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"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies." ~Chomsky

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and Derek Chauvin applied steady, influential force to George Floyd’s neck

04.11.2025 19:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

absolutely lazy journalism .. your post shows us a photo of a TTC bus positioned many km from the accident .. it’s about as useful as a photo of a police cruiser when reporting an event where a crime may have occurred .. using emotion-inducing imagery to influence interpretation of the incident

04.11.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

another reason for Dems to take control of the senate

03.11.2025 20:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Republicans Really Don’t Want Journalists Talking About How They’ve Captured the Courts Conservative judges love talking to friendly media outlets. They don’t like talking to anyone who might actually try and hold them accountable.

Something that jumped out to me about ProPublica's exposΓ© on Paul Newby, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was not just the extremes Republicans go to in order to capture the courts but the extremes to *keep the media from talking about it!*

ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

03.11.2025 14:51 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 140    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 10

After JD Vance said he hopes his wife would become Christian he left out that he wishes there was a way she could become white.

01.11.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 134    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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correlation does not imply causation

02.11.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Let's just lay it out. Epstein was a glorified pimp who used and sold the services of children to the wealthy, the elite, and the powerful. His clients will destroy anything and everything to stay hidden. They will even starve poor people. They have no bottom and no conscience.

01.11.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7257    πŸ” 2294    πŸ’¬ 273    πŸ“Œ 106
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TF?

01.11.2025 23:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Retiring Randy Andy from royal duties, and sending him to live out his years living at a sprawling country property (for free no less), isn’t my understanding of β€œpunishment”. It’s my understanding of how to bury a problem by moving it out of the public eye and to insulate the royal family brand.

31.10.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s the compromat

31.10.2025 13:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It’s almost like Trump is willing to start a war to keep himself in power.

It’s no coincidence that Venezuela has vast oil reserves.

Echoes of the Persian Gulf War?

31.10.2025 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him

30.10.2025 19:10 β€” πŸ‘ 18286    πŸ” 4063    πŸ’¬ 178    πŸ“Œ 187

always remember, if you see someone stealing food, no you didn’t

30.10.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps:
"NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE"
– US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

A tweet from John Fugelsang reads in all caps: "NO FOOD FOR YOU UNTIL THE DEMOCRATS LET US TAKE AWAY YOUR HEALTHCARE" – US House Speaker Mike Johnson.

This perfectly encapsulates what the GOP position is on the shutdown.

29.10.2025 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5055    πŸ” 1727    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 41

In your article you say "Xi left with leverage and calm; Trump left with soundbites and applause." You nailed it! That's all rump ever wants, he doesn't care about anything but accolades, 'looking' good is way more important than doing good. Daily I wonder how we (USA) will survive this con man.

30.10.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

you mean heiling a cab

29.10.2025 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

by β€œwe all” she means β€œme and all my wealthy white brethren”

29.10.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚

29.10.2025 17:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

isn’t this pretty much what Putin did to create his organized crime β€œgovernment”?

29.10.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The fatal and presumably unfixable problem with all polling: you CAN'T truthfully claim "This is what people think." You can ONLY claim "This is what people SAY they think."
It's important to remember the difference.

29.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Today in running a business to keep Donald Trump happy:

Oct 2025: Paramount pays $150 MILLION to buy a rightwing blog

Nov 2025: Paramount lays off 10% of its workforce

#choices

29.10.2025 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

it’s not hard to imagine if you look outside the US

29.10.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

clearly a unitary executive is incompatible with democracy

28.10.2025 14:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. 

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. 

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. 

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. 

Official statement to 
@FoxNews
 via 
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
7:57 PM Β· Oct 27, 2025
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It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM Β· Oct 27, 2025 Β· 29.6K Views

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

28.10.2025 00:27 β€” πŸ‘ 7457    πŸ” 4278    πŸ’¬ 268    πŸ“Œ 587

Pulling this into the main thread because you flagged an underappreciated part of this (which Bill Melugin touches on).

Homan, despite being a blowhard, prefers targeted enforcement. Lewandowski and Bovino want MASS deportations and don't care about who they get -- and they won this fight.

28.10.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1101    πŸ” 295    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 11

*bitches .. damned auto-correct

27.10.2025 00:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guys I've had 7 or 8 Covid shots and the gay just won't take! What am I doing wrong?????

26.10.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There are no trade deals with Trump there are only temporary ceasefires in the trade wars which get reignited when Trump gets peevish about some new, petty thing.

25.10.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

That’s no moon! - Han Solo

26.10.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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