@RibGoneRogue@kyledcheney Fighting this is more trouble than it’s worth, and most lawyers abide by their ethical obligations even when they won’t get caught. You asked why the lawyers deleted it, and that’s why.
@JPeter402@dieworkwear It’s less than 90%, but aside from the fact that people on the right make similar aesthetic choices to signify their affiliation, we currently are more exposed to right-leaning figures due to their complete political domination over our lives and desire to extend that culturally.
@RibGoneRogue@kyledcheney Lawyers can get in ethical trouble for reading or retaining protected information that they knew or had reason to know shouldn’t have been provided to them.
Every American should be outraged by what Trump has done to our nation's 250th birthday celebration. What should have been a once-in-a-generation moment to unite the country has been turned into another vehicle for division, propaganda, and political gain.
We uncovered how he hijacked America 250 – watch to see how.
DHS cut this quote off one sentence early. Here’s how Roosevelt actually finished the thought, same speech, 1915:
“But if he is heartily and singly loyal to this Republic, then no matter where he was born, he is just as good an American as any one else.”
He also said he wasn’t talking about naturalized citizens (“some of the very best Americans I have ever known”) and that “any discrimination against aliens is a wrong.”
Teddy Roosevelt’s descendants asked Congress to protect his legacy. Trump’s admin answered by perverting TR’s words to push their anti-immigrant agenda.
@Charles07788205@factpostnews@grok The filings are described here. It’s not clear whether Trump did anything illegal or unethical (though it’s possible), but a lot (most?) of the money came from licensing fees for using his name.
Starting in early 2025, Elon Musk and the Trump administration began terminating USAID's programs and firing its staff — with Musk himself boasting about "feeding it into the woodchipper." One year ago today, USAID was officially dissolved, its remaining programs haphazardly folded into the State Department. Amid all the lies and misinformation that have followed, some facts about what has actually been lost:
• USAID saved more than 3 million lives a year at a cost of less than $10/month per American. That is what was destroyed. On purpose.
• According to Boston University's Global Impact Counter — which tracked deaths attributable to the cuts until it stopped operations in February 2026 — an estimated 781,000 people died preventable deaths in the first year, including 518,000 children.
• Global child mortality (the number of children who die before their fifth birthday) rose in 2025 for the first time in 35+ years — by 200,000 additional deaths.
• USAID's 50-country disease surveillance network — the system that cut outbreak response times from 2 weeks to 48 hours — is gone. We are now watching an unprecedented Ebola outbreak unfold in real time — with the highest first-month caseload and death rate in modern history.
• Programs reaching 93 million women and children were cut 92%. TB programs cut 56%. Water and sanitation cut 86%. Over 2,000 health facilities permanently closed.
• 25 million fewer people received humanitarian assistance in 2025. The overall humanitarian budget was slashed 74% — from $14.1 billion to $3.7 billion.
• 363 million people face acute hunger in 2026. The famine early-warning system that would have seen it coming went dark for five months.
• $1.7 billion in democracy and governance funding (election monitoring, anti-corruption work, support for independent media and civil society) was terminated.
• 360+ independent media outlets lost funding. Hundreds of legal clinics closed.
• Far from saving money, the Trump administration itself has already said the dismantlement will cost taxpayers at least $19.2 billion in cancellation fees, severance, and penalties. That's more than half of USAID's annual budget — spent on destruction and closeout, not support for vulnerable people.
• American farmers, universities, and businesses are among the casualties too. USAID partnered with more than 3,500 U.S. companies and maintained 17 university-based research labs. Its work with U.S.-based contractors and the private sector generated hundreds of thousands of American jobs and multiplied the return on every dollar spent. Those markets and partnerships are gone.
As Deputy Attorney General, Todd Blanche fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation. My story is one of many reasons the Senate should not confirm Blanche again. Read and share my letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee. https://t.co/g8bFrhZ9Dg
Ronald Reagan: “You can go to live in France, but you cannot become a Frenchman…But Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸
@ChangoPeligroso@magi_jay To that end I described your categorization as reflexive because it is the go to lens for progressive disagreement. Skeptical of Mayor Zo? Must be the Zionism. Think Platner is a jerk? Typical Zionist, smh!
@ChangoPeligroso@magi_jay She would not “agree” that she is a Zionist, because she believes that term has devolved from its original meaning into something with vague and negative connotations, much like “woke.” This is the 2nd time you’ve pegged her wrong. Do better!
I'm a linguist by education. I'm calling it. "Zionist" is now used as a slur. It means "Jew" with a cloud of imprecise negative connotations. That's how the word is used by gentiles now. Obviously others have called it before. I'm just adding my voice, here.
@BeyondDeception@NamesareHard8@kylegriffin1 Whether you think the Citizenship Clause has been misinterpreted for a century and a half doesn’t change the fact that SCOTUS’s ruling doesn’t open any new doors to abuses, because it is consistent with that (incorrect, in your view) interpretation. It’s the status quo.
@BeyondDeception@NamesareHard8@kylegriffin1 The point is that this didn’t “open the door” to anything. It’s the same opening that has existed since the end of the Civil War. Even if you think it’s bad policy, it’s not one that the president gets to rewrite by executive order.
@ChangoPeligroso@magi_jay I can’t speak for Magdi except to say that her issue (which might be misplaced re: Zohran specifically, but I could be biased as an NYC resident) likely is related to why you reflexively accused her of “Zionism”—a blind spot on the left re: antisemitism.
@katz_morris How so? Most of what I’ve seen from your camp attacks Democrats, and when y’all do go after Republicans Dems always catch a few strays for good measure. Wouldn’t a Dem majority depend on lots of different Dems working together and supporting each other?
There is exactly one area where this criticism is relevant—the US Senate filibuster rule. That is what makes a simple change in chamber control ineffective at ensuring legislation passes. Rail against that instead of “Democrats” (which you’re supposed to be, mind you).
See, the issue with Democrats not holding “corporate power” accountable is that we haven’t elected enough of them to do that, not that they want bad things for some reason. It’s like changing your oil with only 2 quarts—it’s not enough to do the job.
The Supreme Court has become an institution that serves corporate power instead of the Constitution.
If Democrats can’t figure out how to hold it accountable, working people don’t stand a chance.
The media demands Democrats ~ reach across the aisle ~ and somehow work with people who say stuff like this and then blame Democrats for political gridlock when it fails (or they ignore it when it happens if the President is Joe Biden) 🙃