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MUPPET KNIVES OUT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
MUPPET KNIVES OUT
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I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?
What?
What?
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?
What?
What?
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> "a September contingency plan, since deleted from the USDA’s website...said Congress intended 'that SNAP’s operations should continue' and that contingency funds 'are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs [mid-fiscal year]'"
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
Trump Administration Buries Legal Memo Suggesting It Could Pay November Food Benefits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the food program, says its hands are tied by the shutdown.
www.huffpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
> "a September contingency plan, since deleted from the USDA’s website...said Congress intended 'that SNAP’s operations should continue' and that contingency funds 'are also available to fund participant benefits in the event that a lapse occurs [mid-fiscal year]'"
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
www.huffpost.com/entry/govern...
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BREAKING: DC leadership rejects Bondi order and asserts she has no authority to rescind DC police orders or to replace the police chief. Will a lawsuit follow?
August 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
BREAKING: DC leadership rejects Bondi order and asserts she has no authority to rescind DC police orders or to replace the police chief. Will a lawsuit follow?
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I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the playbook being used against mRNA vaccines (and vaccines in general) is IDENTICAL to the playbook used to restrict voting rights after the 2020 election: actively sow public distrust, then cite the distrust you sowed as an independent reason for your desired policy
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Note also that the lawsuit alleges that because race and class are correlated, providing free tuition to lower income students is also racial preference.
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
“Johns Hopkins has not merely preserved its discriminatory DEI framework — it has entrenched, expanded and openly celebrated it as a cornerstone of its institutional identity,”
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...
Conservative group files complaint against Hopkins medical school
America First Legal is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to launch a formal investigation into diversity policies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Note also that the lawsuit alleges that because race and class are correlated, providing free tuition to lower income students is also racial preference.
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
They just want a pure aristocracy of inherited wealth
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Further confirmation from ICE HSI officers that they have been told to stop investigating pedophiles, human traffickers, and drug smugglers.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
July 10, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Further confirmation from ICE HSI officers that they have been told to stop investigating pedophiles, human traffickers, and drug smugglers.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
Officers have been told NOT to take new criminal cases so they can instead go round up more random migrants. Morale is plummeting, especially at HSI.
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Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH.
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
Persecuted for being LGBTQ+ in Trump country, they now have a chance to start over someplace new
Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Society are fighting persecution by offering loans to those who need to flee,
forward.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Jewish orgs Keshet and the Hebrew Free Loan Association are giving out interest-free loans to LGBTQ+ folks who need to re-locate but can’t afford it. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE JEWISH.
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
“The idea that people were having to pick up and flee their homes was something that resonated Jewishly.”
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The Administration’s policy of mass immigrant exclusion includes:
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
NEW: the Trump admin has moved to terminate TPS for Honduras and Nicaragua, covering over 50,000 people
Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.
Both of these designations date back to 1999, meaning Trump wants to strip legal status from people here legally who have had a background check every 18 months for the last 26 years.
July 7, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The Administration’s policy of mass immigrant exclusion includes:
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
— stripping citizenship from natural-born US citizens
— deporting US citizen children of unauthorized parents
— mass voiding of legal status from large classes of noncitizen immigrants
Not a ‘crackdown’. A purge.
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The bottom line on the Trump-Musk feud www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
June 9, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The bottom line on the Trump-Musk feud www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Some women want love.
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
May 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Some women want love.
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Some seek power and money.
Some seek attention and fame.
Me?
I just want to know who the administrator of DOGE really is.
My manifesto, my magnum opus—“The WITAOD Chronicles”—is out now. ⬇️ 👇
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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I wrote about keeping strictly kosher for the first 20 years of my life... and how it still doesn't seem as byzantine, amoral and intimidating as Trump's would-be Surgeon General's byzantine dietary laws: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
You Are What You Eat
Casey Means, Influencer General Casey Means, the Trump administration’s new nominee for Surgeon General of the United States, has a prescription for America....
buttondown.com
May 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I wrote about keeping strictly kosher for the first 20 years of my life... and how it still doesn't seem as byzantine, amoral and intimidating as Trump's would-be Surgeon General's byzantine dietary laws: buttondown.com/theswordandt...
Quid pro quo
Welcome to Trump's America, where you can bribe the president in exchange for legal immunity.
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone is subject equally to the law. MAGA is converting us into a mafia state, a haven for obscene criminality.
The United States was founded on the principle that everyone is subject equally to the law. MAGA is converting us into a mafia state, a haven for obscene criminality.
May 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Quid pro quo
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City Council and local Democrats are leaving Philadelphians vulnerable to protect a political ally. Even worse, their support for Bilal undermines their criticism of the President at a time when we cannot afford hypocrisy.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
Philadelphia’s elected officials must hold the sheriff’s office to account for its incompetence | Editorial
Much-needed reform is impossible if Democratic power brokers and City Hall officials don't stop enabling a sheriff's office that struggles to perform its most basic duties.
www.inquirer.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
City Council and local Democrats are leaving Philadelphians vulnerable to protect a political ally. Even worse, their support for Bilal undermines their criticism of the President at a time when we cannot afford hypocrisy.
www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...
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NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
A mother's urgent plea to stop ICE from deporting her daughters’ birth father tomorrow
He served his time in the US. He deserves to heal here, too.
www.thehandbasket.co
May 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
NEW — Kelvin Membreño will be deported to El Salvador by ICE tomorrow. He’s the birth father of three US citizen daughters and has become an important part of their lives.
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
Here their adoptive mother makes a last ditch plea to let him stay in the same country as the girls. A gutting guest essay:
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RAW MILK TIME
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
May 19, 2025 at 6:13 PM
RAW MILK TIME
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
I was surprised to find most of the "raw milk cures ___" talking points from the last 20+ years come from one (1) raw milk dairy farmer in California.
Let's get to know him!
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Wow. I'm in federal court for Ercelik v. Hyde, the Amherst student w/ state criminal charges (dismissed this morning) where ICE camped outside his apartment for a month trying to arrest him.
He wants to leave on a flight for Turkey@9:35pm, ICE wants to hold him for weeks/months before removing him.
He wants to leave on a flight for Turkey@9:35pm, ICE wants to hold him for weeks/months before removing him.
May 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wow. I'm in federal court for Ercelik v. Hyde, the Amherst student w/ state criminal charges (dismissed this morning) where ICE camped outside his apartment for a month trying to arrest him.
He wants to leave on a flight for Turkey@9:35pm, ICE wants to hold him for weeks/months before removing him.
He wants to leave on a flight for Turkey@9:35pm, ICE wants to hold him for weeks/months before removing him.
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How Far do your tax dollars for Transit go?
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
April 30, 2025 at 3:11 PM
How Far do your tax dollars for Transit go?
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
After people complaining over and over that SEPTA was inefficient, I had to run the numbers of Ridership to Operating budgets and would you look at that.
Not only is SEPTA good with money, but they are literally the best in the US
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We made a deliberate choice as a nation, until now, not to have a police state. We siloed off federal data and put in place laws, regulations, policies and internal norms to prevent the federal government from putting together everything it knows about you into one place.
Trump is ending all that.
Trump is ending all that.
The U.S. Postal Service has quietly begun assisting Trump's 'mass deportation' effort, sources and records show
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
April 29, 2025 at 10:16 PM
We made a deliberate choice as a nation, until now, not to have a police state. We siloed off federal data and put in place laws, regulations, policies and internal norms to prevent the federal government from putting together everything it knows about you into one place.
Trump is ending all that.
Trump is ending all that.
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INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
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April 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
INCREDIBLE opinion by Wilkinson refusing to stay Judge Xinis's orders in the Abrego Garcia case, condemning DOJ's arguments as "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear."
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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