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❌👑 June 14
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In related news about the Washington Post and the state of journalism today, Amazon "ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion."

That's in the wake of the 2025 tax bill

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts
The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'
www.politico.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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When you show you hate Europe don’t expect a kiss on both cheeks.

What seemed like the whole stadium at the Winter Olympics opening ceremony booed JD Vance when he appeared on the big screen.
JD Vance and wife booed at 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan
US Vice President JD Vance and his wife Usha were met with loud boos when they appeared on the big screen at the 2026 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Milan
www.mirror.co.uk
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
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NEW: A federal judge in Oregon issued a sweeping rebuke of the Justice Department’s nationwide push to seize state voter rolls, ruling that the department can no longer be presumed to be acting in good faith and warning that its conduct threatens voters and states’ rights.
Federal judge rules DOJ can ‘no longer’ be trusted in voter roll crusade
The judge pointed to a letter from Bondi to Minnesota that tied federal immigration enforcement to demands for voter data as the smoking gun.
www.democracydocket.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Alex Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed.

Read our full story: https://propub.li/4qUNfXH
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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This is another effort that has taken a HUGE amount of local activism, led by community folks who care.

It CAN be done. Get involved where you live and push back.

www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
New Mexico Senate approves bill to ban ICE detention centers
The New Mexico Legislature approved the Immigration Safety Act. House bill 9 bars the state from allowing ICE detention centers.
www.elpasotimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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NAMES MENTIONED IN THE FILES:
•Trump— 38K+
•Reid Hoffman— 2.6K+
•Bill Gates— 2.5K+
•Peter Thiel— 2.2K+
•Elon Musk—1.1K+
•Richard Branson— ~1K
•Howard Lutnick— 653
•Kevin Warsh— 521
•Larry Ellison— 398
•DACA recipients— 0
•Trans people— 0
•Drag queens— 0

www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...
A list of powerful men named in the Epstein files, from Elon Musk to former Prince Andrew
A who’s who of powerful men make appearances in the huge trove of documents released by the Justice Department in connection with its investigations of Jeffrey Epstein.
www.pbs.org
February 4, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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We wrote a whole series of papers around DHS's 20th anniversary, setting out concrete reforms around watchlisting, racial & religious profiling, intel collection, info-sharing, oversight and accountability, counterterrorism overreach, and more. www.brennancenter.org/series/refor...
Reform Agenda for the Department of Homeland Security
Two decades after DHS’s founding, it’s clear that the department’s counterterrorism policies and practices have too often been ineffective and discriminatory. It is time for reform.
www.brennancenter.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Requiring citizens to present documents such as passports or birth certificates every time they register to vote, including when they re-register after moving, could prevent millions of eligible Americans from voting. bit.ly/40ysFRc
Restricting the Freedom to Vote
The SAVE Act would be one of the worst voting laws in congressional history.
www.brennancenter.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.

📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
January 31, 2026 at 10:19 PM
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The director of Melania movie
January 31, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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runforwhat.net
February 1, 2026 at 2:09 AM
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Man, it’s wild that normal people just go to work every day while the people who run everything meticulously document their sex crimes
January 31, 2026 at 2:26 AM
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New York nurses hold candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti amid strike – in pictures.

Nurses gathered outside a Veterans Affairs hospital in Manhattan to mourn Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis ❤️🕯
www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...
New York nurses hold candlelight vigil for Alex Pretti amid strike – in pictures
Nurses gathered outside a Veterans Affairs hospital in Manhattan to mourn Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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BREAKING: The Trump DOJ just published highly disturbing Files about Trump and then DELETED them.

We screen captured them before they were deleted.

Please share these documents far and wide. Don’t let them cover THIS up!!
krassencast.com/p/breaking-e...
BREAKING: Epstein Files Vanish After DOJ Releases Records Mentioning Trump
Today, additional records connected to Jeffrey Epstein became publicly available.
krassencast.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Sunday, join myself & @mauricewfp.bsky.social, Natl’ Director of @workingfamilies.org in knocking doors for WFP candidate, Analilia Mejia — proven advocate for working-class communities & my friend — as we make our final push before NJ-11’s Special Election. Get on the bus with us and make the trip!
January 30, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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Here is an email that Elon Musk, current world’s richest man and owner of a social media network that generated child sexual abuse material on demand, sent to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on November 11, 2012: “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
www.404media.co/musk-to-epst...
January 30, 2026 at 9:49 PM
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Trump’s new nominee for Fed chair is also in the new Epstein files today. How the fuck is every single person in Trump’s inner circle involved in this freaking cover-up?
January 30, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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Musk’s close ties to Epstein.
Elon Musk had more extensive ties to Epstein than previously known, emails show
Newly released files from DoJ show the pair making plans in 2012 and 2013 for the Tesla CEO to visit Epstein’s island
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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CNN in Minneapolis: We are seeing thousands and thousands of people, we've been standing on the corner here for the past ten minutes. This this crowd has not let up. It's just continuous.
January 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Since I'm pretty sure this administration doesn't realize this document exists, it would be worth downloading the 2020 Intelligence Community Assessment on foreign threats to the U.S. elections before it disappears, which includes the following finding:
www.dni.gov/index.php/ne...
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
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BREAKING: Along with the NAACP New York State Conference, the Bronx Defenders, and Milbank LLP, we are suing the NYPD for disproportionately targeting Black and Latino drivers with unconstitutional vehicle searches.

This essentially amounts to stop-and-frisk on wheels, and it must come to an end.
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 AM
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Kristi Noem AND Stephen Miller must go.
January 29, 2026 at 12:27 AM
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I’ve never heard of a “law enforcement” agency putting an officer who just killed someone back on the street under 24 hours. And that’s because all shootings are treated as homicides pending investigation. This is as clear a sign as you’ll get that DHS personnel enjoy practical immunity from murder.
CBP chief Bovino has confirmed that the officers who executed Alex Pretti in the street yesterday are not only *not on administrative leave,* they have all been reassigned to other jurisdictions and are all on the street today.

This is totally unheard of for any officer-involved shooting
January 25, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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one of the gofundme campaigns sent to me today is only trying to raise $1,600 and has a horrific story of an experience of a Hmong elder.

they've only raised $10.
Donate to Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident, organized by Tou Yang
My name is Tou and I am a former charter school Special Educatio… Tou Yang needs your support for Support for a MN Family in Crisis After a Traumatic Incident
www.gofundme.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 PM