DWKing
@dwking.bsky.social
Proud Liberal, Carolina Panthers fan 🏈🇺🇦💙🌊🌊
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Christofascism on the move
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
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January 2, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Christofascism on the move
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And sure enough, just a few days later, this has made its way into Abrego Garcia’s latest filing seeking sanctions against the government for violating the court order. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 2, 2026 at 4:29 AM
And sure enough, just a few days later, this has made its way into Abrego Garcia’s latest filing seeking sanctions against the government for violating the court order. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
December 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
By amplifying this post calling Kilmar Abrego Garcia a “terrorist,” the Trump administration just violated the court order that they reference.
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Chaos continues to engulf the Kennedy Center as its honors show suffered a devastating ratings nosedive in 2025, according to a new report.
Kennedy Center's MAGA makeover backfires as honors show viewership crashes to all-time low
Chaos continues to engulf the Kennedy Center as its honors show suffered a devastating ratings nosedive in 2025, according to a new report.The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual award that recognizes lifetime achievements in the performing arts, including music, dance, theater, opera, film, and tele...
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January 2, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Chaos continues to engulf the Kennedy Center as its honors show suffered a devastating ratings nosedive in 2025, according to a new report.
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Fair warning:
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
January 1, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Fair warning:
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
If you don’t want to see a LOT of get out the vote content this year, I’m probably not a good person to follow.
My goal for 2026 is to help hand the GOP the largest midterm loss in history.
We’re going to make 2018 look like a small trickle.
FUN FACT: Taylor Swift personally donated more to charity this year than Trump’s room filled with billionaires donated at Maralago NYE event.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:48 AM
FUN FACT: Taylor Swift personally donated more to charity this year than Trump’s room filled with billionaires donated at Maralago NYE event.
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ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
(Published November)
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A top Republican in Minnesota recently admitted to "steering" the viral fraud video that sparked recent controversy about the state's social programs.
Top Republican admits GOP steered YouTuber in viral fraud video
A top Republican in Minnesota recently admitted to "steering" the viral fraud video that sparked recent controversy about the state's social programs. Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said during the weekly Republican legislative press conference that the party told right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirl...
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January 1, 2026 at 3:30 AM
A top Republican in Minnesota recently admitted to "steering" the viral fraud video that sparked recent controversy about the state's social programs.
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A FEMA staffer called this wave of terminations “The New Year’s Eve Massacre.”
January 1, 2026 at 3:52 AM
A FEMA staffer called this wave of terminations “The New Year’s Eve Massacre.”
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Trump posted a photo claiming it shows a bald eagle in the United States killed by a windmill.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump posted a photo claiming it shows a bald eagle in the United States killed by a windmill.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
In reality, the image is of a dead falcon in Israel from 2017.
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Pam Bondi scrubs post accidentally revealing drug deaths went way down under Biden
Pam Bondi scrubs post accidentally revealing drug deaths went way down under Biden
Attorney General Pam Bondi has quietly removed a post she made to X on Tuesday that purported to tout the success of the Trump administration's anti-drug efforts — but instead accidentally revealed how much progress on combating overdoses was made by the preceding Biden administration.The original p...
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December 31, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Pam Bondi scrubs post accidentally revealing drug deaths went way down under Biden
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For roughly the past 20 years, private equity firms have been on a medical facility buying spree—more than 22% of all for-profit hospitals—only to unload them a few years later. And they often leave devastation in their wake. trib.al/vdCqzLC
December 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
For roughly the past 20 years, private equity firms have been on a medical facility buying spree—more than 22% of all for-profit hospitals—only to unload them a few years later. And they often leave devastation in their wake. trib.al/vdCqzLC
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This bill passed unanimously. Let's see if they override his veto. Bet they won't.
NEW: President Trump's first veto of his second term kills a unanimous bill to fund a major drinking water project in Colorado. Trump had threatened punishment for Colorado for imprisoning his ally Tina Peters. www.9news.com/article/news...
Trump vetoes bill to fund Arkansas Valley conduit in Colorado
President Trump vetoed a bill to fund a pipeline project to bring clean drinking water to communities on the Eastern Plains between Pueblo and Lamar.
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December 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This bill passed unanimously. Let's see if they override his veto. Bet they won't.
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A pro-Trump candidate for governor of Florida claimed on X that he "protected" the state from red light traffic cameras — then quietly deleted and rephrased his post after people pointed out he clearly had done no such thing.
Florida Republican quickly deletes boast as internet calls him out on false claim
A pro-Trump candidate for governor of Florida claimed on X that he "protected" the state from red light traffic cameras — then quietly deleted and rephrased his post after people pointed out he clearly had done no such thing.Red light cameras monitor drivers for potential signal violations and can i...
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December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A pro-Trump candidate for governor of Florida claimed on X that he "protected" the state from red light traffic cameras — then quietly deleted and rephrased his post after people pointed out he clearly had done no such thing.
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Additional screenshots of the email:
December 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Additional screenshots of the email:
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December 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Before the year ends, consider making a gift to support independent investigative journalism.
Your support helps ensure ProPublica can keep doing the work others can’t, or won’t.
Join us with any gift amount: https://propub.li/3YJ5G5c
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Join us with any gift amount: https://propub.li/3YJ5G5c
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Israel is banning the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders from operating in Gaza starting on New Year’s Day. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Israel says it will halt operations of several humanitarian organizations in Gaza
The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs said the organizations that will be banned Thursday didn't meet new requirements for sharing staff members, funding and operations information.
www.nbcnews.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Israel is banning the Nobel Peace Prize-winning humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders from operating in Gaza starting on New Year’s Day. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
www.propublica.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Published Nov. w/ @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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'Incompetence': Legal analyst flags key files Trump admin hid in latest Epstein dump
'Incompetence': Legal analyst flags key files Trump admin hid in latest Epstein dump
Speculation has been building about whether President Donald Trump's administration has broken the law when it comes to releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, and one legal analyst on Sunday flagged key files that have continued to be withheld from the public. Last week, the Trump administration relea...
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December 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
'Incompetence': Legal analyst flags key files Trump admin hid in latest Epstein dump
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NYT confirms some sort of action: “American officials said that Trump was referring to a drug facility in Venezuela and that it was eliminated, but provided no details. Military officials said they had no information to share, and the CIA declined to comment. The White House declined to comment.”
Trump Says the U.S. Struck a ‘Big Facility’ in Campaign Against Venezuela
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December 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NYT confirms some sort of action: “American officials said that Trump was referring to a drug facility in Venezuela and that it was eliminated, but provided no details. Military officials said they had no information to share, and the CIA declined to comment. The White House declined to comment.”
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Somewhat pedantic point about pipe bomber detention memo.
They quote him saying, on December 4, "“I really don’t like either party at this point,” placing that opinion in the present.
But then paragraphs later, they misrepresent the tense of that opinion, placing it back in time to 2020.
They quote him saying, on December 4, "“I really don’t like either party at this point,” placing that opinion in the present.
But then paragraphs later, they misrepresent the tense of that opinion, placing it back in time to 2020.
December 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Somewhat pedantic point about pipe bomber detention memo.
They quote him saying, on December 4, "“I really don’t like either party at this point,” placing that opinion in the present.
But then paragraphs later, they misrepresent the tense of that opinion, placing it back in time to 2020.
They quote him saying, on December 4, "“I really don’t like either party at this point,” placing that opinion in the present.
But then paragraphs later, they misrepresent the tense of that opinion, placing it back in time to 2020.
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Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
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Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Both of the homes Trump claimed as principal residences in the ’90s were used as investment properties and rented out, according to an interview with his longtime real estate agent — exactly the sort of scenario he’s pointed to as evidence of fraud.
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Stephen Miller isn’t just closing borders. He is trying to overturn decades of American history and progress.
Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
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Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State
He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and unassimilable. How far will Miller’s sadistic designs go?
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December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Stephen Miller isn’t just closing borders. He is trying to overturn decades of American history and progress.
Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
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Let’s stop pretending this is normal.
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