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In other news.
August 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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We have Trump's Gestapo at a political adversary's press conference in the United States of America!

This is no longer the home of the free. We're in an authoritarian nightmare where people are disappeared & tortured & political adversaries are being intimidated by armed goons.
MASKED BORDER PATROL AGENTS SHOW UP AT NEWSOM PRESS CONFERENCE

Showing up in uniform to intimidate a democratically elected governor…

This should get wall-to-wall coverage but it won’t.
August 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.
July 18, 2025 at 12:33 AM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

This Texas mayor needs some training on trauma and the long lasting effect. Parents who lost children are in for much more than a "rough week".
Update from Talya Minsberg
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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whoa!

(gift link so you can read without the paywall)

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/u...
Justice Dept. Leader Suggested Violating Court Orders, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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One big happy family!
June 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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All they do is lie.
EARHARDT: What do you say to the Democrats that are pushing this narrative that's not true that Republicans are cutting Medicare and Medicaid?

MIKE JOHNSON: It's of course nonsense

(The bill will in fact strip healthcare from tens of millions of people ... )
June 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Please share this deleted tweet far and wide.

ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Hands Off! Rally in Seattle
April 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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March 28, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Here is the description of one of the transgender plaintiffs who would be forced out of the military under the Hegseth policy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM