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New Data Prove DHS Lied About Cato Report on ICE ICE should reprioritize serious public safety threats and be transparent about its arrests going forward.

Cato and @davidjbier.bsky.social are just killing it right now.

www.cato.org/blog/new-dat...

CARTOON OF THE DAY

ICYMI: A Wisconsin Supreme Court justice used a fake quote and citation in a high-profile dissent. She completely turned SCOTUS' 2023 gerrymandering ruling (out of North Carolina) on its head. #AI

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Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence

Trump just commuted the 7-year sentence of David Gentile, a private equity leader who helped defraud thousands of people out of some $1.6 billion, almost as soon as his prison stint began.

"I lost my whole life savings," one person wrote, adding, "I am living from check to check."

Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...

“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”

abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...

Trump's War on Drugs: Hypocrisy With Hair on It

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Go Chuck!

The shooter of the the National Guard in DC was granted asylum in April of this year. Refresh my recollection: Who was president in April of this year? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so . . .

And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.

This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.

Unbelievable.

Very few things piss me off more than anti-vax morons killing their children.

Sam is right. DOGE did exactly what they wanted it to do- hurt poor people, destroyed faith in government, enriched Elon.

Former Trump White House attorney Ty Cobb:

“The Constitution is not adequate to deal with a President as evil as Trump—somebody whose desire is to accumulate and abuse power. Trump’s abuses of power are unprecedented.”

"That's the sort of Stoic Declaration of Independence....it falls on us, knowing that Thomas Jefferson didn't exactly mean what he said, to put real meaning to those words, get closer to it in each generation."

@ryan-holiday.bsky.social joins @johnavlon.bsky.social in this week's How To Fix It:

Send in the Clowns The Trump/Rubio Ukraine FUBAR

The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

It is also notable that so much of right-wing media being a grift with transnational participants and funding posing as Americans ought to tell us the presence, volume, and claims, etc of right wing media (esp social media) are not actually indicative of American political beliefs and preferences

Good thing we have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control

(taps headset) uh, I am hearing we do not in fact have a functioning federal system of disease monitoring and control

“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.

NEW:

In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.

She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.

Then she died.

www.propublica.org/article/texa...

Trump Violates A 32-Year-Old Policy: ‘This Has Never Happened Before’ The move raises questions about how far the administration will go to reshape the armed forces.

Airman Logan Ireland thought with 15 yrs of service he would at least get retirement benefits even as he was being pushed out after SCOTUS green lit Trump's trans military ban.

The Air Force approved and then revoked his benefits. Now Ireland is now fighting back.

www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Survivors say they have met and they all willing to stand with MTG & rep jayapal as they read names on the floor.

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

The Future of Energy Has Arrived — Just Not in the U.S. While China is selling clean energy to the world, America is pushing oil and gas.

For the first time in 30 years, the UN conference on climate change is taking place without top U.S. government representation. China has emerged as the top dog at the summit and is poised to become the world’s supplier of green energy technology.

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Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.

An incredibly Trump-era headline theintercept.com/2025/11/17/p...

The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him Long after his conviction for sexual abuse, people in royalty, academia, business, journalism and politics sought his ear

We want to know every single evil person on this list.

The banality of evil: how Epstein’s powerful friends normalised him.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Chris Murphy on possible military strikes on Venezuela: "It's pretty clear it's just an effort to distract people from the rising prices and the Epstein scandal. No one wants a war with Venezuela ... and by the way, it's wildly illegal."

MONACO IL SUPPLI • MADElI® CHARLOTTE FOOD AND DRINK 'They're not chasing criminals.' Manolo's Bakery owner closes store to protect customers Updated 5 hours ago POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Updated 5 hours ago

LOCAL Super G executive in Pineville describes agents dragging out teen store employee Updated 5 hours ago LOCAL 'Just walked up to them.' Border Patrol questions people at a Charlotte Walmart Updated 6 hours ago LOCAL Federal Border Patrol sweep across Charlotte sparks fear, closed shops and protests

5 headlines tonight on Charlotte Observer’s homepage:

“Manolo's Bakery closes to protect customers”

“Church members flee as federal agents arrive”

“Super G executive describes agents dragging out teen employee”

“Border Patrol questions people at Walmart”

“Border Patrol sweep sparks fear”