mdtoorder
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Mom, editor, attorney, Macs, foodie, cats, #ERA, #gunsense, #Democrat, #INTJ, #Arizona, etc. I can gift a ltd. number of WaPo and NYT articles for now. Ask me nicely. Write so that you cannot possibly be misunderstood. DM me for $ = immediate block.
I had to take a polygraph to get a very basic SC. And I'd have serious questions about anyone who got any special waivers who miraculously did not have to take one.
But considering the Trump SC waivers to family and others during Trump 1.0, I am not at all surprised. Horrified, but not surprised.
But considering the Trump SC waivers to family and others during Trump 1.0, I am not at all surprised. Horrified, but not surprised.
“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I had to take a polygraph to get a very basic SC. And I'd have serious questions about anyone who got any special waivers who miraculously did not have to take one.
But considering the Trump SC waivers to family and others during Trump 1.0, I am not at all surprised. Horrified, but not surprised.
But considering the Trump SC waivers to family and others during Trump 1.0, I am not at all surprised. Horrified, but not surprised.
Just curious: what is #HGTV Dream Home's take on this ICE development in #Charlotte? Because that can't be helping their brand now. It scares us all off. They have clout and a choice, so what are they going to do about it?
#capitulate or #TakeAUSAStand?
#capitulate or #TakeAUSAStand?
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Just curious: what is #HGTV Dream Home's take on this ICE development in #Charlotte? Because that can't be helping their brand now. It scares us all off. They have clout and a choice, so what are they going to do about it?
#capitulate or #TakeAUSAStand?
#capitulate or #TakeAUSAStand?
Can we all do this, please?
I'll drive!
I'll drive!
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Can we all do this, please?
I'll drive!
I'll drive!
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Oh man, there is going to be ketchup all over the White House tomorrow morning! #snl #saturdaynightlive
November 16, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Oh man, there is going to be ketchup all over the White House tomorrow morning! #snl #saturdaynightlive
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“Loving too much, and possibly too young:” #SNL
Epstein White House Briefing Cold Open - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
“Loving too much, and possibly too young:” #SNL
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The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent.
Court-appointed lawyers and their clients face fallout from government shutdown, funding crisis
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent.
bit.ly
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The longest U.S. government shutdown in history is officially over, but the fallout will continue to hit federally funded defense lawyers and the people they represent.
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Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
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Mr. President, be better and do better for the American people.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Mr. President, be better and do better for the American people.
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Future employers will just assume when they see ‘Trump admin staffer’ on a resume that the person is an unqualified dipshit who was temporarily elevated beyond their natural station in life.
November 16, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Future employers will just assume when they see ‘Trump admin staffer’ on a resume that the person is an unqualified dipshit who was temporarily elevated beyond their natural station in life.
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Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
November 15, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Trump: I had an MRI and the result was outstanding.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
Reporter: Was it your brain?
Trump: I have no idea what they analyzed, but whatever they analyzed, they analyzed it well.
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And, of course, a reminder that four months later, the SCOTUS Republican appointees essentially said, “Cool with us.” www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-tru...
As Bovino and masked DHS officers sweep another Home Depot looking to round up day laborers, a reminder of the meeting in May when Stephen Miller screamed at ICE to stop doing targeted enforcement, start hitting Home Depots and 7/11s and “just go out there and arrest illegal aliens.”
November 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
And, of course, a reminder that four months later, the SCOTUS Republican appointees essentially said, “Cool with us.” www.lawdork.com/p/scotus-tru...
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The Honk For Epstein Survivors sign gets a lot of honking cars on India Point Bridge overpass in Rhode Island! ❤️🔥
November 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Honk For Epstein Survivors sign gets a lot of honking cars on India Point Bridge overpass in Rhode Island! ❤️🔥
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Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the only Republicans who sees where this is headed.
Trump is weak. He’s tanking the economy and raising prices. He’s underwater on key issues. The GOP is likely headed to a midterm loss.
This isn’t a moral awakening. MTG is positioning herself for a post-Trump GOP.
Trump is weak. He’s tanking the economy and raising prices. He’s underwater on key issues. The GOP is likely headed to a midterm loss.
This isn’t a moral awakening. MTG is positioning herself for a post-Trump GOP.
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene is one of the only Republicans who sees where this is headed.
Trump is weak. He’s tanking the economy and raising prices. He’s underwater on key issues. The GOP is likely headed to a midterm loss.
This isn’t a moral awakening. MTG is positioning herself for a post-Trump GOP.
Trump is weak. He’s tanking the economy and raising prices. He’s underwater on key issues. The GOP is likely headed to a midterm loss.
This isn’t a moral awakening. MTG is positioning herself for a post-Trump GOP.
Do better, Arizonans! He's up for re-election in 2026!
FUCK‼️
This should concern every single person in the US.
The GOP won’t extend subsidies in Dec—because they want to completely gut the ACA and its protections.
Every single person with a pre-existing condition runs the risk of being uninsurable without it.
The GOP is a death cult.
This should concern every single person in the US.
The GOP won’t extend subsidies in Dec—because they want to completely gut the ACA and its protections.
Every single person with a pre-existing condition runs the risk of being uninsurable without it.
The GOP is a death cult.
November 16, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Do better, Arizonans! He's up for re-election in 2026!
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Remember how upset we were about the Romney Binders Full of Women?
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Remember how upset we were about the Romney Binders Full of Women?
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It almost makes you wonder what would happen if Charlotte police treated off duty ICE agents the same way-faces covered with masks, dragging them out of their cars, breaking windows, throwing them to the ground and arresting them while they screamed “I’m a citizen”
TW: video showcasing a violent display of force by federal agents
From Charlotte, NC. Seen it shared on a few NC based IG pages. Based on this video, federal agents using the same tactics we’ve seen the last few months in Chicago.
From Charlotte, NC. Seen it shared on a few NC based IG pages. Based on this video, federal agents using the same tactics we’ve seen the last few months in Chicago.
November 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It almost makes you wonder what would happen if Charlotte police treated off duty ICE agents the same way-faces covered with masks, dragging them out of their cars, breaking windows, throwing them to the ground and arresting them while they screamed “I’m a citizen”
"Beginning to?"
I'll take what I can get, but boy, they're slow!
I'll take what I can get, but boy, they're slow!
November 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Beginning to?"
I'll take what I can get, but boy, they're slow!
I'll take what I can get, but boy, they're slow!
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I documented every day of Trump’s first term and I’ve covered Project 2025 since 2023.
The threat of Trump’s authoritarianism has been the focal point of my journalism for a decade.
So I’m not spreading false hope when I say Trump is weakening & MAGA is fracturing. It’s clear.
The threat of Trump’s authoritarianism has been the focal point of my journalism for a decade.
So I’m not spreading false hope when I say Trump is weakening & MAGA is fracturing. It’s clear.
November 16, 2025 at 2:27 AM
I documented every day of Trump’s first term and I’ve covered Project 2025 since 2023.
The threat of Trump’s authoritarianism has been the focal point of my journalism for a decade.
So I’m not spreading false hope when I say Trump is weakening & MAGA is fracturing. It’s clear.
The threat of Trump’s authoritarianism has been the focal point of my journalism for a decade.
So I’m not spreading false hope when I say Trump is weakening & MAGA is fracturing. It’s clear.
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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"If you’re thinking that the president just likes to say the word 'trillion' without any meaningful connection to reality, you’re not alone..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
When Trump talks about ‘trillions,’ does he understand what the word means?
The president keeps using the word “trillions,” but I don’t think it means what he thinks it means.
www.ms.now
November 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
"If you’re thinking that the president just likes to say the word 'trillion' without any meaningful connection to reality, you’re not alone..."
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
No comment from Vance yet, though.
Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee.
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 AM
No comment from Vance yet, though.
Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Officers were hurt in a crash while protecting Vance’s motorcade in Tennessee. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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Worth remembering:
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Worth remembering:
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Don't forget another two billion to change it back.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Don't forget another two billion to change it back.