Jack Smith: "My fear is that we have seen the rule of law function in our country for so long that many of us have come to take it for granted. The rule of law is not self-executing. It depends on our collective commitment to apply it."
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“The Trump administration has illegally abducted the leader of Venezuela, a country that has engaged in no hostilities with the United States, without even the appearance of an effort to enlist the support of the American public or their elected representatives.” www.politico.com/news/magazin...
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"A new study found that the court’s Republican appointees voted for the wealthier side in cases 70 percent of the time in 2022, up from 45 percent in 1953."
Supreme Court Increasingly Favors the Rich, Economists Say www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...
Screenshot of an X post by Nicolas Tenzer commenting on a meeting between President Zelenskyy and a Russian delegation. Embedded is another post showing a formal meeting photo: officials seated at a long table with Ukrainian and U.S. flags, including Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy facing the camera.
Scoundrels and grifters and traitors, oh myyy.
29.12.2025 23:43 — 👍 2467 🔁 431 💬 91 📌 15If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
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The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it.
(Published Dec. 2024)
Bennie Thompson on Noem: "Her arrival was short lived. She left in the middle of the hearing ostensibly to go to another meeting. We found that the meeting had been canceled, so she could've stayed. But nonetheless, we're not surprised, because this is who she is."
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"...65% of voters support a Medicare for All system "…that would cover all Americans and replace most private health insurance plans.” This includes majorities of Democrats (78%) and Independents (71%), and a plurality of Republicans (49%)."
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After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks.
DOT proposed a rule to do just that.
Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
To resurrect Gaza, the world must reckon with the genocide. Despite the ceasefire, Israel is blocking access to cement.
23.11.2025 14:00 — 👍 65 🔁 32 💬 2 📌 4Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."
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23.11.2025 14:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trump is a Russian asset, and his meeting with Mamdani was a distraction. The "peace plan" that Trump is pushing Ukraine to accept is a Putin-generated wish list that rewards Russian attacks against a sovereign democratic country that the US had pledged to defend.
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
Are you free from 1-3:30 on Saturday Nov 1?
Can you come fold zines and package whistles?
RSVP via DM for location- we have 2000 whistles to process!
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Image of a card. On the left is the whistle logo with “ form a crowd. Stay loud. Protect each other.” Noise equals visibility Code 1: ICE Nearby Blow in a broken rhythm Pre-Pre-Pre-Pre Alerts the community ICE is in the area. Code 2: CODE RED Blow in a continuous steady rhythm ICE is detaining someone Form a crowd, stay loud Stay nonviolent Don’t stay silent
Whistle distribution is gearing up - learn the code and teach your friends, neighbors, and family.
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This is not normal. Redirecting an aircraft carrier strike group from EUCOM sends a clear message to Russia that we are not serious about supporting our allies. apnews.com/article/trum...
24.10.2025 21:07 — 👍 152 🔁 72 💬 18 📌 5Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom
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Would have loved to see the due-diligence on this one. 🤡
@financialtimes.com $UMAC
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"One of the documents from the IRS — obtained by POLITICO — lists Justice and his wife, Cathy, as having a total balance of more than $8 million in unpaid assessments."
19.10.2025 19:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0a russ vought special
11.10.2025 16:57 — 👍 6457 🔁 1982 💬 216 📌 66Qatari soldiers in Idaho will have better access to health care than Americans.
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June)
NEW: Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates.
Those dates have come and gone.
They’re still stuck here.
Journalists have always been Trump's first target. Heather Cox Richardson reports this:
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Reminder via Heather Cox Richardson:
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"“They was terrified. The kids was crying. People was screaming. ....they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other,” Watson told WLS, recalling trucks and military-style vans were used to separate adults from their children."
www.cbs58.com/news/37-peop...
We can't settle for Republicans’ promise of later negotiations. Because every time this Administration says something, they go back on their word.
If Republicans need Democratic votes, they need to keep health care premiums from skyrocketing for the American people.
"A family walking with their 2-year-old in Logan Square found themselves running for cover Friday afternoon after a masked federal agent threw a smoke grenade onto a crowded street of people in Logan Square."
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