Mike Cline
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A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
July 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."
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In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
July 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2021, Biden admin awarded Kerr County TX $10m in American Rescue Plan Act funds, which could have been used for flood prevention infrastructure. But commissioners, facing political pressure from conservative residents, opted not to pursue warning system. www.texastribune.org/2025/07/10/t...
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We’re about to have a FAFO moment with China and Russia for bombing Iran.
I DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!!
I’d be at brunch if the right person won!!!
I DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!!
I’d be at brunch if the right person won!!!
June 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
We’re about to have a FAFO moment with China and Russia for bombing Iran.
I DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!!
I’d be at brunch if the right person won!!!
I DID NOT VOTE FOR THIS!!
I’d be at brunch if the right person won!!!
Tomm! Saturday! March like there’s no tomorrow!
June 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Tomm! Saturday! March like there’s no tomorrow!
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Even if you found a haunted Pee Wee Herman doll in the woods behind Hitler's bunker, adopted it, and then educated it on nothing but Mein Kampf and Hogan's Heroes reruns that creepy little doll would still make a better Deputy White House Chief of Staff than goddamn Stephen Miller
June 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Even if you found a haunted Pee Wee Herman doll in the woods behind Hitler's bunker, adopted it, and then educated it on nothing but Mein Kampf and Hogan's Heroes reruns that creepy little doll would still make a better Deputy White House Chief of Staff than goddamn Stephen Miller
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June 5, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
May 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Could you imagine the response if a democratic president said they didn’t know if they had to uphold the Constitution?
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
How fast would the articles of impeachment be drawn ?
20 minutes at the most
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Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
May 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Just curious, what’s the tariff on a $400 million jet from Qatar?
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So many layers of corruption.
May 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
So many layers of corruption.
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"In recent hearings and rulings, judges have criticized statements and behavior of administration officials, accusing them of defying court orders, submitting flimsy evidence, providing inadequate answers to questions and even acting like toddlers..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Justice Department lawyers face skeptical judges upset by ‘shoddy work’
In lawsuits challenging Trump administration actions, judges have accused the Justice Department of offering flimsy evidence and inadequate answers.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
"In recent hearings and rulings, judges have criticized statements and behavior of administration officials, accusing them of defying court orders, submitting flimsy evidence, providing inadequate answers to questions and even acting like toddlers..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I mean, yeah.
April 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I mean, yeah.
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"'For anybody who's doubting justice, this is a light of hope, a hope and faith in the justice system in America,' he said..."
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'I am not afraid of you,' Columbia student says of Trump after release from ICE
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi, who was arrested by ICE agents following his citizenship interview, has been ordered released while his case proceeds.
abcnews.go.com
April 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
"'For anybody who's doubting justice, this is a light of hope, a hope and faith in the justice system in America,' he said..."
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abcnews.go.com/US/lawyers-c...
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Men at Bluebonnet Detention Facility (immigration prison) in Anson, TX form an S.O.S. with their bodies to signal to a drone overhead.
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
April 30, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Men at Bluebonnet Detention Facility (immigration prison) in Anson, TX form an S.O.S. with their bodies to signal to a drone overhead.
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend
www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...
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100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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Glad House Dems are demanding a full briefing—because immigration agents showed up at L.A. elementary schools, and DHS lied about it.
Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids.
Don’t let this go!!!
Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids.
Don’t let this go!!!
April 16, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Glad House Dems are demanding a full briefing—because immigration agents showed up at L.A. elementary schools, and DHS lied about it.
Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids.
Don’t let this go!!!
Watch the video. Hear the truth from L.A.’s superintendent. Then ask why the hell Homeland Security is targeting kids.
Don’t let this go!!!
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JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
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“It was also unclear if Starlink communications were encrypted. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing White House servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“It was also unclear if Starlink communications were encrypted. At a minimum, the system allows for a network separate from existing White House servers that people on the grounds are able to use, keeping that data separate…”
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/u...
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It's been a long Monday but now at least you're getting a nice cat picture out of it so that's something
March 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's been a long Monday but now at least you're getting a nice cat picture out of it so that's something
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"President Donald Trump has scrapped Biden-era executive orders that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Trump scraps key Biden-era policy that increased minimum wage for federal contractors
In 2021, Joe Biden used his power to raise the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15 an hour. Donald Trump is now turning back the clock.
www.msnbc.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"President Donald Trump has scrapped Biden-era executive orders that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $15..."
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
