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Lil Hughes Knipp
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Artist, activist, political loudmouth, Dem to my dying day
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Narrator: "That language was racism..."
Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me!" she cries. "Why are you doing this to me?"

Woman was dragged out of car, tackled to ground & handcuffed.
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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THREAD 👇
1/ Today, ProPublica is running a piece I've been working on for a bit. It's about what happened with a devastating wave of bird flu earlier this year, as egg prices hit record highs.

And it's a story that illuminates the ways the U.S. is failing to control what could become the next pandemic. 🧵
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Thank you for this excellent reporting. Please use your broad audience to educate on Kushner’s role in crafting this deal, which is just breaking. This seems a huge, unsurprising but underreported factor which points directly to likely Trump family enrichment through it. 1/
Trump Aides Met With Russian in Miami, Prompting Scrutiny Over Ukraine Peace Plan
U.S. officials and lawmakers are increasingly alarmed by a recent meeting involving the Trump administration and Kirill Dmitriev, a sanctioned Russian envoy
moderndiplomacy.eu
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Breaking news: In the past 10 months, the Trump administration has pushed for lethal strikes on Western Hemisphere drug traffickers and repeatedly steamrolled or sidestepped government lawyers who questioned whether the provocative policy was legal.
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
wapo.st
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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"Does this mean that the United States shouldn’t aggressively tax billionaires?" www.liberalcurrents.com/billionaires...
Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money
Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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New information about Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with MoMA trustee Leon Black — including major art deals made as part of an alleged tax avoidance scheme — has come to light in a new investigation.
Emails Shed New Light on Leon Black’s Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
A New York Times investigation revealed how the MoMA trustee, one of the country’s richest men, was often pressured by Epstein to pay up millions.
hyperallergic.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.

(Published June)
Threat in Your Medicine Cabinet: The FDA’s Gamble on America’s Drugs
A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public.
www.propublica.org
October 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to rebuke calls to target “hate speech” in an apparent swipe at Attorney General Pam Bondi.

“Every time I listen to a lawyer-trained representative saying we should criminalize free speech in some way, I think to myself, that law school failed,” said Sotomayor.
Sotomayor rebukes calls to ‘criminalize free speech’ in apparent swipe at Pam Bondi
The justice, in public remarks, didn’t name the attorney general, who has come under fire for comments to target people over “hate speech.”
www.politico.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Earlier this year, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.

(Published April 2025)
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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September 7, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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No one is covering the threats to democracy better than the 20-person team at Democracy Docket. No venture capital, no corporate overloads, no compromises. Just pro-democracy news, information and analysis.

Help support their efforts to hold power to account and keep you informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
September 8, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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August 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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Subway sandwich guy has been released on his own recognizance.

His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.

Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.

www.wusa9.com/article/news...
DC man accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer released from custody
Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive.
www.wusa9.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Pritzker: "It's cheating. Donald Trump is a cheater. He cheats on his wives. He cheats at golf. And now he's trying to cheat the American people out of their votes."
August 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Melon: time to drop the really big bomb - was Starlink used to manipulate the 2024 election?
June 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Billions in foreign real estate deals.

$320M in crypto trading fees — and a private dinner with top buyers of his meme coin.

$28M from Amazon for a Melania documentary.

The list goes on...

We're so numb to Trump profiting off the presidency that hardly anyone notices. Hello?
June 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Castor: They told Heidy Sánchez, ‘Come in early—we want to check on your status.’ And she did the right thing… And at that ICE meeting, they took her. They took her away from her child. This is a breastfeeding mother. They flew her to another detention center in Miami, and then onto a plane to Cuba.
June 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM