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I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
Trump announces a pardon of Henry Cuellar: "I am hereby announcing my full and unconditional PARDON of beloved Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar, and Imelda. Henry, I don’t know you, but you can sleep well tonight — Your nightmare is finally over!"
December 3, 2025 at 6:09 PM
I've been saying for the better part of a year that Trump is on a mission to decriminalize corruption. To make it the legal equivalent of jaywalking.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
I feel that more strongly now than I ever had.
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1) Anonymous sources, so caveat lector.
2) What he says now to avoid confessing a crime is hardly as meaningful as documentation/recordings of the decision.
3) What's described here is *still* a crime! You can't just execute people because you claim they're "attempting to continue their drug run."
2) What he says now to avoid confessing a crime is hardly as meaningful as documentation/recordings of the decision.
3) What's described here is *still* a crime! You can't just execute people because you claim they're "attempting to continue their drug run."
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
1) Anonymous sources, so caveat lector.
2) What he says now to avoid confessing a crime is hardly as meaningful as documentation/recordings of the decision.
3) What's described here is *still* a crime! You can't just execute people because you claim they're "attempting to continue their drug run."
2) What he says now to avoid confessing a crime is hardly as meaningful as documentation/recordings of the decision.
3) What's described here is *still* a crime! You can't just execute people because you claim they're "attempting to continue their drug run."
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NEW from our @markhertling.bsky.social: "This incident now demands a thorough, transparent investigation. Not only because politics requires it, but because a professional military answers to the American people, and because trust depends on truth."
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fog-of...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fog-of...
The ‘Fog of War’ Is No Excuse
Mistakes are one thing; failures of moral judgment are another.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
NEW from our @markhertling.bsky.social: "This incident now demands a thorough, transparent investigation. Not only because politics requires it, but because a professional military answers to the American people, and because trust depends on truth."
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fog-of...
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-fog-of...
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Team Trump planned to do this long before he reentered office. Always make propaganda, always bring a crew: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Team Trump planned to do this long before he reentered office. Always make propaganda, always bring a crew: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
December 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
12 former commissioners of the FDA came together to write a Perspectives piece for the New England Journal of Medicine; raising our concerns about recent changes to vaccine approval policy at the FDA and its implications for patients and public health.
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EXACTLY: "No one in this feral administration seems to feel the slightest sympathy for people who have escaped persecution and violence....They are happy to exploit a crime to fulfill their agenda regarding immigrants."
www.thebulwark.com/p/for-trump-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/for-trump-...
For Trump, Even the National Guard Shooting Is About Immigration
And he won’t let the facts get in the way of his agenda.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 AM
EXACTLY: "No one in this feral administration seems to feel the slightest sympathy for people who have escaped persecution and violence....They are happy to exploit a crime to fulfill their agenda regarding immigrants."
www.thebulwark.com/p/for-trump-...
www.thebulwark.com/p/for-trump-...
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“I think” is how a system run by a king or a dictator works. Here, we have a rule of law that says no one, and that includes the government, can murder people on a whim because it “thinks” they’re up to no good.
December 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
“I think” is how a system run by a king or a dictator works. Here, we have a rule of law that says no one, and that includes the government, can murder people on a whim because it “thinks” they’re up to no good.
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20/ “Ardon provided many in-depth details about how drug traffickers and politicians, and in particular Juan Orlando Hernández won and maintained his political power through fraudulent elections, bribes with drug money, and conspiring with drug traffickers.” 2/22/24
Day Three: Confessed Drug Trafficker, Ex-mayor, Alexander Ardon Continues On the Stand. - Honduras Now
What Happened Today Alexander Ardon Soriano or "Chande", the government's cooperating witness, confessed drug trafficker, and former mayor of El Paraíso, Copan, Honduras continued on the stand all day...
www.hondurasnow.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
20/ “Ardon provided many in-depth details about how drug traffickers and politicians, and in particular Juan Orlando Hernández won and maintained his political power through fraudulent elections, bribes with drug money, and conspiring with drug traffickers.” 2/22/24
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Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández—pardoned by Trump while the counting in Honduras’ current presidential election is still in progress—-was accused not only of drug trafficking, but also of election fraud during the 2013 and 2017 Honduran presidential elections. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Former Honduran president Juan Orlando Hernández—pardoned by Trump while the counting in Honduras’ current presidential election is still in progress—-was accused not only of drug trafficking, but also of election fraud during the 2013 and 2017 Honduran presidential elections. 1/
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A White House official was caught doodling during Trump’s final cabinet meeting of the year — and the internet couldn’t resist the jokes. Read the full story at bit.ly/43Zrahu
#WhiteHouse #Trump #CabinetMeeting #DoodleGate #Politics #BobRoss #HappyTrees #Politics #PoliticalNews
#WhiteHouse #Trump #CabinetMeeting #DoodleGate #Politics #BobRoss #HappyTrees #Politics #PoliticalNews
December 3, 2025 at 1:17 AM
A White House official was caught doodling during Trump’s final cabinet meeting of the year — and the internet couldn’t resist the jokes. Read the full story at bit.ly/43Zrahu
#WhiteHouse #Trump #CabinetMeeting #DoodleGate #Politics #BobRoss #HappyTrees #Politics #PoliticalNews
#WhiteHouse #Trump #CabinetMeeting #DoodleGate #Politics #BobRoss #HappyTrees #Politics #PoliticalNews
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Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
December 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
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Her remarks seemed to be very important to Trump. Really made an impact. bsky.app/profile/atru...
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Her remarks seemed to be very important to Trump. Really made an impact. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
December 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
You have the right to record ICE.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
You have the right to film any operation happening in public as long as you do not interfere or impede it.
Your camera is proof, but keep a safe distance. KEEP RECORDING.
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More capitulation...
US wireless carrier AT&T said in a letter to the US telecoms regulator that it had committed to ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs, a move that comes as it seeks approval from the Trump administration to buy wireless spectrum assets. https://cnn.it/3Y3C7eh
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
More capitulation...
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Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
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The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation.
u.afp.com/ShHd
u.afp.com/ShHd
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The deadly flooding that has killed hundreds in Indonesia was largely the result of monsoon rains and a rare tropical storm. But something else may have played a role: deforestation.
u.afp.com/ShHd
u.afp.com/ShHd
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"Earlier this year, addressing Turning Point USA, Bannon offered that 'Epstein is a key that picks the lock on so many things.'"
He would know. lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
He would know. lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
"Earlier this year, addressing Turning Point USA, Bannon offered that 'Epstein is a key that picks the lock on so many things.'"
He would know. lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
He would know. lnk.thebulwark.com/48p9ywR
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Trump’s whole strategy is to be so outrageous on multiple fronts—racism, corruption, misogyny, nativism, plutocracy, greed, authoritarianism, etc.—that it’s nearly impossible to keep a focus on any individual outrage or maintain a high level of indignation and concern. It’s deliberate bludgeoning.
I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics
Trump on Somalis: "We're gonna go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country. Ilhan Omar is garbage. She's garbage. Her friends are garbage."
December 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Trump’s whole strategy is to be so outrageous on multiple fronts—racism, corruption, misogyny, nativism, plutocracy, greed, authoritarianism, etc.—that it’s nearly impossible to keep a focus on any individual outrage or maintain a high level of indignation and concern. It’s deliberate bludgeoning.
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Good for George Will.
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Good for George Will.
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George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | A sickening moral slum of an administration
Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Roger Stone (Trump adviser) said that he sent Juan Hernandez’s letter requesting a pardon to Trump and that he was not compensated for his role as an intermediary.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
December 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Roger Stone (Trump adviser) said that he sent Juan Hernandez’s letter requesting a pardon to Trump and that he was not compensated for his role as an intermediary.
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
On Jan. 6, 2021, Stone was filmed discussing a potential $100,000 fee for pardon advocacy:
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
December 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
O'Hara: "There's folks that are masked, they may be kidnapping people. We have had those reports. The community should know that if you see something like that, you should call 911. Let's not forget -- we very recently had tragedy in this state by someone who was purporting to be law enforcement."
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“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
December 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
“.. A Washington Post analysis of multiple video feeds of the meeting Tuesday showed that during nine separate instances, Trump’s eyes were closed for extended periods or he appeared to struggle to keep them open, amounting cumulatively to nearly six minutes.”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Scoop: The Trump administration has paused all immigration applications filed by people from 19 countries banned from travel to the United States earlier this year, halting green card and U.S. citizenship processing for broad swaths of people.
More coming soon.
More coming soon.
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Trump admin has paused all immigration and naturalization processes for people from one of the 19 travel ban countries; including Cuba and Venezuela.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.
Even people who fully passed the citizenship exam are having their cases put on hold, just inches from the finish line.