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I write and help other people with their writing.

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Trump orders all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology President Donald Trump says he's ordering all federal agencies to phase out use of Anthropic technology after the company’s unusually public dispute with the Pentagon over artificial intelligence safe...

This is because the Pentagon and Trump don’t like Anthropic’s language preventing their tech from being used to surveil Americans or for autonomous weapons. Which means the Pentagon wants to use their tech to surveil Americans and build autonomous weapons apnews.com/article/anth...

27.02.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4544    πŸ” 1879    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 103

So let’s think about this.

A private company refused - on principle - to yield to the government’s demands.

The government then cancelled its contracts with the company and has set about destroying it

27.02.2026 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 4928    πŸ” 1567    πŸ’¬ 235    πŸ“Œ 89
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Justice for victims or coverup for their traffickers?

Health care for all or corrupt self-enrichment for the president?

The Bill of Rights or a catalogue of escalating wrongs against the people?

The battle lines are drawn in Congress.

27.02.2026 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 832    πŸ” 256    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 7
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NO LIES πŸ‘‡ DETECTED.......

10.02.2026 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 7050    πŸ” 2679    πŸ’¬ 112    πŸ“Œ 95
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SWALWELL: You said you wanted to see a deportation process that was 'like Amazon Prime but with human beings.' How many times has Amazon Prime shot a mom 3 times in the face?

LYONS: None


SWALWELL: How many times has Amazon Prime shot a nurse 10 times in the back?

LYONS: None

10.02.2026 16:14 β€” πŸ‘ 12149    πŸ” 3912    πŸ’¬ 351    πŸ“Œ 204

The Trump administration is deporting a Christian minister back to the country that tortured him, which seems like the kind of thing the Religious Right would care about if a dirty Democrat were doing it.

10.02.2026 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 795    πŸ” 298    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 12
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"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.

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Sen. Coons to Howard Lutnick: β€œYou said casually, β€˜Well, I looked at my name and how it appeared in them, as does everyone.’ No, everyone isn't worried about their names being in the Epstein files.”

10.02.2026 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1816    πŸ” 394    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 27
A line chart going from Jan 2009 to Jan 2026 showing very few cases until Trump’s second term, where the line takes off nearly vertically, showing more than 6,600 cases in Jan 2026 alone.

A line chart going from Jan 2009 to Jan 2026 showing very few cases until Trump’s second term, where the line takes off nearly vertically, showing more than 6,600 cases in Jan 2026 alone.

Habeas cases filed by immigrants claiming their detention is illegal have taken off to levels we have never seen before. Just look at that chart.

www.propublica.org/article/habe...

10.02.2026 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2247    πŸ” 873    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 46
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Lutnick talking about his private boat to a private island with the family nannies, is rich β€” on a day where consumer delinquencies hit a nine-year high.

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

10.02.2026 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 630    πŸ” 216    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 7
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BREAKING: ICE Director Todd Lyons says 3000 out of 13,000 ICE Agents have cameras

Watch hearing live here:
youtube.com/watch?v=mmDo...

10.02.2026 16:51 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 3

It didn’t matter to Lutnick that Epstein was a known sex offender.

Lutnick still lunched with Epstein, brought his wife and kids around Epstein, and went into business with Epstein.

That’s the reality.

Abuse of women, girls, kids has not been a dealbreaker in media, banking, or politics.

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YEAH, KID ROCK, YOU CAN CALL ME TEX ROLLIN SUNSET WOMAN WITH A BOTTLE OF BECKS SEEN A SLIMY IN A VETTE, ROLLED DOWN MY GLASS AN' SAID,? YEAH, THIS DICK FITS RIGHT IN YOUR ASS?
NO KIDDIN', SUN SLINGIN, SPURS HITTIN' THE FLOOR CALL ME 'HOSS, I'M THE BOSS WITH THE SAUCE IW THE HORSE NO REMORSE FOR THE SHERIFF IN HIS EYE I AINT RIGHT I'M GONNA PANT HIS TOWN RED AN PANT HIS WIFE WHITE
COWBOY - SONG BY KID ROCK

YEAH, KID ROCK, YOU CAN CALL ME TEX ROLLIN SUNSET WOMAN WITH A BOTTLE OF BECKS SEEN A SLIMY IN A VETTE, ROLLED DOWN MY GLASS AN' SAID,? YEAH, THIS DICK FITS RIGHT IN YOUR ASS? NO KIDDIN', SUN SLINGIN, SPURS HITTIN' THE FLOOR CALL ME 'HOSS, I'M THE BOSS WITH THE SAUCE IW THE HORSE NO REMORSE FOR THE SHERIFF IN HIS EYE I AINT RIGHT I'M GONNA PANT HIS TOWN RED AN PANT HIS WIFE WHITE COWBOY - SONG BY KID ROCK

Kid Rock's songs often revolve around themes that aren't typically considered family-friendly, including:

*Substance Use
*Sexual Content
*Homophobic slurs & racial epithets.

The All American Halftime Show. So wholesome!

04.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 227    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 13

@magaziner.house.gov You cannot re-train a rabid dog. Defund ICE, forever or you're not working for me.

03.02.2026 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 447    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

03.02.2026 16:19 β€” πŸ‘ 43258    πŸ” 19363    πŸ’¬ 2402    πŸ“Œ 1617

This gray haired bitch wanted to beat high school girls and attacked them. He got his shit took but please tell me again how this is sustainable. Pretending like any of these assholes respect the law or the social contract of being a human.

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A UAE investor secretly gave Trump $187 million and his top Middle East envoy $31 million. And then Trump gave that investor access to sensitive defense technology that broke decades of national security precedent.

Brazen, open corruption. And we shouldn't pretend it's normal.

03.02.2026 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4839    πŸ” 2093    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 144

Bondis no better.

03.02.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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You're willing to drag the world into deadly turmoil when your only reason for being in power it to avoid jail.

15.01.2026 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 15705    πŸ” 5433    πŸ’¬ 717    πŸ“Œ 328

Maybe I'm a big dumb dumb, but everything else aside, if you shoot and kill the person driving a car towards you, isn't the car going to keep going towards you with no possibility of breaking or swerving? Like, that's exactly what happened after Ross shot Good.

13.01.2026 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3034    πŸ” 349    πŸ’¬ 249    πŸ“Œ 21
Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump
Donald Trump
Incumbent
Official portrait, 2025
Acting President of Venezuela
January 2026
45th & 47th President of the United States

Incumbent
Assumed office
January 20, 2025
Vice President
JD Vance

2.58k ReTruths 9.18k Likes
Jan 12, 2026, 6:53 AM

Donald J. Trump O @realDonaldTrump Donald Trump Incumbent Official portrait, 2025 Acting President of Venezuela January 2026 45th & 47th President of the United States Incumbent Assumed office January 20, 2025 Vice President JD Vance 2.58k ReTruths 9.18k Likes Jan 12, 2026, 6:53 AM

IMPEACH
CONVICT
REMOVE
IMPRISON

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Hey @thehill.com we’re still waiting on your apologies for this lie. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

12.01.2026 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 29503    πŸ” 7972    πŸ’¬ 933    πŸ“Œ 480
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Manufacturing jobs have plummeted under Trump's tariffs β€” just look at where this chart drops off a cliff right at Trump's April 2nd "Liberation Day."

This is not putting America first, it's destroying it.

#ResistTrump

12.01.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 61    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

House Democrats’ legislation to extend the ACA tax credits is awaiting action in the Senate.

We urge our Senate Republican colleagues to take up this bill immediately to help bring health care costs down for millions of Americans.

12.01.2026 21:03 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 6
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www.theguardian.com Trump’s attempt to control Fed β€˜undermines America’, Elizabeth Warren warns

Trump’s attempt to control Fed β€˜undermines America’, Elizabeth Warren warns

12.01.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

destroying the world because a bunch of bitter losers want to throw themselves a whiny fucking pity party

12.01.2026 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 474    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

A key stretch in this post: ICE has extended its reach from merely detaining immigrants to *arresting protesters.* This is an entirely different pretext for the occupation. The supply of potential "protesters" (which they get to define) is much larger than the supply of immigrants.

12.01.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 197    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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Jerome Powell Won’t Be Intimidated. The Institution He Leads Might Not Be So Lucky. The Federal Reserve has been served with a grand jury subpoena tied to Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony. Powell says he will not be intimidatedβ€”but with his term nearing its end.

Subpoenaing the Fed chair in the middle of a political fight over interest rates is not normal. It’s intimidation. Jerome Powell says he won’t bendβ€”but this sets a dangerous precedent for the independence that keeps inflation in check.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

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ICE Drones coming to a city near you.

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