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“A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Mr. Trump only to be charged with new crimes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:21 AM
“A New Jersey fraudster who was pardoned by President Trump in 2021 was sentenced to 37 years in prison this month for running a $44 million Ponzi scheme, one of a growing number of people granted clemency by Mr. Trump only to be charged with new crimes.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/n...
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The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The America First guy has brought in 566 foreign workers during his 5 years in office to work at his companies instead of hiring Americans. And counting.
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Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Queen Ghislaine even has a puppy at Club Fed. This is how convicted sex traffickers are coddled by the Trump admin. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
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Not just no kings!
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.”— #FDR 1936
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.”— #FDR 1936
October 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Not just no kings!
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.”— #FDR 1936
“These economic royalists complain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America. What they really complain of is that we seek to take away their power. Our allegiance to American institutions requires the overthrow of this kind of power.”— #FDR 1936
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Trump now plans to demolish the ENTIRE East Wing of the White House so he can build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom for his billionaire friends.
The teardown could be finished as soon as this weekend—destroying a structure built at the turn of the 20th century during Teddy Roosevelt’s administration.
The teardown could be finished as soon as this weekend—destroying a structure built at the turn of the 20th century during Teddy Roosevelt’s administration.
October 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Trump now plans to demolish the ENTIRE East Wing of the White House so he can build a 90,000-square-foot ballroom for his billionaire friends.
The teardown could be finished as soon as this weekend—destroying a structure built at the turn of the 20th century during Teddy Roosevelt’s administration.
The teardown could be finished as soon as this weekend—destroying a structure built at the turn of the 20th century during Teddy Roosevelt’s administration.
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What happens if Dems not only say no to the ACA/Medicaid cuts but no to the tariffs, clean energy cuts and everything else that was passed without their votes in reconciliation?
I don't think people understand what an incredible shitshow Trump, Thune and Johnson have created, how weak they are. 4/
I don't think people understand what an incredible shitshow Trump, Thune and Johnson have created, how weak they are. 4/
October 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
What happens if Dems not only say no to the ACA/Medicaid cuts but no to the tariffs, clean energy cuts and everything else that was passed without their votes in reconciliation?
I don't think people understand what an incredible shitshow Trump, Thune and Johnson have created, how weak they are. 4/
I don't think people understand what an incredible shitshow Trump, Thune and Johnson have created, how weak they are. 4/
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The fact that you can have all of these organizations calling for Kennedy's resignation (or the NYTimes op-ed by 9 former CDC directors) and it having so little discernible impact is a sign of how far the US has moved from valuing scientific advice and expertise and how big a challenge it faces...
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The fact that you can have all of these organizations calling for Kennedy's resignation (or the NYTimes op-ed by 9 former CDC directors) and it having so little discernible impact is a sign of how far the US has moved from valuing scientific advice and expertise and how big a challenge it faces...
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"Once trusted experts are removed and advisory bodies are stacked, the results are predetermined. That isn’t reform. It is sabotage."
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"Once trusted experts are removed and advisory bodies are stacked, the results are predetermined. That isn’t reform. It is sabotage."
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The corporate euphemisms for price hikes are hilarious.
Urban Outfitters: "gentle" price adjustments
Victoria's Secret: "evolving promotional approach"
Hormel: "targeted pricing actions”
@wsj.com $HRL
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
Urban Outfitters: "gentle" price adjustments
Victoria's Secret: "evolving promotional approach"
Hormel: "targeted pricing actions”
@wsj.com $HRL
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
Hormel Foods to Raise Prices as Commodity Costs Hurt Profit
Hormel Foods said it’s planning to take “targeted pricing actions” as higher commodity input costs hurt fourth-quarter results and were expected to weigh on profitability for the rest of the year.
www.wsj.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The corporate euphemisms for price hikes are hilarious.
Urban Outfitters: "gentle" price adjustments
Victoria's Secret: "evolving promotional approach"
Hormel: "targeted pricing actions”
@wsj.com $HRL
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
Urban Outfitters: "gentle" price adjustments
Victoria's Secret: "evolving promotional approach"
Hormel: "targeted pricing actions”
@wsj.com $HRL
www.wsj.com/business/ear...
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23 Dem governors are “crucial in resisting Trump’s defiance of our federal system & the independent power of states. The more Trump over-reaches in his deployment of military troops & other criminal violations, the more we should expect Dem states to say no.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-y...
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-y...
Snapshot: "You Are Neither Wanted Here Nor Needed Here"
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker starkly warns Donald Trump not to send military troops to Chicago
www.americaamerica.news
August 27, 2025 at 3:18 AM
23 Dem governors are “crucial in resisting Trump’s defiance of our federal system & the independent power of states. The more Trump over-reaches in his deployment of military troops & other criminal violations, the more we should expect Dem states to say no.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-y...
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-y...
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OLLINS: But the Pentagon reviewed this wind project in 2023 & found that there were negligible national security impacts
BURGUM: In particular there's concern about radar relative to undersea drones...people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms
BURGUM: In particular there's concern about radar relative to undersea drones...people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms
August 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
OLLINS: But the Pentagon reviewed this wind project in 2023 & found that there were negligible national security impacts
BURGUM: In particular there's concern about radar relative to undersea drones...people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms
BURGUM: In particular there's concern about radar relative to undersea drones...people with bad ulterior motives to the US would launch a swarm drone attack through wind farms
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DOGE put Social Security numbers of 300 million Americans on a cloud server that “circumvents all laws, rules and regulations” and could end up in nefarious hands claims a whistleblower.
Only DOGE currently has access to the cloud.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
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Only DOGE currently has access to the cloud.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AekJ1hp1ISdC...
DOGE put Social Security numbers and other data on a risky server, whistleblower alleges — NBC News
The Social Security Administration said it is
apple.news
August 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
DOGE put Social Security numbers of 300 million Americans on a cloud server that “circumvents all laws, rules and regulations” and could end up in nefarious hands claims a whistleblower.
Only DOGE currently has access to the cloud.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AekJ1hp1ISdC...
Only DOGE currently has access to the cloud.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
apple.news/AekJ1hp1ISdC...
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Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
August 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Krasner: So, if what you have is a group of ICE agents, or even the military, coming into Philadelphia and committing crimes—assaults that are illegal, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, obstruction of the administration of justice—they can be prosecuted.
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My councilwoman @janeese4dc.bsky.social put out a plea to neighbors to not order food delivery because of law enforcement targeting delivery drivers.
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My councilwoman @janeese4dc.bsky.social put out a plea to neighbors to not order food delivery because of law enforcement targeting delivery drivers.
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NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
August 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
NPR: “A whistleblower says a former senior DOGE official now at the Social Security Administration copied the Social Security numbers, names & birthdays of over 300 million Americans to a private section of the agency's cloud lacking adequate security...” www.npr.org/2025/08/26/n...
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I hope everyone understands that this means that many people who are undocumented will no longer come to any court hearings on any matter.
Not as a litigant, not as a victim, not as a parent, not as a witness.
Not as a litigant, not as a victim, not as a parent, not as a witness.
"At New York's Varick Immigration Court, ICE agents on Wednesday began checking the documents of everyone who left."
"They are indeed checking individuals off lists and attempting to detain them once they leave court."
"Immigration courts should be spaces of justice — not traps."
#USA #Deportation
"They are indeed checking individuals off lists and attempting to detain them once they leave court."
"Immigration courts should be spaces of justice — not traps."
#USA #Deportation
ICE Agents Are Camped Outside Immigration Courts to Make Arrests
The tactical shift accelerates the erosion of past limitations — and appears to be aimed at speeding up the pace of deportations.
theintercept.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I hope everyone understands that this means that many people who are undocumented will no longer come to any court hearings on any matter.
Not as a litigant, not as a victim, not as a parent, not as a witness.
Not as a litigant, not as a victim, not as a parent, not as a witness.
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This is a terrifying escalation in Trump's war on knowledge. His handpicked US Attorney is threatening governments statisticians with criminal charges because the crime rate is lower than Donald Trump needs to justify his invasion of the city.
Justice Department investigating D.C. police over alleged fake crime data
D.C. officials have repeatedly cited police stats showing drops in violent crime to push back on the need for a federal takeover of law enforcement.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This is a terrifying escalation in Trump's war on knowledge. His handpicked US Attorney is threatening governments statisticians with criminal charges because the crime rate is lower than Donald Trump needs to justify his invasion of the city.
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ICE getting routed in my old DC Columbia Heights hood. Public, viral, resistance is the only way to prevent them from selling the idea that we love our red state military occupation are it’s a solution to urban ills Trump/Bondi/drunk Pirro are lying. Here’s how to expose the lie.
August 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
ICE getting routed in my old DC Columbia Heights hood. Public, viral, resistance is the only way to prevent them from selling the idea that we love our red state military occupation are it’s a solution to urban ills Trump/Bondi/drunk Pirro are lying. Here’s how to expose the lie.
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Guys, this is a bonkers letter, purportedly from the solicitor general (and not on letterhead) which claims Trump’s tariffs have to remain in place (presumably even if they are illegal) because if he has to reneg on them it will basically ruin the country (h/t @stevevladeck.bsky.social via OneFirst)
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Guys, this is a bonkers letter, purportedly from the solicitor general (and not on letterhead) which claims Trump’s tariffs have to remain in place (presumably even if they are illegal) because if he has to reneg on them it will basically ruin the country (h/t @stevevladeck.bsky.social via OneFirst)
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🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces he will issue an unconstitutional and illegal executive order purporting to ban mail-in voting and certain voting equipment for the 2026 midterm election.
Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.
Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.
August 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
🚨BREAKING: Donald Trump announces he will issue an unconstitutional and illegal executive order purporting to ban mail-in voting and certain voting equipment for the 2026 midterm election.
Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.
Such an effort would violate the Constitution and is a major step to prevent free and fair elections.
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The U.S. Constitution gives a heck of a lot of power over elections for the House, Senate, and President to *Congress.*
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
August 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The U.S. Constitution gives a heck of a lot of power over elections for the House, Senate, and President to *Congress.*
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
It gives precisely zero power over elections to the President.
Trump’s bluster is scary, but it’s also bluster.
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BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
BREAKING: U.S. layoffs have surged to their highest level since the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Julian E. Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. "Not only is (Trump) pushing a specific narrative of the United States but, in this case, trying to influence how Americans learn about his own role in history."
Removing References to History Is Part of a Troubling Trend
The latest example of historic references being removed came as the Smithsonian Institution removed a reference to the impeachments of Donald Trump.
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Julian E. Zelizer, a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. "Not only is (Trump) pushing a specific narrative of the United States but, in this case, trying to influence how Americans learn about his own role in history."
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Texas AG can't depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules
The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/t...
The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/t...
Texas AG can't depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules
The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.
www.texastribune.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Texas AG can't depose Catholic Charities leader in migrant aid case, appeals court rules
The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/t...
The three-judge panel agreed with a lower court that Ken Paxton’s office can’t question officials from Catholic Charities under oath without first filing a lawsuit.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/05/t...
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Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) —dragged at his own town hall.
He should have known when it kicked off w/constituents reciting the Pledge of Allegiance w/extra emphasis on “justice for all.”
Then came the truth:
“I don’t think you’re the right fit for us anymore.”
Even telling him it’s time to step down.
He should have known when it kicked off w/constituents reciting the Pledge of Allegiance w/extra emphasis on “justice for all.”
Then came the truth:
“I don’t think you’re the right fit for us anymore.”
Even telling him it’s time to step down.
August 1, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) —dragged at his own town hall.
He should have known when it kicked off w/constituents reciting the Pledge of Allegiance w/extra emphasis on “justice for all.”
Then came the truth:
“I don’t think you’re the right fit for us anymore.”
Even telling him it’s time to step down.
He should have known when it kicked off w/constituents reciting the Pledge of Allegiance w/extra emphasis on “justice for all.”
Then came the truth:
“I don’t think you’re the right fit for us anymore.”
Even telling him it’s time to step down.