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Corporations are NOT people.
Money is NOT speech.
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I'm listening to The John Fugelsang Podcast | Special Weekend Interview: Jared Sexton Yates www.podbean.com/ea/dir-96hpp...
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Special Weekend Interview: Jared Sexton Yates
Democratic Strategist Max Burns interviews author and political commentator - Jared Sexton Yates.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/priv...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I'm listening to The John Fugelsang Podcast | Special Weekend Interview: Jared Sexton Yates www.podbean.com/ea/dir-96hpp...
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
Opinion | A Right-Wing Playbook to Weaken Colleges from Within
When students are treated like customers, they can demand educators grade accordingly.
nyti.ms
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
“While there have certainly been incidents where liberal students have behaved like angry customers trying to demand a specific experience, conservatives have a well-oiled machine of outside groups helping them to weaponize their complaints,” Jessica Grose writes.
"Always stupid & nasty", djt to a reporter who asked abt the sky-rocketing cost, $100 million, of the Epstein Ballroom.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267437...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267437...
‘Always stupid and nasty!’ Trump snaps at CNN host when pressed on rising ballroom costs
President Donald Trump snapped at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Saturday morning over being asked about the price tag of his White House ballroom, the cost of which has increased by at least $100 million sinc...
www.rawstory.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 PM
"Always stupid & nasty", djt to a reporter who asked abt the sky-rocketing cost, $100 million, of the Epstein Ballroom.
www.rawstory.com/trump-267437...
www.rawstory.com/trump-267437...
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President Donald Trump snapped at CNN's Kaitlan Collins Saturday morning over being asked about the price tag of his White House ballroom, the cost of which has increased by at least $100 million since first announced.
‘Always stupid and nasty!’ Trump snaps at CNN host when pressed on rising ballroom costs
President Donald Trump snapped at CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Saturday morning over being asked about the price tag of his White House ballroom, the cost of which has increased by at least $100 million since first announced.“Caitlin Collin’s of Fake News CNN, always Stupid and Nasty, asked me why the new ...
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
President Donald Trump snapped at CNN's Kaitlan Collins Saturday morning over being asked about the price tag of his White House ballroom, the cost of which has increased by at least $100 million since first announced.
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Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
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Awesome read www.wewillfreeus.org/abolition-no...
Abolition, Not Fines for Fascism
Portlanders have repeatedly shown up to City Hall with one message: We refuse to negotiate the terms of our own oppression. People weren’t there for symbolic accountability, or for another round of po...
www.wewillfreeus.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Awesome read www.wewillfreeus.org/abolition-no...
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
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Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
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Federal judges in Virginia are striking Lindsey Halligan's name from legal filings, calling the inclusion "unacceptable," according to CNN. This follows Democracy Docket's reporting that the DOJ still claims Halligan is a U.S. attorney despite a court disqualifying her last month.
Background:
Background:
Despite Disqualifications, Trump Appointees Still Claim to Be Top Federal Prosecutors
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Federal judges in Virginia are striking Lindsey Halligan's name from legal filings, calling the inclusion "unacceptable," according to CNN. This follows Democracy Docket's reporting that the DOJ still claims Halligan is a U.S. attorney despite a court disqualifying her last month.
Background:
Background:
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Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.
Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.
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The Times accuses Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of violating its constitutional rights with a press policy that, the paper says, deprives the public of access to critical national security information. n.pr/4oyViHW
'New York Times' sues Pentagon over media restrictions
The Times accuses Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of violating its constitutional rights with a press policy that, the paper says, deprives the public of access to critical national security information.
n.pr
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Times accuses Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth of violating its constitutional rights with a press policy that, the paper says, deprives the public of access to critical national security information. n.pr/4oyViHW
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...
DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.
www.wired.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED. www.wired.com/story/what-i...
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In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
He Vowed to “Protect the Unborn.” Now He’s Blocking a Bill to Expand Medicaid for Wisconsin’s New Moms.
Splitting with anti-abortion members of his own party, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos has refused to join 48 other states in ensuring that vulnerable women have access to potentially lifesaving ...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:35 AM
In 48 other states, new moms have access to Medicaid for up to one year after they give birth. Not in Wisconsin.
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
There, the limit remains two months. And it’s only because of one man: Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
By @megomatz.bsky.social
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Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
Ilhan Omar denounces Donald Trump for calling Somali immigrants ‘garbage’
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
bit.ly
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Congresswoman Omar calls Trump's comments about her 'creepy' after the US president launches into an anti-Somali tirade.
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BREAKING: The DOJ sued six more states to force them to hand over unredacted voter rolls with the information of millions of voters.
Fourteen states have now been sued by the DOJ over their voter rolls. No case has yet succeeded.
Fourteen states have now been sued by the DOJ over their voter rolls. No case has yet succeeded.
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
BREAKING: The DOJ sued six more states to force them to hand over unredacted voter rolls with the information of millions of voters.
Fourteen states have now been sued by the DOJ over their voter rolls. No case has yet succeeded.
Fourteen states have now been sued by the DOJ over their voter rolls. No case has yet succeeded.
I'm sure there's a pyramid scheme here somewhere....
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Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25B to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children
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December 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'm sure there's a pyramid scheme here somewhere....
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
Federal authorities plan operation in Minnesota focusing on Somali immigrants, AP source says
Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S.
bit.ly
December 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Officials prepare immigration operation in Minnesota that would focus on Somali immigrants, source tells AP, as Trump says he doesn't want Somalis in U.S.
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. in salem.
Air force is here.
Air force is here.
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
. in salem.
Air force is here.
Air force is here.
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Answering all essay questions and papers with "because bible" is the new easy 'A'.
A transgender instructor at the University of Oklahoma has been placed on administrative leave after giving a student a zero on an psychology essay that asserted gender roles were biblically ordained and called gender nonconfirmity “demonic." https://bit.ly/4rvZuuu
December 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Answering all essay questions and papers with "because bible" is the new easy 'A'.
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“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
Sabrina Carpenter Slams White House For Using Her Song In ‘Evil’ Video About Deportations
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
www.forbes.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda,” Carpenter said in a post on X.
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Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
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“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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"We’re terrified that if she remains in an environment that is so hateful that she might follow the path of so many trans people and spiral into depression and self-harm. So we’re going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
Here's how families are fighting to survive Trump’s war on trans kids.
Here's how families are fighting to survive Trump’s war on trans kids.
"We're going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe"
How families are fighting to survive Trump's war on transgender kids
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
"We’re terrified that if she remains in an environment that is so hateful that she might follow the path of so many trans people and spiral into depression and self-harm. So we’re going to do whatever it takes to keep her safe."
Here's how families are fighting to survive Trump’s war on trans kids.
Here's how families are fighting to survive Trump’s war on trans kids.