Rick Dean
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In response to this, the DeSantis administration releases a statement saying that they'd make this outrageous cage "even smaller if we could."
The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.
The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.
September 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In response to this, the DeSantis administration releases a statement saying that they'd make this outrageous cage "even smaller if we could."
The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.
The Department of Homeland Security's own Inspector General said it violated every detention standard and posed a significant danger to health and safety.
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Strange how this keeps happening.
NEW: Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Ohio Senate campaign staffer used Nazi soldiers as profile photo
A top staffer for Sen. Jon Husted's reelection campaign recently made a playlist of songs in honor of White colonists in Rhodesia and wore a Nazi uniform.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Strange how this keeps happening.
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The president ordering USPS to illegally throw out millions of ballots is at least on par with what he tried to do for 2020, and in big ways it's worse. It's another attempted self-coup, trying to create a fake Congress. That he's even attempting it is already a deadly serious constitutional crisis.
September 9, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The president ordering USPS to illegally throw out millions of ballots is at least on par with what he tried to do for 2020, and in big ways it's worse. It's another attempted self-coup, trying to create a fake Congress. That he's even attempting it is already a deadly serious constitutional crisis.
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Kind of gets lost in the drive-by here, but deeply annoying to me (a pedant) that Rs pretend Talarico wants "a welcome mat on the border."
He said the border should be like your home: Welcome mat on porch, lock on door. They just cut out the second part to fabricate his position
He said the border should be like your home: Welcome mat on porch, lock on door. They just cut out the second part to fabricate his position
RNC Chair Joe Gruters on why he thinks Ken Paxton will win: "People want normal"
September 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Kind of gets lost in the drive-by here, but deeply annoying to me (a pedant) that Rs pretend Talarico wants "a welcome mat on the border."
He said the border should be like your home: Welcome mat on porch, lock on door. They just cut out the second part to fabricate his position
He said the border should be like your home: Welcome mat on porch, lock on door. They just cut out the second part to fabricate his position
I thought it was a coup by Maduro's second-in-command Delcy Rodriguez. It succeeded because it was an inside job. The opposition leader tried to bribe Trump with her Nobel. All of them are suckers.
Partnering with Trump is suicide.
Partnering with Trump is suicide.
Ellis said the agency’s cyber teams built the intelligence picture that supported the operation, which he said allowed U.S. special operations forces to locate and apprehend Nicolás Maduro.
Read more by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/cia-cyber-op...
Read more by @gregotto.bsky.social: cyberscoop.com/cia-cyber-op...
September 8, 2026 at 9:41 PM
I thought it was a coup by Maduro's second-in-command Delcy Rodriguez. It succeeded because it was an inside job. The opposition leader tried to bribe Trump with her Nobel. All of them are suckers.
Partnering with Trump is suicide.
Partnering with Trump is suicide.
How embarrassing that the US would send two unpaid real estate developers to do our Russian negotiations without the State Department.
Do they discuss laundering money through more NYC real estate?
Do they discuss laundering money through more NYC real estate?
⚡️Update: Zelensky, US envoys holding another round of talks with European officials.
Zelensky gifted the U.S. envoys a T-shirt reading "Kyiv Regime" — a reference to how Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov referred to the Ukrainian government a day earlier, a person familiar with the matter said.
Zelensky gifted the U.S. envoys a T-shirt reading "Kyiv Regime" — a reference to how Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov referred to the Ukrainian government a day earlier, a person familiar with the matter said.
US peace envoys Witkoff, Kushner hold talks with Zelensky during their visit Ukraine visit
A significant part of the talks concerned Ukraine's needs for the winter, people familiar with the matter told the Kyiv Independent.
kyivindependent.com
September 6, 2026 at 3:29 PM
How embarrassing that the US would send two unpaid real estate developers to do our Russian negotiations without the State Department.
Do they discuss laundering money through more NYC real estate?
Do they discuss laundering money through more NYC real estate?
Got my Covid booster at CVS. No cost and no prescription. 3 minutes on the website, 7 minutes in line, 3 minutes in the room. Done!
Ask for the updated XFG protein booster that was approved last week (Aug 27th). Go.
Ask for the updated XFG protein booster that was approved last week (Aug 27th). Go.
September 3, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Got my Covid booster at CVS. No cost and no prescription. 3 minutes on the website, 7 minutes in line, 3 minutes in the room. Done!
Ask for the updated XFG protein booster that was approved last week (Aug 27th). Go.
Ask for the updated XFG protein booster that was approved last week (Aug 27th). Go.
Now is a good time to get a covid vaccine booster, and new spikevax XFG protein shots were approved on Aug 27th 2026. Go!
A surge of COVID-19 infections is happening in multiple states in the U.S. and has been building for the past month, according to the Pandemic Mitigation Collaborative, led by @michael-hoerger.bsky.social.
The PMC produces weekly COVID-19 heatmaps of the U.S. based on wastewater data.
The PMC produces weekly COVID-19 heatmaps of the U.S. based on wastewater data.
September 2, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Now is a good time to get a covid vaccine booster, and new spikevax XFG protein shots were approved on Aug 27th 2026. Go!
Not sending them to the parking lot like in Texas? Probably are.
The first sentence of this piece says it all:
"After Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, a new study shows emergency room doctors are less likely to treat pregnant women who are bleeding." www.jconline.com/story/news/l...
"After Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, a new study shows emergency room doctors are less likely to treat pregnant women who are bleeding." www.jconline.com/story/news/l...
Indiana’s abortion ban has a ‘chilling effect’ on ER pregnancy care
A study found ER doctors are more hesitant to care for pregnant patients who are bleeding.
www.jconline.com
September 2, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Not sending them to the parking lot like in Texas? Probably are.
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Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.
USPS rush to implement Trump order could cause ‘catastrophic failure’ of mail voting, whistleblower claims
A whistleblower claims in a new report that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has embarked on a “secretive, rushed” effort to implement President Donald Trump’s mail voting order ahead of the midterms,…
www.democracydocket.com
September 1, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Millions of Americans may not receive their mail ballots in time, or at all, because of a secretive, court-defying system being rushed into place by the Trump administration. Two months before the midterms. This isn't by chance. It's a blatant attempt to steal an election. Share this everywhere.
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All the money in the world can’t make up for the crippling loss of leadership caused by Hegseth’s purges. Trump and Hegseth may be buying more hardware, but they are endangering the apolitical professionalism—the operating system--that made the U.S. military the envy of the world. wapo.st/4gFl3Ey
Opinion | Hegseth’s purges are endangering national security
The Iran quagmire wouldn’t have happened under Trump’s first-term military leaders.
wapo.st
August 31, 2026 at 10:53 AM
All the money in the world can’t make up for the crippling loss of leadership caused by Hegseth’s purges. Trump and Hegseth may be buying more hardware, but they are endangering the apolitical professionalism—the operating system--that made the U.S. military the envy of the world. wapo.st/4gFl3Ey
DeSantis laments the leak of Grand jury materials in his felony almost-indictment which begs the question of whether anyone was blackmailing him over such a leak, and that Trump had a long history of such. newrepublic.com/post/214856/...
August 28, 2026 at 5:41 PM
DeSantis laments the leak of Grand jury materials in his felony almost-indictment which begs the question of whether anyone was blackmailing him over such a leak, and that Trump had a long history of such. newrepublic.com/post/214856/...
This and the Canadian tariffs are for distraction from his US Post Office rules that allow him to give a list of voters whose mail-in votes are not delivered. No joke.
August 28, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This and the Canadian tariffs are for distraction from his US Post Office rules that allow him to give a list of voters whose mail-in votes are not delivered. No joke.
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Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans.
This is a machine to ethnically cleanse the country - and anyone who pretends otherwise is kidding themselves
August 27, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Nor will it end at ethnic cleansing. A machine built to eat people will keep eating people. Those who run it will always find a new category of unwanted humans.
Of course it was Biden's fault. Don't forget to blame Hillary and the three presidents who reduced the deficit in my lifetime. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Amid deadly Pennsylvania outbreak, Kennedy blames Biden for decline in measles vax rates
Kennedy answered questions about the Pennsylvania outbreak after attending a roundtable discussion at a Tampa elementary school.
www.politico.com
August 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Of course it was Biden's fault. Don't forget to blame Hillary and the three presidents who reduced the deficit in my lifetime. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
Nonsense. Just ask Gore who ultimately won the presidency after a final recount in Florida. www.theguardian.com/world/2001/j...
Tromp's USPS isn't just discarding ballots of some states, USPS is discarding ballots of people not on Trump's list of people.
Tromp's USPS isn't just discarding ballots of some states, USPS is discarding ballots of people not on Trump's list of people.
August 25, 2026 at 12:02 AM
Nonsense. Just ask Gore who ultimately won the presidency after a final recount in Florida. www.theguardian.com/world/2001/j...
Tromp's USPS isn't just discarding ballots of some states, USPS is discarding ballots of people not on Trump's list of people.
Tromp's USPS isn't just discarding ballots of some states, USPS is discarding ballots of people not on Trump's list of people.
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BREAKING: In unusual 9PM Friday Federal Register filing, Postal Service finalizes regulation to deny delivery of mail-in ballots not matching addresses in database BUT says won't implement 'til court orders are lifted. #SCOTUS still quiet. Doc: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
August 22, 2026 at 1:55 AM
BREAKING: In unusual 9PM Friday Federal Register filing, Postal Service finalizes regulation to deny delivery of mail-in ballots not matching addresses in database BUT says won't implement 'til court orders are lifted. #SCOTUS still quiet. Doc: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-17238.pdf
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“Trump’s approval number is below his number of convicted felonies”
-Stephanie Miller
-Stephanie Miller
August 20, 2026 at 6:11 PM
“Trump’s approval number is below his number of convicted felonies”
-Stephanie Miller
-Stephanie Miller
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per the article, NSF is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project
grant (and grand) theft in broad daylight
grant (and grand) theft in broad daylight
The US National Science Foundation will award about 30% fewer new research grants this fiscal year than in the last one, Nature has learnt.
go.nature.com/3UcGoNW
go.nature.com/3UcGoNW
Exclusive: NSF set to issue lowest number of new grants in four decades
The US science-funding agency is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project.
go.nature.com
August 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
per the article, NSF is withholding $1 billion of its budget so that the money can go to a special White House project
grant (and grand) theft in broad daylight
grant (and grand) theft in broad daylight
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You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
August 19, 2026 at 9:13 PM
You can’t talk about debt without talking about how we got into a bad predicament, and there’s only one correct answer: tax cuts enacted this century
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🧵You can't talk about Natalie Harp w/o talking about how strange she is. This isn't making fun of physique or bearing. It's about obsessive/creepy behavior. And it matters on policy.
As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public...
As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public...
August 19, 2026 at 6:32 PM
🧵You can't talk about Natalie Harp w/o talking about how strange she is. This isn't making fun of physique or bearing. It's about obsessive/creepy behavior. And it matters on policy.
As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public...
As a former Republican media consultant, I can tell you that this attack is astonishingly effective w/the public...
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Looking back, it's really something that the New York Times thought the single most important story the day after the US and Iran signed the MOU was "Trump Lashes Out at Critics." Not the deal itself, nor the fact that critics made accurate points.
They act like he's the protagonist of the world.
They act like he's the protagonist of the world.
August 17, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Looking back, it's really something that the New York Times thought the single most important story the day after the US and Iran signed the MOU was "Trump Lashes Out at Critics." Not the deal itself, nor the fact that critics made accurate points.
They act like he's the protagonist of the world.
They act like he's the protagonist of the world.
The Correct answer is to point out that Trump's OBBBA cut at least a trillion dollars from American health care for a tax break for billionaires, and that we need to reverse that direction.
WELKER: As Democratic leader in the House, would you vote for or against Medicare for All?
JEFFRIES: It's not legislation that I currently am co-sponsoring or that I support, but I support the notion we've got to find a path forward to fix our broken healthcare system
JEFFRIES: It's not legislation that I currently am co-sponsoring or that I support, but I support the notion we've got to find a path forward to fix our broken healthcare system
August 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The Correct answer is to point out that Trump's OBBBA cut at least a trillion dollars from American health care for a tax break for billionaires, and that we need to reverse that direction.
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NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen.
Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
August 14, 2026 at 11:30 AM
NEW AD: 14 years ago today, Ken Paxton stole someone's $1,000 pen.
Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
Today, Ken Paxton’s pen victim is endorsing James Talarico.
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While struggling with the Reflecting Pool, Trump now takes his talents to aircraft carrier engineering.
August 13, 2026 at 11:00 PM
While struggling with the Reflecting Pool, Trump now takes his talents to aircraft carrier engineering.