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· Nov 25
1/ 🚨 Conspiracy theories about the 2024 election miss the bigger picture.
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
The truth? It wasn’t one night, one hack, or one fraud. It was a system rigged in plain sight – right in front of us. The playbook was out in the open for years. But hardly anyone paid attention.
Here’s how they did it... 🧵
read this! it is long but unviels some super shady shit
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Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
Instead of carefully targeted arrests long practiced by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Trump administration has deployed roving groups of masked Border Patrol agents, who work wi…
trib.al
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Border Patrol’s strong-arm tactics are the new norm in Chicago as Trump moves to sideline ICE leadership
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Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
I'm supporting Feeding America!
To feed America’s hungry through food banks and engage our country in the fight to end hunger
teamfeed.feedingamerica.org
November 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Got tired of reading the news and getting mad. Feeding America backs 200+ food banks around the country and I've seeded with $500 for now. I'll match up to another $500 myself.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
Pass the hat, RTs graciously appreciated, etc.
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The chief of one of the world’s largest asset managers labeled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy “anti-growth,” as the US administration pushes ahead with an unprecedented crackdown, spurring chaos among skilled foreign workers
State Street CEO Labels Trump Immigration Policy ‘Anti-Growth’
The chief of one of the world’s largest asset managers labeled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy “anti-growth,” as the US administration pushes ahead with an unprecedented crackdown, spurring chaos among skilled foreign workers.
bloom.bg
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The chief of one of the world’s largest asset managers labeled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy “anti-growth,” as the US administration pushes ahead with an unprecedented crackdown, spurring chaos among skilled foreign workers
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Trump’s rapid and contentious changes to federal research policy are rewriting the social contract between the U.S. government and research universities.
All government shutdowns disrupt science − in 2025, the consequences extend far beyond a lapse in funding
The Trump administration is not just reforming the US research system – it is trying to remake it.
buff.ly
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Trump’s rapid and contentious changes to federal research policy are rewriting the social contract between the U.S. government and research universities.
don't let this go
Today marks one month since the funeral of Delta State University student Trey Reed.
His family is still waiting on the results of an independent autopsy. After he was found hanging from a tree on campus, the state's initial autopsy ruled his death a suicide.
Here's a timeline of what we know.
His family is still waiting on the results of an independent autopsy. After he was found hanging from a tree on campus, the state's initial autopsy ruled his death a suicide.
Here's a timeline of what we know.
Timeline: Trey Reed's Hanging Death at Delta State University
A timeline of the known events surrounding Delta State University student Trey Reed's hanging death in Cleveland, Mississippi.
www.mississippifreepress.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:30 PM
don't let this go
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'Maybe he will finally concede that he's made a mistake.'
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social reacts as Donald Trump is asked to withdraw his nomination for Paul Ingrassia, who admits to having a 'Nazi streak'.
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social reacts as Donald Trump is asked to withdraw his nomination for Paul Ingrassia, who admits to having a 'Nazi streak'.
October 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
'Maybe he will finally concede that he's made a mistake.'
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social reacts as Donald Trump is asked to withdraw his nomination for Paul Ingrassia, who admits to having a 'Nazi streak'.
@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social reacts as Donald Trump is asked to withdraw his nomination for Paul Ingrassia, who admits to having a 'Nazi streak'.
you probably know one
"It's tempting to shrug off the language in the Young Republicans' group chat as the pathetic humor of pasty losers. But the danger is real... We have seen incel ideology drive heinous acts of public violence." www.liberalcurrents.com/sex-is-gay-r...
Sex Is Gay, Rape Is Epic, No Fatties: Young Right-Wing Men Are Obsessed With Male Power and Male Bodies
The group chat leak reveals what over a decade of incel messaging and Bronze Age Pervert have done to Young Republicans.
www.liberalcurrents.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:05 AM
you probably know one
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"I am probably the most apolitical person in America because I was separated from all of you, and I was told that I was worthless and that I would be put to death."
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"I am probably the most apolitical person in America because I was separated from all of you, and I was told that I was worthless and that I would be put to death."
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
Nick Yarris spent more than 20 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit. And he didn't mean to be at #NoKings.
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PBS News Hour began 50 years ago with a different name.
The show launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report," and was inspired by MacNeil and Jim Lehrer's gavel-to-gave coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings two years earlier.
Deema Zein explains.
The show launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report," and was inspired by MacNeil and Jim Lehrer's gavel-to-gave coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings two years earlier.
Deema Zein explains.
October 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
PBS News Hour began 50 years ago with a different name.
The show launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report," and was inspired by MacNeil and Jim Lehrer's gavel-to-gave coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings two years earlier.
Deema Zein explains.
The show launched in 1975 as "The Robert MacNeil Report," and was inspired by MacNeil and Jim Lehrer's gavel-to-gave coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings two years earlier.
Deema Zein explains.
killing people. great
ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits and deaths in custody mount.
Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.
Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.
ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount
Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
killing people. great
interesting
An artistic research project called Plant Futures imagines how a single species of flower might evolve in response to climate change between 2023 and 2100—and invites us to reflect on the complex, long-term impacts of our warming world.
Flowers of the future
A new research project, Plant Futures, envisions how a flower might respond to climate change over time.
www.technologyreview.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
interesting
one bit at a time
Cook County will now prohibit the use of county owned property, resources, and personnel for civil immigration enforcement.
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Preckwinkle issues executive order to create 'ICE-free zones' in Cook County
It's the latest in local efforts to establish "ICE-free zones." The Chief Judge of Cook County has already barred civil arrests at Cook County courthouses and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson signed a similar executive order making it so that city property — including parking lots next to Chicago…
trib.al
October 17, 2025 at 3:06 AM
one bit at a time
one piece at a time
The Hammond Common Council has approved a resolution banning federal immigration authorities from using city property for enforcement efforts less than a week after ICE agents were told to leave the city’s police department parking lot.
Hammond council prohibits ICE from ‘uncoordinated use’ of city properties
The Hammond Common Council has approved a resolution that prohibits ICE agents from using city properties as staging areas, processing locations or operations centers.
trib.al
October 17, 2025 at 2:46 AM
one piece at a time
can't begin to fathom the sadness
OPINION: The most dangerous illusion the world holds is that bombs define the disaster. The disaster is what remains when the bombs stop.
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Bombing has stopped in Gaza, but the tragedy is only beginning
(RNS) — Survival in Gaza is, historically, not followed by recovery, but another round of survival.
religionnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
can't begin to fathom the sadness
clearly genocide
Video shows the immense level of destruction left behind by Israeli forces in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City.
October 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
clearly genocide
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The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.
How a new firm with DHS ties won a $915 million contract to help immigrants "self-deport"
The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival's lawsuit alleges.
www.motherjones.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The “rushed” deal was handed to a firm with “no track record” as a federal contractor, a rival’s lawsuit alleges.
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"Israel expects us to feel grateful for obtaining our basic rights to life and liberty — as if they were favors, not ordinary human rights."
I Have Hope for This Ceasefire, But It Can’t Undo Two Years of Genocide
U.S. President Donald Trump said the ceasefire deal marked “a wonderful day for everybody.” Why did it take two years to arrive?
interc.pt
October 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"Israel expects us to feel grateful for obtaining our basic rights to life and liberty — as if they were favors, not ordinary human rights."
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Nearly half of the world’s natural World Heritage sites — from the Great Barrier Reef to the Sundarbans — are now under severe threat from climate change, warns a new report released at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi
Climate crisis threatens nearly half of natural World Heritage sites, report finds | The National
www.thenationalnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Nearly half of the world’s natural World Heritage sites — from the Great Barrier Reef to the Sundarbans — are now under severe threat from climate change, warns a new report released at the IUCN World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi
pure idiocy lol. the @newyorker.com sure can turn a phrase
Baseball is America’s pastime and football America’s sport, but rodeo may as well be America itself: raw courage along with pure idiocy, a never-ending tug of war between myth and reality, Casey Cep writes. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-guts-and-glory-of-indian-rodeo
October 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
pure idiocy lol. the @newyorker.com sure can turn a phrase
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Insurrectionists: Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among over 1,500 J6 Capitol Riot defendants pardoned by Donald Trump
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Insurrectionists: Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among over 1,500 J6 Capitol Riot defendants pardoned by Donald Trump
www.bbc.com/news/article...
October 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Insurrectionists: Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among over 1,500 J6 Capitol Riot defendants pardoned by Donald Trump
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Insurrectionists: Proud Boys and Oath Keepers among over 1,500 J6 Capitol Riot defendants pardoned by Donald Trump
www.bbc.com/news/article...
jeebus feckin chrisp
Yes, America - the president is telling you you’ll be paid to take your meds.
FFS
FFS
Trump: "Drug prices are going to be going down 100%, 400%, 600%, 1,000% in some cases."
October 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
jeebus feckin chrisp
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U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:
"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."
"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."
October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says he has been denied 4 times to see what is going on inside the Broadview, IL ICE facility:
"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."
"Something's going on in there that they don't want us to see. I don't know what it is, but all Americans should be asking the same question."
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Mehdi Hassan 👏👏👏
Bari Weiss "is a self-described 'Zionist fanatic.' The idea that a 'neutral media organization' is led by someone who has a long history as a pro-Israel ideologue...is really worrying. I think there will be a lot more censorship of Palestinian voices."
Bari Weiss "is a self-described 'Zionist fanatic.' The idea that a 'neutral media organization' is led by someone who has a long history as a pro-Israel ideologue...is really worrying. I think there will be a lot more censorship of Palestinian voices."
October 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
fierce
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
fierce
dangerous times we live in. stay safe but PROTEST!
The Trump administration is testing the limits of its power. We’ve yet to see the edge.
Schiff: "You begin to wonder -- do they believe they have the authority by putting some groups on a list, even domestic groups, to use lethal force against them, with no trial, no due process, no nothing? The reality is we can't rule that out."
October 10, 2025 at 4:38 AM
dangerous times we live in. stay safe but PROTEST!