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God
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If people admire you, they put your name on buildings. If you have to do it yourself, well… that’s different.
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M Meerkat
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Agree 💯 With Bernie.......
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YouTube took it down. Watch it here!
www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
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WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
https://www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-60-minutes-cecot-segment
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The Tennessee Holler
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Carl Quintanilla
21 days ago
“.. the president’s most virulent denunciation to date of these Western democracies, threatening a decisive rupture with countries like France and Germany ..”
@politico.com
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ProPublica
21 days ago
NEW: The recent government shutdown, with families skipping meals and babies unfed, could have been a preview of what’s to come when Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill shifts billions in costs for the SNAP program to states that may not be able to afford them.
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How State Tax Cuts Could Lead to a SNAP Crisis
President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act will shift billions in costs for SNAP and Medicaid to states. But with 26 having cut or eliminated state income taxes just since 2021, they may not have the money to continue the programs.
https://www.propublica.org/article/food-stamps-crisis-snap-big-beautiful-bill-state-tax-cuts?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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James Talarico
23 days ago
Elon Musk is about to become the first trillionaire. The reason poverty exists in the wealthiest country on earth isn't because we can't feed the poor — it's because we can't satisfy the rich. We should tax trillionaires out of existence.
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Mother Jones
25 days ago
Over the last 6 months, the Justice Department has demanded full, unredacted voter rolls from dozens of states. The goal? To build the federal government’s first-ever national database of registered voters using their private info.
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Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/12/your-private-data-is-building-trumps-voter-purge-machine/
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Robert Reich
25 days ago
Why have so many corporations donated to Trump’s White House ballroom project? Could it be because many of them have lucrative government contracts? Or because they have mergers and other regulatory business before Trump? I’m sure they just thought a ballroom sounded nice…
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Trump’s Ballroom Corruption Exposed
YouTube video by Robert Reich
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nbf6BJzpk1E&authuser=0
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ProPublica
28 days ago
NEW: A ProPublica and
@highcountrynews.org
investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supercharging the system.
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Wealthy Ranchers Profit From Public Lands. Taxpayers Pick Up the Tab.
A ProPublica and High Country News investigation found that government programs supporting grazing on public lands prop up a wealthy few while harming the environment. The Trump administration is supe...
https://www.propublica.org/article/grazing-ranchers-public-lands-trump?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764680430&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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alec karakatsanis
29 days ago
The news has entirely failed to grasp the unprecedented scope of the ICE and DHS budgets. Nothing like it in modern history. A galaxy of public/private surveillance and caging institutions for $100,000,000,000s unleashed on a public that will be forever changed.
www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
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ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/ice-wants-go-after-dissenters-well-immigrants
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gpthakkar.bsky.social
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
After a speeding semitruck killed his son, Gary Wilburn and his wife spent decades advocating for mandated speed limiters in trucks. DOT proposed a rule to do just that. Then Trump appointees stepped in, killing the proposed regulation.
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How Trump’s Transportation Department Is Loosening Safety Rules Meant to Protect the Public
ProPublica has identified dozens of instances in which the Trump administration’s DOT has moved to cut, soften or delay safety regulations for cars, trucks, planes, trains and even oil pipelines. Expe...
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-dot-regulation-safety-rollback-sean-duffy?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764295210&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Mother Jones
about 1 month ago
Donald Trump does not have a "mandate" for any of this
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Donald Trump does not have a "mandate" for any of this
He's hardly the first president to claim he represents the people's will—or God's. But he might be the most brazen.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/mandate-donald-trump-al-green-election-results-history-keyword-king-fdr-scam-new-deal/
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Miss Ann Thrope 🇬🇧🇹🇹
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Adam Kinzinger
about 1 month ago
A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
https://open.substack.com/pub/adamkinzinger/p/kalshi-is-a-corruption-time-bomband?r=kjv0f&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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about 1 month ago
Never forget this day.
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The Washington Post
about 1 month ago
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols. The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/11/20/coast-guard-swastika-noose/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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Elizabeth Warren
about 1 month ago
The Fed is gutting its ability to monitor warning signs of bank failures and slashing rules put in place after 2008 to prevent another financial crisis. Now, big banks are ramping up the same risky behaviors that led to the last economic crash–setting the stage for another one.
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Miss Ann Thrope 🇬🇧🇹🇹
about 1 month ago
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Pax Linson
about 1 month ago
Seems kinda huge: "Epstein survivors have confirmed with democrats in congress that they participated in a massive Biden-era investigation into Epstein's co-conspirators, but Trump and Pam Bondi closed it."
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The Tennessee Holler
about 1 month ago
What a photograph. “Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…” Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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Carl Quintanilla
about 1 month ago
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
We found that a company with deep ties to Kristi Noem secretly got money from DHS contracts. “It’s corrupt, is the word,” a contract law expert said. “Hiding your friends as subcontractors is like playing hide the salami with the taxpayer.”
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1763265606&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica
about 1 month ago
Agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter in a massive show of force. Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. But after the cameras were gone, federal prosecutors did not charge anyone. With
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“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
https://www.propublica.org/article/chicago-venezuela-immigration-ice-fbi-raids-no-criminal-charges?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1763258407&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Mueller, She Wrote
about 2 months ago
Biden didn’t release the Epstein files because Merrick Garland was actively investigating Epstein/Maxwell co-conspirators all the way up until January 2025. Then Trump shuttered the probe.
www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey...
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House Democrats press DOJ for details on Epstein co-conspirators probe that was "inexplicably killed"
Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein provided the Justice Department with "precise and detailed" information about 20 alleged co-conspirators, House Democrats say.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeffrey-epstein-co-conspirators-house-democrats-jamie-raskin/
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Rachel Maddow
about 2 months ago
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
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Miss Ann Thrope 🇬🇧🇹🇹
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AFL-CIO
about 2 months ago
“When we enlisted in the military, we were proud to serve our country. We never imagined that, after our service, we would have to fight for our own healthcare.”
@tennesseelookout.com
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Clarksville veterans say care, not cuts to the Veterans Administration, are needed • Tennessee Lookout
Tennessee veterans face worsening chronic illnesses as a result of long waits for care and denial of claims from the Veterans Administration.
https://tennesseelookout.com/2025/11/11/clarksville-veterans-say-care-not-cuts-to-the-veterans-administration-are-needed/
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
NEW: Under DOJ standards and requirements, people seeking pardons generally must wait five years after release, demonstrate good conduct and remorse, and file petitions through the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Trump has largely abandoned that process.
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How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters
The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-pardons-clemency-george-santos-ed-martin?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Carl Quintanilla
about 2 months ago
We’re in the “data-centers-are-stealing-your-water” — tonight, on the local news — part of the AI cycle.
@conorsen.bsky.social
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
Our review of 700+ videos of the Portland protests shows a wide gap between the reality on the ground and the characterizations by Trump, Fox News and DHS, which said its office in the city was under “coordinated assault by violent groups.” By
@robwdavis.bsky.social
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What Really Happened in Portland Before Trump Deployed the National Guard
In the two months before Trump’s decision, criminal charges were announced against only three people. On nights when physical conflict did erupt, it often came from police firing on, shoving, pepper-s...
https://www.propublica.org/article/portland-protests-national-guard-trump?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1762660809&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Blue Wave
about 2 months ago
I always find it interesting how the story changes when a lawyer gets to court. They can say anything they want outside of court without accountability but the rules are vastly different in court where you can get seriously penalized for lying.
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Carl Quintanilla
about 2 months ago
Buried in the Big Beautiful Bill were changes to food assistance that demanded “any future change be cost-neutral. Translation: no more benefit increases, even if food prices skyrocket.” The result was “institutionalized hunger.”
@kristencrowell.bsky.social
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
about 2 months ago
Um, do federal prosecutors *really* want to take the position that it's not okay to receive something of value from … Qatar? I can think of 747 reasons why they shouldn't. 🤔
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Jon Cooper
about 2 months ago
Why are ICE agents being paid during the shutdown, but not air traffic controllers? 🤨
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Angela Sutton (she/her)
about 2 months ago
It's never too late to grasp that if someone works full-time and receives SNAP, it means YOUR taxpayer dollars are subsidizing the COMPANY because it refuses to pay them a livable wage.
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Barack Obama
about 2 months ago
I heard some old friends at Pod Save America were in town, so I decided to stop by. As we saw this week, we can change this country for the better. But it’s going to take all of us getting organized and having honest conversations about the best way forward.
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Carl Quintanilla
about 2 months ago
This really hasn’t gotten enough attention this week.
@wired.com
#ICE
www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
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Mehdi Hasan
about 2 months ago
How are Democrats not immediately suing CBS News over this?
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Liam Thorp
about 2 months ago
A total and utter hero
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Mehdi Hasan
about 2 months ago
Laura Loomer is now officially part of the Pentagon press corps. We live in Idiocracy.
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
The Education Department has hired at least 9 people from the America First Policy Institute, co-founded by Secretary Linda McMahon. The think tank’s listed goals include ending the separation of church and state and “plant[ing] Jesus in every space.”
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-public-schools-activists-linda-mcmahon-trump?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1762261233&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Mark O'Connell
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Miss Ann Thrope 🇬🇧🇹🇹
about 2 months ago
And why didn’t we know?
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The most indecent people are running thins. Those of you who have decisions to make tomorrow ...
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. It has bubbled up near homes and a school — and it has killed farmers’ crops and ranchers’ calves. Help ProPublica and
@readfrontier.bsky.social
understand the full scale of the problem 👇
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Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. For years, residents have filed complaints and struggled to find solutions. We need your help to understand the full scale...
https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/oklahoma-oil-wastewater-help-propublica-report?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1762113615&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Jon Cooper
about 2 months ago
Good question, Junior!
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems. The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
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Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-pfna-forever-chemical-report?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761959701&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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