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Husband. Veteran. Love of Travel. Just found out I’m a dual citizen and ready to use my new EU passport. Registered Democrat. IT professional. Here mainly for news, pet pics. Occasionally post pictures of food and drinks around Dallas.
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"For four years, a tranche of cellphone data provided to the FBI by T-Mobile US sat on a digital shelf because investigators couldn’t figure out how to read it, people familiar with the matter said."
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How a Tech-Savvy Officer Finally Cracked the Jan. 6 Pipe-Bombs Case
Investigators used powerful tools to obtain mountains of data, but couldn’t decipher some of it until recently.
www.wsj.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"For four years, a tranche of cellphone data provided to the FBI by T-Mobile US sat on a digital shelf because investigators couldn’t figure out how to read it, people familiar with the matter said."
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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Trump not Biden Agreed to a May Ist exit from Afghanistan, and had no exit strategy.
Trump not Biden Refused to brief Biden's incoming team.
Trump not Biden Shut down every airbase in Afghanistan except one, crippling the US's ability to extract its assets safely.
Trump not Biden Refused to brief Biden's incoming team.
Trump not Biden Shut down every airbase in Afghanistan except one, crippling the US's ability to extract its assets safely.
December 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Trump not Biden Agreed to a May Ist exit from Afghanistan, and had no exit strategy.
Trump not Biden Refused to brief Biden's incoming team.
Trump not Biden Shut down every airbase in Afghanistan except one, crippling the US's ability to extract its assets safely.
Trump not Biden Refused to brief Biden's incoming team.
Trump not Biden Shut down every airbase in Afghanistan except one, crippling the US's ability to extract its assets safely.
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They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 5:43 PM
They’re simultaneously arguing that soldiers have to follow all orders from the president, legal or not, but they get to ignore orders from a federal judge if they feel they’re not legal.
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Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
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She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
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‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:51 AM
‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
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In a profession where the most prominent journalists are increasingly jockeying for position on the best-seller lists and talk show circuits, you'd think one of them would've figured out that punching the bully back would be the most effective way to distance themselves from the pack.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In a profession where the most prominent journalists are increasingly jockeying for position on the best-seller lists and talk show circuits, you'd think one of them would've figured out that punching the bully back would be the most effective way to distance themselves from the pack.
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Absolutely correct
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Absolutely correct
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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The Department of Homeland Security just featured a mascot associated with Neo Nazis in a video promoting mass deportation. #DHS talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-inc...
DHS Includes ‘White Supremacist’ Meme in Video Promoting Deportation Blitz
A video posted on X by the Department of Homeland Security included...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The Department of Homeland Security just featured a mascot associated with Neo Nazis in a video promoting mass deportation. #DHS talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-inc...
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Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 from treatable cancer. Her mother, Kate, a ‘conspiracy theorist’, breached her duty of care, an inquest concluded
Graduate who declined chemotherapy ‘adversely influenced’ by mother
Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 from treatable cancer. Her mother, Kate, a ‘conspiracy theorist’, breached her duty of care, an inquest concluded
www.thetimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Paloma Shemirani died aged 23 from treatable cancer. Her mother, Kate, a ‘conspiracy theorist’, breached her duty of care, an inquest concluded
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Jeffries: "Trump and the Republicans spent all year last year promising they were gonna lower the high cost of living. They also spent all of last year running away from Project 2025 ... now all of the sudden, Donald Trump admits it was his project all along. He just did it earlier today."
October 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Jeffries: "Trump and the Republicans spent all year last year promising they were gonna lower the high cost of living. They also spent all of last year running away from Project 2025 ... now all of the sudden, Donald Trump admits it was his project all along. He just did it earlier today."
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"One clinical psychologist [said] he considers Trump such a 'classic' pathological narcissist that he is actually 'archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because there’s no better example' of the characteristics of the disorder he displays."
Unfit for Office
Donald Trump’s narcissism makes it impossible for him to carry out the duties of the presidency in the way the Constitution requires.
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October 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"One clinical psychologist [said] he considers Trump such a 'classic' pathological narcissist that he is actually 'archiving video clips of him to use in workshops because there’s no better example' of the characteristics of the disorder he displays."
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How out of touch can Donald Trump’s top economic adviser be?
A 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR.
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR.
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
October 2, 2025 at 9:31 PM
How out of touch can Donald Trump’s top economic adviser be?
A 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR.
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
A 60-year-old couple making $85k/year will have to pay over $22,000 more EVERY YEAR.
TWENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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"On Monday, Google paid a $24.5 million bribe to President Trump. The bag of cash was euphemistically described as a 'legal settlement,' but in this dangerous political moment we do ourselves no favors with polite obfuscation."
Google joins presidential bribe club
It's a "settlement." WINK WINK.
www.publicnotice.co
October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"On Monday, Google paid a $24.5 million bribe to President Trump. The bag of cash was euphemistically described as a 'legal settlement,' but in this dangerous political moment we do ourselves no favors with polite obfuscation."
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Thank you, General (Retired) Mark Hertling, for saying what all of us who have served know we serve the Constitution and will not execute any order that goes against our oath.
October 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you, General (Retired) Mark Hertling, for saying what all of us who have served know we serve the Constitution and will not execute any order that goes against our oath.
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This is the President explicitly threatening to withhold federal funds from New York City if voters elect a candidate he opposes.
This is an unlawful attempt to coerce voters through federal financial threats and a textbook example of voter intimidation to influence the outcome of a local election.
This is an unlawful attempt to coerce voters through federal financial threats and a textbook example of voter intimidation to influence the outcome of a local election.
September 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is the President explicitly threatening to withhold federal funds from New York City if voters elect a candidate he opposes.
This is an unlawful attempt to coerce voters through federal financial threats and a textbook example of voter intimidation to influence the outcome of a local election.
This is an unlawful attempt to coerce voters through federal financial threats and a textbook example of voter intimidation to influence the outcome of a local election.
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One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
September 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
One thing I've learned from the Internet is that a lie needs 0% proof to be believed, but the truth requires thousands of pages of proof and still won't be believed.
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NEW: Ed Martin, the head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) vague weaponization task force, in a recent letter threatened to open a criminal investigation into a now-retired FBI special agent who sued the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over Jones’ lies about a mass school shooting.
After Meeting With Alex Jones, Top DOJ Official Threatens Sandy Hook First Responder With Criminal Probe
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
NEW: Ed Martin, the head of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) vague weaponization task force, in a recent letter threatened to open a criminal investigation into a now-retired FBI special agent who sued the far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over Jones’ lies about a mass school shooting.
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