Josie Setzler

Judge Reyes starts with a comparison: George Washington versus Kristi Noem.

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Chandler is Portland-famous BECAUSE HE LETS PEOPLE USE HIS BATHROOM in his apartment across the street from the Portland ICE facility. He became a local legend bc he's NICE!

He's literally a kind kid, nearby. The total opposite of a thug from ICE/DHS. 🤣

They're literally running out of lawyers in a state where the district judges are practically at war with the administration.

Shooting Protesters from Minneapolis to Tehran Here is my essay for Tomdispatch.com this month. Do check out Tom Engelhardt's searing ...

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Holy shit… that’s some logic. Oh, you have spent your life studying climate change and come to the conclusion, through your work and that of thousands of others, that climate change is happening and the result of human activity. Therefore you are now biased and can no longer weigh in on the issue

CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.

Reading Obituaries: And Murdering Time in the Age of Donald Trump ( Tomdispatch.com ) - Having reached a certain age and long been fascinated by obituaries, I sometimes think about both Donald Trump&rsq...

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Here’s what they need to call for (from CAIR in Cleveland.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (LA) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (AK) Gov. Phil Scott (VT) Rep. Michael McCaul (TX)

List of Republicans in Congress & governorships who have spoken out on the Trump-Vance admin's masked forces that have taken billions of tax dollars to kidnap and beat thousands of people & execute at least 2 Americans, including a VA nurse:

4/297
1.3%

We will all be judged by what we did at this moment.

Journalists aren’t supposed to report “both sides.”
They are supposed to report the truth.

DHS is not telling the truth. Stop reporting their lies.

I've seen multiple people making this point now and I've yet to see anyone saying he didn't deserve to die "because he's perfect".

It is GOOD to honor victims of senseless violence. It is GOOD to honor good things that they did. Saying this does not imply that a less "good" person deserves to die.

Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."

If you have any info about the Minneapolis shooting (or the federal reaction), text me via Signal at 202-510-1268

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.

The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

There is no natural way to immediately go prone and immobile when you are being manhandled by a half dozen cops. Any single natural impulse your body has will be explained away as a violent provocation.

🟢 Senior Hamas official Basem Naim has welcomed remarks by Dr. Ali Shaath, head of the temporary committee for administering Gaza, saying Hamas is ready “to assist in any capacity they deem appropriate” and to “facilitate the committee’s work and ease its assumption of all its duties” as it moves...

Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"

"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.

As far as I can tell, Congress’ job is to call what the White House is doing illegal and then rubber stamp its budget

The destruction of Gaza has always been a real estate deal to enrich themselves and their friends.

Despite talk of a “cease fire”, the killing continues to this day.

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The irony of Trump saying all this is about protecting us from Russia and China is that nobody is benefitting from his threats and lies and incompetence on the world stage more than those two countries.

Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.

To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
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Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.

NEWS: While Hakeem Jeffries has announced he's opposing the DHS/ICE funding bill tomorrow, his team is not whipping the vote. Several frontliners are expected to vote yes. There's a difference in leadership between personal vote decisions & unifying the caucus.
From me:
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Centrists, corporate Dems, and the Establishment won't save us, folks.

They are part of the problem.

What more do you need to see?

We need to purge the entire party and replace them with FIGHTERS.

Carney just announced that the West lost the Second Cold War Make no mistake, Carney’s speech at Davos may prove to be one of THE most important speeches made by any global leader over the past 30 years.

Carney just announced that the West lost the Second Cold War
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Largest Offshore Solar Farm (1 GW) in World Goes 100% Live off China Coast Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - The China Daily reported in late December that the 1 gigawatt "offshore phot...

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Every baby gets a gift certificate to a gun store at birth.

One aspect of this is to reassure federal personnel that they can engage in lawless violence without fear of consequence.

Democrats could act like a real opposition party, refusing to validate Trump malfeasance with votes, and setting up a shadow cabinet that regularly communicates how Democrats would be different. But nah.

It’s not only a majority of Democratic voters that hate this approach. US allies see it too.

Wild stuff