Benjamin Davis
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Benjamin Davis
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Dude Emeritus
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The police
The National Guard to guard the police
Then the police to guard the National Guard
It gets ridiculous.
D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack
If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Appalling bile. An embarrassment.
Trump's speech about the shooting in DC veered into him attacking the Somali community in Minnesota, which of course had nothing to do with the shooting. Gives away his bigoted game.
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
It’s like the Georgia prosecutor and Indiana Repubs are trying to get this stuff done for Trump before September 19 when the Epstein stuff is supposed to be released.
November 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Such chickenshits.
Indiana Senate Republicans reversed course on redistricting Tuesday, announcing they will convene Dec. 8 to reach a “final decision” on redrawing the state’s congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Facing Threats and Intimidation, Indiana Republicans Will Vote on Redistricting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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When I worked for Obama, I advised him on how to talk to Russian leaders. I never gave the Kremlin advice on how to talk to Obama (and I talked to Ushakov many times!).
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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How about You?
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Donald Trump has assembled the least diverse US government of the 21st century, filling the corridors of power with white men at the expense of women and people of colour, research shows.
Trump has assembled least diverse US government this century, study shows
President has chosen white men for key posts at expense of women and people of colour, Brookings Institution finds
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Payback is a bitch Farage.
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
No respect for privacy.
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/p...

“This is crossing the Rubicon,” Rieckhoff told CNN’s John Berman on “Anderson Cooper 360.” “The idea you can drive (Kelly) back onto active duty and threaten a court martial … is breaking glass that has never been broken before in the modern military.”
Analysis: Pentagon move against war hero Kelly shows Trump’s quest for vengeance is endless | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s political retribution campaign just took two embarrassing steps back and one giant leap forward.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Respect this woman
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Doesn’t that look like a huge bubble?
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 PM