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Meta suspended Angie Nixon’s Latino outreach Instagram during a rally.
Elon Musk boosted the lie that James Talarico stayed at a mental hospital.
Staff at the Ellison-owned CBS News were reportedly told to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood and 9/11.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
Elon Musk boosted the lie that James Talarico stayed at a mental hospital.
Staff at the Ellison-owned CBS News were reportedly told to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood and 9/11.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
October 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Meta suspended Angie Nixon’s Latino outreach Instagram during a rally.
Elon Musk boosted the lie that James Talarico stayed at a mental hospital.
Staff at the Ellison-owned CBS News were reportedly told to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood and 9/11.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
Elon Musk boosted the lie that James Talarico stayed at a mental hospital.
Staff at the Ellison-owned CBS News were reportedly told to tie Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood and 9/11.
Democracy dies in billionaire hands.
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Feeling proud to be an American! It’s been awhile…
October 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Feeling proud to be an American! It’s been awhile…
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Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
August 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Sister Letty was detained by ICE in Texas in June while walking to church. She was later released, but after her asylum claim was denied, she’s still facing deportation. Even though she has a valid work permit, ICE is still trying to deport a literal nun.
July 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Sister Letty was detained by ICE in Texas in June while walking to church. She was later released, but after her asylum claim was denied, she’s still facing deportation. Even though she has a valid work permit, ICE is still trying to deport a literal nun.
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UK: Prince Andrew arrested.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
February 19, 2026 at 1:08 PM
UK: Prince Andrew arrested.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.
Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.
USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.
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SCARBOROUGH: “Bondi refused to turn around and even look at them… the real ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ is the people who have thrown their careers overboard to try to get in Trump’s good graces — that they will literally ignore child rape victims.”
(From @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(From @marcofoster.bsky.social )
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
SCARBOROUGH: “Bondi refused to turn around and even look at them… the real ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’ is the people who have thrown their careers overboard to try to get in Trump’s good graces — that they will literally ignore child rape victims.”
(From @marcofoster.bsky.social )
(From @marcofoster.bsky.social )
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Just spoke with my CDC sources.
They said RFK Jr. ordered tuberculosis cases to be hidden after more than 60 people tested positive at a San Francisco high school.
He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses. They start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
They said RFK Jr. ordered tuberculosis cases to be hidden after more than 60 people tested positive at a San Francisco high school.
He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses. They start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
February 2, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Just spoke with my CDC sources.
They said RFK Jr. ordered tuberculosis cases to be hidden after more than 60 people tested positive at a San Francisco high school.
He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses. They start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
They said RFK Jr. ordered tuberculosis cases to be hidden after more than 60 people tested positive at a San Francisco high school.
He’s also suppressing bird flu reports.
Pandemics don’t start with viruses. They start with secrecy.
RFK Jr. must resign now!
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So the "Justice" Department has finally shown resolve--not to investigate the killers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, but to prosecute @donlemonofficial.bsky.social for committing journalism. DOJ was blocked twice, but it finally found a compliant conservative judge to rubber stamp its persecution.
January 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
So the "Justice" Department has finally shown resolve--not to investigate the killers of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, but to prosecute @donlemonofficial.bsky.social for committing journalism. DOJ was blocked twice, but it finally found a compliant conservative judge to rubber stamp its persecution.
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Many of the reports of those murdered by the Islamic Republic in Iran this month include the note that the protester/freedom fighter was shot from behind, which suggests they were likely gunned down by the regime while fleeing.
This makes these crimes by the regime even more egregious.
This makes these crimes by the regime even more egregious.
January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Many of the reports of those murdered by the Islamic Republic in Iran this month include the note that the protester/freedom fighter was shot from behind, which suggests they were likely gunned down by the regime while fleeing.
This makes these crimes by the regime even more egregious.
This makes these crimes by the regime even more egregious.
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Hate to say it, but you should no longer trust anything from CBS News. I'm sure there are great reporters there trying to do honest work, but how can we know anymore? If they're willing to kill a Trump-critical 60 Minutes segment at the order of Bari Weiss, it's been over.
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Hate to say it, but you should no longer trust anything from CBS News. I'm sure there are great reporters there trying to do honest work, but how can we know anymore? If they're willing to kill a Trump-critical 60 Minutes segment at the order of Bari Weiss, it's been over.
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Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Watching Republicans try not to talk about a US Senator being manhandled, pushed to the floor, subdued and then forced out of a press conference--after wanting to ask questions of a US government official, might be the most chilling moment of the last 5 months.
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US Sen. Brian Schatz sounds the dictatorship alarm
June 8, 2025 at 8:20 PM
US Sen. Brian Schatz sounds the dictatorship alarm
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“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
www.thebulwark.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
(1) Lawless failed states…
(2) Authoritarian states…
Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
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Here’s the often overlooked reason Trump’s attacks on Harvard and others he singles out by name — including specific law firms, charitable organizations, radio and TV networks, and individuals — are flatly unconstitutional: they violate Article I’s absolute ban on Bills of Attainder:
f.io/RnNoLD5I
f.io/RnNoLD5I
May 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Here’s the often overlooked reason Trump’s attacks on Harvard and others he singles out by name — including specific law firms, charitable organizations, radio and TV networks, and individuals — are flatly unconstitutional: they violate Article I’s absolute ban on Bills of Attainder:
f.io/RnNoLD5I
f.io/RnNoLD5I
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Opening doors while firing the people behind them isn’t progress — it’s a PR stunt.
May 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Opening doors while firing the people behind them isn’t progress — it’s a PR stunt.
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Fabian Schmidt, a legal resident and green card holder who was detained at Logan, is now free after two months in an ICE detention facility. He speaks to GBH News in his first interview after his release: bit.ly/43dt8cH
Fabian Schmidt speaks out for the first time since his detention
The green card holder, originally from Germany, plans to pursue legal action for 'dehumanizing' ordeal.
bit.ly
May 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fabian Schmidt, a legal resident and green card holder who was detained at Logan, is now free after two months in an ICE detention facility. He speaks to GBH News in his first interview after his release: bit.ly/43dt8cH
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The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
“.. the latest purge by Gabbard, who .. has removed or sidelined officials perceived to not support Trump’s political agenda.”
@washingtonpost.com
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
@washingtonpost.com
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May 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The idea that it is the purpose of the executive branch to actualize a president’s totalizing political agenda is going to lead inexorably to this destruction of the government’s capacity to do anything.
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Rümeysa Öztürk was ordered released by a federal judge in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.
Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk ordered freed from immigration detention
Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University doctoral student, was ordered released by a federal judge in Vermont in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it ac...
www.npr.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Rümeysa Öztürk was ordered released by a federal judge in the latest setback for the Trump administration's effort to deport noncitizen activists it accuses of antisemitism.
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All this because they didn’t have a hotel pre-booked when they arrived. Insane.
April 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
All this because they didn’t have a hotel pre-booked when they arrived. Insane.
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RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
April 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
RFK Jr.’s lies about autism are disgraceful — and I won't share them to spread misinformation.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
He consistently undermines public health and reinforces dangerous myths.
In Illinois, we stand with those with autism, and I’ll keep fighting for inclusion, science, and the truth.
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ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
March 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
ABC News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
CBS News: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
MSNBC: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
CNN: "An unthinkable breach of national security."
Fox News: "We've all texted the wrong person before."
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Last night ICE confronted and detained a Tufts grad student, then sent her 1,400 miles away to a detention center in Louisiana. She's here legally on a student visa.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
WATCH: The Moment Masked ICE Agents Arrested Tufts Graduate Student Who Spoke Out in Support of Palestine
“I can buy that badge from a fucking costume store,” says a witness to the “kidnapping” of Rumeysa Ozturk as she was on her way to break her Ramadan fast.
zeteo.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Last night ICE confronted and detained a Tufts grad student, then sent her 1,400 miles away to a detention center in Louisiana. She's here legally on a student visa.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.
Her offense of "anti-Israeli activism" appears to be an op-ed she published in the school newspaper last year in support of BDS.