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Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
Mike Johnson: "I have not had an opportunity to review any of that yet"
December 16, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Lather. Rinse. Repeat.
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While searching for something else I stumbled upon this fascinating op-ed from Dec. 2015--ten years ago. It appeared in the Greenville, SC Index-Journal. It matter-of-factly pointed out that Trump was beloved by white nationalists like Jared Taylor. This was BEFORE the first GOP primary was held.
![Trump brings bigots out of hiding
WASHINGTON Once you notice it, you can't unsee it."
A
about a Trump rally near Phoenix where
couple of weeks ago, I wrote:
The Twitterverse, and social media a young man shouted "mother-f—.
"Let's not mince words, Donald generally, can be dark places, as can the ing tacos — go back to Mexico" at two Trump is a bigot and a racist." comments section of Washington Post
Latino protesters — and a 70-year-old
I cited a long list of incidents in which articles, and my email inbox. This is
retiree sucker-punched a demonstrator.
he targeted women, Latinos, African-
the seventh presidential campaign I've
And where is the condemnation of
Americans, Muslims, Asians and the covered in some form over 25 years, and this behavior? At the Las Vegas debate, disabled. Here's what I heard back from harsh criticism comes with the terri-
Trump's rivals all but ignored the front-
Trump's defenders:
tory. But the Trump backers venom is runner, who previously said of a black
"Let's not mince
without precedent. His supporters surely protestor at his event: "Maybe he should
words," somebody
aren't all bigots — but he is bringing the have been roughed up." Trump is burn-
tweeted under the name
bigoted in from the cold.
ing down the Republican house, and the
Helios Megistos. "Mil-
There is an obvious truth to what
American house, yet his rivals are on a
bank is an anti-white
white nationalist publisher Jared Tay-
march of the narcissists.
parasite and a bigoted
lor told The New Yorker this summer:
If Marco Rubio, Chris Christie, Jeb
kike supremacist."
Trump's "support comes from people
Bush, John Kasich and other sensible
"[Trump] may well
who are more like me than he might like
candidates were to unite behind any one
be a bigot and a racist,"
to admit."
of them, that person could likely beat
DANA
one Michael Banfield
I write this not out of any hope of
Trump, and Ted Cruz. Instead, enabled
MILBANK
wrote me via email. "But changing the minds of Trump back-
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December 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
While searching for something else I stumbled upon this fascinating op-ed from Dec. 2015--ten years ago. It appeared in the Greenville, SC Index-Journal. It matter-of-factly pointed out that Trump was beloved by white nationalists like Jared Taylor. This was BEFORE the first GOP primary was held.
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In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Volko Ruhnke, creator of Fire in the Lake and the COIN series, we continue our deep dive into his upcoming game Drachen. @gmtgames
youtu.be/lr0J5Hq1oGU
youtu.be/lr0J5Hq1oGU
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In Part 2 of our exclusive interview with Volko Ruhnke, creator of Fire in the Lake and the COIN series, we continue our deep dive into his upcoming game Drachen. @gmtgames
youtu.be/lr0J5Hq1oGU
youtu.be/lr0J5Hq1oGU
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rule of law
Rule of law
Rule of Law
Rule Of Law!
RULE OF LAW!!!
Rule of law
Rule of Law
Rule Of Law!
RULE OF LAW!!!
JUST IN: Judge Cobb has blocked the Trump administration’s effort to extend rapid-fire deportation procedures to immigrants who have been in the U.S. more than two years — warning that it is a flagrant deprivation of due process that could ensnare anyone. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
August 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
rule of law
Rule of law
Rule of Law
Rule Of Law!
RULE OF LAW!!!
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“Simply calling them terrorists does not make them so. It does not unlock some hidden lethal power.” Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel Maurer, a former Judge Advocate General, on legal questions surrounding the September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat during which a second strike killed two survivors
December 7, 2025 at 12:40 PM
“Simply calling them terrorists does not make them so. It does not unlock some hidden lethal power.” Retired Army Lt. Col. Daniel Maurer, a former Judge Advocate General, on legal questions surrounding the September 2 strike on an alleged drug boat during which a second strike killed two survivors
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I used to have to teach the NSS: What's in it, what it means, how it was produced.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
The Trump administration has quietly released its National Security Strategy — apparently late on Thursday. Usually there's a rollout and fanfare for these things: www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I used to have to teach the NSS: What's in it, what it means, how it was produced.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
In this administration, documents mean nothing. Our national policy is whatever stray voltage is crossing Donald Trump's brain pan at any given moment. The NSS and other such documents are meaningless.
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This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This man ripped off teachers, nurses, small business owners - people from all walks of life and professions. Some lost their life savings. Not only did Trump let him out of prison, he also doesn’t have to pay back the victims.
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Osman: "President Trump singling out one group of people & ICE being on our streets & asking people for documentation, it feels like we're in 1930s Germany. I never thought there would be a time where I will tell my community to carry their passport around bc if you look Somali you might be stopped"
December 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Osman: "President Trump singling out one group of people & ICE being on our streets & asking people for documentation, it feels like we're in 1930s Germany. I never thought there would be a time where I will tell my community to carry their passport around bc if you look Somali you might be stopped"
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Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Fox legal analyst responds to Trump’s unhinged and psychotic posts calling for Democratic senators and representatives to be executed for posting a video urging service members to obey their oath to the Constitution and follow the law in the UCMJ.
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The cruelty is the point.
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
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 6:07 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
DHS confirmed it has stopped automatically storing officials' text messages.
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Instead, officials are supposed to take a screenshot, send that to their work email, download it onto their work computer and run a text-recognition program on it. Every time.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Criminal organization attempting to conceal evidence bsky.app/profile/brad...
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Absolutely sick of these thugs standing like they are ready to empty an assault rifle into a Chicago playground at a moment’s notice.
Next Dem president needs to put all these GI Joe wannabes on desk duty, armed with nothing more than a cheap plastic water gun.
This behavior is vile.
Next Dem president needs to put all these GI Joe wannabes on desk duty, armed with nothing more than a cheap plastic water gun.
This behavior is vile.
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Absolutely sick of these thugs standing like they are ready to empty an assault rifle into a Chicago playground at a moment’s notice.
Next Dem president needs to put all these GI Joe wannabes on desk duty, armed with nothing more than a cheap plastic water gun.
This behavior is vile.
Next Dem president needs to put all these GI Joe wannabes on desk duty, armed with nothing more than a cheap plastic water gun.
This behavior is vile.
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Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
www.volkskrant.nl
October 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
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Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices will face an up or down vote next month in an election whose outcome will likely impact the midterms. @douglaskeith.bsky.social explains everything you need to know about the high-stakes judicial race.
Everything You Need to Know About Next Month’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Elections in Pennsylvania
Three justices will face an up or down vote in November, the outcome of which is likely to impact the midterms.
statecourtreport.org
October 17, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices will face an up or down vote next month in an election whose outcome will likely impact the midterms. @douglaskeith.bsky.social explains everything you need to know about the high-stakes judicial race.
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So no terrorism then?
October 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So no terrorism then?
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“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
“The Department of Homeland Security has purchased two Gulfstream private jets for Kristi Noem, the secretary, and other top department officials at a cost of $172 million”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...
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“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
"CDC is over": RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 employees in Friday night massacre
Amid the ongoing shutdown, the HHS secretary wiped out entire offices that investigate disease outbreaks, manage infectious disease responses and collect data.
www.msnbc.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
“CDC is over. It was killed. This administration only knows how to break things. They have made America at risk for outbreaks and attacks by nefarious players. People should be scared,” said Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, former director of the CDC’s National Center on Immunization and Respiratory Diseases
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What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.
October 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What he not saying is that his friends and cronies invested a fortune in Argentina since their guy Milei won, they stand to lose a big chunk of those fortunes the way things are going, and Argentina’s elections are in two weeks and we are tampering in them to bail Milei out.
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This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical
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Three rural clinics in Virginia are closing their doors because of Trump and the GOP’s Medicaid cuts—and more closures will come if we don’t restore this funding ASAP. My Republican colleagues must come to the negotiating table to save Medicaid and reopen the government.
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Three rural clinics in Virginia are closing their doors because of Trump and the GOP’s Medicaid cuts—and more closures will come if we don’t restore this funding ASAP. My Republican colleagues must come to the negotiating table to save Medicaid and reopen the government.
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ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.
That’s not making America great again.
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I’m old enough to remember when Republicans lost their minds over Burisma and a $10k check to pay off a truck loan.
But sure,,,nothing to see here.
But sure,,,nothing to see here.
Q: How did the White House decide it was appropriate for Jared Kushner to be working on matters that involve Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia -- 3 countries combined that have given him more than $2.5b
LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate
LEAVITT: It's frankly despicable that you're trying to suggest that it's inappropriate
October 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I’m old enough to remember when Republicans lost their minds over Burisma and a $10k check to pay off a truck loan.
But sure,,,nothing to see here.
But sure,,,nothing to see here.
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The reason we have rules of engagement isn’t to keep warfighters from killing our enemies.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
Hegseth: "We unleash overwhelming and punishing violence on the enemy. We also don't fight with stupid rules of engagement. We untie the hands of our warfighters to intimidate, demoralize, hunt, and kill the enemies of our country. No more politically correct and overbearing rules of engagement."
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The reason we have rules of engagement isn’t to keep warfighters from killing our enemies.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
It’s to keep them from killing a farmer with a shovel bc they thought it was a rifle and didn’t bother to wait to check.
Or a family in a car bc the driver looked nervous.
Or a boat full of fishermen.
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
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In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists when unprovoked — what would we call it?
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.
If federal agents marched down streets demanding papers — what would we say?
Authoritarianism — let’s not pretend it’s something else when it happens in our American cities.