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ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 21h

Hey MAGA, YOUR President is letting the f**king fundamentalist FUNDERS OF HAMAS set up a military on US soil

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 4d

Migra monsters zip-tied children in the middle of the night--Jesus wept

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ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 5d

$20 billion to prop up Argentina's right-wing government, but 94 million pounds of food taken from poor Americans' tables

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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...

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Top US researchers rush to relocate to Europe

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 10d

Trump has finally succeeded in growing exports...OF US TALENT

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U.S.-based applicants to a prestigious EU research scheme have increased five-fold.

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 22d

So much winning...

"American farmers face perhaps the bleakest economic conditions since the 1980s farm crisis that spurred the first Farm Aid." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/b...

Farm Aid Turns 40 and Returns to Crisis Mode

The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 22d

Trump-aligned oligarchs defrauded their victims out of millions. Now they don't have to pay those victims a cent.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/u...

Detained by ICE, Gwinnett barber with amputated legs petitions for release

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 23d

ICE detains double-amputee who came to the U.S. at age 2 and has lived here more than 40 years. The cruelty and depravity are features, not bugs

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Rodney Taylor’s detention in South Georgia has raised questions about ICE’s ability to safely detain people with disabilities.

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 25d

Trump's military carries out more summary executions at sea

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Trump says the U.S. military targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela

President Trump said the U.S. military on Monday again targeted a boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela, killing three aboard the vessel.

China’s Snub of U.S. Soybeans Is a Crisis for American Farmers

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 26d

So tired of winning

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

Georgia ICE Raid Netted Workers With Short-Term Business Visas

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 27d

Fox's despicable final solution for homelessness "Involuntary lethal injection, just kill ’em.”

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 29d

Indiscriminate arrests and deportations.

"Although the worker 'has not violated his visa,' the local ICE field office director 'mandated' that he be considered someone who was voluntarily departing the country."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...

“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope

ProPublica @propublica.org · 29d

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield had pre-authorized inpatient care for Teressa Sutton-Schulman’s husband after his first suicide attempt and approved a request for extended inpatient treatment.

Then came the $30,599.69 charge.

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After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · 29d

Keystone Kash Patel is mismanaging and demoralizing the FBI--Frank Drummond would have been a better pick

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/u...

Scrutiny Mounts of F.B.I. Under Patel as Kirk’s Killer Remains at Large

Employment Situation Summary - 2025 M08 Results

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Sep 5

Job market under Trump has stalled. Unemployment ticked up for the 2nd month in a row; the handful of new jobs added in July was essentially eclipsed by the jobs lost in downward revisions for June and July, and Trump lost 54K goods-producing jobs in the last quarter.

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Sep 5

At least 3 members of Trump's cabinet have claimed multiple primary residences on mortgages, but he has only referred Democrats and Democrat-appointees for prosecution

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Trump Is Accusing Foes With Multiple Mortgages of Fraud. Records Show 3 of His Cabinet Members Have Them.

The White House has targeted opponents, including a Fed governor, for having more than one primary residence on their loan papers. ProPublica found that, in one case, a Trump cabinet secretary got two...

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Commerce Dept. reported today that the July trade deficit SURGED to $104 billion. Weren't Trump's tariffs supposed to fix this?

John Deere, a U.S. Icon, Is Undermined by Tariffs and Struggling Farmers

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Trump's tariffs are crushing manufacturers and farmers

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/b...

Hurricane Katrina forced changes at FEMA. Trump is rolling them back

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thanks to Trump and RFK Jr., we still can't schedule COVID shots with CVS in Georgia

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 27

Trump is kneecapping FEMA and firing employees who speak out. Disaster victims will pay dearly

www.npr.org/2025/08/27/n...

The government's colossal failure to respond after Hurricane Katrina led to major reforms at the nation's top disaster agency. Now, the Trump administration has reversed some of those changes.

Seven months in, Trump’s revolving door reaching full swing

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 21

The stench of corruption from this administration is overwhelming

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

The revolving door is alive and well in the president’s second term.

www.politico.com

RFK Jr. Vowed to Find the Environmental Causes of Autism. Then He Shut Down Research Trying to Do Just That.

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 20

Coddling polluters, Trump and RFK Jr have shut down research on the environmental causes of autism.

www.propublica.org/article/rfk-...

While touting a $50 million initiative to identify the causes of autism, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is helping lead an administration that is rolling back protections against pollution and toxic chemicals,...

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Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 16

Electricity prices are soaring as Trump halts wind and solar projects and strong-arms countries into buying U.S. natural gas

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Electricity prices are rising more than twice as fast as overall inflation. That's especially costly during the dog days of summer when air conditioners are working hardest. In addition to hot weath...

Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 16

TACO's clown-car staff left sensitive papers in a hotel printer and doxxed themselves

www.npr.org/2025/08/16/n...

Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.

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David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 14

DEA and DHS agents who could be seizing fentanyl are instead intimidating tourists, residents, and commuters in DC

Producer Price Index News Release summary - 2025 M07 Results

David C Ribar @daveribar.bsky.social · Aug 14

Producer prices soared 0.9% (an 11.3% annual rate) in July! No wonder why Trump is firing the statisticians

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