@davepitt.bsky.social
Retired AP news writer, now media consultant, like nature, dogs, books, facts, truth, music, playing the piano
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This is unfortunately and sadly who we are now….
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As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & human rights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation.
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
New Orleans launches portal to report human rights abuses by Trump paramilitary units
The New Orleans City Council Dec. 3 launched an online portal for residents to report civil and human rights abuses by ICE and CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during
www.nola.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
As CBP forces began disappearing residents in the greater New Orleans area, the New Orleans City Council launched an online portal for residents to report civil & human rights abuses by ICE & CBP paramilitary units occupying the city during the Trump regime’s anti-migrant occupation.
#USDemocracy
#USDemocracy
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Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Breaking: The US lost 32,000 jobs in November, far worse than expected.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
Small businesses were the hardest hit.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
December 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
JUST IN: Mike Johnson plans to swear in Rep.-elect Matt Van Epps on Thursday — less than two days after he won the TN-07 special election.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
As a reminder, it took Johnson 50 days to swear in Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva.
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Here’s the truth of things:
NAFTA hollowed out our manufacturing capability, and a very few people got very very rich on cheap foreign labor. Yes, we got cheaper goods, but the health of our labor force badly suffered.
AI will make the job losses of NAFTA look like a minor blip.
Personally,
NAFTA hollowed out our manufacturing capability, and a very few people got very very rich on cheap foreign labor. Yes, we got cheaper goods, but the health of our labor force badly suffered.
AI will make the job losses of NAFTA look like a minor blip.
Personally,
December 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Here’s the truth of things:
NAFTA hollowed out our manufacturing capability, and a very few people got very very rich on cheap foreign labor. Yes, we got cheaper goods, but the health of our labor force badly suffered.
AI will make the job losses of NAFTA look like a minor blip.
Personally,
NAFTA hollowed out our manufacturing capability, and a very few people got very very rich on cheap foreign labor. Yes, we got cheaper goods, but the health of our labor force badly suffered.
AI will make the job losses of NAFTA look like a minor blip.
Personally,
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Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Hmm. Ghislaine Maxwell is filing a habeas petition challenging her incarceration PRO SE (no lawyers). I guess even David Markus has his limits? Incidentally, she's worried that the release of the Epstein files would be devastating to her case.
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What a sick joke. Will they put photos of the murders in the Caribbean Sea in the lobby? How about a photo of Trump clapping as the murderer Putin arrives in Alaska? Or Trump having the time of his life with the murdering Saudi Prince MBS?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What a sick joke. Will they put photos of the murders in the Caribbean Sea in the lobby? How about a photo of Trump clapping as the murderer Putin arrives in Alaska? Or Trump having the time of his life with the murdering Saudi Prince MBS?
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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Breaking:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Breaking:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
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Oh ferfucksake.
CNN - Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC
CNN - Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC
Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC | CNN
Dr. Ralph Abraham, who as a state surgeon general ordered health officials to stop promoting mass vaccination, will serve as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s principal deputy direct...
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Oh ferfucksake.
CNN - Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC
CNN - Louisiana surgeon general who stopped promoting vaccination will be second in command at CDC
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In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In 2022, Donald Trump sued me and others associated with the Clinton campaign for RICO. We did not cave. We fought. First, we won in a Florida trial court. Today, we won in the 11th Circuit.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
To the law firms, media corps and billionaires who bow down: Learn a lesson. Have some dignity and fight.
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BREAKING: The indictment of Comey has been DISMISSED because Halligan was unlawfully appointed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#213 in United States v. Comey (E.D. Va., 1:25-cr-00272) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing fro...
storage.courtlistener.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
BREAKING: The indictment of Comey has been DISMISSED because Halligan was unlawfully appointed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Share TF OUT OF THIS!#TrumpCrushesYourDreams
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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This is fu*king outrageous!
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is fu*king outrageous!
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
apnews.com/article/utah...
Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu
apnews.com/article/bird...
apnews.com/article/bird...
Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu
A Washington state man is believed to be the first person to die from a rare strain of bird flu, but state health officials say the risk to the public is low.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Washington state man believed to be the first to die from a rare strain of bird flu
apnews.com/article/bird...
apnews.com/article/bird...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
apnews.com/article/marj...
apnews.com/article/marj...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a once-loyal supporter of President Donald Trump who has become a critic, says she is resigning from Congress in January.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
apnews.com/article/marj...
apnews.com/article/marj...
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
November 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Rep. Jasmine Crockett has released receipts that reveal that ProPublica has reported that Kristi Noem secretly diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in Department of Homeland Security funds to a consulting firm affiliated with her own campaign.
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Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts.
He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.
He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.
Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.
He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.
Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
November 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Trump bought Boeing bonds while rewarding the company billions in federal contracts.
He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.
He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.
Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
He bought Intel bonds after directing the government to acquire a stake in the company.
He bought Meta bonds while pushing AI-friendly policy.
Trump isn’t governing — he’s cashing in.
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Interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers says she will plead the fifth if forced to testify to Congress. But she willingly sat down with Todd Blanche? What a load of horseshit. www.politico.com/live-updates...
Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says
The late sex offender's convicted co-conspirator has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers says she will plead the fifth if forced to testify to Congress. But she willingly sat down with Todd Blanche? What a load of horseshit. www.politico.com/live-updates...
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This young man has it exactly right.
November 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This young man has it exactly right.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952