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One thing we've learned from the American judicial system: The first 34 felonies are on the house*. *Terms and conditions may apply. See prosecutors for details if you're not white. Or rich.

American Gulag www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

All to cover up the Epstein files.

Shapiro: I filed that amicus brief last night to make it very clear that the Pennsylvania National Guard is under my command. The way the President has chosen to deploy the Guard in other states—and, in at least one case, deploy the Guard from one state into another—is extremely dangerous.

Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

apnews.com/article/nati... blocks National Guard deployment in Illinois for 2 weeks

If you come for my people, you come through me.

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

apnews.com/article/trum... pleads not guilty as lawyers signal intent to argue Trump foe's case is politically motivated

apnews.com/article/nati... judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

Israel Condemned as Sumud Flotilla Organizers Report 'Harsh Treatment' in Detention www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-fl...

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apnews.com/article/sean...  Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs gets 4 years in prison for case involving sex workers, violence and ‘freak-offs’ (14 months served)

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Morelle: Here’s the problem whenever the president speaks—and I hate to make light of this because he’s the president—but it’s almost always just fantasy. This week he’s suddenly a scientist, telling us what we should do for a fever if you’re a pregnant woman. It’s an endless series of baloney.

apnews.com/article/fbi-... fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

apnews.com/article/jimm... and Sinclair bring Jimmy Kimmel's show back to local TV stations

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Why does it take a BRITISH newspaper to break a story like this? Where the hell is the American media? 🤨

'Important victory' for free speech as judge rules against Trump www.alternet.org/trump-on-fre...

We've seen this happen before www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers: “It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

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This isn't about Charlie Kirk www.alternet.org/media-trump-...