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My mom was cared for by immigrant hospice workers in her last days. I wonder who will be helping when we make it impossible to come here.
January 18, 2026 at 12:18 PM
My mom was cared for by immigrant hospice workers in her last days. I wonder who will be helping when we make it impossible to come here.
Buttigieg at the Detroit Auto Show talking ab/convicted felon president flipping the bird & dropping f-bomb at auto worker.T’s been a union buster, presiding over the loss of manufacturing jobs, & then someone as powerful as T comes into their workplace, he gives them the old F you.
January 18, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Buttigieg at the Detroit Auto Show talking ab/convicted felon president flipping the bird & dropping f-bomb at auto worker.T’s been a union buster, presiding over the loss of manufacturing jobs, & then someone as powerful as T comes into their workplace, he gives them the old F you.
When is T admin going to stop touting about how much better they are doing than Biden’s admin after crying they inherited such a horrible mess. They haven’t done anything yet. As history shows us Ts 1st year and half will be seeing the previous admin’s work. So let’s not forget that little detail.
January 17, 2026 at 8:24 PM
When is T admin going to stop touting about how much better they are doing than Biden’s admin after crying they inherited such a horrible mess. They haven’t done anything yet. As history shows us Ts 1st year and half will be seeing the previous admin’s work. So let’s not forget that little detail.
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Does Trump understand that the "insurrection Act" is a law thats intended to stop an insurrection? Because he seems to think he can use it to create his own insurrection.
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Does Trump understand that the "insurrection Act" is a law thats intended to stop an insurrection? Because he seems to think he can use it to create his own insurrection.
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There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open
January 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
There is a reason he’s forced to cause all of this chaos. He has NO PLAN. He funds no programs, no healthcare, no education, no lower prices, money coming in only supports more chaos. He envies other dictators. I challenge ANYONE to tell me just one single thing he’s accomplished? Discussion open
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Investigating elected officials for speech is not law enforcement but intimidation. If governors and mayors can be investigated for criticizing federal actions, neither elected officials nor anyone else is truly free to speak. #holdfast
January 17, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Investigating elected officials for speech is not law enforcement but intimidation. If governors and mayors can be investigated for criticizing federal actions, neither elected officials nor anyone else is truly free to speak. #holdfast
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
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What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
January 16, 2026 at 8:07 PM
What we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
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He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
January 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
He’s turned the presidency into the world’s largest ATM machine.
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“Many of the protesters are white, though others, including Native Americans, have participated. Several white protesters and volunteers said they felt that they had a special responsibility to stand up for neighbors who they said would be vulnerable to targeting by ICE.”
The People of Minneapolis vs. ICE: A Street-Level View
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 12:56 PM
“Many of the protesters are white, though others, including Native Americans, have participated. Several white protesters and volunteers said they felt that they had a special responsibility to stand up for neighbors who they said would be vulnerable to targeting by ICE.”
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Buttigieg: Some say you can’t talk about any of the things that were wrong about America because that must mean you hate America. To me, anytime we talk about something that wrong, it’s because some of the finest moments that brought out the greatest character of this country is how we put it right.
January 17, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Buttigieg: Some say you can’t talk about any of the things that were wrong about America because that must mean you hate America. To me, anytime we talk about something that wrong, it’s because some of the finest moments that brought out the greatest character of this country is how we put it right.
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It's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
January 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
It's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
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Hegseth thinks you have drugs on a boat in the ocean that aren’t coming into the US - summary execution.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
January 17, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Hegseth thinks you have drugs on a boat in the ocean that aren’t coming into the US - summary execution.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
Drug dealers with political connections and cash who sell to American addicts convicted after full due process - pardons from Trump.
This use of Heimat (“Homeland”) was intentional on the part of Hess & Hitler. “Homeland” suggested a racial identity, as Hitler noted in Mein Kampf when he speaks of the German ppl as a racial organism w/Ger land (Boden) & hereditarily Ger ppl (Volk) inseparable:wanted a pure “Ger race,” “homeland,”
January 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
This use of Heimat (“Homeland”) was intentional on the part of Hess & Hitler. “Homeland” suggested a racial identity, as Hitler noted in Mein Kampf when he speaks of the German ppl as a racial organism w/Ger land (Boden) & hereditarily Ger ppl (Volk) inseparable:wanted a pure “Ger race,” “homeland,”
When Joe Rogan starts referring to the Trump regime as if they’re Nazis, you know ICE and the GOP have a problem. On Tuesday, Rogan said:
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? Where’s your papers? Is that what we’ve come to?”
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? Where’s your papers? Is that what we’ve come to?”
January 17, 2026 at 3:56 PM
When Joe Rogan starts referring to the Trump regime as if they’re Nazis, you know ICE and the GOP have a problem. On Tuesday, Rogan said:
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? Where’s your papers? Is that what we’ve come to?”
“Are we really going to be the Gestapo? Where’s your papers? Is that what we’ve come to?”
bill nay have made it easier for employers to curtail overtime hours narrowly failed after several Rep members broke with leadership & voted with Dems to sink the bill. 3 other bills scheduled for votes were ultim postponed.
Once again Cong didn’t do the job we pay them to do. Why do we pay them?
Once again Cong didn’t do the job we pay them to do. Why do we pay them?
January 17, 2026 at 3:44 PM
bill nay have made it easier for employers to curtail overtime hours narrowly failed after several Rep members broke with leadership & voted with Dems to sink the bill. 3 other bills scheduled for votes were ultim postponed.
Once again Cong didn’t do the job we pay them to do. Why do we pay them?
Once again Cong didn’t do the job we pay them to do. Why do we pay them?
This isn’t healthcare reform. It’s marketing: change the headline, keep the scam. Meanwhile insurers still get paid. And you still get the bill. How long will people fall for a new label on the same old nothing?"
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 AM
This isn’t healthcare reform. It’s marketing: change the headline, keep the scam. Meanwhile insurers still get paid. And you still get the bill. How long will people fall for a new label on the same old nothing?"
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It REALLY frustrates me that everyone always forgets LaMonica McIver.
Democratic politicians facing frivolous criminal investigations from Trump:
Kat Abughazaleh
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Tim Walz
Jacob Frey
Letitia James
Lisa Cook
Mark Kelly
Eric Swalwell
Adam Schiff
Kat Abughazaleh
Elissa Slotkin
Jason Crow
Tim Walz
Jacob Frey
Letitia James
Lisa Cook
Mark Kelly
Eric Swalwell
Adam Schiff
Two days ago it was Elissa Slotkin. Last week it was Jerome Powell. Before that, Mark Kelly. Weaponizing the justice system against your opponents is an authoritarian tactic.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
The only person not being investigated for the shooting of Renee Good is the federal agent who shot her.
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
It REALLY frustrates me that everyone always forgets LaMonica McIver.
A fed judge on Fri barred fed agents in Minneapolis from arresting peaceful protesters, or using nonlethal munitions & crowd control tools against them. judge also prohibited fed agents from stopping vehicles following them, as long as those vehicles are maintaining a safe & “appropriate” distance.
January 17, 2026 at 3:13 AM
A fed judge on Fri barred fed agents in Minneapolis from arresting peaceful protesters, or using nonlethal munitions & crowd control tools against them. judge also prohibited fed agents from stopping vehicles following them, as long as those vehicles are maintaining a safe & “appropriate” distance.
Jedeed, who said she was interviewed for only six minutes, wrote, "Many of ICE's critics worry that the agency is hoovering up pro-T thugs — 1/6 insurrectionists, The truth, my experience suggests ICE's recruitment push is so sloppy the admin effectively has no idea who's joining the agency's ranks.
January 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Jedeed, who said she was interviewed for only six minutes, wrote, "Many of ICE's critics worry that the agency is hoovering up pro-T thugs — 1/6 insurrectionists, The truth, my experience suggests ICE's recruitment push is so sloppy the admin effectively has no idea who's joining the agency's ranks.
DOJ sued Weber in Sept after she refused to hand over detailed voter info for some 23 mil CAs, alleging that she was unlawfully preventing fed author from ensuring state compliance w/federal voting regulations & safeguarding fed elect against fraud. ? do they need SS#,feds have them f/tax:Weber wins
January 16, 2026 at 10:32 PM
DOJ sued Weber in Sept after she refused to hand over detailed voter info for some 23 mil CAs, alleging that she was unlawfully preventing fed author from ensuring state compliance w/federal voting regulations & safeguarding fed elect against fraud. ? do they need SS#,feds have them f/tax:Weber wins
T admin's 1st sale of Venez oil to U.S. buyer: a company linked to one of the president's biggest campn donors. The deal, worth $250 m, went to Vitol, the world's largest indep oil trader. Pouring mil into political action committees backing T's re-election & at WH days before agreement finalized.
January 16, 2026 at 10:15 PM
T admin's 1st sale of Venez oil to U.S. buyer: a company linked to one of the president's biggest campn donors. The deal, worth $250 m, went to Vitol, the world's largest indep oil trader. Pouring mil into political action committees backing T's re-election & at WH days before agreement finalized.
WTH: 58-year-old father in Oregon who drugged a group of preteen girls by serving fruit smoothies laced with a prescription sedative to his 12-year-old daughter and her friends during a sleepover party has resolved a multimillion-dollar legal battle over the disturbing incident.
January 16, 2026 at 9:46 PM
WTH: 58-year-old father in Oregon who drugged a group of preteen girls by serving fruit smoothies laced with a prescription sedative to his 12-year-old daughter and her friends during a sleepover party has resolved a multimillion-dollar legal battle over the disturbing incident.