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Compare and contrast: in Madison, WI I just saw a police car stop next to a large group of trick or treaters. I warily watched the cop exit the car, then hand out candy to about 20 happy kids. Nice!

that thing when you exploit private information to make stuff happen in the stock market so that you and your cronies can make a killing there's a name for that as I recall

Exactly. It's the corruption.

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Maybe the Trump administration should just stop violating the law?

Exactly right. Fraud proven in court, the American way

J6, though, you get a pardon. 🤡

Just so you know, up to 60,000 children go blind from measles every year

‘America First’ Is a Lie America has *always* been about putting America first. Trump’s “America First” movement is about something else entirely.

“The people who want to pull back America’s leadership in the world under the pretense of being for “America First” are making us weaker, poorer, and less secure. They are giving away our long-term strategic advantages…And for what?”

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I’m confused by all the headline references to a “shouting match.” I saw one side shouting and the other side getting shouted over when he tried to talk.

Russia and China have directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US national security employees, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon. (CNN)

US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...

Exclusive: “Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon…”

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Former US National Security Adviser John Bolton: “Trump and Vance have declared themselves to be on Russia's side in the Russo-Ukraine war. 

“This is a catastrophic mistake for America's national security.”

How’s this WSJ take aging

That point was a long time ago

Evil has never been presented as evil. It always puts on the false cloak of goodness and morality, and does evil things

Europe needs to back Ukraine with everything then freeze Trump out. Make him absolutely unimportant

If you’re a republican Senator who votes for Tulsi Gabbard, I don’t ever want to hear a goddamn word out of your mouth about national security ever again.

YouTube video by The Lincoln Project Fangirl

Tulsi Gabbard is a national security threat, and the Senate votes on her today. A vote to confirm her as Intelligence Director is a betrayal to our nation, and will put us all in danger. Call your Senator now and tell them Tulsi is too great a risk: 202-224-3121 www.youtube.com/watch?v=bInd...

'Mark my words': George Conway predicts alarming showdown that could 'end' U.S. democracy George Conway predicted that Donald Trump would engage in a constitutional showdown that could spell the end of U.S. democracy.Vice President J.D. Vance argued Sunday that federal courts “aren’t allow...

“Mark my words. … They are going to basically tell the U.S. Marshals Service, do not enforce any of these orders, we will not obey them, … and, once that happens—I hope it doesn't … but I know in my heart that it will—our 236-year experiment … in American constitutionalism, is over.”

everyones relying on the courts stopping elon musk and trump right now but they’re just going to start straight up start ignoring the courts and judges soon

U.S. government officials privately warn Musk’s blitz appears illegal The billionaire’s DOGE team has launched an all-out assault on federal agencies, triggering numerous legal objections.

A six-byline WaPo story:

“.. many of [Musk’s] moves appear to violate federal law, according to more than two dozen current and former officials, one audio recording, and several internal messages obtained by The Washington Post.”

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No. No they will not.

This is a purge. Full Stop. Women and minorities are being erased by Trump.

It seems DOGE is less a blue ribbon budget balancing panel and more of a guerrilla operation implementing a brutal austerity regime with no government oversight whatsoever

Exactly.

maybe there was actually a pretty good reason for the 14th amendment to have banned insurrectionists who tried to overthrow the government from serving in government and the decision to just decide it was a dead letter and ignore it was a horrible mistake?

“Today is the 5-year anniversary of Brexit … since then, the S&P 500 is up by 88.2%; the FTSE 100 is up by 19.1%”

(via Kevin Gordon)

Or, he's wilfully violating the law because he controls DOJ, law enforcement and the military. Even if Trump loses in court, who can enforce an order? And he can protect everyone around him with pardon power.

1) Incite violence

2) Remove security from targets of incitement

3) Pardon those who commit violence against the targets.