Kevin Payne

There is no proof, but we are working hard to make proof...

Trump’s Immigration Push Diverts U.S. Agents From Drug, Money and Sex-Crime Cases Federal investigators are resigning, and morale is low, as they juggle complex cases and detain migrants.

“A federal team in El Paso that once pursued child traffickers has been disbanded.

“A task force in Kansas focused on stemming fentanyl has been redirected.

“Highway checkpoints near the border—on roads identified as major drug-trafficking routes—have gone unstaffed”

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This is a professor at Rutgers who teaches a class on the history of anti-fascism. He also teaches about human rights. He has received multiple death threats and been doxed. He is relocating to Europe for his safety. This is where we are in the US now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

We aren't on the verge of an authoritarian takeover. We are in the middle of it.

But I worry people don't see the whole scheme. They just pay attention to each new daily outrage. So I went to the Senate floor to explain Trump's plan.

Here's a 🧵of the speech. It's important.

Trump Wants to Overhaul Drug Sales. A Company Tied to His Son Stands to Benefit. The family members of President Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are poised to benefit from efforts to remake the pharmaceutical industry.

www.wsj.com/health/pharm...

Pam Bondi is so transparent, you can see right through her

EPA moves to roll back drinking water standards The Environmental Protection Agency is looking to roll back regulatory standards for three types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water systems.

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Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Getting all pro AI ads here

The Doomers Are Inheriting The Earth Fascists want nothing more than for you to believe the shadows on the wall are real, that you've lost.

Stop dooming!
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When you drag a woman by the hair, beat her and force her to kiss your flag, that’s how you tell the world you are the Good Guys

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Yes I did...

All I know is that BTJ has to be crying as he watches

Texas megachurch founder pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges Authorities say the founder of a Texas megachurch has pleaded guilty to lewd and indecent acts with a child after he was accused of sexually abusing a young girl in the 1980s in Oklahoma while he was a traveling minister.

The founder of a Texas megachurch who resigned last year after a woman in Oklahoma accused the pastor of sexually abusing her in the 1980s pleaded guilty to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child, authorities said.

A good precursor to their arresting & deporting attendees/teams during the World Cup

Dignity/integrity requires a spine... which they all had removed so it wouldn't endanger their chances at power/money by angering the mob boss

UnitedHealth to exit Medicare Advantage plans in 16 US counties UnitedHealth said it will stop offering Medicare Advantage plans in 16 U.S. counties in 2026, impacting 180,000 members, as the company balances higher costs with reimbursement pressure in the insurance program.

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Priorities.

Another Pandemic Is Inevitable. Trump Is Making It More Dangerous. Cuts to global health could trigger a pandemic worse than COVID-19.

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Yacht Club Members:
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Rushing to listen...

Guardians fan, what is this 5 runs you speak of?!

In a PPR, what range of RB should you look for in return for WR-Lamb?

How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes ProPublica identified a group of connected political nonprofits — with names like American Breast Cancer Coalition and National Coalition for Disabled Veterans — that appear to be funneling more than ...

ProPublica identified a network of at least 10 political nonprofits that raised more than $33M on the promise of supporting admirable causes, but that spent little on activities that could be construed as having a political purpose.

(Published June 2024)

“I don’t think the Democrats want to shut down either,” Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a senior appropriator, told Bloomberg Government. “Their concern right now, and it’s a legitimate concern, is that, how can we agree to any deal when our OMB director will just impound the funds and say we’re not going to spend them there?”

“If you’re a Democrat — even just like a mainstream Democrat — your predisposition might be to help negotiate with Republicans on a funding mechanism,” said Rep. Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator. “Why would you do that if you know that whatever you negotiate is going to be subject to the knife pulled out by Russ Vought?”

Two senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

The Democratic alternative CR had language that would address this, but the White House came out strongly against.