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Any reputable journalism organization would fire someone who manipulated a photo this way; many have done exactly that. It’s a shame our government can’t adhere to such a basic ethical and moral code too. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Beware: Government Using Image Manipulation for Propaganda
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem last week posted a photo of the arrest of Nekima Levy Armstrong, one of three activists who had entered a St. Paul, Minn. church to confront a pastor who
www.eff.org
January 30, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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ICE/CBP swarms into Minnesota after reports of massive government fraud.
Somehow they sidestepped the orders-of-magnitude higher government fraud from Minnesota-based UnitedHealth, who leads a Medicare Advantage fraud that MedPac (a government analyst) estimates as costing America $76 billion/year
January 27, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Potential defendants shouldn't be allowed to continue in law enforcement rolls. That includes potential defendants that may have obstructed a investigation, destroyed, tampered or willfully failed to properly secure evidence. Bovino needs to held accountable and compelled to testify.
I'm glad the worst people on earth are on their back foot today but until the two murderers are arrested and prosecuted this is all fluff
BREAKING: Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino and some agents are expected to leave Minneapolis tomorrow, an AP source says.
January 26, 2026 at 11:30 PM
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.

We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Quotas?!
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Trump's handlers scripting the bullshit "dealmaker/peacemaker" narrative once again. Independent criminal investigations of DHS agents from Noem on down are still necessary. Congress needs to act.
This is clearly Trump's cry for help in getting the fuck out of Minnesota.
January 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Plaintiff's attorneys, please, please cite Alito's words verbatim from Murphy v. NCAA and tie them to Bondi's demand letter. PLEASE.

"conspicuously absent from the list of powers given to Congress is the power to issue direct orders to the governments of the States.
January 26, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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“Outside agitators” is older than Putin; I am begging white people to crack open a history book about Black Americans for once
Putin pioneered this. No opposition is legitimate. Regular, decent, “ordinary” people cannot possibly be against us because only we represent “the real people.”

Tell-tale sign of authoritarianism.
January 25, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Some serious ethical issues here: appearance of impropriety, conflicts of interest, and lack of transparency.
January 24, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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US to invest $1.6bn into rare earths group in bid to shore up key minerals ft.trib.al/Tvv9kOw
US to invest $1.6bn into rare earths group in bid to shore up key minerals
Washington to invest in USA Rare Earth as bank run by Howard Lutnick’s sons advises group on separate fundraising
ft.trib.al
January 24, 2026 at 11:37 PM
@governor.ca.gov is spot on.
January 24, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Alex Pretti was murdered while trying to protect a woman from being assaulted by federal agents
TW ⚠️

This is the pink jacket lady’s angle. (From Drop Site News)

Horrific. Bovino is a stone cold liar.

Pretti wasn’t attacking officers, he had just helped a lady they assaulted and had gotten pepper sprayed.
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
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I noticed that Donald Trump doesn't think Nicolás Maduro has presidential immunity. Only Donald Trump.
January 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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A mom in Houston reported her 15-year-old son with autism missing. She spent 6 days terrified, searching for him. The whole time, Houston police knew exactly where he was since they helped ICE place him in a refugee facility.

This is beyond cruel.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...
Missing teen with autism transferred to refugee facility by HPD
He is currently being held at an Office for Refugee Resettlement facility.
www.houstonchronicle.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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July 9, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Literally, not true.

Employer-provided (tax-subsidized) insurance means you do paperwork once to get health insurance, and then never again. Medicaid recipients have to do much more intense paperwork every year.

And these guys voted to make that a) every six months, and b) much more complicated.
CNN: Once you review the bill, can you guarantee your constituents that they will not lose their health coverage?

REP. GREG MURPHY: That's the intent. Somebody came up the other day about paperwork. Well that's part of being an adult. You have to do paperwork.
July 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Which means a baby born in New York to undocumented parents will be a citizen. But a baby born to undocumented parents in Kentucky will not be a citizen.

This is madness.
June 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Remember, we *had* a diplomatic resolution to the Iran nuclear issue, thanks to the JCPOA that Obama put in place after years of hard work, but then President Spiteful Shithead withdrew the U.S. from the pact in 2018 and everything fell apart.

Thank you for your attention to this matter!
June 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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This is the most dangerous thing Trump has done since taking office and the silence from Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker and House Chair Mike Rogers is deafening, and a betrayal of their duty to the military and the Republic.
June 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index just hit such a historic high under Trump that it’s literally exploding off the chart.
April 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Canada, please extradite Elon Musk and hold him without bail if he is criminally implicated.
March 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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The US Attorney in Washington DC is investigating Georgetown Law School, demanding that "if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in anyway [sic]," the law school should "move swiftly to remove it"

Federal prosecutors don’t control the classroom. This is a dark abdication of the First Amendment.
March 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Fund managers have said that Trump’s Make America Great Again agenda has instead unleashed a Make Europe Great Again trade that is reordering global financial markets. www.ft.com/content/2e81...
March 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Trump White House staffers were seen loading around 15 boxes of documents onto the rear of Air Force One.
 
Team Trump says the boxes contain the classified documents the FBI seized  from Trump's Florida home in 2022.
March 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM