Dean Blobaum

The White House Intervened on Behalf of Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate During a Federal Investigation Federal authorities were chided for seizing electronic devices from Tate and his brother, and told to return them, records and interviews show. Experts said the intervention was highly inappropriate.

Supporting the president means you've committed no crime. Even if you're an accused sex trafficker.
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The president is subordinate to the people.

"Things happen." It's all part of the game.

Trump urges Republicans to vote for release of Epstein files in surprise U-turn US president says he backs efforts to release documents related to late sex offender because ‘we have nothing to hide’

If it quacks like a lame duck, it is a lame duck. Trump could not dissuade Republican representatives from voting to release the Epstein files, so he acquiesced to his loss.

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Every Christian needs to ask themselves whether they are willing to allow their religion to be put in service to an autocracy.
And if not, to speak up
The question is not just going to go away.

Every Christian needs to ask themselves whether they are willing to allow their religion to be put in service to an autocracy.
And if not, to speak up
The question is not just going to go away.

Here's the Green New Deal of investments around the world. Investments made by China.

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Yes, of course. Anti-racism is the problem. Just like anti- fascism is the problem.

Blowing drug smugglers out of the water is murder, too.

Michael Flynn, DOJ in Settlement Talks Over $50 Million Claim The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as vi...

Basically saying "if you do crime for me, I won't only pardon you--I'll give you millions of dollars of public money." Truly unprecedented level of corruption

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Tear gas, car crashes, rubber bullets: Risky tactics have driven Trump’s Chicago deportation ‘blitz’ Law enforcement experts say federal agents have displayed a lack of training and restraint. “They’re out of control,” ex-police Supt. Garry McCarthy says.

Why does Greg Bovino still have a job? He vastly under-performed arrest goals for Chicago, 100s of arrests have not stuck, he generated a ton a bad press, & BP acts drew multiple lawsuits. Also people killed, injured & terrorized. Bovino is clearly incompetent.

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Department Of Justice Short-Staffed As Thousands Quit Or Were Fired he Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys since the start of the Trump administration and has backfilled a small fraction of the open jobs, with the process snarled by a lac…

Working in Trump's DOJ is not a good career move.
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Bigotry is easy to deliver. Housing? Not so much.

That was the whole point. Tariffs are a revenue opportunity for Trump.

Here's what the data looks like. Homebuying by foreigners surged in Trump's first term, esp. 2017. It was at it's lowest levels when Biden was in office. In 2025 it is rising again.
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...

That Border Patrol raid in Chicago on an apartment house supposedly controlled by Tren de Aragua? Great TikTok video. No charges ever filed. This is your government when it cares more about how it appears on social media than it cares about the law.
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Foreign Buyers' Influence on the US Residential Housing Market Discover how mid-2020s trends in foreign buying of U.S. real estate are reshaping American housing markets and what it means for home prices.

Furthermore, in 2017, when Trump was president and before those alleged millions poured across the border "foreigners bought 284,500 homes." In fact, the data shows that the lowest levels of home buying by foreigners was when Biden was in office.
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I do appreciate the fact that JD Vance says that housing is a human right.

Map shows where foreign citizens are buying up U.S. homes Florida remains the top U.S. destination for foreign buyers, drawing more than one in five international purchases.

"Foreign buyers bought up 78,100 existing homes in the U.S. market" between April 2024 & March 2025. 20% of those homes were in Florida. 15% of buyers were Chinese. Half of buyers paid all cash. It's wealthier foreign individuals buying homes, not the undocumented.
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The interior decorator has ADHD.

In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.

"This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations," says J, a member of the Ohio National Guard.

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The Senators see how Trump is ripping off the government through lawsuits and they want a piece of the action.

Every person in every city needs to understand what ICE is doing in Chicago. You need understand how ICE may treat you or your neighbors. ICE is not a police force, it is a military force, using military tactics, with military definitions of appropriate force.

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You think you know what's best for you? You think you know what you want?

By reversing the timeline he obscures the fact that he caved to China.

Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"

Can't report on what doesn't exist.

“'How come you never report on the work we do to improve the community?' Greg Bovino inquired," while posing for an Instagram post.

Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...

But Tesla's CEO is getting $1 trillion compensation.

Ah, a Brit.

The most conservative Supreme Court justices will likely join the liberals against Trump's tariffs, analyst says | Fortune "The more likely scenarios would all have Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch voting to strike down the IEEPA tariffs or to curtail them, in our view."

One of the most conservative members of SCOTUS made the strongest argument against a Trump autocracy.
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