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Raskin: "What we have is the Trump Justice Department organizing itself not around the interests of the survivors -- the people who were victimized by Maxwell and Epstein -- but rather organizing itself around protecting the perpetrators."
August 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Raskin: "What we have is the Trump Justice Department organizing itself not around the interests of the survivors -- the people who were victimized by Maxwell and Epstein -- but rather organizing itself around protecting the perpetrators."
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Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."
July 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Former NOAA Administrator Richard Spinrad: "I am convinced that the staff cuts that we saw were a contributing factor to the inability of the emergency managers to respond."
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Listening to Elizabeth Warren on Trump’s latest corruption is a wake-up call: a $2 BILLION stablecoin deal with a foreign crypto firm that enriches the Trump family—*and* the Senate might greenlight it? This is legalized grift. 🧨💰📣
May 2, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Listening to Elizabeth Warren on Trump’s latest corruption is a wake-up call: a $2 BILLION stablecoin deal with a foreign crypto firm that enriches the Trump family—*and* the Senate might greenlight it? This is legalized grift. 🧨💰📣
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has now admitted they made an error in raiding the Oklahoma City home of a mom and her three daughters.
20 federal agents, including ICE, the FBI, and U.S. Marshals raided the home, held the family at gunpoint, and seized their belongings.
DHS now…
20 federal agents, including ICE, the FBI, and U.S. Marshals raided the home, held the family at gunpoint, and seized their belongings.
DHS now…
20 federal immigration agents mistakenly raided the Oklahoma City home of a family of U.S. citizens, held the mother and her three daughters at gun point, and seized the family’s phones, laptops, and life savings.
Agents from the FBI, ICE, and DHS were cruel and abusive, treating the mother and…
Agents from the FBI, ICE, and DHS were cruel and abusive, treating the mother and…
May 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has now admitted they made an error in raiding the Oklahoma City home of a mom and her three daughters.
20 federal agents, including ICE, the FBI, and U.S. Marshals raided the home, held the family at gunpoint, and seized their belongings.
DHS now…
20 federal agents, including ICE, the FBI, and U.S. Marshals raided the home, held the family at gunpoint, and seized their belongings.
DHS now…
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“Thank God for the Supreme Court. This is not a sentence that I have been accustomed to typing in recent years—not since President Trump, during his first term, engineered a six-Justice conservative super-majority.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Supreme Court Finally Takes on Trump
In an overnight ruling, the Justices defended the rule of law. Will their toughness last?
www.newyorker.com
April 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“Thank God for the Supreme Court. This is not a sentence that I have been accustomed to typing in recent years—not since President Trump, during his first term, engineered a six-Justice conservative super-majority.”
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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I’d celebrate if I weren’t so concerned about who will replace him. www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
Exclusive: The White House is looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new secretary of defense, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I’d celebrate if I weren’t so concerned about who will replace him. www.npr.org/2025/04/21/n...
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JD Vance did not prepare to meet with the Pope.
The Pope should be addressed as Your Holiness and Cardinals as Your Eminence.
And don’t even get me started with JD Vance saying “God bless you.“
to the Pope. 😳😳😳
Is JD even a true Catholic?
The Pope should be addressed as Your Holiness and Cardinals as Your Eminence.
And don’t even get me started with JD Vance saying “God bless you.“
to the Pope. 😳😳😳
Is JD even a true Catholic?
April 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
JD Vance did not prepare to meet with the Pope.
The Pope should be addressed as Your Holiness and Cardinals as Your Eminence.
And don’t even get me started with JD Vance saying “God bless you.“
to the Pope. 😳😳😳
Is JD even a true Catholic?
The Pope should be addressed as Your Holiness and Cardinals as Your Eminence.
And don’t even get me started with JD Vance saying “God bless you.“
to the Pope. 😳😳😳
Is JD even a true Catholic?
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Incompetent, entirely untrustworthy, and completely unacceptable Secretary of Defense Pete “Signalgate” Hegseth sent sensitive attack plans about strikes in Yemen to yet another group chat.
This time the security breach included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer — none of whom had any…
This time the security breach included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer — none of whom had any…
April 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Incompetent, entirely untrustworthy, and completely unacceptable Secretary of Defense Pete “Signalgate” Hegseth sent sensitive attack plans about strikes in Yemen to yet another group chat.
This time the security breach included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer — none of whom had any…
This time the security breach included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer — none of whom had any…
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We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
Elon Musk Hollows Government So Trump Can Refill It
From Marc | In more than 30 lawsuits filed against the new administration, the government has not won one on the merits.
www.democracydocket.com
February 12, 2025 at 4:15 AM
We cannot ignore how shockingly abnormal it is for a private citizen — who himself has contracts with the federal government — to dispatch a private army of executives, data experts and recent high schoolers to dictate policies to federal agencies. www.democracydocket.com/opinion/elon...
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Staffer at Elon Musk's DOGE resigns after his racist social media posts were exposed.
Staffer at Musk's DOGE resigns after racist social media posts exposed — CNBC
Elon Musk is running DOGE, or the Department of Government Efficiency, for President Donald Trump, in an effort to slash government spending and staff.
apple.news
February 7, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Staffer at Elon Musk's DOGE resigns after his racist social media posts were exposed.
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Good news: Trump’s illegal funding freeze has been REVERSED because WE forcefully fought back. The will of the people won.
Bad news: Trump & Republicans thought they could get away with this. They failed, but this is not the last time they try to gut programs Americans need.
Bad news: Trump & Republicans thought they could get away with this. They failed, but this is not the last time they try to gut programs Americans need.
January 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Good news: Trump’s illegal funding freeze has been REVERSED because WE forcefully fought back. The will of the people won.
Bad news: Trump & Republicans thought they could get away with this. They failed, but this is not the last time they try to gut programs Americans need.
Bad news: Trump & Republicans thought they could get away with this. They failed, but this is not the last time they try to gut programs Americans need.
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Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
January 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.
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📌Good morning: The stock market's dropping faster than Trump at Elon Musk's bathhouse.
📌Tariffs, invading NATO allies, depending on coal & oil, stopping medical research, deporting farmworkers, cutting taxes on the rich, etc., is STUPID.
📌So the rich are dumping stocks today, while WE pay for it.
📌Tariffs, invading NATO allies, depending on coal & oil, stopping medical research, deporting farmworkers, cutting taxes on the rich, etc., is STUPID.
📌So the rich are dumping stocks today, while WE pay for it.
January 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
📌Good morning: The stock market's dropping faster than Trump at Elon Musk's bathhouse.
📌Tariffs, invading NATO allies, depending on coal & oil, stopping medical research, deporting farmworkers, cutting taxes on the rich, etc., is STUPID.
📌So the rich are dumping stocks today, while WE pay for it.
📌Tariffs, invading NATO allies, depending on coal & oil, stopping medical research, deporting farmworkers, cutting taxes on the rich, etc., is STUPID.
📌So the rich are dumping stocks today, while WE pay for it.
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Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of the few Republican Senators WITH A SPINE to speak out against trump's blanket pardons of violent January 6th attackers.
Thank you, Senator.🙏💪
Thank you, Senator.🙏💪
January 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Senator Lisa Murkowski, one of the few Republican Senators WITH A SPINE to speak out against trump's blanket pardons of violent January 6th attackers.
Thank you, Senator.🙏💪
Thank you, Senator.🙏💪
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
January 21, 2025 at 5:19 AM
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
- George Orwell, 1984
- George Orwell, 1984
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Pretty damn fucked up.
I’m Native American & Indian Country social media is advising us to carry Tribal IDs & US passports, in addition to our State ID/license, for ICE purposes, especially if w/in the 100 mile border zone. How F’d up is that? An original inhabitant under scrutiny due to the color of our skin.
January 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Pretty damn fucked up.
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If she had any self-respect, Pam Bondi would withdraw her nomination. Not only is this the worst affront to the DOJ in its history, it contradicts her testimony and her expressed revulsion for pardoning people who are violent to enforcement while making her look impotent.
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
If she had any self-respect, Pam Bondi would withdraw her nomination. Not only is this the worst affront to the DOJ in its history, it contradicts her testimony and her expressed revulsion for pardoning people who are violent to enforcement while making her look impotent.
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CNN reports that the January 6 criminals have been told they are invited to attend inaugural balls tonight. They are going to be released from the D.C. jail momentarily.
All are insurrectionists.
We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.
All are insurrectionists.
We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.
January 21, 2025 at 2:31 AM
CNN reports that the January 6 criminals have been told they are invited to attend inaugural balls tonight. They are going to be released from the D.C. jail momentarily.
All are insurrectionists.
We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.
All are insurrectionists.
We are not a democracy anymore, folks. We do not have rule of law.
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Spain will get a laugh out of this in the morning.
A dementia-addled Trump claims that Spain is a “BRICS nation.” (He may be thinking of South Africa, the “S” in BRICS)
(video from @acyn.bsky.social)
(video from @acyn.bsky.social)
January 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Spain will get a laugh out of this in the morning.
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He made a Nazi salute. Then to be sure he made a second Nazi salute.
And ADL of all orgs calls it “an awkward gesture” and whitewashes it.
Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
And ADL of all orgs calls it “an awkward gesture” and whitewashes it.
Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
January 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
He made a Nazi salute. Then to be sure he made a second Nazi salute.
And ADL of all orgs calls it “an awkward gesture” and whitewashes it.
Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
And ADL of all orgs calls it “an awkward gesture” and whitewashes it.
Incredible. Absolutely incredible.
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JUST IN: Here is the actual pardon documentation for Milley, Fauci and the J6 committee. It's sweeping. www.justice.gov/pardon/pardo...
January 20, 2025 at 3:58 PM
JUST IN: Here is the actual pardon documentation for Milley, Fauci and the J6 committee. It's sweeping. www.justice.gov/pardon/pardo...
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Hillary’s email server would like a word
January 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Hillary’s email server would like a word
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Trump’s attorney general nominee Pam Bondi owned at least $3.9 million in Trump’s Truth Social stock. That means Bondi was a lawyer for Trump, took illegal campaign donations from Trump, and is financially invested in Trump. She is not the people’s lawyer. She is Trump’s lawyer.
Trump's attorney general pick owned at least $3.9 million in Truth Social stock and made $1 million as a lobbyist last year
Bondi, who's been working as a lobbyist and a consultant in recent years, reported a net worth of $12.1 million.
www.businessinsider.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Trump’s attorney general nominee Pam Bondi owned at least $3.9 million in Trump’s Truth Social stock. That means Bondi was a lawyer for Trump, took illegal campaign donations from Trump, and is financially invested in Trump. She is not the people’s lawyer. She is Trump’s lawyer.
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They can’t.
To Pete Hegseth, every allegation of sexual assault or harassment was an “anonymous smear,” even though his own mother corroborated them.
If he is SecDef, how can any victim of sexual assault possibly feel comfortable making a complaint with Hegseth in charge?
If he is SecDef, how can any victim of sexual assault possibly feel comfortable making a complaint with Hegseth in charge?
January 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
They can’t.