Caleb Barrett
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This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
BREAKING
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
The Trump administration says it has frozen all childcare payments to Minnesota in the aftermath of allegations of fraud by some in the Somali community.
Important: allegations along these lines have existed for years, which has resulted in prosecutions starting with the Biden DOJ.
December 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This is monstrous. He wants to turn the residents of the state against Walz and against the Somali-American population.
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Starving a populace, denying them medical care, and blowing up children seems to be all Netanyahu wants to do these days. Because he cannot see the inherent humanity of his foe he has become a monster. He won't even let others try to mitigate suffering.
The wheel has turned full circle.
The wheel has turned full circle.
December 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Starving a populace, denying them medical care, and blowing up children seems to be all Netanyahu wants to do these days. Because he cannot see the inherent humanity of his foe he has become a monster. He won't even let others try to mitigate suffering.
The wheel has turned full circle.
The wheel has turned full circle.
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These people. They prattle about natural defenses and preparing your immune system. But that's what vaccines do: prepare your immune system. They teach your body about the foe and leave, like a posting most-wanted poster at a police station. It's your own immune system that fights off the infection.
Dr. Oz on the "super flu": "Every year there's a flu vaccine. It doesn't always work very well. That's why it's been controversial of late. But like many illnesses, the best news out there is if you can take care of yourself so that when you do end up running into the flu, you can overwhelm it."
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
These people. They prattle about natural defenses and preparing your immune system. But that's what vaccines do: prepare your immune system. They teach your body about the foe and leave, like a posting most-wanted poster at a police station. It's your own immune system that fights off the infection.
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Just want to yet again remind the MSM there is no “sex with underage girl(s).”
It’s rape.
It’s rape.
December 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just want to yet again remind the MSM there is no “sex with underage girl(s).”
It’s rape.
It’s rape.
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The U.S. is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The U.S. is blessed with one of the most scientifically and technologically advanced health care systems in the world.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
And yet, when it comes to health outcomes among the world’s wealthiest countries, the U.S. ranks last.
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Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models | CWRU Newsroom | Case Western Reserve University
For more than a century, people have considered Alzheimer's disease (AD) an irreversible illness. Consequently, research has focused on preventing or ...
case.edu
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Another health breakthrough.
(h/t Gav)
(h/t Gav)
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Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
Huge win for Richard Noticias LA, TikTok journalist shot by ICE. Criminal charges dismissed with prejudice, meaning can’t be refiled.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
ICE did him DIRTY. Repeatedly. Inhumane treatment, basically medical torture.
Still in ICE custody on immigration case. They owe him unconditional release.
Federal judge dismisses indictment against TikToker shot by ICE, citing constitutional violations
Days before Carlitos Ricardo Parias was set to to go to trial for assault on a federal officer, a federal judge dismissed the case against him. The judge cited the deprivation of Parias' access to cou...
www.latimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Still unreported, should be investigated:
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
ICE shot Richard outside a mall. I visited mall security office. Guard said ICE and LAPD came in, used thumb drive to copy mall’s video footage, and THEN DELETED THE EVIDENCE from mall’s local drives. He showed me the missing timeline part saying “no data.”
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I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I remember the phrase "they can't be allowed to melt back into society" re: the de-Baathification of Iraq after the war there. Like everything about that experience, the attempt was cynical, stupid, and botched. But there really should be a plan about what we do with guys like these in the future.
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The other day I experienced an inhuman assault on Christmas – an AI carol. The machine's inability to understand the carol's message of love made it eerie. Basic cultural forms like holiday ritual and music are weakened under the assault of algorithms.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-inhuma...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-inhuma...
The inhuman assault on Christmas
On Christmas Carols, 1/2
snyder.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The other day I experienced an inhuman assault on Christmas – an AI carol. The machine's inability to understand the carol's message of love made it eerie. Basic cultural forms like holiday ritual and music are weakened under the assault of algorithms.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-inhuma...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-inhuma...
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
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"Indeed, Miller’s grander aims are best understood as an effort to destroy the entire architecture of immigration and humanitarian resettlement put in place in the post–World War II era."
Stephen Miller wants the USA to be a white ethno-state, full stop.
Stephen Miller wants the USA to be a white ethno-state, full stop.
Now that Bari Weiss pulled a segment telling the truth about Trump's deportations to let Stephen Miller have his say (i.e. spread propaganda), it's a good time to check out our deep dive into Miller's real worldview and agenda, which doesn't pull any punches:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
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 u...
newrepublic.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"Indeed, Miller’s grander aims are best understood as an effort to destroy the entire architecture of immigration and humanitarian resettlement put in place in the post–World War II era."
Stephen Miller wants the USA to be a white ethno-state, full stop.
Stephen Miller wants the USA to be a white ethno-state, full stop.
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Happy holidays 🤭🙂↕️
December 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy holidays 🤭🙂↕️
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one side wants to forgive student loan debt. the other wants to raid your bank account. we are not the same.
December 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
one side wants to forgive student loan debt. the other wants to raid your bank account. we are not the same.
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MEMPHIS FLYER: “Nearly 6 of every 10 ICE arrests in Tennessee since Trump took office involve individuals with no criminal convictions...”
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
MEMPHIS FLYER: “Nearly 6 of every 10 ICE arrests in Tennessee since Trump took office involve individuals with no criminal convictions...”
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
Their actions show that they don’t care about Americans and they don’t care about the law.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Their actions show that they don’t care about Americans and they don’t care about the law.
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This is critically important. Democrats need to pass it if they retake Congress. Trump will veto it. So pass it again. Campaign on it. Given current polling, corruption of the FBI, and the brutality of ICE and BP, there’s no better time to say, “Federal police are not above the law.”
Restoring Bivens rights: one bill "would allow citizens to sue for damages resulting from constitutional violations committed by federal officers," while the other "would create a cause of action against federal law enforcement agencies and police depts for constitutional violations."
These congressmen want to give you the right to sue federal law enforcement for violating your rights
The proposed bills aim to codify a 1971 Supreme Court ruling that allowed individuals to sue the feds for Fourth Amendment violations.
reason.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is critically important. Democrats need to pass it if they retake Congress. Trump will veto it. So pass it again. Campaign on it. Given current polling, corruption of the FBI, and the brutality of ICE and BP, there’s no better time to say, “Federal police are not above the law.”
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Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
December 22, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Guards began beating him. Beat him until he bled. Knocked his face into the wall, broke all his teeth. No access to outdoors, no contact with relatives.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
Now describing US knowledge of CECOT's torture practices, followed by footage of Trump praising those practices.
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First political hunger strikes in American history occurred on the Middle Passage ships carrying kidnapped Africans to be sold. Read about the term "speculum oris", a Medieval torture device used to force-feed enslaved Africans.
‘The First Political Hunger Striker in America’ by Alexander Berkman from Mother Earth. Vol. 9 No. 6. August, 1914.
I am not sure about ‘first,’ but Edelsohn’s strike highlights the wave of struggles that were combining in the run-up to WWI’s start.
revolutionsnewsstand.com/2025/12/21/a...
I am not sure about ‘first,’ but Edelsohn’s strike highlights the wave of struggles that were combining in the run-up to WWI’s start.
revolutionsnewsstand.com/2025/12/21/a...
‘The First Political Hunger Striker in America’ by Alexander Berkman from Mother Earth. Vol. 9 No. 6. August, 1914.
Becky Edlesohn under arrest. I am not sure about ‘first,’ but Becky Edelsohn’s 1914 hunger strike certainly highlights the wave of struggles that were combining in the run-up to W…
revolutionsnewsstand.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
First political hunger strikes in American history occurred on the Middle Passage ships carrying kidnapped Africans to be sold. Read about the term "speculum oris", a Medieval torture device used to force-feed enslaved Africans.
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NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
ICE abducts Montana resident with legal humanitarian status
Beker Rengifo is the latest victim of Trump's reckless and illegal war on migrants.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
NEW — I wrote about Beker Rengifo, a Montana resident from Venezuela who was taken by ICE on Thursday after a routine traffic stop, and how local law enforcement is working with the feds to ensnare people with legal status.
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What happens when employers refuse to pay workers? To answer that question, we looked at 3,000+ lawsuits filed in Cook County against employers accused of stealing wages. Despite the state's strong laws, workers wait years for payday. Some never see a penny.
www.injusticewatch.org/project/wait...
www.injusticewatch.org/project/wait...
Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
www.injusticewatch.org
December 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What happens when employers refuse to pay workers? To answer that question, we looked at 3,000+ lawsuits filed in Cook County against employers accused of stealing wages. Despite the state's strong laws, workers wait years for payday. Some never see a penny.
www.injusticewatch.org/project/wait...
www.injusticewatch.org/project/wait...
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“A randomized trial withholding a proven, life-saving intervention from newborns would not be approved by an institutional review board in the United States or Europe. Ethical standards do not become optional because the participants are African. African children deserve the same protections”
December 19, 2025 at 3:37 AM
“A randomized trial withholding a proven, life-saving intervention from newborns would not be approved by an institutional review board in the United States or Europe. Ethical standards do not become optional because the participants are African. African children deserve the same protections”
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“Randomizing newborns to no hepatitis B vaccine at birth in order to evaluate “overall health effects” of an intervention whose primary benefit is already known is indefensible. When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation; [it is] premeditated harm”
The planned hepatitis B birth-dose trial in Guinea-Bissau raises serious ethical concerns. Withholding a proven, life-saving vaccine from newborns to answer speculative questions is an absence of equipoise with real downstream harms for trust in vaccines.
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
bktitanji.substack.com/p/how-unethi...
How Unethical Research Seeds Medical Mistrust
The absence of equipoise can turn research into harm
bktitanji.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“Randomizing newborns to no hepatitis B vaccine at birth in order to evaluate “overall health effects” of an intervention whose primary benefit is already known is indefensible. When benefit is established, withholding an intervention is no longer neutral experimentation; [it is] premeditated harm”
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This schedule will mean not only fewer childhood vaccines, but fewer children.
Exclusive: The US Department of Health and Human Services plans to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, source says. https://cnn.it/4qhzOR2
December 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
This schedule will mean not only fewer childhood vaccines, but fewer children.
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“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”
ICE Says U.S. Citizen's Birth Certificate Is Fake After Arresting Her: Attorneys
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“The thing that’s been the most difficult so far is that, in all of our interactions with the government, they’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them.”