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Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
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Israel bans Doctors Without Borders, dozens of other NGOs in Gaza : NPR www.npr.org/2025/12/30/g...
Israel says it will bar aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, from Gaza
Israel accused Doctors Without Borders, one of the largest health organizations operating in Gaza, of failing to clarify the roles of some staff that Israel accused of cooperation with militants.
www.npr.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Israel bans Doctors Without Borders, dozens of other NGOs in Gaza : NPR www.npr.org/2025/12/30/g...
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December 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.
December 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I don’t think the law passed by Congress said that DOJ has to release less than 1% of the materials by Dec 19.
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Wednesday morning, 7 ICE agents in Salisbury, MD, smashed in windows & violently dragged a mother out of her car while she was dropping her daughter off at elementary school.
These abusive tactics are absolutely unacceptable.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/17/s...
These abusive tactics are absolutely unacceptable.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/17/s...
ICE operation near Salisbury school sparks outrage, questions
Witnesses say an apparent ICE raid near a Salisbury elementary school involved smashed car windows and terrified neighbors.
www.baltimoresun.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Wednesday morning, 7 ICE agents in Salisbury, MD, smashed in windows & violently dragged a mother out of her car while she was dropping her daughter off at elementary school.
These abusive tactics are absolutely unacceptable.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/17/s...
These abusive tactics are absolutely unacceptable.
www.baltimoresun.com/2025/12/17/s...
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Ring camera captures Burnsville ICE raid that leaves 7-year-old without parents, according to family
ICE agents detained four people from a Burnsville home, according to family members, including a 7-year-old's parents and the husband of a pregnant woman.
www.kare11.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"'They all were scared, crying... they were pointing with the guns not to move,' he said.
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
He said all four are U.S. citizens..."
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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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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"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Video shows masked Border Patrol agent chasing woman back to her Louisiana home
Jacelynn Guzman said she is a U.S.-born citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it "determined the individual in question was not the target."
www.nbcnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"She said she repeatedly told the agents she’s a U.S. citizen.
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
“I just kept repeating it — I’m a U.S.-born citizen. I was born and raised here. This is my home. My baby’s waiting for me...”
She screamed “Leave me alone...”
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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"The Bureau of Labor Statistics will skip publication of its delayed report on wholesale-price inflation..."
www.wsj.com/economy/bls-...
www.wsj.com/economy/bls-...
BLS to Skip October PPI Report
The BLS will skip publication of its delayed report on wholesale-price inflation, and will instead roll those figures into a postponed November report to be published on Jan. 14.
www.wsj.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"The Bureau of Labor Statistics will skip publication of its delayed report on wholesale-price inflation..."
www.wsj.com/economy/bls-...
www.wsj.com/economy/bls-...
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"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘We’ll need to see a warrant’: the group teaching businesses a vital tool to fight ICE raids
Siembra in North Carolina gives owners fourth amendment rights trainings should federal agents show up at their door
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Local businesses were ready to push back. Posted on store- and restaurant-front windows were signs: 'Private area', '4th Amendment Workplace' and 'There’s always room at our table, but to enter past this point, we’ll need to see a warrant signed by a judge'...”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
This is the most consequential story for the 2026 midterms. Yet, I cannot find it anywhere on legacy media. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
December 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Jacob Frey: "If we are now at the point where the federal govt is deploying agents on legal American citizens with a goal of uprooting people who have formed lives here, have families here, started businesses here, definitively made Minneapolis a better place, everybody should be speaking out."
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🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department launched a new wave of lawsuits against six more Democratic-led states Tuesday — escalating a federal effort to seize unredacted information from millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Sues Six More States in Sweeping Push to Obtain Unredacted Voter Rolls
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
🚨BREAKING: The Justice Department launched a new wave of lawsuits against six more Democratic-led states Tuesday — escalating a federal effort to seize unredacted information from millions of voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.
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Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
December 3, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago. What changed for Pete? Well to start, he spends all day thinking about how he can suck up to Trump. When Trump says jump, he says how high.
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New: "Nasdaq Tells Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma It ‘No Longer Meets’ Listing Requirements After Missed Report"
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Alt5 Sigma Told It’s ’Noncompliant’ by Nasdaq After Failing To File Earnings Report
A fintech firm that routed $500 million to an entity affiliated with President Trump is yet to file its report for the third quarter, which ended in September.
www.forbes.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New: "Nasdaq Tells Trump Crypto Partner Alt5 Sigma It ‘No Longer Meets’ Listing Requirements After Missed Report"
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lot of big words when RACIST has always been right there
President Trump unleashed a xenophobic tirade against Somali immigrants on Tuesday during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting, calling them “garbage” he does not want in the U.S. as he sought to refocus public attention on his anti-immigration rhetoric.
Trump Calls Somalis ‘Garbage’ He Doesn’t Want in the Country
The president delivered xenophobic comments during a publicly broadcast cabinet meeting.
nyti.ms
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
lot of big words when RACIST has always been right there
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It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
It's wild but not surprising that last week the White House was leaning into "these seditious Democrats dared suggest that troops were receiving illegal orders!!!" and this week they are scrambling to figure out who to blame for issuing illegal orders.
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TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
December 2, 2025 at 11:59 AM
TODAY IS THE DAY!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
GET OUT AND VOTE. Polls are open 7 AM - 7 PM
WE GOT THIS!!!!!!
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NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
NEW: ICE’s policy of mass detaining immigrants w pending deportation proceedings has led to an avalanche of rejections in court.
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
More than 220 judges — including 23 Trump appointees — have called it an illegal distortion of long-settled law. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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Florida Power & Light is raising Floridians’ utility rates by $7 billion. It's not difficult when the same Florida GOP politicians approving the rate hikes accept millions in political donations from utility companies like FP&L.
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Florida Power & Light is raising Floridians’ utility rates by $7 billion. It's not difficult when the same Florida GOP politicians approving the rate hikes accept millions in political donations from utility companies like FP&L.
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BREAKING: Texas has formally petitioned the Supreme Court to restore its newly drawn congressional map, and Justice Samuel Alito has ordered a response to the petition by Monday at 5PM.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:07 AM
BREAKING: Texas has formally petitioned the Supreme Court to restore its newly drawn congressional map, and Justice Samuel Alito has ordered a response to the petition by Monday at 5PM.
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.