Blue Line
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Criminal and deviant psychology, criminal justice administration, law enforcement
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Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has permitted Texas to keep its newly redistricted, GOP-favorable congressional map in 2026.
Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
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Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.
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December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Alright. That means the Supreme Court would let democrats keep their re-drawn maps, too, right? Right?
If Hegseth’s phone is government property or we pay for the service, he has no choice.
Lawmaker lobs big accusation at Pete Hegseth over refusal to have his phone inspected
Lawmaker lobs big accusation at Pete Hegseth over refusal to have his phone inspected
Asked to respond to a report from the Defense Department inspector General that accused Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth acted with reckless disregard and endangered U.S. troops, Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA) raised the prospect that the former Fox News personality is still breaking the law.Speaking with...
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December 4, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If Hegseth’s phone is government property or we pay for the service, he has no choice.
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NEW: In a big loss for the DOJ's efforts to prosecute Trump's foes, a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on alleged mortgage fraud charges.
Grand Jury Rejects DOJ’s Attempt to Re-indict NY AG Letitia James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEW: In a big loss for the DOJ's efforts to prosecute Trump's foes, a Virginia grand jury has refused to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on alleged mortgage fraud charges.
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It's a bit surprising that Pete Hegseth asked for two shots when he usually asks for four or five.
December 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It's a bit surprising that Pete Hegseth asked for two shots when he usually asks for four or five.
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The Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could dramatically expand presidential power, and critics warn it may reshape the balance of government for generations. Read the full story at bit.ly/3Y93bJ7
#SupremeCourt #DonaldTrump #SeparationOfPowers #Democracy #Politics
#SupremeCourt #DonaldTrump #SeparationOfPowers #Democracy #Politics
December 4, 2025 at 11:21 PM
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case that could dramatically expand presidential power, and critics warn it may reshape the balance of government for generations. Read the full story at bit.ly/3Y93bJ7
#SupremeCourt #DonaldTrump #SeparationOfPowers #Democracy #Politics
#SupremeCourt #DonaldTrump #SeparationOfPowers #Democracy #Politics
Trump Suppoters: Get one thing straight. Donald Trump supports himself and only himself.
Voting for a lifelong racist/misogynist/bigot in the hope that he will somehow treat you kindly, is plain idiocy.
The Somali community now joins several other minority groups in learning this lesson the hard way.
The Somali community now joins several other minority groups in learning this lesson the hard way.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Trump Suppoters: Get one thing straight. Donald Trump supports himself and only himself.
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The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
The dripping contempt the right wing SCOTUS majority holds for district judges is truly a sight to behold every time. When they deign to give actual reasons for their shadow docket holdings, it’s “look at the absolute idiots who keep getting everything wrong!”
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Nor could that boat, before it was bombed, reach the United States. That’s important because it refutes the laughable claim of “imminence” necessary to wrap the strikes under the auspices of a lawful armed conflict.
I cannot imagine the level of moral bankruptcy to describe the actions of people whose boat has just been hit by a missile from nowhere (this was the FIRST such strike) and who were most likely making a desperate attempt not to drown in the ocean as trying to "stay in the fight."
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Nor could that boat, before it was bombed, reach the United States. That’s important because it refutes the laughable claim of “imminence” necessary to wrap the strikes under the auspices of a lawful armed conflict.
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Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Exclusive | Hegseth Asked Top Admiral to Resign After Months of Discord
The relationship between the Pentagon chief and Adm. Alvin Holsey had been rocky since Trump’s inauguration.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Wow, Adm. Holsey didn't leave of his own accord, Hegseth pushed him out. What looked like the SOCOM head resigning rather than do war crimes now looks like SecDef canning him to facilitate war crimes.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
Congress should have him testify, and would've already if war-crime-sympathetic GOP didn't run it.
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Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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"What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?"
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
What If It’s Already Too Late?
Institutional rot or ideological infection—either way, a real “Deep State” is already taking shape.
www.thebulwark.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"What if Trumpism waned, MAGA cracked up, the public rediscovered its commitment to liberalism, and our institutions were already so corrupted that they were beyond repair?"
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
@jvl.bsky.social gets dark — very dark — in today's Triad @thebulwark.com: www.thebulwark.com/p/what-if-it...
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One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
December 4, 2025 at 7:32 PM
One thing about the Biden admin. is that, two or three levels down, there were tons of smart, focused, pro-social people doing great things that never rose to the level of a headline.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
Conversely, an enormous amount of the damage Trumpies are doing never makes the news.
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A good day for a little history brush up
"Surviving members of the garrison said that most of their men surrendered and threw down their arms, only to be shot or bayoneted by the attackers, who repeatedly shouted, "No quarter! No quarter!"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
"Surviving members of the garrison said that most of their men surrendered and threw down their arms, only to be shot or bayoneted by the attackers, who repeatedly shouted, "No quarter! No quarter!"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
Battle of Fort Pillow - Wikipedia
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December 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
A good day for a little history brush up
"Surviving members of the garrison said that most of their men surrendered and threw down their arms, only to be shot or bayoneted by the attackers, who repeatedly shouted, "No quarter! No quarter!"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
"Surviving members of the garrison said that most of their men surrendered and threw down their arms, only to be shot or bayoneted by the attackers, who repeatedly shouted, "No quarter! No quarter!"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
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If and when the pipe bomb suspect asks for a pardon, what is Trump to say? Can’t do it because you were violent? Unlike Enrique Tarrio or Stewart Rhodes or multiple assailants who physically attacked capitol police, used stun guns, flagpoles,etc? Completely exposes Trump’s viciousness and hypocrisy.
December 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If and when the pipe bomb suspect asks for a pardon, what is Trump to say? Can’t do it because you were violent? Unlike Enrique Tarrio or Stewart Rhodes or multiple assailants who physically attacked capitol police, used stun guns, flagpoles,etc? Completely exposes Trump’s viciousness and hypocrisy.
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9 House Republicans could choose to take away Johnson’s gavel today if they wanted.
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
9 House Republicans could choose to take away Johnson’s gavel today if they wanted.
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NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
NEWS: U.S. companies have announced over 1.1 million layoffs in 2025, the highest total since the pandemic-hit year of 2020, according to a report from Challenger, Gray & Christmas
Trump cannot invalidate President Biden's Executive Orders.
Trump falsely claimed that all documents signed by Biden are now “invalid” because they were allegedly authorized using autopen. The president’s attack comes days after revelations that Trump himself has recently relied on mass-signature processes.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Trump cannot invalidate President Biden's Executive Orders.
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Oh. Look. I'm not the only one: bsky.app/profile/klas...
Annie Farmer, who delivered testimony that helped convict Maxwell, expressed concern that Trump's DOJ would "use orders issued by the Court as a public excuse to continue to withhold crucial information," according to a footnote of the newly public letter.
December 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Oh. Look. I'm not the only one: bsky.app/profile/klas...
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I wonder if the DoJ is gonna try to pass this off as having tried to release the Epstein files. This represents about 76 pages of testimony from one FBI official.
JUST IN: DOJ makes a new attempt to unseal all Epstein grand jury records in Florida, saying the law newly signed by Trump overrides grand jury secrecy laws.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I wonder if the DoJ is gonna try to pass this off as having tried to release the Epstein files. This represents about 76 pages of testimony from one FBI official.
Hegseth needs to lookup the definition of exonerated 'cause he sure as heck was NOT exonerated.
Political analysts and observers bashed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday after he claimed an Inspector General report on his conduct during Signalgate exonerated him.
Trump official catches heat after boasting 'total exoneration' over 'embarrassing' scandal
Political analysts and observers bashed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday after he claimed an Inspector General report on his conduct during Signalgate exonerated him. Hegseth's tenure as Defense Secretary has been embroiled in scandal since it began. One of the most egregious scandals occ...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hegseth needs to lookup the definition of exonerated 'cause he sure as heck was NOT exonerated.
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NEW: "The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, says it has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte."
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
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Government Accountability Office opens investigation into FHFA chief Bill Pulte
Senate Democrats wrote to the agency in November asking it to review Pulte's referrals to the Justice Department alleging mortgage fraud.
www.nbcnews.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
NEW: "The Government Accountability Office, an independent and nonpartisan investigative watchdog for Congress, says it has opened an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte."
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
www.nbcnews.com/business/rea...
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Speaking of lingering issues, anybody seen a guy skulking around with $50k in a CAVA bag? It's been nearly 15 months! Today would be a good day for the FBI to reveal what happened to the taxpayers' money that Tom Homan apparently took in exchange for propsective official favors.
December 4, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Speaking of lingering issues, anybody seen a guy skulking around with $50k in a CAVA bag? It's been nearly 15 months! Today would be a good day for the FBI to reveal what happened to the taxpayers' money that Tom Homan apparently took in exchange for propsective official favors.
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Representative Jim Hines after seeing the unedited strike videos says its one of the most troubling scenes he's ever seen in his time in public service.
December 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Representative Jim Hines after seeing the unedited strike videos says its one of the most troubling scenes he's ever seen in his time in public service.
Trying to flip the boat to keep from drowning.
What fight?
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Trying to flip the boat to keep from drowning.