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it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
November 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Give Discounts to SNAP Recipients truthout.org/articles/usd...
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Give Discounts to SNAP Recipients
The move is a “perverted interpretation of a rule that stops grocers from price gouging SNAP recipients,” said a critic.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
USDA Tells Grocery Stores They Can’t Give Discounts to SNAP Recipients truthout.org/articles/usd...
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Thinking humans the world over will never forgive nor trust #America again for inflicting this openly amoral, intellectually barren and outright evil blowhard of a man on the rest of us not just once but twice. Once can be a fluke. Twice is a stain that indicates rot.
September 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Thinking humans the world over will never forgive nor trust #America again for inflicting this openly amoral, intellectually barren and outright evil blowhard of a man on the rest of us not just once but twice. Once can be a fluke. Twice is a stain that indicates rot.
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Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.
June 22, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Thousands march through New York City’s Times Square protesting the bombing of Iran.
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Wait, "at least" 70 citizens have been forcibly deported "so far" without proper recourse to due process?!
In any other era this would be the biggest scandal, a political deadweight dragging down a president & party, resulting in strong public + electoral backlash. Don't you think?🗃️
In any other era this would be the biggest scandal, a political deadweight dragging down a president & party, resulting in strong public + electoral backlash. Don't you think?🗃️
June 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wait, "at least" 70 citizens have been forcibly deported "so far" without proper recourse to due process?!
In any other era this would be the biggest scandal, a political deadweight dragging down a president & party, resulting in strong public + electoral backlash. Don't you think?🗃️
In any other era this would be the biggest scandal, a political deadweight dragging down a president & party, resulting in strong public + electoral backlash. Don't you think?🗃️
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
I'm attending MassDems's event, “Route One Standout for Democracy” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/massdems/eve...
Route One Standout for Democracy · MassDems
We will hold our signs for passing cars along Route One from Topsfield to Newburyport. Stand out for a different agenda and values than those represented by the new administration in DC!
We want to ...
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May 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Ras Baraka elevated in 1 day for standing up to fascism.
Democrats, learn from this.
Democrats, learn from this.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been released after he was arrested for allegedly trespassing at an ICE facility in New Jersey
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May 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Ras Baraka elevated in 1 day for standing up to fascism.
Democrats, learn from this.
Democrats, learn from this.
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The answer to 2025 is 1776.
May 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The answer to 2025 is 1776.
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Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
May 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Menendez Jr: They feel no weight of the law and no restraint on what they should be doing. And that was shown in broad daylight today when they not just arrested the Mayor of Newark but when they put their hands on two members of congress standing behind me. How is this acceptable?
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Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
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this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.
May 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
this guy hates this country, its laws and its traditions
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/br...
Bring Heidy Home to Her Baby and Husband
This is not just Heidy Sanchez Tejeda’s story — it’s a reflection of what can happen to any loving, law-abiding family caught in a broken system. Heidy was deported despite having no criminal record, ...
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May 9, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
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WPD throwing the daughter to the ground and arresting her. From @billshaner.bsky.social.
May 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
WPD throwing the daughter to the ground and arresting her. From @billshaner.bsky.social.
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Video of the woman being taken by ICE and the Worcester Police Dept helping them. From @billshaner.bsky.social
May 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Video of the woman being taken by ICE and the Worcester Police Dept helping them. From @billshaner.bsky.social
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Bukele is happily holding innocent Venezuelan deportees captive (in exchange for $6M from the U.S. government)—and is now willing to exchange them for Salvadoran political prisoners being held in Venezuela.
Bukele Wants to Make Trump’s Mass Deportations So Much Worse
The president of El Salvador has a new plan for Venezuelan deportees from the U.S.
newrepublic.com
April 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Bukele is happily holding innocent Venezuelan deportees captive (in exchange for $6M from the U.S. government)—and is now willing to exchange them for Salvadoran political prisoners being held in Venezuela.
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Deeply embarrassing stuff from the Secretary of Defense
April 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Deeply embarrassing stuff from the Secretary of Defense
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For people in the journalism business, and for people in general, *this* is the killer detail in latest Hegseth-dereliction-of-duty report:
That *four* people on the call were willing to talk about it!
Congrats to the reporters. And most obvious dead-man-walking of cabinet members perhaps ever.
That *four* people on the call were willing to talk about it!
Congrats to the reporters. And most obvious dead-man-walking of cabinet members perhaps ever.
April 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
For people in the journalism business, and for people in general, *this* is the killer detail in latest Hegseth-dereliction-of-duty report:
That *four* people on the call were willing to talk about it!
Congrats to the reporters. And most obvious dead-man-walking of cabinet members perhaps ever.
That *four* people on the call were willing to talk about it!
Congrats to the reporters. And most obvious dead-man-walking of cabinet members perhaps ever.
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Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
April 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Once again, I was left to wonder: was Pete Hegseth signal chatting military attack plans to everyone but me??
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
Am I the one that’s insecure, or is it his communication practices that are insecure?
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The Pentagon is in "total chaos" and Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and missteps at the highest levels of the department.
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
Former Pentagon official warns department's dysfunction could topple Hegseth
“The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.
www.politico.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
The Pentagon is in "total chaos" and Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and missteps at the highest levels of the department.
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
"The building is in disarray." www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Whales are big.
I don't know if this is the best humpback whale breaching footage of my life, but I SAID IT WAS when I took it! 🦑
April 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Whales are big.