Curtis Lester
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What have we become? www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
USA: New Findings Reveal Human Rights Violations at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome Detention Centers
Amnesty International today released a new report documenting cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment at two immigration detention centers in Florida: The Everglades Detention Facility (“Alligator Alc...
www.amnesty.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
What have we become? www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”
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Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”
If we allow a network of secretive, cruel, detention facilities for one set of powerless people today, tomorrow it will inevitably turn those same systems against anyone who challenges their power.
open.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Alligator Alcatraz: How Tyranny Starts—With “Those People”
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
open.substack.com/pub/thomhart...
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
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Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
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Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
December 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Jasmine Crockett: “Democrats that believe the only way that you can win is by being soft & sounding like a Republican — That is not true —
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
What people are looking for are people that are tough & are going to fight for them
fight for better health care
fight for access to jobs
fight for education”
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Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Almost daily someone wants to tell me that I should mind my own business and stay out of US "politics". So almost daily I have to remind them that Trumpism affects global economics, environment and peace. I'll do what every concerned global citizen should do. I'll express my opinion. Loudly.
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Trump dismissing Epstein files as an issue is all about ‘self-protection,’ says @raskin.house.gov youtu.be/j5XQcjkwc3o?...
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Trump dismissing Epstein files as an issue is all about ‘self-protection,’ says @raskin.house.gov youtu.be/j5XQcjkwc3o?...
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Every few years, the GOP majority pushes us closer and closer to a system of election by oligarchs.
The Supreme Court ponders giving billionaires even more power over elections
Republicans want the last limits on political spending eliminated.
www.motherjones.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Every few years, the GOP majority pushes us closer and closer to a system of election by oligarchs.
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In South Carolina, helping more than five people vote by mail makes you a felon. Three voters, all currently living in nursing homes, are challenging the law.
Disabled voters are challenging South Carolina's draconian ballot laws
In a state at war with the Voting Rights Act, helping more than five people vote by mail makes you a felon.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In South Carolina, helping more than five people vote by mail makes you a felon. Three voters, all currently living in nursing homes, are challenging the law.
I recently learned that what I was taught in high school and American History 101 about the Japanese Internment was the white washed Disney version. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
RACHEL MADDOW PRESENTS: BURN ORDER
Rachel Maddow tells the story of one of the most shocking decisions in American history in her new podcast, “Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order.” This six-part series reveals how an executive order au...
www.ms.now
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I recently learned that what I was taught in high school and American History 101 about the Japanese Internment was the white washed Disney version. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
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NEW EPISODE: @maddow.bsky.social joins @nicollewallace.bsky.social on "The Best People."
Watch their full conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8B...
Watch their full conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8B...
Rachel Maddow HUMILIATES corporations capitulating to Trump
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
NEW EPISODE: @maddow.bsky.social joins @nicollewallace.bsky.social on "The Best People."
Watch their full conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8B...
Watch their full conversation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KP8B...
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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It must hurt when you're Trump and you can't pardon crooks because they were convicted on state charges, not federal ones.
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
It must hurt when you're Trump and you can't pardon crooks because they were convicted on state charges, not federal ones.
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BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon IG says of Hegseth's use of Signal, "The information could have imperiled American troops." If Hegseth values our troops as much as he says he does, he should resign and allow someone more experienced to lead the Department of Defense.
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
BREAKING NEWS: Pentagon IG says of Hegseth's use of Signal, "The information could have imperiled American troops." If Hegseth values our troops as much as he says he does, he should resign and allow someone more experienced to lead the Department of Defense.
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PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
December 4, 2025 at 2:01 AM
PRO TIP: If you're going to lash out at reporters for questioning your stamina, don't fall asleep mid-rant.
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BREAKING: MS NOW: Federal prosecutors are scheduled to seek to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday in Norfolk on charges related to alleged mortgage fraud, according to a source with knowledge of the plans.
www.ms.now/news/prosecu...
www.ms.now/news/prosecu...
December 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
BREAKING: MS NOW: Federal prosecutors are scheduled to seek to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James Thursday in Norfolk on charges related to alleged mortgage fraud, according to a source with knowledge of the plans.
www.ms.now/news/prosecu...
www.ms.now/news/prosecu...
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Incredible optics here, really underscores it all.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Incredible optics here, really underscores it all.
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Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
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No Habba job. Sad!
Breaking News: A federal court said that Alina Habba, a Trump-appointed lawyer, had been serving unlawfully as the U.S. attorney in New Jersey. She was neither confirmed by the Senate nor appointed by district trial court judges — the two traditional pathways.
Appeals Court Says Alina Habba, Former Trump Lawyer, Is Serving Unlawfully as U.S. Attorney
The judges wrote that the Trump Administration appeared to have become frustrated by legal and political barriers that have prevented its preferred U.S. attorneys from leading federal prosecutors’ offices.
nyti.ms
December 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
No Habba job. Sad!
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There wouldn't be such an uproar if der trumple and Pig Hegseth learned how to read. The folks said "illegal" orders, not legal. If you can't differentiate between the two, you have no business being prez or director of DOD. Turning the FBI loose on them is a waste of time & taxpayer dollars.
November 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There wouldn't be such an uproar if der trumple and Pig Hegseth learned how to read. The folks said "illegal" orders, not legal. If you can't differentiate between the two, you have no business being prez or director of DOD. Turning the FBI loose on them is a waste of time & taxpayer dollars.
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Disgusted to hear of the targeted shooting of National Guard members in DC today. All Americans should unite in condemning and rejecting this violence. Sending prayers to these victims and their families, and thankful to the responders who acted so quickly.
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Disgusted to hear of the targeted shooting of National Guard members in DC today. All Americans should unite in condemning and rejecting this violence. Sending prayers to these victims and their families, and thankful to the responders who acted so quickly.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM