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Statement from The Atlantic:
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Among the charges against Pete Hegseth, ordering the murder of innocent fisherman is one where there is no debate of his guilt.
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I am especially glad to see Article 5 in @RepThomasMassie 8 articles of impeachment: Extrajudicial Killings in the Caribbean: Ordering unprovoked or extrajudicial strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and leaving crews without rescue. These outrageous, unlawful killings need more attention.
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Yes. Congress establishes executive departments and their official titles by statute. 5 U.S.C. § 101 still lists the Department of Defense. Trump’s 2025 EO authorized “Department of War” and “Secretary of War” only as secondary titles for communications and ceremonial use. A permanent statutory rename requires an Act of Congress, which has not occurred.
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Trump has done many rotten things to the American republic. Lying about elections — and causing millions of people to distrust legitimate results — may be the worst.
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“Two things were clear at the end of Hegseth’s speech: First, the secretary has no real idea what goes on in war colleges. Second, Hegseth is very angry that the war colleges are not incorporating his personal political vendettas into their curricula” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…
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Just met a woman, a lawful permanent resident from Missouri, who was detained in moldy conditions inside a camp for 6 months. Her husband is a Navy veteran. She’s been in the country for 50 years. What are we even doing. 🤦‍♂️
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The founder of @JudicialWatch has been disbarred:
In SCOTUS orders today:
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The Dems election fraud was particularly devious this cycle. They didn't just get GOP run states like Texas, Ohio and Iowa to allow the fraud, they strategically left themselves painfully short in Louisiana and Florida to cover their tracks just enough to have deniability.
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By this time next week, a lot of people are going to gravitate back to “it was stolen” so they don’t have to reassess their priors.
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Something seriously needs to change in American politics. We've reached the point where millions of people are being told elections are stolen before anyone even produces evidence. A candidate loses, suddenly the voters are fake, the numbers are impossible, and the entire system is corrupt. But when their side wins, those same elections are perfectly legitimate. You can't have it both ways. Election integrity matters, but so does accepting that Americans are allowed to vote differently than you. If politicians can convince you that every loss is fraud, they'll never have to take responsibility for why voters rejected them. Think about that.
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It took 10 years, but Lindsey Graham’s GOP prophecy has finally come true. I just can’t believe it took this long.
If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed.......and we will deserve it.
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Hard to better than this.
Not a big fan of predictive markers but I do wonder how the odds on a Democratic trifecta in 2028 moved w/the news that Trump was making @StephenM, that keen coalition builder w/an unerring instinct for growing the base, his next CoS. What’s the over/under on Latino 28 vote now?
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Putting Miller as Chief of Staff confirms Trump's decision to start campaigning for the 2028 Dems today.
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I'm a local reporter in Texas. If you’re trying to understand the paradigm shift here or the history unfolding in Mississippi, you need to be following these local news orgs. (1/5)
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The gales of November came early.
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This is really interesting:
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Deporting people to countries where they could face persecution, torture, or even death is not only illegal, it is also cruel and dangerous. The Trump admin must halt these flights. We must uphold our American values and not abandon people to autocratic regimes.
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The number one issue driving Hispanic Americans to vote democrat? Backlash against ICE and deportations
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