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F. West
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Organic/med chem professor, Allard Research Chair in Oncology at the University of Alberta. No longer Dean, still #FoSProud (he/him). Bsky Elder.
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.

Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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“When three ICE agents took Ms. Cordero into custody for overstaying her visa, she began to weep, as did the Citizenship and Immigration Services officer who had been interviewing her, according to Mr. Cordero.”
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.

Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Sure, the Trump admin is indiscriminately, punitively black-bagging innocents off the streets; but how many WHCA correspondents have been dropped from email chains since January.
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Just want to remind everyone that Mike Flynn told a crowd of rabid QAnon troglodytes in no uncertain terms that the military should conduct a coup in order to reinstall Trump as an unelected dictator, and he never once was subject to the penalties that the UCMJ demands for that sort of thing
latest sham investigation just dropped
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...

... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
Steak ’N Shake Employee Screams After Nude RFK Jr. Climbs Out Of Beef Tallow Fryer
SOUTH BEND, IN—Expressing horror at the sight of the health secretary’s bare torso emerging from the vat of grease, a local Steak ’n Shake employee reportedly screamed Friday after a nude Robert F. Ke...
theonion.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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“‘This is the kind of thing I imagine rats eat,’ she said, shaking her head and walking away.” foodisstupid.substack.com/p/evil-pizza
Evil pizza
we tried the worst pizza topping combination known to man
foodisstupid.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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November 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Here's Alina Habba on Benny Johnson's show gushing over the Andrew Tate.

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November 18, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Pete Hegseth’s church is part of Wilson’s sect, and Hegseth has praised Wilson.
Christian Nationalist, Doug Wilson, confirms that children who don’t accept and follow their parent’s religious beliefs should be turned over to the State for capital punishment (be put to death). This fanaticism is real:
November 18, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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When you collaborate with proper organic chemists. #chemchat #chemsky
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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i was going to ask, did men online get more normal after the "literature of smell" PhD lady got hers, and the answer to that is "no, men got worse"
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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I just don’t see how we can pretend even for a moment that anything involving our federal government is remotely normal when the president is covering up his involvement in a child sex trafficking ring. Like, what are we doing here
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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New York Times social media guidelines prohibit expression suggesting partiality on things like ICE, execution of foreigners in fishing boats, or whether law is a thing.

However, tipping off notorious serial pedophiles about other reporters is absolutely fine.
Fall 2017: Then-NYT reporter literally warning Epstein that someone is "digging around again."
November 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Niech zyje Polska! Happy Polish Independence Day to those who celebrate.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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"Democratic capitulators whose seats would be filled by Democratic governors in the event of vacancy (Durbin, Fetterman, Kaine, King) should be under immense pressure to resign mid-session. Now, even. Or in Kaine’s case, after Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. If your senator fits that bill, get loud"
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
March 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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“Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is: never try.”
Sen. Angus King: "Standing up to Donald Trump didn't work"
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Shaheen is retiring; Virginia is solid enough Blue territory that Kaine shld be replaced by a Democrat who is serious about preserving American democracy.
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM