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1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
March 27, 2026 at 12:04 AM
1/ It's not just that unilaterally paying TSA agents is illegal.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
It's that Trump has now repeatedly undermined the core of the congressional power of the purse. He's not spending money that has been appropriated by law (impoundments) and he's spending money that has not been appropriated.
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a two-month-old infant who was so sick he was unresponsive in the last day, deported with his family and their total of $190
We are laser-focused on tracking them down, holding ICE accountable for this monstrous action, demanding specific details on their whereabouts and wellbeing, and ensuring their safety.
February 18, 2026 at 1:45 AM
a two-month-old infant who was so sick he was unresponsive in the last day, deported with his family and their total of $190
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Obviously lawyers should not wear a civil rights t-shirt to court. Lawyers should observe decorum by only wearing an American flag pin or a crucifix, which are neutral messages without any potentially prejudicial meaning.
Need you to weigh in @kenwhite.bsky.social!
Well looks like it won't matter because Judge Pittman declared a mistrial -- because a defense attorney wore a T-shirt with Civil Rights Era-protestors on it. Star Telegram reports 130 new jurors will come in next week. The defense attorneys opposed a mistrial.
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/c...
www.star-telegram.com/news/local/c...
February 18, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Obviously lawyers should not wear a civil rights t-shirt to court. Lawyers should observe decorum by only wearing an American flag pin or a crucifix, which are neutral messages without any potentially prejudicial meaning.
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That's a hell of a good adjunct gig
This is performance art: Leveraging your job as state AG to get a publicly funded state university to pay you an extra $100,000/year to teach a 2-credit class called "Executive Power." Indeed.
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
February 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
That's a hell of a good adjunct gig
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And by CBS, I mean the billionaire nepo-baby of Trump donors who handpicked Weiss because she was viewed as acceptable non-threatening news editor when the family still needs Trump's support for other deals.
February 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
And by CBS, I mean the billionaire nepo-baby of Trump donors who handpicked Weiss because she was viewed as acceptable non-threatening news editor when the family still needs Trump's support for other deals.
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Gotta be galling for CBS News to be scooped by everyone when they have direct access to the key players in this story! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Gotta be galling for CBS News to be scooped by everyone when they have direct access to the key players in this story! www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
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This is the sort of juicy story of government suppressing speech that Bari Weiss loves to cover!
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
February 17, 2026 at 2:42 PM
This is the sort of juicy story of government suppressing speech that Bari Weiss loves to cover!
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
[No mention in CBS News or The Free Press]
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Vast majority of this wealth is an untaxed, unrealized capital gain. Some of these billionaires borrow against their immense wealth at low rates for living expenses to avoid paying tax. When they die, the capital gain is no longer taxable. The strategy is known as “buy, borrow, die.”
February 16, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Vast majority of this wealth is an untaxed, unrealized capital gain. Some of these billionaires borrow against their immense wealth at low rates for living expenses to avoid paying tax. When they die, the capital gain is no longer taxable. The strategy is known as “buy, borrow, die.”
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What a psycho thing to say
Hillary Clinton: "More people were deported under my husband and Barack Obama without killing American citizens and without putting children into detention camps than were in the first Trump term or this first year of Trump's second term."
February 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
What a psycho thing to say
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the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
February 15, 2026 at 12:01 AM
the more you learn about the antebellum south the more you transform into this
every plantation owner should have been put to death
every plantation owner should have been put to death
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"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
February 14, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"the elite of the antebellum South were degenerate gamblers who financed their lifestyles with industrialized rape and would kill you for pointing this out" is a straightforwardly accurate statement
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I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
February 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
I saw a live birthed harbor seal pup for the first time in my life today. I thought it would be horrifying because I have a weak stomach, but it turned to UNGODLY CUTE very fast!
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
Using this thread for some moments in the minutes after. All shot on my z8, edited on phone for now. 🦭 🦑
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This is by far the most cartoonish politics has been in my lifetime. Extremely kind & decent people vs. the absolute dregs of humanity. It continues to baffle me that this is not equally clear to the whole country.
“They were hellbent on not allowing anybody to help him until he was dead,” she said. “I was right there, and they — all of them — made the decision to deny me access to give him the best possible chance of survival.”
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: “I was literally begging the agent who was holding me back to let me do CPR,” she told The Intercept.
February 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
This is by far the most cartoonish politics has been in my lifetime. Extremely kind & decent people vs. the absolute dregs of humanity. It continues to baffle me that this is not equally clear to the whole country.
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This is the exact level at which ICE is operating:
This is something the Nazis used to do to Jewish children in the camps. It happened to a man I knew when he was a child in Auschwitz. The camp guards thought it was funny as hell.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
This is the exact level at which ICE is operating:
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Omg, this is beyond psychotic. The level of dehumanizing hatred you must feel towards someone to do this to children is jaw-dropping.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Omg, this is beyond psychotic. The level of dehumanizing hatred you must feel towards someone to do this to children is jaw-dropping.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
This is the sort of stuff that requires truth and reconciliation tribunals—there’s no crime here, but it demands public accountability.
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Not a lot to be proud of as an American these days, but I admit to feeling a swell of pride when I see an extremely normal person setting fire to a planned concentration camp
that’s a wine mom imo. we count those
KMBC: "A woman tried to set a fire at a South Kansas City warehouse that had been rumored as a possible ICE detention center. Earlier today, the company that owns the property confirmed it is no longer moving forward with a sale to the U.S. government."
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Not a lot to be proud of as an American these days, but I admit to feeling a swell of pride when I see an extremely normal person setting fire to a planned concentration camp
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the way we make woke 2.0 superior to the first version will be to ignore people engaging in obvious bad faith.
February 13, 2026 at 3:55 PM
the way we make woke 2.0 superior to the first version will be to ignore people engaging in obvious bad faith.
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These people are cowards.
All of his bluster, gone. His pseudo-intellectual patter. His bold, clear insistence that white men are today’s real victims—nowhere to be found.
Removed from their odious bubbles, they stammer, they cringe, they thank you for each eviscerating question.
Cowards.
All of his bluster, gone. His pseudo-intellectual patter. His bold, clear insistence that white men are today’s real victims—nowhere to be found.
Removed from their odious bubbles, they stammer, they cringe, they thank you for each eviscerating question.
Cowards.
Watch this clip of @booker.senate.gov masterfully question white nationalist Jeremy Carl. Even as Carl tries to distance himself from some of his own racist statements, he defends the white nationalist great replacement theory! (3:40 mark.) Very important to expose this.
youtube.com/watch?v=7VYq...
youtube.com/watch?v=7VYq...
'It Sounds Like You Have A Racial Hierarchy': Cory Booker Shows Absolutely No Mercy To Trump Nom
YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News
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February 13, 2026 at 2:08 PM
These people are cowards.
All of his bluster, gone. His pseudo-intellectual patter. His bold, clear insistence that white men are today’s real victims—nowhere to be found.
Removed from their odious bubbles, they stammer, they cringe, they thank you for each eviscerating question.
Cowards.
All of his bluster, gone. His pseudo-intellectual patter. His bold, clear insistence that white men are today’s real victims—nowhere to be found.
Removed from their odious bubbles, they stammer, they cringe, they thank you for each eviscerating question.
Cowards.
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We elected the worst fucking person in the world! It's insane!
February 13, 2026 at 6:12 AM
We elected the worst fucking person in the world! It's insane!