I’ve written about people who were exonerated after being imprisoned for 20, 30, and 40-plus years. Some were nearly executed. None of them ever saw anything near $320 million. [www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...](
Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such ...
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Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases
Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for the president and those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such ...
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The Peace President threatens to invade a country he whose name he can’t spell. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:c7ozmxoc5b2ky4iam2o36uic&cid=bafkreigczvqrf6qtlcqkiikrgakzlqb25qxo4uk5qiu7mx7r4uibibgf6a
Those men are super dangerous drug smuggling terrorists, which is why . . . we are letting them go. [www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...](
U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador,...
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U.S. Is Repatriating Survivors of Its Strike on Suspected Drug Vessel
Two men rescued by the U.S. military after it attacked a boat in the Caribbean Sea were being sent to their home countries of Colombia and Ecuador,...
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Kinda seems like whether or not the president has the power to assassinate people with no due process, no input from Congress, no review, no oversight, and with no obligation to provide anyone with any information or evidence other than “trust me” is an important test of our democracy. RE:
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Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social)
News on Trump boat bombings --> Now that SouthCom Commander Alvin Holsey has resigned, likely over the bombings, ranking Armed Services Dem Adam Sm...
The Supreme Court’s majority right wing indicated in oral arguments that they think racism is over on the same day that the vice president defended the “I love Hitler” guy, and that the NYT reported that the current administration plans to accept only white, English-speaking refugees.
When all of this is finally over, I hope the people who ordered and carried out these extrajudicial assassinations are given the due process they don't believe in before they're punished for murder. [www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...](
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Donald Trump's Venezuela military strikes hit a Colombian ship: Report
At least one Colombian ship has reportedly been struck by the U.S. military amid escalations in the Caribbean.
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Donald Trump's Venezuela military strikes hit a Colombian ship: Report
At least one Colombian ship has reportedly been struck by the U.S. military amid escalations in the Caribbean.
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Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching." He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency. [‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance...](
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‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
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Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense. [www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...](
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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.
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JB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in Chicago
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents.
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Nothing remotely resembling an insurrection is happening anywhere in the country. Any violence associated with protest has been isolated, mild, and, in nearly every case, instigated by federal law enforcement. If we let Trump get away with calling dissent an insurrection, our republic is over. [BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Serious...](
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BREAKING: Trump Admin 'Seriously' Considering Using the Insurrection Act, Reports NBC
President Trump is "seriously" considering invoking the Insurrection Act in order to more easily deploy National Guard troops to major cities as pa...
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No clearer indication of the right’s moral rot than the swift evolution from angrily denying any association with buffoonish bigots like like Posobiec and Fuentes, to “there’s no harm in having a conversation,” to openly praising and promoting them. RE:
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Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social)
Not the least surprised by this. I’d hope it might finally wake up some mainstream libertarians to what Smith is really about. But it probably wo...
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