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Donald Trump has been telling us that if he doesn't like the outcome of the elections he will seize ballots. He wants Republicans to take control of voting. He wants to take over elections in Democratic states.

People should be concerned and we all need to be ready.

Don’t Let ICE Freeze Voting Guest article by Jay Inslee, former governor of Washington State

"Voters have a right to be free to cast their votes without walking past a phalanx of Trump’s private army.”

Former Governor Jay Inslee is out with a new warning and a call to action concerning the upcoming midterm elections.

Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.

Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.

Screenshot of an X.com post by Gavin Newsom (@GavinN…) with text: “Censoring books. Rewriting history. Attacking independent institutions. Using military force against American citizens. This is what authoritarianism looks like. Wake up.” Below is a video thumbnail of Newsom speaking at the World Economic Forum with a blue WEF backdrop.

Are we paying attention yet, America?

Conservative Christians clutching their pearls at people of conscience disrupting a worship gathering to call out hypocrisy and abuses of power remind us again that they have no interest in emulating Jesus or reading the Gospels.

He literally turned the tables over, dummies...

HARTFORD VISIBILITY BRIGADE today. Honoring MLK.

Trump says he might veto the House's extension of critical ACA subsidies.

Hello? 80% of the subsidies go to people in states he won.

He's shafting his own supporters to score a few political points.

What to Do If ICE Shows Up: Know Your Rights Here are five guidelines for how to respond if US federal immigration agents stop, approach you, or knock at your door.

As Trump ramps up his cruel deportation machine, it's more important than ever to know your rights if ICE comes to your door.

Spread the word.

Screenshot of a post on X by Matt McDermott (@matt…) reading: “Kamala Harris at her final campaign rally:” followed by the quote: “Donald Trump intends to use the United States military against American citizens who simply disagree with him.” Below the text is a video still of Kamala Harris speaking at a podium with the U.S. vice presidential seal, with American flags behind her. A “cc” icon and a speaker icon appear on the video thumbnail.

She warned us. Like Hillary, Kamala was right about everything.

Accurate.

Cops are taught not to shoot into cars. ICE keeps doing it anyway. Immigration agents have shot at least nine people since September. All of them have been in cars.

Renée Good is one of at least nine people across the country who have been shot by immigration agents since September. There is something every case has in common:

Everyone was in a vehicle at the time of the shooting.

is Marjorie Taylor Greene a stupid fucking idiot, or does she just play one on TV you could easily conclude the woman is a low-wattage moron. but I think you would be wrong

almost three years ago I wrote a post in which I speculated that Marjorie Taylor Greene was only pretending to be a moron. it seemed ludicrous at the time but holy shit what if I was right? (either way, she's still trash)
www.jefftiedrich.com/p/is-marjori...

Susie Wiles disavows her own on-the-record admissions revealing White House chaos Trump's chief of staff sat down for 11 interviews with Vanity Fair.

Over the course of 11 interviews with Vanity Fair, Trump’s chief of staff claimed the following:

• Elon Musk was an “avowed” ketamine user who slept in a sleeping bag.

• Pam Bondi "completely whiffed” on the Epstein Files.

• JD Vance has been a “conspiracy theorist for a decade.”

Press conference clip showing a young Somali American man describing being assaulted and detained by someone in a mask; an ICE official stands beside him. The tweet notes he was chased, assaulted, and kidnapped despite being a U.S. citizen, raising concerns about ICE behavior.

The regime has unleashed its goons on anyone with brown or black skin. It's morally repugnant, un-American and must end.

$2 Billion in Pentagon Funds Said to Go to Anti-Immigrant Operations

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...

BREAKING: The Trump administration took $2 BILLION+ from our military to use on political stunts.

This is an insult to our troops. It won’t make our military stronger or Americans safer.

Pete Hegseth and Kristi Noem owe taxpayers answers.

🚨 NEWS: Michigan Republicans quietly cut millions of dollars in their budget for cancer wigs for kids, funding for the Holocaust Memorial Museum, mental health support for kids who have been sexually assaulted, and more. www.detroitnews.com/story/news/p...

The US government is now a mafia organization.

Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics.

Supporting unions and fighting for higher wages.

If Dems want to win back working people, this is the agenda they must support.

Donald Trump sits at a Cabinet Room table, speaking to reporters, explaining that the U.S. seized a tanker carrying “illegal Iranian oil” and plans to keep the oil. The tweet criticizes the statement as piracy and unhinged foreign policy.

So just to be clear: This military build up and these strikes were never about stopping drugs.

All I want for Xmas. 🙏

Another round of Sunday shows today where a string of Republican senators and representatives claimed to have no knowledge or awareness of any of the worst things Trump said or did this week.

Huzzah!

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Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.

In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing. n.pr/3Y7cjxW

I don't get Medicaid.

I’m not on food stamps.

I rely on no Social Safety nets.

But I still believe in FULLY funding these programs.

Why?

Because I'm not a cruel ruthless selfish piece of shit.