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"A second agent then joins them and appears to help restrain him, who can be heard repeating 'I’m a citizen' and screaming. Several people then come into the hallway from outside and begin filming the interaction and whistling before the agents pull him outside..."
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This US citizen went on his lunch break and ended up in a chokehold by a masked federal agent and detained, video shows | CNN
Mubashir had just stepped outside into the snowy Minneapolis winter weather to take his lunch break when he says he saw a masked federal officer running toward him “at full speed.”
www.cnn.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
"A second agent then joins them and appears to help restrain him, who can be heard repeating 'I’m a citizen' and screaming. Several people then come into the hallway from outside and begin filming the interaction and whistling before the agents pull him outside..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/13/u...
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"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of health care jobs
Strains on the Veterans Affairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled health care positions, including doctors and nurses.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
"The Trump Administration plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35,000 health care positions at the Dept of Veterans Affairs this month...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
"The cuts come after a reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30,000 V.A. employees this year..."
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Let food aid in, in massive quantities. Full stop. It is the very bare minimum of what we need to do.
More than 2 million people in Gaza — including some 1 million children — face desperate and worsening hunger.
Doctors and nutrition experts say the children who survive the lack of nourishment are often face a lifetime of health woes.
Doctors and nutrition experts say the children who survive the lack of nourishment are often face a lifetime of health woes.
Gazans are starving. Here’s what lack of food does to the human body.
Children suffering under severe food shortages can face lifelong consequences.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Let food aid in, in massive quantities. Full stop. It is the very bare minimum of what we need to do.
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Wonder why ICE workers are so horrible? Whistleblowers who speak out about illegal actions and inhumane conditions are being fired, then replaced with Trump loyalists who won’t ask questions. ICE leadership has seen over a dozen top-level resignations and firings since Trump took office,
June 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Wonder why ICE workers are so horrible? Whistleblowers who speak out about illegal actions and inhumane conditions are being fired, then replaced with Trump loyalists who won’t ask questions. ICE leadership has seen over a dozen top-level resignations and firings since Trump took office,
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The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an emergency meeting that the escalating conflict in Iran “risks collapsing the global nuclear nonproliferation regime” and that if diplomacy is not pursued, “violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels.”
read @mollytaft.com:
read @mollytaft.com:
International Nuclear Watchdog Issues Stark Warning in Wake of US Iran Strikes
“Violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels” if diplomacy is not pursued, said the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
www.wired.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said in an emergency meeting that the escalating conflict in Iran “risks collapsing the global nuclear nonproliferation regime” and that if diplomacy is not pursued, “violence and destruction could reach unimaginable levels.”
read @mollytaft.com:
read @mollytaft.com:
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We are currently in a war being run by reality TV personality Commander-in-Chief and his TV talk show chatterbox Secretary of Defense.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
June 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We are currently in a war being run by reality TV personality Commander-in-Chief and his TV talk show chatterbox Secretary of Defense.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
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the deadpool-themed vinyl-wrapped russian porsche with guns is gonna be a nice touch for this chapter in US presidential history:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Shady Financial Past of a Major Trump Crypto Investor
Andrei Grachev, an early booster of a Trump crypto offering, has cycled through several alleged investment scams and was convicted on fraud charges in Russia.
www.thenation.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:35 PM
the deadpool-themed vinyl-wrapped russian porsche with guns is gonna be a nice touch for this chapter in US presidential history:
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Since publication, Hannity has deleted the IG post Dave mentions in this story, which also has great stuff on the falling in line + pressure points in the MAGA regime change discourse www.wired.com/story/donald...
June 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Since publication, Hannity has deleted the IG post Dave mentions in this story, which also has great stuff on the falling in line + pressure points in the MAGA regime change discourse www.wired.com/story/donald...
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Minutes after we published this article, Sean Hannity removed a video from his Instagram account that falsely claimed to show an explosion at the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran.
The post had been up since Saturday night and viewed over 5 million times
www.wired.com/story/donald...
The post had been up since Saturday night and viewed over 5 million times
www.wired.com/story/donald...
Donald Trump and Sean Hannity Set Off a Wave of Disinformation After Iran Bombing
Trumpworld has been trying to spin the US military’s bombing of Iran as a complete and total victory, even as independent experts and MAGA loyalists object.
www.wired.com
June 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Minutes after we published this article, Sean Hannity removed a video from his Instagram account that falsely claimed to show an explosion at the Fordow nuclear facility in Iran.
The post had been up since Saturday night and viewed over 5 million times
www.wired.com/story/donald...
The post had been up since Saturday night and viewed over 5 million times
www.wired.com/story/donald...
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If you are kidnapping your citizens with no due process to take away their freedom and trying to silence media, law firms, and universities for exercising free speech, you don't get to call yourself "Leader of the Free World."
June 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
If you are kidnapping your citizens with no due process to take away their freedom and trying to silence media, law firms, and universities for exercising free speech, you don't get to call yourself "Leader of the Free World."
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Congress, you up?
June 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Congress, you up?
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🚨 BREAKING: Iranian Retaliation Underway 🚨
Here’s what we know so far:
- Iran has launched “Operation Glad Tidings of Victory” targeting U.S. forces.
- At least 6 missiles fired at U.S. bases in Qatar.
- Explosions heard over Doha, possibly intercepted.
- U.S. jets scrambling over Saudi Arabia.
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Here’s what we know so far:
- Iran has launched “Operation Glad Tidings of Victory” targeting U.S. forces.
- At least 6 missiles fired at U.S. bases in Qatar.
- Explosions heard over Doha, possibly intercepted.
- U.S. jets scrambling over Saudi Arabia.
1/
June 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🚨 BREAKING: Iranian Retaliation Underway 🚨
Here’s what we know so far:
- Iran has launched “Operation Glad Tidings of Victory” targeting U.S. forces.
- At least 6 missiles fired at U.S. bases in Qatar.
- Explosions heard over Doha, possibly intercepted.
- U.S. jets scrambling over Saudi Arabia.
1/
Here’s what we know so far:
- Iran has launched “Operation Glad Tidings of Victory” targeting U.S. forces.
- At least 6 missiles fired at U.S. bases in Qatar.
- Explosions heard over Doha, possibly intercepted.
- U.S. jets scrambling over Saudi Arabia.
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I wrote about this for my newsletter today: some useful lessons from 18th-century impressment crises on why and how to resist state kidnapping in the 21st century
buttondown.com/hsnowcontact...
buttondown.com/hsnowcontact...
April 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
I wrote about this for my newsletter today: some useful lessons from 18th-century impressment crises on why and how to resist state kidnapping in the 21st century
buttondown.com/hsnowcontact...
buttondown.com/hsnowcontact...
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Trump defies SCOTUS in a heinous meeting with Bukele. Trump stays silent on Putin's latest attack. Bernie & AOC draw huge crowds on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. And much more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!
LIVE: MeidasTouch RESPONDS to MAJOR Breaking News - 4/14/25
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Trump defies SCOTUS in a heinous meeting with Bukele. Trump stays silent on Putin's latest attack. Bernie & AOC draw huge crowds on the “Fighting Oligarchy” tour. And much more. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast live at 8p ET/5p PT!
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My latest at substack: How to tell if your country is going all "black boot on face" on you ... open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
The Daily Reid: fascism, deportation, and the politics of Black rest
How to tell if your country is going all "black boot on face" on you...
open.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
My latest at substack: How to tell if your country is going all "black boot on face" on you ... open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...
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First time we’ve seen this in any poll in a long time.
👀🚨JICYMI: New Quinnipiac Poll: More Americans now disapprove of Trump on immigration by 50% to 45% (including 51% independents)
MAJORITY of Americans now disapprove of Trump on deportations by 53% to 42% poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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MAJORITY of Americans now disapprove of Trump on deportations by 53% to 42% poll.qu.edu/poll-release...
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April 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
First time we’ve seen this in any poll in a long time.
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Amazing how many highly educated people don’t know this part of the prehistory of the Holocaust.
Hadn’t known about (or had known and forgotten about) the Nazi’s mass deportation of Polish Jews in 1938.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_ex...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_ex...
en.wikipedia.org
April 15, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Amazing how many highly educated people don’t know this part of the prehistory of the Holocaust.
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They bought votes and still lost.
April 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
They bought votes and still lost.
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I love Cory, he's a good guy.. I got a solution for the medicaid thing,Medicare for all...
Now, can we move on to the disappeared people.
I need to recruit this guy 😂
www.youtube.com/live/HlOFosp...
Now, can we move on to the disappeared people.
I need to recruit this guy 😂
www.youtube.com/live/HlOFosp...
🚨HAPPENING NOW: CORY BOOKER SPEAKING AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO PROTEST TRUMP
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
www.youtube.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I love Cory, he's a good guy.. I got a solution for the medicaid thing,Medicare for all...
Now, can we move on to the disappeared people.
I need to recruit this guy 😂
www.youtube.com/live/HlOFosp...
Now, can we move on to the disappeared people.
I need to recruit this guy 😂
www.youtube.com/live/HlOFosp...
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This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
April 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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In all of the big news today, don't overlook today's PA voting rights victory. This would have resulted in 10,000 more votes being counted in 2022 and 5,000 in 2024.
Republicans have fought us at every turn to throw out these votes. But today we won for our clients--DSCC and DCCC--and PA voters.
Republicans have fought us at every turn to throw out these votes. But today we won for our clients--DSCC and DCCC--and PA voters.
Pennsylvania Must Count Undated Mail-In Ballots, Federal Court Rules
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:04 AM
In all of the big news today, don't overlook today's PA voting rights victory. This would have resulted in 10,000 more votes being counted in 2022 and 5,000 in 2024.
Republicans have fought us at every turn to throw out these votes. But today we won for our clients--DSCC and DCCC--and PA voters.
Republicans have fought us at every turn to throw out these votes. But today we won for our clients--DSCC and DCCC--and PA voters.
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SEN. BOOKER KICKS OFF LENGTHY FILIBUSTER TO PROTEST TRUMP REGIME
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
April 1, 2025 at 1:48 AM
SEN. BOOKER KICKS OFF LENGTHY FILIBUSTER TO PROTEST TRUMP REGIME
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
“I rise tonight with the intention of disrupting the normal business of the United States Senate for as long as I am physically able…1/
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BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 2:25 AM
BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com
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You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.
March 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
You might not see it in the mainstream media, but over 10,000 people protested today at Tesla showrooms across the country, another 10,000+ rallied in support of national parks, and more than 1,000 gathered in Vermont to protest Vance’s visit.