AJ Plunkett

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon

Trump administration admits DOGE accessed personal Social Security data A DOGE employee signed an agreement to share Social Security data with the aim of overturning election results in certain states, according to a new court filing.

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Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

As rumors swirl after political killings, this GOP lawmaker draws a line Minnesota state senator Julia Coleman knew both Charlie Kirk and Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman. She is fed up with the conspiracy theories around their deaths.

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‘Carol of the Bells’ was born in a Ukrainian city destroyed by Russia The music school dedicated to the song’s Ukrainian composer, Mykola Leontovych, was destroyed in Pokrovsk but has been reborn in exile.

The cherished, century-old Ukrainian song that Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” was written for layers of voices to fill churches, concert halls and city squares. But in wartime, Ukrainians have learned to improvise.

The kids in Stranger Things have some X-Files level flashlights.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

A family opened a town’s first bookstore. A bathroom bill is driving them away. The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota. They sold it and moved after a new law would’ve required their daughter to use a boy’s bathroom.

The Phelans ran the only bookstore in Vermillion, South Dakota.

But after the state passed a measure preventing transgender young people like their daughter from using girls’ bathrooms, they sold it and moved away.

Texas Democrats are standing up for democracy.

The maps are rigged. The process is compromised.

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Talarico and Texas Dems break quorum to Halt Gerrymandering Vote.

That means the be the only Porsche worth having. Yum!

YouTube video by Baby Versions Can I Have A Cookie?

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Go Frost!

One of the great comedians, a great show, RIP Ruth Buzzi.

Ruth Buzzi, famed as dowdy purse slinger on ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 88

250 YEARS AGO: It will take days for news of the Lexington and Concord battles to reach other colonies, but similar arguments over gunpowder are sparking in those colonies. In Williamsburg, Virginia, patriots are guarding the colony's central supply of gunpowder, but . . .

Opinion | Sorry, Laura Loomer. You found the wrong Mark Cohen. She also accused my former employer of using taxpayer money to facilitate a U.S. invasion.

Wow. Just wow.

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It’s a points rubric.

8 points out of 40 is the threshhold.

Allegedly-gang tattoos get you 4 points.

Another law enforcement agency saying you’re in the gang (based on what, who knows) gets you 4 points.

That makes 8 points.

If an Army private accidentally texted the details of a classified military operation to a reporter, let alone transmitted any classified information to anyone who was unauthorized over an unsecured device, they’d be charged and likely spend time in Leavenworth.

But it’s Hegseth, so probably not.

Such power!

This man rates dogs for a living. He has millions of loyal followers. “There are just so many dogs to talk about, and I could talk about them forever,” said Matt Nelson, who started WeRateDogs as a comedic experiment.

Love WeRateDogs. This is a great backstory.

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The people Attorney General Bondi is calling “terrorists” have had no trial and no chance to defend themselves. We do not know who they are. Ignoring the Constitution does not make us safe. It puts us all in peril.

Dang!

Cool cool.

This is the same SpaceX that Musk/Trump say are going to run the FAA now, yes?

If NASA had the failure rate SpaceX does, Elon would be firing everyone and Congress would be demanding to know where the money is going.

BREAKING: SpaceX's Starship EXPLODES, causing FAA to halt flights at 4 major airports

The previous Starship also exploded, in January

THIS is why FAA probed SpaceX for safety

And THIS is why Musk has been trying to kill FAA - and why he should NOT get any more govt contracts