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💯 Please watch this.
"But there’s another kind of lie that works even if everyone knows it’s false. The teller assumes that whether something is true or not just…doesn’t really matter. That’s kind of lie changes how a society works. I don't think you can have a democracy where no one cares about reality."
--Hank Green
--Hank Green
January 15, 2026 at 11:49 PM
💯 Please watch this.
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2/What’s really happening is that Trump has managed to take the spotlight off of DOJ‘s failure to comply with the Epstein files transparency act. Let’s not let him get away with that.
January 14, 2026 at 12:26 PM
2/What’s really happening is that Trump has managed to take the spotlight off of DOJ‘s failure to comply with the Epstein files transparency act. Let’s not let him get away with that.
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When we were in China between betw 2006 and 2011, like most Western reporters I thought the worst thing outsiders had to fear was being kicked out of the country. They weren't detaining many (white) foreigners/reporters then.
Now this, from a US regime, in the nation's capital.
Now this, from a US regime, in the nation's capital.
January 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
When we were in China between betw 2006 and 2011, like most Western reporters I thought the worst thing outsiders had to fear was being kicked out of the country. They weren't detaining many (white) foreigners/reporters then.
Now this, from a US regime, in the nation's capital.
Now this, from a US regime, in the nation's capital.
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Something horrifying is happening in America: Because he was filming ICE Nazis, whuch is protected under the constitution, an American citizen in St. Paul, Minnesota was brutalized to the point of becoming unresponsive. What happened in Nazi Germany is happening in America. 😳👇
January 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Something horrifying is happening in America: Because he was filming ICE Nazis, whuch is protected under the constitution, an American citizen in St. Paul, Minnesota was brutalized to the point of becoming unresponsive. What happened in Nazi Germany is happening in America. 😳👇
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Jon is one of the excellent reporters at @mprnews.org, which -- like most local reporters on the scene --- have risen brilliantly and bravely to the occasion.
She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..."
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
‘I was flooded with fear’: Minnesotans describe their encounters with ICE, being detained
From an Uber driver to a school drop off, MPR News spoke with Minnesotans who were stopped or detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
www.mprnews.org
January 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Jon is one of the excellent reporters at @mprnews.org, which -- like most local reporters on the scene --- have risen brilliantly and bravely to the occasion.
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BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court
James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
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My representative should be on tv showing clips of this shit to everyone every fucking night until this bullshit ends. We are being fucking abandoned by our state and federal representatives.
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
My representative should be on tv showing clips of this shit to everyone every fucking night until this bullshit ends. We are being fucking abandoned by our state and federal representatives.
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BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
December 29, 2025 at 8:10 PM
BREAKING: A Russian newspaper today — “America no longer sees our country as a threat… The US leader’s philosophy is closer to the values of Russia’s president, not the politicians of the Old World… he sees Europe as a liberal stronghold that must be destroyed…”
Read that again.
Read that again.
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In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
December 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In the summer of 1950 most US newspapers ran an AP story about how race had become the main issue in the upcoming Georgia governor's race. Segregationist Herman Tallmadge, governor from '47 to '55 and then a Senator until 1981 made a name for himself by refusing to "apologize for being a white man."
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Deeply saddened by this dangerous decision made by political appointees, NOT scientists. It's neither evidence based, nor rooted in science.
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Deeply saddened by this dangerous decision made by political appointees, NOT scientists. It's neither evidence based, nor rooted in science.
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
At a loss for words for the children who will unnecessarily become infected with Hepatitis B, so heres a take on Langston Hughes' "Harlem" (A Dream Deferred)
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median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
median asking rent in the US per the Census Bureau (data is through 9/30)
JD Vance lies as he breathes
JD Vance lies as he breathes
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Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
December 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Virginia Heffernan wrote this shortly after the 2016 election and it still holds true
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Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Just want to share with my American friends how the Australians respond to a shooting tragedy. Action, rather than thoughts and prayers.
I think the same. I hope I am wrong.
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I think the same. I hope I am wrong.
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13 years ago today.
December 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
13 years ago today.
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Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Pardon me, but *holy shit* chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
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PEPFAR normally shares annual data around now. (🔗👇)
❓Where is it❓
🤔 Why is the gvt hiding it?
Oh right… after gutting USAID + key CDC branches, the numbers will likely show:
⬆️ AIDS & deaths
⬆️ New HIV cases
⬆️ Babies infected at birth
Release the PEPFAR data. Now.
❓Where is it❓
🤔 Why is the gvt hiding it?
Oh right… after gutting USAID + key CDC branches, the numbers will likely show:
⬆️ AIDS & deaths
⬆️ New HIV cases
⬆️ Babies infected at birth
Release the PEPFAR data. Now.
PEPFAR Latest Global Results & Projections Factsheet (Dec. 2024) - United States Department of State
Since 2003, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has been steadfast in supporting lifesaving treatment for people living with HIV, saving 26 million lives and enabling 7.8 mill...
www.state.gov
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 PM
PEPFAR normally shares annual data around now. (🔗👇)
❓Where is it❓
🤔 Why is the gvt hiding it?
Oh right… after gutting USAID + key CDC branches, the numbers will likely show:
⬆️ AIDS & deaths
⬆️ New HIV cases
⬆️ Babies infected at birth
Release the PEPFAR data. Now.
❓Where is it❓
🤔 Why is the gvt hiding it?
Oh right… after gutting USAID + key CDC branches, the numbers will likely show:
⬆️ AIDS & deaths
⬆️ New HIV cases
⬆️ Babies infected at birth
Release the PEPFAR data. Now.
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Utterly shameless
December 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Utterly shameless
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And yet...
The National Trust for Historic Preservation filed a lawsuit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, representing the first major legal challenge to President Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot ballroom addition.
Read more: https://wapo.st/4iR882N
Read more: https://wapo.st/4iR882N
December 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
And yet...
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“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.”
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
December 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
“.. The commutation of Mr. Gentile’s sentence undid years of work by prosecutors in Brooklyn to expose a scheme that defrauded thousands of investors, many of whom were older Americans living on fixed incomes.”
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
@kenvogel.bsky.social @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/n...
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The Atlantic is trending. It never trends for a good reason.
December 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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