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Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Heads are going to explode 💥
Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third.
All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit.
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Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff and puppet master, is complaining about unelected judges making rulings he doesn’t like. Funny, I don’t recall Stephen Miller getting elected to any office. He didn’t even have to be nominated and confirmed for his position.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
February 4, 2026 at 5:20 AM
Stephen Miller, Trump’s Deputy Chief of Staff and puppet master, is complaining about unelected judges making rulings he doesn’t like. Funny, I don’t recall Stephen Miller getting elected to any office. He didn’t even have to be nominated and confirmed for his position.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
Pot. Kettle. Black.
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For those keeping score at home:
February 4, 2026 at 3:48 PM
For those keeping score at home:
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AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
February 3, 2026 at 1:26 AM
AOC on ICE: It’s our task to figure out how to claw back what has essentially supercharged this agency into becoming a relentless domestic paramilitary that is also a blank check to Palantir to create facial-recognition scans on U.S. citizens.
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“We are trying to show there are economic consequences to choosing the side of fascism,” she said...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Protesters Press Target to Take a Stand Against ICE Crackdown in Minneapolis
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
“We are trying to show there are economic consequences to choosing the side of fascism,” she said...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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straight up Gestapo shit
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
straight up Gestapo shit
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Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!
February 1, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Ocean Beach this morning… just wow!!
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Joyce Vance: In my judgment, the Fulton County search warrant & its implications for the 2026 & future elections is the most important news out there right now & not getting the coverage it merits. Here's what you need to know & understand why this is such a significant development.
Today Fulton County, Tomorrow???
On Wednesday, the FBI executed a search warrant on the Fulton County, Georgia, Elections Operation Center.
joycevance.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Joyce Vance: In my judgment, the Fulton County search warrant & its implications for the 2026 & future elections is the most important news out there right now & not getting the coverage it merits. Here's what you need to know & understand why this is such a significant development.
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The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
January 30, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort underscore the gravity of this moment. This has never happened before in our history. We shouldn't pretend it's normal.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
More reason for us to hold the line and demand a DHS budget that stops funding lawlessness.
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There are 1400 mentions of DOGE founder Elon Musk in the Epstein files.
January 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
There are 1400 mentions of DOGE founder Elon Musk in the Epstein files.
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"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."
ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits
The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1
jacobin.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."
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Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
This is from Georgia Fort’s video.
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
DEA?!? Gotta be a “task force.”
January 30, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Recall that Melissa Hortman and her husband were murdered not long ago by a fake cop who showed up at their door looking like this guy
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This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later.
Wonder why that is.
Wonder why that is.
January 30, 2026 at 6:44 PM
This was posted in the new Epstein files release and removed about 20 mins later.
Wonder why that is.
Wonder why that is.
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This has generally been the response whenever I've asked military people to review domestic police raids. But the stuff we're seeing from ICE and Border Patrol is especially bumbling and amateurish thuggery.
We asked an expert to tell us what they thought of ICE's military moves. It was worse than I thought (but the writing is great) www.wired.com/story/ice-pr...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere.
www.wired.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This has generally been the response whenever I've asked military people to review domestic police raids. But the stuff we're seeing from ICE and Border Patrol is especially bumbling and amateurish thuggery.
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ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
A legal asylum-seeker who works at Chipotle and plays music at a church in Maine went missing. His pastor searched and searched, eventually finding his abandoned car with the keys on the floor.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
ICE grabbed him. No criminal record. No explanation.
January 29, 2026 at 4:58 PM
ICE's decision to just leave cars abandoned in the roads is one of those dystopian things that makes you recoil in shock when you encounter it.
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Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump’s plans to interfere in the midterms are becoming more dangerous
The seizure of ballots in Fulton County, Georgia follows the DOJ’s demands for voter data in Minnesota.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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January 26, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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“Several FBI and Justice officials believed that they had a strong criminal case against Homan for conspiracy to commit bribery based on recording him accepting cash and his apparent promise to assist with contracts, according to four people familiar with the probe.”
Flashback: Border ogre Tom Homan “was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump’s DOJ shut it down.” www.ms.now/news/tom-hom...
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
www.ms.now
January 29, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“Several FBI and Justice officials believed that they had a strong criminal case against Homan for conspiracy to commit bribery based on recording him accepting cash and his apparent promise to assist with contracts, according to four people familiar with the probe.”
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Just remember Trump said that he should have seized the voting machines in 2020.
Dominion dissolved, and Liberty Vote bought it, owned by billionaire Trump mega-donor Scott Leindecker.
Around 70% of the market share of voting machines is now in the hands of one of Trump's thugs.
Georgia election
Dominion dissolved, and Liberty Vote bought it, owned by billionaire Trump mega-donor Scott Leindecker.
Around 70% of the market share of voting machines is now in the hands of one of Trump's thugs.
Georgia election
January 29, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Just remember Trump said that he should have seized the voting machines in 2020.
Dominion dissolved, and Liberty Vote bought it, owned by billionaire Trump mega-donor Scott Leindecker.
Around 70% of the market share of voting machines is now in the hands of one of Trump's thugs.
Georgia election
Dominion dissolved, and Liberty Vote bought it, owned by billionaire Trump mega-donor Scott Leindecker.
Around 70% of the market share of voting machines is now in the hands of one of Trump's thugs.
Georgia election
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This morning I wrote that DOJ’s ballot seizure in Georgia looks like a dry run for 2026. My advice and request: Sign up to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
January 29, 2026 at 8:47 PM
This morning I wrote that DOJ’s ballot seizure in Georgia looks like a dry run for 2026. My advice and request: Sign up to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
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FBI seizing ballots and election records from a Georgia election office isn’t normal law enforcement. Nor is it normal for the Director of National Intelligence to be involved.
If the DOJ can be used to relitigate a settled election, it can be weaponized in every future one. This is not democracy.
If the DOJ can be used to relitigate a settled election, it can be weaponized in every future one. This is not democracy.
January 29, 2026 at 9:33 PM
FBI seizing ballots and election records from a Georgia election office isn’t normal law enforcement. Nor is it normal for the Director of National Intelligence to be involved.
If the DOJ can be used to relitigate a settled election, it can be weaponized in every future one. This is not democracy.
If the DOJ can be used to relitigate a settled election, it can be weaponized in every future one. This is not democracy.
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Danger in Georgia. Trump is still obsessed with proving he won the 2020 election. He's pathetic. Let. It. Go.
January 29, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Danger in Georgia. Trump is still obsessed with proving he won the 2020 election. He's pathetic. Let. It. Go.