some of them may end up deserving to win those primaries! But they should still have to face them