R. Scott Rogers
R. Scott Rogers
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“Mr. Scott Rogers is correct.” - BBC World Service. Resident on the historic lands of the Kiikaapoi & Ho-Chunk peoples. Jeopardy! champion. “Turn to and put out all your strength of arm and heart and brain.” ⚽️🦩🏏🥌
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Now someone try to tell him about the Old Spaghetti Factory and watch tariffs on Italian imports double.
So basically someone told Trump today what Cheesecake Factory was, and it probably took a little while to explain to him that they aren’t local factories that make cheesecakes. But he probably still isn’t quite sure what they are.
6 division pennants versus 5, 3 World Series championships versus 1. But 0 double sweeps to 1 double sweep. I still favor the Dodger on this score, but it’s a legit close call! If the Dodgers were a 1970s Reds-level team, they’d be playing in St. Petersburg tonight. They aren’t, so they aren’t.
I actually think a 1980s MADD-style astroturf anti-online-gambling deal would be very useful for Democrats, and also good for America and Americans.
i don't think anyone should run explicitly on banning online gambling but i do think that a democratic-led government should just quietly take steps to undermine the industry and create an inhospitable regulatory environment
The legitimate federal remedy here is to charge individuals with the crimes inherent in the actions of registering or voting as a non-citizen. If the Feds can’t charge a crime, then presumptively the criminal activity didn’t happen.
BREAKING: The 9th Circuit rules 2-1 to dismiss DOJ's effort to force California to remove 20,000 purported noncitizens from the voter rolls based on data CA officials view as faulty. Majority: Bennett (Trump) Sanchez (Biden) Minority: Bumatay (Trump) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
I hope so. Go with God, future Ukrainian atrocity hunters.
People have long memories when it comes to atrocity crimes. Few years back I asked a former USG Ukraine expert on what he expected by way of accountability for Russian atrocities: “The Israeli model.” (Hunting down and killing the perpetrators.) www.wsj.com/world/europe...
The thing is, voting by a noncitizen is a serious federal crime. If the regime had any proof it had happened, they would charge individuals with felonies rather than submit “databases” of 20,000 names to states.
Trump: "Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud! Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP"
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Hey Pointers, @rebeccaforwi.bsky.social will be on campus this Wednesday with Sen. @baldwin.senate.gov. Stop by for pizza, stickers, music + good vibes. Click here to let them know you'll pop by: www.mobilize.us/rebeccacooke...
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If you’re not naturalized, and you think you’re a citizen, it’s precisely your birth certificate that makes you an American.
Rally speaker: "Mike Rogers is an American. Abdul has a birth certificate. The birth certificate says he's a citizen of America. You know what? a birth certificate doesn't make you an American."
Worth noting that Norwegian immigration to the USA is <10,000 per year, which means it’s mostly marriage naturalizations. I suspect he’s really talking about penalizing states with big circa-1900 Norwegian immigrant populations, like WI & MN.
(Reuters) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday escalated his invective against Norway, calling it a "shit house country" and saying Norwegian immigrants were not welcome in the United States because the Nobel committee .. had not awarded him a Peace Prize. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Our political system hasn't decided that Donald Trump isn't a rapist. it has decided that it's ok that he's a rapist.
NEW: "Donald Trump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s," per new House Judiciary Dem report. Report has new allegation that Trump raped a 24-year-old and then promised the victim a visa & NYU admission, demanding she stay quiet.
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The Article I branch should act to curb lawless behavior and abuses of executive branch authority
Around 175 House Dems just called on Trump's DOJ and DHS to end "weaponization of law enforcement" against Rep Ilhan Omar. The letter is signed by numerous ranking committee Dems, showing depth of support for Omar in leadership and signaling how Dem House will act. newrepublic.com/article/2171...
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Also, the UN Charter is crystal clear: Russia does not have a permanent seat on the Security Council. The Charter still names the Soviet Union. So Ukraine (and Armenia, Uzbekistan, Latvia, etc) have as much right to that UNSC seat as does Russia.
Repeat after me: Russia has no legitimate security concerns; only its neighbours do. Russia has been the only one invading others.
Good, and these efforts are minimal table stakes. Democrats, if they hold a majority in either house, must be prepared to let Republicans shut down big portions of the government for long periods in order to force Republicans to defend Trump corruption and criminality.
NEWS --> Dems are planning novel ways to wield power of the purse against Trump's corrupt prosecutions of critics like Ilhan Omar if they win House. Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin tell me a range of aggressive tactics will be deployed. Details in my new piece: newrepublic.com/article/2171...
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Around 175 House Dems just called on Trump's DOJ and DHS to end "weaponization of law enforcement" against Rep Ilhan Omar. The letter is signed by numerous ranking committee Dems, showing depth of support for Omar in leadership and signaling how Dem House will act. newrepublic.com/article/2171...
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Here Reps Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin talk to me about working with Dem Appropriators to target Trump's corrupt prosecutions of Ilhan Omar and others with various defunding tactics. “We will actively and aggressively investigate this case,” Jayapal says. newrepublic.com/article/2171...
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Dems also planning aggressive investigations into Trump's illicit prosecutions: Subpoenas on internal comms and on mid-level actors carrying out his corrupt orders. “Everybody involved from top to bottom will be subject to legislative investigation," Raskin says. newrepublic.com/article/2171...