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Mother, Attorney, Hiker, Dog rescuer

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FBI investigating allegations Milwaukee County judge tried to help undocumented defendant avoid arrest Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan has been accused of trying to help an undocumented immigrant avoid an ICE arrest at the courthouse.

More info on the context of what was ongoing in that WI courthouse. Issue regarding administrative warrants (ICE) v Judicial warrants.

www.jsonline.com/story/news/p...

25.04.2025 17:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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What Is The Network State โ€” Venture Capital Status

here is some research about the Network State and how it operates (with a lot of details that are missing from mainstream coverage).

18.04.2025 21:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Iโ€™m an avid couponer and I can attest that the cost of groceries have gone up in just 2 weeks on many items I regularly buy!

19.04.2025 01:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She has already set a schedule for discovery for within the next 2 weeks.

17.04.2025 19:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NEW: Fourth Circuit shoots down the Trump administrationโ€™s efforts to appeal Judge Xinisโ€™s order requiring it to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

โ€œWe shall not micromanage the efforts of a fine district judge attempting to implement the Supreme Courtโ€™s recent decision.โ€

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Explaining the New Right, Part 1 Curtis Yarvin's RAGE

I have a whole substack dedicated to explaining the New Right, including Curtis Yarvin. If you're interested in learning more, I recommend starting here:

jfhatfield.substack.com/p/explaining...

17.04.2025 12:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you!

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Balaji Srinivasan suggests giving Elon Musk โ€œcontrol of a huge swath of land surrounding Starbase, Texasโ€ & designate that land as โ€œa military base or โ€ฆ similar, so that [Musk] can fence it off & determine at his sole discretion who can enter.โ€ Then replicate in other states w/ other Tech Bros. 1/

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The Plot Against America The richest men in the country are in the final stages of a 40-year plan to kill America and crown themselves kings.

Good site for folks to acquaint themselves with (and then get sick): theplotagainstamerica.com

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Heโ€™s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure โ€˜dark enlightenmentโ€™ blogger influencing the next US administration Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, whoโ€™s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...

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The terrifying plan of a billionaire to own the US & the world. Europe is next.
YouTube video by RE-enlightenment The terrifying plan of a billionaire to own the US & the world. Europe is next.

If you want to know more, I released a video on the topic 2 weeks ago.

10.04.2025 20:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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JD Vance and the rise of the 'New Right' In this weekโ€™s Jackpod Meghna and Jack spoke about this episode of On Point from August last year about โ€˜radical monarchistโ€™ Curtis Yarvin and the so-called New Right movement. To make it easy to find...

The New Rightโ€ฆCurtis Yarvin

www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

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We had a functioning system previously. We do not now. I feel like a hostage instead of an American citizen.

13.04.2025 22:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Military contractors pitch unprecedented prison plan for detained immigrants Erik Prince wants to cut a deal to skirt immigration laws and transport detainees from the US to El Salvador

Could be a few legal issues with this pitch from Erik Prince.

โ€œThe proposal, exclusively obtained by POLITICO, says it would target โ€˜criminal illegal aliensโ€™ and would attempt to skirt U.S. immigration laws by designating part of the prisonโ€ฆas American territory.โ€

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Military Mission for Sealing the Southern Border of the United States and Repelling Invasions NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-4 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSEย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIORย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย  THE

Whatโ€™s this new executive order directing the Department of Defense to take over huge amounts of public land on the border? Simple: itโ€™s yet another abuse of emergency powersโ€”this one seemingly designed to make an end-run around the Posse Comitatus Act. 1/17 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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Did the United States just engage in human trafficking? - ABC Religion & Ethics The deportation of 261 people to a prison in El Salvador meets all the criteria that the international community has used to denounce other regimes for โ€œstate-sponsored traffickingโ€. Why are Trumpโ€™s E...

A friend wrote this on that topic www.abc.net.au/religion/tru...

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And FL!

05.04.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. Americaโ€™s Police State Has Arrived. (Gift Article) Those of us whoโ€™ve seen secret police in action canโ€™t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...

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Signal Gate: The Criminal Law Precedents That Are Most Relevant A range of federal laws, including the Espionage Act and laws against the destruction of government records, could apply in Signal Gate.

I did a deep dive into the criminal laws and past criminal cases that are most relevant to "Signal Gate."

Focus your mind on this:

Special prosecutor criminal case against former head of CIA John Deutch for "gross negligence" in use of his personal home computer for national defense information.

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๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜†

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Unfathomable incompetency at levels never seen before! An absolute ๐Ÿ’ฉ show!

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Unfathomable incompetence!

24.03.2025 17:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, with a 14 day window to rubber stamp.

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Soโ€ฆwith this 14 day cure abilityโ€ฆwhat happens nextโ€ฆRubio can officially close?

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J.G.G. v. TRUMP, 1:25-cv-00766 - CourtListener.com Docket for J.G.G. v. TRUMP, 1:25-cv-00766 โ€” Brought to you by Free Law Project, a non-profit dedicated to creating high quality open legal information.

-from the March 17 Minute Order.

It's the same public access line used Saturday.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/69741...

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They are not the same.

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