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This president is for sale. You don’t have to know him or even to have voted for him. You just have make a big ‘donation’ (aka bribe) to his campaign or ballroom or a peace prize - and he’ll get you out of prison or whatever you want
December 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
This president is for sale. You don’t have to know him or even to have voted for him. You just have make a big ‘donation’ (aka bribe) to his campaign or ballroom or a peace prize - and he’ll get you out of prison or whatever you want
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Read "Mike Johnson Touts $901 Billion Military Budget Plan After Gutting Medicaid, SNAP" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6JGpzsgo/J...
Mike Johnson Touts $901 Billion Military Budget Plan After Gutting Medicaid, SNAP (Common Dreams)
Republican congressional leaders unveiled a sprawling military policy bill late Sunday that would authorize $901 billion in US military spending for the comi...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Read "Mike Johnson Touts $901 Billion Military Budget Plan After Gutting Medicaid, SNAP" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-6JGpzsgo/J...
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Sign seen in Cleveland yesterday
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Sign seen in Cleveland yesterday
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Thanks, Rebecca!
December 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Thanks, Rebecca!
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After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
In Congress, He Said Tariffs Were Bad for Business. As Trump’s Ambassador to Canada, He’s Reversed Course.
Pete Hoekstra once testified that “the market should dictate the price of steel, not the government.” But he now champions the Trump trade policies that are being linked to job losses in his former Mi...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
After 99 years, Michigan clockmaker Howard Miller is shutting down. The culprit: Trump's tariffs.
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
"If the federal government had said, ‘Oh, it's a 10% tariff, constant,' … they might've worked things out," an employee said. "But no. It's just chaos."
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
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Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.
December 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Community members in Kenner, Louisiana, activate rapid-response teams to follow Greg Bovino and his Border Patrol goons through the neighborhood. They alert residents and warn them not to open their doors unless CBP has a court-ordered warrant.
Maybe his brain worm went to medical school! Did you think about that?
December 8, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Maybe his brain worm went to medical school! Did you think about that?
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The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
www.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Trump administration is pushing to expand grazing on public lands while reducing its already low cost, under the false premise that it will fill America’s coffers.
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
Wealthy ranchers are profiting — at the expense of taxpayers.
With @highcountrynews.org
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The president of the United States’ son
December 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The president of the United States’ son
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Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Rep. Ilhan Omar: "When I think about Stephen Miller and his white supremacist rhetoric, it reminds me of the way the Nazis described Jewish people in Germany."
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The Wisconsin Cinnabon racist wants to cash in on her own racism. Nothing says courage like monetizing your own racism at work.
nypost.com/2025/12/07/u...
nypost.com/2025/12/07/u...
December 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Wisconsin Cinnabon racist wants to cash in on her own racism. Nothing says courage like monetizing your own racism at work.
nypost.com/2025/12/07/u...
nypost.com/2025/12/07/u...
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NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our journalists are doing shoe-leather reporting to provide readers with the precise numbers.
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW - The Data Doesn’t Lie: How ProPublica Reports the Truth in an Era of False Claims
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
As federal data becomes less available, our editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social explains how our journalists are providing readers with precise numbers.
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Happy Sunday, Beth. I think I missed this one because it continued to say work in progress.
I want to thank you for including me in this #DozyDon pack of amazing blue resisters
go.bsky.app/JVpQCwD
I want to thank you for including me in this #DozyDon pack of amazing blue resisters
go.bsky.app/JVpQCwD
December 8, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Happy Sunday, Beth. I think I missed this one because it continued to say work in progress.
I want to thank you for including me in this #DozyDon pack of amazing blue resisters
go.bsky.app/JVpQCwD
I want to thank you for including me in this #DozyDon pack of amazing blue resisters
go.bsky.app/JVpQCwD
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Bloating the stock market even more via our tax dollars. Creating yet another place rich people can avoid taxes. Republicans care about using and exploiting children, nothing more. thehill.com/business/563...
Bessent says there will be no restrictions on how ‘Trump Accounts’ for children can be used
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that there will be no restrictions on how children can use “Trump accounts.” “So, in essence, it is a trust fund. It is a piece of the American economy …
thehill.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Bloating the stock market even more via our tax dollars. Creating yet another place rich people can avoid taxes. Republicans care about using and exploiting children, nothing more. thehill.com/business/563...
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It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
They are now targeting people who did everything by the book and were literally at the ceremony where they were going to become citizens...
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
"Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the oath ceremony"
Immigrants Approved for Citizenship ‘Plucked Out’ of Line Moments Before Pledging Allegiance: Report
Immigrants lined up to become U.S. citizens in Boston on Dec. 4 were pulled from line by USCIS officials moments before the ceremony. The incident comes after USCIS told employees to halt all immigrat...
people.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It was never about deporting criminals. It was always about using deportation to criminalize people they want to control.
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This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims she shared with Trump death threat she received that he incited, and his response was "extremely unkind"
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
This lady was the Steve Jobs of the Online Death Threat Industry for like 10 years. Not to be a dick, but fucking spare me.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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Great financial crisis? You mean when the housing market collapsed, banks went under, our GDP sank, the working class lost trillions in net worth and unemployment soared?
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
December 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Great financial crisis? You mean when the housing market collapsed, banks went under, our GDP sank, the working class lost trillions in net worth and unemployment soared?
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.
Seems like a repeat of the last time we tried to bully the world with isolationist tariffs.
Not good.