Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin is facing a formal disciplinary proceeding for alleged threats against the First Amendment rights of Georgetown Law and improper communications with a judge.
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Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin is facing a formal disciplinary proceeding for alleged threats against the First Amendment rights of Georgetown Law and improper communications with a judge.
Markwayne Mullin is the same dude already under scrutiny for suspicious stock trades.
And heβs supposed to run Americaβs national security.
β’ No government security experience
β’ No law enforcement background
β’ No intelligence work
β’ No military service
β’ Not even a bachelorβs degree
We pay. They play.
DOD spending in September ALONE included a $98,329 piano, a $26,000 violin, a $21,750 handmade flute, $2 million for Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million for lobster tail, 15.1 million for ribeye steak, and $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts.
newrepublic.com/post/207555/...
Kristi Noemβs Parting Gift to DHS: Thousands of Trucks They Canβt Use newrepublic.com/post/207536/... via @newrepublic.com
These red states are doing nothing more than sanctioning the murder of women.
We must stop this.
#SheShed #ProtectWomen #ProtectKids
Billionairesβ % share of federal election spending in:
2008: 0.3%
2024: 19%
@nytimes.com #GildedAge
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) and several Democratic officials and voting rights organizations have denounced the FBIβs decision to subpoena records related to the 2020 presidential election in Arizonaβs Maricopa County. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Imagine if America's stupidest president and his cabal of spineless, obedient lickspittles expended as much energy and money on something like healthcare, climate change, or not invading every country on earth as they do on meaningless shit like this.
Esper: Sending special forces to find enriched uranium in Iran would be 'very perilous' mission #TheHill
Are we still looking for waste, fraud, and abuse? I think I found some.
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SEVEN. Thatβs how many strikes hit near the Iranian girlsβ school.
Video shows a tomahawk missile hitting a building next to the school. The kind of βprecisionβ you get when an incompetent administration runs a war on outdated intelligence.
Donβt look away βwe should all see the deadly destruction
This scumbag is grabbing with both hands. And so is Boy Plunder.
www.thedailybeast.com/why-trumps-i...
gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com Oil prices surging over $100/bbl Stock futures tumbling
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The reality of what goes on inside ICE jails and prisons often only slowly leaks out through families, victims, lawsuits, and independent investigations. Researchers found that 95 percent of deaths recorded during Trumpβs first term were preventable.
truthout.org/articles/kri...
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He has until Wednesday to run in 48 since the incumbent isn't running.
Of the five GOP reps who got drawn out by Prop 50:
Valadao: Staying and fighting
Kiley: Moving to another district that heβll probably still lose (as an independent???)
Calvert: Trying to backstab Young Kim
Issa: Retiring
LaMalfa: Dead
Call to Activism - Joe Gallina
MAGA is PANICKING after a Montana poll shifts it dramatically after Republican Steve Daines retires.
The seat is WIDE OPEN.
Seth Bodnar is a Green Beret, a businessman and an Independent best poised to win. Letβs make it happen.πππ
π΄ Shahr Rey Oil Refinery Ablaze in Tehran
Footage reportedly shows a roaring fire at the Shahr Rey oil refinery in Tehran this evening. According to reports
#iran #warupdate
I am skeptical of her position or lack of one on climate/solar.
National Insecurity
Trump just motivated Iran to retaliate in the biggest way possible. I don't even want to think about what that means.
Kash Patel fired our CI-12 FBI Iran Counterintelligence team. Days before bombing Iran.
Failed to notify Kuwait, lost 3 jets.
youtu.be/-tKHVIDF4oU?...
New YouGov poll finds that for the first time, a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump *strongly.* His overall approval is down to 38%, a new second-term low.
When is the last time a majority has disapproved strongly of a president?
Markwayne Mullin is a 48-year-old Republican senator from Oklahoma. He could have kept that job for another 50 years! Instead heβll be a lobbyist or podcaster by 2028.
Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security.
A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2074...
πΊπΈβ A US appeals court has blocked the Trump administration from ending protections for 350,000 Haitians, - Reuters.
The administration argued that TPS should not function as a "de facto amnesty," but the court sided with the Haitian citizens who filed the class action lawsuit.
Too bad he and Porter couldn't join forces. Billionaire hubris)
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