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Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trump says we need to go after drug cartels.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
Meanwhile, he disbanded a DOJ task force that took them on.
And he pardoned a former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking.
Trump doesn't care about drugs — he wants to be able to declare war on anyone he labels an enemy.
It's a power grab.
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Republicans are saying there was no probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago. That is not true. I explain and provide all the facts in this piece (If you find information like this useful, you can sign up for my newsletter for free): joycevance.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Republicans are saying there was no probable cause to search Mar-a-Lago. That is not true. I explain and provide all the facts in this piece (If you find information like this useful, you can sign up for my newsletter for free): joycevance.substack.com/p/jack-smith...
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LUHAN: Is the FCC an independent agency?
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
CARR: I think th---
L: Yes or no
C: There's a test for this in the la---
L: It's yes or no, Brendan! On your website, it simply says, man, 'the FCC is independent.' This isn't a trick question
C: The FCC is not
L: So is your website lying?
C: Possibly
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr: Dems said we explicitly threatened to pull a licence if Kimmel wasn't fired. That never happened.
Also Brendan Carr:
Also Brendan Carr:
December 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
FCC Chair Brendan Carr: Dems said we explicitly threatened to pull a licence if Kimmel wasn't fired. That never happened.
Also Brendan Carr:
Also Brendan Carr:
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This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.
December 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This used to be Tulsi Gabbard.
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The Trump admin is executing the biggest union busting campaign in US history—currently by taking away the TSA’s collective bargaining rights. MAGA thinks Trump is pro-worker. Share this so everyone knows the truth!
Remember—vote for folks who don’t just SAY they support workers, but actually do.
Remember—vote for folks who don’t just SAY they support workers, but actually do.
December 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
The Trump admin is executing the biggest union busting campaign in US history—currently by taking away the TSA’s collective bargaining rights. MAGA thinks Trump is pro-worker. Share this so everyone knows the truth!
Remember—vote for folks who don’t just SAY they support workers, but actually do.
Remember—vote for folks who don’t just SAY they support workers, but actually do.
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The obsequious speaker who sees his role as doing the bidding of a power-hungry White House is barely in control of the House. lnk.thebulwark.com/3N5y4fd
Mike Johnson, Speaker Irrelevant
The atrophied chamber is moving legislation without GOP leadership’s blessing.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The obsequious speaker who sees his role as doing the bidding of a power-hungry White House is barely in control of the House. lnk.thebulwark.com/3N5y4fd
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Why the hell is Trump going to war with Venezuela and possibly other Latin American countries?
Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-the-hell-is-trumps
Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-the-hell-is-trumps
Office Hours: Why the hell is Trump going to war with Venezuela and possibly other Latin American countries?
Friends,
robertreich.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Why the hell is Trump going to war with Venezuela and possibly other Latin American countries?
Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-the-hell-is-trumps
Let me know your thoughts. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-the-hell-is-trumps
Funny too, that whenever they want to throw money at Anything, there is virtually no discussion about where it’s going to come from, what it will mean for the debt, etc.
I am old enough to remember when the GOP complained about government handouts
“.. Trump has reprised a familiar political strategy: promise people cash.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Funny too, that whenever they want to throw money at Anything, there is virtually no discussion about where it’s going to come from, what it will mean for the debt, etc.
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I am old enough to remember when the GOP complained about government handouts
“.. Trump has reprised a familiar political strategy: promise people cash.”
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
@tonyromm.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...
December 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I am old enough to remember when the GOP complained about government handouts
What does he think the ACA credits were that they want to cancel? Republicans have sued over the law and sabotaged it every way they could.
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COLLINS: What do you say to people who say Republicans have had 15 years to change the ACA and they haven't done it?
RICK SCOTT: Why didn't Democrats fix it?
RICK SCOTT: Why didn't Democrats fix it?
December 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What does he think the ACA credits were that they want to cancel? Republicans have sued over the law and sabotaged it every way they could.
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But not investigating Larry summers relationship with… the pedophile?????
Harvard officials are reportedly secretly investigating two students for their roles in drawing scrutiny to the relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and ex-president Larry Summers
Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein
www.nytimes.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
But not investigating Larry summers relationship with… the pedophile?????
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Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now:
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
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December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Excerpts of former Special Counsel Jack Smith's closed-door statement to House Judiciary Committee just now:
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
"If asked whether to prosecute a former President based on the same facts today, I would do so regardless of whether the President was a Republican or Democrat"
(MORE)
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Jack Smith to Judiciary Cmte re: obtaining toll records of Senate GOP members from Jan 6
"Trump & his associates tried to call Members of Congress in furtherance of their criminal scheme, urging them to further delay certification of the 2020 election. I didn’t choose those Members; Pres Trump did”
"Trump & his associates tried to call Members of Congress in furtherance of their criminal scheme, urging them to further delay certification of the 2020 election. I didn’t choose those Members; Pres Trump did”
December 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Jack Smith to Judiciary Cmte re: obtaining toll records of Senate GOP members from Jan 6
"Trump & his associates tried to call Members of Congress in furtherance of their criminal scheme, urging them to further delay certification of the 2020 election. I didn’t choose those Members; Pres Trump did”
"Trump & his associates tried to call Members of Congress in furtherance of their criminal scheme, urging them to further delay certification of the 2020 election. I didn’t choose those Members; Pres Trump did”
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Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
December 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Urgent update.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
Our bipartisan petition to force a vote on a straightforward extension of the Affordable Care Act tax credits now has 218 signatures.
Mike Johnson should bring the bill to the floor immediately.
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This was announced a couple weeks ago, but I missed it. FDA's newly appointed head of the drug evaluation dep't is set to exit the agency.
Former FDA Commissioner: "With so much attrition already, we're left w/ a team w/ very little experience making major decisions."
Free link.: archive.ph/9h8yO
Former FDA Commissioner: "With so much attrition already, we're left w/ a team w/ very little experience making major decisions."
Free link.: archive.ph/9h8yO
December 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This was announced a couple weeks ago, but I missed it. FDA's newly appointed head of the drug evaluation dep't is set to exit the agency.
Former FDA Commissioner: "With so much attrition already, we're left w/ a team w/ very little experience making major decisions."
Free link.: archive.ph/9h8yO
Former FDA Commissioner: "With so much attrition already, we're left w/ a team w/ very little experience making major decisions."
Free link.: archive.ph/9h8yO
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McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
December 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
McGovern: "When billionaire CEOs need something, Republicans move at lightning speed. But when it comes to working people needing affordable health care, suddenly the story changes. There's hand wringing and the money is gone. My friends, if you are ok with that, we do not share the same values."
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BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
BREAKING: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ discharge petition has reached 218 signatures, clearing the threshold needed to force a vote on a clean, three-year extension of Obamacare premium subsidies.
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Remind everyone: Republicans made tax breaks for billionaires permanent. Permanent! They exploded the national debt by trillions to do it.
But saving health care for a few years? Republicans say that's too expensive.
But saving health care for a few years? Republicans say that's too expensive.
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Remind everyone: Republicans made tax breaks for billionaires permanent. Permanent! They exploded the national debt by trillions to do it.
But saving health care for a few years? Republicans say that's too expensive.
But saving health care for a few years? Republicans say that's too expensive.
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He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
December 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
He'll start a war to:
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
1. Distract from the Epstein Files
2. Steal oil
3. Justify emergency powers
4. Justify use of the AEA for deportation/internment
5. Help the drug lord he just pardoned
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there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
there is really no difference between the current administration and having the country run by david duke
We have a government run by gullible people who believe all kinds of conspiracy theories and are now putting in policies based on them, having rid themselves of actual experts. This includes the President who has surrounded himself with incompetent and unqualified people. What could go wrong?
December 17, 2025 at 2:40 AM
We have a government run by gullible people who believe all kinds of conspiracy theories and are now putting in policies based on them, having rid themselves of actual experts. This includes the President who has surrounded himself with incompetent and unqualified people. What could go wrong?
All those protections so we can breath easier, drink clean water and save endangered species from extinction are part of high living standards. These people think we’re all stupid. Vote them the hell out.
Scalise claims that the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Endangered Species Act are being "heavily abused"
December 17, 2025 at 2:32 AM
All those protections so we can breath easier, drink clean water and save endangered species from extinction are part of high living standards. These people think we’re all stupid. Vote them the hell out.