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Rick Vecchio
@bklynsoutham.bsky.social
· Mar 15
“We know it’s a tough time to be a journalist, but I think what strengthens all of us is that there is probably no better time to be a journalist because this is when we live our values and we live our mission.”
— Maria Ressa
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Support fact-based journalism.
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Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Raskin: If this were to pass, this astounding provision would give eight Republican senators a personal payday of at least a million dollars each, paid for by the U.S. Taxpayers at a time when we are throwing millions of people off of their health care…
USAID's entire budget for FY 2025, before Trump illegally dismantled it, was approximately $34 billion.
Compare that to Trump's $40 billion bailout of Argentine President Milei's political party.
Compare that to Trump's $40 billion bailout of Argentine President Milei's political party.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
USAID's entire budget for FY 2025, before Trump illegally dismantled it, was approximately $34 billion.
Compare that to Trump's $40 billion bailout of Argentine President Milei's political party.
Compare that to Trump's $40 billion bailout of Argentine President Milei's political party.
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The first honest thing Steve Bannon has ever said.
Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The first honest thing Steve Bannon has ever said.
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Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Of course I'm worried about socialism. I mean, just imagine if Mamdani one day becomes President and nationalizes industry, imposes historic tax hikes, goes after the media, builds a secret national police force, militarizes the country, and sends people to camps.
NY Times headlines:
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Flight Cancellations Begin Ahead of F.A.A. Air Traffic Cuts
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Flight Cancellations Begin Ahead of F.A.A. Air Traffic Cuts
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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
NY Times headlines:
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
Scroll, scroll...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Flight Cancellations Begin Ahead of F.A.A. Air Traffic Cuts
Scroll...
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America
Scroll, scroll...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Flight Cancellations Begin Ahead of F.A.A. Air Traffic Cuts
Scroll...
Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month
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Said the guy who refuses to feed babies and the elderly
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Said the guy who refuses to feed babies and the elderly
"Our Economy is BOOMING, and Costs are coming way down. Affordability is our goal. Love to the American People!"
One year ago, almost to the hour, the election was called: this criminally insane ghoul was declared president-elect for a second time. And my dog died. What a horrible day!
One year ago, almost to the hour, the election was called: this criminally insane ghoul was declared president-elect for a second time. And my dog died. What a horrible day!
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Our Economy is BOOMING, and Costs are coming way down. Affordability is our goal. Love to the American People!"
One year ago, almost to the hour, the election was called: this criminally insane ghoul was declared president-elect for a second time. And my dog died. What a horrible day!
One year ago, almost to the hour, the election was called: this criminally insane ghoul was declared president-elect for a second time. And my dog died. What a horrible day!
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says
Photos captured by Mobile Fortify will be stored for 15 years, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, the document says.
www.404media.co
November 4, 2025 at 12:37 AM
According to reports, ICE officers are being told to trust the results of a faulty facial recognition app over evidence of citizenship.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
The Trump administration is steamrolling our due process and privacy rights to support its mass deportation agenda.
"I love you Christians and I'm a Christian. I love you. You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going to have to vote."
— Donald Trump
July 2024
— Donald Trump
July 2024
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"I love you Christians and I'm a Christian. I love you. You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don't have to vote again. We'll have it fixed so good, you're not going to have to vote."
— Donald Trump
July 2024
— Donald Trump
July 2024
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🎵 why would Lockheed Martin build a ballroom..... 🎶 This is TikTok Premium ☺️
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
🎵 why would Lockheed Martin build a ballroom..... 🎶 This is TikTok Premium ☺️
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Believe him when he talks about the pain he wants to inflict on your communities, families, & children.
This is a lawless and destructive government hellbent on denying due process, dignity, & respect to our most vulnerable.
Get in the fight. Support your local teams pushing back against this.
This is a lawless and destructive government hellbent on denying due process, dignity, & respect to our most vulnerable.
Get in the fight. Support your local teams pushing back against this.
Q: Americans have been watching videos of ICE tackling a young mother, tear gas being used in a Chicago residential neighborhood, and the smashing of car windows. Have some of these raids gone too far?"
Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”
Trump: "No. I think they haven't gone far enough”
November 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Believe him when he talks about the pain he wants to inflict on your communities, families, & children.
This is a lawless and destructive government hellbent on denying due process, dignity, & respect to our most vulnerable.
Get in the fight. Support your local teams pushing back against this.
This is a lawless and destructive government hellbent on denying due process, dignity, & respect to our most vulnerable.
Get in the fight. Support your local teams pushing back against this.
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Happy Halloween 🎃👻💀
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃👻💀
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There’s a special place in hell for anyone who can watch this and feel joy.
And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…
And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
There’s a special place in hell for anyone who can watch this and feel joy.
And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…
And for the ones just standing there doing nothing, you’re not much better…
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Messaging is getting sharper.
October 31, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Messaging is getting sharper.
"Trump's cuts to USAID could hurt his efforts to stop anti-narco land operations in Latin America, like in Peru, the world's second largest cocaine producer."
On the frontlines of Peru's forgotten cocaine war
The Trump administration's goals to crack down on drug trafficking may be at odds with cuts to aid programs meant to fight coca at its source in the Amazon
www.npr.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 AM
"Trump's cuts to USAID could hurt his efforts to stop anti-narco land operations in Latin America, like in Peru, the world's second largest cocaine producer."
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Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Here’s a disturbing video from Evanston of a federal agent hitting a man on the ground as people yell that he can’t breathe.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Not always a fan of this chap but a decent article nonetheless.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
Opinion: The art of no deal: Canada’s only winning move is not to play
The only objective in these negotiations should be to keep them going, for as long as we can
www.theglobeandmail.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Not always a fan of this chap but a decent article nonetheless.
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...
One of the "brave men and women of ICE" courageously shooting a pastor in the face at point blank range.
Tom Homan, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are evil. What they are perpetrating on our country is a crime.
Mass Non-Violent Resistence is how to ultimately defeat them and Trump.
Tom Homan, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are evil. What they are perpetrating on our country is a crime.
Mass Non-Violent Resistence is how to ultimately defeat them and Trump.
October 30, 2025 at 11:53 AM
One of the "brave men and women of ICE" courageously shooting a pastor in the face at point blank range.
Tom Homan, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are evil. What they are perpetrating on our country is a crime.
Mass Non-Violent Resistence is how to ultimately defeat them and Trump.
Tom Homan, Greg Bovino, Kristi Noem and Stephen Miller are evil. What they are perpetrating on our country is a crime.
Mass Non-Violent Resistence is how to ultimately defeat them and Trump.
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I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
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Emma Thompson to A.I.: FUCK OFF.
Now THAT’s good writing.
Now THAT’s good writing.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Emma Thompson to A.I.: FUCK OFF.
Now THAT’s good writing.
Now THAT’s good writing.
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NEW: we tested Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras.
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
Zenni’s Anti-Facial Recognition Glasses are Eyewear for Our Paranoid Age
These anti-facial recognition glasses technically work, but won’t save you from our surveillance dystopia.
www.404media.co
October 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
NEW: we tested Zenni's anti-facial recognition glasses coating. "ID Guard" adds a pink sheen to the surface of the glasses that reflects the infrared light used by some facial recognition cameras.
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
www.404media.co/zennis-anti-...
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What a sick world.
October 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
What a sick world.