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It’s important not just to recognize the profanity of Trump and his regime, but also the beauty of what’s endangered and worth fighting for. A heart-felt reflection by @mollymckew.bsky.social.
In our secular American religion, there is no savior — but the duty of salvation falls to each of us. The *more perfect* is the task of each American generation. The man wrecking the White House doesn’t get it. So our chapter in the American story starts now. www.greatpower.us/p/the-sacred...
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What a tragedy. When we need legacy media to stand up against Trump’s corruption, both CNN & The Washington Post are soft-pedaling their responses to please Trump. Exhibit A: Their responses to his demolition of the East Wing of our WH. @markjacob.bsky.social www.americaamerica.news/p/news-outle...
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NOTABLE: The judge says the indictment sEssayli presided over are not dismissed bc they were signed by other lawfully appointed prosecutors. That reasoning, if adopted in other courts, bodes poorly for Lindsey Halligan, who was the only person to sign Comey/James indictments.
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2/ I coauthored with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and Anna Jimenez. Note we also write: "Even the DOJ appears to have once understood that the two propositions are contradictory." www.justsecurity.org/123360/presi...
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I teamed up to write how: The Trump administration has provided two - completely irreconcilable - determinations on status of Tren de Aragua and Venezuela regime. Makes it impossible for judges to defer to 'presidential determination' on Alien Enemies Act. Confounds law and policy.
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Trump promised to drain the swamp—but he’s FLOODING it with corporate cash Huge checks for the Pentagon, his golden ballroom & gilded plane come with strings attached Corporations will want payback—at the public’s expense I explained on @thebeat.msnbc.com👇
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This administration has now carried out more than 50 extrajudicial executions abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-...
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In the first half of this year, the income of President Trump's family business soared 17-fold to $864 million, based almost entirely on new crypto ventures that have been a magnet for overseas cash, a Reuters investigation found. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Again, not the most important here, but I'm begging for a journalist to figure out how/why NPS put up a Confederate statue DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. How is this "essential" when food stamps are not?
Feels symbolic that a Confederate statue first installed in 1901, at the peak of the consolidation of the Jim Crow system—when the states of the former Confederacy were in the midst of revising their constitutions to disfranchise Black citizens—has been reinstalled. www.npr.org/2025/10/27/n...
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3 times in the past 2 weeks, a WashPost editorial "has taken on matters in which Bezos has a financial or corporate interest without noting his stake. In each case, the Post's editorial line landed in sync with its owner's interests" Via @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/10/28/n...
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BREAKING: A Department of Homeland Security officer shot at an unarmed black man during a traffic stop in DC, and the DC police officer said he was told by superiors not to mention the shooting in his incident report. 1/ www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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The failire to prosecute Trump was all about placing politics ahead of justice. Remember all the "it will backfire politically" columns from centrist pundity explaining why we had to corrupt our legal system and leave everything to the electorate? How's that working out?
I came across this from that other place, written 12 days after J6 and two days before Trump was evicted and Biden took over. We are in the trouble we’re in because Trump was not held accountable for his crimes, particularly inciting a ldeadly insurrection. Accountability is key for our future.
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"The irreversible gravity of killing, coupled with the lack of a substantive legal justification, is bringing into sharper view a structural weakness of law as a check on the American presidency." { gift link } www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
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Destruction of our cherished buildings, democratic ideals, public lands, and faith in in our system as he bulldozes his path of corruption, self enrichment, and unrestrained power. A must read from Steven Beschloss.
A Nuremberg prosecutor addressed accused businessmen: “They joined in stamping out the flame of liberty & in subjecting the German people to the monstrous, grinding tyranny of the Third Reich, whose purpose it was to brutalize the nation & fill people w/hate.” www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
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“As so much has been dismantled, we are reminded that our social compact as a nation and people is based on the power of ideas and beliefs to bind us. If these ideas lose their power, then it’s not hard to see how our nation unravels.” www.americaamerica.news/p/what-of-am...
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“What of America do you hold dear? What do you treasure enough that you are willing to defend it despite or because of the onslaught of attacks?” www.americaamerica.news/p/what-of-am...
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Intelligence is about telling truth to power. If power isn’t interested in truth, what’s the point? open.substack.com/pub/alexzfin...
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At least 67 members of Congress (28 of them Republicans, 39 Democrats) reported holding multiple mortgages, potentially opening them up to scrutiny of the sort the Trump administration is applying to its adversaries www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Great. Nuts and conspiracy theorists in charge of elections. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/u...
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And we know they are competent, experienced and non-partisan.
Breaking: The Department of Justice announced it will "monitor polling sites in six jurisdictions [in New Jersey and California] ahead of the upcoming November 4, 2025, general election to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi...
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The danger of manipulating data and lying about statistics. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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it's hard to Nazi what's going on here
Stephen Miller on Fox threatens to arrest JB Pritzker for "seditious conspiracy" and says, "to all ICE officers: you have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. And anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop or obstruct you is committing a felony."
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What's happening in the courts Judge McElroy (Trump appointee): “Blatant disregard” of court’s order Judge Gallagher (Trump): “No attempt to offer any justification for their blatant lack of effort to comply” Judge Lamberth (Reagan): “More than support a trial on civil contempt”
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“Some days are a crystalized scream. They tell us in no uncertain terms that we have been taken hostage by a malignant force that rejects not only our laws and values, but our history and memories.” www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...
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“…a weak and broken man like Donald Trump cannot succeed without the support of rich and powerful enablers. From the feckless & compliant Republican Congress to the billionaires and corporate executives, money is just as essential to his success as obedience.” www.americaamerica.news/p/gold-greed...
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