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DougHolland

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Obese gray male, introverted, cranky, woke but needs a nap. Enjoys solitude, old movies, long bus rides, and a good bowel movement.

No fascism, no AI, no Substack.

Publishes itsdougholland.com and SeattleSoon.com.

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We have so many anti-competent Trumpers in American government, it's easy to forget that American diplomacy is run by anti-competent Trumpers, too.

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Both sides do it, both sides do it.

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oh crap, what's the news TODAY?

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Millions of new files relating to the late sex offender Epstein were released by the DoJ earlier this month. At the time, the deputy attorney general said three million pages were not released.

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This is what you're paying for, if you donate to the Democratic Party.

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None of this is in my top 10,000 worries right now, and I'm lactose intolerant and drink almond milk and eat boca burgers, but let's be factual, please. Milk, meat, and flesh have always referred to animal products.

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And I get where you're coming from. (:
But I have never heard 'sweetmeat' as anything but a pickup line.

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? Not a "bombshell," and hardly news at all. You'd have to never glance at the news to not know that Trump "fought the hardest" to bury the Trump-Epstein files.

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Well, with AI's penchant for justmakingstuffup, using it could lead to the 'wrong' people being abducted & tortured & deported or killed.

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Exactly the right response.

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Suspended, with pay.

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This is from the past week. Yes, updated regularly; click "Previously in God’s divine plan," at the bottom of the page.

DHS expected to shut down as immigration talks falter ( text.npr.org )

The Department of Homeland Security, which houses agencies focused on immigration, disaster response and cybersecurity, is on track to shut down Saturday as lawmakers leave town without a funding agreement or a deal that Democrats hope will rein in the conduct of federal immigration officers.

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As you'd expect, this will have no impact on ICE, CBP, or the ongoing round-up of brown people.

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I stopped reading and lost all interest after the reporter wrote "underage women." Nobody interested in honesty uses that phrase unironically.

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First, they came for the teenagers...

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Believe it if and when you see it. Until then, no letting up.

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Yup, our 'security' comes from being unimportant nobodies. If for any reason The Powers That Be want to see 'security' footage, they'll find a way.

Cardinal Cupich says feds stopped priests, demanded citizenship proof ( religionnews.com )

Cardinal Blase Cupich, head of the Archdiocese of Chicago, has twice told interviewers in recent weeks that priests in the archdiocese have been stopped by federal agents and asked to prove their immigration status — demands he said were “because of their color.” ...

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A clerical collar does not exempt priests from Secret Police racial profiling.

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DHS shot her and called her a “terrorist.” New videos show something different. ( www.motherjones.com )

Newly released body camera footage further undermines the Trump administration’s efforts to falsely portray Marimar Martinez—who was shot multiple times by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum in October—as a “domestic terrorist.” Federal prosecutors shared three videos on Tuesday evening after a federal judge ruled last ...

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Abolish DHS, CBP, ICE, all of it.

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Human decency, but only under court order, and only if ICE chooses to comply.

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I'm sure they'll be evil vultures same as Visa and Mastercard, but anything that harms American big business is a good thing for the world, so 3 cheers!

As Trump’s DHS Ravages US, Chuck Schumer Says His Job Is “to Fight for Aid to Israel” ( truthout.org )

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) said on Sunday that one of his most important jobs as Senate minority leader is to “fight for aid to Israel,” as the Trump administration’s masked federal agents continue their deadly raids of the U.S. with little to no pushback from Democrats. ...

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Kayfabe.

Super Bowl Fallout: ICE Says Attacks on Agents Have Jumped More Than 1,300% Nationwide ( www.ibtimes.co.uk )

Tricia McLaughlin, DHS assistant secretary with a voice like gravel, pins the blame squarely on 'smears from Hollywood.' Assaults on her ICE officers? Up 1,300 per cent nationwide. Vehicle attacks? A grotesque 3,200 per cent this year. Shattered glass.

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Almost as credible as International Business Times.

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I rather abhor Xitter, but this is more destruction of history.

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It's a good summary of the shit situation, but is there something in this article that wasn't already common knowledge?

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Guess I'm too immersed in the small press. This is the first time Substack's suckery has made the mainstream media? Wow...

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I'm old. Really old. Politics has always been stupid, but current levels of stupidity are unprecedented since medieval times.

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Excellent article. Such a joyous moment!

The Trump-Epstein Files

Donald Trump sure likes putting his name on things. The US Institute of Peace is now the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace. The Kennedy Center is now the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. A planned fleet of US Navy vessels is to be called Trump-class battleships. New savings and investment accounts for children will be called Trump Accounts. Trump has launched a direct-to-consumer drug site called TrumpRx.gov. He's put his face on America’s national park pass, and it's not official yet, but he's trying to put his face on a new dollar coin, too.  In all these, he's done nothing to honestly *merit* having his name or face attached, but there's one prominent monument to Trump that he has absolutely earned:  The Trump-Epstein Files.  Trump is BY FAR the most mentioned name in the Trump-Epstein Files — he's listed about 38,000 times, in the files  released so far (not counting, of course, all the times his name is redacted). Second place is Reid Hoffman, with 2,600 mentions.  Call it the Trump-Epstein files, because that's what it is.
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I've got a bad feeling about this.

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Uh, color me ever-so-slightly skeptical that even a brief DHS shutdown is even remotely possible, when both parties so enthusiastically support the status quo.

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Newsweek is a weak source for news.

A city that can't win: LA has limited options to get out of hosting in 2028 — but LA does have options ( www.torched.la )

"Hosting the Games is already accelerating policing, displacement, inequality, and exploitation in some of our city’s lowest-income communities — and, now, it’s being coordinated hand-in-glove with Donald Trump's Department of Homeland Security," says Chris Tyler, SAJE's communications director. "At this point, these ...

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Screw the Olympics, and also screw this kind of pure-piffle journalism. There is no movement, no groundswell, nobody anywhere near the wheels of power in Los Angeles or the Olympics who's seeking to wiggle L.A. out of hosting the Olympics.

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I don't even believe 700 secret police are leaving. The only evidence is "Tom Homan announced." But definitely, no rest, no peace until they're all gone and Homan is in handcuffs.