Jim Manley
@jamespmanley.bsky.social
I got lucky and ended up working in the Senate for 21 years, including 2 majority leaders and one of the greatest legislators in the history of that body. So called “democratic strategist”
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$50 million in an offshore account is the only explanation here
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:52 AM
$50 million in an offshore account is the only explanation here
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NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Trump Pauses All Asylum Applications and Halts Visas for Afghans
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
NEW: The New York Times got a State Dept. cable telling diplomats to destroy visas that had been approved and printed to give to Afghans. And diplomats are told to do scheduled interviews but not grant visas. US shuts all legal entry routes for Afghans. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/u...
Who paid off Trump and or his family and how much
This can’t be real? What is trumps cut?
$50 million in an offshore account is the only explanation here
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Who paid off Trump and or his family and how much
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WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
November 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
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Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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 2:48 AM
Insanely stupid and short-sighted choice. I didn't even know they were still trying to run this racket. You put more universities in danger with this shit you idiots!
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An absolute psychopath who enjoys killing people just for the sake of killing. If I lived in his childhood home, I'd dig up the yard and see how many dead stray cats I found.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
An absolute psychopath who enjoys killing people just for the sake of killing. If I lived in his childhood home, I'd dig up the yard and see how many dead stray cats I found.
Senate democrats needs to offer amendments to spending bills to eliminate funding for this kind of waste fraud and abuse
The White House just released a propaganda portal on their official website to spread easily debunked lies and attack reporters, media outlets and his political enemies.
Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
November 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Senate democrats needs to offer amendments to spending bills to eliminate funding for this kind of waste fraud and abuse
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The White House just released a propaganda portal on their official website to spread easily debunked lies and attack reporters, media outlets and his political enemies.
Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The White House just released a propaganda portal on their official website to spread easily debunked lies and attack reporters, media outlets and his political enemies.
Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
Government sponsored propaganda is a feature of fascism, not a bug in Democracy.
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Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Just got the word that the Trump administration is throwing a brilliant medical researcher friend of mine out of the country because they’re Chinese. Insane and unreal. Literally doing research in the US to help the US
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Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
New data suggests separations now happen all over the country, often after little more than a traffic stop.
This can’t be real? What is trumps cut?
$50 million in an offshore account is the only explanation here
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This can’t be real? What is trumps cut?
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Reminder that all the "pardons" granted to Jan6ers whose convictions were still pending were auto-pen pardons.
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reminder that all the "pardons" granted to Jan6ers whose convictions were still pending were auto-pen pardons.
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The only disagreement with Baron I have is his comment about the press doing a good job covering the first Trump administration. They did not; Trump was treated as entertainment. But editorial cartoonists recognized early the danger Trump was to democracy.
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/key-...
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/key-...
Defending Press Freedom in the Age of Trump
Martin Baron interviewed by Deputy Managing Editor Rachel Danna about the forces endangering the fourth estate.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The only disagreement with Baron I have is his comment about the press doing a good job covering the first Trump administration. They did not; Trump was treated as entertainment. But editorial cartoonists recognized early the danger Trump was to democracy.
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/key-...
www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/key-...
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Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Indiana Republican Sen. Mike Bohacek, who has a daughter with Down syndrome, says he’ll vote No on redistricting following Trump’s “retarded” slur at Gov. Walz.
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And reminding everyone that he tried to shut up Democrats who talked about following the law.
Every single congressional Democrat needs to be out there, right now, insisting that Pete Hegseth resign right now and announcing that he will be held accountable for committing war crimes.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
If you do not demand accountability here and now, they will only become more emboldened.
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 PM
And reminding everyone that he tried to shut up Democrats who talked about following the law.
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Pre orders? They're still waiting for their trump phones.
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Pre orders? They're still waiting for their trump phones.
Sad
Hasn’t had any vacation time either
Wow — #TN7 NEWS: Speaker Johnson is coming to Tennessee (FRANKLIN & CLARKSVILLE) to try to rescue Van Epps as Rep. @aftynbehn4tn closes the gap in a Trump +20 district
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Sad
I feel bad for the 6 but I hope the administration makes a move, cause it will not turn out well for them/ especially hegseth.
Also, Hegseth is coming for Sen. Mark Kelly because he reminded troops that they have a duty not to commit crimes *like this one*
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
Making an appropriately big deal out of this blunts that attack and demonstrates the need for what Kelly and company did.
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I feel bad for the 6 but I hope the administration makes a move, cause it will not turn out well for them/ especially hegseth.
lol. No he isn’t
President Trump said he was revoking all executive orders former President Joe Biden signed with an autopen, escalating his battle with his predecessor over the use of the signature proxy device.
on.wsj.com/3McIppg
on.wsj.com/3McIppg
Trump Says He Is Canceling All Biden Executive Orders Signed With Autopen
The president’s decision escalates his battle with his predecessor over the use of the signature proxy device.
on.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
lol. No he isn’t
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
Trumplicans. What a loser
Trump posts an image of him holding a sign that reads, “Trump 2028, yes!”
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trumplicans. What a loser
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November 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM