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This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 AM
This number is completely made up. There are not 30 million undocumented immigrants. The most recent estimates are around 14 million, of which roughly 8 million people have been here for over a decade.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Vance is not a fool. He knows this. DHS produces official estimates. They don’t say 30 million.
Good God, do they hear themselves??
Megyn Kelly: "I know somebody very close to this case…Jeffrey Epstein, in this person's view, was not a pedophile…He was into the barely legal type, like he liked 15 year old girls…He wasn't into like 8 year olds…There's a difference between a 15 year old and a 5 year old."
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Good God, do they hear themselves??
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Seven former members of the FCC are petitioning the agency to repeal its policy prohibiting broadcasters from distorting the news, arguing that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has improperly wielded it to counter material critical of President Trump.
Brendan Carr should ditch speech-chilling policy, former FCC chairs say
A bipartisan group of predecessors says the agency’s current chairman is improperly wielding a little-used policy against broadcasters critical of President Donald Trump.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Seven former members of the FCC are petitioning the agency to repeal its policy prohibiting broadcasters from distorting the news, arguing that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has improperly wielded it to counter material critical of President Trump.
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Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reminder that Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.
And we're supposed to believe Starbucks can't afford to bargain a fair contract with its unionized workers?
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She doesn't even say those dead people were necessarily receiving benefits. It's the same shit Elon Musk tried to pull with Social Security. 3 million people die in the U.S. every year.
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:28 PM
She doesn't even say those dead people were necessarily receiving benefits. It's the same shit Elon Musk tried to pull with Social Security. 3 million people die in the U.S. every year.
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
She says, "we found almost 200,000 dead people," but doesn't finish the sentence with "...receiving benefits."
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Fair pay is a feminist value. It’s respect. It’s uniting with workers who fight back. Unite with the baristas and don’t buy Starbucks. ☕️✊ #NoContractNoCoffee #Solidarity #StarbucksStrike
🔗 https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
🔗 https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Fair pay is a feminist value. It’s respect. It’s uniting with workers who fight back. Unite with the baristas and don’t buy Starbucks. ☕️✊ #NoContractNoCoffee #Solidarity #StarbucksStrike
🔗 https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
🔗 https://seiu.co/NoStarbucks
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You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
Brooke Rollins: "SNAP is a broken program. SNAP is full of corruption. We found 186,000 dead people."
November 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
You really gotta follow up on an underspecified claim like “we found 186k dead people.”
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
People die every day, and the government is always going to be some amount behind in working out the administrative consequences, but that doesn’t mean the deceased’s EBT accounts were somehow used for fraud.
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HEY LA: Join the protest at Spotify HQ in the LA Arts District at 12p PT.
Spotify is doubling down on its decision to help recruit for ICE, so we're turning up the volume on our Cancel Spotify campaign until they stop running ICE ads: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Spotify is doubling down on its decision to help recruit for ICE, so we're turning up the volume on our Cancel Spotify campaign until they stop running ICE ads: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
November 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
HEY LA: Join the protest at Spotify HQ in the LA Arts District at 12p PT.
Spotify is doubling down on its decision to help recruit for ICE, so we're turning up the volume on our Cancel Spotify campaign until they stop running ICE ads: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Spotify is doubling down on its decision to help recruit for ICE, so we're turning up the volume on our Cancel Spotify campaign until they stop running ICE ads: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Why is this so hard? Do better pundits, politicians and journalists. Do better.
Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Why is this so hard? Do better pundits, politicians and journalists. Do better.
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‼️ All of the organizations who’ve called for an economic blackout on Nov. 25th - Dec.2nd have joined forces. Join us!
💥WE ARE NOT ASKING💥
💥WE ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN💥
If you must shop, small businesses only. Use cash.
#Pinks #MassBlackOut
Find out more:
www.themassblackout.com
💥WE ARE NOT ASKING💥
💥WE ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN💥
If you must shop, small businesses only. Use cash.
#Pinks #MassBlackOut
Find out more:
www.themassblackout.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
‼️ All of the organizations who’ve called for an economic blackout on Nov. 25th - Dec.2nd have joined forces. Join us!
💥WE ARE NOT ASKING💥
💥WE ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN💥
If you must shop, small businesses only. Use cash.
#Pinks #MassBlackOut
Find out more:
www.themassblackout.com
💥WE ARE NOT ASKING💥
💥WE ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN💥
If you must shop, small businesses only. Use cash.
#Pinks #MassBlackOut
Find out more:
www.themassblackout.com
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Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) • The Revelator
What will the loss of coral reefs cost the planet — and humanity?
therevelator.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Ghost Reefs of 2083: The Paleontology of Color (A Speculative ‘Fiction’) https://therevelator.org/ghost-reefs/
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WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 AM
WATCH — @repstevenhorsford.bsky.social : “My amendment would redirect that $40 BILLION from Argentina to fund the ACA subsidies for two years… a far better use of taxpayer dollars.”
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
Why do we have money for Argentina while our own people lose their health care? How does this make us great?
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There is nothing illegal—or unconstitutional—about funding legal support to ensure fairness in the courts. This lawsuit is a political stunt, wasting taxpayer dollars at a time when our communities need integrity, not spectacle.
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Texas sues Harris County over $1.35M deportation defense fund - UPI.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against Harris County for allocating $1.35 million to oppose federal deportation efforts.
www.upi.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
There is nothing illegal—or unconstitutional—about funding legal support to ensure fairness in the courts. This lawsuit is a political stunt, wasting taxpayer dollars at a time when our communities need integrity, not spectacle.
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
Full article: www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...
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Mike Johnson is really committed to covering up for Trump and Epstein
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Mike Johnson is really committed to covering up for Trump and Epstein
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DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
![U.S. aircraft carrier nears Latin America as Venezuela tensions simmer
The USS Gerald R. Ford joins a sprawling buildup that has fueled speculation that the Trump administration intends to dramatically escalate its [highlight] antidrug campaign. [/highlight]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:u45hqzk7counfbwyg5edhmvi/bafkreidn4xekvi4whd2lz5oxc2sg26ofnbyqrhxnsbxaf4j42jnywjpeh4@jpeg)
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 PM
DOGE was not a "cost-cutting measure," the assault on universities was not a "fight against anti-semitism," and the extra-judicial murder spree sure as shit is not an "anti-drug campaign."
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
You do not have to just take their word for everything.
Who is this "we" you're referring to?
President Trump criticises France and others for celebrating remembrance day, saying, "We're the one that won the wars"
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
Surreal, and so very disrespectful to every person who fought in the wars for the freedoms we all enjoy today
November 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Who is this "we" you're referring to?
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Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
www.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN." www.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
How about you go without your paycheck then if it's so "patriotic?"
Sean Duffy threatens "action" against air traffic controllers who didn't come to work during the shutdown: "I'm concerned about their patriotism."
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 PM
How about you go without your paycheck then if it's so "patriotic?"
An excellent spot for solar would be on top of the massive Tesla factory here in Austin.
There is a bogus but persistent argument that we don't have enough space for #solar and #wind.
What that argument misses is that solar can usually be deployed *in the same footprint* as other uses, like parking lots. Just as wind can be deployed in farms & forests. /1
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
What that argument misses is that solar can usually be deployed *in the same footprint* as other uses, like parking lots. Just as wind can be deployed in farms & forests. /1
electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
An excellent spot for solar would be on top of the massive Tesla factory here in Austin.
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At the American Veterans Center’s annual conference in Washington, veterans gathered to share memories and honor fallen comrades. Of the 16.4 million Americans who served in WWII, about 45,000 are still alive today.
Here are some of their stories.
Here are some of their stories.
The last voices of World War II: Veterans speak of duty and loss
The veterans spoke of the battles they saw, the friendships they made and the memories that linger.
wapo.st
November 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
At the American Veterans Center’s annual conference in Washington, veterans gathered to share memories and honor fallen comrades. Of the 16.4 million Americans who served in WWII, about 45,000 are still alive today.
Here are some of their stories.
Here are some of their stories.
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
The number ONE rule of having a gun is you never ever point it at someone unless you are okay with them ending up dead.
a new genre of photo in the last year is federal agents working for ICE pointing guns directly at photographers
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The number ONE rule of having a gun is you never ever point it at someone unless you are okay with them ending up dead.
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Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Democrats are seething after news emerged that eight members of their Senate caucus had collaborated with Republicans on crafting a compromise without winning any healthcare concessions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats are seething after news emerged that eight members of their Senate caucus had collaborated with Republicans on crafting a compromise without winning any healthcare concessions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Some lawmakers and progressive groups blame minority leader after eight senators defect
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Angry Democrats call on Schumer to resign after eight vote to end shutdown
Democrats are seething after news emerged that eight members of their Senate caucus had collaborated with Republicans on crafting a compromise without winning any healthcare concessions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats are seething after news emerged that eight members of their Senate caucus had collaborated with Republicans on crafting a compromise without winning any healthcare concessions.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...