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"There are so many threats coming in. But they’re not running me out of my own block.”

Meet the programmer behind StopICE.net, a crowdsourced nationwide alert system to let users know when federal immigration officers are nearby.
This programmer wants to use your phone to fight ICE
Sherman Austin's text alerts are powering community defense.
www.motherjones.com
March 27, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Markets are *very* unhappy about developments in Iran.
March 9, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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The ICE surge in Minnesota cost $280M to detain 4k people. Of those- only 30 were accused of violent crimes.

$9 million per capture of the "worst of the worst".

Renee Good and Alex Pretti were unavailable for comment….
February 25, 2026 at 5:01 AM
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Here’s my takeaway from the State of the Union:

NPR reports that the DOJ has “withheld” documents that include allegations that Donald “sexually abused a minor.”
February 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Noem attempted to procure two new luxury jets to support travel - including personal travel - for herself and the deputy secretary "at a cost to the taxpayer of $200m."

They're living like royalty with the help of Congress, while the people of the United States are struggling for food and shelter.
DHS head reportedly authorized purchase of 10 engineless Spirit Airlines planes that airline didn’t own
Wall Street Journal reports Kristi Noem arranged purchase to expand deportation flights and for personal travel
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Remember when Donald Trump said there would be people standing in bread lines trying to get food if Kamala Harris won?

People are standing in line for food in Cleveland because of Donald Trump.
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations.

Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.

F the patriarchy.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Inside the Hermitage, the winter palace where Tsar Nicholas II and his family lived before they were executed—in a country where Russians were starving.
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Nory Doesn’t Go to School Here Anymore
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Santos:
—Pleaded guilty to wire fraud & identity theft
—Stole from political donors to fund a life of luxury
—Misused donations
—Stole from a homeless veteran’s dying dog
—Lied about losing his mother in 9/11
— Falsified his education,& work
—Misrepresented his finances
—Lied repeatedly to voters
October 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Holy “parallel establishment”. “Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s approval of a new bank backed by two GOP megadonors, tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey” … 1/ www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Trump administration gives initial approval to bank backed by GOP megadonors
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says the approval of Erebor Bank, which is linked to Peter Thiel and Palmer Luckey, is a classic example of crony capitalism.
www.msnbc.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This is happening right now, to a friend of mine in Chicago. This is a peaceful area, with no previous unrest or crime problem. Just people trying to live their lives. My heart hurts. They're having conversations no family should have to have.
October 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Please read and repost this editorial from the Oregonian which says it beautifully Portland is not "war ravaged," and under siege but remains a beautiful city. reader.theoregonian.com/hello-world-...
Hello, world: An open letter from ‘war-ravaged’ Portland
reader.theoregonian.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.

The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.

Read that back.

When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.
October 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Trump in 2013 on how to avoid a shutdown: “You have to get everyone in a room. You have to be a leader.”

Trump today: Cancels meeting with Democratic Leaders.
September 23, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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September 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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Don’t let this make you quieter.

Get louder.
September 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Reporter (about protesters): “They still have First Amendment rights though?”

Trump: “Well, I’m not so sure.”

Not so sure. About free speech.
September 16, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Soybeans are collapsing because China isn’t buying them. The farm economy is in deep trouble. Because of our needless trade war that we are clearly losing.

Maybe farmers will wake up
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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The “law and order party” just let the 2nd most notorious living child trafficker be approved for work-release at nearby colleges.
August 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM