Benjamin Byron Davis

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + Highly Respected Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán, is a truly strong and powerful Leader, with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly for, and loves, his Great Country and People, just like I do for the United States of America. Viktor works hard to Protect Hungary, Grow the Economy, Create Jobs, Promote Trade, Stop Illegal Immigration, and Ensure LAW AND ORDER! Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation and spectacular achievement under my Administration, thanks largely to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing working closely with him so that both of our Countries can further advance this tremendous path to SUCCESS and cooperation. I was proud to ENDORSE Viktor for Re-Election in 2022, and am honored to do so again. Viktor Orban is a true friend, fighter, and WINNER, and has my Complete and Total Endorsement for ReElection as Prime Minister of Hungary - HE WILL NEVER LET THE GREAT PEOPLE OF HUNGARY DOWN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

As expected, Trump working hard to get Hungary’s Viktor Orbán re-elected.

looks like they're on board

Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Moderna announced that they’re cutting back late-stage vaccine trials due to the uncertainty in the US market www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emergin...

Instituting a poll tax to fix a non-existent problem.

Mile Johnson is an objectively wretched person.

The Military Is Being Forced to Plan for an Unthinkable Betrayal Attacking an ally would be a perversion of everything the armed forces have been trained to do.

This is the day's essential read. Tom Nichols: It is not up to the armed forces to put a stop to Trump’s ghastly ideas of war against NATO. The US is not run by the military, nor should it be. Americans, and their elected representatives, must take this burden away from the armed forces—now.

We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.

The way ICE officers approached the vehicle involved in today's shooting was counter to their training, a senior Department of Homeland Security official told NBC News. The official said ICE officers are trained: — never to approach a vehicle from the front; — to approach vehicles or possibly armed people in a “tactical L” 90-degree angle to prevent injury or cross-fire; — not to shoot at a moving vehicle; — only to use force if there is an immediate risk of serious injury or death. ICE officers are also instructed that firing at a vehicle will not make it stop moving in the direction of the officer.

This seems significant: not a FORMER DHS official, but a SENIOR (current) one saying the officer who fired acted counter to training.

This is not an admin that admits mistakes. And they are hanging this guy out to dry on Day One.

I think they know this is bad. Really bad.

The UnPopulist Launches ‘The Reconstruction Agenda’ Liberals need to start planning for a post-authoritarian future and rebuilding stronger institutions that a rogue president can’t so easily take over and weaponize again

The Constitution was designed to make liberty durable by making power difficult. It was also intended to adapt, to learn, to be amended as needed. Repairing it requires neither blind nostalgia nor total repudiation—just the will to use it as intended.

@andycraig.bsky.social

Live Updates: Minneapolis Mayor Disputes Federal Account of Fatal ICE Shooting Immigration officers opened fire on a 37-year-old woman in a car, who a federal spokeswoman said was trying to kill them. City officials disputed that account, describing the shooting as an overreaction.

ICE officers in Minneapolis shot and killed a woman in a car, but details of the shooting remained unclear, with conflicting accounts from local and federal officials. The shooting took place about a mile from where George Floyd was killed by police in 2020. Follow updates.

Pregnant Women, DON’T USE TYLENOL UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON, BREAK UP THE MMR SHOT INTO THREE TOTALLY SEPARATE SHOTS (NOT MIXED!), TAKE CHICKEN P SHOT SEPARATELY, TAKE HEPATITAS B SHOT AT 12 YEARS OLD, OR OLDER, AND, IMPORTANTLY, TAKE VACCINE IN 5 SEPARATE MEDICAL VISITS! President DJT

complete batshit insanity

I was hoping when large media covered Mobile Fortify, the ICE facial app we revealed in June, it would add substantial information. Instead this front page WSJ piece rehashes our reporting, presents it as new attributed to officials, and forgets to capitalize M in 404 Media bsky.app/profile/cori...

One of most remarkable US presentations at UN Security Council I've ever seen.

- No reference to UN Charter legal justification
- Claims Panama as precedent (which the UN condemned)
- Energy reserves ⤵️ as justification is illegal
- Sharp contrast with US Ambassador Pickering presentation in 1989

Every time you think you have an understanding of the depth of Trump's pathos, you find out you're wrong--and it goes deeper.

Health subsidies expire, launching millions of Americans into 2026 with steep insurance hikes The arrival of the New Year’s Day deadline with no fix from Congress cemented higher health costs for millions of Americans, including many self-employed workers, small business owners, farme…

On average, the more than 20 million subsidized enrollees in the Affordable Care Act program are seeing their premium costs rise by 114% in 2026, according to an analysis by the health care research nonprofit KFF.

Mar-a-Lago Was Key to Jeffrey Epstein’s Criminal Enterprise New reporting shows that Trump’s split with his pedophile friend was opportunistic.

Reporting from "The Wall Street Journal" makes clear Mar-a-Lago was key to Epstein’s criminal enterprise, @jeetheer.bsky.social. Trump’s critics should not hesitate to hammer this fact home.
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The Latest Defenses of SCOTUS’s Corruption Only Make the Case Against It Chris Geidner flags today an appearance by CBS News’ Chief Legal Correspondent...

"What the current Supreme Court has done is take the proper and constitutional role of the Court and wrench it into something very different," @joshtpm.bsky.social writes. "That very different thing is corrupt, unconstitutional and undermines democratic self-government itself."

Once again raising the question -- why is the president's son-in-law at this official event?

Denmark lost more troops per capita in the post 9/11 war on Afghanistan. Saying they “are not a good ally” because they won’t surrender their territories to the US is lunacy. We are betraying our allies to satisfy the whims of a would-be Emperor for whom the US is not enough.

Merry Christmas!!!

Tim is short for “timid.”

Melissa Hortman Died in a Shocking Act of Political Violence. This Is the Story of Her Life Melissa Hortman died in a shocking act of political violence. This is her story

Some of the best political reporting these days is coming out of Rolling Stone magazine.
This piece is among the most important I've read recently: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Maria Shriver, niece of JFK:

He was a man interested in the arts, culture, education, language, history... It is beyond comprehension that the president has sought to rename this great memorial.

C’mon my fellow Americans! Wake up! This is not dignified. This is not funny... It’s downright weird.

The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.

On yet another week where gun violence has claimed far too many lives, a gun advocacy group and Michigan Republicans are trying to repeal my commonsense Red Flag Law, a law that is **saving** lives.

Not on my watch.

RFK Jr. could defund your hospital if he doesn't get his way The proposed regulations on gender-affirming care for minors are not legally binding and are set to be challenged in court.

The Department of Health and Human Services announced several different plans to further restrict gender affirming care to people under 18 across the country.

If finalized, these actions could effectively make it impossible for transgender minors to receive most affirming health care at hospitals.

> @bencollins.bsky.social

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Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company TAE is a private company and the merger with Trump Media would create one of the first publicly traded nuclear fusion companies.

Trump Media & Technology will merge with a fusion power company in an all-stock deal that the companies say is valued at more than $6 billion.

The WHITE HOUSE 45 47 K PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP The White House January 20, 2025

A memo from Attorney General Pam Bondi said these agendas may merit a federal investigation: • "anti-Americanism" • "anti-capitalism" • "anti-Christianity" • "opposition to law and immigration enforcement" - "radical gender ideology" - "hostility towards traditional views on family, religion, and morality"

Our new golden age of free speech, where opposition to immigration enforcement can trigger a federal investigation

EB-2 is an employment-based visa for people with either "exceptional ability in their field," or an advanced degree such as an MA or a PhD.

But there is a national interest waiver that bypasses the requirement of a job offer, and it's this loophole which Trump is driving a truck through.

Can someone point me to the statutory authority Trump's using for this 'Gold Card' thing, please...