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The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami.
They are lying to us.
They are lying to us.
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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What an absolute disgrace. There must be consequences for this. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/lin...
Despite Disqualifications, Trump Appointees Still Claim to Be Top Federal Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 PM
What an absolute disgrace. There must be consequences for this. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/lin...
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This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
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Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Immigrants commit fewer crimes.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
Immigrants pay taxes.
Immigrants contribute over $2 trillion to the U.S. economy.
The problem isn't immigrants.
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Donald Trump is handing his Big Oil campaign donors even more opportunities to screw over Americans at the pump and poison our air.
Strong fuel economy standards save Californians money and protect our health, and we'll fight tooth and nail to defend them.
Strong fuel economy standards save Californians money and protect our health, and we'll fight tooth and nail to defend them.
The Trump administration is proposing new fuel economy standards for vehicles that would roll back efficiency rules implemented under former President Biden.
Trump administration moves to roll back fuel economy standards set under Biden
The Trump administration proposed rules that would weaken fuel economy standards for vehicles set under President Biden in 2024.
cbsn.ws
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Donald Trump is handing his Big Oil campaign donors even more opportunities to screw over Americans at the pump and poison our air.
Strong fuel economy standards save Californians money and protect our health, and we'll fight tooth and nail to defend them.
Strong fuel economy standards save Californians money and protect our health, and we'll fight tooth and nail to defend them.
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Oralè Resisters
This is against the ADA law!
Employers can’t ask about
Your disability!
This is against the ADA law!
Employers can’t ask about
Your disability!
December 3, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Oralè Resisters
This is against the ADA law!
Employers can’t ask about
Your disability!
This is against the ADA law!
Employers can’t ask about
Your disability!
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ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
December 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
ATTN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES: The VA sent out an announcement with a link for employees to self-report their disabilities. I wouldn’t do this if I were you. They’ll likely use it to discriminate against you.
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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ICE detention centers are being investigated for overcrowding, denial of adequate food & water, sexual assault, abuse of the elderly, & of the sick, of pregnant women....
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
December 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
ICE detention centers are being investigated for overcrowding, denial of adequate food & water, sexual assault, abuse of the elderly, & of the sick, of pregnant women....
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
Is Trump deliberately running torture/extermination camps?
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Anti-abortion groups are pushing to ban abortion coverage for anyone who gets tax credits to pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
The big sticking point in the White House’s health care proposal
For many GOP members, an expansion of abortion restrictions in Obamacare is a must-have in any tentative health care plan.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Anti-abortion groups are pushing to ban abortion coverage for anyone who gets tax credits to pay for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
If Congress caves, this would be the first federal ban on private insurance coverage of abortion, and could push care out of reach for millions.
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Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country”
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Karoline Leavitt: “You’re either a U.S. citizen or not — You can’t be a U.S. citizen & a citizen of another country”
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
The Supreme Court thought differently as it ruled in 1967 that the government can’t strip U.S. citizenship unless a person voluntarily relinquishes it - not that they care
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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If Rs don’t act, premiums will soar, making healthcare unaffordable. Families will cut essentials—kids’ activities, groceries—just to keep coverage. Many could lose insurance, putting lives at risk. #TrumpflationKillsHealthcare
If Republicans Don’t Act, Healthcare Premiums Will Skyrocket
YouTube video by Senate Democrats
youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
If Rs don’t act, premiums will soar, making healthcare unaffordable. Families will cut essentials—kids’ activities, groceries—just to keep coverage. Many could lose insurance, putting lives at risk. #TrumpflationKillsHealthcare
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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Yep, young woman screaming as she is manhandled &abducted by armed men; no one stops! What if it were your wife, girl friend , mother, daughter friend, relation &people just stood by and watched? 😡🤷🏼♀️despite the managing them by, stopping, taking video, hearing what she says, reporting! Something!
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yep, young woman screaming as she is manhandled &abducted by armed men; no one stops! What if it were your wife, girl friend , mother, daughter friend, relation &people just stood by and watched? 😡🤷🏼♀️despite the managing them by, stopping, taking video, hearing what she says, reporting! Something!
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
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We've filed more than 100 lawsuits against President Trump’s unconstitutional actions — but we can’t do this without you.
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
We've filed more than 100 lawsuits against President Trump’s unconstitutional actions — but we can’t do this without you.
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
The future of civil liberties is on the line. Help us fund the fight of our lifetime to fuel our work year-round by making a donation today at aclu.org/giving-tuesday-25_
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
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#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
December 2, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#ICE isn't "deporting" immigrants, it is kidnapping them.
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
#DOGE isn't "fixing" the government, it is dismantling it.
#Trump isn't "helping" Americans, he is retaliating against them.
#PamBondi isn't "upholding" the Constitution, she is ignoring it.
#CivilRights
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Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
December 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Any one of us could be in the next apartment building that ICE raids in the middle of the night.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
Any one of us could be on the next boat that Trump bombs on a whim.
Any one of us could be detained for hours despite being a U.S. citizen.
Authoritarianism hurts all of us.
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.