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In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
Trump: "We spent more than $2 billion in FEMA funding. You're waiting for some additional funding. I'm gonna get that to you. Now if Michael loses, I'm not sending it."
Crowd: *groans*
Crowd: *groans*
September 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
In a normal, functioning democracy, this would end his presidency tonight.
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according to politico, since Jan. 2025, Trump admin has deported 170+ people “in violation of court orders,” “in defiance of legally mandated due process protections,” or “to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture and persecution”
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
The Trump Justice Department Is Way Too Comfortable Violating Court Orders
Judges have tools for responding to noncompliance. They just have to use them.
ballsandstrikes.org
September 16, 2026 at 9:47 PM
according to politico, since Jan. 2025, Trump admin has deported 170+ people “in violation of court orders,” “in defiance of legally mandated due process protections,” or “to countries from which they had sought or received protection from torture and persecution”
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
ballsandstrikes.org/ethics-accou...
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 12th 2026 (Hard), in less than 7 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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September 12, 2026 at 12:05 PM
I solved the daily #CluesBySam, Sep 12th 2026 (Hard), in less than 7 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
August 31, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
August 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain. www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
The Painful Truth of Exactly How ICE’s New Shock Gloves Actually Work
ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain.
www.wired.com
August 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
ICE is spending millions on shock gloves designed to overpower subjects through intense, localized pain. www.wired.com/story/the-pa...
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
cluesbysam.com
July 31, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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REASON MAG: The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers
"Donald Trump and his family are executing corruption at a scale never previously contemplated in the American experiment."
reason.com/2026/07/09/t...
"Donald Trump and his family are executing corruption at a scale never previously contemplated in the American experiment."
reason.com/2026/07/09/t...
The most corrupt presidency in American history, by the numbers
Looking back through the biggest scandals in American history through the lens of Trump 2.0.
reason.com
July 16, 2026 at 7:41 PM
REASON MAG: The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers
"Donald Trump and his family are executing corruption at a scale never previously contemplated in the American experiment."
reason.com/2026/07/09/t...
"Donald Trump and his family are executing corruption at a scale never previously contemplated in the American experiment."
reason.com/2026/07/09/t...
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Ted Cruz is the latest of a string of Republican senators to push an agreeing Blanche to ban the mailing of mifepristone. They're coming for abortion pills next.
July 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Ted Cruz is the latest of a string of Republican senators to push an agreeing Blanche to ban the mailing of mifepristone. They're coming for abortion pills next.
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The next time these guys tell you they just want "merit," not discrimination, remember what they actually did. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
July 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM
The next time these guys tell you they just want "merit," not discrimination, remember what they actually did. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u...
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Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week.
Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states.
Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states.
Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
July 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Trump approved disaster aid requests from six red states last week.
Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states.
Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
Two days later, he rejected aid requests from four blue states.
Not only is he punishing states who didn’t vote for him, he’s playing politics with people’s lives. Despicable.
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The American legal system is being abused in order to pander to the president's fantasies and make them seem real
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...
Olympian Is Indicted After Arrest at Washington’s Reflecting Pool
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
The American legal system is being abused in order to pander to the president's fantasies and make them seem real
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/02/u...
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New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank
Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation
Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm
www.notus.org/economy/trum...
Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation
Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm
www.notus.org/economy/trum...
Trump’s Family Crypto Firm Is Expected to Get Federal Banking Privileges
Trump-appointed bank regulators’ crypto-friendly approach is likely to extend to World Liberty Financial, despite ethics concerns.
www.notus.org
June 16, 2026 at 1:19 PM
New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank
Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation
Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm
www.notus.org/economy/trum...
Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation
Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm
www.notus.org/economy/trum...
Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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June 12, 2026 at 11:33 AM
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A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who is a criminal!
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June 5, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.
Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Jan. 6 Pardons: How Many Clemency Recipients Have Faced Other Charges?
The real count is much higher than the public knew.
www.lawfaremedia.org
June 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM
NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported.
Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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Blanche: I am the Acting Attorney General! The fact that I used to be President Trump’s lawyer is just a fact. DON’T SAY THE PRESIDENT’S FORMER LAWYER WILL DO SOMETHING—SAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL DO SOMETHING!
May 19, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Blanche: I am the Acting Attorney General! The fact that I used to be President Trump’s lawyer is just a fact. DON’T SAY THE PRESIDENT’S FORMER LAWYER WILL DO SOMETHING—SAY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL DO SOMETHING!
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This, the US Supreme Court has explained to us, is what it looks like to finally live in a land free of racial discrimination.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
South Carolina is 26% black. Louisiana is 33%. Mississippi is 37%.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
South Carolina is 26% black. Louisiana is 33%. Mississippi is 37%.
May 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
This, the US Supreme Court has explained to us, is what it looks like to finally live in a land free of racial discrimination.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
South Carolina is 26% black. Louisiana is 33%. Mississippi is 37%.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
South Carolina is 26% black. Louisiana is 33%. Mississippi is 37%.
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It's official: Louisiana's Republican governor just suspended state congressional elections so lawmakers can pass a new gerrymandered map first.
April 30, 2026 at 10:35 PM
It's official: Louisiana's Republican governor just suspended state congressional elections so lawmakers can pass a new gerrymandered map first.
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WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.
Louisiana governor prepares to suspend House primaries after court ruling
Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates he plans to suspend the May 16 primary elections so lawmakers can redraw the congressional map.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 30, 2026 at 3:25 AM
WaPo reports Louisiana’s governor will announce on Friday that he is suspending the House primaries where people have already started voting and redraw the map; I’d expect them to go for an all-Republican map and eliminate both majority-Black districts, not just one.
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A well-reported update on the 15 South American people ICE sent to DR Congo two weeks ago. Trapped in a rat-infested hotel by the airport with no options but going back to the countries they fled. This is what we're doing to legal asylum-seekers who "followed the rules." www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
'We don't know what will happen to us': U.S. deportees in limbo in DRC
15 South American migrants and asylum seekers deported from the U.S. to the DRC are now living in uncertainty in a country an with ongoing armed conflict, where they have no ties.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2026 at 3:49 PM
A well-reported update on the 15 South American people ICE sent to DR Congo two weeks ago. Trapped in a rat-infested hotel by the airport with no options but going back to the countries they fled. This is what we're doing to legal asylum-seekers who "followed the rules." www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...
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Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew
Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.
www.wired.com
April 23, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Still feel like "Musk and his crew of incels destroyed a bunch of stuff they didn't understand and thereby hastened the deaths of millions of children" did not get the public attention it warranted.
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BREAKING: IRS confirms it's negotiating with Trump family to pay a "settlement" in the wildly defective lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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April 17, 2026 at 4:39 PM
BREAKING: IRS confirms it's negotiating with Trump family to pay a "settlement" in the wildly defective lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
April 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
KERNEN: We'd never be able to send anyone back if you needed a judicial warrant every single time
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.
RAND PAUL: Well, I don't think that's true. Obeying the 4th Amendment of the Constitution shouldn't be too difficult. It's something we fought the revolution over.