Built US Tough
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Words are fun! First Amendment enthusiast, responsive to the quagmire of the status quo. Profane, thoughtful, rarely whimsical. Read with forewarning.
Joined June 2023
Rachel Maddow sounds the alarm on Donald Trump’s latest move to track the phones of all Americans: “This turns your own phone into a spy against you. This is a surviellance capability I have been laying awake at night thinking about for the past couple of years”
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Andy absolutely knocked it out of the park here. This plus his hard work flying into #Melissa w/ the hurricane hunters to collect life-saving data to help w/ forecasts once again proves why he's one of the GOATs in this field.
If #Melissa does end up turning west over the Caribbean south of Jamaica (like the HAFS/HMON/Euro forecasts show), I don't think it's hyperbolic to say we will likely get a Category 5, and quite possibly one of the strongest storms ever recorded in the Atlantic. -Deep, warm
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ICE gun tactics are NOT getting enough attention.
🚨 An ICE agent pointed a gun at a protester and said, “Bang, bang. You’re dead, liberal.” The man he threatened was a U.S. citizen — and a military veteran. (Source: Federal Court Filing)
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WHOA. A DHS officer shot at a man he thought was fleeing (a judge later dismissed all charges brought) and miraculously didn't hit him. Bullets went into the driver's side window, through his jacket collar, and into the empty passenger seat. Cops were then ordered to cover it up!
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BREAKING: The full Ninth Circuit vacates last week’s 2-1 order granting DOJ a stay of the district court’s TRO in the case over Trump’s National Guard effort in Oregon. The court will rehear DOJ’s stay request w an 11-judge panel. Today’s order means Judge Immergut’s TRO
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You left out that I said I have no respect for the House not being in session passing our bills and the President’s executive orders. And I demanded to know from Speaker Johnson what the Republican plan for healthcare is to build the off-ramp off Obamacare and the ACA tax
ON THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE CALL -- @mtgreenee just said that she is tired of people listening to the White House political staff. MTG said that Thune needs to use the nuclear option and reopen the government. (In other words, abolish the filibuster and pass a funding
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NEW: The RNC sued a county election board, claiming it violated state law by withholding certain election-related records. While the RNC argues the records are necessary for transparency, election officials contend disclosure could compromise voter privacy. https://t.co/YSDt1Y5s3a
democracydocket.com
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Mike Johnson gave all of Congress’s power to Donald Trump a long time ago. Which explains why he forgot Republicans are in charge.
Mike Johnson: "Democrats are required to open the government. They keep saying, 'Republicans are in charge of government.' We aren't!"
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Ban ICE. Disband it. These FASCISTS must be stopped!
ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital. "I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!" The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
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Cattle farmer on Trump's plans to import beef from Argentina: "90% of the cattle ranchers are Trump voters, but we have to call him on and say no, we don't agree... We don't think the government should be manipulating markets. We need to be able to make a living ranching."
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🚨NEW: Former GOP Congressman Mo Brooks slams Mike Johnson for refusing to swear in Arizona Democrat Adelita Grijalva: “What is right is right, and what the Republican House Speaker is doing to Democrat Adelita Grijalva is wrong. Period.”
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They are trying so hard to convince you that the party in control of the White House and both chambers of Congress isn’t to blame for what’s coming.
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Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth.
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TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME: The official Massachusetts state website for SNAP benefits is now displaying an alert warning that Trump is “choosing not to issue November SNAP benefits that help you and many families put food on the table.” The site also notes that people “may have
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🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will issue guidance tomorrow blocking states from wiping medical debt off credit reports — siding with Wall Street and debt collectors over patients. The move could keep $220 billion in medical bills on Americans’
levernews.com
Trump’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is trying to stop states from wiping medical debt from your credit report.
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I want you to rewatch and reread this 18 times. Donald Trump is the first president in US history to deny food to citizens. Us.
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A running team from Chicago posted that Trump’s federal agents dragged a runner (67 years old) from his car, broke his ribs, and caused internal bleeding. IG: dwrunning1
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Scoop: During a trip to DC last week, CNN CEO Mark Thompson made a visit to the White House, where he promoted the network’s new streamer Staffers were taken aback the next morning when Thompson urged to ease up on East Wing renovation coverage https://t.co/MqLCAdqL6i
status.news
CNN’s chief has Washington talking after a private meeting at the White House—following which he urged the network to ease up on coverage of Trump’s East Room demolition, Status has learned.
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Obama White House renovations - Congress approved the funding for Obama's renovations in 2008, following a report from the administration of then-President George W Bush. It was a utility upgrade which actually started in 2001. https://t.co/DbiNppO6DG
news.meaww.com
Amid backlash over Donald Trump’s White House project, a viral rumor claimed former President Barack Obama oversaw a $376 million renovation project
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