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Judge April Parry stated in her ruling that the deployment would “only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started.” Time to go back home to Texas!
Judge temporarily blocks National Guard deployment in Chicago, saying it violates Constitution
A federal judge granted a request to temporarily block a National Guard deployment in Chicago, saying the move violates the U.S. Constitution.
www.nbcchicago.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Judge April Parry stated in her ruling that the deployment would “only add fuel to the fire that the defendants themselves have started.” Time to go back home to Texas!
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A win! A federal judge has granted Chicago and the State of Illinois a restraining order against the Trump administration, blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois.
October 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A win! A federal judge has granted Chicago and the State of Illinois a restraining order against the Trump administration, blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois.
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Congratulations Maria Corina Machado!
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
I’m just glad it went to someone standing up for democracy instead of tearing it apart!
I’m just glad it went to someone standing up for democracy instead of tearing it apart!
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Congratulations Maria Corina Machado!
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Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Why the delay?
Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
October 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Trump is using our tax dollars to buy Argentine pesos to bail out the country's failing libertarian economy.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
My friend Rohit Chopra explains how this will hurt struggling Americans here at home.
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Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
The Secret Behind High Gas Prices
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Trump has hired over 100 fossil fuel insiders to staff his administration and advance the industry's agenda.
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
Is it any wonder why his Big Ugly Bill contains more than $40B in new subsidies and tax breaks for Big Oil?
June 11, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
June 11, 2025
While President Donald Trump is trying to project strength by ordering a federalized National Guard and the Marines into Los Angeles, a new Quinnipiac poll of American registered voters out today rein...
open.substack.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
June 11, 2025
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
February 26, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Complete batshit lunacy on the president's Truth Social account. Yes, he really posted this.
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Fascists!
It starts. This is absolutely disgusting, as are the ones sitting there silently. I hope she sues the shit out of the city for assault, and for violating her 1st Amendment rights. He called her a little girl?! She is Dr. Teresa Borrenpohl, and she is a damn hero! Freaking pigs.
youtu.be/D76YwM9eg8E
youtu.be/D76YwM9eg8E
Town Hall, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Feb 2025.
YouTube video by JustAnotherJen
youtu.be
February 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Fascists!
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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“The reason we face the worst is because it helps us imagine the best.” What a fantastic, hopeful read. Treat yourself to this, and then spread it around.
I wrote about the worst people in the world, charting the depths of their depravity and vastness of their incompetence, and offered some thoughts about the opportunity presented by their failure to acknowledge reality and their refusal to access any form of human virtue.
www.the-reframe.com/the/
www.the-reframe.com/the/
The Worst and the Dimmest
It's not a coincidence that we're being led by the least qualified monsters available; it's a deliberate strategy. Facing the Worst - a series about directional alignment.
www.the-reframe.com
February 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“The reason we face the worst is because it helps us imagine the best.” What a fantastic, hopeful read. Treat yourself to this, and then spread it around.
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If you’re looking for mapping and navigation alternatives.
HERE WeGo – developed by a consortium including German automakers (Audi, BMW, and Mercedes). It offers reliable navigation, offline maps, and public transit information.
Highly recommend deleting Google & Apple Maps. Sorry, Mapquest.
HERE WeGo – developed by a consortium including German automakers (Audi, BMW, and Mercedes). It offers reliable navigation, offline maps, and public transit information.
Highly recommend deleting Google & Apple Maps. Sorry, Mapquest.
February 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you’re looking for mapping and navigation alternatives.
HERE WeGo – developed by a consortium including German automakers (Audi, BMW, and Mercedes). It offers reliable navigation, offline maps, and public transit information.
Highly recommend deleting Google & Apple Maps. Sorry, Mapquest.
HERE WeGo – developed by a consortium including German automakers (Audi, BMW, and Mercedes). It offers reliable navigation, offline maps, and public transit information.
Highly recommend deleting Google & Apple Maps. Sorry, Mapquest.
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Thought I've had the last couple days about all of this stuff the DOGE twirps have been doing to all the government agencies: as reckless, cruel and downright stupid as their removal of code has been, I'm worried about what they could add.
Backdoors, ransomware, deadman switches. Heinous shit.
Backdoors, ransomware, deadman switches. Heinous shit.
February 15, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thought I've had the last couple days about all of this stuff the DOGE twirps have been doing to all the government agencies: as reckless, cruel and downright stupid as their removal of code has been, I'm worried about what they could add.
Backdoors, ransomware, deadman switches. Heinous shit.
Backdoors, ransomware, deadman switches. Heinous shit.
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Trump has always been a Hollywood guy (from Waterloo, 1970, Sergei Bondarchuk dir.)
February 15, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump has always been a Hollywood guy (from Waterloo, 1970, Sergei Bondarchuk dir.)
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I double-dare you!
February 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I double-dare you!
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In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, marking the legal end to Jim Crow in the USA. Its Title VI banned discrimination by race among any institution that receives Federal funds.
On Friday, the Acting head of the Ed Dept sent out this letter to all 50 states:
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
On Friday, the Acting head of the Ed Dept sent out this letter to all 50 states:
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
www.ed.gov
February 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was passed, marking the legal end to Jim Crow in the USA. Its Title VI banned discrimination by race among any institution that receives Federal funds.
On Friday, the Acting head of the Ed Dept sent out this letter to all 50 states:
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
On Friday, the Acting head of the Ed Dept sent out this letter to all 50 states:
www.ed.gov/media/docume...
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This is so cool to be able to watch this moment in history.
⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
February 9, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This is so cool to be able to watch this moment in history.
Yesterday, Leavitt claimed that the Trump admin. tried to stop all foreign aid because Biden supposedly sent $50 million of condoms to Gaza and that the administration was just focusing on being “good stewards of tax dollars.” The story is simply false. The condoms went to Africa to prevent AIDS
January 30, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Yesterday, Leavitt claimed that the Trump admin. tried to stop all foreign aid because Biden supposedly sent $50 million of condoms to Gaza and that the administration was just focusing on being “good stewards of tax dollars.” The story is simply false. The condoms went to Africa to prevent AIDS
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yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
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Reality check... www.npr.org/2025/01/05/n...
As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'
A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?"
www.npr.org
January 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Reality check... www.npr.org/2025/01/05/n...