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seen on WT Harris in E Charlotte
November 23, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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So we let the two supposed narco terrorists go rather than have the Trump admin show their proof in a US court.
October 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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This evening, President Trump is ordering 400 members of the Texas National Guard for deployments to Illinois, Oregon, and other locations within the United States. No officials from the federal government called me directly to discuss or coordinate.
October 6, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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a Reichstag fire, but one of them every week
September 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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ICE continues to assault us.

We are peacefully protesting. They are kidnapping and hurting us.
September 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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These numbers for ice are insane
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:

- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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This reporter was targeted.
He had a huge following, bigger than CNN.
They damn well knew it.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Spanish-language journalist to be turned over to Ice after protest arrest
El Salvador-born Mario Guevara, arrested by Georgia police on Saturday, transferred to Ice officers after bond release
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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“A deranged maniac impersonated a police officer and killed lawmakers but if you’re an immigrant be sure you immediately comply with plain clothes people who won’t identify themselves telling you to get in a van”, what a fuckin country
June 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The president has declared that any Americans exercising their right to protest — not committing violence, just voicing their opinion — will be met with a “very heavy force”
Trump says anybody who protests the military parade on Sunday will be met with “very heavy force”
June 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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💉BREAKING: RFK Jr. pulls COVID shot recommendation for kids, pregnant women
RFK Jr. pulls COVID shot recommendation for kids, pregnant women
The CDC is no longer recommending COVID shots for healthy children and healthy pregnant women.
trib.al
May 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Trump outright says he's open to imprisoning US citizens in El Salvador's prison complex:

"Yeah, that includes them. Why do you think there‘s a special category of person? They‘re as bad as anybody that comes in. We have bad ones, too. And I‘m all for it."
April 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Here's an intriguing fine detail: @premthakker.bsky.social reports that university officials have discovered that the Trump administration has been revoking not only visas but also the student "status" (based on, e.g., maintaining required course load) that universities usually control
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.

It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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Marc Elias: "Elias Law Group will not be deterred ... There will be no negotiation with this White House about the clients we represent or the lawsuits we bring."

"Our democracy is in peril, and the decisions made by lawyers and their firms may very well determine the future of the rule of law."
Trump is now directing federal law enforcement officials to seek sanctions against attorneys or law firms that challenge his actions in court.

The admin currently faces more than 130 lawsuits.

The move is the latest action that aims to punish judges and lawyers taking positions against Trump.
March 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Trump is a Russian asset.
NBC News has confirmed: The Justice Department informed European officials that the United States is withdrawing from a multinational group created to investigate leaders responsible for the invasion of Ukraine, including Putin.
March 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.
Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex
Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
March 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country.

This Friday, where will you be?

standupforscience2025.org
March 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
March 3, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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And in other news, the Trump administration is dropping US cyber defenses against Russia.
It’s almost as if Trump is colluding with Putin.
@adamkinzinger.bsky.social @clairelehmann.bsky.social @claireberlinski.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump administration retreats in fight against Russian cyber threats
Recent incidents indicate US is no longer characterizing Russia as a cybersecurity threat, marking a radical departure: ‘Putin is on the inside now’
www.theguardian.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Exclusive: “Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have been fired or feel they could be soon…”

www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/p...
US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say | CNN Politics
Foreign adversaries including Russia and China have recently directed their intelligence services to ramp up recruiting of US federal employees working in national security, targeting those who have b...
www.cnn.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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If your life depends on anyone in the GOP acting courageously and speaking out against any of this, start making out your will.
February 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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We’re witnessing a Brexit-level instance of completely unnecessary economic destruction. A country that’s not hit by any shock, but simply chooses policy self-harm.
JFC. The US Economic Policy Uncertainty Index is at its highest level since 2000, higher than during the Financial Crisis, higher than during COVID
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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the current head of the FBI has 8 separate appearances on this show
White nationalist Lana Lokteff says we have to "repeal the Civil Rights Act" to stop black people from invading "all our white spaces": "All of this because they couldn't drink [from] the same water fountain or use the same toilet. Was it really that big of a deal?"
February 27, 2025 at 1:08 AM