AV B
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AV B
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Childless cat/dog lady lawyer trying the best I can.
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"The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1 that they donated to GOP campaigns in 2024, these private companies stand to reap more than $11,000 in increased annual revenue."
ICE Detention Contractors Are Reaping Massive Profits
The largest immigrant deportation and prison contractors in the US are expecting an epic payout this year: for every $1
jacobin.com
January 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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This should piss everyone off, and our tax dollars paid for this.

A massive building purchased by ICE for $70 million in Arizona to “warehouse” immigrants.

Calling this “housing” is a lie. This is storage. This is treating human beings like inventory.
January 31, 2026 at 2:54 AM
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Amazon Web Services hosts massive surveillance systems for both ICE and DHS.

Citizens Bank provides nearly $1 trillion in credit & bonds to private prison companies.

AT&T has a $147 million contract to provide communications services to DHS.

Know who is profiting from ICE’s cruelty.
January 26, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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Black Panthers know their rights. Do you?
www.reddit.com/r/suppressed...
Black Panther party members making their presence known in Philadelphia
www.reddit.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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Whoa‼️

This article from 2014: US Border Agents Intentionally Stepped in Front of Moving Vehicles to Justify Shooting at Them.

And remember, Jonathan Ross was a firearms trainer, a veteran, and spent over a decade working for DHS.
January 11, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.

McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.

Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.

See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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September 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Well isn’t this lovely.

Opera star sings Habanera (from Carmen) in the airport (?)

What a terrific voice.
#opera

I don’t care if they’re staged, we need more profl free public #music and #art.
August 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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well she did not consider pedophilia inappropriate so what does this even mean
August 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Taking a break from watching our democracy burn to post a freshly-shaved Boris.
June 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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"Insurance conglomerates, such as UnitedHealthcare and CVS–Aetna, now control physicians, home care, pharmacies, and pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs)."
In @nejm.org today
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Defining Health Care “Corporatization” | NEJM
“Corporatization” of health care, a process predicted decades ago, now refers to the general trend throughout the industry toward higher levels of integrated control by consolidated profit-seeking ...
www.nejm.org
June 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia lived in Maryland with his wife and their three children, and has never been charged with any crime.

The Department of Homeland Security issued him a work permit, and he joined a union, working full time as a sheet metal apprentice.
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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You know EXACTLY what you were voting for when you voted for this convicted felon 📣
April 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
Pm Private GIF
ALT: Pm Private GIF
media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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$42.5 Billion Broadband Grant Program Being Rewritten To Benefit Elon Musk.
$42.5 Billion Broadband Grant Program Being Rewritten To Benefit Elon Musk
We’ve often noted how there are $42.5 billion in broadband grants headed to the states courtesy of the 2021 infrastructure bill. The GOP voted against the bill, but have repeatedly turned aro…
www.techdirt.com
March 12, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Might save a life.
March 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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February 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Tesla paid $0 in federal income tax last year.

2022: $0
2021: $0
2020: $0
2019: $0
2018: $0

Tesla reported $6.7 billion in profit in those years.
February 8, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Because everything seems awful . . . behold Natasha. #Caturday
February 1, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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TikTok took it down, so let’s share the shit out of this reading list. #HolocaustRemembranceDay #NeverAgainIsNow #BookSky
#StateMediaCensorship
January 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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SHARE WIDELY.
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS.

With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights.

You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one.

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January 22, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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BREAKING: Inflation goes down to 2.5%
January 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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January 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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....and another thing.
December 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Just watched The Girl In The River; a chilling reminder of how little power women and girls have in so much of the world. How tragic that so many American women casually throw their sisters’, daughters’ and mothers’ rights away, for religion or right wing politics or race or for whatever cause.
December 19, 2024 at 4:50 AM