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laura-cc.bsky.social
I turned off the news for 1 day to give myself a break, and came back to this. wtf is going on now?
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
12/7/25

"There has been an outcry over the National Security Strategy, with Europeans and other U.S. allies warning that they can no longer trust the U.S."

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December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
12/7/25

December 7, 1941

"Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of nine Japanese torpedoes hit the ship"

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December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
I'm not sure what Trump thought he was doing by posting the Cuellar daughters' letter & his "lack of LOYALTY" rant, but, in addition to making clear the transactional nature of the pardon in his mind, he also admitted that a transparently flattering letter is all it takes for him to grant a pardon.
Can you imagine??? The Democrats, under the Crooked Joe Biden Administration, who always use extreme force and jail-time to destroy their political opponent, wanted to put Congressman Henry Cuellar, and his wife, Imelda, in PRISON, for 15 years, ... The Dems mercilessly went after Henry with everything they had! They were looking to destroy him, his lovely wife, his two young daughters, and anyone close to them. When the Democrats overwhelmingly lost the 2024 Presidential Election, and power with it, they, regardless, did everything they could to keep going after the Cuellar family. The Dems were vicious, and all because Henry strongly wanted, correctly, BORDER SECURITY! ... It was all very unfair what they were doing to him and his family, so much so that his daughters wrote me a beautiful letter about their parents (Just posted on TRUTH!). After reading it I decided, in the interest of justice, and based on the daughter's loving request, that I would give Henry and Imelda a Full and Complete Pardon. I never spoke to the Congressman, his wife, or his daughters, but felt very good about fighting for a family that was tormented by very sick and deranged people - They were treated sooo BADLY! I signed the papers, and said to people in the Oval Office that I just did a very good, perhaps life saving, thing. God was very happy with me that day! THEN IT HAPPENED!!! Only a short time after signing the Pardon, Congressman Henry Cuellar announced that he will be "running" for Congress again, in the Great State of Texas (a State where I received the highest number of votes ever recorded!), as a Democrat, continuing to work with the same Radical Left Scum that just weeks before wanted him and his wife to spend the rest of their lives in Prison - And probably still do! Such a lack of LOYALTY, something that Texas Voters, and Henry's daughters, will not like. Oh' well, next time, no more Mr. Nice guy! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP November 12, 2025 The Honorable Donald J. Trump President of the United States The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Subject: Request for Compassion and Clemency for Our Parents, Henry and Imelda Cuellar Dear President Trump, First, we want to thank you for your service to our nation and for the leadership you continue to provide to millions of Americans. We understand that the responsibilities of your office are immense, and we are deeply grateful for the time and compassion you extend to families like ours who are seeking mercy and understanding. We write to you simply as two daughters — two women who love their parents more than words can express and who have spent countless nights praying for strength, hope, and understanding. This has been the hardest chapter of our lives. There have been sleepless nights, anxious mornings, and quiet moments when the weight of it all feels overwhelming. We've watched our parents, Henry and Imelda Cuellar - two of the kindest, most selfless people we know, who have given everything to others — endure something so heavy and public, carrying a burden that no good-hearted person should ever have to bear. This ordeal has taken a deep emotional and financial toll on all of us. It has tested our faith in ways we never expected, but it has not broken it. We still believe in justice. We still believe in America — a country built on truth, fairness, and compassion, even during the hardest of times. This experience has shown us how easily good people and good intentions can be misunderstood and how deeply that can affect a family. Still, we hold onto our faith and keep praying that the justice system we were taught to respect will reflect that same fairness and humanity. We also believe that our father's independence and honesty may have contributed to how this case began. He has never been afraid to speak his mind, especially when it comes to protecting the people of South Texas and securing the border from the policies of the previous administration. President Trump, you once publicly said that you believed the indictment was wrong — and later, at a White House picnic, you told me personally, as you pointed to my father, that he was "a good man." Those words meant more than you could ever know. Those words meant more than you could imagine. I still hold on to them because they remind us that good people recognize good character, even in difficult times. When you and your family faced your own challenges, we understood that pain in a very human way. We watched from afar through the eyes of daughters who knew what it felt like to see parents under fire. We prayed for you and your family - for your strength, your peace, and your faith to stay strong — because we know that behind the headlines, there are real people who hurt, who love, and who still hope for better days. That's what unites us as families and as Americans - the shared belief that no matter how dark things seem, faith and compassion can still light the way forward. Thank you, President Trump, for your time, compassion, and willingness to listen. We are grateful beyond words for the hope you bring to families like ours — the hope that forgiveness, fairness, and faith still have a place in our justice system. May God bless you, guide your decisions as you continue to lead our country, and keep your family in His care. With deepest gratitude and faith, pat fat Christina Cuellar Catherine Cuellar Daughters of United States Congressman Henry and Imelda Cuellar
December 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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BEN MEISELAS
12/7/25

"pay-for-pardon bribery scheme gone wrong"

Trump raged over fact that Democrat TX Congressman Henry Cuellar, indicted for corruption charges but pardoned by Trump, refused to switch parties as a thank you to Trump

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Sunday Afternoon News Updates - 12/7/25
Here's the latest...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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MICHAEL COHEN
12/6/25

"Enter Brooke Rollins of the USDA, announcing that any state refusing to hand over their SNAP data, including immigration status, will have their food aid frozen. Not reduced. Not reviewed. Frozen"

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STARVE THEM OUT
Unable to deliver ten million deportations, Trump discovered a quicker fix: cut off food, squeeze blue states, and let hunger succeed where policy never could.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
12/5/25

Ulrike Franke: “The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a speech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists"

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December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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RON FILIPKOWSKI
13/5/25

“Alleged traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on Sept 2 were not heading toward the US, Adm Bradley told lawmakers

"Instead they were heading to link up with another vessel that was bound for Suriname.”

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 264. 12/5/25
… The J6 pipe bomber suspect arrested yesterday has reportedly confessed to authorities that he is a Trump supporter who believed that the 2020 election was stolen.
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December 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
So the boat wasn’t even heading to 🇺🇸

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December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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crampell.bsky.social
Rep. Grijalva says she was pepper-sprayed by ICE
December 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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joshgerstein.bsky.social
JUST IN: DOJ files 1-page Noem, Blanche declarations on Alien Enemies Act deportations being investigated by Judge Boasberg as potential contempt of court. Basically a stonewall, saying the legal advice is privileged storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Declaration of Secretary Noem – #198, Att. #1 in J.G.G. v. TRUMP (D.D.C., 1:25-cv-00766) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE of Filing of Declarations in Response to Court's December 1 Order by PAMELA J. BONDI, PETER B. HEGSETH, KRISTI NOEM, MARCO A. RUBIO, MADISON SHEAHAN, DONALD J. TRUMP, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE...
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December 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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joedudekjd.bsky.social
Very darkly funny that DOJ says Drew Ensign took no part in deciding what to do.
December 6, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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ROBERT REICH
12/5/25

"Trump isn’t just destroying the White House to make room for a vanity ballroom — he’s selling it off to the highest bidders, who conveniently need favors from his regime."

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Trump’s Monument to Corruption
And one of the first things to do when sanity and legality are restored
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December 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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MIGRANT INSIDER
12/5/25

"Amnesty International released a report documenting torture and enforced disappearances at Florida’s Everglades Detention Facility, the state-owned immigration prison Governor DeSantis built with $360 million in emergency management funds"

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AM Dispatch: Amnesty Finds Torture at Alligator Alcatraz
Plus, Stephen Miller "CREEP"posters back to DC, Texas courts flooded with habeas corpus petitions, ICE vehicles' tires slashed in Staten Island, a rumored deportation flight to Iran, and more!
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December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
12/4/25

“You have two individuals in clear distress without any means of locomotion, with a destroyed vessel,... killed by the United States.”

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December 4, 2025
“What I saw in that room was one of the most troubling things I’ve seen in my time in public service,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT), the top Democrat on the House Intelligence committee, said.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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BEN MEISELAS
12/4/25

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Thursday Afternoon News Updates - 12/4/25
It's early — but there's already a whole lot to report. Catch up with me.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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ericmgarcia.bsky.social
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.

“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
And once again the power of the US government will be used to represent a private company owned by the single largest donor to Trump campaign to leverage foreign governments.
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
12/4/25

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SCOOP: Tyson Foods Moves to Block Shareholder Vote on Deportation Risks
The meat giant is fighting to keep investors from demanding a report on how mass deportations could devastate its workforce — 35% of which is immigrants.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
12/3/25

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SCOOP: Gallego Bill Targets Affordable Housing Crisis With Foreign Investor Cash
Move comes as Trump’s proposed Gold Card program would siphon cash from job-creating EB-5 investments.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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MIGRANT INSIDER
PABLO MANRÍQUEZ
12/2/35

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NEWS: DHS Expands Migrant Database to Screen U.S. Citizens
Fair Elections Center filing reveals bulk SSN queries, driver's license plans as 26 states weaponize flawed data against voters.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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RON FILIPKOWSKI
12/2/25

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Today in Politics, Bulletin 262. 12/2/25
… After posting a blizzard of deranged QAnon content, threats, and conspiracies on Truth Social past midnight last night, Trump was back at it again starting at 5:48 AM.
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December 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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RON FILIPKOWSKI
11/30/35

“Three powerful businessmen—two Americans and a Russian—hunched over a laptop in Miami Beach last month, ostensibly to draw up a plan to end Russia’s long and deadly war with Ukraine"

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This Weekend in Politics, Bulletin 260. 11/30/25
… Ukraine’s peace negotiators met with the US delegation today, which was led by Sec of State Marco Rubio, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner. After multiple recent revela...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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BEN MEISELAS
11/30/25

"This is the president of the United States openly running a bait-and-switch scam against his own supporters"

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Sunday Afternoon News Updates - 11/30/25
Catch up on today's news — so far
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December 1, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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HEATHER COX RICHARDSON
11/30/25

"the administration’s plan for peace was a Russian-led blueprint for joint U.S.-Russia economic cooperation that would funnel contracts for rebuilding Ukraine .. to a few favored U.S. and Russian businessmen.

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November 30, 2025
On Friday evening, the Wall Street Journal published an article about the Trump administration’s negotiations with Russia over Ukraine that illuminated the administration’s approach to the world at ho...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:59 AM