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I'm sorry, what?
Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...
ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts
Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.
www.bleedingheartland.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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New: "Turning Point USA Raised $389 Million Under Charlie Kirk—Including $13.1 Million From A Texas Foundation Overlooked Until Now"

me, for @forbes.com
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA Raised $389 Million—Including $13.1 Million From This Texas Foundation
IRS filings show the Wayne Duddlesten Foundation was Turning Point USA’s largest direct donor, surpassing contributions from foundations linked to billionaires like Bernie Marcus, Charles Johnson and ...
www.forbes.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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State support to get through a bout of severe market activity? But I was assured Argentina’s sharp reductions in government would quickly and decisively cause an economic boom, one so impressive that it’d be a model for everyone else.

Could that have been wrong? Is it possible experts had a point?
Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4
September 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Breaking news: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said 'all options' are on the table for the Trump administration to support Argentina through a bout of severe market volatility on.ft.com/3W5D9W4
September 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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New: The Trump family is now worth an estimated $10 billion, having nearly doubled its net worth since last year’s election.

@danalexander21.bsky.social, @kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here's How Much The Trump Family Is Worth
President Trump just had the most lucrative year of his life. But percentage-wise, his three sons—Don Jr., Eric and Barron—did even better.
www.forbes.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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MAMDANI: “.. we must use every tool at our disposal to send a message to Washington and corporate powers alike: our freedom to speech is not a bargaining chip.”

@variety.com $DIS
variety.com/2025/tv/news...
September 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.

That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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NEW: Air Force jets are doing ICE flights to Africa with transponders turned off, making them nearly un-trackable.

This includes the third-country removal to Ghana and another secret flight. We figured out where it landed.

From me for @rollingstone.com:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
ICE Is Deporting People to Africa on Nearly Un-Trackable Military Flights
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is deporting people to African countries like Ghana on military flights that are nearly un-trackable.
www.rollingstone.com
September 21, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/19/t...
At Broadview ICE facility, federal agents hurl tear gas and pepper spray at protesters blocking vans
Federal agents hurled tear gas and pepper spray into a crowd of about 100 protesters who attempted to block vans from entering and exiting a U.S. Immigration and Customs holding facility in Broadvi…
www.chicagotribune.com
September 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Biggest story in the world, told in the mainstream press perfectly well:

AP/PBS headline: TRUMP'S MOVES AGAINST MEDIA OUTLETS MIRROR AUTHORITARIAN APPROACHES TO SILENCING DISSENT

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Trump's moves against media outlets mirror authoritarian approaches to silencing dissent
Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has waged an aggressive campaign against the media unlike any in modern U.S. history, making moves similar to those of authoritarian leaders that...
www.pbs.org
September 19, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Stephen Colbert: “Tonight we’re all Jimmy Kimmel…. With an autocrat, you can’t give an inch. If ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully naive, and clearly they've never read The Children's Book If You Give a Mouse A Kimmel.”
September 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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Headlines on the Bloomberg Terminal from Air Force One:

*TRUMP: TV LICENSES SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY IF BAD PUBLICITY FOR ME
*TRUMP: IF TV SHOWS 'HIT TRUMP' SHOULD BE DISCUSSED ON LICENSES
*TRUMP ON TV SHOWS CRITICIZING HIM: THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO
September 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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it’s nice to see they aren’t pretending it’s anything other than blatant government censorship i suppose
September 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship
Yes, Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension was government censorship
Brendan Carr’s contempt for the First Amendment is going strong.
buff.ly
September 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr says Sinclair has "every right" to demand that Jimmy Kimmel to donate to Turning Point USA
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Trump now calls for the firing of Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers.
September 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say.

This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand.

All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.
September 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Benny Johnson, who had FCC Chairman Brandon Carr on his show earlier today, says “we did it for you, Charlie. And we’re just getting started…”
September 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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From April: The FCC has been converted from a media and telecom watchdog into a bizarre, rights-trampling grievance machine built for one purpose: to coddle and protect the ego of President Donald J. Trump.

Read more from @karlbode.com: www.theverge.com/tech/656653/...
September 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Breaking: Jimmy Kimmel is the latest late-night host to be pulled from a major network after the comedian made remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, amid pressure from Donald Trump’s administration.

Details: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
September 17, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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he was a champion of free speech and if you disagree youre under arrest
September 12, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Stephen Miller: "The last message that Charlie Kirk gave to me before he joined his creator in heaven was he said that we have to dismantle and take on the radical left organizations in this country that are fomenting violence. That was the last message that he sent me ... we are gonna do that."
September 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM