Several former E.P.A. officials said that the technology they had developed for testing wastewater could be used for surveillance in states where abortion is illegal. In an extreme case wastewater testing could help identify a street or home where the pills were used www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Once Brockman was handcuffed and placed in the van, the agents pulled out, clipping the rear bumper off of a stopped car partially blocking their path and speeding away past an approaching elongated CTA bus and through the busy intersection.

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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The organizers behind the No Kings Day of Action on October 18 -- the event Johnson called a "hate America rally" -- have this to say in response.

"After a few moments of laughter, the No Kings coalition issued the following statement"

“Turn around or you’re going to get the dog,” an officer said. “We’re going to put you in cuffs, or you’re going to get the dog.”

The officers struck Miranda from behind, which caused him to collapse before he was taken away in an unmarked van.

American agricultural workers, who must compete in the same marketplace for jobs, will also likely see significant cuts to their own pay, experts said. In some states the resulting wages for H-2A workers will be well below state minimum wages. prospect.org/politics/tru...

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

"At least 15 government oversight websites were down—and with them, access to watchdog reports and required hotline and whistleblower links—as of Wednesday evening. That's not due to the federal shutdown that began at midnight; it's a deliberate move by the White House." @almsnatalie.bsky.social

"For years, Turning Point USA has maintained a watch-list of hundreds of professors whom the group accuses of advancing leftist propaganda in the classroom. Dr. Bray is on the list." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n...

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

New York Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud on Thursday as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda.

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"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

amazing fact check from yesterday's senate oversight hearing

New from 404 Media: the Discord hack is every users' worst nightmare. Yesterday the hackers started posting Discord users' selfies, identity documents, email addresses, phone numbers, more. I watched in real time. This is risk of tech storing ID for age verification
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll found some 39% of Democrats said they were very concerned about the shutdown, while 12% of Republicans said the same. www.reuters.com/world/us/who...

Urgent new statement from the Pentagon Press Association, on Pete Hegseth’s new, forthcoming media restrictions:

58% of Americans - including half of Republicans - think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities, a @reuters.com poll found.

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The poll was conducted in the days after Trump told an unusual meeting of hundreds of generals and admirals summoned from around the world to Virginia that the US faces an "enemy within" and as he deploys armed troops to patrol Democratic-led cities www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...

Have you have been following the Defense Department's attempt to prevent reporters with credentials from publishing anything that hasn't been approved? Well, by sticking together they appear to have won that fight. But there's more coming. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b... [gift article]

"It's absolutely, absolutely the definition of dictatorship and fascism," said Randy Manner, a retired Army major general who served as acting vice chief of the National Guard Bureau under both Republican and Democratic administrations before retiring in 2012. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

U.S. Military Carries Out Strike On Scuffy The Tugboat https://theonion.com/u-s-military-carries-out-strike-on-scuffy-the-tugboat/

I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.