A) This is a lie. Other countries have it.
B) Trump uses it regularly.
Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
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A) This is a lie. Other countries have it.
B) Trump uses it regularly.
Bottom line: They are afraid of you voting.
This is genuinely insane, I clicked to see the years expecting the low part to be 70s or maybe 90s but its 2015!!!!! The entire anti trans panic is a decade old
12.02.2026 20:43 β π 4197 π 1641 π¬ 77 π 31Now on Substack!
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JFC.
13.02.2026 00:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A federal judge rejected Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attempt to demote Sen. Mark Kelly over a video reminding the military of unlawful orders.
The judge's fiery decision against Hegseth included 15 exclamation points (!) and a quote from Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
The Court, accordingly, ORDERS that: 1. Plaintiffs shall file under seal (but not ex parte) by February 20, 2026, a Notice indicating which Plaintiffs are currently in which third countries; 2. Plaintiffs shall by February 27, 2026, file a Notice noting the number of Plaintiffs who wish to travel independently to a U.S. port of entry or who wish to be flown from a third country to the United States for their court proceedings, understanding that in both scenarios they will be detained upon arrival. Plaintiffs shall simultaneously file a separate Notice under seal listing the names of such individuals; 3. Plaintiffs shall by March 9, 2026, file a Notice giving the number of Plaintiffs (in Venezuela or third countries) who wish to file supplements to their habeas class petition, including challenges to the Proclamation or their identification as TdA members. Plaintiffs shall likewise file a simultaneous Notice under seal listing those individualsβ names
The Government shall promptly return to Plaintiffs upon written request by their current counsel all passports and identification documents that any agency currently retains, and it shall make good-faith efforts to obtain any of Plaintiffsβ passports or identification documents that were transferred to El Salvador; and 5. The Government shall file a Status Report by March 13, 2026, explaining how and when it will transport any Plaintiff seeking return to the United States from a third country. In that Status Report, the Government shall also inform the Court as to the feasibility of returning Plaintiffs still in Venezuela who wish to return for their proceedings. It shall also describe the steps taken to obtain any passports or identification documents from El Salvador.
BREAKING
Judge Boasberg ORDERS the Trump admin to facilitate the return of the more than 100 men spirited out of the country last year without notice or a hearing.
Plaintiffs may also submit habeas petitions from abroad, he says.
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Moderna spent years and $1 billion studying a new mRNA flu vaccine for adults. Now, the FDA is refusing to review it.
βHow do we expect companies to invest in new medicines like this if the FDA is basically acting on vibes?β asks @julierovner.bsky.social.
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The minority's power in the House is limited by what the majority coalition can hold itself together on.
12.02.2026 21:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Trump is trying to get a Claremont guy, Jeremy Carl, into the state department. The position requires Senate confirmation.
Carl touts "great replacement" theories and wrote that he thought the military should just shoot immigrants crossing the border
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under questioning by Rand Paul, ICE officials confirm that yelling at officers is not assault and recording officers is not a crime
12.02.2026 16:47 β π 30499 π 9229 π¬ 723 π 455Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
Pam Bondi Thought That Went Pretty Well
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11.02.2026 20:00 β π 8070 π 3226 π¬ 311 π 149Statement from Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan on White House Border Czar Tom Homan Saying ICE Surge in Minnesota Will Soon End ST. LOUIS PARK, MN [02/12/26]βLt. Governor Peggy Flanagan released the following statement after White House Border Czar Tom Homan said ICE Surge in Minnesota will soon end: βIβm relieved that this violent paramilitary force will be removed from our streets, but I wonβt believe it until they're actually gone. Minnesotans stood together against this chaos and cruelty. We never gave up on our neighbors. But I will never β EVER β forget nor forgive the fear, violence, and chaos the federal government has laid on our doorstep. ICE has killed two Minnesotans, Renee Good and Alex Pretti. and harmed so many more. Our children, like little Liam and Chloe have been targeted and traumatized. I will never forget the terrified looks on their faces. Our schools, our small businesses, and our churches have been targeted, closed, and harmed forever. This is the first step in many to truly get justice for Minnesota. We must rip apart this agency that operates outside the law. The government must restore and repair whatβs been broken. Minnesotans deserve justice and accountability, and I wonβt stop until we get it.β
statement from minnesota lt gov and US senate candidate peggy flanagan on tom homanβs announcement of the ICE surge ending soon
12.02.2026 15:33 β π 358 π 116 π¬ 7 π 11HOW DARE YOU, SIR!
12.02.2026 19:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0He literally says in this clip that ICE will keep in Minnesota βquick reaction forcesβ β a military term β to go after βagitators.β Remember that those on the ground in MPLS have spent more than a week trying to tell everyone that Trumpβs prior βdeescalationβ was a ruse and ICE is still operational
12.02.2026 14:44 β π 4500 π 1854 π¬ 97 π 93RON JOHNSON: Did you ever encourage people to go out there and exercise their First Amendment rights?
KEITH ELLISON: I freely admit being in favor of the First Amendment
βThere has never been a president in American history who has gone out of his way to free more criminals and accommodate more crimes than Donald Trump.β
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Trump pardons criminals and heβs blocking local funding for police.
GeT a BuRnER aCcOuNt.
12.02.2026 00:34 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βRaskin also said that he saw βreferences to 17-year-old girls, 16-year-old girls, 14-year-old girls, 11-year-old girls, 10-year-old girls, and I saw a reference today to a 9-year-old girl. So it is a really gruesome and grim story.ββ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
09.02.2026 21:39 β π 4328 π 1800 π¬ 121 π 146Every photo from Minneapolis looks like this. Cops decked out with guns and full tac gear facing off against people in bathrobes, parkas, and sweatpants armed only with whistles and cell phones.
Yet every verified MAGA chode on X dutifully calls it a riot or violent insurrection.
Despite all those caveats, a search on the DOJ database for Donald Trump's name returned over 1,000,000 matches, which means that Trump's name was redacted from the publicly released Epstein files roughly 97% of the time.
Redacting Trump's name is a direct violation of the Epstein Transparency Act.
Trump didnβt really TACO. Homan didnβt change tactics. They just wanted the media to look away
12.02.2026 00:12 β π 748 π 246 π¬ 9 π 1I'm sure McEntarfu is delicious. But you have to top with buttered breadcrumbs and bake.
12.02.2026 00:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An all-time classic
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