Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'
Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."
Ex-Justice officials: 'It's our duty to sound the alarm'
Scores of officials who have resigned or been forced out of the Justice Department this year are speaking out against its "destruction."
~ open letter signed by 282 former officials, obtained by MSNBC ..
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/e...
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This guy is such a dumb dipshit. How do you have βplenary authorityβ when you are using authority under power delegated by a statute (which you just cited) that contains specific conditions and limitations?? I am guessing he realized how idiotic he sounded the minute it came out of his mouth
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WATCH: Heβs bragging about fucking you over. #TrumpShutDown
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S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion
Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law
Great info on S.323 the Abortion Ban Bill in SC
We still need to contact our reps and committee. They plan to make amendments but do not plan on hearing any public testimony on the amendments. The vote is not scheduled yet, will occur before May β26
08.10.2025 02:36 β π 4 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0
Herschel Walker has been confirmed as the U.S. Bahamas Ambassador. Itβs been reported that just as soon as Herschel learns to to tie his own shoes without help, he will begin a program teaching young people to tie theirs.
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S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion
Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law
3 MAGA extremists have introduced a bill in South Carolina that would allow the state to execute women who get an abortion.
South Carolina govt lists their cell phone numbers, in case you want to call them directly & let them know what you think.
Details here:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
08.10.2025 02:25 β π 174 π 116 π¬ 22 π 19
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of β¦ complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, theyβre sniping priests for sport.
08.10.2025 02:14 β π 13338 π 7605 π¬ 738 π 594
Man sheβs in his head
07.10.2025 17:13 β π 6140 π 1235 π¬ 578 π 128
This is Adelita Grijalva.
She was elected to Congress two weeks ago, officially making her the final vote needed to force the release of the Epstein files.
She has still not been sworn in because Mike Johnson refuses to do so.
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βThe idea that youβre going to arrest peopleβ¦ just because they oppose the president of the United States, there is something genuinely wrong with this man and the 25th Amendment ought to be invoked.β --Gov. JB Pritzger
06.10.2025 18:14 β π 536 π 192 π¬ 21 π 9
Portland And Beyond
This afternoon, Donald Trump was asked about invoking the Insurrection Act: βIβd do it if it was necessary.
Attempts to deploy federalized National Guardsmen to Oregon, California, & Illinois, also, signs that Trump, or at least someone around him, is starting to think seriously about the Insurrection Act. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
07.10.2025 04:57 β π 2536 π 869 π¬ 152 π 38
Listen to lovable Sally Field. She knows the importance of having all patriotic people in the streets on October 18. This must be the biggest day of political protest in modern American history!
October 18. Make your plans here: NoKings.org.
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Durbin: "What has taken place since January 20, 2025, would make even President Nixon recoil. This is your legacy, AG Bondi."
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Operators of Ukraineβs Unmanned Systems Forces have struck a Russian "Zhitel" electronic warfare station in Luhansk region.
The R-330Zh "Zhitel" electronic warfare jamming communication station is an extremely rare and high-value target.
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Under the Desk News issued a video about the connection between real estate management companies and these "immigration" raids (The Chicago raid wasn't about immigration. Something far more sinister drove it.).
I decided to look up what's happening with propery management companies.
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07.10.2025 12:02 β π 205 π 136 π¬ 11 π 9
Imagine having the wealth of this man and your life's goal is to overthrow governments for entertainment.
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The Trump administration plans to mint a $1 coin featuring Trumpβs image, yet another illegal move. This violates the 1866 law, which states that only deceased individuals may appear on U.S. currency.
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We need to have a conversation about the fact that Donald Trump has legitimately lost his fucking mind.
06.10.2025 12:27 β π 2363 π 400 π¬ 161 π 16
Letβs fast forward to when these ICE fuckers are all on trial for their crimes against humanity and the Constitution.
07.10.2025 02:33 β π 9296 π 1809 π¬ 449 π 115
β.. On closer inspection, however, it turned out that the image was not a photograph of a real event in Portland, but instead a fabrication created by combining two photographs of scenes that unfolded in South America nearly a decade apart ..β
@theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Thereβs just not enough attention being paid to how unqualified, psychologically unfit, and dangerous so many of these new ICE hires potentially are.
If we had a Congress, thereβd be investigations & oversight into this.
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Stephen Millerβs Uncle Agrees That Heβs a βDepraved Fiendβ
Loved ones of the White House adviser are publicly turning on him.
Stephen Millerβs Uncle Agrees That Heβs a βDepraved Fiendβ: βThere is a deep vein of hypocrisy running through the Trump administration, and my odious nephew, Stephen Miller, is the purest example of itβ
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
07.10.2025 04:44 β π 48 π 21 π¬ 1 π 1
This is a recurring tactic: use strangely fine distinctions to create logical epicycles which then function as wedges to disrupt settled law. He did the exact same thing by arguing that technical international law principles historically explain (and thus drive) how the Citizenship Clause operates.
05.10.2025 19:55 β π 203 π 44 π¬ 10 π 2
Schumer: There are no negotiations going on. Trump said there were, and we contradicted him. And actually, just a couple of hours ago, even his own press secretary had to refute what he said.
And you know why heβs saying this? Heβs feeling the heat.
07.10.2025 03:03 β π 2746 π 613 π¬ 105 π 22
Trumpβs order to deploy Texas National Guard troops to Chicago is illegal, immoral, and must be stopped by the courts. ICE is already wreaking havoc in our communities. Letβs call this what it is: an invasion by out-of-state troops coming here only with the purpose of tormenting Chicagoans.
07.10.2025 01:51 β π 20775 π 5100 π¬ 586 π 157
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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