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First-rate read. Eyes widen open folks. These Federal agents have become Trump's goon squad -- just like you've suspected all along.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 AM
First-rate read. Eyes widen open folks. These Federal agents have become Trump's goon squad -- just like you've suspected all along.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
I say again, if I ever run into an FBI agent I will say, "What happened to you guys? Y'all used to be heroes." The good ones had better stand up.
ICE & BP are done.
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At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
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Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
Pentagon Investigates Misconduct Allegations Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly
The review comes after Kelly, a retired Navy captain, appeared in a video with other lawmakers telling military members not to obey unlawful orders.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Senator Kelly’s remarks in the video are “a 100% accurate representation of what the law says."
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
“No American citizen should have to deal with this type of preposterous investigation.”
- Professor Eugene Fidell, leading military justice expert in Wall Street Journal
www.wsj.com/politics/mar...
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
JUST IN: Judge Chutkan orders expedited processing of a FOIA request for files related to DOJ's handling of the Epstein files. ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
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Freelance photojournalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was arrested while reporting on an immigration protest outside an ICE facility in Miami on Nov. 22.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
Photojournalist arrested at Miami immigration protest, gear seized
Freelance photojournalist Dave Decker was arrested by Miami-Dade Sheriff’s deputies while documenting anti-deportation protests outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
pressfreedomtracker.us
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Freelance photojournalist @davedeckerphoto.bsky.social was arrested while reporting on an immigration protest outside an ICE facility in Miami on Nov. 22.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
He was held in custody for 30-plus hours and released with charges of trespassing and resisting an officer.
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Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
Yes! And the media coverage should reflect how absurd and Ill-advised and unwelcome such a war would be, rather than, Iraq-style, casting it as inevitable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Yes! And the media coverage should reflect how absurd and Ill-advised and unwelcome such a war would be, rather than, Iraq-style, casting it as inevitable.
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Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Better:
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Better:
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Required boilerplate when quoting DHS: “Widespread misrepresentations by Department of Homeland Security agents call into question everything they say about their activities.” presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
Republicans in disarray! www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
Trump wanted to extend Obamacare health care subsidies. Some congressional Republicans are upset.
It looks like the president may have to go back and tinker with his plan.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Republicans in disarray! www.ms.now/news/trump-a...
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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Time after time, official statements from DHS — including ICE and the Border Patrol — have turned out to be malicious fabrications, often intended to blame the victims for their own brutality. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Time after time, official statements from DHS — including ICE and the Border Patrol — have turned out to be malicious fabrications, often intended to blame the victims for their own brutality. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
Robert Kuttner on "Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times" prospect.org/2025/11/24/p...
Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times - The American Prospect
How could the Times so totally bungle the story of Russia’s latest peace plan and Trump’s capitulation?
prospect.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Robert Kuttner on "Putin, Trump, and the Inept New York Times" prospect.org/2025/11/24/p...
Video suggests that "the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Video suggests that "the agent drove erratically and brake-checked other motorists in an attempt to force accidents that agents could then use as justifications for deploying force."
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I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
How to Sell a Genocide - Pluto Press
A gripping exposé of how the corporate media fuelled genocide in Gaza
www.plutobooks.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I wrote a book about US media’s complicity in the Gaza genocide. It's available for pre-order. It’s a data-driven and, I hope, thorough account of how center-left media sold the American public on mass death in Gaza.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Out 4/21. 100% of royalties go to @mecaforpeace.bsky.social.
Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Must read, especially for journalists: A recent federal court opinion about how DHS is "simply not credible". Extended excerpts here:
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
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Here’s a question that demands an answer: Why weren’t all these people found in contempt or charged with perjury? They belong in jail, not armed and on our streets. #ICE=gestapo
NEW on Press Watch: DHS’s pack of liars; Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Here’s a question that demands an answer: Why weren’t all these people found in contempt or charged with perjury? They belong in jail, not armed and on our streets. #ICE=gestapo
Time after time, official statements from DHS — including ICE and the Border Patrol — have turned out to be malicious fabrications, often intended to blame the victims for their own brutality. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Time after time, official statements from DHS — including ICE and the Border Patrol — have turned out to be malicious fabrications, often intended to blame the victims for their own brutality. presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
Author @michaelscherer.bsky.social is a vaccine skeptic, ffs: "I’ve admittedly been inconsistent in getting my yearly COVID and flu boosters, confused about their benefits."
alas, there's a lot of sanewashing in this piece - even as it expresses frustration in RFK, it treats him as a legitimate, good faith actor in a way that's just not true.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Author @michaelscherer.bsky.social is a vaccine skeptic, ffs: "I’ve admittedly been inconsistent in getting my yearly COVID and flu boosters, confused about their benefits."
NEW on Press Watch: DHS’s pack of liars; Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
DHS's pack of liars | Press Watch
Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says
presswatchers.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
NEW on Press Watch: DHS’s pack of liars; Journalists should not believe anything the Department of Homeland Security says presswatchers.org/2025/11/dhss...
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The current theory is that Bolsonaro intended to make his way to the American Embassy, 15 minutes away, after he removed his ankle monitor. Since Trump expected to meet him “in the very near future” -- there were likely plans to fly him to the US once he escaped.
November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The current theory is that Bolsonaro intended to make his way to the American Embassy, 15 minutes away, after he removed his ankle monitor. Since Trump expected to meet him “in the very near future” -- there were likely plans to fly him to the US once he escaped.