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Just another former grunt NCO with bad takes.
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It's remarkable how perfectly this awful story is similar to The Dreyfuss Affair, from the banishment to a cruel tropical prison to the world's worst and stupidest people refusing to let it go even for decades after he was freed.
This is just some ordinary dude no one had ever heard of, quietly getting by, and the administration has decided in a fit of pique to hound him for the rest of his life because otherwise they'd have to tacitly admit they're capricious incompetent villains. Just let him live, ffs
BREAKING: At 7am ET, in response to the emergency overnight filing, Judge Xinis issued a TRO barring the Trump administration from re-detaining Abrego Garcia.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71191...
December 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
It's remarkable how perfectly this awful story is similar to The Dreyfuss Affair, from the banishment to a cruel tropical prison to the world's worst and stupidest people refusing to let it go even for decades after he was freed.
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Epstein files: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released photos
Epstein files: Trump, Clinton, Bill Gates, Steve Bannon, others in newly released photos
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released the photos to pressure the Trump administration to release files about Jeffrey Epstein.
cnb.cx
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Rust Cohle whispering in ear dot gif
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Pat Bagley's recent cartoons have been exceptionally brutal.
The America we knew is gone
It’s now a kleptocracy propped up by billionaires and allied to Russia
It’s now a kleptocracy propped up by billionaires and allied to Russia
December 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Pat Bagley's recent cartoons have been exceptionally brutal.
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They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
They like Trump and want to help him. They have pre-written "THE COMEBACK KID" narratives ready to break out of he crosses back over 40% approval for a couple polls, not to report a narrative but to try and change it
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There is a network of court watchers who support immigrants at the ICE courts in Manhattan.
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
The Undocumented Underground Is Fighting Back Inside New York’s Notorious Immigration Court
One day last month, a Peruvian mother and her daughter went into...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
There is a network of court watchers who support immigrants at the ICE courts in Manhattan.
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
They have learned the movements and "personas" of the masked agents.
One told me: "Some of them are very sadistic." talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/new-...
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still thinking of the Smart Bros nodding sagely and saying how it's a terrible tactical mistake for dems to raise the salience of immigration
New AP poll has Trump's approval on immigration down to an abysmal 38% as he rants psychotically about "shithole countries," smears Somalis, threatens large-scale denaturalization and remigration, and openly pines for more white immigrants and fewer nonwhite ones
December 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
still thinking of the Smart Bros nodding sagely and saying how it's a terrible tactical mistake for dems to raise the salience of immigration
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Two things about this EO are true:
1) it is a despicable, sloppy, and unacceptable act that reflects Trumps well documented affinity for his tech buddies
2) it does nothing by itself — CNN and the NYTimes get it BIG wrong here, giving Trump the headline he wants to scare states and create apathy
1) it is a despicable, sloppy, and unacceptable act that reflects Trumps well documented affinity for his tech buddies
2) it does nothing by itself — CNN and the NYTimes get it BIG wrong here, giving Trump the headline he wants to scare states and create apathy
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Two things about this EO are true:
1) it is a despicable, sloppy, and unacceptable act that reflects Trumps well documented affinity for his tech buddies
2) it does nothing by itself — CNN and the NYTimes get it BIG wrong here, giving Trump the headline he wants to scare states and create apathy
1) it is a despicable, sloppy, and unacceptable act that reflects Trumps well documented affinity for his tech buddies
2) it does nothing by itself — CNN and the NYTimes get it BIG wrong here, giving Trump the headline he wants to scare states and create apathy
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Great news.
But for the principled intervention of @vanhollen.senate.gov, he might still be in CECOT.
But for the principled intervention of @vanhollen.senate.gov, he might still be in CECOT.
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released from immigration detention after a federal judge's order Thursday, his attorney's office says.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Great news.
But for the principled intervention of @vanhollen.senate.gov, he might still be in CECOT.
But for the principled intervention of @vanhollen.senate.gov, he might still be in CECOT.
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Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
December 11, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Trump: "We have to be unified. China is unified because they have one vote -- that's President Xi. He says 'do it' and that's the end of that. We have a different system."
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Lol at every university trustee and law firm partner who concluded they had no choice but to play ball with this bumbling fool
Trump 0-3 on indicting Tish James and just had his ass handed to him by Indiana Republican legislators he threatened and bullied. Also new low in AP poll at 36% approval.
December 11, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Lol at every university trustee and law firm partner who concluded they had no choice but to play ball with this bumbling fool
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One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
December 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
One under-appreciated part of this: note the bit below about “and their dependents.”
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
Under the Trump admin’s new policy, dependent children of visa applicants are not allowed to have their social media set to private during the entire visa process. They MUST make their social media public.
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Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
Reporter: The senate in Indiana voted against the redistricting effort.
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
Trump: I wasn't working on it very hard. I wasn't very much involved
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Trump sent Vance there twice. He threatened to cut off all federal spending to the state. He vowed to back primary challengers of any Republican who voted against him here. He posted their names online, prompting his fans to send them death threats.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
But all that failed, so now he wasn't involved.
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WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
December 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
WOW. So this is obviously a huge violation of this man's rights, and it illustrates a few things we're seeing broadly:
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
- DHS officers are ignoring peoples' IDs and instead requiring screening through their own systems
- Confirms @404media.co's reports of use of DHS's facial recognition app.
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lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
December 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
lol wut. dropping from 42 percent approval to 36 percent approval seems pretty significant. apnews.com/article/trum...
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The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
Trump’s Wager and the Authoritarian Shift
Is Trump getting weaker, or is the authoritarian danger increasing? Yes.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The endgame of authoritarian regimes is to no longer need popular approval. So don't be too sanguine about Trump's plummeting popularity. lnk.thebulwark.com/4oIF0MJ
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Trumpers are determined to be a worldwide force for authoritarianism.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
I hope people understand that if Trump gets his way America will soon be part of the global axis of evil if we aren't already. You see it in the Caribbean, you see it in Ukraine, and you see it with Trump trying to buddy up to Xi. We are a malevolent force.
December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Trumpers are determined to be a worldwide force for authoritarianism.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
Trump's "national security strategy" declares the US will ally with Russia's dictatorship against our NATO allies, and makes the undermining of democratically elected European governments a US foreign policy goal.
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This winter in #Afghanistan, hunger is soaring. Food aid has collapsed. Clinics are closing. 1.1 million children are missing life-saving nutrition.
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
December 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This winter in #Afghanistan, hunger is soaring. Food aid has collapsed. Clinics are closing. 1.1 million children are missing life-saving nutrition.
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
We need restrictions on women humanitarians lifted immediately and the funding to do our work.
My remarks: bit.ly/4q04OVx
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His ratings on immigration show a noticeable drop as well, following a few months of stagnation. Possible that it’s the admin’s renewed attacks on legal immigration and rising outright bigotry are finally breaking through?
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
His ratings on immigration show a noticeable drop as well, following a few months of stagnation. Possible that it’s the admin’s renewed attacks on legal immigration and rising outright bigotry are finally breaking through?
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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Remember that Trump and his propagandists tried to gaslight you into believing there was no percentage in taking on this fight, that it was hopeless. And a certain cadre of pundits tried to persuade you that Dems didn't dare discuss this in public.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
HUGE. Judge Xinis grants the writ of habeas corpus and orders that the government "SHALL release [Kilmar] Abrego Garcia from ICE custody immediately."
December 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Remember that Trump and his propagandists tried to gaslight you into believing there was no percentage in taking on this fight, that it was hopeless. And a certain cadre of pundits tried to persuade you that Dems didn't dare discuss this in public.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
Still not over yet but a big step forward.
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This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This is really incredible. The government's battle to deport Abrego Garcia has apparently been based on a lie from the start. Not even the "gang affiliation" lie or the "human smuggling" lie, but the more basic assertion that he was ordered to be deported in the first place.
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This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
I asked the Pentagon about Pete Hegseth's mentor. Then the threats started.
Journalism in the second Trump administration gets personal.
www.motherjones.com
December 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This is a really disturbing story on several levels and certainly anyone who interacts with the Pentagon specifically or the administration more generally should read it:
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NEW ANALYST’S NOTEBOOK | Ceasefire Collapses as Heavy Fighting Erupts along Cambodia-Thailand Border
Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Ceasefire Collapses as Heavy Fighting Erupts along Cambodia-Thailand Border | International Crisis Group
Crisis Group expert Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak
www.crisisgroup.org
December 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
NEW ANALYST’S NOTEBOOK | Ceasefire Collapses as Heavy Fighting Erupts along Cambodia-Thailand Border
Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
Matthew Wheeler explains how Cambodia and Thailand returned to hostilities, and why prospects for de-escalation right now look bleak.
www.crisisgroup.org/asia-pacific...
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This kind of reporting with clear, concise language about the style and tenor of state backed terror in occupied Palestine is more or less unheard of in the British or American press.
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This kind of reporting with clear, concise language about the style and tenor of state backed terror in occupied Palestine is more or less unheard of in the British or American press.
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
Good for Le Monde and specifically the reporter Luc Bronner for this article:
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just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
If Immigrants Don’t Have Due Process, No One Has Due Process
How do you prove you’re a citizen?
www.everythingishorrible.net
December 11, 2025 at 4:43 AM
just going to reiterate this.
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...
if immigrants don't have due process, no one does. you can't tell citizens from immigrants without due process. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/if-immigra...