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Michael J. Stern

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USA Today opinion columnist. Also in: Chicago Tribune; Los Angeles Times; Guardian; Boston Globe; HuffPost; Hill; NY Daily News, etc. Former federal prosecutor, state prosecutor, and defense attorney for indigent defendants. ๐ŸŒŠ ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ #LGBT

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When Trump is about to do something awful, he signals ahead so that people can get acclimated to the idea. It reduces the likelihood of a blow up from people due to the shock.

Brace yourselves America. You put him in power. Get ready for the road to fascism to accelerate at a fast pace.

07.10.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 334    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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5.4M views ยท 50K reactions | Ford CEO Jim Farley there might not be enough skilled workers to service a spike in demand, and the company currently has about 6,000 bays in its dealerships with no techn... Ford CEO Jim Farley there might not be enough skilled workers to service a spike in demand, and the company currently has about 6,000 bays in its dealerships with no technician..

Tell the truth: He doesn't have workers because many are undocumented and are being kicked of the country.

While I agree that every country gets to decide who it lets in, it's in the self-interest of the US to have foreign workers.
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07.10.2025 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿคฎ

07.10.2025 15:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

this is a very very big story because of the apparently totally fake story ICE/DHS put out about what happened.

06.10.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5644    ๐Ÿ” 1985    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 155    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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Crazy times. At least some people still have a sense of humor.

07.10.2025 04:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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California just signed a new trade partnership with Belgium.

We're committed to expanding economic and clean energy innovation โ€” because California will always be a stable, reliable partner on the world stage.

07.10.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7077    ๐Ÿ” 1646    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 191    ๐Ÿ“Œ 75
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I Refuse to Stay Silent. Will You? Read more here.

I refuse to let hopelessness prevail. This may just be one essay, by a lawyer few have heard of, in a newsletter read by a fraction of the public. But I will not stay silent.

Will you?
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07.10.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7019    ๐Ÿ” 2151    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 162    ๐Ÿ“Œ 78
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Oh look the party that screams โ€œfamily valuesโ€ every five minutes is silent when one of their megachurch darlings pleads guilty to child sex abuse. But theyโ€™ll trip over themselves to ban books and attack drag shows. Tells you everything you need to know.

07.10.2025 02:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13643    ๐Ÿ” 5588    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 616    ๐Ÿ“Œ 296
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Looking forward to not watching or reading.

07.10.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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So many! Itโ€™s always about power with these creeps

07.10.2025 03:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 38    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MAGA calls for Trump to overrule judges on National Guard deployments Trump's base has embraced the idea that court rulings should not constrain his powers as commander-in-chief.

There is no โ€œoverrulingโ€ judges. Thatโ€™s called violating the law.

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07.10.2025 04:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 55    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Loving Gavin Newsom.

07.10.2025 02:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 295    ๐Ÿ” 51    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Do Democrats want health care for โ€˜illegal aliensโ€™? Republicans said Democrats shut down the government because they want health care for immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Thatโ€™s False. Democrats want to reverse parts of Trumpโ€™s spending law that made ...

It's a Republican lie that Democrats want people in the US illegally to get Medicaid benefits.

www.politifact.com/factchecks/2...

07.10.2025 02:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

There is no longer room in America to be "apolitical."

We can no longer assume that the rest of the nation operates in its best interests and will carry American democracy across the finish line for us.

Every person who cares about living in a free society must mobilize their passion and power.

05.10.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 406    ๐Ÿ” 123    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 7
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It was a perversion of the US military and all it used to stand for.

03.10.2025 19:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6031    ๐Ÿ” 1645    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 334    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81
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When Trump is about to do something awful, he signals ahead so that people can get acclimated to the idea. It reduces the likelihood of a blow up from people due to the shock.

Brace yourselves America. You put him in power. Get ready for the road to fascism to accelerate at a fast pace.

07.10.2025 01:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 334    ๐Ÿ” 133    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Exactly.

04.10.2025 01:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 143    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Exclusive: Classified Justice Department opinion authorizes strikes on secret list of cartels, sources say | CNN Politics The Trump administration has produced a classified legal opinion that justifies lethal strikes against a secret and expansive list of cartels and suspected drug traffickers, according to multiple peop...

DOJ has written a new opinion, purportedly "giving the president power to designate drug traffickers as enemy combatants and have them summarily killed without legal review."

Danger.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

06.10.2025 23:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Trump is woefully uninformed and a bad liar.

06.10.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

It was not really a tough prediction, but itโ€™s right on point.

06.10.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whose idea was it to put an anti-vaccine nut, with no expertise in medicine, in charge of Americaโ€™s healthcare?

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06.10.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This.

06.10.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Michigan, my message to you is the same message I shared at Progressives in the Park in Grand Rapids:

We donโ€™t have to settle.

05.10.2025 22:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 516    ๐Ÿ” 106    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

And Democrats should be routinely demanding that Vance direct them to the exact language that he claims offer health care to people illegally in the country. If it's not true, call him out on it rather than just saying he's lying.

06.10.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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J.D. Vance Defends False Claims Against Haitians: 'If I Have to Create Storiesโ€ฆ That's What I'm Going to Do' J.D. Vance defended his debunked claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Unfortunately he sees no reason to do either. Same with Johnson etc

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06.10.2025 15:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is the law -- the actual statute:
(3) "The term 'alien' means any person not a citizen or national of the United States."

Illegal alien means someone who is not a US citizen and is in the US illegally. Stop obsessing over preferred semantics and deal with substance.

06.10.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

J.D. Vance keeps saying that Democrats have offered up a bill that will give health care to illegal aliens. Democrats say it's a lie.

Vance should post the exact language he's claiming is the move from Democrats to give health care to illegal aliens.

Put up or shut up.

06.10.2025 15:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Truth, from a Republican.

06.10.2025 15:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 61    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Chris Evans is a supporter of the #LGBT community and we love him for that.

06.10.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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