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Truth is crazier than fiction.
This is a wild story and worth the read.
Our country has a problem and it’s nestled itself into this administration.
This is a wild story and worth the read.
Our country has a problem and it’s nestled itself into this administration.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias.
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends. The one person he told was ProPublica reporter @josh-kaplan.bsky.social.
(Published January)
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
www.propublica.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Truth is crazier than fiction.
This is a wild story and worth the read.
Our country has a problem and it’s nestled itself into this administration.
This is a wild story and worth the read.
Our country has a problem and it’s nestled itself into this administration.
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The Finnish far right has been trying their damnedest to do the same for the most trusted news source in Finland, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle).
Due to #Finland ‘s geopolitical situation, in the age of infowars that is mindboggling strategic stupidity, if not outright fifth-columnist.
Due to #Finland ‘s geopolitical situation, in the age of infowars that is mindboggling strategic stupidity, if not outright fifth-columnist.
A single shared source of truth is essential for a functioning democracy.
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Without it you’re left with fragmentation, polarisation and a perpetual culture war where the discourse focuses on what divides us rather than what we have in common.
My column from last week: www.ft.com/content/5060...
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
www.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Finnish far right has been trying their damnedest to do the same for the most trusted news source in Finland, the Finnish Broadcasting Company (Yle).
Due to #Finland ‘s geopolitical situation, in the age of infowars that is mindboggling strategic stupidity, if not outright fifth-columnist.
Due to #Finland ‘s geopolitical situation, in the age of infowars that is mindboggling strategic stupidity, if not outright fifth-columnist.
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The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to say Tuesday whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower-court orders that require full payments in the SNAP food program.
Supreme Court expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to say Tuesday whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower-court orders that require full payments in the SNAP food program.
www.wmur.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to say Tuesday whether the Trump administration must start complying with lower-court orders that require full payments in the SNAP food program.
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“I really went to a dark place when they sent the troops to [Los Angeles], and then eventually [Washington, D.C.], and now, Chicago. This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations”
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
In an encrypted group chat, National Guard members question Trump deployments
As President Trump's call for National Guard deployments rings out across the U.S., a small contingent of Ohio guard members is quietly expressing concern in an encrypted group chat.
www.npr.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
“I really went to a dark place when they sent the troops to [Los Angeles], and then eventually [Washington, D.C.], and now, Chicago. This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations”
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
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Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
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Recent polling on the economy shows flashing red lights for Donald Trump, CNN’s chief data analyst warned. Trump is facing double trouble.
November 10, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Recent polling on the economy shows flashing red lights for Donald Trump, CNN’s chief data analyst warned. Trump is facing double trouble.
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The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.
October 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The White House just issued a sweeping federal directive transforming how dissent might be policed in the US—here’s why civil liberties groups are so alarmed.
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Trump supporters: “he can’t fund SNAP it wouldn’t be legal!”
Trump: “I’m going to give $10,000 bonus to the ones who supported me”
Trump supporters: “He’s the best!”
It’s never been about the law.
It’s never been about helping people.
It’s bribery, bullying, cowardice & fascism.
Trump: “I’m going to give $10,000 bonus to the ones who supported me”
Trump supporters: “He’s the best!”
It’s never been about the law.
It’s never been about helping people.
It’s bribery, bullying, cowardice & fascism.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Trump supporters: “he can’t fund SNAP it wouldn’t be legal!”
Trump: “I’m going to give $10,000 bonus to the ones who supported me”
Trump supporters: “He’s the best!”
It’s never been about the law.
It’s never been about helping people.
It’s bribery, bullying, cowardice & fascism.
Trump: “I’m going to give $10,000 bonus to the ones who supported me”
Trump supporters: “He’s the best!”
It’s never been about the law.
It’s never been about helping people.
It’s bribery, bullying, cowardice & fascism.
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FIGHT FOR US! DO NOT CAVE! Don't end shutdown without iron clad concessions to protect our healthcare.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
FIGHT FOR US! DO NOT CAVE! Don't end shutdown without iron clad concessions to protect our healthcare.
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
@schumer.senate.gov
@hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social
@captmarkkelly.bsky.social
@chrismurphyct.bsky.social
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Hundreds of flights out of major airports were delayed Sunday, including in New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
Over 8,500 Flights Disrupted Sunday As Government Shutdown Snarls Air Travel
Hundreds of flights out of major airports were delayed Sunday, including in New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
www.forbes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hundreds of flights out of major airports were delayed Sunday, including in New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
Of all 8 members of the Senate Dem Caucus who voted to end the shutdown, none are up for reelection in 2026.
#uspoli #usapoli #usnews
#uspoli #usapoli #usnews
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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New Yorkers know how to hit Trump where it hurts: his real estate
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
New Yorkers know how to hit Trump where it hurts: his real estate
Antivaxers are sure having an effect on health in the western world, but it isn’t a good one.
#antivax #accines #health
#antivax #accines #health
Canada loses its measles elimination status. Will the U.S. be next?
The virus has been spreading for nearly a year in the U.S. — a key factor in determining whether a country loses its measles elimination status.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The virus has been spreading for nearly a year in the U.S. — a key factor in determining whether a country loses its measles elimination status.
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
Canada loses its measles elimination status. Will the U.S. be next?
The virus has been spreading for nearly a year in the U.S. — a key factor in determining whether a country loses its measles elimination status.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Good #people helping Jamaica in her time of need.
Relief supplies from South Florida head to Jamaica following Hurricane Melissa
YouTube video by WPLG Local 10
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November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Good #people helping Jamaica in her time of need.
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One of President Donald Trump's allies has been hired to lead a controversial technology company that developed an app that has been used to track journalists and human rights leaders across the globe.
'Rights and freedoms are in danger': Trump ally's latest hire triggers dire warning
One of President Donald Trump's allies has been hired to lead a controversial technology company that developed an app that has been used to track journalists and human rights leaders across the globe. David Friedman, a former bankruptcy lawyer for Trump and the ambassador to Israel during Trump's f...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
One of President Donald Trump's allies has been hired to lead a controversial technology company that developed an app that has been used to track journalists and human rights leaders across the globe.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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No ballistic evidence. No one hit. No injuries. No damage from gunfire. Local cops can’t find a “crime scene.” DHS claims shots were fired. I don’t believe them. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Report of shots fired at federal agents during immigration enforcement in Little Village under investigation
The Chicago Police Department responded to a call of shots fired at federal agents in the 2500 block of South Kedzie Avenue Saturday morning, police said.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
No ballistic evidence. No one hit. No injuries. No damage from gunfire. Local cops can’t find a “crime scene.” DHS claims shots were fired. I don’t believe them. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
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November 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
NYT: The tax cuts come amid “steep cuts to health care for the elderly and food stamps for the poorest Americans.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...
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Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
Noem wanted to buy Spirit Airlines planes - except the airline didn’t own them
DHS looked at buying the planes from Spirit Airlines, according to a report
www.the-independent.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Kristi Noem ordered ICE to purchase ten Spirit Airlines jets for deportations. Two problems: Spirit doesn’t own the planes, and they don’t have engines. Has there ever been a more incompetent administration?
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...
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BREAKING: Gavin Newsom just went into Houston, Texas of all places and brought the house down.
This part of his speech gives me chills.
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!
This part of his speech gives me chills.
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!
November 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING: Gavin Newsom just went into Houston, Texas of all places and brought the house down.
This part of his speech gives me chills.
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!
This part of his speech gives me chills.
STAND UP FOR DEMOCRACY!!
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Trump said that Dems who are demanding an ext in health care subsidies "have lost their way" predicted that they will eventually capitulate to Rep’s who have said they won't negotiate until they vote to reopen the gov
"I think they have to," Trump said. "And if they don't vote, it's their problem."
"I think they have to," Trump said. "And if they don't vote, it's their problem."
Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats, shuns negotiations as shutdown drags on (Associated Press)
President Donald Trump gestures while walking across the South Lawn of the White House, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025, in Washington, after returning from a trip to F...
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November 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Trump said that Dems who are demanding an ext in health care subsidies "have lost their way" predicted that they will eventually capitulate to Rep’s who have said they won't negotiate until they vote to reopen the gov
"I think they have to," Trump said. "And if they don't vote, it's their problem."
"I think they have to," Trump said. "And if they don't vote, it's their problem."
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ICE violently arrested a protester and pointed assault rifles at unarmed community members filming today in Little Village, Chicago.
November 9, 2025 at 12:58 AM
ICE violently arrested a protester and pointed assault rifles at unarmed community members filming today in Little Village, Chicago.