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Individual Rights advocate; Democrat; happily married out California resident.
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muellershewrote.com
More cracks in the dam
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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November 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
Another Indiana Republican Senator makes it clear he’s still opposing the GOP push to re-gerrymander the state. dailyjournal.net/2025/11/26/s...
Sen. Greg Walker Said he turned down an invitation to visit the Oval Office last week and is accusing the White House of violating federal law in its push to pressure Indiana Republicans to redraw the state’s congressional districts ahead of next year’s midterm elections.
November 29, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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rumdood.com
One thing I didn't want to be lost in the correct calls for Hagueseth to be prosecuted for war crimes is that everyone in the chain of command below him, starting with this admiral, needs to be court martialed
mwwaters.bsky.social Matt Waters @mwwaters.bsky.social · 7h
I don’t know the Geneva Conventions, but this justification doesn’t seem right. It also wouldn’t defend a “no quarter“ order which was given regardless of the circumstances of the survivors.
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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ericcolumbus.bsky.social
TRUMP: If you’re trafficking drugs to the U.S. via the Caribbean I will kill you.

ALSO TRUMP: If you’re doing time because you helped traffic 400 tons of cocaine to the U.S. via Honduras you get a “Full and Complete Pardon.”

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Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump + If Tito Astura wins for President of Honduras, because the United States has so much confidence in him, his Policies, and what he will do for the Great People of Honduras, we will be very supportive. If he doesn't win, the United States will not be throwing good money after bad, because a wrong Leader can only bring catastrophic results to a country, no matter which country it is. Tito will be a Great President, and the United States will work closely with him in order to ensure the success, with all of its potential, of Honduras! Additionaly, I will be granting a Full and Complete Pardon to Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez who has been, according to many people that I greatly respect, treated very harshly and unfairly. This cannot be allowed to happen, especially now, after Tito Asfura wins the Election, when Honduras will be on its way to Great Political and Financial Success. VOTE FOR TITO ASFURA FOR PRESIDENT, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO JUAN ORLANDO HERNANDEZ ON YOUR UPCOMING PARDON. Thank you for your attention to this matter. MAKE HONDURAS GREAT AGAIN! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 3.15k ReTruths 13k Likes 11/28/25, 4:18 PM PRESS RELEASE Juan Orlando Hernández, Former President of Honduras, Convicted in Manhattan Federal Court of Conspiring to Import Cocaine into the United States and Related Firearms Offenses Friday, March 8, 2024 For Immediate Release Office of Public Affairs Hernández Conspired with Some of the Largest Drug Traffickers in the World to Transport Tons of Cocaine through Honduras to the United States According to court documents, from at least in or about 2004, up to and including in or about 2022, Hernández, the former two-term president of Honduras and former president of the Honduran National Congress, was at the center of one of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking conspiracies in the world. Hernández abused his position and authority in Honduras to facilitate the importation of tons of cocaine into the United States. In exchange, Hernández received millions of dollars in drug money from some of the largest and most violent drug-trafficking organizations in Honduras, Mexico, and elsewhere, and used those bribes to fuel his rise in Honduran politics. Throughout his time in office, Hernández publicly promoted legislation and the efforts he purported to undertake in support of anti-narcotics measures in Honduras. At the same time, he protected and enriched the drug traffickers in his inner circle and those who provided him with cocaine-fueled bribes that allowed him to obtain and stay in power in Honduras. For example, Hernández selectively upheld extraditions by using his executive power to support extraditions to the United States of certain drug traffickers who threatened his grip on power, and promising drug traffickers who paid him and followed his instructions that they would remain in Honduras. In addition, Hernández and his co-conspirators abused Honduran institutions, including the Honduran National Police and Honduran Army, to protect and grow their conspiracy. Among other things, members of the conspiracy used heavily armed Honduran National Police officers to protect their cocaine loads as they transited through Honduras. Members of the conspiracy also turned to violence and murder to protect and grow their drug trafficking enterprise, attacking and murdering rival traffickers and those who threatened their grip on the Honduran cocaine trade. In total, Hernández and his co-conspirators trafficked over more than 400 tons of U.S.-bound cocaine through Honduras during Hernández's tenure in the Honduran government. Hernández was convicted of three counts: (i) conspiring to import cocaine into the United States, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life in prison; (ii) using and carrying machineguns and destructive devices during, and possessing machineguns in furtherance of, the cocaine-importation conspiracy, which carries a mandatory consecutive prison term of 30 years; and (iii) conspiring to use and carry machineguns and destructive devices during, and possessing machineguns in furtherance of, the cocaine-importation conspiracy, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.
November 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
lpeterp.bsky.social
RCP: Trump just today. Remember RCP skews GOP favorable.
November 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
lpeterp.bsky.social
So, after a holiday of thanks, kindness, welcome, family & friends, it's whiplash back to the felon's endless stream of insults, ugliness and irrationality. WOW.
November 29, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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people big mad at president psychomoron
polltracker.bsky.social Poll Tracker 📊 @polltracker.bsky.social · 17h
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25

President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)

news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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gtconway.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
lpeterp.bsky.social
So, obvious to all, the mental deterioration of the convicted felon, especially on his own at his Florida fleabag country club. The rants, the insults, the utter irrationality of claiming powers he does not possess, all tell us he's rapidly losing what few marbles are left. And dangers ahead.
November 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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BREAKING: As part of his contempt inquiry, Judge Boasberg orders DHS Sec Kristi Noem and other officials to submit declarations by 12/5 attesting to their actions relating to the decision not to turn around March 15 Alien Enemies Act flights.

Background: www.lawdork.com/p/aclu-lawye...
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA J.G.G., et al., Plaintiffs, V. DONALD J. TRUMP, et al., Defendants. Civil Action No. 25-766 (JEB) ORDER At the hearing on November 19, 2025, the Court offered both sides an opportunity to propose next steps in its inquiry into whether a criminal-contempt referral is appropriate. The Government, now for the first time, has identified who purportedly made the decision not to recall planes containing Alien Enemies Act detainees on March 15, 2025: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. See ECF No. 195 (Def. Resp.) at 2. Defendants nonetheless maintain, relying heavily on Judge Katsas's concurring opinion for the D.C. Circuit panel, that her decision was proper and not contumacious. Id. at 3-4 (citing J.G.G. v. Trump, 147 F.4th 1044, 1052 (D.C. Cir. 2025) (Katsas, J., concurring)). As a result, the Government posits that "no further steps are warranted" because "Defendants did not violate this Court's order." Id. at 1. Given that the other two panel members (plus the majority of the en banc court) did not agree with J. Katsas, the Court is not prepared at this juncture to terminate its inquiry. Instead, it must determine whether Secretary Noem or anyone else should be referred for potential contempt prosecution. In other words, the Court must decide if: (1) the court order was "clear and reasonably specific"; (2) "the defendant violated the order"; and (3) "the violation was willful." United States v. Young, 107 F.3d 903, 907 (D.C. Cir. 1997) (quoting United States v. NYNEX Corp., 8 F.3d 52, 54 (D.C. Cir. 1993)). In conducting such inquiry, Plaintiffs submit that the Court should "require the government to promptly file declarations) identifying all individuals involved in the decision not to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. physical custody on March 15 and 16, 2025." ECF No. 193 (Pl. Resp.) at 1. "[O]nce these declarations are filed and depending on what information they disclose, the Court should then determine the appropriate sequence of witness testimony, and the manner in which that testimony should be provided." Id. The Government similarly notes: "If the Court believes any further information is needed for [its inquiry], Defendants respectfully request an opportunity to provide that information to the Court by way of declarations in the first instance (as even Plaintiffs agree is appropriate)." Def. Resp. at 1. The Court will adopt the parties' agreement on starting with declarations; it will then assess the need for witness testimony. It therefore ORDERS that by December 5, 2025, the Government shall submit declarations from all individuals involved in the decision not to halt the transfer of class members out of U.S. physical custody on March 15 and 16, 2025. Such declarations shall detail their roles in such decision. /s/ James E. Boasberg JAMES E. BOASBERG Chief Judge
November 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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To see "whether Secy Noem or anyone else should be referred for potential contempt prosecution," Judge Boasberg orders filing of declarations by "all individuals involved" in decision not to turn around the flights to CECOT on 3/15-16/25.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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stevenbeschloss.bsky.social
Donald Trump incited an insurrection on J6. He should never have been able to run for public office again. What a failure of justice to not hold this man accountable.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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mcopelov.bsky.social
A reminder that this wildly illegal & incredibly authoritarian statement from the Department of Homeland Security is ~exactly the same view about immigration as the "deportation abundance" folks that Ezra Klein gladly pals around with at fancy conferences:

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rtodkelly.bsky.social Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 15h
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.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
lpeterp.bsky.social
Zara Diagonal, Barcelona
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Zara Diagonal, Barcelona
November 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Rancho Mirage
November 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Ukraine update: Bravo, Zelenskyy
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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ronfilipkowski.bsky.social
I would call Pete Hegseth a war criminal, but we aren’t at war. He’s just a mass murderer.
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
It is unfathomable that the USG lawyers would sign off on a no-survivors boat strike (no get of jail free card).

There's clear precedent dating back to World War II trial of Germans for that very act, which lawyers know well.

The Peleus World War II War Crimes Trial

www.usni.org/magazines/na...
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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NEWS most welcome:
November 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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joncooper-us.bsky.social
🚨BREAKING: Trump’s job approval rating has fallen five percentage points to only 36%, the lowest of his second term, while his disapproval has risen to 60%. It’s approaching his all-time low of 34% in 2021, at the end of his first term after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Trump's Approval Rating Drops to 36%, New Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has slipped to a new second-term low point and is approaching his all-time low of 34%.
news.gallup.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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anubisthejackal.bsky.social
Not so speculative now, huh
nstenhouse.bsky.social Neil Stenhouse @nstenhouse.bsky.social · 17h
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Notable:
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM