Laura Gale
@lauragale.bsky.social
Recovering journalist
Chicago
Chicago
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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The Epstein Files, everybody!
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The Epstein Files, everybody!
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Incomplete? Try censored.
BREAKING: The DOJ acknowledges to Congress that the Epstein files release is incomplete and expects additional disclosures by end of year.
Justice Department begins releasing long-awaited files tied to Epstein sex trafficking investigation
The Justice Department has started releasing its files on Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender known for his connections to powerful figures, including Donald Trump.
bit.ly
December 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Incomplete? Try censored.
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No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
December 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
No judge. No jury. Just the Secretary of War.
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The first reporter to speak up, interrupt, and call Trump out to his face while he is berating, insulting and personally attacking another female reporter for no reason will be a national hero. You may lose access, but you will be a legend forever. At some point, someone has to.
December 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The first reporter to speak up, interrupt, and call Trump out to his face while he is berating, insulting and personally attacking another female reporter for no reason will be a national hero. You may lose access, but you will be a legend forever. At some point, someone has to.
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The US government is now a mafia organization.
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
The US government is now a mafia organization.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
The insanity gets worse each day.
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests. n.pr/497P6C4
Head Start centers told to avoid 'disability,' 'women' and more in funding requests
New court documents reveal a list of nearly 200 words or phrases the Trump administration told Head Start programs it does not want to see in their funding requests.
n.pr
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The insanity gets worse each day.
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Calibri is “woke” because it was selected in the Biden administration as easier for people with visual impairments to read.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
At least while we are screwing over our allies around the world we will be doing it in an anti-woke font.
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Calibri is “woke” because it was selected in the Biden administration as easier for people with visual impairments to read.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
OH NO
THAT MEANS ITS DEI
We live in the most stupid of times.
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Kavanaugh stops
ICE detain U.S. citizen for looking Somali—use illegal chokehold to tackle him to ground.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
Man repeatedly begs agents to look at his digital passport ID—they refuse.
Drove him 7 miles away before releasing him alone into Minnesota snow storm—told him to "walk home" in freezing weather advisory.
December 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kavanaugh stops
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China was the largest export market for American farmers in 2024. They bought 27 metric tons of soybeans last year. They stopped buying in 2025 when Trump started his trade war. These are simple, obvious, basic facts. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Leavitt: "President Trump convinced President Xi to continue purchasing again American soybeans, which is something China wasn't doing under the last administration because they had no respect for President Biden or the country at the time."
December 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
China was the largest export market for American farmers in 2024. They bought 27 metric tons of soybeans last year. They stopped buying in 2025 when Trump started his trade war. These are simple, obvious, basic facts. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
Happening now: Texas leaders announcing a rollout of a statewide program to put TPUSA chapters in high schools and colleges across the state. Gov. Abbott adds that schools that stand in the way should be reported to the Texas Education Agency.
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Every nazi movement needs a youth wing.
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"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
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A sickening mistake. Once again, RFK is proving he’s more interested in promoting pseudoscience than actually making Americans healthy again.
And it'll be our kids who pay the price.
The CDC must reverse this immediately.
And it'll be our kids who pay the price.
The CDC must reverse this immediately.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s hand-picked vaccine committee voted on Friday to do away with the long-standing, universal recommendation that all babies receive a hepatitis B shot at birth, issuing weaker guidance for certain infants.
Full details: cnb.cx/3XDcyR9
Full details: cnb.cx/3XDcyR9
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A sickening mistake. Once again, RFK is proving he’s more interested in promoting pseudoscience than actually making Americans healthy again.
And it'll be our kids who pay the price.
The CDC must reverse this immediately.
And it'll be our kids who pay the price.
The CDC must reverse this immediately.
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Kristi Noem will serve as the turd in the Christmas punchbowl by attending a holiday event in Chicago, where almost everyone wishes she’d stay the hell away.
DHS Sec. Kristi Noem to attend Chicago’s Christmas Tree Ship Tree dedication ceremony
CHICAGO — United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will be in Chicago on Saturday for a Christmas Tree Dedication Ceremony. On Saturday morning, the United States Coast Guard (USCG)…
wgntv.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Kristi Noem will serve as the turd in the Christmas punchbowl by attending a holiday event in Chicago, where almost everyone wishes she’d stay the hell away.
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George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
George Retes is an American citizen and veteran who was unjustly pepper-sprayed, arrested, and imprisoned for three days by ICE.
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
Yet he won't be intimidated by this lawless administration. He's speaking up and telling his story as part of a new $250k @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social campaign. 👇
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i'd go even further and say there is a reason even nixon kept this kind of stuff to himself. you would have to go back quite a bit to find a point at which is acceptable for a president to say anything like this *in public*, to say nothing of in the oval office.
I don’t want to be pollyannish about the past, but it was basically inconceivable twenty years ago that a president would say this publicly
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Donald Trump spent last night having some bizarre social media fever dream. It’s long past time for the president's mental fitness to be a sustained front-page story. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to talk about Donald Trump’s health (again)
The most consequential topic in the world is the simple question: Is the President mentally fit to serve?
www.doomsdayscenario.co
December 3, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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a good reminder that most of the trash-talking requires at least an MA and possibly a Phd in the Trump Cinematic Universe to even know what on earth they're talking about.
Kash Patel: "If Eric Swalwell wants to come online and talk about what jacket size I wear, I'm hearing to send him a women's medium so him and Fang Fang can go out again."
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 AM
a good reminder that most of the trash-talking requires at least an MA and possibly a Phd in the Trump Cinematic Universe to even know what on earth they're talking about.
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“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
Federal agents engaged in widespread misrepresentations to justify use of force: Judge
The ABC7 I-Team is taking a closer look at a trove of videos ordered released by a federal judge in her explanation of the preliminary injunction she issued earlier this month restricting use of force...
abc7chicago.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
“In nearly all of the examples Judge Ellis cited in her 200-plus page opinion, she says the Department of Homeland Security narrative contradicts the reality of what can be seen on agents' body-worn cameras.”
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
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This is journalism malpractice across the board ⤵️ It’s stenography, not journalism to write headlines based on info from the truth- challenged Trump Admin with no fact checks or context. They can say whatever the hell they want & headline writers blast it out as if it’s legit. Come on.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is journalism malpractice across the board ⤵️ It’s stenography, not journalism to write headlines based on info from the truth- challenged Trump Admin with no fact checks or context. They can say whatever the hell they want & headline writers blast it out as if it’s legit. Come on.
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A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A Maine woman retired early to be a caregiver for her terminally ill mother.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
Now she’s facing cancer herself, and because ACA subsidies won’t be extended, she is losing her healthcare.
Her costs are going up for $49,000 a year.
This isn’t healthcare, it’s eugenics.
Medicare for all.
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Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
November 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
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A federal agent is caught using ChatGPT to write an incident report. Plus three more examples of DHS lying about what happened during ICE interactions with protestors in Chicago. Read this from local TV news station @abc7chicago.bsky.social:
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
November 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
A federal agent is caught using ChatGPT to write an incident report. Plus three more examples of DHS lying about what happened during ICE interactions with protestors in Chicago. Read this from local TV news station @abc7chicago.bsky.social:
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...
abc7chicago.com/post/ice-chi...