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Brandi Buchman

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Legal/Justice Reporter, HuffPost. Writer covering Jan. 6; Proud Boys trial for emptywheel; Oath Keepers trial and Jan. 6 reporting at Daily Kos; former WH, Congressional Correspondent Courthouse News; Law&Crime; Reporter at The Southampton Press/27east.

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Virginia House, Senate pass bill requiring Jan. 6 to be taught as violent attack if covered in schools A Virginia bill setting rules for teaching about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack in public schools has passed the Senate and now heads to the governor.
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My elder dog is getting to that place and I can honestly say, this would be 1000 times harder if my vet wasnt so kind, patient and compassionate. They have gone above and beyond to make her time, whatever is left, good for her. And seeing as she is the best most sweet dog ever, it means the world.

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Like the evangelicals who think Trump is the Messiah? Those?

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Inflation, Uncertainty And Fear: Economists Offer Grim Warnings Over Trump’s Iran War "There are many stresses on our economy, and this could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back β€” a straw that becomes heavier the longer the war goes on."

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Iran Conflict's Impact On Energy Temporary And A 'Small Price,' U.S. Energy Secretary Says "This will definitely be temporary," U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told the "Ingraham Angle" program on Fox News.

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Trump Says He Should Help Pick Iran's Next Leader And Rules Out Khamenei's Son Trump has told Axios that he should be involved in picking Iran’s next supreme leader.

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Kurdish Dissident Groups Say They Are Preparing To Join The Fight Against Iran With U.S. Support Their entry into the war could pose a significant challenge to the embattled authorities in Tehran and could also risk pulling Iraq further into the conflict.

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Iran Says U.S. Will 'Bitterly Regret' Sinking Warship, Calls For Trump's Blood Iran is launching more missiles at Israel as attacks in the Middle East commence for a sixth day.

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Companies Are Entitled To Refunds For Overturned Trump Tariffs, Judge Rules In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled in favor of companies that paid tariffs that were struck down by the Supreme Court.

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Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by β€˜double-tap’ strikes on Minab school Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

The girls’ school in Iran, where 165 people were killed by an apparent US-Israeli attack, was hit with two strikes, with the second missile killing sheltering survivors, two first responders and the parent of a slain child have told Middle East Eye.

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Education Department Hangs Banner Of Man Who Told Kids College Was A Scam β€œWe are living in the weirdest timeline,” one social media user noted.

β€œWe are living in the weirdest timeline,” one social media user noted.

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Was in and out of the 6+ hour PROTECT Act hearing today but was happy that my much-abridged testimony got to be the final word of the day:

"The best time to ban formal and informal collaboration with ICE was yesterday. The second best time is now."

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The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1B a day, a congressional office told me.

The preliminary Pentagon cost estimate of the war in Iran is $1B a day, a congressional office told me.

(1) This means it probably cost a lot more than that.

(2) Think of all the better possible uses!!

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Trump Takes Another Step To Make The Federal Government Loyal To Him Unions say that by weakening seniority protections, the proposal would pave the way for politically motivated firings.

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Florence ICE detainee dead after untreated tooth infection, official says An ICE detainee, who had been at a Florence detention center for four months, died Monday following an untreated tooth infection.

An ICE detainee in Arizona has died of a TOOTH INFECTION after it went untreated for weeks, a local official says. He was a Haitian asylum seeker imprisoned in Florence, Arizona. @emilybregel.bsky.social reports.
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House Oversight Committee Votes To Subpoena Pam Bondi Over Jeffrey Epstein Records Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) and four other Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the subpoena.

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Trump Calls War With Iran 'Exciting Times,' Says U.S. Is Doing Well 'On the Warfront'

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Hegseth Complains About Media Reporting On Dead Troops To 'Make The President Look Bad' The defense secretary bemoaned the β€œtragic things” that make β€œfront page news.”

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Kristi Noem Won't Admit Renee Good, Alex Pretti Were Not β€˜Domestic Terrorists’ β€œYou told a lie about them!” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fumed at the Homeland Security secretary about the American citizens killed by her agents.

Today, Kristi Noem refused 6 times to apologize or admit she was wrong when she publicly cast Renee Good and Alex Pretti -- both fatally shot by her DHS agents -- as "domestic terrorists."

β€œYou told a lie about them!” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) fumed.
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Raskin: Based on what you know today, were Renee Good and Alex Pretti domestic terrorists?

Noem: What happened was an absolute tragedy.

Raskin: Were they domestic terrorists?

Noem: My condolences to their families

Raskin: You lied about them.

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'It Was Very Creepy': These People Say They Lost Global Entry Just For Watching ICE Agents Two people claim they were punished for acts of protest, and an internal government memo suggests they may not be the last.

I spoke with two ICE watchers who lost their Global Entry after brushes with federal agents. Now an internal memo shows Customs and Border Protection is evaluating cases where people's Global Entry could be revoked based on "encounters" with its officers.
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Pentagon Identifies First U.S. Soldiers Killed In Iran War The U.S. military on Tuesday identified four of the first American soldiers killed in the war against Iran.

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Here's the @balint.house.gov exchange I wrote up earlier. Thanks to @atrupar.com for clipping it.

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Hegseth Says U.S. 'Can't Stop Everything' That Iran Fires Even As He Asserts Air Dominance Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. is quickly gaining air superiority over Iran but the U.S. can't stop all air attacks.

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Jason Crow: Iran War Has Put Americans At 'Tremendous Risk'

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Former Presidents Will Attend Rev. Jesse Jackson's Funeral

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White House Details Four Sweeping Objectives For War In Iran

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Trump Wants Whoever He Doesn't Endorse In Texas Senate Race To Drop Out

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