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He knew the court would order the planes turned around, and told his DoJ lawyers to tell the court to fuck off. This letter has already shown up in the South Sudan DVD case in a motion filed by the Plaintiffs at SCOTUS today.

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What’s striking about the SCOTUS stay here is not just (!) the risk that the govt will ship people off to countries where they may face serious danger, but that the Court is tacitly rewarding the govt’s repeated defiance of the district court

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#BREAKING: Over a (sharp) public dissent from the three Democratic appointees, #SCOTUS clears the way for the Trump administration to remove migrants to third countries without giving them an additional opportunity to contest whether they face persecution or other forms of mistreatment there:

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DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases. This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said today that U.S. strikes against Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend violated international law.

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We are in the hands of a mentally unstable nut who is now threatening Russia with nuclear retaliation based on the midnight ramblings of a drunken fool in Russia.

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I want to be very clear that you should be horrified the level of influence Fox News has during trump presidencies on warmaking decisions. The network took it upon itself to help trump pick targets in the first term, when Fox was pushing him to bomb Syria

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“family members identified the victim as Narciso Barranco, a father to three sons who are all U.S. Marines” ktla.com/news/local-n...

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From the Cato Institute; this one is worth reading. Topline: "nonpublic data from ICE indicate that the government is primarily detaining individuals with no criminal convictions of any kind." Don't let their lies dominate the narrative. www.cato.org/blog/65-peop...

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Saturday's sweeping U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has left many Iranians deeply worried about a widening conflict, as Tehran said it reserves “all options” to respond and accused the U.S. of scuttling diplomatic efforts.

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Schiff: "It's not an operation that should've ever been authorized by the president in the absence of intelligence showing that Iran had made the decision to break out and build a bomb."

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Interesting detail for US readers: It seems Iranians have a legislative branch that plays a part in war/peace decisions. Imagine that! __ Quaint background: 2002, Congress debated/voted on Iraq war. Bad outcome, but they had a voice. 2012: Cong insisted on right to review 'Iran deal,' JCPOA.

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War is peace…

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Some U.S. media (such as the Washington Post here) trace U.S.-Iranian animosity back to the 1979 Islamic Revolution, conveniently forgetting that the CIA helped overthrow a democratically elected Iranian government in 1953, forcing Iranians to endure decades of the Shah’s brutal rule.

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"The President in every possible instance shall consult with Congress before introducing United States Armed Forces into hostilities ..." 50 U.S.C. § 1542

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Contrast betw Hegseth's preening, and the limited specific answers from Gen Caine, is difference between someone who thinks the world is a (weekend) Fox News show, and someone who is serious about business of war. Hegseth's toadying comments about Trump impossible to imagine from previous SecDefs.

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If this kid had any common sense he would resign immediately because Trump will throw him under the bus the second a Iranian domestic terrorism attack occurs

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Take note.

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Old enough to remember ...

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If this is confirmed, it means Trump gave more advance notice to the Iranians than to key members of Congress amwaj.media/en/media-mon...

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⚠️ Iran plans to close the Strait of Hormuz One third of the world’s liquified natural gas and 25% of total oil consumption travel through the strait.

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In ALL wars leadership oft slips into hyperbole. In this one we will be in a constant state of bold-faced lies. There is a difference.

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Please don’t presume this is now an American president making a serious decision for the good of America, not a malignant despot desperate to be seen as a strong man.

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“.. the overlapping timeline of that decision with his meetings with Senate staff and the White House Counsel’s Office has not previously been reported.” @politico.com www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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Another loss for Trump and white supremacy. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/u...

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Seem like we may be setting up some encomiendas in the farm states

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BREAKING: In a unanimous decision, a federal court of appeals has ruled that Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in all public school classrooms is unconstitutional. We’ll keep saying it: Public schools are not Sunday schools.

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Hours after @pbump.com posted this today, ICE updated its figure to 500%.

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First, the failure of Padilla’s security detail to intervene when other agents were manhandling him is inexcusable. They have a duty to prevent violence inflicted upon a U.S. Senator. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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“I’m here today because this is something I can do against Trump. I lived during the Nazi time in Germany and they put me in a concentration camp,” he told interviewer Shannon Powell, co-founder of Indivisible Westchester. “Trump is trying to imitate Hitler. That’s what I’m afraid of.”

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"The law just means something different than what it says because reasons" Folks look at you like you're crazy when you say that we're in the midst of the worst, most unprecedented Article I constitutional crisis in American history, & then, well, 👇🤷‍♂️

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Hurricane Erick did all the terrible things, rapidly strengthening 80 mph in just 24 hours – a rate almost unheard of for June – to a 145 mph Category 4. It struck Mexico's Pacific side as the earliest major landfall on record...by over 2 months. More ⬇️

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Yesterday, BEFORE Elon blew shit up again, Mark Kelly asked Whiskey Pete Hegseth whether he gutted the Pentagon's testing office so they couldn't tell him that Golden Dome, which is expected to pay Elon billions, wouldn't work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8Qm...

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"THE END OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC AS WE KNOW IT COULD BE HAPPENING NOW"

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An intense, shocking read, raising all kinds of questions. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

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"Centrism" in a time of fascism is, at best, a cop-out. It's the political equivalent of both-sides-ism in journalism. You either have a moral code or you don't. Also, follow the money. 🤨

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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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The Democrats have been doing this strategy to the tune of four terms for Trump and Bush over my adult life.

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Trump has no strategy with @politicsjoe.bsky.social youtu.be/zsRvCiXOXCs?...

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Can someone please ask Karoline Leavitt why the Director of White House Personnel refuses to say what country he is from and refuses to complete paperwork for a background check? Can you also ask if “Sergio Gor” is the name on his birth certificate. Seems kinda important.

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