amye
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We’re honestly still taken aback by Elon advising the Pentagon on the future of wars. Didn’t we all see how badly he failed with DOGE?
October 2, 2026 at 3:45 PM
We’re honestly still taken aback by Elon advising the Pentagon on the future of wars. Didn’t we all see how badly he failed with DOGE?
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NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
Almost Anyone Can Start a Private School. We Put This to the Test.
Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...
www.propublica.org
October 2, 2026 at 12:07 PM
NEW: We’re reporters, not teachers. We have no business running a private school.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
But to show you just how easy it is to start one, we decided to test the process ourselves.
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🧵 ICE is about to open a new facility for unaccompanied kids in Alexandria, Louisiana -- inside an airport to speed deportations.
ICE plans to pack kids into planes, fly them into risk of trafficking.
CEO of the new ICE facility contractor says kids are 'voluntarily departing.'
I call bullshit.
ICE plans to pack kids into planes, fly them into risk of trafficking.
CEO of the new ICE facility contractor says kids are 'voluntarily departing.'
I call bullshit.
September 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
🧵 ICE is about to open a new facility for unaccompanied kids in Alexandria, Louisiana -- inside an airport to speed deportations.
ICE plans to pack kids into planes, fly them into risk of trafficking.
CEO of the new ICE facility contractor says kids are 'voluntarily departing.'
I call bullshit.
ICE plans to pack kids into planes, fly them into risk of trafficking.
CEO of the new ICE facility contractor says kids are 'voluntarily departing.'
I call bullshit.
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The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
www.texastribune.org
September 29, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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And ICE is opening a new facility for unaccompanied kids within an airport in Louisiana that’s the largest deportation hub in the U.S. Where will ICE disappear kids to after they pack them into planes?
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting more people than ever
After public backlash, the Trump administration changed its tactics from ‘siege’ to ‘soft feet’. Now, ICE is everywhere
www.theguardian.com
September 28, 2026 at 4:30 PM
And ICE is opening a new facility for unaccompanied kids within an airport in Louisiana that’s the largest deportation hub in the U.S. Where will ICE disappear kids to after they pack them into planes?
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Gone in 90 seconds: an ‘invisibilized’ ICE is arresting
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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MTG has really been going after her own.
September 28, 2026 at 3:30 PM
MTG has really been going after her own.
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Imagine if they couldn’t gerrymander.
September 28, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Imagine if they couldn’t gerrymander.
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Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
September 28, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Still wondering why people are fed up with the system?
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The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed...
"How will you pay for it?"
The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...
"How much do you need?"
It doesn't have to be this way.
"How will you pay for it?"
The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...
"How much do you need?"
It doesn't have to be this way.
September 27, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The response when progressive policies that help millions of people are proposed...
"How will you pay for it?"
The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...
"How much do you need?"
It doesn't have to be this way.
"How will you pay for it?"
The response when the richest 1% ask for tax cuts, or banks ask for bailouts, or defense contractors ask for more contracts...
"How much do you need?"
It doesn't have to be this way.
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OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
September 24, 2026 at 4:08 PM
OMG -- under questioning from Hassan, Trump's FDA nominee Heidi Overton refuses to acknowledge that Trump can ever be wrong about anything even after she's confronted with a specific example of something Trump is clearly wrong about
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“What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad? Why do they get to be protected?” #AbolishICE
September 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
“What are the names of the ICE agents who killed our dad? Why do they get to be protected?” #AbolishICE
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Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
September 24, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%
Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%
This is what a rigged system looks like.
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They all knew ahead of time who he is...
September 20, 2026 at 4:09 PM
They all knew ahead of time who he is...
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Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.
Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
The Hidden Danger of America's Wealth Gap
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
www.youtube.com
September 20, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy.
Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
Don't believe me? Look at this chart.
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He’s got a point!
September 16, 2026 at 8:14 PM
He’s got a point!
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How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
September 15, 2026 at 7:31 PM
How not surprising that a president who acts like a petty mob boss is holding one of our nation’s treasured institutions hostage until we meet his conditions—that is, putting his stupid name on the building. I say we just put it in mothballs until he is gone.
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“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥
Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
September 16, 2026 at 4:18 AM
“WE HAVE TO SHOVE ACCOUNTABILITY DOWN THEIR F***ING THROATS.” 🔥🔥
Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
Katie Phang delivers a fiery sign-off on today’s episode of Sidebar with Katie Phang: “I don’t want any of you to ever think that we can’t get through this. But I want us to thrive, not just survive.”
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No shit, 100% agree here.
September 15, 2026 at 10:07 PM
No shit, 100% agree here.
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🇺🇸 AMERICAN TRUCKER: “Trump, what are we doing man? What are we gonna do about diesel prices?” ⛽️ 🤷🏼
(from @cfhunfiltered.bsky.social )
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September 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🇺🇸 AMERICAN TRUCKER: “Trump, what are we doing man? What are we gonna do about diesel prices?” ⛽️ 🤷🏼
(from @cfhunfiltered.bsky.social )
(from @cfhunfiltered.bsky.social )
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Fact Vs. Fiction
September 13, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Fact Vs. Fiction