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Too old to be cool.
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In a Hitleresque speech, JD Vance says there can be no unity with the left and vows to use the government to dismantle non-profit NGOs and liberal civil society who he says promote violence and terrorism.
September 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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It's clear to the rest of us, the majority, that our lives don't matter to Trump or institutions of power in this country.

Just look at how everyone, including the Yankees and former Presidents, come out to condemn Kirk's murder and offer sympathies as this country unleashes ICE on brown people.
September 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Art depicting “Sandwich Guy” now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.
August 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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“.. Roberson predicted produce prices could rise 50% to 100% by early next year due to tariffs and deporting agricultural workers.”

@waiterich.bsky.social
@fortune.com #CPI
fortune.com/2025/08/28/t...
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Unbelievably bad. “The CDC you knew is over. Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.” www.advocate.com/politics/dem...
RFK Jr.’s damage to the CDC is ‘past the point of no return,’ Dr. Demetre Daskalakis warns
“The CDC you knew is over,” the infectious diseases doctor told The Advocate. “Unless someone takes radical action, there is nothing there that can be salvaged.”
www.advocate.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I miss the old brand #CDC
August 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/a...
St. Patrick’s Cathedral to Unveil Mural Celebrating City’s Immigrants
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This post. These comments.
Sundog, a memecoin by crypto billionaire Justin Sun, just posted a meme depicting its mascot controlling the White House. Sun has spent (or will shortly spend) a total of $213 million on Trump-connected crypto projects.
July 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/m...
How Netanyahu Prolonged the War in Gaza to Stay in Power
www.nytimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Trump finds new ways to embarrass himself every day.
Trump Dragged After Praising English Skills Of President Of Liberia—Where English Is The Official Language
He is a global embarrassment.
www.comicsands.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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Congress members have a legal right to conduct oversight at ICE facilities. This is the regime hiding its blatant abuses.
June 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.
NAACP won't invite Trump to its national convention, breaking a 116-year tradition
President Trump is the first U.S. president in 116 years that the NAACP hasn't invited to the annual convention. The group says Trump is attacking democracy and civil rights.
n.pr
June 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...
The Bureaucrat and the Billionaire: Inside DOGE’s Chaotic Takeover of Social Security
www.nytimes.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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“Two sources tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS the vehicle contained a weapon, ammunition, cash and passports. However, to our knowledge, no one has been arrested—just questioned.”
June 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)
June 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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“There are only two kinds of society in which armed agents of the government routinely conceal their identities:

(1) Lawless failed states…

(2) Authoritarian states…

Stable democracies do not allow agents of the state to operate under cover of concealment.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/the-secret...
The Secret Police Are Here
Trump is losing on policy and the law. But he’s winning on power.
www.thebulwark.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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If Blackburn, Ogles and the Republicans claim they’re going after criminals… why is Stephan Miller mad they’re going after criminals? 🤷🏻‍♂️ 🤷🏼‍♀️ www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-h...
June 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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This was today… Sotally tober… NYT clearly way off base…
May 30, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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May 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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The Marshal’s Service has historically provided security protection for federal judges. But the Marshal’s Service is housed in the Department of Justice and reports to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Donald Trump,
May 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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This is fire! 👇🔥👇🔥

#ResistTrump
April 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Read the ICE document for yourself that Karoline Leavitt refused to answer questions about. It says exactly what @AndrewFeinberg said; all it takes is "8 points" on a made-up rubric, and that can be just a tattoo (4 points) and displaying "logos" or "symbols" (4 points).
March 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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This is part of fascism. “First they fascinate the fools, then the muzzle the intelligent.”
The human capital flight from the U.S. is well underway.
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
March 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but to become a naturalized US citizen, an immigrant green card holder must ALREADY pass a high school level test on American history and civics.

Most native-born Americans would fail the test if they had to take it
March 31, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Clyburn: "People better get serious about this. When he says he's not joking about throwing away the Constitution, which is what he'd have to do to have a third term, and we are not gonna rise up in opposition to that? I think it's time for us all to wake up."
March 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM