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Alleged unlawful conduct, honey. Alleged. That's how this works.
Bondi: “We'll be taking all available legal action, including an immediate appeal to hold Letitia James and James Comey accountable for their unlawful conduct.”
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Alleged unlawful conduct, honey. Alleged. That's how this works.
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A decorated Navy Officer, Astronaut, husband of Gabby Giffords 🤩, Senator.
What norms are we following? The values I was raised with says that Astronauts are heros. Period.
What norms are we following? The values I was raised with says that Astronauts are heros. Period.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
A decorated Navy Officer, Astronaut, husband of Gabby Giffords 🤩, Senator.
What norms are we following? The values I was raised with says that Astronauts are heros. Period.
What norms are we following? The values I was raised with says that Astronauts are heros. Period.
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The Judge...SHE did a terrific job. As for Stephen Miller, he is a constant reminder, every day, of how deprivation and punishment during childhood can leave an adult without a functioning mind, a worthy set of human values, and any judgment worth a shit.
A federal judge didn’t “steal” the Commander-in-Chief’s powers—she ruled that DoD exceeded the limits Congress set. That is the rule of law working as designed. What threatens the Republic isn’t judicial review, but officials who insist they’re above it.
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Judge...SHE did a terrific job. As for Stephen Miller, he is a constant reminder, every day, of how deprivation and punishment during childhood can leave an adult without a functioning mind, a worthy set of human values, and any judgment worth a shit.
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Tell the billionaires: WE AIN’T BUYIN’ IT!!!
No buying from Target, Home Depot or Amazon over the next week!
Throw in union-busting Starbucks too!! 🙃
Pass it on!! 👇👇👇
No buying from Target, Home Depot or Amazon over the next week!
Throw in union-busting Starbucks too!! 🙃
Pass it on!! 👇👇👇
Tell the Billionaires We Ain’t Buying It
This week, we use our wallets like a weapon and remind every corporate giant that people—not profits—set the terms.
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Tell the billionaires: WE AIN’T BUYIN’ IT!!!
No buying from Target, Home Depot or Amazon over the next week!
Throw in union-busting Starbucks too!! 🙃
Pass it on!! 👇👇👇
No buying from Target, Home Depot or Amazon over the next week!
Throw in union-busting Starbucks too!! 🙃
Pass it on!! 👇👇👇
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It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It's not just "consumer smart" it reduces environmental waste, key materials are often mined in slave conditions. The whole tenor of the article is wrong - why is the economy so dependent on us engaging in mass waste?
What the heck is a "crime of serious proportion"??
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
What the heck is a "crime of serious proportion"??
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Of 614 immigrants arrested and detained in recent months around Chicago, only 16, less than 3%, had criminal records representing a “high public safety risk,” according to federal government data submitted to the court as part of a 2022 consent decree about ICE arrests.
Aftermath of Chicago's intense immigration crackdown leaves lawsuits, investigations and anxiety
Chicago has entered what many consider a new uneasy phase of a Trump administration immigration crackdown that has already led to thousands of arrests. While a U.S.
apnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Of 614 immigrants arrested and detained in recent months around Chicago, only 16, less than 3%, had criminal records representing a “high public safety risk,” according to federal government data submitted to the court as part of a 2022 consent decree about ICE arrests.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene locked in a lifetime Congressional Pension after ONLY 5 years. 1st....CHANGE THAT LAW.
She announced her retirement 2 days after her Congressional Pension vests.
She made multiple millions of dollars personally off her job as a Congresswoman.
I'm pissed
She announced her retirement 2 days after her Congressional Pension vests.
She made multiple millions of dollars personally off her job as a Congresswoman.
I'm pissed
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene locked in a lifetime Congressional Pension after ONLY 5 years. 1st....CHANGE THAT LAW.
She announced her retirement 2 days after her Congressional Pension vests.
She made multiple millions of dollars personally off her job as a Congresswoman.
I'm pissed
She announced her retirement 2 days after her Congressional Pension vests.
She made multiple millions of dollars personally off her job as a Congresswoman.
I'm pissed
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"Attorneys have to parse the language"
Cowardly and dishonest Mike Johnson practiced *constitutional law* before going into politics. He was also the dean of a law school. (In fairness, the school never opened because it was named after a pedophile.)
Cowardly and dishonest Mike Johnson practiced *constitutional law* before going into politics. He was also the dean of a law school. (In fairness, the school never opened because it was named after a pedophile.)
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
"Attorneys have to parse the language"
Cowardly and dishonest Mike Johnson practiced *constitutional law* before going into politics. He was also the dean of a law school. (In fairness, the school never opened because it was named after a pedophile.)
Cowardly and dishonest Mike Johnson practiced *constitutional law* before going into politics. He was also the dean of a law school. (In fairness, the school never opened because it was named after a pedophile.)
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I cannot blame any immigrant, documented or otherwise, for skipping any legal procedure right now. Why follow the law, if following the law gets you detained and deported? There is no winning, by design. There is no "right way".
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I cannot blame any immigrant, documented or otherwise, for skipping any legal procedure right now. Why follow the law, if following the law gets you detained and deported? There is no winning, by design. There is no "right way".
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A quick lesson here are Arabic numbers…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A quick lesson here are Arabic numbers…
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When that happens, military instructors, counting on you to see that it's an illegal order!!
How long before Hogsbreath takes this teaching out of the curriculum?
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When that happens, military instructors, counting on you to see that it's an illegal order!!
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My hub, a Viet Nam, Army ranger veteran says. " they teach you this the first 3 weeks of Boot Camp". You are NOT to carry out ILLEGAL orders, period full stop. Remember your oath to the Constitution. #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlue2026
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 PM
My hub, a Viet Nam, Army ranger veteran says. " they teach you this the first 3 weeks of Boot Camp". You are NOT to carry out ILLEGAL orders, period full stop. Remember your oath to the Constitution. #wtpBLUE #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #VoteBlue2026
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Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Mark Kelly: "He's talked about sending troops into more cities, he's talked about invoking the Insurrection Act. You don't have to go too far back to his 1st administration when he went to his Sec Def & said, 'Can't we just shoot these protesters in the legs.' That is an example of an illegal order"
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Remember what ICE is about.
NOT helping to fight crime
NOT capturing criminals
NOT finding those committing fraud
No. Just using IRS records to track people who supposedly don't pay taxes.
Stalking scheduled immigration hearings of people who supposedly don't have them.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
NOT helping to fight crime
NOT capturing criminals
NOT finding those committing fraud
No. Just using IRS records to track people who supposedly don't pay taxes.
Stalking scheduled immigration hearings of people who supposedly don't have them.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
November 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Remember what ICE is about.
NOT helping to fight crime
NOT capturing criminals
NOT finding those committing fraud
No. Just using IRS records to track people who supposedly don't pay taxes.
Stalking scheduled immigration hearings of people who supposedly don't have them.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
NOT helping to fight crime
NOT capturing criminals
NOT finding those committing fraud
No. Just using IRS records to track people who supposedly don't pay taxes.
Stalking scheduled immigration hearings of people who supposedly don't have them.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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Mark Kelly: "I would like to see a lot of my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate speak out about this, because this is right after Charlie Kirk's assassination."
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Mark Kelly: "I would like to see a lot of my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate speak out about this, because this is right after Charlie Kirk's assassination."
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
November 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI
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Let us be clear: The Swastika and nooses are hate symbols. Period. Beyond disgusting that the Trump administration is changing policy to say otherwise.
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Let us be clear: The Swastika and nooses are hate symbols. Period. Beyond disgusting that the Trump administration is changing policy to say otherwise.
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My latest article, my first time ever writing for MongaBay, summarizes some recent shark conservation science and what it means for the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species COP
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
For sharks on the brink of extinction, CITES Appendix II isn’t protective enough (commentary)
Sharks are some of the most threatened animals on Earth, with approximately one-third of all species assessed as threatened with extinction on the IUCN Red List. These animals are not only older than ...
news.mongabay.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
My latest article, my first time ever writing for MongaBay, summarizes some recent shark conservation science and what it means for the upcoming Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species COP
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/for-...
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Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Judge Ellis derides Greg Bovino as a serial fabulist who brazenly lied on the stand and seemingly considered it funny to perjure himself. cst.brightspotcdn.com/49/34/daecfb...
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Authoritarians rise when fear wins and truth goes quiet.
Not today.
A president calling for death penalties against lawmakers is a red line and the Uniform Code of Military Justice exists to stop exactly this kind of abuse.
Protect the troops.
Defend the law.
Not today.
A president calling for death penalties against lawmakers is a red line and the Uniform Code of Military Justice exists to stop exactly this kind of abuse.
Protect the troops.
Defend the law.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Authoritarians rise when fear wins and truth goes quiet.
Not today.
A president calling for death penalties against lawmakers is a red line and the Uniform Code of Military Justice exists to stop exactly this kind of abuse.
Protect the troops.
Defend the law.
Not today.
A president calling for death penalties against lawmakers is a red line and the Uniform Code of Military Justice exists to stop exactly this kind of abuse.
Protect the troops.
Defend the law.
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Members of the Military & Intelligence Community Congressional Members have a message for you🔥
We trust our military but that trust is at risk
This administration is pitting our uniformed military against American Citizens
Defend and protect our constitution
You can refuse illegal orders
We trust our military but that trust is at risk
This administration is pitting our uniformed military against American Citizens
Defend and protect our constitution
You can refuse illegal orders
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community...
YouTube video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin
youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Members of the Military & Intelligence Community Congressional Members have a message for you🔥
We trust our military but that trust is at risk
This administration is pitting our uniformed military against American Citizens
Defend and protect our constitution
You can refuse illegal orders
We trust our military but that trust is at risk
This administration is pitting our uniformed military against American Citizens
Defend and protect our constitution
You can refuse illegal orders
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To recap: My law firm represented Black and Latino voters in striking down Texas' new congressional map.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
In a remarkable and deeply unconventional dissent, U.S. Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith unleashed a blistering and bizarre attack on his fellow judges after a federal court struck down Texas’ unconstitutional racial gerrymander. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
In Unhinged Dissent, Texas Judge Attacks Colleagues — and George Soros
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
To recap: My law firm represented Black and Latino voters in striking down Texas' new congressional map.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
The dissenting opinion mentions George Soros 17 times and me and my law firm 3 times (all about how connected to Soros I allegedly am). I have never seen anything like it.
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The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
US education department reassigns many powers to other federal agencies
Move marks further dismantling of the department and Democrats criticized administration for ‘slashing resources’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Everyone seems to ignore the fact that Mexican cartels exist because WE BUY what they are selling!
Rep. Carlos Gimenez makes a case that Mexican cartels are worse than al Qaeda and hence a valid target for US military strikes
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Everyone seems to ignore the fact that Mexican cartels exist because WE BUY what they are selling!