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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 13/09/2026
Unlike the founders, Trump sees the Postal Service as a vehicle to negate democracy and maintain his personal grip on power, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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The Supreme Court's Mail-In Voting Decision Could Determine the Future of US Democracy
If the court stays injunctions and allows the Trump administration's new main-in voting rule to be implemented, the impact will be devastating, especially for Democrats.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 09/09/2026
Trump’s plot to weaponize the post office is based on facile legal arguments, but its impact on democracy is grave. www.truthdig.com/articles/wil...
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Will the Roberts Court Kill Mail-In Voting and Subvert the Midterms?
Trump’s plot to weaponize the post office is based on facile legal arguments, but its impact on democracy is grave.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 26/08/2026
As a young attorney in the Reagan Administration, he aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act and undermine democracy. Now the Chief Justice has finished the job.
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The Long Con of John Roberts
As a young attorney under Reagan, John Roberts aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act. Now the Chief Justice has finished the job.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 25/08/2026
The court’s accelerating lurch to the right under his stewardship has done permanent damage to the institution, and sparked renewed calls for radical reforms, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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John Roberts Is the Biggest Con Man in US Politics
In his confirmation hearing, Roberts told the Senate he would all only “balls and strikes, and not to pitch or bat.” He then proceeded to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
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The Progressive Magazine @theprogressivemag.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
As a young attorney in the Reagan Administration, he aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act and undermine democracy. Now the Chief Justice has finished the job. progressive.org/magazine/the...
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The Long Con of John Roberts
As a young attorney in the Reagan Administration, he aimed to destroy the Voting Rights Act and undermine democracy. Now the Chief Justice has finished the job.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 21/08/2026
John Roberts Proves Alexander Hamilton Wrong: You Cannot Trust the Judges
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John Roberts Proves Alexander Hamilton Wrong: You Cannot Trust the Judges
The US Supreme Court has become a sinkhole of ideological extremism and corruption thanks to the current Chief Justice and those who have contributed to the overall hollowing out of the judiciary branch.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 18/08/2026
The "judicial supremacy" feared by early critics of the high court has come to pass. "Popular constitutionalism" could be the antidote for restoring democracy. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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What Alexander Hamilton Got Wrong About the ‘Least Dangerous’ Branch
The "judicial supremacy" feared by early critics of the high court has come to pass. "Popular constitutionalism" could be the antidote for restoring democracy.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 25/06/2026
Thomas is best known for concurrences and dissents that seemed culled from the lunatic fringe when he wrote them, but were later embraced by the majority as the court moved hard right, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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Clarence Thomas Is More Dangerous and Powerful Than Ever
​As Thomas reportedly told two of his law clerks in 1993, he planned to serve until 2034, and until then would continue to make the lives of liberals “miserable.” He has already made good on that pledge.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 22/06/2026
The most corrupt Supreme Court Justice is more influential than ever. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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Clarence Thomas, Unbound - Truthdig
The most corrupt Supreme Court Justice is more influential than ever.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 09/06/2026
Not even Supreme Court immunity can guarantee the president won’t face accountability over his corruption. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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In His Own Heist Movie, Donald Trump Stars as the Loser - Truthdig
Not even Supreme Court immunity can guarantee the president won’t face accountability over his corruption.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 24/05/2026
Neutering the Voting Rights Act represents the culmination of Roberts’ lifelong calling and warrants his ranking alongside Taney as the most disgraceful chief justice in history, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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The Roberts Court Is Pushing the US Toward Existential Conflict
​By gutting the Voting Rights Act and granting President Donald Trump immunity, the Supreme Court has helped set up a fight over the future of US democracy.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 21/05/2026
John Roberts and his Republican bench mates have issued a blistering succession of dangerously polarizing decisions that have brought the country to the brink.
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Has the Supreme Court Set the Stage for a New Civil War? - Truthdig
John Roberts and his Republican bench mates have issued a blistering succession of dangerously polarizing decisions that have brought the country to the brink.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 19/04/2026
The conventional thinking that Trump will eventually suffer Nixon’s fate has been proven wrong. The Republican Party of the 1970s was tethered to constitutional governance. Today’s GOP has degenerated into a neofascist political cult, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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We Can't Rely on Impeachment Or the 25th Amendment to Save Us From Trump's Chaos
Instead of looking for a magic bullet in the Constitution to bring Trump down, progressives and anti-Trumpers should concentrate on building a lasting, broad-based, and genuine pro-democracy movement.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 16/04/2026
Neither impeachment nor the 25th Amendment offers remedies for removing a mad president leading the nation to disaster. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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The Magic Bullet Delusion - Truthdig
Neither impeachment nor the 25th Amendment offers remedies for removing a mad president leading the nation to disaster.
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 08/04/2026
Since taking his place on the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh has proven a reliable Trump flunky. But unlike Thomas and Alito, he’s also proven to be an intellectual lightweight, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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Beware Brett Kavanaugh: Trump's Favorite Justice
​It’s frightening but indisputable: The future of American law may rest in his ideological, incompetent hands.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Mockery as Iran dupes Trump admin in ceasefire deal: 'No possibility of redemption' www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...
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Mockery as Iran dupes Trump admin in ceasefire deal: 'No possibility of redemption'
President Donald Trump and his allies are not telling the same story as the Iranians about the recently agreed-upon ceasefire deal, according to a new report. Trump announced on Truth Social that the ...
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 02/04/2026
How the most unpopular Supreme Court justice became Trump’s favorite. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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The Fall and Rise of Brett Kavanaugh - Truthdig
How the most unpopular Supreme Court justice became Trump’s favorite.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Bombs Away! New golden statue mocking Trump astounds observers: 'Bless whoever did this' www.rawstory.com/trump-267664...
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New golden statue mocking Trump astounds observers: 'Bless whoever did this'
Observers were astounded on Monday after a new golden statue mocking President Donald Trump appeared on the National Mall. The Washington Post reported that a golden toilet seat on a faux marble pedes...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Trump mocked after floating new name for Strait of Hormuz www.rawstory.com/strait-of-ho...
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Trump mocked after floating new name for Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump is facing mockery after floating the idea of renaming the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important shipping lanes, after himself – or the United States. At an investo...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Judge sets $1 bail for Georgia woman charged with murder for taking abortion pills
Alexia Moore was arrested under a Georgia law that bans abortions after detection of embryonic cardiac activity
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
What could go wrong? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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ICE agents will be deployed to US airports on Monday to ease long lines
Trump and border czar Tom Homan confirm plan to assist TSA agents amid partial government shutdown standoff
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Trump's blistering ultimatum over the Strait of Hormuz astonishes analysts "From claiming the war is 'winding down' to threatening a new act of terror against a country of 90 million people," journalist Aaron Maté posted on X. www.rawstory.com/trump-iran-2...
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Trump's blistering ultimatum over the Strait of Hormuz astonishes analysts
President Donald Trump issued a blistering ultimatum to the Iranian regime on Saturday night, one that raised the eyebrows of multiple political analysts and observers. Trump posted on Truth Social th...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
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Trump On Robert Mueller's Death: 'Good, I'm Glad He's Dead.'
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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'He's mentally unhinged': Trump hit with disgust as tasteless Japan joke flops
Donald Trump’s Oval Office appearance with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ended on a sour note after he made a tone-deaf joke about Japan attacking Pearl Harbor in 1941.At the end of what was ...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
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Trump's ex-Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino to retire: report
President Donald Trump's former Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino reportedly plans to hang up his uniform for good at the end of the month.Sources familiar with Bovino's thinking told CNN that he had ...
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 12/03/2026
There is nothing more dangerous than an autocrat afraid of losing power, and there is no autocrat on the world stage today more fearful and paranoid than Donald Trump, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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Understanding MAGA's Plot to Rig the Midterms and Destroy Democracy
​Here is a list of the plot’s main elements to help you stay informed, connected, and, above all, engaged.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 09/03/2026
Trump and his MAGA allies are flooding the zone with a multipronged scheme to rig the midterms and end democracy. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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Could January 3 Become the Next January 6? - Truthdig
Trump and his MAGA allies are flooding the zone with a multipronged scheme to rig the midterms and end democracy.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Here is how I called the Trump tariff case back in November. Spot on. www.truthdig.com/articles/wai...
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Waiting for Liberation Day at the Supreme Court - Truthdig
In a rare shift, the court appears set to use originalism and textualism to strike down at least some of Trump’s overreaching tariffs.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Legal tourist's vacation turns into six-week nightmare in ICE center: 'I want to go home' www.rawstory.com/ice-26752913...
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Legal tourist's vacation turns into six-week nightmare in ICE center: 'I want to go home'
A tourist from the United Kingdom to the United States is sounding the alarm and warning others after her nightmare ICE experience.The Guardian heading into the weekend reported on the story of Karen ...
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 06/02/2026
In 2020, Trump was stopped from deploying the military against protesters. This time, there are no grown-ups in the building. The Insurrection Act is on his desk.
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Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act? - Truthdig
Schooled in the teachings of Roy Cohn and backed by a friendly Supreme Court, the mad king is poised to deploy the military.
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Truthdig @truthdig.com · 05/02/2026
Schooled in the teachings of Roy Cohn and backed by a friendly Supreme Court, the mad king is poised to deploy the military. By @blumslaw.bsky.social
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Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act? - Truthdig
Schooled in the teachings of Roy Cohn and backed by a friendly Supreme Court, the mad king is poised to deploy the military.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
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Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats
The Supreme Court has allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans and t...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Two federal agents reportedly identified in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Two federal agents reportedly identified in fatal shooting of Alex Pretti
Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez are both officers with Customs and Border Protection, ProPublica reports
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Top Trump DOJ lawyer roasted for 'getting the law wrong on TV': 'It's not a crime' Todd flunks Immigration Law 101. www.rawstory.com/todd-blanche...
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Top Trump DOJ lawyer roasted for 'getting the law wrong on TV': 'It's not a crime'
Deputy attorney general Todd Blanche on Sunday was roasted on social media after he appeared to get a basic fact wrong about U.S. law.ABC's George Stephanopoulos interviewed Blanche over the weekend, ...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Allegations fly as FBI head's past comments haunt him: 'Kash is part of a massive coverup' www.rawstory.com/kash-patel-2...
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Allegations fly as FBI head's past comments haunt him: 'Kash is part of a massive coverup'
FBI Director Kash Patel's own words came back to haunt him this weekend in the wake of a new release of files on deceased child abuser Jeffrey Epstein.After the DOJ released millions more Epstein file...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’ www.rawstory.com/trump-epstei...
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Witness told FBI Trump threatened to ‘disappear’ girl and have her ‘whole family killed’
Under penalty of perjury, a witness told the FBI back in 2016 that they had “personally witnessed” President Donald Trump threaten to “disappear” a girl and have her entire family killed, according to...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
DOJ busted for removing Epstein files accusing Trump of child rape www.rawstory.com/doj-removes-...
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DOJ busted for removing Epstein files accusing Trump of child rape
The Department of Justice reportedly scrubbed numerous files relating to Jeffrey Epstein and President Donald Trump from its website.After Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the release of...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New poll reveals cratering support for Trump as Republicans abandon ship. www.rawstory.com/trump-267506...
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New poll reveals cratering support for Trump as Republicans abandon ship
The GOP appears to be turning its back on President Donald Trump after a damning new poll revealed most Americans don't support the president's policies. The Pew Research Center released a new poll on...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Melania humiliated as UK premiere of her movie gets single-digit ticket sales www.rawstory.com/melania-trum...
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Melania humiliated as UK premiere of her movie gets single-digit ticket sales
Melania Trump's eponymous documentary flopped in its London debut.UK cinema chain Vue's will premier "Melania" at 3:10 p.m. at its flagship Islington theater in London, but so far only one person has ...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
And this from Bruce youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Please share youtu.be/uozLlmUhzZY
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Minnesota Anthem
YouTube video by Marc Skjervem
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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Man tackled to ground after spraying unknown substance on Rep. Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall
A man wearing a black jacket has been tackled to the ground after spraying an unknown substance on U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
www.salon.com/2026/01/27/w...
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Why GOP voters still love ICE
New PRRI polling still shows broad Republican support for some of Trump’s most extreme immigration policies
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Melania's film crew member hopes for flop as insiders share behind-the-scenes tales www.rawstory.com/melania-trum...
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Melania's film crew member hopes for flop as insiders share behind-the-scenes tales
Members of the team behind the Melania Trump documentary are hoping the film bombs at the box office, according to a report.Insiders have suggested the filming of the Brett Ratner-helmed documentary, ...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Trump just put ICE in an 'no-win situation' — and 'people are freaking out': report www.rawstory.com/trump-immigr...
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Trump just put ICE in an 'no-win situation' — and 'people are freaking out': report
President Donald Trump's immigration forces are revolting after the president put them in a "no-win situation," according to a new report. Independent journalist Ken Klippenstein reported on Monday th...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Bovino hurls accusations at CNN's Jake Tapper — and gets bruising reply www.rawstory.com/bovino-takes...
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Bovino hurls accusations at CNN's Jake Tapper — and gets bruising reply
Customs and Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino took a shot at CNN anchor Jake Tapper Monday — and got shot down by facts from the journalist.Tapper had pointed out how Bovino's credibility has come u...
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
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Videos Show Moments in Which Agents Killed a Man in Minneapolis
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 23/01/2026
The struggle against ICE and our emerging dual state is now approaching a critical inflection point, writes @blumslaw.bsky.social.
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The Nazi Political Theory That Explains ICE's Impunity
​Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement has become the violent face of the country’s transformation into a new 21st-century dual state.
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Bill Blum @blumslaw.bsky.social @blumslaw.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
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Giant replica of Trump-Epstein birthday card appears on National Mall
Donald Trump has denied writing the birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein for the notorious pedophile’s 50th birthday.
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