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Curious. Support application of laws to everyone, including presidents. Resist fascism. "Authoritarianism substitutes the rule of law for rule by the lawless."

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Can't wait to see it... Probably a repeat of 2017's bill. Just garbage.

11.11.2025 03:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers

11.11.2025 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16847    πŸ” 5118    πŸ’¬ 1056    πŸ“Œ 393

For my friends, everything.
For my enemies, the law.

10.11.2025 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 171    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous

10.11.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 13059    πŸ” 2231    πŸ’¬ 343    πŸ“Œ 180

My family has been without half our income for 40 days. It has been.. very hard.

We are willing to feel that pain so people can have health care next year, or to undo these illegal recissions.

We are not willing to have been put through this for NOTHING.

10.11.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 25722    πŸ” 6589    πŸ’¬ 491    πŸ“Œ 374
New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told.

This is the package:

- CR thru Jan 30
- A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill
- Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future
PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

New: Sens. King, Shaheen, Hassan led negotiations on a deal that will have enough Democratic support to pass in the Senate, I'm told. This is the package: - CR thru Jan 30 - A vote on a ACA bill by a December, on a DEM bill - Minibus WHICH INCLUDES reversal of shutdown RIFs and back pay and protections against them happening in the future PLUS SNAP is funded through the fiscal year 26

Dems have spent the past two months saying they're fighting to address the crisis of spiking healthcare costs and now they're caving for a deal that does nothing to address healthcare costs Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

10.11.2025 00:52 β€” πŸ‘ 12594    πŸ” 3645    πŸ’¬ 959    πŸ“Œ 350

Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.

09.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14265    πŸ” 4350    πŸ’¬ 949    πŸ“Œ 221
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Schiff: "The president -- 'I'm going out to play golf.' One thing that is so shocking to me is that they're appealing to the Supreme Court for the right to cut off food from people. Who does that? Who works so hard to cut food from people who need it right now? The cruelty is part of the policy."

09.11.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 21289    πŸ” 6515    πŸ’¬ 674    πŸ“Œ 273

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

09.11.2025 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26697    πŸ” 7504    πŸ’¬ 844    πŸ“Œ 530
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...

08.11.2025 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3155    πŸ” 1231    πŸ’¬ 78    πŸ“Œ 55

Evergreen post

09.11.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So the oldest person ever to become president keeps falling asleep in his office during public events and there’s no big public discussion on how this is a coverup or how republicans are lying to us about how this government is running?

09.11.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 16072    πŸ” 3741    πŸ’¬ 473    πŸ“Œ 220
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A man rushed to the Broadview ICE facility searching for his wife. They followed every legal step, but ICE took her into another room and she vanished. He tracked her phone there when the signal died. Police told him to β€œlook up her name online.” He sat in the parking lot, weeping, with no answers.

09.11.2025 13:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7040    πŸ” 3292    πŸ’¬ 387    πŸ“Œ 326

After rounds of golf & parties in Palm Beach, Trump will fly to attend a football game while his economic advisers hit the Sunday shows trying to convince people that the terrible economy they said would be booming is the fault of Dems, while promising it will be great next year.

09.11.2025 12:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2174    πŸ” 563    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 20
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He lies in the morning,
he lies at night.
He lies when he’s snoring,
he lies to incite.
He lies when it rains,
he lies when it snows.
He lies thru his veins,
he lies when he picks his nose.
He lies in the Summer,
he lies in the Fall.
He lies to a plumber,
he lies to us all.

09.11.2025 14:37 β€” πŸ‘ 378    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 13
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Why I Am Leaving the Federal Bench A judge explains his reasons for resigning.

A leading federal judge quits in protest of Trump's corruption-- & to fight it

Wow

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...

09.11.2025 13:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1480    πŸ” 626    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 67

Always have been.

09.11.2025 14:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Revive the Golden Fleece Award

09.11.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison

A reminder that before he was blowing up boats under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism, the President sent hundreds of men to CECOT under supposed war authority based on bogus accusations of terrorism.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...

08.11.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 893    πŸ” 310    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 6
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photos of Trump sleeping through yesterday's Oval Office event via Andrew Harnik of Getty

07.11.2025 16:37 β€” πŸ‘ 15977    πŸ” 5549    πŸ’¬ 1422    πŸ“Œ 1080
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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

β€œFederal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be β€˜no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

08.11.2025 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3337    πŸ” 1338    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 722
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This is, unsurprisingly, nonsensical. Is he suggesting eliminating health insurance and giving people a few thousand dollars instead? And then when they get a cancer diagnosis they just go bankrupt?

He is so unserious. That's why we are shut down and Americans know it.

08.11.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 10450    πŸ” 3175    πŸ’¬ 1076    πŸ“Œ 226

Thinking about the many times I've seen "Obama is ignorant" or "AOC doesn't understand economics" or the like while Trump belches out a half-baked insincere proposal for a two-step version of the same ACA subsidy he's trying to eliminate.

08.11.2025 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1789    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 59    πŸ“Œ 10

LET ME BE PERFECTLY CLEAR: DOJ DID ALL OF THIS TO TRY AND STOP PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE UNDER AN ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAM.

08.11.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 4398    πŸ” 1316    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 46
CONCLUSION
For the above reasons, this Court concludes that Plaintiffs have demonstrated that
Defendants violated 10 U.S.C. Β§ 12406 and the Tenth Amendment and satisfy the requirements
for a permanent injunction. Therefore, this Court PERMANENTLY ENJOINS Defendants24
Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Department of Defense, Kristi Noem, and the U.S. Department of
24 As this Court may lack jurisdiction to enjoin President Trump in the performance of his
official duties, see Franklin v. Massachusetts, 505 U.S. 788, 802–03 (1992) (plurality opinion);
Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 475, 501 (1866), this injunction applies only against the
other Defendants.
PAGE 105 – FINDINGS OF FACT & CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
Homeland Security from implementing the following memoranda federalizing and deploying
members of the National Guard in Oregon:
1. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s September 28, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and
deploying the Oregon National Guard, Ex. 1051;

CONCLUSION For the above reasons, this Court concludes that Plaintiffs have demonstrated that Defendants violated 10 U.S.C. Β§ 12406 and the Tenth Amendment and satisfy the requirements for a permanent injunction. Therefore, this Court PERMANENTLY ENJOINS Defendants24 Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Department of Defense, Kristi Noem, and the U.S. Department of 24 As this Court may lack jurisdiction to enjoin President Trump in the performance of his official duties, see Franklin v. Massachusetts, 505 U.S. 788, 802–03 (1992) (plurality opinion); Mississippi v. Johnson, 71 U.S. (4 Wall.) 475, 501 (1866), this injunction applies only against the other Defendants. PAGE 105 – FINDINGS OF FACT & CONCLUSIONS OF LAW Homeland Security from implementing the following memoranda federalizing and deploying members of the National Guard in Oregon: 1. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s September 28, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and deploying the Oregon National Guard, Ex. 1051;

Homeland Security from implementing the following memoranda federalizing and deploying
members of the National Guard in Oregon:
1. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s September 28, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and
deploying the Oregon National Guard, Ex. 1051;
2. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s October 5, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and
deploying the Texas National Guard, to the extent that it deploys members of the Texas
National Guard in Oregon, Ex. 6;
3. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s October 16, 2025 Memorandum to the extent that it
authorizes the deployment of federalized members of the California and Texas National
Guards to Oregon, Ex. 2; and
4. any memoranda deploying members of any other State’s National Guard to
Oregon based on the same predicate conditions that were relied upon to authorize the
above orders.
This Court retains jurisdiction pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. Β§ 1651, to enforce
the terms of this permanent injunction against any party.

Homeland Security from implementing the following memoranda federalizing and deploying members of the National Guard in Oregon: 1. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s September 28, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and deploying the Oregon National Guard, Ex. 1051; 2. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s October 5, 2025 Memorandum federalizing and deploying the Texas National Guard, to the extent that it deploys members of the Texas National Guard in Oregon, Ex. 6; 3. Defendant Secretary Hegseth’s October 16, 2025 Memorandum to the extent that it authorizes the deployment of federalized members of the California and Texas National Guards to Oregon, Ex. 2; and 4. any memoranda deploying members of any other State’s National Guard to Oregon based on the same predicate conditions that were relied upon to authorize the above orders. This Court retains jurisdiction pursuant to the All Writs Act, 28 U.S.C. Β§ 1651, to enforce the terms of this permanent injunction against any party.

BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

08.11.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 5662    πŸ” 1309    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 98

So to cap their horrible week, Senate Republicans refused a deal to reopen the government in exchange for just helping people with health insurance and now the president wants the Supreme Court to say he doesn’t have to obey the law and feed the hungry.

Amazing.

08.11.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3524    πŸ” 857    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 35

Your regular reminder that the single greatest threat to transatlantic & European security is neither πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί nor πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ nor any other external threat, but rather the authoritarian calls coming from inside the house.

07.11.2025 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 70    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess the Trump economic plan is for him to just make up a bunch of numbers and lie every single day about them and hope at some point people will believe him instead of their bank accounts.

07.11.2025 19:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2122    πŸ” 426    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 24
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Border Patrol Agent Bragged in Texts About Shooting U.S. Citizen β€œI fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.”

Border Patrol rammed US citizen's car after she was warning the neighborhood’s residents about the presence of federal immigrant agents.
Then Border Patrol Agent bragged in texts about shooting her. newrepublic.com/post/202824/... @newrepublic.com

07.11.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 368    πŸ” 250    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 27

This thread is horrifying, and is only happening with the complicity of Congress and the Supreme Court

07.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1254    πŸ” 463    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 20

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