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It’s not “corruption” unless it comes from the Quid Pro Quo region of France; otherwise, it’s sparkling “ethics concerns”

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Merrick Garland is proof that accountability can die of natural causes.

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Once a foreign government can openly give the president a half-billion-dollar plane as a personal gift, there’s no red line left between a democracy and a full-blown kleptocracy. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/corruption...

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If they suspend Habeas Corpus, it won't just be for "migrants" or "illegals" or "criminals." If they suspend Habeas Corpus it will be for you and me and whomever this regime decides is unfit, undesirable, and a threat or a problem. This is how it works. This is how it's always worked.

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Trump’s “very public and transparent transaction” on the Qatar jet grift only came to light after confidential sources told ABC about it.

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THIS is the most devastating constitutional crisis.

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We’ve become so desensitized to corruption that the Attorney General who spent years lobbying on behalf of Qatar approved a private jet gift from Qatar and it’s not even in the top 10 scandals of the week.

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Sorry to be harsh, guys, but it seems like it might have been a bad idea to put the last living member of the California Raisins in charge of our healthcare system.

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Stephen Miller, Tom Homan, Kristi Noem and a whole lot of ICE/DHS types is will discover a Strange New Respect for habeas corpus and the rule of law when the 2029 Truth and Reconciliation Commission arrests them for human trafficking, conspiracy, kidnapping, and child abuse.

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The same people who went apoplectic when asked to wear a mask to protect people in a pandemic eagerly wear one to kidnap people in Gestapo cosplay.

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It's a testament to the fact that ICE is full of true believers in this fascism that the orders to wear gaiters, to refuse to provide identification, and to kidnap people w/o a warrant have not leaked. I mean, yeah, I know that's obvious. But we've had leaks of virtually all other such orders.

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“Abolish ICE” is the moderate position. Radical is “prosecute every ICE employee under RICO.”

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A Turkish PhD student on a Fulbright scholarship was disappeared from the Boston area by masked, plainclothes ICE agents for an op-ed she wrote calling out Tufts University. Her release—after six weeks in ICE detention—is a direct rebuke of the Trump administration’s actions.

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The Trump administration hired a company to open an ICE facility in Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said they needed permits There's a sordid history of for-profit businesses holding immigrants under inhumane conditions So the mayor went to inspect And they arrested him NEVER STOP FIGHTING FASCISM

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This is such an excellent point and media should be reporting it this way. (This is in reference to Miller’s preposterous but still dangerous claim earlier today about the executive branch considering suspending the writ)

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Putin and other Russian officials have also recently reamplified Russian narratives that "Novorossiya," which Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has defined as all of eastern and southern Ukraine including Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa oblasts, is an "integral" part of Russia.

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There is no moral ambiguity. Russia is the imperial agressor and Ukraine is the victim defending itself. We cannot permit the authoritarian right to usurp objectivity with 'balance'. As Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wrote, “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim."

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It is a sad day for the legal industry. Paul Weiss, didn't just bend a knee, it set a new standard for shameful capitulation. This is a stain on the firm, every one of its partners, and the entire legal profession.

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Rick Wilson nails it here:

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America is so stupid.

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Sen. Mark Kelly: "I think it's probably the worst 50 days of any presidency I can think of in my life. It's been, you know, pretty much a shit show since day one" Full interview on the MeidasTouch Podcast 👇 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4UCi...

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“In 2011, Mel Gibson pleaded guilty to battering his former romantic partner, who reported he hit her while holding their baby & broke her teeth. Shortly after I informed the deputy attorney general’s staff that I could not recommend rearming this particular bully, I received my termination notice.”

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Chris Riddell on ceasefire negotiations: Putin’s all for it as long as Russia’s bear isn’t muzzled – Cartoon

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President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees Voice of America and other government-funded media outlets around the world.

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EPA is terminating more than two dozen protections against air and water pollution. It would overturn limits on soot from smokestacks that have been linked to respiratory problems in humans and premature deaths as well as restrictions on emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin.

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👇🏽😕🇺🇸

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The #Cryptocurrency scam. Is it any wonder the tangerine terror wants to move to crypto?

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mississippitoday.org/2025/03/11/f... Can you squeeze a dime out of Brett Farve? Guess we’ll find out

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Dr. Dave Weldon, a former Florida congressman and physician, is set to appear at a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday for his nomination to lead the CDC. Unknown to many in the general public, he’s well known in anti-vaccine circles.

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Trump administration to roll back many EPA regulations, revisit contested water rule minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/12/r...

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RFK Jr obviously deserves to be blamed for his dangerous response to a measles outbreak. But spare some blame for the 52 Senate Republicans who confirmed him. They had a responsibility to protect the public from him, they failed, and the ongoing consequences matter. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

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As Trump tries to dismantle the Department of Education, remember that his plan to cut the corporate tax rate to 15% would give the 100 largest corporations a tax cut larger than the entire department's K-12 budget. Really think about how twisted this all is.

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It is only a matter of time before indiscriminate firings damage morale and the ability of government agencies to do their job. But that is almost certainly the point, writes @ethanz.bsky.social. www.prospectmagazine...

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Haven't seen this reported anywhere but a judge overseeing Florida's attempt to age gate all social media pointed to the failure of D&D to make him worship Satan as a kid to suggest the state needs actual evidence, and not just vibes about a social media moral panic. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/11/j...

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Check this out — American stocks were on par with global stocks up until late January — and have now dropped terribly since then Gosh I wonder what happened in late January?

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The Washington AG claims in a new lawsuit that the sheriff in a rural county has been breaking state law by helping federal immigration officers round up and collect info on suspected undocumented residents.

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DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION: My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then, "Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

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I appreciate Josh's elevation of the term "anti-constitutional," which is different from "unconstitutional." Deciding not to spend appropriations because you don't feel like it isn't some outré theory of the Constitution. It's just an assertion of power, a rejection of constitutionalism altogether.

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