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the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do
March 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
the media is now telling people to work from home to save on gasoline, immediately after their years-long crusade to tell us why returning to office is best for everyone. this isn't a gotcha, it's an example of how contradicting demands allow the ruling class to blame us no matter what we do
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"He doesn't care about the distinction between truth and lies...Truth has no meaning to him. All that has any meaning to him in any given moment is whether or not he's receiving praise or adulation...He thinks he can create his own reality & the great megalomaniacs of history have always done that."
March 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"He doesn't care about the distinction between truth and lies...Truth has no meaning to him. All that has any meaning to him in any given moment is whether or not he's receiving praise or adulation...He thinks he can create his own reality & the great megalomaniacs of history have always done that."
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“A coup is happening in the United States.” Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works, argues that President Donald Trump is leading an unlawful takeover of the US government.
From our colleagues at @revealnews.org:
From our colleagues at @revealnews.org:
I study fascism. I’ve already fled America.
On this week’s “More To The Story,” former Yale philosophy professor Jason Stanley explains his recent move to Canada and calls the Trump administration’s takeover of the US government a “coup.”
www.motherjones.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 PM
“A coup is happening in the United States.” Jason Stanley, author of How Fascism Works, argues that President Donald Trump is leading an unlawful takeover of the US government.
From our colleagues at @revealnews.org:
From our colleagues at @revealnews.org:
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NEW: Minnesota attorneys argued the Trump administration is coercing the state to surrender its sovereignty through aggressive immigration raids, citing as evidence Attorney General Pam Bondi’s "ransom note" for voter data and Trump promising "a day of retribution" for Minnesota.
Minnesota lawyers argue Trump’s ICE invasion is ‘extorting’ state for voter rolls demands
“It’s a shakedown letter,” one attorney said of Attorney General Bondi's list of demands to the state.
www.democracydocket.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:37 PM
NEW: Minnesota attorneys argued the Trump administration is coercing the state to surrender its sovereignty through aggressive immigration raids, citing as evidence Attorney General Pam Bondi’s "ransom note" for voter data and Trump promising "a day of retribution" for Minnesota.
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The French gave Trump Intel in confIdence because they suspected he was leaking to Putin. So they set up a sting. He gave it to Putin. He did.
The Rosenberg's were hung for doing this.
The Rosenberg's were hung for doing this.
January 20, 2026 at 5:49 PM
The French gave Trump Intel in confIdence because they suspected he was leaking to Putin. So they set up a sting. He gave it to Putin. He did.
The Rosenberg's were hung for doing this.
The Rosenberg's were hung for doing this.
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By standing up to President Trump, the 72-year-old Fed chair, Jay Powell, has “put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House,” @JohnCassidy writes.
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Jay Powell, the Prepster Banker Who Is Standing Up to Trump
The seventy-two-year-old Fed chairman put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House.
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January 21, 2026 at 12:00 AM
By standing up to President Trump, the 72-year-old Fed chair, Jay Powell, has “put to shame the heads of law firms, universities, and public companies who have caved to the White House,” @JohnCassidy writes.
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The Truth about Venezuela.
January 4, 2026 at 7:38 PM
The Truth about Venezuela.
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The White House is threatening Iran if they kill protesters. It's funny how that works when felon47 wants to shoot protesters here
January 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
The White House is threatening Iran if they kill protesters. It's funny how that works when felon47 wants to shoot protesters here
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Journalist Michael Wolff:
Epstein helped tRumpstein finagle a deal with the banks to forgive his 1 billion in loans
... and then found a way to avoid paying taxes
FYI: When the banks forgive your debts, that becomes income, you have to pay taxes on it
THAT is why you will never see his taxes
Epstein helped tRumpstein finagle a deal with the banks to forgive his 1 billion in loans
... and then found a way to avoid paying taxes
FYI: When the banks forgive your debts, that becomes income, you have to pay taxes on it
THAT is why you will never see his taxes
'It's fascinating': Author reveals 'horrifying' reason why Trump's taxes remain secret
President Donald Trump and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were in some shady business deals together, and one incident may hold the key to understanding why the president has never publicly relea...
www.rawstory.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Journalist Michael Wolff:
Epstein helped tRumpstein finagle a deal with the banks to forgive his 1 billion in loans
... and then found a way to avoid paying taxes
FYI: When the banks forgive your debts, that becomes income, you have to pay taxes on it
THAT is why you will never see his taxes
Epstein helped tRumpstein finagle a deal with the banks to forgive his 1 billion in loans
... and then found a way to avoid paying taxes
FYI: When the banks forgive your debts, that becomes income, you have to pay taxes on it
THAT is why you will never see his taxes
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“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔
December 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
“It was not unanimous. I was muted and not allowed to speak.” 🤔
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They control all three branches of government, yet all Trump could do in his annual accomplishments speech was yell at Americans.
December 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
They control all three branches of government, yet all Trump could do in his annual accomplishments speech was yell at Americans.
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There is no credible evidence that antidepressants cause violence, but the health secretary now vows a “massive” effort to prove the failed theory.
RFK Jr. blames pills—not guns—for school shootings
There is no credible evidence that antidepressants cause violence, but the health secretary now vows a “massive” effort to prove the failed theory.
www.motherjones.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
There is no credible evidence that antidepressants cause violence, but the health secretary now vows a “massive” effort to prove the failed theory.
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A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
December 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
A corrupt president pardons a corrupt member of Congress for corrupt reasons. With multiple guilty pleas establishing a bribery-laundering scheme, Hakeem Jeffries still called the case “thin” and sought cover in a bribery-plagued Supreme Court.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
A lesson in squandering potential inroads with voters.
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More than half of the immigrants arrested in high-profile ICE operations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and across Massachusetts, had no criminal record, compared with a third of immigrants arrested nationwide.
ICE Arrest Data Shows Many Immigrants With No Criminal Record
In high-profile operations, more than half of those arrested had no criminal record, an analysis shows.
nyti.ms
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
More than half of the immigrants arrested in high-profile ICE operations in Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and across Massachusetts, had no criminal record, compared with a third of immigrants arrested nationwide.
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The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
The Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas and nooses as hate symbols.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
This action, coupled with the President's call to hang Democratic members of Congress - both in the past few hrs - are more than "potentially divisive."
They are vile, unconscionable, and dangerous.
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None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
None of this is correct. Good thing we have a steady hand on "nuclear"
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HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
October 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes.
Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand
Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.
www.newyorker.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Tom Homan reportedly accepted $50,000 stuffed into a takeout bag from undercover F.B.I. agents. We must continue to ask where the money went, @ruthmarcus.bsky.social writes.
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Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
October 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Himes: If you've got the capability to blow a boat out of the water, you've got the capability to interdict it, arrest everyone on board, interrogate them, and find out where it was going, where it came from, who the bosses are, and what the distribution networks look like.
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That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January
October 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
That’s crazy. I wonder what happened in January
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“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
October 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument
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Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.
"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It
From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.
newrepublic.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Great point from @mjtoma.bsky.social: Millions of us absolutely do see what's happening to the USA.
"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
"We are horrified, shocked, enraged, and ashamed. We are acting, in a thousand ways, to oppose it. This cannot, and will not, be how the United States ends."
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...