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Senator Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in LA.
"Hands off!," Padilla can be heard yelling.
Never seen a US senator handled this way.
Gonna be covering LA closely, join my newsletter for updates: kenklippenstein.com/subscribe
"Hands off!," Padilla can be heard yelling.
Never seen a US senator handled this way.
Gonna be covering LA closely, join my newsletter for updates: kenklippenstein.com/subscribe
June 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Senator Alex Padilla is forcibly removed from Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in LA.
"Hands off!," Padilla can be heard yelling.
Never seen a US senator handled this way.
Gonna be covering LA closely, join my newsletter for updates: kenklippenstein.com/subscribe
"Hands off!," Padilla can be heard yelling.
Never seen a US senator handled this way.
Gonna be covering LA closely, join my newsletter for updates: kenklippenstein.com/subscribe
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Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Wow. California Sen. Alex Padilla is wrestled and detained by federal officers after showing up to DHS Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference in LA. (video from Bill Melugin of Fox News)
Techno-fascist officials “acquire power by creating these supra-ministerial organs and agencies, subgroups within the bureaucracy that are unaccountable.” Today, Elon Musk’s DOGE is Trumpian equivalent.
Everyone needs to read the New Yorker article by Kyle Chayka www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Everyone needs to read the New Yorker article by Kyle Chayka www.newyorker.com/culture/infi...
Techno-Fascism Comes to America
The historic parallels that help explain Elon Musk’s rampage on the federal government.
www.newyorker.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Natasha Lennard argues that a position insistent on condemning all political violence is a reactionary one while David Cortright points out that nonviolent mass movements are more likely to be effective.
Is Political Violence Ever Acceptable?
Natasha Lennard argues that it’s harmful to acquiesce to the state’s determinations of violence, while David Cortright writes that violent acts prevent mass resistance movements.
www.thenation.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Natasha Lennard argues that a position insistent on condemning all political violence is a reactionary one while David Cortright points out that nonviolent mass movements are more likely to be effective.
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Phoebe Grandi marches with New York Irish for Palestine in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade—but maybe not the one you're thinking of. The St. Pat’s for All parade in Queens is a more inclusive, progressive alternative to the Fifth Avenue parade.
There’s Another St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York—and This One Stands Up to Trump
The St. Pat’s for All parade started when the more famous Fifth Avenue parade barred queer groups. Twenty-six years later, it welcomes Palestinian solidarity organizations.
www.thenation.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Phoebe Grandi marches with New York Irish for Palestine in New York's St. Patrick's Day parade—but maybe not the one you're thinking of. The St. Pat’s for All parade in Queens is a more inclusive, progressive alternative to the Fifth Avenue parade.
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Mark Carney sworn in as Canadian prime minister amid US trade war
Mark Carney sworn in as Canadian prime minister amid US trade war
Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor becomes 24th PM and expected to call election soon
Mark Carney has been sworn in as as Canada’s 24th prime minister, capping a sudden rise to power for the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the…
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Mark Carney sworn in as Canadian prime minister amid US trade war
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The Kyiv Independent successfully ordered American chips through Russian suppliers in February 2025, proving that dozens of Russian microelectronics suppliers find ways to circumvent U.S. and European bans and resell imported chips to arms manufacturers.
Investigation: We tried to buy American chips as a Russian defense manufacturer — and it worked
Despite bans put in place by the U.S. and Europe on the supply of electronic components to Russia, dozens of Russian microelectronics suppliers continue to obtain and resell imported chips to Russian ...
kyivindependent.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:30 AM
The Kyiv Independent successfully ordered American chips through Russian suppliers in February 2025, proving that dozens of Russian microelectronics suppliers find ways to circumvent U.S. and European bans and resell imported chips to arms manufacturers.
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The president of the United States is using AI slop to sell war crimes and a potential genocide he considers a real estate deal.
It is pitching ethnic cleansing with a meme.
It is pitching ethnic cleansing with a meme.
Trump posts AI video of ethnically cleansed Gaza
The president of the United States is using AI slop to sell war crimes and potential genocide.
www.motherjones.com
February 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The president of the United States is using AI slop to sell war crimes and a potential genocide he considers a real estate deal.
It is pitching ethnic cleansing with a meme.
It is pitching ethnic cleansing with a meme.
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While Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman battle for AI supremacy, the neuroscientist Christopher Summerfield has a ringside seat. Plus, the top 6 players in AI
Should we fear AI? The British scientist who says don’t panic
www.thetimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
While Elon Musk and OpenAI’s Sam Altman battle for AI supremacy, the neuroscientist Christopher Summerfield has a ringside seat. Plus, the top 6 players in AI
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"The bottom line is that pushing legislative strategies to attack or block Musk’s wealth isn’t just healthy for our democracy, it also makes for smart politics," writes @sunjeevbery.bsky.social.
This Is the Way to Stop Elon Musk
Senate Democrats have the power to block federal contracts to Tesla and SpaceX. It’s the path to pushing Musk out of politics.
interc.pt
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"The bottom line is that pushing legislative strategies to attack or block Musk’s wealth isn’t just healthy for our democracy, it also makes for smart politics," writes @sunjeevbery.bsky.social.
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For the third year, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by our newsroom’s award-winning staff.
➡️ Interested? Apply by March 24: propub.li/41htXAf
➡️ Interested? Apply by March 24: propub.li/41htXAf
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
For the third year, ProPublica will invite up to 10 news editors from media companies across the country to participate in a yearlong investigative editing training program, led by our newsroom’s award-winning staff.
➡️ Interested? Apply by March 24: propub.li/41htXAf
➡️ Interested? Apply by March 24: propub.li/41htXAf
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As Ukraine marks three years of full-scale invasion, mothers fight against a crisis in maternal health.
In 3 years of war, Ukraine's mothers have been forced underground
As Ukraine reaches the three-year mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the impact on women’s health — and especially maternal health — has grown increasingly dire. Missiles and drone attacks strik...
kyivindependent.com
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
As Ukraine marks three years of full-scale invasion, mothers fight against a crisis in maternal health.
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I told you all @jeffbezos was feral. He’s now killed the Graham/Bradlee legacy of justice, the First Amendment and basic humanity in a vomitous spew of nonsense, testosterone fueled (and HGH) double talk that is more than a little pathetic and utterly shameless.
February 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I told you all @jeffbezos was feral. He’s now killed the Graham/Bradlee legacy of justice, the First Amendment and basic humanity in a vomitous spew of nonsense, testosterone fueled (and HGH) double talk that is more than a little pathetic and utterly shameless.
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Sir Keir Starmer has warned President Trump that Russia will “come again” unless the US provides security guarantees to European soldiers stationed in Ukraine after a potential ceasefire
We need US security to hold back Putin, Starmer tells Trump
The UK will deploy troops to Ukraine with European allies but wants American air cover, the prime minister has said as he flies to meet Trump
www.thetimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Sir Keir Starmer has warned President Trump that Russia will “come again” unless the US provides security guarantees to European soldiers stationed in Ukraine after a potential ceasefire
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Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it | Andy Beckett
Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it | Andy Beckett
Trump calls diversity policies ‘immoral’ and Badenoch says they’re ‘poison’. But businesses know multiculturalism is good for the economy, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett
www.theguardian.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Do Trump and co want a world reclaimed by straight white men? It’s not certain they’ll get it | Andy Beckett
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February 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The votes will once again force Senate Democrats on the record about whether they support transferring more weapons to Israel. https://interc.pt/4bk4VoJ
February 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The votes will once again force Senate Democrats on the record about whether they support transferring more weapons to Israel. https://interc.pt/4bk4VoJ
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⚡️Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Kulyk killed in her home by Russian drone attack in Kyiv Oblast.
Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.
Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.
Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Kulyk killed in her home by Russian drone attack in Kyiv Oblast
Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.
kyivindependent.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:56 PM
⚡️Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Kulyk killed in her home by Russian drone attack in Kyiv Oblast.
Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.
Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.
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Trump's new FBI Director on his first day in office threatens "the world's largest manhunt" against anyone wishing harm on "our way of life," promising "we will find you and we will decide your end-state.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-new...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-new...
Trump’s New FBI Director Vows “World’s Largest Manhunt”
Ordinary Americans are in the crosshairs
www.kenklippenstein.com
February 26, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Trump's new FBI Director on his first day in office threatens "the world's largest manhunt" against anyone wishing harm on "our way of life," promising "we will find you and we will decide your end-state.”
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-new...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-new...
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everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
💥 BREAKING: At John Deere's annual shareholders meeting today, shareholders overwhelmingly rejected an anti-DEI proposal brought by the same group that targeted Costco and Apple. An anti-DEI proposal from the NCPPR received less than 1 percent of votes.
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
Deere shareholders: DEI is in. Bigots are out
February 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
everyone seeing how when you takeaway the DEI the planes start falling out of the sky
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The bill began after state Rep. Gary Click championed a “personhood” bill that would have created rights for embryos and fetuses at the moment of conception.
‘Conceived Children’ Could Be Dependents Under New Ohio House Bill
The bill began after state Rep. Gary Click, R-Vickery, championed a “personhood” bill that would have created rights for embryos and fetuses at the moment of conception.
www.citybeat.com
February 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The bill began after state Rep. Gary Click championed a “personhood” bill that would have created rights for embryos and fetuses at the moment of conception.
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“Impossible choices between work and family are hurting Ohio’s economy — and this country’s economy overall — leaving millions of workers suffering."
National Study Finds ‘Suffering’ for Ohio Families and Economy Without Paid Leave
“Impossible choices between work and family are hurting Ohio’s economy — and this country’s economy overall — leaving millions of workers suffering."
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
“Impossible choices between work and family are hurting Ohio’s economy — and this country’s economy overall — leaving millions of workers suffering."
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Philadelphia schools to allow trans children to participate in sports – report
Philadelphia schools to allow trans children to participate in sports – report
School district will ignore Trump executive order banning trans athletes from competing in women’s sports
The Philadelphia school district will reportedly ignore a rule directing schools to ban transgender athletes from participating in sports that match…
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Philadelphia schools to allow trans children to participate in sports – report