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President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Timothy Leiweke, a real estate developer who had been charged by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year with rigging the bidding process for a sports arena.
Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration
This summer, Trump administration officials had lauded the indictment of Timothy J. Leiweke as an effort to root out corruption and unfair business practices.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
President Trump on Tuesday pardoned Timothy Leiweke, a real estate developer who had been charged by the president’s own Justice Department earlier this year with rigging the bidding process for a sports arena.
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic lawmakers to be killed. Trump is putting my colleagues’ lives at risk because they have exercised their free speech rights under the First Amendment and Speech and Debate Clause.
November 20, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic lawmakers to be killed. Trump is putting my colleagues’ lives at risk because they have exercised their free speech rights under the First Amendment and Speech and Debate Clause.
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Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
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Just want to point out that it is a crime to threaten to murder a Congressperson-- and a crime that absolutely falls outside the purview of any presidential immunity granted by the Supreme Court consistent with presidential authority.
Full stop, a crime and an impeachable offense.
Full stop, a crime and an impeachable offense.
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Just want to point out that it is a crime to threaten to murder a Congressperson-- and a crime that absolutely falls outside the purview of any presidential immunity granted by the Supreme Court consistent with presidential authority.
Full stop, a crime and an impeachable offense.
Full stop, a crime and an impeachable offense.
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I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I understand the reasoning behind zeroing in on ICE & DHS abducting citizens. But when you lead with what's perceived as your most sympathetic cases, you cede the moral high ground & make arguing for others harder. It is wrong for armed, masked gestapo to grab people - doesn't matter their status.
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My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far
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BIG STORY: GOP senators added secret provisions to the gov’t shutdown bill to let themselves collect MILLIONS for being investigated in the Jan 6 probe.
I feel like this is one of the biggest cases of public corruption in the Senate in a long time.
defiance.substack.com/p/read-gop-s...
I feel like this is one of the biggest cases of public corruption in the Senate in a long time.
defiance.substack.com/p/read-gop-s...
READ: GOP senators secretly slip themselves a payday
Legislation to reopen the gov't could award millions of dollars to key Republicans
defiance.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
BIG STORY: GOP senators added secret provisions to the gov’t shutdown bill to let themselves collect MILLIONS for being investigated in the Jan 6 probe.
I feel like this is one of the biggest cases of public corruption in the Senate in a long time.
defiance.substack.com/p/read-gop-s...
I feel like this is one of the biggest cases of public corruption in the Senate in a long time.
defiance.substack.com/p/read-gop-s...
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JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
November 12, 2025 at 1:21 AM
other98
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
JD's family has spent $35M on vacations.
Kash Patel used a $60M FBI jet to go on a date.
Trump spent $98M to golf for 24% of the days of this term.
ALL WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
But you think a single mom getting $6 a day for SNAP is the problem?
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OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
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It was always a lie that the focus would be deporting the worst of the worst. To get Dreamer/DACA status basically meant you were a Girl Scout or Boy Scout. And it's silly because many of these people got educated here since 2012 and now we're losing that talent and skill. 🤷🏾♀️
Dreamers were once obvious candidates for a path to citizenship. Now, they’re getting picked up, detained, and set for potential deportation.
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
It was always a lie that the focus would be deporting the worst of the worst. To get Dreamer/DACA status basically meant you were a Girl Scout or Boy Scout. And it's silly because many of these people got educated here since 2012 and now we're losing that talent and skill. 🤷🏾♀️
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Religion is often the handmaiden of authoritarianism & Trump is pushing a white Christian Nationalism agenda.
@raushenbush.bsky.social joins Katie Phang to talk about the power of religion to fight for democracy and how religious leaders are speaking up and speaking out.
youtu.be/yfEmrZPi55M?...
@raushenbush.bsky.social joins Katie Phang to talk about the power of religion to fight for democracy and how religious leaders are speaking up and speaking out.
youtu.be/yfEmrZPi55M?...
Trump’s LATEST SCHEME BACKFIRES as Religious Leaders FIGHT BACK
YouTube video by Katie Phang
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Religion is often the handmaiden of authoritarianism & Trump is pushing a white Christian Nationalism agenda.
@raushenbush.bsky.social joins Katie Phang to talk about the power of religion to fight for democracy and how religious leaders are speaking up and speaking out.
youtu.be/yfEmrZPi55M?...
@raushenbush.bsky.social joins Katie Phang to talk about the power of religion to fight for democracy and how religious leaders are speaking up and speaking out.
youtu.be/yfEmrZPi55M?...
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I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Senator Jacky Rosen Promised to Protect Healthcare. Then She Voted Against It.
YouTube video by Eliza Orlins
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I interviewed Sen. Jacky Rosen 12 days ago. She talked about dignity and protecting people’s healthcare.
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
Then she voted to reopen the government with zero protections.
She can still change her vote.
@senjackyrosen.govpeeps.us—please honor your words. Protect healthcare.
youtu.be/zq1V8UOGV-g
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Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Really cant understand how badly the Dems messaged this fold. The easy out was to say "we never expected Trump would illegally starve children and when SCOTUS stepped in to illegally help him we couldn't put kids at risk."
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I’m so angry. I will be angry about this for YEARS.
Every month when I pay my insane ACA premium for my shitty insurance that I may end up having to abandon altogether, I will remember how Senate Dems sold all of us down the fucking river FOR NOTHING.
SCHUMER MUST GO. PRIMARY ALL SENATE DEMS.
Every month when I pay my insane ACA premium for my shitty insurance that I may end up having to abandon altogether, I will remember how Senate Dems sold all of us down the fucking river FOR NOTHING.
SCHUMER MUST GO. PRIMARY ALL SENATE DEMS.
Senate votes 60-40 to approve the stopgap spending bill that will keep the government running through January, sending the bill to the House.
Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.
Package also includes 3 of the 12 full-year approps bills - Ag, LegBranch, MilCon-VA.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m so angry. I will be angry about this for YEARS.
Every month when I pay my insane ACA premium for my shitty insurance that I may end up having to abandon altogether, I will remember how Senate Dems sold all of us down the fucking river FOR NOTHING.
SCHUMER MUST GO. PRIMARY ALL SENATE DEMS.
Every month when I pay my insane ACA premium for my shitty insurance that I may end up having to abandon altogether, I will remember how Senate Dems sold all of us down the fucking river FOR NOTHING.
SCHUMER MUST GO. PRIMARY ALL SENATE DEMS.
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The most literal definition of a leader is to go first. Thank you @indivisible.org for your steadfast leadership, courage & clarity about what this moment requires.
indivisible.org/statements/i...
indivisible.org/statements/i...
Indivisible Launches its Largest Primary Program in Response to Senate Democrats Surrendering on the Shutdown Vote
indivisible.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The most literal definition of a leader is to go first. Thank you @indivisible.org for your steadfast leadership, courage & clarity about what this moment requires.
indivisible.org/statements/i...
indivisible.org/statements/i...
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Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
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Reminder folks that the CR still has to pass the House AND IT SHOULD DIE THERE.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reminder folks that the CR still has to pass the House AND IT SHOULD DIE THERE.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
Make sure your rep is on board to vote NO.
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Clips like this are political gold
A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
November 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Clips like this are political gold
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November 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
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NEW: “In April, the Trump administration withheld $250 million in federal research funding from [Cornell], accusing [it] of committing civil rights violations.”
Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Administration & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Administration & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
NEW: “In April, the Trump administration withheld $250 million in federal research funding from [Cornell], accusing [it] of committing civil rights violations.”
Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Administration & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
Cornell just settled for $60 million: $30 million to the Trump Administration & $30 million in research the Government wants it to do.
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Just observed ICE agents transferring detainees between vehicles at Warren Park — city property. This is prohibited.
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Just observed ICE agents transferring detainees between vehicles at Warren Park — city property. This is prohibited.
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Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.
October 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Impressive. Cuz media are complicit.
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SCOOP: Months late, the DHS quietly formalized sweeping changes to a federal immigration database that now allows it to be used as a “voter verification” tool that sidesteps federal privacy protections and makes it easier to remove voters from the rolls.
In Late, Obscure Notice, DHS Turbocharges Trump’s Voter Purge Database, Evading Privacy Protections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:04 PM
SCOOP: Months late, the DHS quietly formalized sweeping changes to a federal immigration database that now allows it to be used as a “voter verification” tool that sidesteps federal privacy protections and makes it easier to remove voters from the rolls.
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Tax the Mellon like it's 1979!
Billionaire Tim Mellon sent $130M of his $14.1B to fund US military salaries during the Govt shutdown
1. This covers 1/3 of military payroll for 1 day
2. DOD has a $1T budget. $130M is .013% of that
3. Mellon can casually part with $130M—he can be taxed at a 91% marginal tax like during 1940-1980
1. This covers 1/3 of military payroll for 1 day
2. DOD has a $1T budget. $130M is .013% of that
3. Mellon can casually part with $130M—he can be taxed at a 91% marginal tax like during 1940-1980
October 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Tax the Mellon like it's 1979!
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For one example: I covered the Ayman Soliman situation — the children’s hospital Muslim chaplain beloved here in the Cincy area jailed by Trump’s ICE for weeks, with intention of deporting him to Egypt where he says he’d face political targeting perhaps death — here very closely. Like so many cases…
Nine months ago I put most of my hope in major institutions continuing to hold fascism in check, but had little expectation that regular people with little to no power would step up and put themselves at risk.
I had it exactly backward.
I had it exactly backward.
signs like these are up all over Chicago cafes and storefronts (here, cafes in Brighton Park and Back of the Yards) warning ICE not to enter without a judicial warrant
October 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
For one example: I covered the Ayman Soliman situation — the children’s hospital Muslim chaplain beloved here in the Cincy area jailed by Trump’s ICE for weeks, with intention of deporting him to Egypt where he says he’d face political targeting perhaps death — here very closely. Like so many cases…