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The first and last lines of Joni Ernst’s legacy as a human on earth will be that she was instrumental in the confirmation of the Sec of Defense most hostile to women serving in military, and she knew that when she voted for him.

God and Jesus are ashamed of what humanity has become. These results are deeply embarrassing.

Trump fired the BLS director for reporting data he didn’t like. Now we can’t trust any of the numbers coming out of the govt because they lie about everything.

Opinion Editorial Board The Texas gerrymander freakout What's happening in the Lone Star State is not a threat to democracy. August 20, 2025

Opinion Editorial Board Wes Moore embarrasses Maryland with his gerrymandering ploy The Democratic leader of the state Senate deserves praise for resisting pressure from the governor. Today at 6:45 a.m. EST

every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.

Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

Job cuts in October hit highest level for the month in 22 years, Challenger says Job cuts for October totaled 153,074, a 183% surge from September.

CNBC - US job cuts last month surged 183% from September and went up 175% from than the same month a year ago. This is now the worst year for layoffs since 2009. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/06/job-c...

US troops given German food bank advice amid shutdown – DW – 11/05/2025 The US Army Garrison Bavaria removed references to German food banks and other discounted food provision services from its "shutdown guidance" web page.

www.dw.com/en/us-troops...

Nancy Mace not backing the blue. www.wired.com/story/nancy-...

The federal government claims to have arrested nearly 3,000 migrants in Chicago. But the use of tear gas seems to reflect how local resistance is frustrating its work econ.st/4oGmODB

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Never in the history of the US has any president openly and repeatedly called for the investigation, arrest & prosecution of his political opponents. While many continue to shrug these things off and normalize them, I will never stop pointing out that this is what autocrats do.

I think it's extremely noteworthy that the reporter breaking this is Fox's Border Patrol cheerleader whose primary job is not to report news but to cast Border Patrol in a positive light

The company brought Junior in right after the election as part owner. They just won the largest drone motor contract awarded by the Pentagon.

Watching the presser for the mob & NBA illegal gambling arrests. DOJ, DHS & FBI gave the names & had on camera the USAs & FBI agents involved. They didn't fear the mob or America knowing who they were.
Explain to me again why ICE & DHS agents are afraid of the taco lady, roofer & the public.

Inside Donald Trump’s Attack on Immigration Courts Judges describe a campaign of firings and interference which threatens the system’s independence.

In 2024, there were 735 immigration judges. Now there are fewer than 600. E. Tammy Kim reports on the attack on immigration courts.

Screenshot, reading: How normal is this sort of White House renovation? “The White House wants you to believe this is totally normal, citing all the renovations, big and small, made by past Presidents. They are right that changes were made. But they are dead wrong about how this is being done. With the exception of F.D.R. secretly building a bunker under the East Wing during the Second World War, past renovations of this size were debated, funded by Congress, and done only after the need was manifest. None were rushed and done at the whim of a President.” — George E. Condon, Jr., the White House correspondent for National Journal and a past president of the White House Correspondents’ Association

From the @newyorker.com "Daily" today.

The White House doesn't belong to him. He holds it in trust both for future occupants and for the American people.

Source: www.newyorker.com/newsletter/t...

Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 80th day out of the last 92.

The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.

It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.

The deadly Caribbean strikes—illegal, unethical, and bad strategy all at once—aren’t conducted through some automated process. People select the targets and pass them along, likely with claims about intelligence. People give the order to fire, and execute the command.

Who is a very good question.

The Epstein files contain the name of a prominent former PM who brutally beat & sexually assaulted an 18 year old.

Trump, Bondi, Patel & Johnson don’t want the world to know his name.

That’s why Johnson will have the House adjourned today for the 78th day out of the last 90.

Trump Has Merged the War on Gangs and Immigration. Tennessee Shows How. InSight Crime reports from the state of Tennessee, where national conflicts and criminal dynamics are playing out on a local stage.

🇺🇸 #ICE operations in #Chicago have descended into street violence as agents clash with protesters. Find out more about how these special immigration enforcement operations began with a pledge to combat gangs and organized crime in our new investigation.

Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’ Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

…..meanwhile, Kristi Noem is spending $175 million in taxpayer money on two private jets.

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 73 out of the last 85 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

Stop Lowering the Flag The symbol of public mourning loses its meaning when it’s used too much.

Lowering the flag was once a relatively rare symbol of public mourning and respect. It has now “become a largely empty gesture, illegible to the broader public and ultimately ignored,” Justin Murphy argues:

No, it’s his twisted conspiratorial mindset. The belief that the Bureau before, during, and after his presidency was controlled and staffed by the “deep state”, supporting his victimization narrative and the ongoing purge at DoJ.

as someone who worked at the CDC, the way they’ve targeted these illegal firings are pretty much what i would do to inflict maximum damage to what remains of our nation’s federal public health infrastructure. a hostile takeover of the agency

Why Planting Too Much Corn Hurts Farmers—and the Environment US agriculture encourages farmers to plant too much corn, which drives prices down and increases pollution that harms our water and climate.

"If we planted fewer acres of corn, farmers could earn a fair return without taxpayer bailouts, while pollution would drop dramatically." Read the blog by Kate Anderson, director of UCS's Food & Environment Program.

Trump has yet to provide Congress hard evidence that targeted boats carried drugs, officials say The Trump administration hasn't provided evidence to lawmakers that recent U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats were justified.

“Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine said Wednesday that he and other members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, in a classified briefing this week, were denied access to the Pentagon’s legal opinion about whether the boat strikes adhered to U.S. law.”

apnews.com/article/trum...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her