MaryJane
@maryfrancis.bsky.social
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Very strong piece by Jack Goldsmith:
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Very strong piece by Jack Goldsmith:
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
“But there can be no conceivable legal justification for U.S. Special Operations Forces kill[ing] the survivors of a first strike on a drug boat off the coast of Trinidad who ‘were clinging to the smoldering wreck.’”
open.substack.com/pub/executiv...
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The UK didn’t even need to see the Epstein files to strip Andrew bare.
It’s every bit as bad as we think.
It’s every bit as bad as we think.
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The UK didn’t even need to see the Epstein files to strip Andrew bare.
It’s every bit as bad as we think.
It’s every bit as bad as we think.
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“Stephen Miller is wasting our tax dollars by taking military housing while service members are lining up at food banks and veterans struggle to get the care they earned,” said Common director Jose Vasquez, whose group represents veterans and military families.
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“Stephen Miller is wasting our tax dollars by taking military housing while service members are lining up at food banks and veterans struggle to get the care they earned,” said Common director Jose Vasquez, whose group represents veterans and military families.
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
www.thedailybeast.com/stephen-mill...
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….gasp…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…whew…hahahaha…cough…hahaha…sigh….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…vomits in small bin…hahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaa….drops dead
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA….gasp…HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…whew…hahahaha…cough…hahaha…sigh….HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…vomits in small bin…hahahahaHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAaaaaaaaaaaa….drops dead
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Also Grandparents Taking Care Of Grandchildren….
You know who relies on food stamps? Foster parents taking care of the babies ya’ll DEMANDED be born.
You know who relies on food stamps? Foster parents taking care of the babies ya’ll DEMANDED be born.
October 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Also Grandparents Taking Care Of Grandchildren….
You know who relies on food stamps? Foster parents taking care of the babies ya’ll DEMANDED be born.
You know who relies on food stamps? Foster parents taking care of the babies ya’ll DEMANDED be born.
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Trump’s Social Security Commissioner, Frank Bisignano, should resign in disgrace immediately.
🧵on the brewing scandal surrounding Bisignano’s time as CEO of Fiserv:
🧵on the brewing scandal surrounding Bisignano’s time as CEO of Fiserv:
October 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trump’s Social Security Commissioner, Frank Bisignano, should resign in disgrace immediately.
🧵on the brewing scandal surrounding Bisignano’s time as CEO of Fiserv:
🧵on the brewing scandal surrounding Bisignano’s time as CEO of Fiserv:
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BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
October 29, 2025 at 8:49 PM
BREAKING: Democrats just tried to pass a standalone bill to fund WIC & SNAP to make sure families don't go hungry during the Republican shutdown.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
Republicans BLOCKED it. So Trump won't use emergency funds to keep SNAP running, and Republicans won't let any bills pass. Shameful.
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It’s quite a feat for someone to sprint past Andrew Cuomo in the racist piece of shit dash, but she’s really going for it.
So here's Andrew Cuomo reacting to Maria Bartiromo wondering if Mamdani will "change the look of New York" and have Muslim women "completely covered up," telling her that Mamdani "doesn't understand New York culture" because he has "dual citizenship" and "he's a citizen of Uganda."
October 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s quite a feat for someone to sprint past Andrew Cuomo in the racist piece of shit dash, but she’s really going for it.
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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...
Wait. Am I getting this right?
Trump's autopen pardons are valid,
but Biden's are not?
Trump's autopen pardons are valid,
but Biden's are not?
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wait. Am I getting this right?
Trump's autopen pardons are valid,
but Biden's are not?
Trump's autopen pardons are valid,
but Biden's are not?
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Why are fighter jets flying over Bethesda, Maryland? There are no fishing boats here.
October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Why are fighter jets flying over Bethesda, Maryland? There are no fishing boats here.
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At this point, Barack Obama should come out and publicly say he’d love to be President again and he hasn’t ruled out running for a third term. I’m serious. My fellow Democrats, either fight or go home.
October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
At this point, Barack Obama should come out and publicly say he’d love to be President again and he hasn’t ruled out running for a third term. I’m serious. My fellow Democrats, either fight or go home.
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Especially relevant w the breaking news that ICE will become more like Border Patrol
This is a sign they’re no longer going to do investigations to find specific people, & probably a sign they can’t hire enough ICE agents. It will just be goons driving around doing Kavanaugh raids on brown people
This is a sign they’re no longer going to do investigations to find specific people, & probably a sign they can’t hire enough ICE agents. It will just be goons driving around doing Kavanaugh raids on brown people
I mostly agree w @paulwaldman.bsky.social but much of the brutality, cruelty, & malicious mayhem here in Chicago has been by Border Patrol. Was BP that zip-tied naked children in that attack on the apt bldg, BP has been gassing n’hoods, & likely they’re mostly veteran agents. Rot is deep at BP too
"The next presidency is going to have to embark on a sweeping de-Trump-ification of the entire federal government to purge it of the culture of abuse and lawlessness that has taken hold, and there are few more vivid examples than ICE." — @paulwaldman.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Especially relevant w the breaking news that ICE will become more like Border Patrol
This is a sign they’re no longer going to do investigations to find specific people, & probably a sign they can’t hire enough ICE agents. It will just be goons driving around doing Kavanaugh raids on brown people
This is a sign they’re no longer going to do investigations to find specific people, & probably a sign they can’t hire enough ICE agents. It will just be goons driving around doing Kavanaugh raids on brown people
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In response to "A House of Dynamite," the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency sent around an internal memo for its leadership with the talking point that US defenses are *100 percent accurate*.
Ah, no.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Ah, no.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Military’s Missile Defense System Cannot Be as Good as It Says
Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
In response to "A House of Dynamite," the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency sent around an internal memo for its leadership with the talking point that US defenses are *100 percent accurate*.
Ah, no.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Ah, no.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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Last week:
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or tw
popular.info
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Last week:
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
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World Central Kitchen is feeding furloughed NASA and Defense workers in D.C. Chef José Andrés is a legend and a treasure. His team usually serves war and disaster zones and they’re already heading to Jamaica. Remember who’s stepping up and who isn’t, because It’s not MAGA.
October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
World Central Kitchen is feeding furloughed NASA and Defense workers in D.C. Chef José Andrés is a legend and a treasure. His team usually serves war and disaster zones and they’re already heading to Jamaica. Remember who’s stepping up and who isn’t, because It’s not MAGA.
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Even if you are leader of the free world, you don’t just get an MRI without a clear reason to do so.
There’s no such thing as a “screening” MRI.
There’s no such thing as a “screening” MRI.
October 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Even if you are leader of the free world, you don’t just get an MRI without a clear reason to do so.
There’s no such thing as a “screening” MRI.
There’s no such thing as a “screening” MRI.
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🚨10am-12:30pm October 25th
Annual Halloween Parade and Party for families in the community get tear gassed by ICE in NW Chicago. This is a terror state; a police state. 1/2
Annual Halloween Parade and Party for families in the community get tear gassed by ICE in NW Chicago. This is a terror state; a police state. 1/2
October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
🚨10am-12:30pm October 25th
Annual Halloween Parade and Party for families in the community get tear gassed by ICE in NW Chicago. This is a terror state; a police state. 1/2
Annual Halloween Parade and Party for families in the community get tear gassed by ICE in NW Chicago. This is a terror state; a police state. 1/2
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I’m Jordan Wood, progressive reformer running for US Senate in Maine.
Born/raised in Lewiston and now raising my family in Bristol. I’ve spent my life fighting for voting rights, anti-corruption, & democracy reform—at End Citizens United, as Katie Porter’s Chief of Staff, & leading democracyFIRST.
Born/raised in Lewiston and now raising my family in Bristol. I’ve spent my life fighting for voting rights, anti-corruption, & democracy reform—at End Citizens United, as Katie Porter’s Chief of Staff, & leading democracyFIRST.
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I’m Jordan Wood, progressive reformer running for US Senate in Maine.
Born/raised in Lewiston and now raising my family in Bristol. I’ve spent my life fighting for voting rights, anti-corruption, & democracy reform—at End Citizens United, as Katie Porter’s Chief of Staff, & leading democracyFIRST.
Born/raised in Lewiston and now raising my family in Bristol. I’ve spent my life fighting for voting rights, anti-corruption, & democracy reform—at End Citizens United, as Katie Porter’s Chief of Staff, & leading democracyFIRST.
I knew John Dickerson was not going to put up with CBS's bullshit.
John Dickerson announces he’ll be leaving CBS at the end of the year. Not a great sign for the network.
October 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I knew John Dickerson was not going to put up with CBS's bullshit.
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ICE targets community watchdog Santa Ana, California.
October 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
ICE targets community watchdog Santa Ana, California.