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Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov it's your time to shine. Let's make sure Indiana knows they can't get away with this. We need to act ASAP. SCOTUS has already approved this tactic. Use it. Protect democracy. Don't unilaterally disarm.
December 6, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Hey @govpritzker.illinois.gov it's your time to shine. Let's make sure Indiana knows they can't get away with this. We need to act ASAP. SCOTUS has already approved this tactic. Use it. Protect democracy. Don't unilaterally disarm.
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A JANUARY 6 insurrectionist pardoned by Donald Trump, Andrew Paul Johnson, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MOLESTING AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY.
January 6 rioter who was pardoned by Trump arrested for child sexual abuse
Andrew Paul Johnson, 44, faces multiple charges in Florida and has pleaded not guilty to the crimes, authorities say
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A JANUARY 6 insurrectionist pardoned by Donald Trump, Andrew Paul Johnson, HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR MOLESTING AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY.
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It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
SOURCES: Michigan State is firing head coach Jonathan Smith, @theathletic.com has learned.
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
He went 9-15 in two seasons, including 1-8 in the Big Ten this year. (ESPN first reported).
MSU players meeting called for 2:45. Smith has a $33 million buyout (with offset).
December 1, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It’s useful to think about things like this in numbers of tenure track professors.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
$33M is 358 assistant professors. Or about fourteen percent of the total number of full-time faculty at Michigan State.
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Meiselas: If Trump was just some crappy, scummy billionaire who lived in Florida, do you think I'd give a crap? My issue is this freaking loser, this con artist, this grifter, this scammer has brought his life of scamming, bankrupting and destroying to the American people, who are now suffering.
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Meiselas: If Trump was just some crappy, scummy billionaire who lived in Florida, do you think I'd give a crap? My issue is this freaking loser, this con artist, this grifter, this scammer has brought his life of scamming, bankrupting and destroying to the American people, who are now suffering.
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Very, very important observation.
This has gotten lost: Abigail Spanberger won big after vowing to RESCIND Glenn Youngkin's executive order directing local cooperation with ICE and voting AGAINST the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act. Yet she gained bigly with working class.
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
New piece laying this out:
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Very, very important observation.
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It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
November 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It got drowned out in all the good news from last night, but Boston Mayor Michelle Wu became the youngest person to be reelected in the city's history.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
She ran unopposed because her opponent--Patriots owner Bob Kraft's son--withdrew a few months ago after realizing he had no hope of winning.
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It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
It’s almost like if people tell you that to win you have to turn your back on poor people, or Muslims, or trans people, or immigrants, you can just say, “no, that’s immoral, we’re not doing that,” and keep doing good old fashioned organizing and campaigning and things will be ok
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Here is the long and short of it.
October 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Here is the long and short of it.
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“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
Q: You talked about the Hudson River Tunnel in NYC. Is the funding terminated?
TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me
TRUMP: Right now there is no funding. Because it's up to me
October 20, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.”
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
-Article 1, Section 8, US Constitution
Not a "norm" violation. A legal and constitutional violation.
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Authoritarian systems tend towards corruption because they a) attract people disinterested in maintaining public goods, and b) systematically remove guardrails and accountability to enable private capture of those goods
How a New Firm With DHS Ties Won a $915 Million Contract to Help Immigrants "Self-Deport."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
October 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Authoritarian systems tend towards corruption because they a) attract people disinterested in maintaining public goods, and b) systematically remove guardrails and accountability to enable private capture of those goods
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John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
October 6, 2025 at 10:18 AM
John Roberts’ Constitution: The federal government protecting people’s right to vote or giving them health care violates the sacred principle of state sovereignty but if the deranged POTUS and his bloodthirsty advisers want to use the military to invade other states for being too liberal that’s fine
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I’m sure all the standup comedians who have been ranting about censorship the last few years are going to take to the streets any minute now.
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I’m sure all the standup comedians who have been ranting about censorship the last few years are going to take to the streets any minute now.
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Hard to pick the most morally indefensible thing the Supreme Court did this year, but the most legally indefensible thing they did was say Humphrey's Executor is overturned except for as it applies to the Federal Reserve because their sugar daddies don't want that.
June 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hard to pick the most morally indefensible thing the Supreme Court did this year, but the most legally indefensible thing they did was say Humphrey's Executor is overturned except for as it applies to the Federal Reserve because their sugar daddies don't want that.
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That's quite the quote
President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?
Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital.
www.newyorker.com
August 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
That's quite the quote
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Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
August 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Kamala Harris at her closing campaign rally:
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
"Donald Trump intends to use the United States Military against American citizens who simply disagree with him."
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Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
6-Year-Old NYC Elementary School Student and Her Mom Deported
The mother's 19-year-old son remains in ICE custody in New Jersey, while her distraught teenage minor is now in the care of her 21-year-old brother.
www.thecity.nyc
August 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Last week, ICE arrested a six-year-old Queens public school student at her family's scheduled check-in. This morning, she was deported along with her mother. One of her siblings remains in detention.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
The cruelty of this federal administration knows no bounds.
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It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.
August 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It sounds conspiratorial to suggest that Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump behind closed doors to launch an assault on mail-in voting in elections administered by the states, and Trump immediately set about mobilizing federal power to do it… but that is literally Trump’s account of what happened.
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Just here to remind everyone that the federalization of DC, Putin's visit, the gilded Oval and ballroom, sending the FBI after the Dems fleeing TX, etc are just more attempts by the administration to divert attention from Epstein. Epstein is the REAL story until further notice.
August 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just here to remind everyone that the federalization of DC, Putin's visit, the gilded Oval and ballroom, sending the FBI after the Dems fleeing TX, etc are just more attempts by the administration to divert attention from Epstein. Epstein is the REAL story until further notice.
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"But crime in DC is down!" isn't a direct counter, because the fascists define "criminal" not as "person who committed a crime," but as "person I hate, due to their race, gender, religion, political stances, or whatever I feel like."
August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"But crime in DC is down!" isn't a direct counter, because the fascists define "criminal" not as "person who committed a crime," but as "person I hate, due to their race, gender, religion, political stances, or whatever I feel like."
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Seizing the property of private organizations to punish dissent is totalitarianism.
It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.
Yet people who drool ‘freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.
It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.
Yet people who drool ‘freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.
The Commerce Department threatening to take over Harvard's patents shows the extent to which the federal government is trying to pressure the university into a settlement. They are trying everything possible. (gift link)
Trump Administration Threatens to Take Over Harvard’s Patents
The move is the latest escalation in the White House’s battle with the Ivy League school.
www.wsj.com
August 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Seizing the property of private organizations to punish dissent is totalitarianism.
It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.
Yet people who drool ‘freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.
It is illegal, anti-Conservative, Soviet, and sickening.
Yet people who drool ‘freedom’ whisper not a word to object. Lift not a finger.
This is a reminder that the one issue Palestine left wing voter who just couldn’t vote for Harris helped make this happen. Stupidity has consequences.
Israel’s move to take over Gaza looks likely to be open-ended occupation
Israel’s move to take over Gaza looks likely to be open-ended occupation
Decision will place huge financial burden on Israel and could lead to massive increase in Palestinian civilian deaths
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is a reminder that the one issue Palestine left wing voter who just couldn’t vote for Harris helped make this happen. Stupidity has consequences.
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if i were a pro-trump financial type i might view the destruction of reliable government data with the kind of anger and apprehension that might lead me to reevaluate my politics, but then if i’m a financial guy throwing my weight behind strongman rule, i’m already too stupid to breathe
August 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
if i were a pro-trump financial type i might view the destruction of reliable government data with the kind of anger and apprehension that might lead me to reevaluate my politics, but then if i’m a financial guy throwing my weight behind strongman rule, i’m already too stupid to breathe
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Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
The fight against corruption has to be ceaseless.
Today in the Appropriations Committee, I will offer an amendment to prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump (which is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion) from being transferred to him personally.
Stay tuned.
Today in the Appropriations Committee, I will offer an amendment to prohibit the Qatari jet that was gifted to Trump (which is going to cost taxpayers $1 billion) from being transferred to him personally.
Stay tuned.
July 31, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Update: I offered the amendment. Not to refuse acceptance of the Qatari jet; just to prohibit Trump from taking it with him when he leaves office - after the taxpayers spend $1 billion to retrofit it.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
Failed 14-15. Every single Republican voted to allow Trump to take the jet.
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I remember when this happened.
July 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I remember when this happened.