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Exactly what we need in the absence of a functioning U.S. Department of Justice. An organization of ex-prosecutors and investigators who help can put cases together for current and future prosecutors who will restore accountability for corrupt federal officials and those who benefit from that corruption.
We are facing a crisis of impunity. That's why we built The Rule of Law Project — to investigate unlawful conduct by federal officials, and work with state and local prosecutors to hold them to account.
Watch former DOJ prosecutor Mark Blumberg and human rights leader Brad Adams launch this critical accountability initiative on MSNOW with Nicolle Wallace.
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Very definition of an impeachable offense
Trump admitted he blocked energy funding to punish blue states he lost in 2024, including $586 million for Illinois.
Courts ruled it illegal. He's still blocking the money.
Bipartisan permitting reform won't work if Trump ignores the law. He must reinstate the grants first.
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Did you know? In 1861, 11 Senators and 3
Representatives were expelled from Congress for failing to recognize Lincoln's election and supporting insurrection. - We can still do that.
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Just so we're all clear on this, the Trump administration is harboring a fugitive illegal immigrant after they tried to steal an election with help from his billionaire donors.
Again.
Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be granted U.S. visas after his weekend loss to President Lula, a senior U.S official says. apnews.com/article/brazil-fl…
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Flavio Bolsonaro was ordered to turn over his passport and remain in the country to face corruption charges.
He just snuck out of Brazil via Argentina and is headed to the U.S.
He’s now a wanted fugitive. I’m going to bet ICE won’t be waiting for him when his private plan lands and he’ll be feted at Mar A Lago when he arrives.
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
“This isn’t America First. It’s Putin First.
So why does Trump keep selling out America to Putin?”
youtu.be/DiDgOhFr-94?si=44qw…
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THE CRIME LOVING REPUBLICANS ARE OPENING THE BORDERS TO LET CRIMINAL ILLEGAL ALIENS INTO THE COUNTRY
BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro has reportedly fled Brazil for the U.S. two days after losing the presidential election to Lula, according to allies cited by Folha de S.Paulo.
His flight is expected to land within hours, although his whereabouts remain unconfirmed.
The senator allegedly traveled through Argentina after a Supreme Court judge ordered him to surrender his Brazilian and Italian passports.
He faces two criminal investigations and will lose his parliamentary immunity in February.
Source: Folha de S.Paulo
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.
"i DidNt vOte fOr THAT" when i voted a third time for a rapist, racist, Russian puppet, treasonous conman because i could never vote for a Dem, especially a Black woman
#maga
Ms Rachel: “Moms - ICE broke the wrist of a 20-year-old student who has special needs on his way to school. They had the wrong person. He’s a US citizen, not that it would be okay if he wasn’t a US citizen. They left him on the side of the road with no medical care. He needed surgery. I already cried about this. Now I’m just mad”
"That is why the White House was decorated in this relatively restrained way for almost 250 years, changing only recently."
Good post (no surprise) on why we did what we did when we did it.
#NoKings
When George Washington was inaugurated in 1789, he wore a relatively plain brown frock coat. To the modern eye, the garment may look fancy, but it was relatively constrained for a man of Washington's position.
Affluent Americans at the time tended to wear European fabrics, as centuries of textile tradition on that side of the Atlantic meant that their materials were finer, silkier, and more luxurious. Those who could afford to wear such materials often did, not just because they were more comfortable, but because they signaled status.
Washington rejected this convention for his inauguration, opting instead for a plain brown frock coat made from an American-made material, specifically one produced by a relatively new upstart in Connecticut. It's also notable that his outfit for that day was considerably more restrained than those of leaders in other Western nations.
For instance, check out this outfit on George III (slide one). In this 1762 coronation painting, we can see the British monarch wearing a gold damask coat with a velvet mantle lined and edged with ermine and trimmed in gold. Even his shoes featured solid gold buckles.
Washington opted for something simpler because he wanted to send two political messages. First, he wanted to support domestic industry (hence his request that the garment be made from American woolen broadcloth).
Second, he understood that the US was supposed to be a democratic republic, not a monarchy. Back in Europe, monarchs wore fancy ceremonial attire to reinforce their position in society. Washington, by contrast, chose something more restrained, signaling that he was not governing through divine right but rather through consent of the people.
Irish-born architect James Holban also understood this when he designed the White House in the Neoclassical style, drawing from Georgian and Palladian architecture. Neoclassicism was a rejection of Rococo, which had been fashionable among European monarchs and aristocrats in the preceding decades.
Most people will know Rococo from the photos of the lavish French palaces erected during the reign of Louis XV. Much like the elaborate ceremonial attire of European monarchs, these interiors were meant to impress upon people the wealth and power of European leaders. The visual grandeur reinforced the idea that these people fundamentally occupied a different social station from those they governed.
To be sure, the White House was much nicer than what ordinary Americans at the time would have occupied. But much like Washington's inauguration outfit, Hoban's design was meant to balance the dignity of the office with the republican ideal that political authority ultimately comes from the people. Our leaders are not above us; they are here to serve us.
That is why the White House was decorated in this relatively restrained way for almost 250 years, changing only recently. I have seen some on here suggest that glorifying the White House is meant to glorify the state, and thus the citizens. But this logic was historically used by dictators abroad, not US presidents.
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
“Overcharged millions at checkout,” is a weird way of saying, “stole from customers.”
Companies stealing from consumers and workers is the crime rate we don’t talk enough about.
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Musk's PAC was found guilty of violating GA election law in 2024, he settled lawsuits claiming voter fraud.
And now he's breaking MI law.
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Some random art gallery owner wanted to exhibit Hunter Biden's paintings and it was a months-long scandal. The below can't even pierce a single news cycle.
Kushner Phone Hack Reveals How Middle East Dictators Bought Him Off trib.al/7zDC1WC
Geoff C 🍃 retweeted
Just remembered the part of the January 6 hearings where we learned Trump knew the crowd was armed but specifically told the Secret Service not to make them go through metal detectors before he intentionally pointed them at the US Capitol
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This is why Trump just said at his rally that he doesn’t care about high gas prices because people who own stakes in the oil and gas industry are getting rich.
Uses phrases like, "You can violate the governor" because violating people, women, children, laws is his general approach.
He didn't say, "The federal gov't can supercede local and state laws."
He likes 'violate'.
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So… this is clearly human trafficking disguised as being tough on immigration.
A Texas father who had lived in the U.S. for 25 years with no criminal record was finishing his night shift as an Uber driver when immigration agents detained him.
Without being able to speak to his lawyer or a judge, he was put on a plane and sent first to Ghana, a country where he had no ties. He was then sent to his home country, despite a determination by a U.S. immigration court judge that he could not be deported there due to likely persecution. cbsn.ws/3Ude66r








































