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Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.
SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
October 5, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Harmeet Dhillon (DOJ) publicly targeted this judge on Twitter a couple weeks ago.
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The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The National Archives under the Trump administration released @mikiesherrill.bsky.social full, unredacted Navy personnel file to Jack Ciattarelli's campaign.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
This is an unprecedented and illegal weaponization of the National Archives and private, personal records to attack a political opponent.
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I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt .
Alt: a woman in a blue shirt is looking at a man in a pink shirt , scene from Notting Hill
media.tenor.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I’m just a girl, who did a spinal tap on a preschooler last week, asking you to fire RFK Jr.
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P.S. This is NOT the time for your deepest levels of humanity and kindness. You'd better find a way to shift that to the background until the context calls for it. Something far more gritty and tenacious had better be top of mind. The failure to do so will represent one of our greatest liabilities.
August 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
P.S. This is NOT the time for your deepest levels of humanity and kindness. You'd better find a way to shift that to the background until the context calls for it. Something far more gritty and tenacious had better be top of mind. The failure to do so will represent one of our greatest liabilities.
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Trump deploying National Guardsmen in DC exposes one of his big lies about January 6th.
Kash Patel falsely claimed for years that the Democrats failed to take Trump up on his offer to deploy the Guard on Jan. 6.
But Trump could have deployed the DC Guard himself and didn’t. Now he does.
Kash Patel falsely claimed for years that the Democrats failed to take Trump up on his offer to deploy the Guard on Jan. 6.
But Trump could have deployed the DC Guard himself and didn’t. Now he does.
August 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Trump deploying National Guardsmen in DC exposes one of his big lies about January 6th.
Kash Patel falsely claimed for years that the Democrats failed to take Trump up on his offer to deploy the Guard on Jan. 6.
But Trump could have deployed the DC Guard himself and didn’t. Now he does.
Kash Patel falsely claimed for years that the Democrats failed to take Trump up on his offer to deploy the Guard on Jan. 6.
But Trump could have deployed the DC Guard himself and didn’t. Now he does.
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The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
Breaking News: President Trump said he was taking control of the police in Washington, D.C., and deploying 800 National Guard troops there in response to “out of control” crime — even though violent crime in the city has fallen. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/3H9yVcu
August 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you’re overreacting.
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It was explained over and over again that Trump getting info office would make things so much worse for Palestinians. But some folks didn’t want to listen.
NBC reports that the Trump administration is working on a plan to actively participate in the ethnic cleansing of one million Palestinians from Gaza by forcefully transferring them to Libya in exchange for billions of dollars.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
May 17, 2025 at 12:03 AM
It was explained over and over again that Trump getting info office would make things so much worse for Palestinians. But some folks didn’t want to listen.
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The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
April 3, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The purpose of these tariffs is to be able to lift them to those who bow down to him and sacrifice their dignity. That is what he did to the GOP, the billionaires, and is doing now to Big Law. Those who stand up will be punished, those who bend a knee and humiliate themselves will be rewarded.
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
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March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
Trump's first month showed $36 billion more in spending than last year
This February's monthly statement showed federal payments that were $36 billion higher than last February's.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
New data from the US Treasury reveals that federal spending was $603 billion in February, which is $36 billion HIGHER than February last year under Biden.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
This suggests that DOGE has done nothing to cut spending.
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I'm just a small-town professor. I'll never be a provost or chancellor. But here's some free advice: we're about to hold the most watched college sports event in 🇺🇸. Every college president should be all over TV, at every game, explaining why the March Madness of federal budget cuts is a huge crisis.
👇🎯 The public isn't going to understand this, unless the presidents of R1 universities around the country <loudly> & <collectively> get out into the public square & start explaining this & calling out the existential threat to the entire 🇺🇸 university system. The silence is deafening right now.
The public really needs to understand this. Every university system in the world rests on public funding, there has never been an alternative model at any time in history.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
We have universities for literally the same reason that we have roads and armies.
March 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I'm just a small-town professor. I'll never be a provost or chancellor. But here's some free advice: we're about to hold the most watched college sports event in 🇺🇸. Every college president should be all over TV, at every game, explaining why the March Madness of federal budget cuts is a huge crisis.
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CNN is going to lose its single best anchor because it needs to show obedience to Trump. Shameful.
January 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
CNN is going to lose its single best anchor because it needs to show obedience to Trump. Shameful.
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So his Susan Smith like lie fell apart quicker than hers did. Young people look her up. The alleged assailant remains the same always. When they do a (Jussie smollet) it’s never front page news. Then again Susan Smith was front page news because of what she did was horrific
January 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
So his Susan Smith like lie fell apart quicker than hers did. Young people look her up. The alleged assailant remains the same always. When they do a (Jussie smollet) it’s never front page news. Then again Susan Smith was front page news because of what she did was horrific
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Despite patriarchy's persistence, growing numbers of men believe they have it worse off than women. And, new research shows this "male victimhood" ideology is most common among men who aren't facing hardship. Which means what they're really feeling is status loss. 1/
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men
Research published in Sex Roles suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is driven more by perceived socioeconomic status decline rather than objective economic hardship.
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January 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Despite patriarchy's persistence, growing numbers of men believe they have it worse off than women. And, new research shows this "male victimhood" ideology is most common among men who aren't facing hardship. Which means what they're really feeling is status loss. 1/
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
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This is wtf I'll be doing, w/ the addition of amplifying the voices of Black folks I know. My opinion is superfluous to requirements tomorrow.
We, white people obviously JUST proved we don't understand a Damn thing the man said so, we should really stfu. Seriously.
We, white people obviously JUST proved we don't understand a Damn thing the man said so, we should really stfu. Seriously.
I’m taking off work on Monday and I’ll be spending my time exercising my right to keep any and all white opinions about MLK’s message to my damn self.
Please join me in this, my fellow crackers.
Please join me in this, my fellow crackers.
January 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is wtf I'll be doing, w/ the addition of amplifying the voices of Black folks I know. My opinion is superfluous to requirements tomorrow.
We, white people obviously JUST proved we don't understand a Damn thing the man said so, we should really stfu. Seriously.
We, white people obviously JUST proved we don't understand a Damn thing the man said so, we should really stfu. Seriously.
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I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
January 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
I am a former incarcerated firefighter. I served in a California fire camp from 2009 to 2012.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
Misinformation is afire on the internet, so here are facts about the prison firefighter program, all in one place.
A thread.
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GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
January 14, 2025 at 6:53 PM
GOP members complaining about reduction of military standards while using a chart that misspells the word military!
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This is a very serious topic. But I can't help but notice that the NY Times did not mention the most obvious thing many legacy media outlets and journalists are doing -- obeying in advance and shaping their coverage to be less antagonistic to Trump.
January 14, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This is a very serious topic. But I can't help but notice that the NY Times did not mention the most obvious thing many legacy media outlets and journalists are doing -- obeying in advance and shaping their coverage to be less antagonistic to Trump.
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Another knee bent. Shameful.
SCOOP: Apple CEO Tim Cook will personally donate $1 million to Trump's inaugural committee.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
He believes the inauguration is a great American tradition and is donating to the inauguration in the spirit of unity.
Scoop: Apple CEO Tim Cook donates $1 million to Trump inauguration
Cook joins other top CEOs and companies in making a seven-figure pledge.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Another knee bent. Shameful.
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Strong words from @startribune.com columnist Karen Tolkkinen about deportations expected under Trump www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-we...
January 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Strong words from @startribune.com columnist Karen Tolkkinen about deportations expected under Trump www.startribune.com/tolkkinen-we...
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Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor.
Party of Family Values, am I right?
Party of Family Values, am I right?
December 23, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Congratulations to Mike Johnson for trying to pressure the House Ethics Committee into burying a report that found the then-nominee for attorney general had engaged in sexual activity with a minor.
Party of Family Values, am I right?
Party of Family Values, am I right?
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THIS is how it’s done, folks.
December 14, 2024 at 1:49 PM
THIS is how it’s done, folks.
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Every single local news org needs to look at this and realize they could be helping make this kind of change in their communities if they seize this moment.
North Carolina’s Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people — less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patients’ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.
'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years
The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 wiped away by Atrium Health after an NBC News report.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 3:54 AM
Every single local news org needs to look at this and realize they could be helping make this kind of change in their communities if they seize this moment.