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Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Federal agents are pulling over off duty cops based on the color of their skin.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
This is not a serious operation to enforce immigration law. It’s a performative show of force and it’s gotten way out of hand.
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Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
January 21, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Moriarty: "A police officer of color who was off duty was boxed in by ICE - she's a citizen - they demanded to know who she was & see her papers. She was going to try to record it & they ripped the phone out of her hand. That happened to a cop. That's what's happening here on the streets of MN."
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We have Trump's Gestapo at a political adversary's press conference in the United States of America!
This is no longer the home of the free. We're in an authoritarian nightmare where people are disappeared & tortured & political adversaries are being intimidated by armed goons.
This is no longer the home of the free. We're in an authoritarian nightmare where people are disappeared & tortured & political adversaries are being intimidated by armed goons.
MASKED BORDER PATROL AGENTS SHOW UP AT NEWSOM PRESS CONFERENCE
Showing up in uniform to intimidate a democratically elected governor…
This should get wall-to-wall coverage but it won’t.
Showing up in uniform to intimidate a democratically elected governor…
This should get wall-to-wall coverage but it won’t.
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We have Trump's Gestapo at a political adversary's press conference in the United States of America!
This is no longer the home of the free. We're in an authoritarian nightmare where people are disappeared & tortured & political adversaries are being intimidated by armed goons.
This is no longer the home of the free. We're in an authoritarian nightmare where people are disappeared & tortured & political adversaries are being intimidated by armed goons.
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Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.
July 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.
This will be a rough week,” Joe Herring Jr., the mayor of Kerrville, said at the news conference, later adding, “We need your prayers.”
July 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This will be a rough week,” Joe Herring Jr., the mayor of Kerrville, said at the news conference, later adding, “We need your prayers.”
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
This Texas mayor needs some training on trauma and the long lasting effect. Parents who lost children are in for much more than a "rough week".
This Texas mayor needs some training on trauma and the long lasting effect. Parents who lost children are in for much more than a "rough week".
Update from Talya Minsberg
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...
This Texas mayor needs some training on trauma and the long lasting effect. Parents who lost children are in for much more than a "rough week".
This Texas mayor needs some training on trauma and the long lasting effect. Parents who lost children are in for much more than a "rough week".
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Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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One big happy family!
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
One big happy family!
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All they do is lie.
EARHARDT: What do you say to the Democrats that are pushing this narrative that's not true that Republicans are cutting Medicare and Medicaid?
MIKE JOHNSON: It's of course nonsense
(The bill will in fact strip healthcare from tens of millions of people ... )
MIKE JOHNSON: It's of course nonsense
(The bill will in fact strip healthcare from tens of millions of people ... )
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
All they do is lie.
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Please share this deleted tweet far and wide.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Please share this deleted tweet far and wide.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
Hands Off! Rally in Seattle
April 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Hands Off! Rally in Seattle
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Here is the description of one of the transgender plaintiffs who would be forced out of the military under the Hegseth policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Here is the description of one of the transgender plaintiffs who would be forced out of the military under the Hegseth policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
"actively placating"? I can think of some other more intimate words to describe his boot licking
January 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"actively placating"? I can think of some other more intimate words to describe his boot licking
May he rest in peace...
December 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
May he rest in peace...
Good clarification from the VP elect...
December 22, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Good clarification from the VP elect...
Has any media asked Speaker Johnson wtf was going on? How do you whip votes and not know?
December 22, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Has any media asked Speaker Johnson wtf was going on? How do you whip votes and not know?