Keith Bass
@keithbass.bsky.social
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Whether it's emissions standards, vaccines, arms control agreements, alliances, gun controls, protections v. white collar criminals, int'l agreements, medical research, or our Constitutional rights, this administration has systematically removed critical protections Americans have depended on.
Trump: "Effective immediately, we are terminating all green emissions standards imposed unnecessarily on vehicle models and engines between 2012 and 2027 and beyond"
February 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Whether it's emissions standards, vaccines, arms control agreements, alliances, gun controls, protections v. white collar criminals, int'l agreements, medical research, or our Constitutional rights, this administration has systematically removed critical protections Americans have depended on.
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House Passes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever” in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections
House Passes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever” in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to require proof of U.S. citizenship in the November midterm elections. If it becomes law, it would be the “worst voter suppression bill ever passed by Congress,” according to Ari Ber...
www.democracynow.org
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
House Passes “Worst Voter Suppression Bill Ever” in Latest Push to Help Trump Take Over Elections
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UPDATE: #Iran
• US to send second aircraft 🚢
• Iran opposition in Munich
• Trump holding cards close
• US repositions posture in Syria
• Iran embassy in Saudi holds 47th anniversary for 1979 Islamic revolution
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
• US to send second aircraft 🚢
• Iran opposition in Munich
• Trump holding cards close
• US repositions posture in Syria
• Iran embassy in Saudi holds 47th anniversary for 1979 Islamic revolution
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
US to send second aircraft carrier toward Iran: What to know
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in the world, is expected to join the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and fleet of US aircraft already assembled in the region around Iran...
www.al-monitor.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 PM
UPDATE: #Iran
• US to send second aircraft 🚢
• Iran opposition in Munich
• Trump holding cards close
• US repositions posture in Syria
• Iran embassy in Saudi holds 47th anniversary for 1979 Islamic revolution
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
• US to send second aircraft 🚢
• Iran opposition in Munich
• Trump holding cards close
• US repositions posture in Syria
• Iran embassy in Saudi holds 47th anniversary for 1979 Islamic revolution
www.al-monitor.com/originals/20...
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The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns.
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February 13, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The same day DHS announced the surge would end in Minnesota, ICE activity increased in small towns.
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DHS is shutting down. Why? Because Democrats took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and ICE is lawless and out of control. We cannot fund an agency that is murdering our citizens, tear gassing school zones, and disappearing legal immigrants.
February 13, 2026 at 3:22 PM
DHS is shutting down. Why? Because Democrats took an oath of office to uphold the Constitution and ICE is lawless and out of control. We cannot fund an agency that is murdering our citizens, tear gassing school zones, and disappearing legal immigrants.
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Russell Vought takes money appropriated for famine relief and healthcare for the world's neediest children and diverts it to pay for his own massive security detail, reasoning that people really hate him. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
Exclusive: White House uses USAID funds for budget director Vought's security, documents show
The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an archit...
www.reuters.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Russell Vought takes money appropriated for famine relief and healthcare for the world's neediest children and diverts it to pay for his own massive security detail, reasoning that people really hate him. www.reuters.com/world/us/whi...
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interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
“.. using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought ..”
@reuters.com
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
interesting that these people — and fellow travelers like bari weiss — insist on large, expensive security details. they are status markers, i suppose.
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After two weeks of negotiations, it’s clear the Trump administration and Republicans are not serious about reining in this goon-squad violence against American citizens.
February 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM
After two weeks of negotiations, it’s clear the Trump administration and Republicans are not serious about reining in this goon-squad violence against American citizens.
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The U.S. is reorienting its foreign funding program to export MAGA ideology to Europe, and a growing set of far-right and conservative think tanks and political groups are lining up to take Washington’s money.
www.politico.eu/article/maga...
www.politico.eu/article/maga...
The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund
The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.
www.politico.eu
February 13, 2026 at 3:35 PM
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign funding program to export MAGA ideology to Europe, and a growing set of far-right and conservative think tanks and political groups are lining up to take Washington’s money.
www.politico.eu/article/maga...
www.politico.eu/article/maga...
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I don’t think enough people know that the GOP’s “Save America Act” would establish voter purge programs using data systems that experts say are unreliable. These systems reek of DOGE & thus of Elon Musk who is *heavily* promoting the Act. Thread.
I read the Trump-backed voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Please tell your Senators to vote NO on this abomination: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
February 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
I don’t think enough people know that the GOP’s “Save America Act” would establish voter purge programs using data systems that experts say are unreliable. These systems reek of DOGE & thus of Elon Musk who is *heavily* promoting the Act. Thread.
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The extraordinary public backlash to Trump's ICE raids and mass deportations suggests it's time to rethink how information warfare and political persuasion work in the Trump era. Dems have an opening to reset the immigration debate if they act now.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
How the Democrats Can Play Offense on Immigration
Typically, Democrats run for the hills when immigration comes up. But as two blue-state governors are showing, the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on.
newrepublic.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:54 PM
The extraordinary public backlash to Trump's ICE raids and mass deportations suggests it's time to rethink how information warfare and political persuasion work in the Trump era. Dems have an opening to reset the immigration debate if they act now.
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
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Paramount CEO David Ellison returned to the White House last week to meet privately with President Donald Trump, amid Paramount’s ongoing hostile takeover bid for CNN and the rest of Warner Bros. Discovery.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/m...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/m...
Trump met with David Ellison days before saying he’s ‘not involved’ in Paramount’s Netflix battle | CNN Business
The timing of the meetings — early last week — is notable because Trump was asked by NBC’s Tom Llamas on Wednesday about Paramount and Netflix’s battle for WBD, and he said, “I haven’t been involved.”
www.cnn.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Paramount CEO David Ellison returned to the White House last week to meet privately with President Donald Trump, amid Paramount’s ongoing hostile takeover bid for CNN and the rest of Warner Bros. Discovery.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/m...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/12/m...
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We must never normalize these ongoing attacks by DHS agents on the people they supposedly protect.
Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings.
Not one more dime for this lawlessness.
Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings.
Not one more dime for this lawlessness.
February 13, 2026 at 3:30 PM
We must never normalize these ongoing attacks by DHS agents on the people they supposedly protect.
Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings.
Not one more dime for this lawlessness.
Trump, Vance, Miller, & Noem have created a culture of impunity that has led to rampant abuse and killings.
Not one more dime for this lawlessness.
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House Republicans, of course, have access to the same data and very likely know this. They passed the SAVE Act anyway knowing that it wouldn't make it through a Senate filibuster, so that they can argue later that any election the Democrats win is rigged
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 AM
House Republicans, of course, have access to the same data and very likely know this. They passed the SAVE Act anyway knowing that it wouldn't make it through a Senate filibuster, so that they can argue later that any election the Democrats win is rigged
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
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I'm still thinking about what a weird, loathsome freak Pam Bondi is, so I guess she's really good at her job of being a weird, loathsome freak.
February 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I'm still thinking about what a weird, loathsome freak Pam Bondi is, so I guess she's really good at her job of being a weird, loathsome freak.
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“Donald Trump and his administration don’t like accountability. They don’t like when retired veterans question them. That’s why they are cracking down on our rights and trying to make examples out of anyone they can.”
Pentagon 'trampled on' the First Amendment in trying to punish Mark Kelly, judge rules | Arizona Mirror
Federal judge blocks Pentagon from punishing Mark Kelly over military video, saying Defense Secretary trampled on Constitution
azmirror.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:16 PM
“Donald Trump and his administration don’t like accountability. They don’t like when retired veterans question them. That’s why they are cracking down on our rights and trying to make examples out of anyone they can.”
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When Pam Bondi was Florida's Attorney General, and was busy ignoring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, much like now, she took a $25,000 bribe from Donald Trump to drop her investigation into consumer fraud at Trump University.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
February 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
When Pam Bondi was Florida's Attorney General, and was busy ignoring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, much like now, she took a $25,000 bribe from Donald Trump to drop her investigation into consumer fraud at Trump University.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
Donald knew she'd be a corrupt US AG and do as she was told.
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Anyone who still supports Donald Trump after all he has done is a piece of shit. Anyone who voted for him (or did not vote at all) is personally responsible for the mess the United States is in right now.
February 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Anyone who still supports Donald Trump after all he has done is a piece of shit. Anyone who voted for him (or did not vote at all) is personally responsible for the mess the United States is in right now.
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We cannot have a secret police beholden to Donald Trump and Kristi Noem.
Let’s get real reforms at ICE, including making sure they can’t show up at polling places.
Let’s get real reforms at ICE, including making sure they can’t show up at polling places.
February 12, 2026 at 8:08 PM
We cannot have a secret police beholden to Donald Trump and Kristi Noem.
Let’s get real reforms at ICE, including making sure they can’t show up at polling places.
Let’s get real reforms at ICE, including making sure they can’t show up at polling places.
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Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Bovino advanced all the way to within eyesight of Paisley Park, but his supply lines were stretched too thin and ultimately his frozen troops were encircled by Will Stancil and wine moms with whistles
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Walz: "We've got children that a core memory for them will be their classmate being taken away. That will stick with them the rest of their lives. My hope is what sticks with them is human decency wins out, rule of law matters ... "
February 12, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Walz: "We've got children that a core memory for them will be their classmate being taken away. That will stick with them the rest of their lives. My hope is what sticks with them is human decency wins out, rule of law matters ... "