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British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/a...
British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism
www.nytimes.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
British Opera Company Cancels ‘Tosca’ Collaboration in Israel After Criticism www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/a...
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According to Senator Durbin, 1,000 FBI agents were told to comb the Epstein files for any reference to Trump. A massive cover-up is underway.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...
FBI agents were told to 'flag' any Epstein records that mentioned Trump, Sen. Durbin says
President Donald Trump, bowing to days of pressure, asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to get grand jury testimony about Jeffrey Epstein unsealed.
www.cnbc.com
July 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
According to Senator Durbin, 1,000 FBI agents were told to comb the Epstein files for any reference to Trump. A massive cover-up is underway.
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...
www.cnbc.com/2025/07/18/t...
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The before and afters are delightful
July 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
The before and afters are delightful
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Data from the Texas Ethics Commission shows Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on gifts, meals, entertainment and other freebies for state elected officials and their staff, family members and guests from January to May this year.
With @kutnews.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
With @kutnews.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
Elon Musk Hired a Dozen Texas Lobbyists This Year. State Law Keeps the Extent of Their Influence Under Wraps.
Musk, the billionaire businessman behind Tesla and SpaceX, influenced several new Texas laws this year. How his lobbyists came about these wins, however, is more of a mystery.
www.propublica.org
July 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Data from the Texas Ethics Commission shows Musk’s lobbyists spent tens of thousands of dollars on gifts, meals, entertainment and other freebies for state elected officials and their staff, family members and guests from January to May this year.
With @kutnews.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
With @kutnews.bsky.social & @texastribune.org
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UPDATE: Trump’s IRS now says churches can openly endorse candidates from the pulpit. The Johnson Amendment is no more.
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
July 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
UPDATE: Trump’s IRS now says churches can openly endorse candidates from the pulpit. The Johnson Amendment is no more.
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
Trump has wanted this for a while.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...
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Arkansas is the only state other than Georgia to have implemented work requirements.
GOP state lawmakers later changed their minds after data showed that red tape associated with verifying eligibility resulted in more than 18,000 people losing coverage within the first few months of the policy.
GOP state lawmakers later changed their minds after data showed that red tape associated with verifying eligibility resulted in more than 18,000 people losing coverage within the first few months of the policy.
What Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Tells Us About the Costs of Trump's Spending Bill
GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows that this could threaten health care for nearly 16 million Americans and…
www.propublica.org
July 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Arkansas is the only state other than Georgia to have implemented work requirements.
GOP state lawmakers later changed their minds after data showed that red tape associated with verifying eligibility resulted in more than 18,000 people losing coverage within the first few months of the policy.
GOP state lawmakers later changed their minds after data showed that red tape associated with verifying eligibility resulted in more than 18,000 people losing coverage within the first few months of the policy.
Immigration Agents Appear to Urinate in Public at a California School www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
Immigration Agents Appear to Urinate in Public at a California School
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July 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Immigration Agents Appear to Urinate in Public at a California School www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...
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It’s notable that the Venn Diagram of a) people who think America is a Christian nation and b) people who are excited about violently expelling auslanders and creating tens of millions of stateless people, is close to a circle.
June 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
It’s notable that the Venn Diagram of a) people who think America is a Christian nation and b) people who are excited about violently expelling auslanders and creating tens of millions of stateless people, is close to a circle.
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June 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Their corruption is endless.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
June 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Their corruption is endless.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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OK, this is how it's done.
June 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
OK, this is how it's done.
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My colleague @liaholland.bsky.social created this @fightforthefuture.org tool making it easy for you to write to your legislators and demand they stop data brokers from enabling abuse: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/data....
Data Brokers Harm Abuse Survivors, We Need a Law to Stop Them
Data Brokers Harm Abuse Survivors, We Need a Law to Stop Them
www.fightforthefuture.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My colleague @liaholland.bsky.social created this @fightforthefuture.org tool making it easy for you to write to your legislators and demand they stop data brokers from enabling abuse: www.fightforthefuture.org/actions/data....
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Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia
Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3’s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One…
www.propublica.org
June 15, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.
(Published Aug. 2024)
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NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
Airlines Don’t Want You to Know They Sold Your Flight Data to DHS
A contract obtained by 404 Media shows that an airline-owned data broker forbids the feds from revealing it sold them detailed passenger data.
www.wired.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
NEW: A data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, including Delta, American Airlines, and United, collected US travelers’ domestic flight records, sold access to them to Customs and Border Protection (CBP). www.wired.com/story/airlin...
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State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
‘Wildly underprepared’: National Guard troops seen sleeping on floors in exclusive photos
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
bit.ly
June 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
State troops sent to Los Angeles by the Trump administration, without the approval of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, were expected to sleep on floors or outdoors, a source told the Chronicle.
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As you watch ICE terrorize Los Angeles, remember: private prison companies are going to get very, very rich off Trump's cruelty.
The Truth About the U.S. Border | Robert Reich
The full story about immigration you aren't getting from politicians and the media. Watch More: The Military-Industrial
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June 9, 2025 at 7:30 PM
As you watch ICE terrorize Los Angeles, remember: private prison companies are going to get very, very rich off Trump's cruelty.
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After Trump says Homan should arrest Governor Newsom —
Q: “What crime has he committed?”
TRUMP: “Running for Governor.”
Q: “What crime has he committed?”
TRUMP: “Running for Governor.”
June 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
After Trump says Homan should arrest Governor Newsom —
Q: “What crime has he committed?”
TRUMP: “Running for Governor.”
Q: “What crime has he committed?”
TRUMP: “Running for Governor.”
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EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
June 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
EVERYBODY WATCH.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL.
Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today.
He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader.
Don’t turn away.
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Kristi Noem, our homeland security secretary, does not know a literally 1000-year-old core legal principle. Arguably the first, foundational legal principle of a free society.
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Kristi Noem, our homeland security secretary, does not know a literally 1000-year-old core legal principle. Arguably the first, foundational legal principle of a free society.
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In March, the U.S. ambassador to Gambia wrote to Gambia’s president with an “important request,” urging him to circumvent his country’s communications minister and “facilitate the necessary approvals for Starlink to commence operations.”
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers…
www.propublica.org
May 18, 2025 at 1:30 AM
In March, the U.S. ambassador to Gambia wrote to Gambia’s president with an “important request,” urging him to circumvent his country’s communications minister and “facilitate the necessary approvals for Starlink to commence operations.”
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AG Pam Bondi sold over $1M in Trump Media stock on April 2
What else happened that day? Trump’s tariff policy went into effect & then the stock price went down
Hmm...
I’ll discuss tonight w Anderson Cooper @cnn.com at 8:30 pm ET
What else happened that day? Trump’s tariff policy went into effect & then the stock price went down
Hmm...
I’ll discuss tonight w Anderson Cooper @cnn.com at 8:30 pm ET
U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs
Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
AG Pam Bondi sold over $1M in Trump Media stock on April 2
What else happened that day? Trump’s tariff policy went into effect & then the stock price went down
Hmm...
I’ll discuss tonight w Anderson Cooper @cnn.com at 8:30 pm ET
What else happened that day? Trump’s tariff policy went into effect & then the stock price went down
Hmm...
I’ll discuss tonight w Anderson Cooper @cnn.com at 8:30 pm ET
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@davidfrum.bsky.social breaks down Donald Trump’s “week of the four scams,” involving fake trade deals, manipulated markets, and a personal jet from Qatar.
Watch and subscribe to “The David Frum Show”:
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A Week of Manufactured Trump Victories
Shashi Tharoor and the Trump grift machine
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May 15, 2025 at 11:15 PM
@davidfrum.bsky.social breaks down Donald Trump’s “week of the four scams,” involving fake trade deals, manipulated markets, and a personal jet from Qatar.
Watch and subscribe to “The David Frum Show”:
Watch and subscribe to “The David Frum Show”: