Annie Middleton
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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The more employees can trust in you, your company, and one another, the happier and less burned out they’ll be. f-st.co/GPqzinL
A study of 1 million people reveals a key ingredient for happiness that most leaders ignore
The researchers focused on two types of trust, interpersonal trust and institutional trust—the two types that can occur in workplaces.
f-st.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The more employees can trust in you, your company, and one another, the happier and less burned out they’ll be. f-st.co/GPqzinL
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The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it “exploded all over my uniform.” He says he could “smell the onions and the mustard.”
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FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
October 31, 2025 at 2:03 AM
FACTS about SNAP:
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
-35% to white people (largest share)
-90% to people born in 🇺🇸
-86% to households with kids
-70% work full time but aren’t paid a living wage (aka corporate welfare)
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cool cool cool cool cool
October 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
cool cool cool cool cool
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What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
October 28, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What we're witnessing with #Melissa is ultra rare in the history of known hurricanes in the Atlantic. This level of sustained intensity and feasting on every joule of ocean heat content without any real disruption is incredible.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
Not hyperbole: Jamaica is facing a generational catastrophic event.
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Dear Journalists,
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
October 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Dear Journalists,
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
You seriously don’t have to always be like, “2 + 2, said by some experts in math to equal four.” You can just say the thing. It doesn’t make you biased. Really. It’s okay.
XOXO,
Simeon
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Dark
The Pentagon announces they are replacing The New York Times’ press credentials with the MyPillow guy’s media outlet.
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Dark
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
projects.propublica.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
October 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The White House keeps making a big deal of the fact that the ballroom is privately funded but that’s one of the worst things about it.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
These people and companies are buying influence. None of this is okay.
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As predicted.
NEW: Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Georgia’s Sweeping Anti-Voting Law Suppressed Black Votes, New Data Shows
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
As predicted.
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Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
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Making Argentina Great Again
October 21, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Making Argentina Great Again
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Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Along with the $20 billion U.S. taxpayer bailout to Argentina, the Trump admin announced another $20 billion for Argentina from private banks. But the banks won’t lend the money without a guarantee from the federal government. So it’s a $40B taxpayer bailout.
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
www.wsj.com/finance/arge...
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EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
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Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
October 20, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Vance spokesperson: “Gavin Newsom wants people to think this exercise is dangerous.”
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
<shrapnel hits Vance’s motorcade>
Vance spokesperson: No comment.
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I went to war to defend our nation.
Now a wannabe dictator is trying to tear it apart—defying court orders, censoring the press, intimidating peaceful protestors and misusing our troops.
Speak up. Speak out. Stay peaceful. Be safe.
No kings.
Now a wannabe dictator is trying to tear it apart—defying court orders, censoring the press, intimidating peaceful protestors and misusing our troops.
Speak up. Speak out. Stay peaceful. Be safe.
No kings.
October 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I went to war to defend our nation.
Now a wannabe dictator is trying to tear it apart—defying court orders, censoring the press, intimidating peaceful protestors and misusing our troops.
Speak up. Speak out. Stay peaceful. Be safe.
No kings.
Now a wannabe dictator is trying to tear it apart—defying court orders, censoring the press, intimidating peaceful protestors and misusing our troops.
Speak up. Speak out. Stay peaceful. Be safe.
No kings.
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🧑🌾 As we talk about another Trump farmer bailout (because of his trade war), worth remembering the government has been subsidizing farms for 100 years.
Yet they call @ZohranKMamdani a “communist” for wanting to help people with food & transportation? 🤔 usafacts.org/articles/fed...
Yet they call @ZohranKMamdani a “communist” for wanting to help people with food & transportation? 🤔 usafacts.org/articles/fed...
October 18, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🧑🌾 As we talk about another Trump farmer bailout (because of his trade war), worth remembering the government has been subsidizing farms for 100 years.
Yet they call @ZohranKMamdani a “communist” for wanting to help people with food & transportation? 🤔 usafacts.org/articles/fed...
Yet they call @ZohranKMamdani a “communist” for wanting to help people with food & transportation? 🤔 usafacts.org/articles/fed...
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Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...
October 18, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Among George Santos’ many scams was a “pet charity” where he swindled people out of money who needed it for medical care for their pets. This is who Trump just pardoned www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/n...
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ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
ICE Detains Citizen After Saying She Doesn’t “Look Like” Her Last Name
She even had her U.S. passport on her.
newrepublic.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ICE agents kidnapped a US citizen in Chicago because she didn’t “look” American to them. She even had her US passport on her. 🤬
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Seems bad. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Exclusive | Trump Team Plans IRS Overhaul to Enable Pursuit of Left-Leaning Groups
The effort would install a Trump ally at the IRS’s criminal unit who has drawn up a list of investigative targets.
www.wsj.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Seems bad. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.
A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
October 16, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Dismantling the VRA is their plan. An all out attack on black/brown representation that would give Republicans a hammer-lock on power.
A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
A potentially 20-plus house seat shift. Pay attention.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
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One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
(Published August)
(Published August)
Veterans’ Care at Risk Under Trump as Hundreds of Doctors and Nurses Reject Working at VA Hospitals
Amid concerns about the stability of the agency, records show nearly 40% of the doctors offered jobs at the VA from January through March of this year turned them down — quadruple the rate of rejectio...
www.propublica.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One disabled Marine veteran has not had a primary care doctor assigned to him since his previous doctor left in the winter, his wife said. The VA “was never like this before. There’s a lack of staff, empty rooms, locked doors.”
(Published August)
(Published August)
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He keeps saying this, even though Jack Smith didn't join the classified docs case until a few months after the raid.
But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.
But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.
Eric Trump: "We found out that Jack Smith was actually planting classified folders in Mar-a-Lago"
October 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
He keeps saying this, even though Jack Smith didn't join the classified docs case until a few months after the raid.
But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.
But since he keeps doing this on Fox News, where they are on the same team, he won't get called out on it.
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Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month