@karikempf.bsky.social
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🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
FBI Investigating Dems Who Warned Military of Unlawful Orders
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🚨BREAKING: The FBI has requested interviews with a group of Democratic lawmakers who reminded U.S. military and intelligence service members in a video last week that they are obligated to refuse illegal orders. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
April 14, 2025 at 4:34 PM
One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one."
The other said, "Take him anyway."
So they did.
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The inside of the nutshell summed up by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
April 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The inside of the nutshell summed up by @hcrichardson.bsky.social
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Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA):
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
"I'm writing to the White House to demand who knew in advance that the President was going to, once again, flip flop on tariffs. And are people cashing in? There is just all too much opportunity for people in the White House and the administration to be insider trading"
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Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
April 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you a woman who changed your name when you got married?
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
Congress is considering a bill that could make it much harder for you to vote.
Call your rep—this is not a drill. indivisible.org/resource/cal...
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Surprise, surprise.
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
April 8, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Surprise, surprise.
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
readsludge.com/2025/04/07/m...
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Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
April 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Andrew Chen, co-founder of one of my favorite denim brands, 3sixteen, breaks down how the tariffs affect his company
IG 3sixteen
IG 3sixteen
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Adam Kinzinger’s security clearance is revoked every weekend. Deeply bizarre stuff.
March 28, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Adam Kinzinger’s security clearance is revoked every weekend. Deeply bizarre stuff.
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"Hegseth ... brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed."
Including "a high-level discussion at the Pentagon" with most senior UK military counterparts.
-Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Including "a high-level discussion at the Pentagon" with most senior UK military counterparts.
-Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under criticism after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"Hegseth ... brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed."
Including "a high-level discussion at the Pentagon" with most senior UK military counterparts.
-Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Including "a high-level discussion at the Pentagon" with most senior UK military counterparts.
-Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Exclusive | Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials
The defense secretary’s handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a widely used app.
www.wsj.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
IT GETS WORSE
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brought his wife, a former Fox News producer, to two meetings with foreign military counterparts where sensitive information was discussed, according to multiple people who were present or had knowledge of the discussions.
New via @wsj.com:
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The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
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“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian party 👇🏽
March 22, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian party 👇🏽
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“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump told reporters Friday evening.
So…
(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?
www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
So…
(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?
www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
Trump says he didn’t sign proclamation invoking Alien Enemies Act | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Friday downplayed his involvement in invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1789 to deport Venezuelan migrants, saying for the first time that he hadn’t signed the proclamation, e...
www.cnn.com
March 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“I don’t know when it was signed, because I didn’t sign it,” Trump told reporters Friday evening.
So…
(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?
www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
So…
(1) Trump is lying & he signed it?
(2) Trump is senile & doesn’t remember signing it?
(3) Trump had Marco Rubio use the autopen to sign it?
www.cnn.com/2025/03/21/p...
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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
March 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽
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“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Trump upending world order will cost America dearly
The decline of American influence is a gift to Russia and China.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“The US spent 8 decades building an international system of rules, norms and values that has produced the longest period of great power peace and global prosperity in human history.” Fareed Zakaria on how upending the world order will only weaken America: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Thank God our DOJ is swinging into action to protect Tesla's.
Pam Bondi: "If you're gonna touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out, because we're coming after you."
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Thank God our DOJ is swinging into action to protect Tesla's.
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"A renowned medical school whose faculty helped treat a young cancer survivor honored this week by President Donald Trump is facing potentially devastating funding cuts because of the White House."
Trump honored a cancer survivor. The boy's doctors now face his budget cuts.
President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress amid proposing vast cuts to medical research.
www.usatoday.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"A renowned medical school whose faculty helped treat a young cancer survivor honored this week by President Donald Trump is facing potentially devastating funding cuts because of the White House."
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Trump and Musk are attacking Social Security based on repeatedly debunked lies.
They’re looking for ways to break and steal from Social Security, steal our personal data, and justifications to eliminate it.
This isn’t incompetence.
It’s an attack.
They’re looking for ways to break and steal from Social Security, steal our personal data, and justifications to eliminate it.
This isn’t incompetence.
It’s an attack.
In affidavit, former Social Security official says DOGE is putting benefits at risk
In an affidavit filed in federal court on Friday, a former senior civil servant at the Social Security Administration (SSA) detailed how deputies for Elon Musk forced their way into the agency, formed...
www.muskwatch.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Trump and Musk are attacking Social Security based on repeatedly debunked lies.
They’re looking for ways to break and steal from Social Security, steal our personal data, and justifications to eliminate it.
This isn’t incompetence.
It’s an attack.
They’re looking for ways to break and steal from Social Security, steal our personal data, and justifications to eliminate it.
This isn’t incompetence.
It’s an attack.
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Some Democratic member of Congress should propose a bill saying that a POTUS may golf at government expense no more than, say, once every 14 days, and must reimburse the Treasury for anything beyond that.
A couple of golf outings could pay for over 300 federal jobs for an entire year.
So…..fraud and waste? Eh?!?!
March 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Some Democratic member of Congress should propose a bill saying that a POTUS may golf at government expense no more than, say, once every 14 days, and must reimburse the Treasury for anything beyond that.
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Raskin: "This is what Viktor Orban has done in Hungary -- to clear out the civil service with real expert professionals and people devoted to the public interest and replace them with a bunch of party hacks and sycophants to the dear leader."
March 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Raskin: "This is what Viktor Orban has done in Hungary -- to clear out the civil service with real expert professionals and people devoted to the public interest and replace them with a bunch of party hacks and sycophants to the dear leader."