Blue Wrangler
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Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
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NEW: President Donald Trump denied two disaster declaration requests from Colorado that would have allowed the state to receive federal assistance — a move state lawmakers announced Sunday that they plan to appeal.
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Trump denies disaster declarations for Colorado fires, flooding: ‘We won’t stop fighting’
President Donald Trump denied two disaster declaration requests from Colorado that would have allowed the state to receive federal assistance — a move the state’s elected officials plan to ap…
trib.al
December 21, 2025 at 10:10 PM
NEW: President Donald Trump denied two disaster declaration requests from Colorado that would have allowed the state to receive federal assistance — a move state lawmakers announced Sunday that they plan to appeal.
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Full truth of Epstein files could come from whistleblowers, senior Democrat says
Full truth of Epstein files could come from whistleblowers, senior Democrat says
Full truth of Epstein files could come from whistleblowers, senior Democrat says
www.independent.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Full truth of Epstein files could come from whistleblowers, senior Democrat says
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“Infierno.” Hell.
That’s how Marco Antonio Mancilla described the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, where he was taken by ICE.
“I feel that one of our dogs lives better in someone’s home,” he said in Spanish, “than a person, than a Latino, in a detention center.”
That’s how Marco Antonio Mancilla described the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, where he was taken by ICE.
“I feel that one of our dogs lives better in someone’s home,” he said in Spanish, “than a person, than a Latino, in a detention center.”
How many Utahns have been arrested by ICE under Trump’s second term? Here’s the data.
Cold holding cells, “food for dogs” and an uncertain future: These Utahns say a Trump-ordered immigration crackdown has wrecked their lives.
www.sltrib.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“Infierno.” Hell.
That’s how Marco Antonio Mancilla described the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, where he was taken by ICE.
“I feel that one of our dogs lives better in someone’s home,” he said in Spanish, “than a person, than a Latino, in a detention center.”
That’s how Marco Antonio Mancilla described the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, where he was taken by ICE.
“I feel that one of our dogs lives better in someone’s home,” he said in Spanish, “than a person, than a Latino, in a detention center.”
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He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/pOidCKn
Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?
trib.al
December 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Stephen Miller’s sadistic designs go? trib.al/pOidCKn
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Trump has unleashed a gold rush among immigrant-detaining private prison companies. In cash-strapped cities, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it.
"Godsend" or "concentration camp"? A lucrative ICE deal divides a Colorado town.
Trump has unleashed a gold rush among immigrant-detaining private prison companies. In cash-strapped cities, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it.
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Trump has unleashed a gold rush among immigrant-detaining private prison companies. In cash-strapped cities, residents aren’t sure the money is worth it.
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“This is a vulnerable population. We cannot make mistakes.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I'm a veteran criminal justice reporter. I've never seen anything like ICE-occupied Memphis.
“It’s about as sad as you can possibly imagine."
www.motherjones.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“This is a vulnerable population. We cannot make mistakes.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains:
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Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefing doublethink is straight out of Orwell’s ‘1984’
A historian analyzes how White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s claims about her boss and his administration are ‘doublespeak’ straight out of the pages of George Orwell’s ‘1984.’
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December 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Karoline Leavitt’s White House briefings aren’t just spin – they reflect what George Orwell warned about: lies divorced from reality, and the use of “doublethink” to have a word (like “transparency”) mean just the opposite. A historian who studies Orwell explains:
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Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
How a Decades-Old Loophole Lets Billionaires Avoid Medicare Taxes
Some of Wall Street’s richest and most powerful figures are using a legal loophole to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes earmarked for health care, a ProPublica investigation found.
www.propublica.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Billionaires are using a loophole to avoid Medicare taxes. Closing it — and eliminating other ways around the tax for wealthy business owners — could raise more than $250 billion over 10 years for the program.
(Published Dec. 2024)
(Published Dec. 2024)
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U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030. buff.ly/KE663ZA
Rising electricity prices and an aging grid challenge the nation as data centers demand more power
Energy projects are expensive and take a long time to build. Where to build them is often also a difficult, even controversial, question.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:35 AM
U.S. electricity prices rose 7.4% in just one year, and energy policy analysts expect them to keep climbing faster than inflation in 2026. Meanwhile, data centers powering AI could nearly triple their energy use by 2030. buff.ly/KE663ZA
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Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a snow bank and then tried to drag her to a car.
Minneapolis police chief criticizes ICE tactics after clash with protesters | CNN
Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a s...
cnn.it
December 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Minneapolis’ police chief is criticizing federal immigration agents after a confrontation with protesters and an attempted arrest of a woman in which an officer kneeled on her back as she lay atop a snow bank and then tried to drag her to a car.
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With artificial intelligence sparking a surge in electricity demand, Illinois could be only five years away from chronic shortages and higher monthly bills, according to a report released late Monday by three state agencies.
Illinois could be only 5 years away from electricity shortages, higher bills, report says
It recommends state build more renewable power, transmission lines, and battery storage, and potentially delay fossil-fuel plant closings.
trib.al
December 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
With artificial intelligence sparking a surge in electricity demand, Illinois could be only five years away from chronic shortages and higher monthly bills, according to a report released late Monday by three state agencies.
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Winter cold 'becomes lethal' as Israel restricts entry of tents, blankets and other shelter supplies to ravaged enclave https://aje.io/yrvbry
December 16, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Winter cold 'becomes lethal' as Israel restricts entry of tents, blankets and other shelter supplies to ravaged enclave https://aje.io/yrvbry
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Use our action center to tell lawmakers to stop the Trump administration from deporting Heng Guan, who helped journalists expose the horrors of Uyghur prison camps in Xinjiang, China.
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December 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Use our action center to tell lawmakers to stop the Trump administration from deporting Heng Guan, who helped journalists expose the horrors of Uyghur prison camps in Xinjiang, China.
His life could be at risk.
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“There is something going on here, with all of these cities coming together and protecting our democracy."
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns.
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns.
‘You don’t have to do it alone’: how US cities are helping each other resist ICE
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“There is something going on here, with all of these cities coming together and protecting our democracy."
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns.
From LA to Charlotte, organizers are learning from others’ strategies to protect residents amid federal crackdowns.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: “After several attempts to try to make the world around me conform to the kind of work I wanted to do, I was ready to surrender: I’d settle for a career I wasn’t passionate about, but that I could at least hope to make enough to be able to save for retirement,” Ashton Pittman writes.
Editor’s Note | I Almost Gave Up on Journalism Until the Free Press Found Me
News Editor Ashton Pittman writes about why he almost gave up on a career in journalism before he began working for the Free Press.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:45 PM
EDITOR’S NOTE: “After several attempts to try to make the world around me conform to the kind of work I wanted to do, I was ready to surrender: I’d settle for a career I wasn’t passionate about, but that I could at least hope to make enough to be able to save for retirement,” Ashton Pittman writes.
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NEW: The DOJ launches a civil rights investigation into Colorado’s statewide prison system just days after Trump renewed public calls to “free” Tina Peters, the election denier serving a state sentence for her role in a voting system data breach.
DOJ Opens Probe of Colorado Prisons After Trump Ramps Up Push to Free Election Denier Tina Peters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEW: The DOJ launches a civil rights investigation into Colorado’s statewide prison system just days after Trump renewed public calls to “free” Tina Peters, the election denier serving a state sentence for her role in a voting system data breach.
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In a leaked memo, AG Pam Bondi told the DOJ to compile a “list of groups or entities engaged in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism,” suggesting the department could target Americans based on their political beliefs rather than their actions.
Leaked Memo: DOJ To List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
Read more here.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In a leaked memo, AG Pam Bondi told the DOJ to compile a “list of groups or entities engaged in acts that may constitute domestic terrorism,” suggesting the department could target Americans based on their political beliefs rather than their actions.
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Commentary: According to Data Center Map there are now 215 data centers in Ohio, and 133 in Central Ohio. Many are in residential areas. Thanks to a new law, gas fuel cell power supplies that release carbon dioxide are being built in residential areas too. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/10/i...
I told Ohio lawmakers that a new law would put gas plants in residential areas. Now it’s happening. • Ohio Capital Journal
According to Data Center Map, there are now 215 data centers in Ohio, of which 133 are in Central Ohio. Many are in residential areas. Thanks to a new law, gas fuel cell power supplies that release…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Commentary: According to Data Center Map there are now 215 data centers in Ohio, and 133 in Central Ohio. Many are in residential areas. Thanks to a new law, gas fuel cell power supplies that release carbon dioxide are being built in residential areas too. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/10/i...
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Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday escalated their demands that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth publicly release an unedited video of a controversial follow-on strike by U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea that killed two shipwrecked survivors.
Democrats turn up the heat on Hegseth over Caribbean boat strike that killed 2 survivors | Arkansas Advocate
Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday escalated their demands that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth publicly release an unedited video of a controversial follow-on strike by U.S. forces in…
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December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday escalated their demands that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth publicly release an unedited video of a controversial follow-on strike by U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea that killed two shipwrecked survivors.
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We cannot just accept that “every so often the administration is going to abduct some lawful resident who said something it doesn’t like about Israel or Palestine,” @seth-stern.bsky.social told @wabe.org. “The only way this will stop is if the public won’t tolerate it.”
Press-freedom advocates sound the alarm over Yaacub Vijandre, stuck for over two months in ICE custody in Georgia
Yaacub Vijandre, 38, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in early October. Confined initially to a central Texas facility, he was transferred on Oct. 25 to Folkston ICE Processi...
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December 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We cannot just accept that “every so often the administration is going to abduct some lawful resident who said something it doesn’t like about Israel or Palestine,” @seth-stern.bsky.social told @wabe.org. “The only way this will stop is if the public won’t tolerate it.”
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Trump’s disastrous admissions in this interview reveal again that he is profoundly, catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. trib.al/ZcB6xHT
Trump Accidentally Sabotages Case for Bombings in New Interview Fiasco
The president’s claims about the boat killings and his pardon of the Honduran ex-president in a new Politico interview should finally convince Republicans that they, and we, must get to the bottom of it all.
trib.al
December 10, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump’s disastrous admissions in this interview reveal again that he is profoundly, catastrophically unfit to be making any of these decisions. trib.al/ZcB6xHT