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I do not think an exec branch led by a man who thinks he is entitled to treat federal agents as an arm of his firm, refers to Somali Americans as “garbage” and has said racist things specifically about Omar is capable of neutrally applying the law to her, to put it mildly apnews.com/article/ilha...

Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar's home as part of a criminal investigation, AP sources say

Federal agents have searched Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home as part of a criminal investigation. That's according to people familiar with the matter.

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I read a little of that daring fireball piece calling X an amazing place and yea dude you’re a lifelong tech writer, i wouldn’t follow you anywhere! Keep the apple hot takes coming, I know now to ignore the rest

one of the best things you can do to help not just Ukraine but everything actually worth fighting for is to get these weird fucks away from any kind of power or decision making process using whatever means are available to you.

Kyiv Post@kyivpost.com · 5d ago

US envoys warned Ukraine in Miami that Washington could cut intelligence sharing unless Kyiv halts strikes on Russian oil refineries. A US official said refinery attacks harm American consumers and erode goodwill with Donald Trump. www.kyivpost.com/post/86671

💻 Made some computer upgrades today I bought a used 15” Macbook Air M2 24gb 1TB ➡️ that will replace a ➡️ 16” Macbook Pro M1 Pro 16gb 1TB ➡️ which will replace a ➡️ 2017 i7 Macbook Pro work computer

(1/X) Check out a typical Harper's letter signatory's Twitter feed and you'll mostly *still* find 80% complaints about the "woke left", even in the midst of the greatest government crack-down on free speech in at least 60 tears. Why? Because the "free speech" movement is donor/patron-driven.

For as much as people scoff when Dem politicians say the country needs a sane GOP, they’re right because you can’t just win every election. Thermostatic opinion is a bitch and you’re going to lose sometimes because of it. The insulation against that is losing to a party that won’t drive off a cliff.

🚨BREAKING: Absentee ballot voters in Montana won’t have to comply with an onerous birthdate verification requirement after a state court blocked the measure Friday night, ruling that it violates the state constitution. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year

The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.

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