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This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
The admin is wasting no crisis... Sec. Kristi Noem said she is suspending the diversity visa lottery program (DV-1) after the Brown University suspect entered the U.S. through it in 2017.
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 AM
This is precisely how fascism works, by grabbing at and taking away a little more freedom whenever events lend themselves to it. Bit by bit you lose your rights, until you turn around and realize the road you're on has been long, and democracy is well behind you over the horizon.
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It is true that few Americans vote on stuff like this but I will say: what they do abroad, they will find ways to do as much of that at home that they can get away with.
The rate of reported death isn’t as skyrocketing high but there are absolutely numerous voters and non voters here who know…
The rate of reported death isn’t as skyrocketing high but there are absolutely numerous voters and non voters here who know…
NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis.
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It is true that few Americans vote on stuff like this but I will say: what they do abroad, they will find ways to do as much of that at home that they can get away with.
The rate of reported death isn’t as skyrocketing high but there are absolutely numerous voters and non voters here who know…
The rate of reported death isn’t as skyrocketing high but there are absolutely numerous voters and non voters here who know…
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This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
December 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
This is horrible. Trump and his crew shut down USAID, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, and they had no idea what they were doing or what would be the consequences. Completely immoral.
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
(From the VF story on Susan Wiles.)
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
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It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It won’t change votes much. But the gutting of USAID might be the most consequential policy of the second Trump administration simply in terms of people who died, who went without food or medicine
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis.
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The Summer of Starvation: Amid Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts, a Mother Struggles to Keep Her Sons Alive
After the Trump administration cut off food from the third-largest refugee camp in the world, thousands of families faced impossible choices as their children starved.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
NEW: Here's the searing tale of one woman's struggle to feed her family after the Trump Administration imposed a man-made food crisis.
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Beautifully written by Brett Murphy & @annamaria.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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In my furious revulsion at what Trump said about Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, I missed that it was Michele who took the flattering cover photo of Trump for his book, The Art of the Deal. Impossibly, this makes his reaction even worse.
December 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
In my furious revulsion at what Trump said about Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, I missed that it was Michele who took the flattering cover photo of Trump for his book, The Art of the Deal. Impossibly, this makes his reaction even worse.
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7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 AM
7 Dems joined House Republicans in voting for a bill that would enable ICE agents to strip search 12-year-olds.
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
Henry Cuellar (TX-28)
Don Davis (NC-01)
Laura Gillen (NY-04)
Jared Golden (ME-02)
Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34)
Adam Gray (CA-13)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03)
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it isn't. hope that helps
America, you have spoken loud and clear: You do not like AI. But what if AI is the way to restart the world’s idea machine?
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
it isn't. hope that helps
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Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character.
December 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Trump's comment about Rob Reiner, a beloved American, really demonstrates the rottenness of his character.
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Look at the lengths that my incredible @propublica.org colleagues @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy went to in order to report this story.
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
December 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Look at the lengths that my incredible @propublica.org colleagues @annamaria.bsky.social and Brett Murphy went to in order to report this story.
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Please take a moment to read what they found about the effect of USAID cuts on the world's most vulnerable people: www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Real reporting:
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
Rubio has repeatedly insisted the govt is restarting life-saving foreign aid.
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
My colleagues found that’s bullshit.
www.propublica.org/article/usai...
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Real reporting:
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
“ProPublica journalists hiked and boated across…the epicenter of South Sudan’s outbreak…to interview families that the U.S. cut off from help. We collected medical files, diaries, meeting notes and photographs documenting cholera’s devastation after essential services stopped.”
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There were Columbine survivors at Virginia Tech in 2007. This has been our reality for 20 years
Absolutely broken violent society, with no accountability for leaders who do not give a f about human life.
December 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
There were Columbine survivors at Virginia Tech in 2007. This has been our reality for 20 years
I hope he survives with no major injury.
The Colts will start QB Philip Rivers on Sunday against the Seahawks, sources tell The Insiders.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
Age 44, out of retirement, after a full week of practice, Rivers is a go.
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I hope he survives with no major injury.
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it is legal (unlike in EU) for the US to sell your digital information to whoever they please, btw. AI firms know they can't easily buy EU citizens information so this is one of their ways around it, since the US government is bought and ran by companies/lobbyists and not actually elected reps
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
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The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
it is legal (unlike in EU) for the US to sell your digital information to whoever they please, btw. AI firms know they can't easily buy EU citizens information so this is one of their ways around it, since the US government is bought and ran by companies/lobbyists and not actually elected reps
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"God-given breast milk!"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
"God-given breast milk!"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
What about "God-given family leave so mothers can actually take time away from work to feed and bond with their babies with pay?"
It helps the refs are missing holding calls!
The difference in Caleb Williams taking sacks vs. avoiding sacks may be the biggest improvement any player made between last year and this year.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
It helps the refs are missing holding calls!
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The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.
Losing India’s Guardian Angels - The American Prospect
USAID funding supported efforts to eradicate tuberculosis in India, one of the country’s deadliest diseases. Now, that money and support is gone.
prospect.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The impact of the destruction of USAID is so wide-ranging. We got a field report from one of the poorest states in India, where foreign aid funded "TB champions" who educate and assist tuberculosis patients. Without their help, advocates expect a 36% increase in cases & 68% rise in deaths from TB.
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The headline I feel like is that all the philanthropic donations from billionaires typically have a shitload of restrictions.
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie Scott’s signature philanthropic style is giving unrestricted gifts—a rarity in the industry. trib.al/DjrurgM
MacKenzie Scott's $19 billion donations have turned philanthropy on its head—why her style of giving actually works | Fortune
The billionaire philanthropist’s giving style is a rarity in the industry.
trib.al
December 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The headline I feel like is that all the philanthropic donations from billionaires typically have a shitload of restrictions.
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
Mackenzie is like “you’re doing work to stop something horrible or to help something good? Cool. Here’s a few hundred million.” and the paper is like “wow… so novel”
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Oh hey I wonder why that “you don’t have to follow an illegal order” video got them so hot and bothered?
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Oh hey I wonder why that “you don’t have to follow an illegal order” video got them so hot and bothered?
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Sarah Beckstrom seems like she was a wonderful person who had a bright future ahead of her. Such a tragedy.
Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
She didn't want to deploy to D.C.
"She hated it. She cried about it."
But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.
May she rest in peace.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Sarah Beckstrom seems like she was a wonderful person who had a bright future ahead of her. Such a tragedy.
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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After working with hundreds of young afghans attempting to rebuild their lives in the US, all I can say is that I'm surprised their suffering hasn't gotten national attention sooner. I know a dozen guys with almost identical stories to Rahmanullah. We've fucked them constantly since summer 2021.
November 28, 2025 at 3:36 AM
After working with hundreds of young afghans attempting to rebuild their lives in the US, all I can say is that I'm surprised their suffering hasn't gotten national attention sooner. I know a dozen guys with almost identical stories to Rahmanullah. We've fucked them constantly since summer 2021.
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Every soldier and former soldier is hurting from this.
One of the two National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House complex, Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, has died, President Donald Trump said.
The second critically wounded National Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life.
The second critically wounded National Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life.
Live updates: National Guard member dies after shooting, Trump says; another is critically wounded
National Guard troops Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe are in critical condition after being shot near the White House, officials said. The suspect was named as Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal.
wapo.st
November 28, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Every soldier and former soldier is hurting from this.
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.