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Jeffries: "We will not be lectured by Donald Trump and anyone in the Republican Party about issues of law and order ... he pardoned hundreds of violent felons, criminals, who brutally assaulted police officers and attacked the Capitol on January 6. That's what Donald Trump did on day one."

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The Army's recruitment numbers are up, but not for the reasons Trump and Hegseth claim. It started before the last election due to new initiatives like a preparatory course and an increase in recruiting bonuses. Getting rid of DEI had nothing to do with it. abcnews.go.com/Politics/arm...

abcnews.go.comArmy meets recruiting target months ahead of scheduleThe Army has met its annual recruiting goal months ahead of schedule, and a prep course accounts for a big spike in its successful recruiting.

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SERIOUS QUESTION: What is going on with all these “officers” in tactical gear for a routine traffic stop—with no clear identification? They seem like imposters. And what’s up with that ball cap?

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NEW: per the CATO Institute, over 50 Venezuelan men sent to El Salvador prisons 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗩𝗜𝗢𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗨𝗦 𝗜𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗟𝗔𝗪. Dozens of 𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗔𝗟 𝗶𝗺𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 were stripped of their status and imprisoned in El Salvador. www.cato.org/blog/50-vene...

cato.org50+ Venezuelans Imprisoned in El Salvador Came to US Legally, Never Violated Immigration LawThe US government not only denied these men due process; it has generally failed to provide their families, their attorneys, or the public any information about what it alleges these men did to deserv...

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - President Lyndon B. Johnson

"Remember, it didn’t start with gas chambers. It started with politicians dividing the people with ‘us vs. them.’ It started with intolerance and hate speech, and when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye, it became a slippery slope to genocide". -Auschwitz Memorial

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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

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Robert Wolf on Fox News: "This big beautiful economy that actually was rolling pretty good with jobs and inflation coming down feels more like the Game of Thrones red wedding. I mean, it's not going well."

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Dropkick Murphys just had an epic moment at their show: They made a friendly wager with a fan in a MAGA shirt—“Let’s see where it’s made.” Then they checked his MAGA shirt tag… Made in Nicaragua. They swapped it with a Made in America Dropkick Murphys tee. Legendary.

The Guardian gets it. Democrats are spineless. “Increasingly, political commentators have compared the Democrats of 2025 to the Nazi collaborationist Vichy government in second-world-war France. “It’s a regime born of capitulation and of defeat,” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

theguardian.comWhy are the Democrats so spineless? | Moira DoneganNo wonder the American public thinks of Democrats as out of touch, opportunistic and cowardly. That is because they are