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This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is terrifying!
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
ICE breaks into this woman’s car in the pick-up line at West Loop Elementary school in Chicago and detains her before she can pick her kids up from school. (They were eventually let go after showing their documents)
This is Trump’s America.
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Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939
September 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Nazis ban comedians shock.. NYT, 4 Feb 1939
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This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomes
September 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomes
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
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Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
June 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.
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“Brexit means we can make our own agreements with the EU, as we pick and choose!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“Brexit means we can make our own agreements with the EU, as we pick and choose!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
- UK chooses to make agreement with EU on a handful of issues.
“Brexit Betrayed!”
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brass neck latest:
Thames Water says the government can’t stop it paying new bonuses to its execs - related to £3bn emergency loan - because they are “retention payments” rather than “performance bonuses”
www.ft.com/content/b08e...
Thames Water says the government can’t stop it paying new bonuses to its execs - related to £3bn emergency loan - because they are “retention payments” rather than “performance bonuses”
www.ft.com/content/b08e...
Thames Water on collision course with government over bonuses
Utility claims new legislation to block bonuses will not capture ‘retention payments’
www.ft.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
brass neck latest:
Thames Water says the government can’t stop it paying new bonuses to its execs - related to £3bn emergency loan - because they are “retention payments” rather than “performance bonuses”
www.ft.com/content/b08e...
Thames Water says the government can’t stop it paying new bonuses to its execs - related to £3bn emergency loan - because they are “retention payments” rather than “performance bonuses”
www.ft.com/content/b08e...
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The idea that people who want to live in the UK should have to speak English is ridiculous. If we want them to really express true British values, they should actively not learn a new language and get by aggressively pointing and shouting at things.
May 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
The idea that people who want to live in the UK should have to speak English is ridiculous. If we want them to really express true British values, they should actively not learn a new language and get by aggressively pointing and shouting at things.
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Quite the array of stories of men and power and abuse in this afternoon’s news
April 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Quite the array of stories of men and power and abuse in this afternoon’s news
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In the week everyone's talking about Adolescence, here's the stats on how the crisis in teenage boys is shaping the future in a really quite terrifying way:
March 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the week everyone's talking about Adolescence, here's the stats on how the crisis in teenage boys is shaping the future in a really quite terrifying way:
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‘Free speech’ latest…
Job candidates at federal agencies are being questioned on their loyalty to Trump.
Among the questions: Would you be willing to serve as a spokesperson for mass deportations? Which of Trump’s executive orders is your favorite? Who won the 2020 election?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Among the questions: Would you be willing to serve as a spokesperson for mass deportations? Which of Trump’s executive orders is your favorite? Who won the 2020 election?
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Trump Team Tests Job Candidates by Asking Who Won the 2020 Election
The White House is giving potential job candidates litmus tests in interviews to make sure they are sufficiently loyal to President Donald Trump and his second-term agenda, according to people familia...
www.bloomberg.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
‘Free speech’ latest…
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Do one thing every day that scares you.
Me: **reads the news**
Me: **reads the news**
February 5, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Me: **reads the news**
Me: **reads the news**
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What's being described here is akin to a coup
Musk's cronies tried to to gain access to classified USAID data. USAID Director of Security John Voorhees security said no. The Musk people threatened to call in the US Marshals and take the data at gunpoint. They still said no.
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/02/p...
Senior USAID security officials put on leave after refusing Musk’s DOGE access to agency systems | CNN Politics
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Ef...
edition.cnn.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
What's being described here is akin to a coup
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The last thing I'll say is if you're outside of the US—
Look at what's happening as a lesson to take your country/local politics and elections seriously.
The political trends in other countries around the globe are growing more right-wing and are not so far behind what's happening here in the US.
Look at what's happening as a lesson to take your country/local politics and elections seriously.
The political trends in other countries around the globe are growing more right-wing and are not so far behind what's happening here in the US.
February 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The last thing I'll say is if you're outside of the US—
Look at what's happening as a lesson to take your country/local politics and elections seriously.
The political trends in other countries around the globe are growing more right-wing and are not so far behind what's happening here in the US.
Look at what's happening as a lesson to take your country/local politics and elections seriously.
The political trends in other countries around the globe are growing more right-wing and are not so far behind what's happening here in the US.
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ICYMI:
Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases.
The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following:
Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases.
The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following:
February 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
ICYMI:
Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases.
The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following:
Acting Deputy Attorney General, Emil Bove, has instructed the FBI to provide, by Noon on Feb. 4th, a list of FBI employees who were involved in Jan. 6th cases.
The Acting FBI Director and Acting Deputy Director sent out a memo Friday night that noted the following: