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Palantir: Peter Thiel’s Data-Mining Firm Helps DOGE Build Master Database to Surveil, Track Immigrants
The Trump administration has tapped Palantir — the notorious data-mining firm co-founded by billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel — to compile information on people in the United States for a “master ...
www.democracynow.org
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"Letters from an American"
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🎯BOOKS
Democracy Awakening
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons
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WATCH: www.democracynow.org/2025/6/3/mak...
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🎯Listen
Prof Heather Cox Richardson
"Letters from an American"
🎯ACLU
🎯 Indivisible
🎯The Lincoln Project
🎯Democracy Docket
🎯UniteWomen.org
🎯BOOKS
Democracy Awakening
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons
🎯The Guardian
WATCH: www.democracynow.org/2025/6/3/mak...
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Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the Bondi killers, became an Australian citizen 3 years ago.
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
His deed was "his way of conveying his gratitude for staying in Australia, for being granted citizenship."
He took 5 bullets, and fears he'll lose his left arm.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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🏆On the first night of Hanukkah, we celebrate Election Day
Democrats swept in key contests from Virginia to Georgia to New Jersey. The success proved that voters like YOU turned out to fight for democracy and oppose Trump's authoritarian regime.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats swept in key contests from Virginia to Georgia to New Jersey. The success proved that voters like YOU turned out to fight for democracy and oppose Trump's authoritarian regime.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats Sweep Statewide Races in Virginia, Projected to Gain Delegate Seats, As Voters Reject Trumpism
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:39 AM
🏆On the first night of Hanukkah, we celebrate Election Day
Democrats swept in key contests from Virginia to Georgia to New Jersey. The success proved that voters like YOU turned out to fight for democracy and oppose Trump's authoritarian regime.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Democrats swept in key contests from Virginia to Georgia to New Jersey. The success proved that voters like YOU turned out to fight for democracy and oppose Trump's authoritarian regime.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.
Pope criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families
Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.
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December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Pope Leo XIV has criticized prison overcrowding during a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families.
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South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals and monopolize power, investigators concluded.
South Korea's ousted president Yoon plotted martial law to eliminate rivals, probe finds
Investigators have concluded that South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate rivals and monopolize power.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
South Korea’s ousted conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol plotted for over a year to impose martial law to eliminate his political rivals and monopolize power, investigators concluded.
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Zelensky *cannot* withdraw his troops and cede territory. His army won't do it. The public won't accept it.
🇺🇦🇺🇸 Ukraine's key "red line" in negotiations with the US is the withdrawal of troops from Donbas, - Bild.
Zelenskyy is ready to discuss abandoning NATO membership, holding elections on a shortened timeline, and freezing the frontline.
Zelenskyy is ready to discuss abandoning NATO membership, holding elections on a shortened timeline, and freezing the frontline.
December 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Zelensky *cannot* withdraw his troops and cede territory. His army won't do it. The public won't accept it.
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Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78.
Rob Reiner, preeminent filmmaker and Emmy winner, dies at 78
Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who went on to become one, himself, as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78.
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Workers at the Louvre have voted to strike over working conditions and other complaints, a labor union said, dealing another blow to the Paris museum after the jewelry heist in October.
Louvre workers vote to strike in another blow to the Paris museum
Workers at the Louvre Museum have voted to strike over working conditions, according to a labor union.
bit.ly
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Workers at the Louvre have voted to strike over working conditions and other complaints, a labor union said, dealing another blow to the Paris museum after the jewelry heist in October.
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As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
December 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
As Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis stated in 1933; “We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we cannot have both.”
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
Today, at a time of unprecedented income & wealth inequality, his words ring truer than ever.
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Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Make Congress take action and unmask ICE!
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A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
December 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A lifetime of "thoughts & prayers" have done JACK-SQUAT to reduce or eliminate gun violence. We need to do MORE.
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
It is the GUNS.
#SadButTRUE 💔
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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Times person of the year
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December 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Times person of the year
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Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown.
“A Force of Terror”: Rep. Delia Ramirez on ICE Abuses & Her Push to Impeach DHS Chief Kristi Noem
Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown during a heated House Homeland Security Committee he...
www.democracynow.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Democratic lawmakers repeatedly called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign as they confronted her on Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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BREAKING:
House Oversight Democrats just release a small batch of 95,000 photos received from the Epstein estate.
Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates.
Redactions have been made by the Committee.
House Oversight Democrats just release a small batch of 95,000 photos received from the Epstein estate.
Images include: Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, Woody Allen, Larry Summers, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates.
Redactions have been made by the Committee.
December 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Ghana's Abu Trica charged with scamming elderly Americans
Ghana's Abu Trica charged with scamming elderly Americans
He is accused of using romance scams to defraud $8m, with the profits flaunted on Instagram.
www.bbc.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ghana's Abu Trica charged with scamming elderly Americans
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Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy.
Eurovision champion Nemo returns the winner's trophy to protest Israel's inclusion
Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy.
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Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Six months after ICE apprehended 47 people, including nine kids, in Hays County, Tex., County Judge Ruben Becerra said DHS has ignored his attempts to get answers:
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
“We’re not told why they took them, and we’re not told where they took them. By definition, that’s a kidnapping.”
(Published Oct.)
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Kristi Noem is a terrible person
December 12, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Kristi Noem is a terrible person
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1. See every other developed country with free healthcare
2. See every other developed country with free healthcare
3. See every other developed country with free healthcare
No need to reinvent the wheel, though I prefer direct government care to purchased care. In which case, see MHS
2. See every other developed country with free healthcare
3. See every other developed country with free healthcare
No need to reinvent the wheel, though I prefer direct government care to purchased care. In which case, see MHS
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 AM
1. See every other developed country with free healthcare
2. See every other developed country with free healthcare
3. See every other developed country with free healthcare
No need to reinvent the wheel, though I prefer direct government care to purchased care. In which case, see MHS
2. See every other developed country with free healthcare
3. See every other developed country with free healthcare
No need to reinvent the wheel, though I prefer direct government care to purchased care. In which case, see MHS
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"Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied Trump's wishes; voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress"
Trump's wall of sycophants begins to crumble...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Trump's wall of sycophants begins to crumble...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Indiana Lawmakers Reject Trump’s New Political Map
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
"Republicans hold an overwhelming majority in the Indiana Senate, but more than a dozen of them defied Trump's wishes; voting against a map aimed at adding Republicans in Congress"
Trump's wall of sycophants begins to crumble...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
Trump's wall of sycophants begins to crumble...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/u...
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The Trump National Security Strategy paper might well be “the Rosetta Stone explaining what really animates this administration at home and abroad.” Tom Friedman explains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
Opinion | Trump Isn’t Interested in Fighting a New Cold War. He Wants a New Civilizational War.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Trump National Security Strategy paper might well be “the Rosetta Stone explaining what really animates this administration at home and abroad.” Tom Friedman explains:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/o...
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China is using surveillance technology - much of it originating in the U.S. - to cement its power at home and vastly amplify it abroad. The story of retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang, who now lives in Texas, shows how Beijing uses such tech overseas.
A Chinese whistleblower now living in the US is being hunted by Beijing with help from US tech
Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
China is using surveillance technology - much of it originating in the U.S. - to cement its power at home and vastly amplify it abroad. The story of retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang, who now lives in Texas, shows how Beijing uses such tech overseas.