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Grew up in DC suburbs.
Flew forTWA in another lifetime BEFORE Carl Ichon chewed it up and spit it out! #FDRdem
I am a serious woman
I believe in TRUTH, EQUALITY,INCLUSION and DIVERSITY!
Deal with it!
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Flew forTWA in another lifetime BEFORE Carl Ichon chewed it up and spit it out! #FDRdem
I am a serious woman
I believe in TRUTH, EQUALITY,INCLUSION and DIVERSITY!
Deal with it!
No DMs! No GoFunds!🚫
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I feel so sorry
I am trying hard to catch up
With everyone
Who is so generously
Following me
Please know I’m trying
And I appreciate it
Immensely 👏💙
I am trying hard to catch up
With everyone
Who is so generously
Following me
Please know I’m trying
And I appreciate it
Immensely 👏💙
I honestly
Entirely
Mean THIS 👏💙
Entirely
Mean THIS 👏💙
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If you care about the files?
You truly might care about this.
It's very brief ❤️
If you care about the files?
You truly might care about this.
It's very brief ❤️
January 30, 2026
Podcast Episode · Letters from an American · 01/31/2026 · 14m
podcasts.apple.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:02 AM
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
If you care about the files?
You truly might care about this.
It's very brief ❤️
If you care about the files?
You truly might care about this.
It's very brief ❤️
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French actor Louis Garrel has spent 37 of his 42 years in front of the camera. Most of his memories are hard to distinguish from what has been immortalised on film. But the brooding nouvelle vague heir is happiest playing the comic underdog:
Louis Garrel on French cinema, fashion and Angelina Jolie
The 42-year-old actor has spent his entire life in cinema. But the brooding nouvelle vague heir is happiest playing the comic underdog
ft.trib.al
February 1, 2026 at 12:59 AM
French actor Louis Garrel has spent 37 of his 42 years in front of the camera. Most of his memories are hard to distinguish from what has been immortalised on film. But the brooding nouvelle vague heir is happiest playing the comic underdog:
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Have we hit even 5% of the Epstein files yet? Nope. Have we seen the key docs that the act sponsors asked for on an expedited basis? Nope. Yet we have journalistic nitwits talking about the "end phase of the production." Ridiculous.
February 1, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Have we hit even 5% of the Epstein files yet? Nope. Have we seen the key docs that the act sponsors asked for on an expedited basis? Nope. Yet we have journalistic nitwits talking about the "end phase of the production." Ridiculous.
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This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
January 30, 2026 at 10:04 PM
This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.
Decide. Who are you?
Decide. Who are you?
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A significant majority of the $75 billion that Congress gave ICE in the OBBBA will go to private companies that operate most of the machinery of mass deportations; they staff and provide the prisons, they drive the buses, and they own and fly the planes. They are all set to cash in massively.
NEW: Meet the private-equity firm -- and its billionaire immigrant CEO -- making millions off some of ICE's cruelest deportation flights.
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
After a five-month investigation, my story for @motherjones.com:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICE Deportation Flights Are Getting Longer and Crueler
A private equity-owned airline profits off Trump’s migrant crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 30, 2026 at 11:19 PM
A significant majority of the $75 billion that Congress gave ICE in the OBBBA will go to private companies that operate most of the machinery of mass deportations; they staff and provide the prisons, they drive the buses, and they own and fly the planes. They are all set to cash in massively.
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NEW: Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem and Tulsi Gabbard inexplicably canceled their appearance at the Secretaries of State conference in D.C.
They were expected to address the administration’s attacks on voting and elections. Matt Cohen, who was on site, dives into the spectacle👇
They were expected to address the administration’s attacks on voting and elections. Matt Cohen, who was on site, dives into the spectacle👇
Trump admin officials promised to address state election leaders. They bailed.
“Noem, Bondi, and Gabbard are cowards for not showing up today and answering the questions from election officials from across the country about this administration's abuses of power,” Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows said.
www.democracydocket.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:44 PM
NEW: Pam Bondi, Kristi Noem and Tulsi Gabbard inexplicably canceled their appearance at the Secretaries of State conference in D.C.
They were expected to address the administration’s attacks on voting and elections. Matt Cohen, who was on site, dives into the spectacle👇
They were expected to address the administration’s attacks on voting and elections. Matt Cohen, who was on site, dives into the spectacle👇
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www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-k... Don’t worry. The wealthy will be just fine though.
Paul Krugman Warns How Trump ‘Will Make Americans Measurably Poorer’
The renowned economist explained how "the world is moving toward divorce" from the United States.
www.huffpost.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:41 PM
www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-k... Don’t worry. The wealthy will be just fine though.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It seems so much like just another crazy thing this very old man did. BUT This is a BIG deal!
It seems so much like just another crazy thing this very old man did. BUT This is a BIG deal!
FBI raid an aggressive new front in Trump’s bid to sow election doubt
President’s obsession with 2020 Georgia election loss has not gone away, despite clear evidence there was no fraud
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:04 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It seems so much like just another crazy thing this very old man did. BUT This is a BIG deal!
It seems so much like just another crazy thing this very old man did. BUT This is a BIG deal!
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THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
THIS 👇 IS TRUE......
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The ICE Surge in Maine has slowed for now, though ICE is still all too-present in Maine.
Portland stands in solidarity with immigrant service industry workers & immigrant-owned businesses.
We want #ICEOutOfMaine
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
Portland stands in solidarity with immigrant service industry workers & immigrant-owned businesses.
We want #ICEOutOfMaine
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
UPDATED, PORTLAND, MAINE: 174 businesses have committed to supporting Minnesota in a national economic blackout.
Many more were unable to fully close but have risen in support in other ways. All should be celebrated.
Stay safe, see you in the streets 💜
FRI, JAN 30
#NonViolenceIsPower
#RESIST
Many more were unable to fully close but have risen in support in other ways. All should be celebrated.
Stay safe, see you in the streets 💜
FRI, JAN 30
#NonViolenceIsPower
#RESIST
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The ICE Surge in Maine has slowed for now, though ICE is still all too-present in Maine.
Portland stands in solidarity with immigrant service industry workers & immigrant-owned businesses.
We want #ICEOutOfMaine
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
Portland stands in solidarity with immigrant service industry workers & immigrant-owned businesses.
We want #ICEOutOfMaine
#ORGANIZE #RESIST #OPPOSE
#NonViolenceIsPower
#EveryEffortCounts
#GetInvolved
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My mom's first husband had her put in a lock down facility *against her will, and she was ordered shock treatments. It was over religious differences and HIM cheating on her. These were far too common ways of *dealing with women dared to have a voice. These are cruel and terrible practices.
January 30, 2026 at 9:24 AM
My mom's first husband had her put in a lock down facility *against her will, and she was ordered shock treatments. It was over religious differences and HIM cheating on her. These were far too common ways of *dealing with women dared to have a voice. These are cruel and terrible practices.
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The character of our leaders has been bought and destroyed by fascist billionaires.
The United States is not actually in a constitutional crisis. Our Constitution works just fine.
We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
We are in a crisis of character — where nearly every single person who has sworn an oath to uphold our Constitution and enforce the law lacks the courage, moral fiber, and decency to do what is right.
the president of the united states should not be allowed to personally loot the treasury to the sum of ten billion dollars and that this is not resulting in immediate, unanimous impeachment is a dramatic indictment of what has become of our political system
January 30, 2026 at 7:08 AM
The character of our leaders has been bought and destroyed by fascist billionaires.
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My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
January 30, 2026 at 5:30 AM
My 7yo daughter’s best friends’ family fled the country a few weeks ago. Today she came home with a drawing of her and another friend blowing whistles at ICE agents.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
“We’re blowing the whistles and so ICE will go away and our friends can come back,” she said.
I started sobbing uncontrollably.
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Appreciate Jeremy Lin for speaking up. www.instagram.com/p/DUIFd6NlBTO/
Jeremy Lin 林書豪 on Instagram: "“The Lord watches over the foreigner
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.”
-Psalm 146:9"
jlin7 on January 29, 2026: "“The Lord watches over the foreigner
and sustains the fatherless and the widow,
but he frustrates the ways of the wicked.”
-Psalm 146:9".
www.instagram.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Appreciate Jeremy Lin for speaking up. www.instagram.com/p/DUIFd6NlBTO/
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Thanks for keeping us straight! These articles are long but worth your time. When we are confronted by a constant stream of lies that MSM has accepted, you can’t rebut them easily. I appreciate Seth taking the time to report on this as the MSM journalism from the Watergate era no longer exists.
I’ve written a detailed report on the Greg Bovino-to-Tom Homan handover in Minneapolis that at once reveals that the Trump regime hasn’t changed its plans for ICE *and* serves as a primer on the many aspects of the criminal justice system that Homan lied about today. So I think you’ll enjoy this.
Trump Border Czar Tom Homan Told 20 Lies in the First 240 Seconds of His First Minneapolis Press Conference
Members of Congress are for some reason lauding a presentation by a top immigration official that was littered with lies about the criminal justice system, ICE, citizen protesters and the Democrats.
sethabramson.substack.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Thanks for keeping us straight! These articles are long but worth your time. When we are confronted by a constant stream of lies that MSM has accepted, you can’t rebut them easily. I appreciate Seth taking the time to report on this as the MSM journalism from the Watergate era no longer exists.
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He really is just straight-up the biggest piece of shit alive
January 30, 2026 at 8:27 AM
He really is just straight-up the biggest piece of shit alive
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Oh, now Alex Pretti is an “insurrectionalist” that kicked in the tail light??? 🙄🤬 What kind of bullshit is this? What a petulant and putrid response from the pedo-pig. 🤬🤬🤬
January 30, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Oh, now Alex Pretti is an “insurrectionalist” that kicked in the tail light??? 🙄🤬 What kind of bullshit is this? What a petulant and putrid response from the pedo-pig. 🤬🤬🤬
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"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..."
Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
1/
Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
1/
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 29, 2026 at 9:26 PM
"We'll take our stand for this land & the stranger in our midst..."
Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
1/
Powerful. Brutal. Inspirational. A loving tribute to Renée Good, Alex Pretti & the good people of Minneapolis.
Plus, it name-checks all the villains: the Puppy Killer🐶, Pee-Wee German🇩🇪, the Orange Atrocity🍊💩 & above all: ICE🧊🚫
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Whoopi Goldberg:"...They shot him TEN TIMES! I don't know what you're investigating, if you're not investigating the straight up murder.
The Straight Up Murder..."
#StopICE #StopTheMadness #resist 👊🏼
The Straight Up Murder..."
#StopICE #StopTheMadness #resist 👊🏼
January 30, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Whoopi Goldberg:"...They shot him TEN TIMES! I don't know what you're investigating, if you're not investigating the straight up murder.
The Straight Up Murder..."
#StopICE #StopTheMadness #resist 👊🏼
The Straight Up Murder..."
#StopICE #StopTheMadness #resist 👊🏼
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Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving
Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving
Border Patrol employee Alfredo Mancillas Jr. of Corpus Christi, Texas, was charged with drunk driving in St. Paul.
sahanjournal.com
January 30, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Border Patrol employee found ‘covered in vomit’ in St. Paul, charged with drunk driving