Kristi Noem: "We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city."

Sen. Alex Padilla is then forcibly removed!

YouTube video by CNN 'Weakness masquerading as strength': Hear Newsom's blistering speech on Trump as LA protests persist

This is a superb speech by @governor.ca.gov just now.

Clear. Strong. Simple. Direct. Angry—in a way that appeals to the best in people, not the worst. Seven plus minutes of the most effective rhetoric in response to Trump.

This is how you want a leader to talk.

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YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff We Need to Talk About Kristi Noem

Kristi Noem's leadership of DHS has been nothing short of disastrous.

But while she seeks to turn the Department into a reality TV show – real people are hurting.

Today, I want to talk about it.
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Pritzker Thunders Against ‘Do Nothing’ Democrats as He Stokes 2028 Talk In a fiery speech in New Hampshire, the Illinois governor railed against both President Trump and what he called the “simpering timidity” among some Democrats.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/u...

Hundreds of scholars say U.S. is swiftly heading toward authoritarianism Most — but not all — political scientists are deeply troubled by the president's attempts to expand executive power, according to a national survey.

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Serious question. Kristi Noem was pictured with a Rolex in El Salvador, and got 3k in cash stolen.

She has been on a govt salary for years.

Something aint right

She was always a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Trump Says He’s ‘Not Joking’ About Seeking a Third Term in Defiance of Constitution President Trump, in an interview with NBC News, said there were “methods” that would allow a third term. The 22nd Amendment prohibits a person from being elected to more than two terms as president.

Hmm, sounds very similar to the 2008 Medvedev-Putin 'arrangement'.

Trump: “Two can be three, but only for me.”

Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada Jason Stanley, who says grandmother fled Berlin with his father in 1939, says US may become ‘fascist dictatorship’

“A Yale professor who studies fascism is leaving the US to work at a Canadian university because of the current US political climate, which he worries is putting the US at risk of becoming a “fascist dictatorship”.”

YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg Pete Responds Live to Trump Admin’s Major Security Failure

The lives of American troops - and every American life - depends on the people in charge of our government taking their responsibilities seriously. But again and again, including with the incompetence that came to light today, they are demonstrating the opposite.

My full interview here:

Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now.

Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.

What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
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Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves People say they are intimidated by online attacks from the president, concerned about harm to their businesses or worried about the safety of their families.

“When you see important societal actors — be it university presidents, media outlets, C.E.O.s, mayors, governors — changing their behavior in order to avoid the wrath of the government, that’s a sign that we’ve crossed the line into some form of authoritarianism,”

Some DOGE Staffers Are Drawing Six-Figure Government Salaries — WIRED Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.

“Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting.”

Here's the anonymous tip line at the Department of Education to report on DEI activities. I sure hope nobody uses this submission form nefariously and distracts from the good work the current administration is doing.

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YouTube video by Robert Reich The Real Motive Behind the GOP's “Culture War” | Robert Reich

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Musk and Republican Lawmakers Pressure Judges with Impeachment Threats Democrats say the calls to remove judges who block Trump administration initiatives amount to intimidation. Some senior Republicans were also skeptical of the effort.

"“We must impeach to save democracy,” Mr. Musk said in another entry on X" - No truer words have been spoken, unfortunately he's not talking about the right person to impeach.