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These attacks by the president on federal judges are unacceptable. Republicans should demand that they stop. And voters have a voice in this too—reject candidates who condone threatening the judiciary.
NEWS A preservation group just alerted Judge Reyes that Trump just attacked her on social media right before today's hearing in the East Potomac Golf Course case. Context: Judge Reyes received death threats last year after ruling against Trump. Background buff.ly/3eV0JHT
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Fury boils over as GOP governor offers Civil War site as a nuclear waste dump for Trump West Virginia residents are up in arms after learning that Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s administration offered a Civil War battlefield near Harpers Ferry as a potential storage site for radioactive nuclear waste from around the country. rawstory.com/west-virginia-n…
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OMG. She literally turns her head to avoid kissing him. The DISGUST is written all over her face.
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UPDATE—New video shows ICE hit man on bike with their unmarked car on purpose. Agents were speeding the wrong way down a one-way street in residential neighborhood. Still no reason given for targeting Ricardo Gonzalez—a U.S. citizen—in the first place.
ICE run over U.S. citizen riding his bike—break his arm. Agents handcuff him behind his back without calling paramedics. They inflict even more injuries—send him to the hospital in serious condition. Then agents detain another U.S. citizen—for yelling at them on the sidewalk. Man with the broken arm's daughter says he was hit on his e-bike by an unmarked car. He was then tased twice and pinned to the ground—currently receiving treatment at the hospital. Multiple ICE vehicles were running through stop signs—speeding the wrong way down one-way streets. All on a weekend afternoon with kids playing outside. Incident occurred near the intersection of East 56th Street & Elm Avenue in Long Beach, California. Stop ICE Net doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length, English translated, and credited video here to help raise awareness.
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Eye-popping numbers in the ABC/Ipsos poll: 1) Trump's approval hits a record low 2) Trump's "strong approval" with Republicans hits a record low 3) Democrats lead on 10 of 12 issues (+9 on trans issues). Crime is the only issue Republicans lead on outside of the margin of error
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The United States continues to help Putin murder civilians in Ukraine
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Saudi Arabia’s ruler expected the US to defend the kingdom if it was attacked. But like the leaders of other Arab petrostates who have invested billions of dollars to appease Trump, he is learning a hard lesson: never count on Trump to protect you. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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patty retweeted
“Germany is actively funding Patriot missiles from the US both via JUMPSTART and via PURL. You shouldn't forget @SecScottBessent, that we are paying you for this. As recently as June 2026, Germany spent a total of $200 million on PAC-3 missiles via JUMPSTART and another $200 million on various missiles via PURL. Total donations already exceed $1 billion.”
As US Secretary of the Treasury @SecScottBessent clearly has absolutely no idea what he is talking about and asks “Where is Germany?” when it comes to the supply of Patriot fire units and missiles to Ukraine, I thought this might be a good time for an educational tweet. Let's first talk about the supply of fire units and afterwards about the supply of missiles. Germany, Mr. Secretary, has in fact supplied more MIM-104 Patriot fire units to Ukraine than the US has, despite owning and operating only a fraction of what the US owns and operates. About half of Ukraine's MIM-104 Patriot fire units came from Bundeswehr stocks. A total of five fully equipped MIM-104 Patriot fire units were supplied from Bundeswehr stocks between 2023 and 2025 alongside a few extra launchers and most likely a spare radar unit. Germany began donating Patriot related equipment to Ukraine at the same time the US has and still does it until this day while the US has long stopped donating this to Ukraine. Let's now talk about missiles. Together with every fire unit, Germany also donated a missile package. Known donations included for example 100 missiles and 64 missiles. That's substantial, but of course, this only guaranteed the immediate operational readiness of said fire units, nothing else. We didn’t have our own production facilities and our stocks weren’t even remotely as well-stocked as those in the US. The US (led by Biden) actually kept those fire units alive. In February 2025, before the delivery of the last two MIM-104 Patriot fire units took place, before various donations via PURL and JUMPSTART took place and before Germany made several smaller missile deliveries from its own stocks, the German MoD confirmed to have delivered 328 Patriot missiles of various versions. By now the number of Patriot missiles already financed and delivered should exceed 500 easily. But what about what's happening now? Germany has shown multiple times since President Trump took office that it is leading in the organisation, funding and delivery of new ammunition for Ukraine's MIM-104 Patriot fire units. The German government has multiple times organized or tried to organize new deliveries for Ukraine. For example, in February 2026, Germany was in talks with multiple nations to find a total of 35 PAC-3 missiles for Ukraine. After weeks-long negotiations, 30+ were actually donated as a result of the German initiative. Germany was also — on the highest levels — in talks with Spain and Greece for the delivery of additional missiles. But of course, we are doing things beyond. A lot of things. As already mentioned, Germany is actively funding Patriot missiles from the US both via JUMPSTART and via PURL. You shouldn't forget @SecScottBessent, that we are paying you for this. As recently as June 2026, Germany spent a total of $200 million on PAC-3 missiles via JUMPSTART and another $200 million on various missiles via PURL. Total donations already exceed $1 billion. And now to the final and biggest part: In April 2026, Germany announced an enormous missile package for Ukraine. Over the following years, Germany will spend €3.2 billion to finance 600 PAC-2 GEM-T missiles for Ukraine's MIM-104 Patriot fire units — made in Germany by the way. So please don't ask what Germany is doing for Ukraine. We do more for Ukraine then anybody else, including the US. All you do now is getting paid billions for the bare minimum. PS: For full transparency it must be noted that multiple nations like Denmark, Lithuania and Norway above all have supported Germany financially in the delivery or re-procurement of MIM-104 Patriot fire units and missiles.
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THE CLIP THAT AGED LIKE A WARNING. Hillary Clinton. Trump. Russia. Watch this.
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Her name was Angelina. She was one year old. Russian drone killed her and her mom in 🇺🇦 Kharkiv today. Congrats, Russia! You did it again! With help of those who left this baby defenseless.
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Months of fears around the presence of federal agents at the polls and the use of armed immigration enforcement to affect national elections appear to be coming to fruition. Today, federal authorities announced the arrest in California of at least 11 people and charges against 28, alleging they registered to vote as noncitizens. motherjones.com/politics/202…
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Hearing before Judge Reyes on East Potomac Golf Course has resumed. Plainly one of the most fiery hearings of Trump 2.0. I just taped a YouTube on the stakes--including Rule 11 and contempt--that DOJ lawyers could face for the filings in Reyes's courtroom. youtube.com/@TalkingFeds
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Voting in US elections from abroad is secure! 🌍🗳️ Your ballot is sent to you directly by your Local Election Office. Be sure to follow your state's rules to return your completed ballot. For more information go here: votefromabroad.org #VotingFromAbroad #SecureVoting
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Trump is Putin's slave.
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patty retweeted
Ken Paxton assumed a Maga influencer was a Democrat protester just because she was black, & had her removed from his rally. She has 200k Tik Tok followers.
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Replying to @POTUS
@POTUS Is this really who we are? A bit of diesel from Russia in exchange for murdered toddlers? We are better than this. Show the world that we are.
A horrific Russian strike in the Kharkiv region. A “shahed” struck people directly – in a park near an ordinary café. Pure atrocity. Six people were killed, including children. A little girl was killed in a stroller – her name was Angelina, she was just over a year old, born in August 2025… Her mother’s name was Inna. She died in the hospital… Another girl who was killed was 11 years old. My condolences to their families and loved ones. Another 14 people were injured, including six more children. I am grateful to everyone who supports Ukraine under these circumstances and helps us shoot down “shaheds,” shoot down missiles, and stop Russian assaults. These are horrific photos, but behind them are shattered lives and the truth about this war. Lives must be protected. Ukraine needs air defense. You can't think about making money with Russia as long as it continues its asinine war. We ask that sanctions on Russia stay in place as long as the killings continue. We ask America to be strong, and we ask it to apply the Lindsey Graham law. We ask Europe to continue its support. We ask that everything possible be done to bring peace and guarantee security. Ukraine wants peace. It is Russia that has insisted on continuing the killing all this time. The world has enough strength to stop the war. That strength must finally be used – against the murderers.
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A home in Perris, California, uses about 200 gallons of water a day. The city's own planner told the council one data center can use millions. The vote took one night. The cheering took longer. dworkinsubstack.com/p/no-kin…
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All of Donald Trump's HATE of Canada and Mexico and look who shows up when our country is burning to help us?
Canada and Mexico sent water dropping aircraft to help fight fires raging in California. Our bordering friends coming to our rescue despite Trump’s attempt to vilify them. Thank you Canada and Mexico. 🇨🇦🇲🇽
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