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“Trump Organization Is Said to Be in Talks on a Saudi Government Real Estate Deal,” the New York Times reported-- with a lackadaisical attitude toward the president using the federal government that he administers as a channel for his family’s businesses.

fair.org/home/for-nyt...
For NYT, Trump’s Gulf Corruption Is the New Normal
It is a hallmark of corrupt societies that institutions like media simply accept that the personal business interests of politicians supersede public service.
fair.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:52 PM
garyl45.bsky.social
Cavs broadcast does not want you to have to use your brain to determine how they are winning or losing by.
November 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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mrfengi.bsky.social
It is embarassing that only a news outlet from the UK has an accurate headline while our local papers keep saying "reports" without specifying a liar made that report.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Border patrol chief reprimanded for lying claims shots were fired at immigration officers in Chicago
Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, a TN sheriff had a 61-yr-old man arrested for posting a meme on Facebook, which the sheriff absurdly construed as a threat. It was pretty clearly bullshit but I dug into the case using FB & public records and now it looks even worse. My latest @theintercept.com:
The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.
theintercept.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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50501movement.bsky.social
From the people that pretend to be Christian, they hit a clergyman directly while protesting.

They’ve gone from attacking marginalized communities to attacking the community in general. Now they are openly attacking religious institutions.
October 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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unraveledpress.com
Oak Park resident Scott Sakiyama reports feds pointed weapons at him across from an elementary school today. They then arrested him and took him to Broadview. While in custody, he saw agents texting in a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2."

Full testimony: www.facebook.com/share/p/1GqB...
This morning masked ICE agents pulled me out of my car at gun-point, threw me in the back of a van and took me to their facility in Broadview. I had been following the van down Harvard honking my horn and blowing a whistle to alert the community that ICE was in the neighborhood. Just across from Lincoln elementary school, where my daughter is in second grade, they jumped out of their van with guns drawn and threatened to smash my windows. They removed me from my car and drove me to Broadview. They tried to determine if I was an American citizen (I am). After sitting handcuffed in the van for about 30 minutes, they issued me a citation for "impeding" them, claiming I cut them off (which is not true). They then drove me back to my car. While in their van, I could see they were receiving text messages that were part of a group chat called "Chiraq Team 2." They also stated they also spoke to someone on their phone saying they were going to meet someone else near where they were dropping me off, and that they were going to proceed to conduct enforcement activities with that person.
October 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
Sara Whitmer • • • 1h • 8 I'm sure many of you have heard by now that earlier this week, IU k*lled the print edition of its student paper, the IDS. The issue that was supposed to print this week contained criticism of the Whitten regime and IUs further slide into scist control, and they couldn't allow that to happen during Homecoming, when all the rich alumni are in town. Enter Purdue! The Purdue student paper, The Exponent, owns its own presses. Yesterday, in an act of tremendous solidarity with their biggest rival school, they printed the forbidden issue of the IDS. They then drove it to Bloomington overnight and stocked all of the IDS boxes on campus, just in time for Homecoming. Solidarity is what makes us stronger, and solidarity will be what ultimately allows us to triumph, if we can ever truly get it together. I hope everyone has a fun, safe day if they're going out today, and I hope we can think about what acts of solidarity we can begin taking to really make this movement MOVE - beyond a permitted expression of upset into more active resistance. 75 12 comments
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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jayrigdon.bsky.social
Not sure the folks at NBC/Peacock thought this one through
Two announcers, Jason Garrett and Dan Hicks, stand in front of a sign that reads "Big Turd" thanks to how they are blocking it
October 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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Reposting cause No Kings on its bs again.
benpassmore.bsky.social Ben Passmore @benpassmore.bsky.social · Jun 12
Some thoughts on flags at the protest ahead of a big weekend.
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social
ICE GOONS apprehended local organizer Leo Martinez in Oxnard, colliding with his truck while he was patrolling the area.
October 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.
Maria Greeley, 44, had just finished working a double shift at the Beach Bar on Ohio Street earlier this month when she said she was surrounded by three federal agents who grabbed her, forced her hands behind her back and zip tied her. Headphones in, Greeley had been focused on getting home to her two dogs for a walk. Instead, she said she was detained by masked agents who did not answer when she asked for names. They questioned her for an hour, she said.
October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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royalpratt.bsky.social
ICE / Border Patrol threatening to arrest a cyclist for following and recording in Chicago
October 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
garyl45.bsky.social
It feels like Gausman’s leg raise when he is looking back at 2nd base should be a balk
October 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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peoplesfabric.com
In addition to gassing people on public streets today, ICE handcuffed and detained Ald. Jesse Fuentes (26th ward) today at an ER.

As we’ve seen repeatedly, ICE agents exhibit little self-discipline or understanding of the law.
October 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties. Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go. “I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”
October 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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DONATE TO WIKIPEDIA IF YOU CAN
October 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.
September 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Well, AI drinks our water, raises our electric bills, and tells kids to off themselves, but at least it’s making us dumber
August 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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zinnedproject.bsky.social
#tdih 1850, U.S. Congress passed draconian Fugitive Slave Act which required that people who'd escaped from slavery to anywhere in U.S. be captured & returned. 💔 Punished those who did not comply.

Undoes claim of concern for "states rights."

Lessons + more ⬇️
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fu...
Sept. 18, 1850: Fugitive Slave Act Passed
The U.S. Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
www.zinnedproject.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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The 400 richest people in the U.S. are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
September 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
garyl45.bsky.social
Never forget

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Ch...
September 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Saturday Highlights from Central Plains Club Sectionals 2025 www.ultiphotos.com/club/sectionals/2025/centralplains/highlights - Photos by Rudy DeSort
September 7, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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2026 D-I College Championships Headed to Rockford, Illinois; D-III in Waukegan, IL -> buff.ly/q6SqeGJ
2026 D-I College Championships Headed to Rockford, Illinois; D-III in Waukegan, IL - Ultiworld
Back to Rockford!
buff.ly
August 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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aljazeera.com
The deliberate killing of five Al Jazeera staff has brought the total number of journalists killed by Israel since the start of the war to 237, according to Gaza's Government Media Office.

🔴 LIVE updates:
Israel murders five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif
Al-Sharif was killed along with Mohammed Qreiqeh two cameramen and an assistant in an Israeli attack on Gaza City.
aje.io
August 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM