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This is how war can start when one only has followers and one pushes out the competent people in the military. www.cnn.com/2025/10/29/p...
Exclusive: Three-star general pushed out amid tensions with Hegseth | CNN Politics
A three-star general serving on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff has been pushed out of his position following months of sustained tensions with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, according to people famili...
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This is all about weakening DOJ. www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/b...
Justice Department launches criminal investigation into Fed’s Lisa Cook for mortgage fraud | CNN Business
The Justice Department is investigating Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook to probe whether she submitted fraudulent mortgage applications, according to the Associated Press.
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Isn’t this the sort of thing the NRA & 2nd amendment folks scream about or do they only object if the ban applies to White GOP/MAGA people but by all means ban it for everyone else like transgender but also other LGBTQ folks, minorities & Liberals? 😡 www.cnn.com/2025/09/04/p...
Trump DOJ is looking at ways to ban transgender Americans from owning guns, sources say | CNN Politics
Senior Justice Department officials are weighing proposals to limit transgender people’s right to possess firearms, according to two officials familiar with the internal discussions.
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Next will be Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell and all his minions. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rudy Giuliani to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, Trump says
America's highest civilian honour is awarded to those with "exceptionally meritorious contributions" to society.
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Not sure how this apology is meaningful considering how unapologetic he was at first, saying it is a first come first serve world and threatened to sue anyone who criticizes him. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
CEO apologizes for snatching a hat Kamil Majchrzak signed for a child at U.S. Open
“I would like to unequivocally apologize to the young boy, his family, all the fans, and the player himself,” Piotr Szczerek, the CEO of a Polish paving company said.
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I guess this administration is literally going to let this country burn. 😡 abcnews.go.com/amp/US/borde...
Border Patrol arrests 2 firefighters battling Bear Gulch Fire in Washington
Border Patrol arrests 2 firefighters battling Bear Gulch Fire in Washington.
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Hmmm isn’t this current DOJ not supporting the law to begin with? 😡 nbcnewyork.app.link/ZZeLiGnagWb
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His intent was always clear. Weaponizing the government against all critics, despite how they portray that the previous administration was the one doing it. This will eventually dribble to the average person. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/list-...
Here's a list of the individuals, including Lisa Cook, targeted so far by the Trump administration
President Trump's announcement this week that he was firing Fed governor Lisa Cook made her Trump's latest target in what critics call a campaign of retribution.
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Iowans!! Here is your chance to help turn back the MAGA cult. US Republican Senator Joni Ernst will not run for re-election, CBS News reports - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Republican Senator Joni Ernst will not run for re-election, CBS News reports
U.S. Republican Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa has told confidants she will not run for re-election next year, CBS News reported, which could complicate her party's efforts to retain control of the chamber.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
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This has 1930’s Hitler Germany all over it.
jamelle@jamellebouie.net · 11mo agoi find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.
Biggest waste of money, just like any MAGA and GOP initiatives but yet created so much cruelty and misery in such a short time. apnews.com/article/flor...
Top Florida official says 'Alligator Alcatraz' will likely be empty within days, email shows
A top Florida official says the controversial state-run immigration detention facility in the Everglades will likely be empty in a matter of days, even as Republican Gov.
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For an US President to even imply this is abhorrent! And this just reinforced further the toxicity of MAGA. And yes, his cult followers will rationalize this and blow this off. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/...
Trump says many people might want a dictator. Yes, many of his people. | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump on Monday denied that he aspires to be a dictator.
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It was never about crime. It was about Trump using the National Guard as his “military” might to enforce his will. 😡 Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites - www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump crime crackdown deploys troops in Washington's safest sites
Hundreds of National Guard soldiers in military fatigues and combat boots mingled with tourists, posed for selfies, and treated themselves to ice cream from food trucks on Thursday along Washington's National Mall, one of the safest parts of America's capital.
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Neil deGrass Tyson: "How sad it must be believing that scientists, historians, scholars, economists, journalists devoted their entire lives to deceiving you, but a reality-TV star proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth & honesty"
How is this and so many cut to healthcare make American healthy to you Trump supporters? Hate to say it but the benefits of these research help you too. 😡 www.cnn.com/2025/08/21/p...
Supreme Court allows Trump to block $783 million in National Institutes of Health grants for now | CNN Politics
“This is Calvinball jurisprudence with a twist,” Justice Jackson said in dissent. “Calvinball has only one rule: There are no fixed rules. We seem to have two: that one, and this administration always...
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Washington DC restaurants suffer sharp drop in diners since Trump crackdown
Eating out drops by up to 31% amid federal takeover of policing that Democrats call ‘stunt’ to distract from Epstein
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Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 12mo agoTrump: I have never received so many phone calls thanking me for what we have done in Washington, D.C., from people that haven't gone to a restaurant literally in four years
Spread facts based on science, not government conspiracy.
Deborah Lynn@mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social · 12mo agowww.reuters.com/business/hea... American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine COVID vaccination for healthy children.
Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.
This is pure Trumpian spite and no other reason. It is clear AMA will need to form its own advisory with other professional partners. RFK can form their Center for Shit Information on their own with their cult members. apnews.com/article/vacc...
AMA and other medical associations are kicked out of CDC vaccine workgroups
U.S. health officials have told more than a half-dozen of the nation’s top medical organizations that they will no longer help establish vaccination recommendations.
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I am happy for the return of the Americans but ironically the argument the U.S. government make is that these Americans and permanent residents were held without due process. Isn’t that what is happening here? 😡 www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/w...
Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants in El Salvador
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The loss of funding has nothing to do with fiscal responsibility. It is purely because Trump does not like them speaking anything negative about him. The GOP is complicit in its destruction and further dummying down of Americans, considering they have knocked many’s IQs down already.
American Concentration Camps. This is what Trump voters created, knowingly or just complicit to it. And more are being considered it seems. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/07/12/f...
Florida lawmakers tour ‘Alligator Alcatraz,’ leave with more questions than answers
Upon emerging from sprawling facility, Democrats and Republicans provided vastly different accounts of what they saw within
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe. Will we listen to his words today?