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  1. Senator #DickDurbin met with #ToddBlanche for more than 30 minutes Tuesday evening & didn’t come away impressed that the nominee would serve as a check on #Trump. “I don’t know that he’s made any promise or any suggestion that he is trying to change this president’s methods or purpose,” #Durbin told reporters.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #corruption #collusion #MafiaState #OrganizedCrime

  2. Senator #DickDurbin met with #ToddBlanche for more than 30 minutes Tuesday evening & didn’t come away impressed that the nominee would serve as a check on #Trump. “I don’t know that he’s made any promise or any suggestion that he is trying to change this president’s methods or purpose,” #Durbin told reporters.

    #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #corruption #collusion #MafiaState #OrganizedCrime

  3. THE MESS WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY IS ONE CAUSED BY TWO POLITICAL PARTIES OF CORPORATE WHORES FUCKING THE CONSTITUTION UNTIL WE HATE YOU ALL!

    How many decades ago was Citizens United made law? Was there a Democratic POTUS ever? WHERE WAS CONGRESS?

    Up Epstein's ass to find a child to RAPE!

    🖕 🖕

    TRUMP IS A SYMPTOM, NOT THE DISEASE!!

    #CitizensUnited #fascism #Democrats #Republicans #Trump #Durbin #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

    masto.ai/@unusual_whales/11643

  4. THE MESS WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY IS ONE CAUSED BY TWO POLITICAL PARTIES OF CORPORATE WHORES FUCKING THE CONSTITUTION UNTIL WE HATE YOU ALL!

    How many decades ago was Citizens United made law? Was there a Democratic POTUS ever? WHERE WAS CONGRESS?

    Up Epstein's ass to find a child to RAPE!

    🖕 🖕

    TRUMP IS A SYMPTOM, NOT THE DISEASE!!

    #CitizensUnited #fascism #Democrats #Republicans #Trump #Durbin #Epstein #EpsteinFiles

    masto.ai/@unusual_whales/11643

  5. The three leading Democratic contenders facing off for #Illinois' open Senate seat on Tuesday have
    ✅ vowed to extensively reform or eliminate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

    -- a reflection of how the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota earlier this year have elevated immigration as a top issue for the party in this year's midterm elections.

    A strong stance against Donald Trump's immigration policies has worked elsewhere. 💪🏽

    💥In New Jersey, Analilia #Mejia won a special congressional Democratic ‌primary in a crowded field on a pledge to abolish ICE, the lead agency sending masked and heavily armed officers into U.S. cities to enforce Trump's aggressive deportation targets.

    Such positions might be perilous for Democrats as the general elections loom in November,
    though that risk may be less pronounced in Illinois,
    a reliable Democratic stronghold where a Republican has not won statewide office since 2014.

    Retiring Senator Dick #Durbin, 81, has been a titan in the liberal wing of the Senate for decades and a staunch defender of immigrant rights, pushing for legislation to give immigrants who came to the U.S. as children a pathway to citizenship.

    The leading candidates to replace Durbin have taken up immigration reform, especially of ICE,
    👉as Trump's approval rating on the issue has declined from 50% a year ago to just 39% at the end of February,
    according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.

    U.S. Rep. Raja #Krishnamoorthi wants to "abolish Trump's ICE."

    Illinois Lieutenant Governor ⁠Juliana #Stratton, who marched with protesters during a deportation blitz in Chicago last fall, has called for eliminating the agency outright.

    U.S. Representative Robin #Kelly has gone even further, saying the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, should be "dismantled," and its outgoing secretary, Kristi Noem, impeached.

    reuters.com/world/us/backlash-

  6. The three leading Democratic contenders facing off for #Illinois' open Senate seat on Tuesday have
    ✅ vowed to extensively reform or eliminate U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement,

    -- a reflection of how the killings of two U.S. citizens in Minnesota earlier this year have elevated immigration as a top issue for the party in this year's midterm elections.

    A strong stance against Donald Trump's immigration policies has worked elsewhere. 💪🏽

    💥In New Jersey, Analilia #Mejia won a special congressional Democratic ‌primary in a crowded field on a pledge to abolish ICE, the lead agency sending masked and heavily armed officers into U.S. cities to enforce Trump's aggressive deportation targets.

    Such positions might be perilous for Democrats as the general elections loom in November,
    though that risk may be less pronounced in Illinois,
    a reliable Democratic stronghold where a Republican has not won statewide office since 2014.

    Retiring Senator Dick #Durbin, 81, has been a titan in the liberal wing of the Senate for decades and a staunch defender of immigrant rights, pushing for legislation to give immigrants who came to the U.S. as children a pathway to citizenship.

    The leading candidates to replace Durbin have taken up immigration reform, especially of ICE,
    👉as Trump's approval rating on the issue has declined from 50% a year ago to just 39% at the end of February,
    according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.

    U.S. Rep. Raja #Krishnamoorthi wants to "abolish Trump's ICE."

    Illinois Lieutenant Governor ⁠Juliana #Stratton, who marched with protesters during a deportation blitz in Chicago last fall, has called for eliminating the agency outright.

    U.S. Representative Robin #Kelly has gone even further, saying the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, should be "dismantled," and its outgoing secretary, Kristi Noem, impeached.

    reuters.com/world/us/backlash-

  7. Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General #Todd #Blanche this week of having a "glaring" conflict of interest
    when he shut down investigations into crypto companies, dealers and exchanges
    and eliminated an enforcement team dedicated to looking for crypto-related fraud and money-laundering schemes.

    A letter written by Democratic Sens. Elizabeth #Warren, Dick #Durbin and Mazie #Hirono and signed by Sens. Sheldon #Whitehouse, Christopher #Coons and Richard #Blumenthal
    cited a ProPublica investigation that revealed
    👉Blanche owned at least $159,000 worth of crypto-related assets when he ordered an end to the work.

    Durbin, Hirono, Whitehouse, Coons and Blumenthal serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department.

    The same senators previously sent a letter to Blanche raising concerns that his actions would help Donald Trump’s financial interests in cryptocurrency.
    In their letter sent on Wednesday, they said Blanche’s actions appeared to violate the federal conflict of interest law.

    “Last year, we asked for the rationale behind your puzzling decision to scale back the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cryptocurrency enforcement efforts and urged you to reconsider.
    We write now in light of recent reporting that you held substantial amounts of cryptocurrency at the time you made this decision,” the senators wrote.
    “At the very least, you had a glaring conflict of interest and should have recused yourself.”

    Blanche, the second-highest-ranking official at the Justice Department, signed an #ethics #agreement 💥in February promising to dump his cryptocurrency within 90 days of his confirmation and not to participate in any matter that could have a “direct and predictable effect on my financial interests in the virtual currency” until his bitcoin and other crypto-related products were sold.

    ❌But on April 7, before he divested, he issued a memo titled
    “Ending Regulation by Prosecution”
    -- that halted investigations launched under President Joe Biden. In the memo, Blanche condemned the Biden Justice Department’s tough approach toward crypto as “a reckless strategy of regulation by prosecution, which was ill conceived and poorly executed.”

    🆘The memo disbanded the agency’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which had won several high-profile crypto-related convictions.
    Blanche said the agency would instead target only the terrorists and drug traffickers who illicitly used crypto, not the platforms that hosted them.

    Days later, the six senators urged Blanche to reconsider, contending that his decision would otherwise help support sanctions evasion, drug trafficking, scams and child exploitation.

    🔥In their latest letter, they said their concerns had been realized.
    They cited an independent report that found there was a surge in illicit cryptocurrency activities in 2025,
    including crimes tied to
    #money #laundering and
    #human #trafficking.
    They also questioned Blanche’s reasons for the policy shift.
    ⚠️“Certainly, President Trump’s financial interests seem to have motivated some of his pardons of criminals convicted of cryptocurrency-related crimes,” their letter stated.
    ⚠️“But the fact that you held substantial amounts of cryptocurrency at the time you made this decision calls into question your own motivations"

    propublica.org/article/todd-bl

  8. Six senators accused Deputy Attorney General #Todd #Blanche this week of having a "glaring" conflict of interest
    when he shut down investigations into crypto companies, dealers and exchanges
    and eliminated an enforcement team dedicated to looking for crypto-related fraud and money-laundering schemes.

    A letter written by Democratic Sens. Elizabeth #Warren, Dick #Durbin and Mazie #Hirono and signed by Sens. Sheldon #Whitehouse, Christopher #Coons and Richard #Blumenthal
    cited a ProPublica investigation that revealed
    👉Blanche owned at least $159,000 worth of crypto-related assets when he ordered an end to the work.

    Durbin, Hirono, Whitehouse, Coons and Blumenthal serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department.

    The same senators previously sent a letter to Blanche raising concerns that his actions would help Donald Trump’s financial interests in cryptocurrency.
    In their letter sent on Wednesday, they said Blanche’s actions appeared to violate the federal conflict of interest law.

    “Last year, we asked for the rationale behind your puzzling decision to scale back the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cryptocurrency enforcement efforts and urged you to reconsider.
    We write now in light of recent reporting that you held substantial amounts of cryptocurrency at the time you made this decision,” the senators wrote.
    “At the very least, you had a glaring conflict of interest and should have recused yourself.”

    Blanche, the second-highest-ranking official at the Justice Department, signed an #ethics #agreement 💥in February promising to dump his cryptocurrency within 90 days of his confirmation and not to participate in any matter that could have a “direct and predictable effect on my financial interests in the virtual currency” until his bitcoin and other crypto-related products were sold.

    ❌But on April 7, before he divested, he issued a memo titled
    “Ending Regulation by Prosecution”
    -- that halted investigations launched under President Joe Biden. In the memo, Blanche condemned the Biden Justice Department’s tough approach toward crypto as “a reckless strategy of regulation by prosecution, which was ill conceived and poorly executed.”

    🆘The memo disbanded the agency’s National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, which had won several high-profile crypto-related convictions.
    Blanche said the agency would instead target only the terrorists and drug traffickers who illicitly used crypto, not the platforms that hosted them.

    Days later, the six senators urged Blanche to reconsider, contending that his decision would otherwise help support sanctions evasion, drug trafficking, scams and child exploitation.

    🔥In their latest letter, they said their concerns had been realized.
    They cited an independent report that found there was a surge in illicit cryptocurrency activities in 2025,
    including crimes tied to
    #money #laundering and
    #human #trafficking.
    They also questioned Blanche’s reasons for the policy shift.
    ⚠️“Certainly, President Trump’s financial interests seem to have motivated some of his pardons of criminals convicted of cryptocurrency-related crimes,” their letter stated.
    ⚠️“But the fact that you held substantial amounts of cryptocurrency at the time you made this decision calls into question your own motivations"

    propublica.org/article/todd-bl

  9. @wdlindsy

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with our #GOP colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

  10. @wdlindsy

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with our #GOP colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

  11. @jeffjarvis

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with our #GOP colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

  12. @jeffjarvis

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with our #GOP colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

  13. CW: Knives Are Out For Chuck Schumer After Democrats Cave On Shutdown

    @AAKL

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with #GOP our colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

    cc @huffingtonpost

  14. CW: Knives Are Out For Chuck Schumer After Democrats Cave On Shutdown

    @AAKL

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with #GOP our colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

    cc @huffingtonpost

  15. @donray

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with our #GOP colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

    @Nonilex

  16. @donray

    For twenty years now, the fundamental #DemocraticParty problem is #Biden and #Durbin and #Schumer et al living in a past that never existed and never ended, trying frantically to preserve that feeling of "comity with our #GOP colleagues across the aisle"

    Except that the #Republicans have been pissing on the #Democrat's feet all the while the GOP has been smiling in the Democrats' faces

    But the Democrats are too infatuated with their own illusions to smell the piss they're standing in

    @Nonilex

  17. Trump yesterday:
    "I didn't know Epstein. Nothing to see here."

    1000+ FBI witnesses to Trump's order revealed by Senator Durbin.

    Trump today:
    "It's a hoax. Biden put me in the Epstein files."

    ☑️ #FBI agents told to flag Jeffrey #Epstein records about #Trump: #Durbin
    cnbc.com/2025/07/18/trump-epst

  18. Trump yesterday:
    "I didn't know Epstein. Nothing to see here."

    1000+ FBI witnesses to Trump's order revealed by Senator Durbin.

    Trump today:
    "It's a hoax. Biden put me in the Epstein files."

    ☑️ #FBI agents told to flag Jeffrey #Epstein records about #Trump: #Durbin
    cnbc.com/2025/07/18/trump-epst

  19. In 2001, #Durbin introduced the #DreamAct w/Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), in an effort to create a path to #citizenship for younger #undocumented #immigrants who had been brought to the US as children. It never became #law, but it laid the foundation for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [#DACA] program, which was announced by President #Obama in 2012 & protected hundreds of thousands of immigrants from #deportation. #Trump has tried to end the program, & it remains under legal threat.

  20. In 2001, #Durbin introduced the #DreamAct w/Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT), in an effort to create a path to #citizenship for younger #undocumented #immigrants who had been brought to the US as children. It never became #law, but it laid the foundation for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals [#DACA] program, which was announced by President #Obama in 2012 & protected hundreds of thousands of immigrants from #deportation. #Trump has tried to end the program, & it remains under legal threat.

  21. #Durbin was an early critic of the #war in #Iraq, voting against the 2002 authorization for military force. He criticized the mistreatment of detainees at the US military prison in #GuantánamoBay, Cuba, as comparable to the acts of “Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings” & later apologized for a “poor choice of words.”

    #law #HumanRights #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  22. #Durbin was an early critic of the #war in #Iraq, voting against the 2002 authorization for military force. He criticized the mistreatment of detainees at the US military prison in #GuantánamoBay, Cuba, as comparable to the acts of “Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings” & later apologized for a “poor choice of words.”

    #law #HumanRights #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  23. In celebrating the sixth anniversary of that #law, the #FirstStepAct, in December, #Durbin noted that less than 10% of the 40k prisoners released under the law, many of them drug offenders, had been rearrested or jailed, far less than the typical #recidivism rate.

    #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  24. In celebrating the sixth anniversary of that #law, the #FirstStepAct, in December, #Durbin noted that less than 10% of the 40k prisoners released under the law, many of them drug offenders, had been rearrested or jailed, far less than the typical #recidivism rate.

    #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  25. #Durbin …has also forged close relationships w/some #Republicans, including Sen #ChuckGrassley of Iowa, who has been chairman of the #Judiciary Cmte in periods when Durbin was the top #Democrat.

    The two pushed a #criminal #justice overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into #law by #Trump during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  26. #Durbin …has also forged close relationships w/some #Republicans, including Sen #ChuckGrassley of Iowa, who has been chairman of the #Judiciary Cmte in periods when Durbin was the top #Democrat.

    The two pushed a #criminal #justice overhaul that overcame Republican resistance to be signed into #law by #Trump during his first term, leading to the early release of thousands of prisoners who had their sentences recalculated.

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  27. …A longtime force on the #Judiciary Cmte, Mr. #Durbin became its chair in 2021, resisting calls from progressives that he make room for a younger member given his leadership role & other #legislative responsibilities.

    He subsequently oversaw the confirmation of 235 federal #judges during the Biden admin—including one #SCOTUS justice—surpassing by one the number of judges confirmed by #Republicans during an aggressive push in #Trump’s first term.

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy

  28. …A longtime force on the #Judiciary Cmte, Mr. #Durbin became its chair in 2021, resisting calls from progressives that he make room for a younger member given his leadership role & other #legislative responsibilities.

    He subsequently oversaw the confirmation of 235 federal #judges during the Biden admin—including one #SCOTUS justice—surpassing by one the number of judges confirmed by #Republicans during an aggressive push in #Trump’s first term.

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy

  29. #Durbin’s departure will reverberate in the #Senate, where he played a prominent role on a host of big issues & was considered a forceful advocate of party positions. He was among the first to push for a path to #citizenship for some #undocumented immigrants brought to the #UnitedStates illegally as children, a group that came to be known as #Dreamers that became the focal point of successive failed efforts to overhaul #immigration laws.

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  30. #Durbin’s departure will reverberate in the #Senate, where he played a prominent role on a host of big issues & was considered a forceful advocate of party positions. He was among the first to push for a path to #citizenship for some #undocumented immigrants brought to the #UnitedStates illegally as children, a group that came to be known as #Dreamers that became the focal point of successive failed efforts to overhaul #immigration laws.

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #democracy #USpol

  31. #Illinois #Democrat Senator #DickDurbin, No.2 #Senate Dem & a leading #liberal voice, to retire after 44 years in #Congress

    #Durbin retiring will fundamentally reshape how #immigration is debated in the Senate. For decades, he's played a leading role in shaping immigration policy (he was behind the first push for the Dream Act over 20 years ago).

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #USpol
    nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick

  32. #Illinois #Democrat Senator #DickDurbin, No.2 #Senate Dem & a leading #liberal voice, to retire after 44 years in #Congress

    #Durbin retiring will fundamentally reshape how #immigration is debated in the Senate. For decades, he's played a leading role in shaping immigration policy (he was behind the first push for the Dream Act over 20 years ago).

    #law #legislation #LegislativeBranch #USpol
    nytimes.com/2025/04/23/us/dick

  33. "Democrats are really going to regret not standing up to Trump, not just because they’ll lose voters, but because they’ll lose a democratic system where having more voters is the way you gain power."

    Brian Klaas‬ ‪

    #Fascist #Dictator #Despot #VichyDems #VichyDemocrats #Jeffries #Schumer #Durbin #Pelosi #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #NoDo #AOC #Mudslinging #marker

  34. "Democrats are really going to regret not standing up to Trump, not just because they’ll lose voters, but because they’ll lose a democratic system where having more voters is the way you gain power."

    Brian Klaas‬ ‪

    #Fascist #Dictator #Despot #VichyDems #VichyDemocrats #Jeffries #Schumer #Durbin #Pelosi #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #NoDo #AOC #Mudslinging #marker

  35. everyone shouts "cowardice!!! cowardice!!!"

    but it takes nerves of steel to stand motionless as a psychopath raises a Samurai sword over his head fully intending to split your skull in two

    which has been the Pelosi, Schumer, Jeffries policy since 2016.

    #Jeffries #Schumer #Durbin #Pelosi #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #NoDo #AOC #Mudslinging

  36. everyone shouts "cowardice!!! cowardice!!!"

    but it takes nerves of steel to stand motionless as a psychopath raises a Samurai sword over his head fully intending to split your skull in two

    which has been the Pelosi, Schumer, Jeffries policy since 2016.

    #Jeffries #Schumer #Durbin #Pelosi #RaiseTheBar #PrimaryThemAll #DemandMore #uspol #USPolitics #journalism #media #socialmedia #MakeThemFight #Hardball #impeach #impeachment #DoSomething #NoKings #NoDo #AOC #Mudslinging

  37. Everyone, we have had some time to rest, we had another great round of protests in Springfield, and around the country. St. Patrick's Day might have slowed us down in Chicago, but we had a moment to reflect back on Friday's vote. Here is what we wrote about it.

    open.substack.com/pub/50501chi

    #Senate #dems #fiftyfiftyone #usa #resist #buildtheresistance #action #50501movement #Durbin #Schumer #America #WeAreAmerica #WeAreNotDone #Dissapontment #Illinois #Chicago