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Seems only fair for Whitmer to send a letter to each affected household explaining what happened
“Trump denied Michigan’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire tab.”
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Electricity prices jump after Trump rejects disaster aid for Michigan utilities
The president denied the state’s request for federal aid to rebuild power lines after a fierce ice storm last March, a move that could force thousands of rural electricity customers to pay the entire ...
www.politico.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Seems only fair for Whitmer to send a letter to each affected household explaining what happened
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you can’t ask the president about things he clearly does not have the power to do, because he is physically incapable of admitting he is not allowed to do something
Reporter: You said that you might denaturalize American citizens?
Trump: If we have criminals that came in and were naturalized through Biden or somebody that didn’t’ know what they were doing—if I have the power to do it… I would denaturalize
Trump: If we have criminals that came in and were naturalized through Biden or somebody that didn’t’ know what they were doing—if I have the power to do it… I would denaturalize
December 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
you can’t ask the president about things he clearly does not have the power to do, because he is physically incapable of admitting he is not allowed to do something
The next president is going to take office with a hole in the ground and an AI slop blueprint for a 30,000 person stadium
“.. What started as a 500-seat ballroom connected to the East Wing grew to 650 seats. Next, he wanted a 999-seat ballroom, then room for 1,350.” 🤡
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November 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The next president is going to take office with a hole in the ground and an AI slop blueprint for a 30,000 person stadium
Recall that Harvard sued, won, and got funding restored
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Recall that Harvard sued, won, and got funding restored
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When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
When troops are deployed overseas in places they absolutely should not be because of a warmonger ass president, and they are killed by someone who acted on their own accord, we typically don’t have a problem blaming the U.S. commander in chief
Gotta protect our brave soldiers from the crime wave that they have been deployed to fight
NEW via @washingtonpost.com:
"#DC police to begin patrolling with #NationalGuard after fatal attack
If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in DC since their arrival."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"#DC police to begin patrolling with #NationalGuard after fatal attack
If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in DC since their arrival."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack
If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Gotta protect our brave soldiers from the crime wave that they have been deployed to fight
Supporting The Hague Invasion Act because it ensures defendants will remain in a jurisdiction that can impose the death penalty
Handing Hegseth over to The Hague is the moderate position.
Also recognize that this unambiguous use of the military to commit murder of helpless noncombatants as they fought for life is a direct reflection of the virulent white supremacy that has seized our government, where every Latino man is a gangbanger in a de facto state of war against White America
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Supporting The Hague Invasion Act because it ensures defendants will remain in a jurisdiction that can impose the death penalty
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They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
given how unpopular Trump is, it’s insane that civil society/universities/law firms are still asking themselves “how do I stay on Trump’s good side” rather than “how do I avoid facing consequences for complying with Trump’s illegal demands”
New Gallup poll shows Trump's approval hit a new low for his second term:
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
-36% approve
-60% disapprove
His approval among Republicans went from 91% in January to 84% in November
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 6:09 PM
They believe that Trump will use the formal powers of the government and whatever informal powers he may have to extract costs from them if they do not play ball and they equally believe that the anti-Trump coalition will not extract these costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
So we need to extract those costs.
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The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The guy shot two random people with a gun, I don't think you can say he wasn't assimilating into our culture
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Hegseth should fry for this
November 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Hegseth should fry for this
If you thought the DoJ was having a hard time prosecuting cases before, just wait until they start bringing frivolous denaturalization suits
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
If you thought the DoJ was having a hard time prosecuting cases before, just wait until they start bringing frivolous denaturalization suits
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“After Mr. Paul learned from his wife that the authorities were threatening to deport her without a hearing, he said, their lawyer filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Diego to halt her removal &secure her release.
In response, the government approved Ms. Paul’s green card on Tuesday & freed her”
In response, the government approved Ms. Paul’s green card on Tuesday & freed her”
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“After Mr. Paul learned from his wife that the authorities were threatening to deport her without a hearing, he said, their lawyer filed a lawsuit in federal court in San Diego to halt her removal &secure her release.
In response, the government approved Ms. Paul’s green card on Tuesday & freed her”
In response, the government approved Ms. Paul’s green card on Tuesday & freed her”
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The GOP entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to gerrymander everyone else, and nobody was going to gerrymander them. In half a hundred places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
COOK POLITICAL: Republicans “may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push .. in blue states to fight back.” 🤡
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
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@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
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November 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The GOP entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to gerrymander everyone else, and nobody was going to gerrymander them. In half a hundred places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Yeah maybe it was because every single political reporter was like: obviously there’s nothing democrats can do to combat this
COOK POLITICAL: Republicans “may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push .. in blue states to fight back.” 🤡
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yeah maybe it was because every single political reporter was like: obviously there’s nothing democrats can do to combat this
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Before this ruling, the Trump admin had said that anyone who originally crossed the border without authorization was to be held in immigrant detention without the chance for release on bond. This had left lawyers scrambling to file habeas petitions for their detained clients.
New: A federal judge in California ruled that Trump's administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by U.S. immigration authorities nationally without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Before this ruling, the Trump admin had said that anyone who originally crossed the border without authorization was to be held in immigrant detention without the chance for release on bond. This had left lawyers scrambling to file habeas petitions for their detained clients.
Until shown evidence to the contrary, I continue to believe they are padding the arrest quota with citizen arrests.
Kavanaugh stop. Smashed the kid’s car windows and arrested him. He told them he was a U.S. citizen. The officer replied “I don’t care.”
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
High school senior, a U.S. citizen, detained by ICE in Oregon
The 17-year-old was held more than five hours Friday in an ICE facility, his brother said.
www.oregonlive.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Until shown evidence to the contrary, I continue to believe they are padding the arrest quota with citizen arrests.
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remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'
trump cheerfully and unwittingly driving a stake through every attack line about zohran is the funniest thing I have seen all year
November 22, 2025 at 12:08 AM
remember 'only Andrew Cuomo can handle Trump'
For no particular reason, casually thinking about how the federal judiciary has no obligation to defer to the BIA in the post-Chevron world.
Just saw this today. This is a transparent attempt to KILL DUE PROCESS by lying about the job of immigration judge and stacking the deck through hiring only bloodthirsty lawyers who want to deport people.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
This comes after they pushed out over 100 judges deemed too likely to grant relief.
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 1:32 PM
For no particular reason, casually thinking about how the federal judiciary has no obligation to defer to the BIA in the post-Chevron world.
Threatening to sue states based on whatever oddball theory Brendan Carr can come up with is not a “ban”.
I obtained a draft of the WH's executive order that would ban state AI laws via at least FOUR agencies
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Here’s the Trump executive order that would ban state AI laws
Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI regulations.
www.theverge.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Threatening to sue states based on whatever oddball theory Brendan Carr can come up with is not a “ban”.
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
One of the obnoxious things about Schumer in particular is that he always thinks he’s being clever
Schumer said Thune wanted the retroactive provisions entitling Republican senators to get millions for J6 investigation surveilling of their phone records; Schumer said he wanted to protect Democratic senators in future from Bondi; Schumer said he would support repealing the provision.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
One of the obnoxious things about Schumer in particular is that he always thinks he’s being clever
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DHS told me their agents keep crashing out so I asked how many agents they have & they said they just go to the job fair & pay a big hiring bonus to new agents so I said it sounds like they're just paying for people to buy drugs & then Kristi Noem started crying.
Border Patrol agent who went viral over arrest video died of overdose, lawyer says
Border Patrol agent who went viral over arrest video died of overdose, lawyer says
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
DHS told me their agents keep crashing out so I asked how many agents they have & they said they just go to the job fair & pay a big hiring bonus to new agents so I said it sounds like they're just paying for people to buy drugs & then Kristi Noem started crying.
I’m not actually sure if it is within Democratic strategists’ power to ignore this, even if they want to. As the 2026 (and eventually 2028) primaries become crowded, ambitious candidates will be incentivized to say what voters actually want to hear.
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I’m not actually sure if it is within Democratic strategists’ power to ignore this, even if they want to. As the 2026 (and eventually 2028) primaries become crowded, ambitious candidates will be incentivized to say what voters actually want to hear.