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Trump says he had nothing to do with the Texas state Senate race despite endorsing the Republican candidate just a day earlier.
Democrat Taylor Rehmet wins a reliably Republican Texas state Senate seat, stunning GOP
Democrat Taylor Rehmet has won a special election for the Texas state Senate and flipped a reliably Republican district that President Donald Trump won by 17 points in 2024.
bit.ly
February 1, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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The comical idea that the Trump regime is pulling back from mass deportation choked on tear gas in Oregon and at gunpoint in MN, and the worst is yet to come

A looming ICE storm for Springfield's Haitians would bring ethnic cleansing to the heartland

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...
A not-‘toned down’ Trump regime prepares for ethnic cleansing in Ohio
A plan for immigration raids this week on thousands of Haitians in Springfield, Ohio shows that nothing has changed.
www.inquirer.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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The recent FBI raid of a Georgia county election office is a precursor to battles ahead as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from states
Trump Quest for Voter Data Spurs Lawsuits, a Raid and Jail Risk
The recent FBI raid of a Georgia county election office is a precursor to battles ahead as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from states.
bloom.bg
February 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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“On a podcast last year, Howard Lutnick described being so revolted by a mid-2000s visit to Mr. Epstein’s Manhattan mansion that he decided to ‘never be in a room with that disgusting person ever again.’

“Lutnick’s disgust appeared to prove temporary.”

Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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I trust Congressional Republicans are aware of what they have enabled. There is Ukrainian blood all over their hands.
Greetings from Kyiv.

Saturday morning.
No power.
No water.
No heating.

I’m reading that similar problems are reported across the city. Total blackout in Kyiv.
January 31, 2026 at 9:38 AM
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Ro Khanna & Thomas Massie write to the deputy AG Todd Blanche: “As the bipartisan lead sponsors of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, we write to formally request access to unredacted documents of the Jeffrey Epstein files…” They outline specific categories of material to review.
January 31, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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Brutal column in the Kansas City Star about a local real estate company trying to avoid public scrutiny for selling ICE a property for a massive prison camp:

www.kansascity.com/opinion/arti...
January 30, 2026 at 11:34 PM
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"Pivot"
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:54 AM
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When career FBI agents balk at doing the wrong thing, we call that a clue: www.ms.now/news/atlanta...
Atlanta FBI boss ousted after balking at 2020 election probe
Special Agent in Charge Paul Brown refused to execute search warrants over Trump’s long-running fraud claims, sources tell MS NOW.
www.ms.now
January 30, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Still waiting for an enterprising reporter or interviewer to ask this administration whether Trump took anything in the Epstein files with him to Mar-a-Lago
Blanche on Epstein files: "The number of responsive pages is significantly smaller than the total number of pages initially collected. That's what we're releasing more than 3 million pages today and not the 6 million pages that we collected."
January 30, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Important update: a federal judge has ruled that Russ Vought & OMB were breaking the law & must tell the public exactly how they are spending (or not spending) funds appropriated by Congress.

I wrote this law years ago to ensure transparency and accountability.
January 30, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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EXCLSUVIE: The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules and shared them with the companies they're meant to regulate, without making the new rules publicly available.

We've obtained a copy of the new rules and here's what we found.

www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
The Trump administration has secretly rewritten nuclear safety rules
The rewrite was done to speed up the construction of a new generation of nuclear reactors. Critics warn it could compromise safety and public trust.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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In Printz v. United States, #SCOTUS held that the Constitution bars the federal government from forcing or otherwise compelling local or state governments to enforce federal law.

The liberal squish who wrote the majority opinion in that case? Justice Antonin Scalia:

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January 28, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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Here is a list of the new "contributors" announced Tuesday by Bari Weiss, editor-in-chief of CBS News, during an all-hands meeting. www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-new...
CBS News names 19 new contributors
CBS News has significantly expanded its knowledge base and on-air presence with the addition of 19 new contributors who cover the worlds of politics, national security, health, happiness, arts, food, ...
www.cbsnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 PM
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Tomorrow is Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day, the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. I'm forever grateful that the Holocaust education I received - from survivors who jumped off trains to Dachau & other miracles - instead taught me that the whole point was Never. Again. For Anyone.

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January 26, 2026 at 10:58 PM
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Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE

Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 26, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Of course he does. Is this a joke? He defended the guy who killed Good. He’s told multiple people that he thinks protesters should be attacked. He told people at a rally to rough someone up. He’s said nothing as ICE has hurt people for months.

He doesn’t get to walk away from this now.
Leavitt: "Nobody in the White House, including President Trump, wants to see people getting hurt or killed in America's streets. This includes Renee Good, Alex Pretti, the brave men and women of law enforcement, and the many Americans who have been victimized by illegal alien criminals"
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
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Stephen Miller called Alex Pretti “A would-be assassin" who "tried to murder federal law enforcement." When asked about the comment, Leavitt deflected, saying that she hadn’t heard Trump describe Pretti “in that way.”

She then ignored further questioning. trib.al/9o8KfYS
White House Refuses to Back Stephen Miller’s Smear Against Alex Pretti
Even the White House appears to believe that Stephen Miller went too far in his comments on the Minneapolis man killed by Border Patrol agents.
trib.al
January 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Breaking - GOP candidate for Gov of Minnesota drops out. Says he cant support federal “retribution” against Minnesotans… @startribune.com

www.startribune.com/chris-madel-...
Chris Madel ends GOP bid for governor, says he can’t support federal ‘retribution’ against Minnesota
His exit comes as some other Republicans have started to distance themselves from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in the state.
www.startribune.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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A recap:
- Alex Pretti, a nurse, is freely and legally watching and recording an ICE action in Minneapolis.
- He tries to help a woman ICE has thrown to the ground.
- Agents mace him and wrestle him to the pavement. He isn’t brandishing a weapon, per video of the event.
January 25, 2026 at 2:52 PM
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It’s not just that they are murdering people who are peacefully protesting, it’s that they then stand in front of the cameras and slander the victims by telling us that what we see on the videos didn’t happen.
January 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM