@rcbuck.bsky.social
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ICE agents have killed another person since invading Chicago.
They say the man severely injured them ,but they had no cameras to corroborate.
Chicago police cams tell a different story.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
They say the man severely injured them ,but they had no cameras to corroborate.
Chicago police cams tell a different story.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Bodycam videos show ICE agents’ initial reactions to fatal Chicago shooting
Video from local police who first responded to the scene provides crucial context, since the immigration agents weren't wearing body cameras.
www.nbcnews.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
ICE agents have killed another person since invading Chicago.
They say the man severely injured them ,but they had no cameras to corroborate.
Chicago police cams tell a different story.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
They say the man severely injured them ,but they had no cameras to corroborate.
Chicago police cams tell a different story.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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“As one American steps onto the world stage as a man of malice, another American answers, leading with love and compassion. They represent two starkly different visions of American character. And, if all goes well, Leo will command the world stage long after Trump is gone from public life.”
Opinion | Pope Leo Is All Over the Map, and That’s Driving Some People Crazy
www.nytimes.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
“As one American steps onto the world stage as a man of malice, another American answers, leading with love and compassion. They represent two starkly different visions of American character. And, if all goes well, Leo will command the world stage long after Trump is gone from public life.”
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"You Can't Buy Anything From Ford For $30,000 Anymore Because Of Tariffs" www.jalopnik.com/1853342/chea...
You Can't Buy Anything From Ford For $30,000 Anymore Because Of Tariffs - Jalopnik
A Ford dealer memo shows Maverick base prices jumping an additional $1,150 after the truck had already received a $3,075 price hike for the 2025 model year.
www.jalopnik.com
May 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"You Can't Buy Anything From Ford For $30,000 Anymore Because Of Tariffs" www.jalopnik.com/1853342/chea...
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Where Trump’s critics see a wannabe dictator and his toadies, Trump’s supporters see something else. They see a commander and his generals. They see warriors.
My thoughts on how MAGA sees the cabinet and how MAGA defines courage -- as standing with Donald Trump: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
My thoughts on how MAGA sees the cabinet and how MAGA defines courage -- as standing with Donald Trump: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Trump’s Cabinet Members: A Rorschach Test for America
In his second term, Trump is remaking America. These are the 22 people charged with carrying out his vision.
www.nytimes.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Where Trump’s critics see a wannabe dictator and his toadies, Trump’s supporters see something else. They see a commander and his generals. They see warriors.
My thoughts on how MAGA sees the cabinet and how MAGA defines courage -- as standing with Donald Trump: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
My thoughts on how MAGA sees the cabinet and how MAGA defines courage -- as standing with Donald Trump: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"Shein Hikes US Prices as Much as 377% Ahead of Tariff Increases"
Almost 15% (7/50) of sample products were simply removed from the US market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Almost 15% (7/50) of sample products were simply removed from the US market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
April 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
"Shein Hikes US Prices as Much as 377% Ahead of Tariff Increases"
Almost 15% (7/50) of sample products were simply removed from the US market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Almost 15% (7/50) of sample products were simply removed from the US market.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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"A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s finances" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s finances
The currency’s dominance enables very high debts and deficits, meaning a plunge might spell disaster
www.economist.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
"A flight from the dollar could wreck America’s finances" www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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$721m to help Louisiana protect itself from Natural Disaster, gone
Red Rural Recession.
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...
Red Rural Recession.
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...
Louisiana officials lament Trump administration’s cuts to FEMA grant programs for storm impacts
Hundreds of millions in expected project grants evaporating
www.fox8live.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
$721m to help Louisiana protect itself from Natural Disaster, gone
Red Rural Recession.
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...
Red Rural Recession.
www.fox8live.com/2025/04/10/l...
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"The president also said he is 'going to take a look at' tariff exemptions for some US companies and will decide 'on instinct.''' 🤣😬
Trump Puts 90-Day Pause on Higher Tariffs, But Hikes China Rates
President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on higher tariffs that hit dozens of trade partners after midnight, while raising duties on China to 125%.
www.bloomberg.com
April 10, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"The president also said he is 'going to take a look at' tariff exemptions for some US companies and will decide 'on instinct.''' 🤣😬
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"As disinformation increases, and as more and more individuals and institutions go silent, it becomes ever more important for truth tellers to speak up, if only to assure those who don’t believe the propaganda that they’re not losing their mind."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Trump Is Gaslighting Us
Trump is an agent of chaos, and chaos has a human cost.
www.theatlantic.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"As disinformation increases, and as more and more individuals and institutions go silent, it becomes ever more important for truth tellers to speak up, if only to assure those who don’t believe the propaganda that they’re not losing their mind."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Paula White -- Trump's chief spiritual adviser -- is offering access to angels (and a Waterford Crystal Cross), for the low, low prices of $1,000.
America needs to nail 95 theses to the megachurch door. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
America needs to nail 95 theses to the megachurch door. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
Opinion | The Donald Trump Leap of Faith
Angels for sale. Only $1,000.
www.nytimes.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Paula White -- Trump's chief spiritual adviser -- is offering access to angels (and a Waterford Crystal Cross), for the low, low prices of $1,000.
America needs to nail 95 theses to the megachurch door. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
America needs to nail 95 theses to the megachurch door. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/o...
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If, in the name of nationalism, you violate the rule of law or the Constitution, then nationalism—not the rule of law or the Constitution—becomes a problem, Jonah Goldberg writes:
Phony Liberation From a Phony War
Nationalism cosplaying as patriotism isn’t fooling anybody.
thedispatch.com
April 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
If, in the name of nationalism, you violate the rule of law or the Constitution, then nationalism—not the rule of law or the Constitution—becomes a problem, Jonah Goldberg writes:
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I’m not sure I could have even imagined something this dumb
WH has now confirmed: this is insane nypost.com/2025/04/02/u...
April 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I’m not sure I could have even imagined something this dumb
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I was always a pretty good student. And as a super striver immigrant family, my relatives always awaited my admission to medical school. I... am not good at medical stuff. But they were incredibly disappointed to hear about law school.
Why, they said? Law is stupid.
Why, they said? Law is stupid.
April 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I was always a pretty good student. And as a super striver immigrant family, my relatives always awaited my admission to medical school. I... am not good at medical stuff. But they were incredibly disappointed to hear about law school.
Why, they said? Law is stupid.
Why, they said? Law is stupid.
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My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
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From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
March 22, 2025 at 10:44 AM
From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA
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This is a key insight from @jvl.bsky.social and one of the reasons why you can't count on Trump's approval rating to go down when he does unpopular things. No, Trump has such a hold on the GOP that when he takes an unpopular position, he makes it popular.
March 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is a key insight from @jvl.bsky.social and one of the reasons why you can't count on Trump's approval rating to go down when he does unpopular things. No, Trump has such a hold on the GOP that when he takes an unpopular position, he makes it popular.
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Many of you know we've been in Senator Mitt Romney's corner since 2005. I've never been prouder of that decision than now.
March 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Many of you know we've been in Senator Mitt Romney's corner since 2005. I've never been prouder of that decision than now.
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The sad irony of our unconstitutional moment is that the perspectives of foreign students can be particularly valuable when foreign affairs dominate American discourse.
It’s a dreadful thing to declare to immigrants or foreign students, “Welcome to the land of the free: Now watch what you say.”
It’s a dreadful thing to declare to immigrants or foreign students, “Welcome to the land of the free: Now watch what you say.”
Opinion | Don’t Fool Yourself Into Thinking It Will Stop With Mahmoud Khalil
The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil show that the culture war is no longer just a culture war.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The sad irony of our unconstitutional moment is that the perspectives of foreign students can be particularly valuable when foreign affairs dominate American discourse.
It’s a dreadful thing to declare to immigrants or foreign students, “Welcome to the land of the free: Now watch what you say.”
It’s a dreadful thing to declare to immigrants or foreign students, “Welcome to the land of the free: Now watch what you say.”
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This is one of the most shameful things I've seen in my life. Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives, and MAGA is all up in its feelings because no one is allowed to disrespect Trump. He can be grotesque, but everyone else has to genuflect. Pathetic.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is one of the most shameful things I've seen in my life. Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives, and MAGA is all up in its feelings because no one is allowed to disrespect Trump. He can be grotesque, but everyone else has to genuflect. Pathetic.
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Jonathan Rausch recently argued that Trump 2.0 is based on "patrimonialism"— the idea of "running the state as if it were the leader’s personal property or family business." In plain language: Stay on the boss's good side...or else."
Meanwhile, today...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Meanwhile, today...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Trump Takes Aim at Law Firm Aiding Jack Smith
The move, signed by President Trump on Thursday, is a major escalation of his promise to pursue perceived foes.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Jonathan Rausch recently argued that Trump 2.0 is based on "patrimonialism"— the idea of "running the state as if it were the leader’s personal property or family business." In plain language: Stay on the boss's good side...or else."
Meanwhile, today...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
Meanwhile, today...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/u...
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A day of shame.
Ukraine resolution at the UN called Russia an aggressor and demands the full withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders.
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
The United States, Israel, and Russia voted against it.
Every free democratic country around the globe voted in favour. #EndImpunity
February 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A day of shame.
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In Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping can plainly see a version of themselves. He is doing their work for them. He is damaging American democracy, diminishing American power, and destroying American alliances with an energy and an efficiency that must exceed their wildest dreams.
Opinion | Trump Has the Same Idea in Mind for Ukraine and the Department of Justice
What do Ukraine and the Justice Department have in common?
www.nytimes.com
February 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
In Trump, Putin and Xi Jinping can plainly see a version of themselves. He is doing their work for them. He is damaging American democracy, diminishing American power, and destroying American alliances with an energy and an efficiency that must exceed their wildest dreams.
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"Most Americans don’t want to believe that their government is taking lifesaving medicine away from sick people in Africa, or betraying Afghans who sacrificed for this country"
But it is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
But it is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Trump World Order
In the MAGA vision of the national interest, might will make right.
www.theatlantic.com
February 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
"Most Americans don’t want to believe that their government is taking lifesaving medicine away from sick people in Africa, or betraying Afghans who sacrificed for this country"
But it is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
But it is. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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Who has the "power of the purse" in our constitutional system: Congress or the President? Here's a useful overview from Senator Mike Lee.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQt...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQt...
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Three Branches of Government and "Power of the Purse" explained-Senator Mike Lee
YouTube video by Our Lost Constitution Senator Lee
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Who has the "power of the purse" in our constitutional system: Congress or the President? Here's a useful overview from Senator Mike Lee.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQt...
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpQt...
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From David French:
"Every Republican senator who votes for Patel is abdicating his or her constitutional responsibility...lt took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
"Every Republican senator who votes for Patel is abdicating his or her constitutional responsibility...lt took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
Opinion | Kash Patel Is a Warning Shot
Senators, take heed.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
From David French:
"Every Republican senator who votes for Patel is abdicating his or her constitutional responsibility...lt took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...
"Every Republican senator who votes for Patel is abdicating his or her constitutional responsibility...lt took immense courage to create our constitutional republic, and now immense cowardice is placing our system of justice under threat"
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/o...