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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-23-NoEthicalReportingForSupremeCourtJustices.md

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-tags: [Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, ethics committee, lack of legislative oversight, MSNBC, politics]
-categories: [Donald Trump]
+tags: [Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, ethics, self-reporting, no oversight, Donald Trump, politics]
+categories: [Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)]
 date: 2024-12-23 9:31 PM
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-title: "Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Failed to Report  Lavish Gifts"
+title: "Clarence Thomas Ethics Part 1: Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Failed to Report  Lavish Gifts"
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-CivilWarAtMarALago.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [Mary Trump Media, H1B visas, tech oligarchs, MAGA nativists, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Laura Loomer, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump]
+date: 2024-12-28 4:06 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Civil War as MAGA Erupts!"
+---
+
+
+## Trump TRIGGERS Civil War as MAGA ERUPTS from Within
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P3z3wYF7_lU" title="Trump TRIGGERS Civil War as MAGA ERUPTS from Within" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 27, 2024  #donaldtrump #election2024 #marytrump
+Join Mary Trump as she unpacks the intense clash within the Trump administration, spotlighting the showdown between tech oligarchs and MAGA nativists over H1B visa policies. Delve into Elon Musk’s controversial stance on immigration and his fierce feud with Laura Loomer, revealing the deep-seated divisions among Trump’s closest allies. Discover the broader implications of these conflicts for America’s tech industry and the future of immigration.
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+0:00 Introduction 
+2:01 Elon Musk's Support for H1B Visas
+3:00 Laura Loomer's Attack 
+5:00  Musk and Loomer Feud 
+8:00 What's Really Happening
+12:05 Real-Life Consequences
+

_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-CivilWarInTrumpWorld.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [MSNBC, Elon Musk, MAGA, immigrants, H1B Visas, technology immigrants, technology Americans, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump]
+date: 2024-12-28 4:49 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Civil War in Trumpworld"
+---
+
+
+## Musk wears out his welcome in Trumpworld with fight with MAGA faithful over immigration
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UKCLAaHoI4w" title="Musk wears out his welcome in Trumpworld with fight with MAGA faithful over immigration" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
+
+Dec 27, 2024  #MAGA #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump
+The bizarre partnership between Donald Trump and his billionaire benefactor Elon Musk has hit a rocky patch as Musk has done the one, and possibly only, thing that Trump cannot tolerate: upsetting his political base. Tim Miller, Philip Bump, and Carol Leonnig talk with Alex Wagner about whether Musk not being extreme enough in his disdain for immigrants could cost him his "shadow president" status with Trump.
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-ClarenceThomasEthics.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, ethics, self-reporting, no oversight, Donald Trump, politics]
+categories: [Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)]
+date: 2024-12-28 5:05 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Clarence Thomas Ethics Part 3: No Financial Ethics Oversight of Supreme Court"
+---
+
+
+## Judiciary, topped by compromised Supreme Court, faces deeper damage under returned Trump
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2B355F7lH0I" title="Judiciary, topped by compromised Supreme Court, faces deeper damage under returned Trump" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 28, 2024  #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #DonaldTrump
+Donald Trump has already made clear his insistence that judges give him special treatment, and as he returns to the White House emboldened to fill the judiciary with obedient political servants, the judiciary's fading credibility with the public could suffer irreparable damage. Melissa Murray, law professor at NYU, and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate Magazine, discuss with Alex Wagner. 
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-ClarenceThomasGifts.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, ethics, self-reporting, no oversight, Donald Trump, politics]
+categories: [Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)]
+date: 2024-12-28 5:08 PM
+excerpt: ''
+##image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Clarence Thomas Ethics Part 3: Clarence Thomas Expensive Gifts"
+---
+
+
+## Judiciary, topped by compromised Supreme Court, faces deeper damage under returned Trump
+
+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2B355F7lH0I" title="Judiciary, topped by compromised Supreme Court, faces deeper damage under returned Trump" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 28, 2024  #SupremeCourt #ClarenceThomas #DonaldTrump
+Donald Trump has already made clear his insistence that judges give him special treatment, and as he returns to the White House emboldened to fill the judiciary with obedient political servants, the judiciary's fading credibility with the public could suffer irreparable damage. Melissa Murray, law professor at NYU, and Mark Joseph Stern, senior writer at Slate Magazine, discuss with Alex Wagner. 
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-ClarenceThomasGiftsBeyoundPrecedence.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [Clarence Thomas, Harlan Crow, ethics, self-reporting, no oversight, Donald Trump, politics]
+categories: [Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS)]
+date: 2024-12-28 5:25 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Clarence Thomas Ethics Part 4: Thomas's Acceptance of Expensive Gifts and Lavish Travel Is Unparalleled In Modern American History"
+---
+
+
+## Report: Clarence Thomas' gifts and luxury travel have 'no comparison in modern American history'
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0dYFFxBTbhg" title="Report: Clarence Thomas&#39; gifts and luxury travel have &#39;no comparison in modern American history&#39;" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>.
+Dec 28, 2024  #supremecourt #clarencethomas #politics
+Slate's Mark Joseph Stern joins Katie Phang to discuss the extensive Senate Judiciary Committee report on the ethical concerns surrounding the Supreme Court.
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-DemsUnitedHerdingTrumper.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [MSNBC, Democrats United, Trumpers fractured, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, government shutdown, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump]
+date: 2024-12-28 4:18 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Democrats United. Herding Trumpers Is Like Herding Cats"
+---
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+## Michigan Congresswoman touts Dem ‘unity’ as Trump’s support of Johnson wavers, GOP tensions rise
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HCKMOAg2pj4" title="Michigan Congresswoman touts Dem ‘unity’ as Trump’s support of Johnson wavers, GOP tensions rise" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 28, 2024  #trump #mikejohnson #debbiedingell
+With a new year right around the corner, Republicans gear up for a battle for the gavel. But Donald Trump isn't so sure Mike Johnson is up for the job. Rep. Debbie Dingell joins The Weekend to weigh in.
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-ImperialistTrump.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [MSNBC, Canada, Greenland, Panama Canel, Imperialism, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump]
+date: 2024-12-28 4:43 PM
+excerpt: "Trump is playing checkers in a three dimensional world of chess"
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: 'title'
+---
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+## ‘Imperialist much?’: Trump floats plan to bully U.S. allies and make nice with America’s enemies
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZGytgEd5DiM" title="‘Imperialist much?’: Trump floats plan to bully U.S. allies and make nice with America’s enemies" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 28, 2024  #trump #panamacanal #greenland
+Basil Smikle and Marianna Sotomayor join The Weekend to discuss Trump’s plans to use his bully pulpit to intimidate America’s allies.
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-MuskGoesNuclearAtMAGA.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [Mary Trump Media, Donald Trump, Musk ranting, cognitive testing, Wikipedia, Philanthropy, Wealth Disparity, politics]
+categories: [Elon Musk]
+date: 2024-12-28 5:12 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Elon Musk’s Various Rants: Cognitive Testing, Wikipedia, Philanthropy (none), Wealth Disparity"
+---
+
+
+## Musk goes NUCLEAR in New WAR with Progressives
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ySWf3AnDkqk" title="Musk goes NUCLEAR in New WAR with Progressives" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 28, 2024  #donaldtrump #election2024 #marytrump
+0:00 Hypocrisy in Congress: K Granger's Leadership and Absence
+0:16 Elon Musk's Call for Cognitive Testing of Elected Officials
+2:01 Musk's Criticism of Wikipedia
+4:00 Musk's Critique of Philanthropy and Wealth Disparity
+7:45 Conclusion and Call to Action
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-TrumpDay1Jan6Pardons.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [MSNBC, January 6 2021 insurrection, pardons, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump]
+date: 2024-12-28 4:11 PM
+excerpt: ''
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Not Law and Order President: Trump Plans to Pardon January 6 2021 Insurrectionists On Day 1"
+---
+
+
+## Pardon Jan. 6 protesters, mass deportations and more– Inside Trump's 'Day One' promises
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Iuslu44wHAk" title="Pardon Jan. 6 protesters, mass deportations and more– Inside Trump&#39;s &#39;Day One&#39; promises" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 27, 2024  #january6 #immigration #trump
+President-elect Trump has floated a long list of “Day One” promises. NBC News White House Correspondent Aaron Gilchrist reports on the latest. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Washington bureau chief Tia Mitchell, former Rep. David Jolly and The Grio Washington bureau chief April Ryan join Chris Jansing to break it all down.
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_posts/2024/12/2024-12-28-TrumpWeaknesses.md

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+layout: post
+tags: [MSNBC, Elon Musk, puppeteer, shadow president, scandals, weakness, incompetence, politics]
+categories: [Donald Trump]
+date: 2024-12-28 5:00 PM
+excerpt: "This is the first scandal of a second Trump term, and take a long look at it because it's going to look like all the other scandals. This is going to be the theme of the next four years. Personal business interests are going to take precedence over governance in the Trump/Musk White House. The word for this is oligarchy because oligarchs don't think about the country first. We are starting the holidays in the midst of a presidential transition that really has been a sham bollic mess and it should be covered as such. But on top of all of those mistakes, we are now seeing the first signs that the errors and the own goals and the self-inflicted humiliations of this nascent presidency. They may reflect a new president who is not just incompetent, who is not just bad at the basics of what it takes to appoint people to jobs and run a transition, we may be seeing the first signs of a new president who is weak enough not just to fail, but to be taken advantage of by the brighter bulbs on the tree."
+#image: 'BASEURL/assets/blog/img/.png'
+#description:
+#permalink:
+title: "Trump’s Weaknesses Will Allow Takeover By Shadow President: Elon Musk"
+---
+
+
+## Maddow: Musk exposed Trump weakness, on top of incompetence, with spending bill manipulation
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+<iframe width="932" height="524" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/AkEbJi5kizs" title="Maddow: Musk exposed Trump weakness, on top of incompetence, with spending bill manipulation" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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+Dec 24, 2024 #MSNBC #ElonMusk #DonaldTrump
+Donald Trump's transition ahead of his second term in office was already a series of humiliations and failures as his inability to pick qualified members of his administration was laid bare, but the spending bill debacle showed that in addition to that incompetence, Trump is vulnerable to being taken advantage of, as Elon Musk did with apparent ease.
+