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Jerry Iannelli
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· Nov 13
‘Fund the Police’ Backfired—and Gave Trump More Power Than Ever
Democrats spent the last four years running away from police reform and instead chanted "fund the police." They lost.
theappeal.org
Wrote about how four years of “Fund the Police!” did zero for the Democrats except legitimize GOP talking points, depress Dem voter turnout, hand Trump a well-funded police state, and make the world a crueler, more violent place. An abject failure. theappeal.org/fund-the-pol...
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Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard
Why is Mainstream Media Ignoring Overtly Racist Attacks on Mamdani from Congressional Republicans?
Non-stop Islamopbohic vitriol, threats of deportation, and virtually no coverage from CNN, NBC, CBS, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal or The Washington Post.
inthesetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Congressional republicans have been spewing racist attacks on Mamdani for weeks and it’s almost never mentioned in our media. Not only that, the person leading the hate campaign—Randy Fine—is treated by the same media as a good faith expert on antisemitism. I wrote about this obscene double standard
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“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
Dozens Of Women Allege Unwanted Surgeries And Medical Abuse In ICE Custody
More women are coming forward to say they were pressured to have reproductive surgeries they did not want or understand, offering a glimpse into alleged medical abuses at an ICE detention center.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
Just a heads-up, the last version of @theappeal.org that existed is no more. Some folks seem to be doing some new stuff with the IP, but me and most of the remaining staff are gone. Not sure what their plans are but leaving that to them to explain.
August 13, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Just a heads-up, the last version of @theappeal.org that existed is no more. Some folks seem to be doing some new stuff with the IP, but me and most of the remaining staff are gone. Not sure what their plans are but leaving that to them to explain.
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Women detained in Philadelphia say they banged on their cell doors for hours pleading for medical attention, but nobody responded.
On Tuesday, voters approved a ballot measure to bring more oversight over what's happening in the local jails: boltsmag.org/philade...
On Tuesday, voters approved a ballot measure to bring more oversight over what's happening in the local jails: boltsmag.org/philade...
Philadelphia Measure Would Bolster Oversight for the City’s Deadly Jails
On May 20, Philadelphia voters will choose whether to create an independent body to investigate dangerous conditions that have plagued the city’s jails for decades.
boltsmag.org
May 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Women detained in Philadelphia say they banged on their cell doors for hours pleading for medical attention, but nobody responded.
On Tuesday, voters approved a ballot measure to bring more oversight over what's happening in the local jails: boltsmag.org/philade...
On Tuesday, voters approved a ballot measure to bring more oversight over what's happening in the local jails: boltsmag.org/philade...
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The President just effectively signed a statement that he is committing a crime, violating a criminal statute enacted with overwhelming bipartisan majorities (it passed 96-2 in the Senate). Here is the law and his post. 1/3
May 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The President just effectively signed a statement that he is committing a crime, violating a criminal statute enacted with overwhelming bipartisan majorities (it passed 96-2 in the Senate). Here is the law and his post. 1/3
Partner just tried to write “Fyodor Dostoyevsky” using text-to-speech and it called him “Theodore Dubstep”
April 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Partner just tried to write “Fyodor Dostoyevsky” using text-to-speech and it called him “Theodore Dubstep”
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Trump's nominee for surgeon general is a Fox News contributor who has been lying about her credentials. It seems her medical degree is from some shady Caribbean school.
Trump's surgeon general nominee, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, faces scrutiny over credentials
President Trump and his nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, have made claims about her certification and schooling that appear to be misleading.
www.cbsnews.com
April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump's nominee for surgeon general is a Fox News contributor who has been lying about her credentials. It seems her medical degree is from some shady Caribbean school.
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BREAKING: Trump’s Department of Justice has cut all funding to the national Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center, according to a letter obtained by The Appeal. theappeal.org/trump-doj-de...
Trump DOJ Defunds National Prison Rape Resource Center
A letter obtained exclusively by The Appeal says Trump’s Department of Justice has defunded the Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center.
theappeal.org
April 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING: Trump’s Department of Justice has cut all funding to the national Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center, according to a letter obtained by The Appeal. theappeal.org/trump-doj-de...
This is indeed the undoctored image still up on Google Maps, FYI
If you go to 13°32′1″N 88°48′18″W and click the satellite layer, it’s still there. I just took this:
April 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
This is indeed the undoctored image still up on Google Maps, FYI
Feels like focusing on criminal records kinda misses the point, which is just that the administration wants to do ethnic cleansing
Trump officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons as “the worst of the worst.”
The reality is that of 238 migrants accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang, just a small fraction had ever been charged with serious crimes
The reality is that of 238 migrants accused of belonging to the Tren de Aragua gang, just a small fraction had ever been charged with serious crimes
About 90% of Migrants Deported to El Salvador Had No US Criminal Record
Trump administration officials have described the men deported to El Salvador prisons last month as “the worst of the worst,” suggesting they were gang members involved in murder, rape and kidnapping.
www.bloomberg.com
April 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Feels like focusing on criminal records kinda misses the point, which is just that the administration wants to do ethnic cleansing
One thing is certain: We are about to experience truly unseen of levels of Apes being Gone. All of them, perhaps
April 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
One thing is certain: We are about to experience truly unseen of levels of Apes being Gone. All of them, perhaps
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Check r/buyitforlife, buying stuff that lasts instead of the cheapest thing you can find on Amazon/at Marshall's is best practices regardless of this really is the end of American economic hegemony.
To be clear, I am not an economist lol, but if you want to feel proactive, I would ask yourself, "what can I go buy right now that I might need that will last for multiple years?" Clothes, electronics, any foreign-made goods, etc. And also ask, "what debt can I pay off?"
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So uh what should we be doing right now to get ready
April 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Check r/buyitforlife, buying stuff that lasts instead of the cheapest thing you can find on Amazon/at Marshall's is best practices regardless of this really is the end of American economic hegemony.
Don’t love that a key conservative belief is that “the New Deal was bad and World War II was what actually saved the US economy”
April 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Don’t love that a key conservative belief is that “the New Deal was bad and World War II was what actually saved the US economy”
Call me naïve all you want but I’m still kinda floored his plan is *just* “tariffs.” Like I assumed he’d at least try some sort of conservative-approved manufacturing tax-break scheme or something, but he’s somehow actually dumber than I thought possible
April 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Call me naïve all you want but I’m still kinda floored his plan is *just* “tariffs.” Like I assumed he’d at least try some sort of conservative-approved manufacturing tax-break scheme or something, but he’s somehow actually dumber than I thought possible
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So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.
Every damned word of this 4-graf brief, except “By WSJ Staff,” should scare the bejeesus out of you this morning.
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
April 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
So from my uniquely weird perspective after living in the UK through Brexit, being in India during Modi's demonetization, and living in Brazil when the real tanked during the Bolsonaro administration, I can confidentally say that Americans do not and can not understand how bad this is going to be.
“They’re calling it the barrel with suspenders, folks. Barrel with suspenders. You keep hearing it! I said we should call it Trump Barrel but they said it sounded too close to Trump Bindle, which you people love so much already!”
April 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
“They’re calling it the barrel with suspenders, folks. Barrel with suspenders. You keep hearing it! I said we should call it Trump Barrel but they said it sounded too close to Trump Bindle, which you people love so much already!”
Psyched to check my phone in the bread lines soon and find out Depression 2 was caused by a 19-year-old intern named Fart_King using an AI chatbot to write policy
April 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Psyched to check my phone in the bread lines soon and find out Depression 2 was caused by a 19-year-old intern named Fart_King using an AI chatbot to write policy
Can’t stop laughing at how bad Cory Booker’s speech backfired, he talked so long that no one’s ever gonna go back to re-listen to it or pull clips from it
Here's my conversation with Cory Booker. We talked about ketosis, unanimous consent, the Whitaker whiplash, and how he's hoping to inspire the public to protest. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
Cory Booker’s 26th Hour
For more than a day between Monday night and Tuesday evening this...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Can’t stop laughing at how bad Cory Booker’s speech backfired, he talked so long that no one’s ever gonna go back to re-listen to it or pull clips from it
So the plan seems to be make imports prohibitively expensive to force companies to build infrastructure using those prohibitively expensive imports
April 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
So the plan seems to be make imports prohibitively expensive to force companies to build infrastructure using those prohibitively expensive imports
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🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: community organizer and @indivisibleskagit.org member Lelo Juarez was detained and is being held by ICE. We join Indivisibles across Washington, immigrant activists, and WA electeds in demanding his immediate release:
We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
ICE arrests WA farmworker activist in Sedro-Woolley
Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez, 25, has organized on behalf of farmworkers' rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old.
www.seattletimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: community organizer and @indivisibleskagit.org member Lelo Juarez was detained and is being held by ICE. We join Indivisibles across Washington, immigrant activists, and WA electeds in demanding his immediate release:
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Germany is boycotting Israel's conference on combating antisemitism because the Israeli government invited too many neo-Nazis. (www.timesofisrael.com/french-germa...)
March 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Germany is boycotting Israel's conference on combating antisemitism because the Israeli government invited too many neo-Nazis. (www.timesofisrael.com/french-germa...)
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Okay I'm really sorry everyone but what point during any of the like 10-12 fucking years the left has been warning you about the mainstream attitude on foreign policy and civil rights of Democratic Leadership was this supposed to surprise you. We sent you a boat, we sent you a helicopter
In this interview Schumer says he agrees with Trump’s decision to pull $400 million from Columbia. A university in his own state. And he’s unconcerned about the unlawful arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, one of his constituents.
He is a traitor who needs to resign.
He is a traitor who needs to resign.
‘The Interview’: Chuck Schumer on Democrats, Antisemitism and His Shutdown Retreat
The Senate minority leader discusses the backlash to his vote on the Republican spending bill, how he sees his role within the party and his new book.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Okay I'm really sorry everyone but what point during any of the like 10-12 fucking years the left has been warning you about the mainstream attitude on foreign policy and civil rights of Democratic Leadership was this supposed to surprise you. We sent you a boat, we sent you a helicopter
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if don't you think this is coming for you, whether as a progressive or as someone with a green card or as a jew or a muslim or genuinely anyone this administration does not favor, i don't know what to tell you at this point
March 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
if don't you think this is coming for you, whether as a progressive or as someone with a green card or as a jew or a muslim or genuinely anyone this administration does not favor, i don't know what to tell you at this point