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African-American. Criminology & Law graduate. 31 year FBI veteran. Pragmatic evidence-based raging centrist.
Joined August 2014
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@maddow Is it time to overcome our "scary gun" phobias & do some evidence-based gun control? See ProPublica goo.gl/GfPZZT
Trump asked budget chief to draft order bringing health research funding under his control dlvr.it/TVYhwK
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ANOTHER boat strike.
(They’re still doing these. While Hegseth was busy jinxing A&M).
Still not authorized by Congress.
Still not supported by most Americans.
Still happening.
The most important story in the world (except now maybe AI) is STILL that Trump can do whatever he wants with the most powerful military the world has ever seen.
And nothing is stopping him.
And Cuba is likely next. Maybe tonight.🚨🇺🇸
On September 19, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal, kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed four narco-terrorists.
#JTFWHEM @DeptofWar @SecWar
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"Trump, the individual, not innate structural forces, is the cause of much of the irrational, imprudent chaos unfolding in American foreign policy today. And therefore, the current trajectory of American foreign policy can change radically in a post-Trump era."
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1/ The secret funding of Donald Trump Jr.'s lavish Bahamas wedding by a Russian oligarch is being hailed by some Russian commentators as a masterclass in covert destabilisation. Others suggest that an emerging post-Putin elite faction is seeking to ally itself with the Trumps. ⬇️
EXCLUSIVE: Doris Miller was set to become the first Black American with a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier in his name. Following reports that the carrier could be renamed, Miller’s family sat down with WFAA to share their reaction. wfaa.com/article/news/nation…
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Tom Joscelyn: "Trump saw early on that you could take this far-right online presence and use it against the establishment the Republican establishment…He was bringing the most rabid people online into his political coalition."
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Breaking news: CNN reporter smuggled into White House in a catering truck . A friend just broke the story
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Trump has become $2.7 BILLION richer since retaking office. That money’s coming from crypto, stock trading, Truth Social, foreign investments, and more. You name it, chances are he’s done it. The presidency been a gold mine for him.
You’re paying more for EVERYTHING thanks to him. And instead of fixing it, he’s focused on doubling his personal wealth.
Virtually every choice he’s made these last two years has translated to a big fat paycheck for him to cash in.
This is Donald Trump's fortune over time. See those last two bars? Yeah, the presidency has been good to him.
forbes.com/sites/danalexande…
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Good speech for next Spring when you again invite President Trump to be the honored guest.
Today’s action revoking access for journalists from CNN, POLITICO, and MSNOW violates the First Amendment. The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future. The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably. That’s why courts have repeatedly held that once the White House provides access to journalists, it cannot deny that access arbitrarily or based on the content of their reporting. The WHCA calls on the administration to immediately restore our colleagues' access.
- Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President
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Robert De Niro is headlining a joint fundraiser for James Talarico and Sherrod Brown later this month, per invite.
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Correct take
So, after eighteen months of lying on the supermarket floor screaming at Denmark, Donald Trump has been handed the 1951 defence agreement, which already gave America bases and the run of Greenland for as long as NATO exists, and which it was using so enthusiastically that it closed sixteen of its seventeen installations there. The grown-ups have simply wrapped the toy he already owned in shiny new paper, told him it was the biggest present anyone has ever had, and he is now running round the garden showing it to everyone. He will certainly make the history books, although I fear not in the chapter he was hoping for.
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#Breaking Missing Howard University student Esube “Izzy” Wondwossen has been located safely and is in good health. #PGPD
HOWARD UNIVERISTY STUDENT MISSING: 22-year-old Howard University student Esube “Izzy” Wondwossen has been missing since Sept. 15. She was last seen leaving Pentagon Metro Station around 7:57 a.m. Her family says this is out of character and they’re worried something happened to her. Anyone with information is asked to contact Prince George’s County Police. missingpersons.princegeorges… #PGPD
El-Sayed: I am up against a guy named Mike Dodgers. He only shows up if you have a corporate check. Or if you are Donald Trump and you invite him to Dallas. You know where he is at? Florida—where he owns a home. He had his home on the market… He took it off. Even he knows we are going to send his ass back to Florida.
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THE EVIDENCE CHANGED:
First it was an:
“EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS WEDDING GIFT.”
Now President Trump says his son told him:
“I’M PAYING IT BACK.”
So a few questions:
When was the decision to repay Kremlev made?
Before or after the payments became public?
How much is being repaid?
Has any money actually changed hands?
Does it cover every expense Kremlev funded?
And the simplest question:
WHY DID A PRESIDENTIAL FAMILY THAT COULD PAY ITS OWN BILLS ACCEPT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM A FOREIGN BUSINESSMAN IN THE FIRST PLACE?
Repayment may answer one question.
It creates receipts for several more.
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Line for Costco fuel is starting to wrap around to parking lot as fuel prices spike in Florida.
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You’d think @SecWar Pete Kegseth would be hard at work huddling with his generals trying to figure out how finish the war they started but instead he’s out there at Texas A&M doing doing this performative nonsense
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This. Right here. It’s a nothing burger. Status quo remains with silly pledges about things that never were going to happen. It’s a crisis resolved with same old same old, that this admin caused, causing perhaps generational damage to US-European relations. For what? Yet some in GOP foreign policy circles r calling it some type of huge victory? Come on now, that’s embarrassing. Do u think the American people r that stupid?
After creating the biggest split between Europe and the U.S. in decades with his claim on 🇬🇱 Greenland, Trump agrees a deal that keeps things pretty much as they are — with a garnish of pledges that things that were never going to happen, like Chinese and Russian military bases on the island, won’t happen. wsj.com/politics/national-se…
