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Give the metastatic cancer patient the power to shop .... for the single patented drug available for her disease that costs $100,000 with money she doesn't have.
Yeah, that's the ticket.

States Want to Know: Why Does the DOJ Want Their Voter Rolls, Really? Read more here.

The DOJ has been pressing states since May for their registration rolls, which include sensitive personal information of every single voter, claiming the agency wants to ensure compliance with federal voter laws. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Trump: "Tonight I'm pleased to announce that we're taking our military cooperation to even greater heights by formally designating Saudi Arabia as a major non-NATO ally."

Trump: "You don't have to embarrass our guest."

Also Trump........

Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

Is it a threat to free speech when the President of the United States threatens to yank the broadcast license of a channel whose reporters are asking him challenging questions?

I ask because I feel like there used to be tons of pundits worried about free speech. Where'd they go?

NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.

The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.

The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.

Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.

A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro

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Words & Phrase We Could Do Without The Epstein scandal...er...Trump coverup scandal

We should stop using the euphemism for an unspeakable crime and its vile, corrupt cover-up. This is the Trump pedophile document coverup.
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Poland suggests Russia is behind railway blast on Ukraine delivery line Polish officials say Russian secret services appear to have ordered the sabotage of a railway line in Poland.

Evidence suggests the Russian secret services appears to have ordered the blowing up of a railway line in Poland over the weekend, a Polish government spokesman said.

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.

NEW: The Tate brothers, who have been accused of sexual misconduct in three countries, had their devices seized by law enforcement when they arrived in the U.S.

Days later, a White House official told DHS to return them.

Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3’s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One membe...

Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.

Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.

(Published Aug. 2024)

Trump: "Prices at McDonald's are coming down"

Kash Patel’s Acts of Service The F.B.I. director isn’t just enforcing the President’s agenda at the Bureau—he’s seeking retribution for its past investigations of Donald Trump.

“A foreign counterintelligence agent was pulled off a case involving China to walk around D.C., making D.W.I. arrests...”

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What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building. 

NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.

These are the stories of the people who were inside.

FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...

The guy who pled the Fifth lets his goons in without standard polygraph. That’s our FBI.
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In honor of a patron saint, Catholic groups pray, protest outside Miami immigration court An interfaith vigil at the Miami immigration court read names of detainees, promoted the Cabrini pledge and urged volunteers to support immigrants through Miramar Circle of Protection.

"He encouraged the crowd to take a 'Cabrini pledge,' or a commitment to immigrants the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops endorses..."

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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...

“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”

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Charlotte grocery store offers free delivery to protect immigrant community While U.S. Border Patrol is in Charlotte detaining people, one grocer wants “to help you receive the items you need from the comfort of your home.”

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In a peaceful demonstration, protesters demanding President Donald Trump to step down marched in Washington, D.C., and wrapped crime scene tape around the Wh... Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter | REUTERS

Protesters wrap 'crime scene' tape around White House perimeter | REUTERS

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I am spending Saturday night writing about all the people Trump is targeting with politically motivated criminal investigations and prosecutions. Legacy media has largely whitewashed these stories with both sides coverage. Subscribe to Democracy Docket now, because I never will. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

The greatest country in the world should have the best, strongest infrastructure out there. 🛣️🚜🛫

Pennsylvania needs more infrastructure champions! So outdated and ripe for progress. Thank you.

The Epstein Estate should publish every document in its possession, immediately! Do it before Bondi weaponizes a gag order request & before DOJ hides it all behind the pretext of an ‘ongoing investigation.’ Release it to Congress, the global press, & survivors.

Like, today!! Right now!

North Carolina GOP Is Cracking Down on the Black Sheriffs Who Stood Up to ICE Boosted by new supermajorities, Republicans are closing in on legislation to mandate more collaboration with ICE and preempt local policies hard-won by immigrants’ rights advocates.

ICE today deployed its agents in Charlotte. The decision follows years of retaliation from federal authorities and North Carolina Republicans—ever since voters elected a sheriff who opposed assisting ICE in 2018.

Bolts reported on this dynamic in 2023:

Justice Department sues to block California US House map in clash that could tip control of Congress The Justice Department has sued to block new congressional district boundaries approved by California voters, joining a legal battle that could determine which party wins control of the U.S.

Texas redraws the map and nobody living in Texas had any say in the matter - the White House is hyped. Best idea ever.

California residents VOTE to redraw the map & the White House is suing them.

They know if they can’t cheat, they’ll lose. Hell at this rate - they’ll probably lose regardless.

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Pam Bondi will not have a license to practice law when this is all over. You can’t stay a bar member and agree to investigate only members of one political party for child sexual abuse but not members of the other. And, you can’t do it after previously saying no one else could be charged.

Immigration Protections Are Uncertain in New Jersey even as Democrats Keep Governorship Advocates want to promptly codify the limits on immigration enforcement put in place by the outgoing governor. Mikie Sherill, Tuesday’s winner, has declined to say if she

The New Jersey city of Hoboken adopted an ordinance last month, known as the Hoboken Trust Act, that prohibits city officials from using resources to assist federal civil immigration enforcement.