Mediapolitic
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MN. Pragmatic Progressive + contrarian views. Flippant. Agnostic Quaker Taoist. Ukraine + Media + Politics + Transit + Pro-Vax + Anti-NRA + Next Gen Energy
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🇺🇸 I swear to God we should send GOP Congress so many U.S. flags that they are buried in them. Reclaim the flag while protesting their treason. 🇺🇸
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Musk's app now removing community notes on the posts of Putin's propagandists.
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
December 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Musk's app now removing community notes on the posts of Putin's propagandists.
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
"For my friends EVERYTHING. For everyone else, THE LAW".
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This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
This article opens with a 3-year-old forced to represent herself in court. We live in a fundamentally sick country.
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CONFIRMED: Boat at the center of the double-strike controversy was never heading for the U.S., an admiral told lawmakers. (CNN)
Suriname is far outside normal trafficking routes into the US, which mostly run through Central America and Mexico. Claiming the drugs “could eventually make their way to the US” feels like a stretch to justify a strike on a boat that wasn’t heading anywhere near the US.
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/05/p...
Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
www.cnn.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
CONFIRMED: Boat at the center of the double-strike controversy was never heading for the U.S., an admiral told lawmakers. (CNN)
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Elon Musk is so angry about the EU enforcing its own digital rules on X that he’s now calling for the entire EU to be abolished. In other words, he wants to erase an entire governing body rather than follow the same laws every other company has to follow. He's throwing a tantrum.
December 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Elon Musk is so angry about the EU enforcing its own digital rules on X that he’s now calling for the entire EU to be abolished. In other words, he wants to erase an entire governing body rather than follow the same laws every other company has to follow. He's throwing a tantrum.
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59% of all Republicans support sending military aid to Ukraine. 75% of all Democrats supports this, as well.
45% of US-Americans support full liberation of all of Ukraine (only 23% are against it). 22% support a cease fire along the line of contact.
45% of US-Americans support full liberation of all of Ukraine (only 23% are against it). 22% support a cease fire along the line of contact.
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
59% of all Republicans support sending military aid to Ukraine. 75% of all Democrats supports this, as well.
45% of US-Americans support full liberation of all of Ukraine (only 23% are against it). 22% support a cease fire along the line of contact.
45% of US-Americans support full liberation of all of Ukraine (only 23% are against it). 22% support a cease fire along the line of contact.
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“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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doing some research for the newsletter, came across this video from 2018 and it's honestly amazing how much better Trump looked and sounded 7 years ago
Trump suggests the death penalty for drug dealers
YouTube video by Washington Post
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
doing some research for the newsletter, came across this video from 2018 and it's honestly amazing how much better Trump looked and sounded 7 years ago
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Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Arizona congresswoman says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
Rep. Adelita Grijalva says she was ‘sprayed in the face’ and ‘pushed around’ as agents descended on restaurant
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Arizona congresswoman who waited 7 weeks for Mike Johnson to swear her in says she was pepper sprayed by ICE at a taco joint
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
A New York subway rider has accused a woman of breaking his Meta smart glasses. She was later hailed as a hero.
futurism.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Really love how this guy posted this on TikTok thinking the woman who broke his Meta glasses would come off as the villain, as opposed to him, the guy recording her without her consent for social media content via a surveillance device made by one of the worst companies on earth
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Fred Trump became disoriented, confused, and increasingly memory-impaired during ordinary interactions, even at family gatherings, and people with dementia at his stage often experience sudden anger or agitation without a clear reason.
December 6, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Fred Trump became disoriented, confused, and increasingly memory-impaired during ordinary interactions, even at family gatherings, and people with dementia at his stage often experience sudden anger or agitation without a clear reason.
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I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
December 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I haven’t been able to form a sentence in like 10 minutes
The “Fox News” of Russia is calling for assassinations of European officials and love loves that Trump is so pro-Russia.
Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov called for assassinations of Ursula von der Leyen, Kaja Kallas and others. Solovyov rejoiced that Trump is echoing Russian rhetoric and expressed hope he'll imprison former US Ambassador Michael McFaul.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELu3...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELu3...
Vladimir Solovyov calls for assassinations of European officials
YouTube video by Russian Media Monitor
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The “Fox News” of Russia is calling for assassinations of European officials and love loves that Trump is so pro-Russia.
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Alex Karp backstage 10 minutes earlier
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Alex Karp backstage 10 minutes earlier
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60 years ago today, an A-4E Skyhawk carrying a 1-Megaton B43 H-bomb during a weapon loading exercise rolled off the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) about 70 miles off Japan’s Ryuku Islands, landing upside down in the water and quickly sinking to the bottom of the ocean, killing pilot LTJG Douglas Webster.
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
60 years ago today, an A-4E Skyhawk carrying a 1-Megaton B43 H-bomb during a weapon loading exercise rolled off the USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) about 70 miles off Japan’s Ryuku Islands, landing upside down in the water and quickly sinking to the bottom of the ocean, killing pilot LTJG Douglas Webster.
Recalling this morning that Netflix’s original goal, articulated by Ted Sarandos, was, “Become HBO before HBO can become us.”
It was a better outcome than the current Paramount and Saudi Arabia wealth funds buying Warner Bros Discovery - and I wish it had been Apple - but still a little sad.
It was a better outcome than the current Paramount and Saudi Arabia wealth funds buying Warner Bros Discovery - and I wish it had been Apple - but still a little sad.
December 5, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Recalling this morning that Netflix’s original goal, articulated by Ted Sarandos, was, “Become HBO before HBO can become us.”
It was a better outcome than the current Paramount and Saudi Arabia wealth funds buying Warner Bros Discovery - and I wish it had been Apple - but still a little sad.
It was a better outcome than the current Paramount and Saudi Arabia wealth funds buying Warner Bros Discovery - and I wish it had been Apple - but still a little sad.
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Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal
Streaming service to gain control of studio behind Harry Potter and Batman, as well as HBO, home to The White Lotus and Game of Thrones
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Netflix agrees to buy Warner Bros Discovery studio and streaming business in $83bn deal www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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A lot of the people bemoaning Netflix's possible acquisition of WB are ignoring the fact that if WB goes to Paramount, it will be Disney buying Fox all over again--WB will become a "label" within Paramount and then simply disappear. Ellison hasn't shown he can run one studio. Don't give him two. >
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
A lot of the people bemoaning Netflix's possible acquisition of WB are ignoring the fact that if WB goes to Paramount, it will be Disney buying Fox all over again--WB will become a "label" within Paramount and then simply disappear. Ellison hasn't shown he can run one studio. Don't give him two. >
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“I’m disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself— it was my elderly mother in her 90’s and my sister too. It makes no sense. Who bought him off?”
A victim of David Gentile, a private equity CEO Trump pardoned after doing just 12 days for defrauding investors of $1.6 billion
A victim of David Gentile, a private equity CEO Trump pardoned after doing just 12 days for defrauding investors of $1.6 billion
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
“I’m disgusted, because it wasn’t only myself— it was my elderly mother in her 90’s and my sister too. It makes no sense. Who bought him off?”
A victim of David Gentile, a private equity CEO Trump pardoned after doing just 12 days for defrauding investors of $1.6 billion
A victim of David Gentile, a private equity CEO Trump pardoned after doing just 12 days for defrauding investors of $1.6 billion
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I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 AM
I've said for years that Twitter has become nothing but a hate site and a vector for harassment.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
And now it's a doxxing tool.
Get the fuck off of Twitter, now. And pressure the organizations you work with to get off.
It's a danger to everyone's safety.
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The Metro E Line is shaping up to be the #1 transit route for cinephiles. You can go from The Main Cinema in Marcy-Holmes to the Lagoon in Uptown to the Mann Theatre at 50th & France to the AMC Southdale 16. That's pure magic right there.
The Twin Cities' newest bus rapid transit line launches this weekend, with the E Line running between Southdale Center in Edina and the University of Minnesota.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
It's the third BRT line Metro Transit has launched this year.
So long, Metro Transit Route 6; Hello, E Line, Metro Transit's new rapid bus line
The E Line will be the agency’s third such line to open this year.
bit.ly
December 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The Metro E Line is shaping up to be the #1 transit route for cinephiles. You can go from The Main Cinema in Marcy-Holmes to the Lagoon in Uptown to the Mann Theatre at 50th & France to the AMC Southdale 16. That's pure magic right there.
Signs point to the drones coming from a Russia “shadow fleet” boat.
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Signs point to the drones coming from a Russia “shadow fleet” boat.
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Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
December 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Publishing all the other boat murder videos but refusing to release the one of the two survivors being killed is an admission they know exactly how bad it looks. There's no other distinction to draw there, no reason to publish the others while withholding that one.
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Nobody involved in this should draw a free breath for the rest of their lives
December 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Nobody involved in this should draw a free breath for the rest of their lives
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Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Double-tap is very misleading here, it implies strikes in quick succession. They scratched their loathsome chins about it for 41 minutes, watching these two guys struggle to overturn their wrecked boat, before deciding nah, hit 'em again