Maggie From The Commonwealth (God save it!)
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“The most important political office is that of the private citizen.” -Louis D. Brandeis (Supreme Court Justice)
So, to those who say I'm "political," damn right I am! It's my job as an American!
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So, to those who say I'm "political," damn right I am! It's my job as an American!
No DMs! No sales pitches! Absolutely no crypto/bitcoin!
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JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
JUST IN: Judge Boasberg won’t back off his planned contempt hearings next week and says the crime-fraud exception would overcome potential privileges. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Since it's the 25th anniversary of the corrupt SCOTUS decision that guaranteed we'd never know who really won the 2000 election, I thought I'd mention for those of you who may have been too young or just not paying attention to politics then that HBO has an excellent movie called "Recount" about it.
December 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Since it's the 25th anniversary of the corrupt SCOTUS decision that guaranteed we'd never know who really won the 2000 election, I thought I'd mention for those of you who may have been too young or just not paying attention to politics then that HBO has an excellent movie called "Recount" about it.
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One day apart - In Tennessee and Texas Republicans at the top of the state announce a plan to put TP USA chapters in every high school in each state
Likely not a coincidence
Likely not a coincidence
December 12, 2025 at 10:07 PM
One day apart - In Tennessee and Texas Republicans at the top of the state announce a plan to put TP USA chapters in every high school in each state
Likely not a coincidence
Likely not a coincidence
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"Cookie cutter" housing is good. It's good when cities pre-approve designs, making it easier to add more housing. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/09/t...
This backyard ADU from Type Five is pre-approved by the city
Berkeley's OK means this customizable home — from a local company — can be built quickly and more easily.
www.berkeleyside.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Cookie cutter" housing is good. It's good when cities pre-approve designs, making it easier to add more housing. www.berkeleyside.org/2025/12/09/t...
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Q: If DOJ doesn't release the files it has by next Friday, is there anything Congress can do to compel that to happen?
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
December 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Q: If DOJ doesn't release the files it has by next Friday, is there anything Congress can do to compel that to happen?
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
MASSIE: It's a crime if they don't. This is a new law with criminal implications if they don't follow it.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
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The German government announced it had summoned the Russian ambassador in Berlin to lodge a formal complaint about acts that it said had included a cyberattack on air traffic control in Aug 2024 and an attempt to spread disinformation about German politicians during a general election campaign.
Germany Accuses Russia of Sabotage, Cyberattacks and Disinformation
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The German government announced it had summoned the Russian ambassador in Berlin to lodge a formal complaint about acts that it said had included a cyberattack on air traffic control in Aug 2024 and an attempt to spread disinformation about German politicians during a general election campaign.
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“I voted for Trump because I was an idiot”.
Finally, people are admitting they were idiots, but let's be fair, this happened after his wife was deported by Trump and Noem's Proud Boys...
Finally, people are admitting they were idiots, but let's be fair, this happened after his wife was deported by Trump and Noem's Proud Boys...
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“I voted for Trump because I was an idiot”.
Finally, people are admitting they were idiots, but let's be fair, this happened after his wife was deported by Trump and Noem's Proud Boys...
Finally, people are admitting they were idiots, but let's be fair, this happened after his wife was deported by Trump and Noem's Proud Boys...
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Good piece about some very bad editorials, which I find more depressing than enraging. They have no apparent audience (besides Bezos) and lack basic fluency in the legal concepts they discuss. Both asinine and utterly pointless. Can someone who understands the law at least write them?
It is hard to overstate how shallow and embarrassing the Washington Post Editorial Board's analysis is whenver it tries to write about the law. They don't make arguments so much as they crank out half-assed jumbles of buzzwords that they hope will make Jeff Bezos happy. Don't care for it at all!
The Washington Post Editorial Board Is Spectacularly Awful at Legal Analysis
Since Bezos overhauled the board earlier this year, it has been very good at cranking out billionaire-friendly propaganda. It is quite bad at everything else.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Good piece about some very bad editorials, which I find more depressing than enraging. They have no apparent audience (besides Bezos) and lack basic fluency in the legal concepts they discuss. Both asinine and utterly pointless. Can someone who understands the law at least write them?
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A British mother holding an infant.
A Ukrainian refugee
The wife of a Navy veteran.
A German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.
These are some of the spouses of U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews.
A Ukrainian refugee
The wife of a Navy veteran.
A German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.
These are some of the spouses of U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews.
Green card applicants married to U.S. citizens face new uncertainty amid arrests
The Trump administration says they were detained because they had overstayed their visas, but longtime attorneys say that has never been an issue previously for spouses of U.S. citizens.
nbcnews.to
December 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
A British mother holding an infant.
A Ukrainian refugee
The wife of a Navy veteran.
A German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.
These are some of the spouses of U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews.
A Ukrainian refugee
The wife of a Navy veteran.
A German man about to celebrate his first wedding anniversary.
These are some of the spouses of U.S. citizens who were detained by ICE at what they thought were going to be routine green card interviews.
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Trump did this! Liberated from a legacy: Mackey's Ferry Sawmill | Mackey's Ferry Sawmill was the largest private employer in Washington County, until recently, when owner Wilson Jones was forced to shut down due to the impact of tar... | www.carolinajournal.com/liberated-fr...
Liberated from a legacy: Mackey's Ferry Sawmill
Mackey's Ferry Sawmill was the largest private employer in Washington County, until recently, when owner Wilson Jones was forced to shut down due to the impact of tariffs. After almost 40 years, Macke...
www.carolinajournal.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Trump did this! Liberated from a legacy: Mackey's Ferry Sawmill | Mackey's Ferry Sawmill was the largest private employer in Washington County, until recently, when owner Wilson Jones was forced to shut down due to the impact of tar... | www.carolinajournal.com/liberated-fr...
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Posted this on January 26th
Some of y’all have no idea what’s been festering online for years & years
And who profits from stoking it.
#NickFuentes #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson
Some of y’all have no idea what’s been festering online for years & years
And who profits from stoking it.
#NickFuentes #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson
#NickFuentes
Who also laughed about burning women at the stake on his podcasts YEARS ago
Was doxxed after this, ran to mommy, got arrested for assaulting a woman, and is still flapping his gums about #Elon #Heiling the world & laughing at cameras
He lives in my blue state of Illinois 🙃
Who also laughed about burning women at the stake on his podcasts YEARS ago
Was doxxed after this, ran to mommy, got arrested for assaulting a woman, and is still flapping his gums about #Elon #Heiling the world & laughing at cameras
He lives in my blue state of Illinois 🙃
September 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Posted this on January 26th
Some of y’all have no idea what’s been festering online for years & years
And who profits from stoking it.
#NickFuentes #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson
Some of y’all have no idea what’s been festering online for years & years
And who profits from stoking it.
#NickFuentes #CharlieKirk #TylerRobinson
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Lead by David Stevens: “Putin has never allowed a free and fair election and Putin and his cronies have stolen untold billions from the Russian people. Maybe that is what Trump admires most about Putin.” #Pinks #MomSky #ProudBlue
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Secret meetings between FBI and Ukraine negotiator spark concern
FBI Director Kash Patel and his deputy, Dan Bongino, have met with Ukraine’s top delegate amid a U.S. pressure campaign on Kyiv to trade land for peace.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Lead by David Stevens: “Putin has never allowed a free and fair election and Putin and his cronies have stolen untold billions from the Russian people. Maybe that is what Trump admires most about Putin.” #Pinks #MomSky #ProudBlue
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
December 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posted by the Tax Foundation — the world's leading nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit organization.
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Journalistic malpractice and NYT headline writing, a sample.
The New York Times Spread Dangerous Health Disinformation, Erased It, Hopes You Don’t Notice
The New York Times aided the MAGA, anti-science FDA in its mission to undermine the public’s trust in life saving vaccines. Another example of editorial decisions undermining trust in the Grey Lady.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Journalistic malpractice and NYT headline writing, a sample.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses
A federal judge ordered Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be released from custody on Thursday night, making for the latest major setback in the Trump administration’s bigoted immigration ...
www.dailykos.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia released as key ICE case collapses www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things. Fortunately, this doesn’t apply to Tina Peters.
open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
A Pardon for Loyalty, Not Justice
There are pardons that make history, and pardons that make a mockery of it.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I’m so tired of bad people getting away with doing bad things. Fortunately, this doesn’t apply to Tina Peters.
open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
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BREAKING: A huge photo dump from Epstein’s estate was sent to House Oversight, and they just released it.
Epstein’s circle includes: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew.
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Epstein’s circle includes: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
BREAKING: A huge photo dump from Epstein’s estate was sent to House Oversight, and they just released it.
Epstein’s circle includes: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew.
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Epstein’s circle includes: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Richard Branson, Larry Summers, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew.
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Why don’t we have a thread 🧵 where we give a shout out to our favorite journalists around the world?
I’ll start with Heather Cox Richardson - @heathercoxrichardson.skystack.xyz
I’d first discovered her work during the beginning of COVID in 2020.
Primary source material + historical context 😍
I’ll start with Heather Cox Richardson - @heathercoxrichardson.skystack.xyz
I’d first discovered her work during the beginning of COVID in 2020.
Primary source material + historical context 😍
December 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Why don’t we have a thread 🧵 where we give a shout out to our favorite journalists around the world?
I’ll start with Heather Cox Richardson - @heathercoxrichardson.skystack.xyz
I’d first discovered her work during the beginning of COVID in 2020.
Primary source material + historical context 😍
I’ll start with Heather Cox Richardson - @heathercoxrichardson.skystack.xyz
I’d first discovered her work during the beginning of COVID in 2020.
Primary source material + historical context 😍
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How much antiblackness are we supposed to deal with on a regular basis before nonBlack people will agree that the racism was beyond the pale.
What’s it gonna take. I want facts and figures. How many slurs per day should we have to suffer before it’s ok not to feel sorry for some dumb white broad.
What’s it gonna take. I want facts and figures. How many slurs per day should we have to suffer before it’s ok not to feel sorry for some dumb white broad.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
How much antiblackness are we supposed to deal with on a regular basis before nonBlack people will agree that the racism was beyond the pale.
What’s it gonna take. I want facts and figures. How many slurs per day should we have to suffer before it’s ok not to feel sorry for some dumb white broad.
What’s it gonna take. I want facts and figures. How many slurs per day should we have to suffer before it’s ok not to feel sorry for some dumb white broad.
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🚨BREAKING: Massachusetts and Nevada are the latest states sued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over their refusal to hand over unredacted voter rolls to the Trump administration, the department announced Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump DOJ Sues Massachusetts and Nevada In Expanding Bid to Seize States’ Private Voter Data
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
🚨BREAKING: Massachusetts and Nevada are the latest states sued by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) over their refusal to hand over unredacted voter rolls to the Trump administration, the department announced Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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CARTOON OF THE DAY:
CARTOON OF THE DAY:
December 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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CARTOON OF THE DAY:
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia - 1
Donald Trump - 0
Donald Trump - 0
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia - 1
Donald Trump - 0
Donald Trump - 0
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Tell USA TODAY Co. to Recognize the Dispatch News Guild!
We are the reporters, photographers and digital producers of The Columbus Dispatch and Newark Advocate, two of the oldest news organizations in Central Ohio. We are fighting for our own futures and th...
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December 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"