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If these Epstein files and emails are as bad for Trump as he himself seems to believe, prepare for some military adventurism in the coming days. Bets on when the strikes on Venezuela will happen?

Trump Ramps Up Pressure on G.O.P. to Thwart Epstein Vote Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room.

Representative Lauren Boebert, one of the Republicans pressing for more Epstein disclosures, was summoned for a meeting in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday. nyti.ms/3LCozUb

In the coming days it’s entirely plausible that Trump will either exploit or create a crisis to distract from the Epstein emails. Don’t fall for it.

Pretty much sums things up right now.

Tom Emmer Is the GOP’s Smear Machine The number-three House Republican combines a mean streak with disregard for the truth.

In a Breitbart News podcast back in October, Tom Emmer falsely alleged that former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken “stole” that state’s 2008 Senate election.

That's a very bad long memory. www.thebulwark.com/p/tom-emmer-...

Emmer’s devolution is a sad but very relevant example of what Trump has done to our nation’s politics. Didn’t he used to be a kind of normal dude?

Trump just held a Gatsby-themed party at Mar-a-Lago, which proves a) he doesn’t give a shit about the millions of Americans starving without food stamps and b) no one has told him how The Great Gataby ends

Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy? Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.

Are We Losing Our Democracy? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

New York Times from one year ago. We were warned.

Family distraught after feds detain Chicago Uber driver despite protected status, asylum application Diego Castro was detained last Friday as he was dropping off a passenger in West Town. His family says he had made a life here since applying for asylum eight years ago.

“We’ve already seen that they don’t respect [people seeking legal status], we’ve already seen that they’ve taken other people in the same [situations],” Castro’s mother says in Spanish. She asked not to be named out of fear for her and her family’s safety. trib.al/HpcW0Ex

White House East Wing demo is a sideshow - don’t take the bait.

I’m happy to share that based on personal experience over the past two weeks, neither Portland nor Chicago is burning to the ground.

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law

The Peril of a White House That Flaunts Its Indifference to the Law www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...

Not even pretending to hide the criminality. Because they assume nobody cares?

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Constitution hard. Lots of big words.

Kerlikowske is a great leader with experience both leading a big city police force and serving as CBP Commissioner. Dude knows what he’s talking about.👇🏻

Ex-Homeland Security official slams ‘ragtag’ federal response to Chicago protests Gil Kerlikowske ran U.S. Customs and Border Protection from 2014 to 2017. Before that, he was a longtime Seattle police chief. He says the Border Patrol is not trained for big-city policing.

Gil Kerlikowske, former U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner, is criticizing Trump's immigration enforcement in Chicago. WBEZ reporter Chip Mitchell has more.

What Fox News told their followers would happen, and what really happened.

Scary radical leftists in Saint Paul

Trump's IRS Plot Against The Left Is Detailed In Bombshell Wall Street Journal Report An anti-left scheme is afoot in the Internal Revenue Service, The Wall Street Journal says.

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Heather Cox Richardson: An Attack on Our System of Government

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Important to remember in the moral panic over Antifa the Admin is trying to incite - The day after the January 6 Insurrection, Sarah Palin blamed them for it. Or rather she blamed “The Antifa.” 😛

Whenever I see what may be a DHS recruitment ad, I do a virtual double take. Is this an Onion article? Is it real?? Whelp, this one is real, complete with Christian Nationalist imagery. Not sharing actual post for obvious reasons.

Here she is, your DHS Secretary focusing on the most critical domestic security issues.

Hunger fears grow in Minnesota as food shelves are overwhelmed The number of food insecure Minnesotans is rising alongside grocery prices and disruptions to federal food stamp and nutrition programs.

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The Path to American Authoritarianism What comes after democratic breakdown.

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Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

The messages show high-level officials in the Trump administration discussing the possible deployment of the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, an infantry force that has dropped into combat zones in both World Wars, Vietnam and Afghanistan.

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Yeah I’m sure a lot of undocumented immigrants have the $10K or whatever to buy a Super Bowl ticket. And Puerto Ricans are US citizens. Idiot.

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“It’s a war from within.” Trump prepares the generals for what comes next.

"The generals understand that Trump sees their fellow Americans as his enemies. And they must now realize that at some point, they are likely to be forced to choose between Trump and their oaths to defend the Constitution." www.thebulwark.com/p/its-a-war-...