Tina-Desiree Berg
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International woman of mystery. MA Philosophy. Anteater. Chief Muckety Muckraker. Signal TDBerg.24
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I’m on the ground in Minneapolis reporting for
@statuscoupnews.bsky.social
on the ongoing immigration raids. A group of agents are leaving the ICE facility now. Make sure to follow Status Coup for updates and a livestream at around 3 on YouTube
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This is clearly only about oil. Trump keeps saying he’s taking back “our“ oil. Absolute insanity.
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Unless you are Juan Orlando Hernández
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The Associated Press
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BREAKING: A Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing the arrest of an immigrant in a courthouse resigns as the GOP threatens impeachment.
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Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing arrest of immigrant resigns as GOP threatens impeachment
Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor.
https://bit.ly/4qeMZ5B
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WIRED
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A successful CIA hack of Venezuela's military payroll system, insider fights for spy agency resources, and messy opposition politics: A WIRED investigation revealed a secret Trump-era attempt to oust autocratic ruler Nicolás Maduro.
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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The Untold Story of Trump's Failed Attempt to Overthrow Venezuela's President
A successful CIA hack of Venezuela's military payroll system, insider fights for spy agency resources, and messy opposition politics: A WIRED investigation reveals a secret Trump-era attempt to oust…
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-cia-venezuela-maduro-regime-change-plot/
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Has anyone heard from Tulsi Gabbard this morning?
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The Associated Press
14 days ago
China is exporting a surveillance empire built on U.S. technology. An AP investigation found Tibetans in Nepal are trapped under constant watch.
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US tech enabled China’s surveillance empire. Now Tibetan refugees in Nepal are paying the price
Nepal is just one of at least 150 countries to which Chinese companies are supplying surveillance technology, from cameras in Vietnam to censorship firewalls in Pakistan to citywide monitoring systems in Kenya.
https://bit.ly/48TXuni
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Alissa Walker
14 days ago
That shady effort to delay the Olympic wage? Apparently Karen Bass was "instrumental in making that happen" 😮💨 LAT reporting she arranged a meeting between VICA president Stuart Waldman — and LA28 board member, it should be noted! — and MHD, who then introduced the motion to slow the wage increase
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Drew Harwell
15 days ago
Important to remember that the TikTok deal, which delivered the app into the hands of pro-Trump billionaires, was only made possible by President Biden and the Democrats.
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Trump turns Biden’s TikTok law into a big win
Biden officials said selling TikTok would safeguard it from political influence. Now, critics of a spinoff deal to Trump allies say that aim could be subverted.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/09/23/tiktok-sale-investors-china-ellison/
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Kate Burns
15 days ago
“I focus on Drew as a particularly grotesque case study of the breed of professional hate-peddlers that America is all too aware and fond of. The deluge of misinformation that promulgated in the immediate wake of the attacks was fueled by American social media platforms”
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What’s Coming in Australia Is Unimaginable
This isn't supposed to happen here. Except now it does.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/12/australia-shooting-bondi-beach-news-trump.html#
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Walker Bragman
16 days ago
#3: When the right-wing ecosystem was sainting Charlie Kirk after his death and other outlets were soft-peddling him in the face of that pressure,
@tinadesireeberg.com
and I wrote this piece about how that was happening. We included a thorough look at Kirk’s far-right extremism and bigotry.
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Rewriting Extremism: Right-Wing Seeks Nation to Mourn Charlie Kirk
The Right’s ‘martyr’ was an ideologue, a conspiracy theorist, a bigot, and an agitator who glorified violence.
https://www.importantcontext.news/p/rewriting-extremism-right-wing-seeks
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ProPublica Guild
17 days ago
1/ At bargaining yesterday,
@propublica.org
management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
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Dan Diamond
17 days ago
Pool report from
@joeygarrison.bsky.social
— new plaques installed outside the Oval Office that mock past Democrat presidents. The one that names Barack Hussein Obama says he presided over the "highly ineffective 'Unaffordable' Care Act," among other critiques.
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Immigration enforcement agents strike a man in a parking lot with a vehicle- he then gets up and runs before being tackled by other agents in Rialto California
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The Intercept
18 days ago
“It’s not totally out of the realm of possibilities that this idea was planted or floated by whoever this confidential human source might be.”
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Longtime Paid FBI Informant Was Instrumental in Terror Case Against “Turtle Island Liberation Front”
Kash Patel touted the FBI’s investigative work against the “Turtle Island Liberation Front,” whose YouTube channel has 18 followers. A paid FBI informant did a heavy lift.
https://interc.pt/3XYL9cK
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David Armiak
18 days ago
Council for National Policy operation to shut down the nonprofit Southern Poverty Law Center unfolding in Congress right now in a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee. The Daily Signal (Heritage Fdn), Family Research Council, and Turning Point USA are all CNP.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLw...
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Partisan and Profitable: The SPLC’s Influence on Federal Civil Rights Policy
YouTube video by House Judiciary GOP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrLwCyT08lo
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Nick Turse
18 days ago
NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says “That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
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U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/16/trump-domestic-attack-dtos/
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Alex Wenzel
19 days ago
Even starting to get the ‘same victims affected multiple times in their lives’ stories like with increased American mass shootings.
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Nephew of Poway rabbi injured in 2019 synagogue shooting among those killed in Australia attack
One attack victim was nephew of Poway rabbi
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/12/14/extra-policing-around-san-diego-area-synagogues-after-deadly-australia-attack/?utm_medium=NATIVE_IOS_notification&utm_source=pushly&utm_campaign=90223253
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Republicans Against Trumpism
20 days ago
BREAKING: Two terrorists opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Sydney, killing at least 11 people and wounding 29 others. This video shows the moment 43-year-old Ahmad El Ahmad, an unarmed civilian, tackled one of the terrorists, seized his weapon, and neutralized him.
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Adam Rose
21 days ago
Journos, remember: "Reporters sometimes dislike the idea of litigating because they want their work — not themselves — to be the story... But access to information is a muscle that must be flexed... We must fight against each attempt to chip away at our legal rights." Amen to this from
@rcfp.org
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James Stout
21 days ago
We talk about press consolidation here. If you’re interested in orgs supporting a free and independent media, check out
@freedom.press
freedom.press/donate/
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Jaweed Kaleem
21 days ago
NEW: 9 ex-DOJ lawyers who resigned from antisemitism investigations into UCLA and other UC campuses say they were pressured to find UC guilty of violations in a rushed and politically motivated process. One called it a "fraudulent and sham investigation."
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say 'fraudulent' UC antisemitism probes led them to quit
The Times spoke to nine former Department of Justice civil rights attorneys tasked with investigating antisemitism complaints at the University of California. They all resigned during their invetigati...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-13/former-doj-attorneys-university-of-california-ucla-antisemitism-investigation
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50501 SoCal is heading up a protest against LAPD brutality at ICE protests
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James Queally
22 days ago
LAPD's "Capt. Hollywood" - once accused of warning CBS about sex assault allegations against CEO Les Moonves - will not face criminal charges. Some detectives say LAPD brass undermined the investigation. Latest w/
@lacrimes.bsky.social
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@liborjany.bsky.social
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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No charges for 'Capt. Hollywood'; detectives claim LAPD mishandled CBS exec case leak
Documents obtained by The Times show former LAPD Cmdr. Cory Palka will not face criminal charges for tipping off CBS to a rape allegation against ex-CEO Les Moonves. Two LAPD detectives filed complain...
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-12-12/cory-palka-lapd-captain-hollywood-case
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CalMatters
22 days ago
The Trump administration is now requiring new H-1B visa applicants to pay $100,000. School districts that depend on hiring foreign workers to fill teacher jobs, especially in special education and bilingual education, say they can’t afford the new fee.
bit.ly/48CJ24k
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Chad Loder
23 days ago
It's actually pretty brilliant. They can make $100M a year doing absolutely nothing, producing no value whatsoever. It's pure evil.
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Carl Quintanilla
22 days ago
Son-in-Law Watch: ".. Kushner has been acting as one of America’s most powerful diplomats .. And the deals Kushner is negotiating .. overlap with his business interests, with little consequence since he is operating as a private citizen."
@theguardian.com
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Jared Kushner – and three Arab monarchies – are at the heart of the Paramount-WBD bid | Mohamad Bazzi
The president’s son-in-law is once again at the center of an international business deal that will require administration approval
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/11/jared-kushner-paramount-warner-bros-deal
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Status Coup News
23 days ago
WE ARE LIVE NOW!
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Absolute rubbish. The biggest DT threat continues to be right wing extremists. That’s what the DOJ data shows. The Trump administration deleting it changes nothing.
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"Either you're going to resign, Trump’s going to fire you, or you will be impeached." Rep Delia Ramirez to Krist Noem during the House Homeland Security Committee meeting
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Absolutely fantastic investigative reporting on Instacart's AI price gouging scheme:
youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo?...
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We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://youtu.be/osxr7xSxsGo?si=0bsPFFupPBrjqAVh
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Status Coup News
24 days ago
🚨"You're gonna get sprayed!" ICE agent yells as he points pepper spray canister at our videojournalist JonFarinaPhoto for the crime of...journalism. "He's with us," ICE replied when Jon asked why another journalist was able to cover their activity but he wasn't. FULL VIDEO ⬇️
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Jon Seidel
25 days ago
O'Hare-based Border Protection officer sexually abused, robbed women at gunpoint, indictment claims UPDATED
@chicago.suntimes.com
story:
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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O'Hare-based Border Protection officer sexually abused, robbed women at gunpoint, indictment claims
The 11-count indictment handed up against Luis Uribe alleges violent sexual assaults against four victims between Feb. 5, 2022, and Oct. 9, 2022, in Schaumburg and Naperville.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/12/09/ohare-based-border-patrol-officer-sexually-abused-robbed-women-in-2022-indictment-claims
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The Trump administration must stop deploying the California National Guard in Los Angeles and return control of the troops to the state, a federal judge ordered Wednesday in an emphatic ruling.
apnews.com/article/cali...
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Judge orders Trump to end California National Guard troop deployment in Los Angeles
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to stop deploying California National Guard troops in Los Angeles.
https://apnews.com/article/california-national-guard-trump-los-angeles-a8a201d234d655a7e65fb4c3dd320116
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abraham márquez
24 days ago
Wendy Carrillo, a candidate for CA State Senate, announced this week: “I want to be clear: I do not accept contributions from individuals affiliated with AIPAC or its donor network” More politicians are abandoning AIPAC, something you didn’t see 6 years ago
mailchi.mp/wendycarrill...
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I Reject AIPAC Contributions
https://mailchi.mp/wendycarrillo/rejectaipac?e=484034852b
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L.A. TACO
24 days ago
On Tuesday December 2, the Los Angeles City Council shut down a proposal that would have restricted the LAPD’s use of tear gas and 40 millimeter foam rounds against protestors and people in Los Angeles.
@shoton35mm.bsky.social
shares more details on the falied proposal.
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James Croxton
25 days ago
Just listened in on the press conference with
#EugeneOR
Police Chief Chris Skinner and he confirmed that a camera being inadvertently turned back on is what led to the contract termination.
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Lee Kovarsky
24 days ago
I think this is probably a new era of grand jury practice where there is communal awareness of abusive policing. The GJ just doesn't believe the state. I'm not an expert on the history of grand juries, but my sense is that this is the first time we are seeing that phenomenon at scale.
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dell cameron
28 days ago
pretending to want a kraterocracy is part of the tell that these guys are hugely insecure and not very bright. but ok, let’s pass out the knives.
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Mina Kimes
28 days ago
Read this:
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Alissa Walker
24 days ago
Pretty baffled whenever these types of stories come out how little we hear from elected officials representing LA as they appear on panels at public events trying to convince us that the economic benefits of hosting megaevents outweighs the risk
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Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/foreign-tourists-five-years-social-media-history-customs-border-protec-rcna248337
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Status Coup News
24 days ago
"Haha! Wipe out!" Status Coup's @JonFarinaPhoto captured ICE agents laughing as they ran over a local Minneapolis resident with their car on December 9th, 2025.. ICE agents can also be seen pepper spraying residents and activists.
#iceagents
#iceraids
#icenews
#minneapolis
#iceprotest
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Prem Thakker ツ
25 days ago
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial." "Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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Al Jazeera English
25 days ago
An armed Israeli settler was seen blocking a Palestinian farmer from ploughing his own land in Hebron, occupied West Bank.
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”
25 days ago
actual LOL on this comment on the reddit page for our pipe bomber scoop.
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Matt Novak
25 days ago
ABC cuts the video quickly, which doesn’t give you a proper sense of just how reckless this shooting was. The cop shoots the kid in the back, and after that shouts “San Diego Police!” The AP version shows the actual shooting:
youtu.be/1zbeKUFK828
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404 Media
25 days ago
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal devices...
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Border Patrol Agent Recorded Raid with Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses
New videos and photos shared with 404 Media show a Border Patrol agent wearing Meta Ray-Bans glasses with the recording light clearly on. This is despite a DHS ban on officers recording with personal ...
https://www.404media.co/border-patrol-agent-recorded-raid-with-metas-ray-ban-smart-glasses/
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