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Starting to think the play here is to destabilize the regime more than cripple the nuclear program. It’s quite a bet by the Israelis.

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Every elected Republican should be asked if they think the president has the power to send in military in to “liberate” a state or city from its elected government.

submitted 12 hours ago • 102 comments

Yes. According to Army protocol, congressional staff are VIP Code 5, with a rank equivalent to a two-star general/admiral. Members of Congress are of course significantly higher. I have never seen USCP, FPS, or any other federal LEO treat any Member with anywhere near this disrespect and violence.

submitted 13 hours ago • 41 comments

So government compelled speech? Do I have that right?

submitted 7 hours ago • 11 comments

In order to approve a major ad merger, the FTC is suggesting that the ad firms sign a deal agreeing not to boycott or withhold ad dollars from conservative platforms www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/b...

submitted 15 hours ago • 30 comments

Good news

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Israel aggressively bombing Iran—unlike two incidents of strikes in 2024, which followed Iranian missiles launches against Israel—is in part another consequence of a weak, chaotic US president. Worth noting that this didn't happen under Biden, Obama, or Bush, despite Israel talking about it a lot.

submitted 7 hours ago • 64 comments

It is coming sooner rather than later that a vote in either the House or Senate will turn on the absence of members in government custody.

submitted 6 hours ago • 10 comments

Cops are great. @gregdoucette.bsky.social

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Also cannot be emphasized enough: Barack Obama successfully negotiated the shutdown of Iran's nuclear program. It exists today because Trump deliberately tore up that agreement. The deaths happening right now can be laid at his door.

submitted 6 hours ago • 31 comments

In 2018, Donald Trump, then in his first term as US president, let Iran out of nuclear restrictions in exchange for nothing. Many people, very much including me, warned that he put things on a path with only two possible outcomes: large-scale war, or a nuclear-armed Iran. And here we are.

submitted 5 hours ago • 27 comments

My royal we is raising questions already answered by my royal we.

submitted 5 hours ago • 25 comments

lol. he's such a sad baby. he had his communications office send out a press release that people clapped for him.

submitted 14 hours ago • 96 comments

Andrew Cuomo is afraid he'll lose, so his donors want you to fear me. His SuperPAC just sent out a mailer that artificially lengthened and darkened my beard. This is blatant Islamophobia—the kind of racism that explains why MAGA billionaires support his campaign.

submitted 18 hours ago • 192 comments

“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to say whether he would follow the courts if they ruled against President Donald Trump’s deployment of active-duty Marines to Los Angeles.”

submitted 15 hours ago • 134 comments

I told you we’d be back

submitted 16 hours ago • 1465 comments

When President Biden correctly ended the 1st Trump travel ban, there were no attacks, proving that the entire premise was false. In fact, throughout President Biden’s administration, there were no deadly foreign-born terrorist attacks for the first time for any administration since 1975.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

This is — and I cannot stress this enough — a real government website right now. It is hosted on the Department of Commerce website (the Department of Commerce has no immigration functions whatsoever that I am aware of).

submitted 1 day ago • 157 comments

What happened here is an example of the Trump administration “de-documenting” people. His workers all had work permits; it seems they were Nicaraguans who entered through CHNV parole. But the Trump admin stripped them of their status then rounded them up, making even his supporter mad.

submitted 18 hours ago • 146 comments

Once the CFPB rolls back one settlement, lots of companies want to get in on the act. Surprise! And we have no way of knowing how individual decisions are made. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

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Reporter: what will your response be as mayor to ICE? Mamdani: the actions of ICE are unconstitutional and I will oppose them Cuomo: residents are concerned about ICE, but also public safety Eric Adams: I’ll tell you something about Darkwing Duck, no one can hate a man in a fashionable hat

submitted 2 days ago • 43 comments

donald trump defunded science and gave the money to MS-13

submitted 19 hours ago • 1 comment

RFK Jr’s ACIP pick, Martin Kulldorff, said one of the most disturbing images from the pandemic was a toddler crying about having to wear a mask. I see toddlers cry about everything all the time, and I found it far more disturbing to see refrigerator trucks full of body bags outside of the hospitals…

submitted 1 day ago • 293 comments

Crypto now accounts for more than half of Donald Trump’s net worth. www.forbes.com/sites/danale...

submitted 21 hours ago • 33 comments

House Republicans have a plan that would force schools to reimburse the government for a share of the federal loans their students don't repay.

submitted 21 hours ago • 58 comments

Stenography is a highly refined skill and one that is almost invaluable in legal proceedings. These fucks are treating it like it's just fancy notetaking that can be better performed by a machine. Fuck this noise.

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

I can't recall ever seeing a parenthetical like this in a comparable news story before www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 1 day ago • 60 comments

ICE agents pulled this guy out of his car and beat the shit out of him, putting him in the E.R. Then they pulled him out of the hospital saying he was a "violent gang member." (He's a Doordash driver with only a traffic ticket on his record.) Now he's just...gone. What a nightmare.

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

ED quietly signed agreements to transfer career and technical education grants to the Department of Labor and to send collections on defaulted loans to Treasury (instead of the Small Business Administration). This is held up in court at this point, and the moves may face additional lawsuits.

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Somebody remembers the 1984 Olympics a bit too fondly. It’s easier for Americans to win all the medals when nobody else shows up.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Idk man but when the administration that tried to reject humanitarian aid for Los Angeles when it was burning tries to justify their illegal military occupation by saying they aren’t going to let LA burn it kinda sounds like bullshit

submitted 1 day ago • 290 comments

Let’s Be Clear: The Rioting In LA Is By The Cops, Not The Protestors I already wrote about the GOP’s bloodthirsty desire to use the military on Americans. They manufactured a nonsense “crisis” by over-aggressively sending in ICE agents to grab people off the streets, leading to protests, which…

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

The U.S. is on high alert in anticipation of a potential Israeli strike on Iran, with the State Department authorizing the evacuation of some personnel and military family members across the Middle East.

submitted 1 day ago • 21 comments

IMPORTANT: Judge Farbiarz DOES issue an injunction barring ICE from detaining Mr. Khalil on the basis of the Rubio determination. However, because ICE is ALSO detaining him on allegations that he made material misrepresentations on his green card application, that doesn't mean immediate release.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 1 day ago • 269 comments

Masked bigots and thugs are committing crimes against immigrants. Similar crimes are also being committed by people who do not work in federal law enforcement.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

A pop-up shop that sells pro-Trump and other conservative-coded memorabilia, was set up on-site with campaign-style merchandise on Army property. Soldiers were seen purchasing "Make America Great Again" chain necklaces and faux credit cards labeled "White Privilege Card: Trumps Everything."

submitted 1 day ago • 137 comments

Absent the invocation of Insurrection Act, I don't see how this doesn't violate Posse Comitatus. Detaining people pending the arrival of civilian law enforcement is supporting civilian law enfcmt. Neither s12406 nor POTUS' claimed Art II power extends beyond protecting fed property/functions.

submitted 1 day ago • 30 comments

What in the world?

submitted 1 day ago • 10 comments

Pulitzer prize for this Jay L. Clenendin image of LAPD stormtroopers in front of Barbara Kruger's "Untitled (Questions)"

submitted 1 day ago • 26 comments

According to the linked Military.com story below, during Trump's recent speech at Ft Bragg, a vendor was invited on base to sell Trump branded memorabilia to soldiers, including this (or something just like it.) www.military.com/daily-news/2...

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Now that crypto is being taken care of, here's the next set of bank regulatory guidance that the industry is pushing to eliminate.

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W.E.B. Du Bois on Robert E. Lee: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and murder thousands in its defense, or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert Lee was a traitor and a rebel–not indeed to his country, but to humanity and humanity’s God.”

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A Justice Department legal opinion released Tuesday disavowed a 1938 determination that monuments created by previous presidents under the Antiquities Act can't be revoked.

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On brand. Disaster relief will now be a personal favor from the President to communities that pledge loyalty. Be grateful if you're from a (relatively) non-disaster prone part of the country.

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The FARE Act goes into effect today, meaning tenants will no longer have to pay brokers’ fees for their apartments if they didn’t hire the broker themselves. www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/10/b...

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