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Aunt B. retweeted
It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can’t selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say. But that’s exactly what the Trump Administration is doing to Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. To understand why this is so appalling, it’s important to know the facts. Congresswoman Omar came to this country with her father when she was 12 years old. Five years later, her father became a naturalized citizen. If Ilhan had been 18 at the time, she would have had to apply for citizenship separately. But because she was 17, she became a naturalized citizen automatically. Congresswoman Omar went on to graduate from college, work as a community organizer, become the first Somali-American legislator elected to public office in the U.S., and win a seat in Congress. There, she has been one of the Trump Administration’s fiercest critics, which has led the president to repeatedly single her out as someone who he believes does not belong in this country. Now the Administration is actively trying to deport Congresswoman Omar, seemingly based solely on the unsubstantiated theory that she was actually 18 when her father was naturalized, and therefore is not a citizen. Federal agents have raided her home, confiscated personal records, and seized her phone — all to try and uncover a nonexistent smoking gun from 20 years ago that will somehow make their case. Think about that. The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president. And it’s not the first time this has happened. Under President Trump, the Justice Department has repeatedly gone after those he considers his political enemies — from the Attorney General of New York, to the former head of the FBI, to members of the Federal Reserve. In those cases, the prosecutions either stalled or were dismissed for having no basis in law, and the same is likely to happen in this case. But not before Congresswoman Omar’s life has been turned upside down, her legal bills have piled up, and she’s been forced to spend time fighting unsubstantiated charges instead of serving the people of Minnesota. The fact that any president, or any administration, is willing to engage in such transparent efforts to intimidate someone should outrage all Americans, regardless of how they feel about Congresswoman Omar’s political views. Because if this becomes the new normal, there’s no reason to believe it will stop with her — or that future presidents, in either party, won’t do the same.
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Aunt B. retweeted
It's stunning to me how many millions and millions and millions of people do not understand this simple fact.
Every dollar Trump hands Russia in exchange for Trump family enrichment, means dead Americans.
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He says the name just fine when he’s begging the Qataris for a personal jet or the Saudis for funding for his son-in-law’s private equity firm. Wonder what’s changed?
Trump on El-Sayed: "His name is actually Abduladadalalalala. It's Adulbabababababa Mohammed Al-Sayed. So his middle name is Mohammed. So I was right. He's a jihadist."
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Aunt B. retweeted
Meta has suddenly suspended the No Kings Instagram account in the middle of the No Kings' national day of action. This shocking censorship comes just weeks before the midterm election.
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ICE run over U.S. citizen riding his bike—break his arm. Agents handcuff him behind his back without calling paramedics. They inflict even more injuries—send him to the hospital in serious condition. Then agents detain another U.S. citizen—for yelling at them on the sidewalk. Man with the broken arm's daughter says he was hit on his e-bike by an unmarked car. He was then tased twice and pinned to the ground—currently receiving treatment at the hospital. Multiple ICE vehicles were running through stop signs—speeding the wrong way down one-way streets. All on a weekend afternoon with kids playing outside. Incident occurred near the intersection of East 56th Street & Elm Avenue in Long Beach, California. Stop ICE Net doesn't have an account on this platform—so posting first full length, English translated, and credited video here to help raise awareness.
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Aunt B. retweeted
“we will pay any price….to assure the success and survival of liberty.” Is this still true? Do we prize liberty or do we prize power and purse? No more clear test than the choice between Ukraine and Russia. Abandon Ukraine and we abandon liberty. Eventually even our own.
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Aunt B. retweeted
Alex Gibney: “There was an estimate that what [Elon Musk] did by suddenly cutting USAID would cost through disease and starvation as many as 14M lives. Even if you discount that, we know within a year of those cuts where they were literally burning food going to starving children, 500K children died. This is really a crime against humanity, but he makes a joke about it, I put USAID into the woodchipper. What he put into the woodchipper were children”
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Aunt B. retweeted
Jennings: Let's not overreact here. McGowan: Why are you talking like that? It's madness. Your position is truly terrifying... Everything in these files could bring down the entire House. And if it needs to, so be it. If it brings down Democrats, let it bring them down. If it brings down Republicans, let it bring them down. If it brings down princes, world leaders, and Hollywood stars, let it bring them down. But what this looks like right now is a massive secret group of people who are above the law. x.com/Acyn/status/2013461450…
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Aunt B. retweeted
🚨🇺🇸 Massie on the Epstein files: If this were a private law firm with just 5% of the DOJ's resources, they would have finished this work before the deadline. They just missed another deadline to report all politicians named in the files, and they're supposed to justify all the redactions they've made. The bigger problem isn't missing deadlines, but what they're redacting from the documents. They're trying to pretend the Privacy Act overrides a law that explicitly says records cannot be withheld to avoid embarrassment. They're also citing FOIA standards, which don't apply to our law. They're trying to claim they don't have to release internal decisions, even though our bill specifically requires them to do so. x.com/Acyn/status/2008712361…
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Trump should fire Hegseth to avoid Hegseth’s impeachment. It’s the honorable thing to do. The House recessed early to avoid the vote, so I will reintroduce Hegseth articles of impeachment when we return for the lame duck session, regardless of the outcome of the midterm election.
BREAKING: Trump considering firing Defense Secretary Hegseth after the midterms in an effort to take the blame of the unpopular Iran war off of himself and onto Hegseth in order to "protect his legacy" and "reputation as an anti-war president," per multiple initial reports. Trump is also on the verge of firing several key members of his administration in an effort to "clean house" amid mounting corruption allegations and expected midterm losses, as per the reports.
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Aunt B. retweeted
Trump: we are running low on ammo not because of my war on Iran but because Biden gave “massive amounts” of Tomahawks to Ukraine. The U.S. didn’t supply a single Tomahawk to Ukraine.
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Aunt B. retweeted
On Tues, Trump was asked directly whether we had cut off intelligence sharing with Ukraine. He said no. Now we learn that yes, his White House cut off access to critical satellite services to Ukraine. How many times do we have to learn this lesson? Trump’s word means nothing.
NEW: The order to limit a satellite system used by Ukraine for battlefield communications and drone operations came from inside the White House, according to two US officials and a Western official briefed on the matter.
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Aunt B. retweeted
Now we can say it definitively. Elon Musk donated $158M to SLF. SLF donated $158M to Texas PAC. SLF is Texas PAC's only donor. Elon Musk is singlehandedly funding Texas PAC, which is boosting Ken Paxton.
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Aunt B. retweeted
It’s bad enough when they tell immigrants to show ‘gratitude’ but now they’re telling a man born in America he should show ‘gratitude’ - what, because he’s a Muslim? Also, it wasn’t El-Sayed who wrote a book complaining about his community and upbringing, it was Vance.
Vance on El-Sayed: You deserve better than a little weasel who should shut his mouth and show a little gratitude to the country that gave him everything
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Aunt B. retweeted
BREAKING: The FBI made a video trashing Democrats & hyping Kash Patel, then posted it during early voting Spending your tax dollars to campaign or to hype the director is illegal -- This video did BOTH We want watchdogs to find out who signed off Our @DDFund_ letter 👇 -TN
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Aunt B. retweeted
🚨🚨NEW: New court documents reveal that Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski directly fed intel to Laura Loomer to falsely accuse a DHS civil servant of green lighting payments to house undocumented immigrants. scoop from @willsommer thebulwark.com/p/first-noem-…
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Aunt B. retweeted
.@AnnieAndrewsMD: Just one day before we took the debate stage, a new investigation revealed that Darline Graham's family has direct business ties to China, something that she omitted from her financial disclosures. Her husband is a C-suite executive at a company connected to Chinese weapons manufacturing, a company that relies on a Chinese manufacturer with ties to major Chinese military suppliers, including an arms trader founded by the Chinese Communist Party's own military. Let me be clear, national security isn't an elective when you're a US senator. The American people deserve to know whether their senators have conflicts of interest involving foreign weapons manufacturers.
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Aunt B. retweeted
.@KatieZacharia is not a lawyer and has never been licensed to practice law. The @WSJ reports this evening that she took the California Bar Exam but failed. Nevertheless, Zacharia appeared on media programs for YEARS and repeatedly called herself a lawyer. Here's a super cut:
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Aunt B. retweeted
It takes a lot of nerve to make fun of anyones manhood when you look like Stephen Miller, weigh 95 lbs, & have a wife that banged Steve Bannon.
What gender is James Talafreako?
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