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TAPPER: “Trump’s statements have been fact-checked so often, he must know by now they’re just lies… inflation was 3% when he took office, not 9… 1 million more Americans are unemployed…”
December 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
TAPPER: “Trump’s statements have been fact-checked so often, he must know by now they’re just lies… inflation was 3% when he took office, not 9… 1 million more Americans are unemployed…”
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Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
Jack Smith says Americans should 'hear the fact' of Trump probes, wants deposition tapes released
Jack Smith wants the American public to “hear the facts” about his two criminal cases against Trump, asking Trump ally Jim Jordan to release video of his eight-
www.nbcnews.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Jack Smith still wants to speak in public:
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
In a new letter, Smith says he wants the American public to "hear the facts" about his two criminal cases against Trump — asking the House Judiciary Committee to release video of his closed-door deposition and schedule an open and public hearing.
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When your political party calls for Civil War, values AR-15's over human life, makes kids go hungry, forces women to give birth against their will, blames Trump's rape victims & covers up for the pedophile in the White House, your party is FUBAR!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 PM
When your political party calls for Civil War, values AR-15's over human life, makes kids go hungry, forces women to give birth against their will, blames Trump's rape victims & covers up for the pedophile in the White House, your party is FUBAR!
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
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“The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and the court has given us the worst of all worlds: an ultrapowerful presidency without an actual president at the helm.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
Opinion | The White House Is a Lost Cause
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
“The embrace of the unitary executive theory by both the president and the court has given us the worst of all worlds: an ultrapowerful presidency without an actual president at the helm.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/o...
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Did they really expect the Trump goons to follow the law?
It didn’t take Nostradamus to predict this would happen.
It didn’t take Nostradamus to predict this would happen.
🚨 NEWS: Ranking Members @raskin.house.gov and @robertgarcia.house.gov released a joint statement after Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche confirmed that the Department of Justice will not be releasing the full Epstein files today.
December 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Did they really expect the Trump goons to follow the law?
It didn’t take Nostradamus to predict this would happen.
It didn’t take Nostradamus to predict this would happen.
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Johnson’s refusal to say so shows he hasn’t just lost control of the House. He’s lost his moral compass.
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Johnson’s refusal to say so shows he hasn’t just lost control of the House. He’s lost his moral compass.
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Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
Trump’s promise Wednesday to pay troops a “warrior dividend” bonus is actually a military housing stipend already approved by Congress, and not a generous new White House program.
Trump claims credit for military bonus that Congress already approved
The White House’s plans for a “warrior dividend” to reward troops this holiday season are actually housing assistance funds approved this summer.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Please make sure every military member you know knows this.
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#ProudBlue Rob Held is truly doing the Lord’s work!
Rob Held is a lawyer in Chicago who tracks DHS activity and defends due process. He also follows Greg Bovino around the city and uses a megaphone to say things like:
"Greg Bovino what do you have to say for yourself? Four federal judges have found your conduct unconstitutional."
"Greg Bovino what do you have to say for yourself? Four federal judges have found your conduct unconstitutional."
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#ProudBlue Rob Held is truly doing the Lord’s work!
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ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
Trump rebrands Congressionally-approved troop housing subsidy as ‘warrior dividend’ bonus
More than $2.9 billion in reconciliation funds was allocated to beef up troop housing allowances. Now it’s being used for $1,776 checks.
www.defenseone.com
December 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
ATTN MILITARY: That $1776 you’re getting? He’s taking it out of your already approved BHA and putting his name on it. www.defenseone.com/policy/2025/...
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To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
December 16, 2025 at 1:16 AM
To those thinking Russia is winning in Ukraine:
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
Imagine if when we invaded Iraq, we were almost four years into it, only occupied 20 percent, and lost a million men.
Not a soul would call that “winning.”
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He may not be the worst president ever but he is without question the worst person to ever serve as president.
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
He may not be the worst president ever but he is without question the worst person to ever serve as president.
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Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
December 15, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Two babies were born in New York within a year of each other, soon after WWII.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
One, Rob Reiner, lived a life of humanity and achievement. He brought us delight and joy. His memory will be a blessing.
The other, Donald Trump, will be remembered as an embarrassment to our nation.
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Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
December 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.
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David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 15, 2025 at 8:18 PM
David Bier: On Dec. 4, DOJ labeled people who impede or "dox" ICE agents "domestic terrorists." I document how DHS believes following, recording, and protesting agents is "impeding," and has a policy of threatening & arresting ICE observers. That's unconstitutional. www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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The Constitution guarantees your right to follow, record, protest, and notify others about the agents and what you see. These are core First Amendment rights, and DHS has clearly ordered its agents to threaten and violate those rights. cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The Constitution guarantees your right to follow, record, protest, and notify others about the agents and what you see. These are core First Amendment rights, and DHS has clearly ordered its agents to threaten and violate those rights. cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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I look forward to the moment when we all can get together and have a little conversation about how and why the biggest piece of shit in America became president. (As a friend just said, he puts the POS back in POTUS. I would give her credit but I don't want her to be deported.)
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I look forward to the moment when we all can get together and have a little conversation about how and why the biggest piece of shit in America became president. (As a friend just said, he puts the POS back in POTUS. I would give her credit but I don't want her to be deported.)
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Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
December 15, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Big announcement from Gov. Newsom:
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I’m finding it increasingly hard to report anything delivered by “official sources” in the US. Could be true, could be a coverup, could be completely made up for nefarious ends.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
December 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I’m finding it increasingly hard to report anything delivered by “official sources” in the US. Could be true, could be a coverup, could be completely made up for nefarious ends.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
It’s a country now where no one really has any idea what’s actually going on.
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Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Since 9/11, the FBI has spent a ton of resources effectively entrapping angry poor people into pretending they were engaging in a terrorist plot and then "stopping" the plot that never had any chance of being carried out. This is almost certainly another such case.
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
www.techdirt.com/tag/own-plot/
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This harrowing @propublica story about the carnage created by Trump’s USAID cuts in South Sudan won’t get as much attention as his deranged Rob Reiner rant but they’re both stories about a president who just doesn’t give a shit about other humans.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
December 15, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This harrowing @propublica story about the carnage created by Trump’s USAID cuts in South Sudan won’t get as much attention as his deranged Rob Reiner rant but they’re both stories about a president who just doesn’t give a shit about other humans.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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From a big redistricting defeat for Trump in Indiana to Democratic victories across Florida, Georgia, and Iowa, it’s been a big week for Democrats. Add Trump’s falling approval and another failed attempt to re-indict NY AG Tish James, and we’ve all got reasons to celebrate.
Our Wins Of The Week
In a major defeat for Donald Trump, the Republican supermajority in the Indiana state Senate rejected redrawn congressional maps that would have given Republicans two more seats in the U.S.
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
From a big redistricting defeat for Trump in Indiana to Democratic victories across Florida, Georgia, and Iowa, it’s been a big week for Democrats. Add Trump’s falling approval and another failed attempt to re-indict NY AG Tish James, and we’ve all got reasons to celebrate.
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Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
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Trump is trying to steal the money importers have paid in illegal tariffs before SCOTUS rules the tariffs were illegal.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump administration races to finalize tariff payments — and hamstring possible refunds
In response, companies are now filing lawsuits to make sure they get paid back if the Supreme Court invalidates some of the president's duties.
www.politico.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Trump is trying to steal the money importers have paid in illegal tariffs before SCOTUS rules the tariffs were illegal.
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...