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They won’t what now
“Potentially divisive” Nazi-swastikas?
“Potentially divisive” Nazi-swastikas?
November 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
They won’t what now
“Potentially divisive” Nazi-swastikas?
“Potentially divisive” Nazi-swastikas?
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The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
November 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The White House just blasted this out under the headline "Good News You May Have Missed"
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“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:58 AM
“FBI Director Kash Patel granted waivers to Deputy Director Dan Bongino and two other newly hired senior FBI staff members, exempting them from passing polygraph exams normally required to gain access to America’s most sensitive classified information…”
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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📣TODAY, 2 pm ET: RSVP to our webinar on unpaywalling FOIA-based reporting: freedom.press/unpaywalled
Feat. a star-studded panel: @wired.com's @katie-drummond.bsky.social; @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social; @laurenleharper.bsky.social; @caitlinvogus.bsky.social
Intro by @johncusack.bsky.social
Feat. a star-studded panel: @wired.com's @katie-drummond.bsky.social; @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social; @laurenleharper.bsky.social; @caitlinvogus.bsky.social
Intro by @johncusack.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📣TODAY, 2 pm ET: RSVP to our webinar on unpaywalling FOIA-based reporting: freedom.press/unpaywalled
Feat. a star-studded panel: @wired.com's @katie-drummond.bsky.social; @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social; @laurenleharper.bsky.social; @caitlinvogus.bsky.social
Intro by @johncusack.bsky.social
Feat. a star-studded panel: @wired.com's @katie-drummond.bsky.social; @404media.co's @josephcox.bsky.social; @laurenleharper.bsky.social; @caitlinvogus.bsky.social
Intro by @johncusack.bsky.social
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We should be terrified of the consequences of staying silent. Not of the consequences of speaking out.
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We should be terrified of the consequences of staying silent. Not of the consequences of speaking out.
Well if Brazil can do it....
Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, has been convicted of plotting a coup.
The historic ruling is the first time a former president was tried for an attempted coup in Brazil, showing nobody should be above the law.
The historic ruling is the first time a former president was tried for an attempted coup in Brazil, showing nobody should be above the law.
September 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Well if Brazil can do it....
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The newly established “Make America Beautiful Again Commission,” created under a Trump executive order, may sound harmless, or even beneficial, but beneath the surface, it represents a major threat to public lands.
July 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The newly established “Make America Beautiful Again Commission,” created under a Trump executive order, may sound harmless, or even beneficial, but beneath the surface, it represents a major threat to public lands.
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MAGA keeps scolding us "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW" without even a trace of self-awareness.
May 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
MAGA keeps scolding us "NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW" without even a trace of self-awareness.
The rot keeps spreading
"I and I alone speak for FEMA. I am the president's representative at FEMA. And I am here to carry out President Trump's intent."
www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/vid...
www.tiktok.com/@cbsnews/vid...
May 10, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The rot keeps spreading
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Almost a year later, this looks like excellent reporting by @rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Almost a year later, this looks like excellent reporting by @rollingstone.com
It's incredible hubris to assert that reality must conform to our puny words
May 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It's incredible hubris to assert that reality must conform to our puny words
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"Media organizations across the country must rally to defend their rights, protect their people, and report the news with independence," @joelsimonsays.bsky.social
Trump’s Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism
A leading global democracy research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.”
www.vanityfair.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Media organizations across the country must rally to defend their rights, protect their people, and report the news with independence," @joelsimonsays.bsky.social
Abbott is a monster who deserves to be ridiculed for many things, but not for being disabled
March 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Abbott is a monster who deserves to be ridiculed for many things, but not for being disabled
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Jessica Craven says call your reps 1-3x a week!
“Practice being a citizen who lives in a democracy where your voice matters. Because if we all stop acting like it, democracy will shrivel & die."
THIS WEEK call your reps & say you’re worried about the DOD war plans shared on Signal! www.5calls.org
“Practice being a citizen who lives in a democracy where your voice matters. Because if we all stop acting like it, democracy will shrivel & die."
THIS WEEK call your reps & say you’re worried about the DOD war plans shared on Signal! www.5calls.org
March 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Jessica Craven says call your reps 1-3x a week!
“Practice being a citizen who lives in a democracy where your voice matters. Because if we all stop acting like it, democracy will shrivel & die."
THIS WEEK call your reps & say you’re worried about the DOD war plans shared on Signal! www.5calls.org
“Practice being a citizen who lives in a democracy where your voice matters. Because if we all stop acting like it, democracy will shrivel & die."
THIS WEEK call your reps & say you’re worried about the DOD war plans shared on Signal! www.5calls.org
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"It’s not clear how or why Geier, who is not a physician and has an undergraduate degree from the Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore County, was chosen...
"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism
A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:25 PM
"It’s not clear how or why Geier, who is not a physician and has an undergraduate degree from the Univ. of Maryland at Baltimore County, was chosen...
"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
"He was disciplined by Maryland regulators over a decade ago for practicing medicine without a license...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Palestinian film director Hamdan Ballal was violently attacked and abducted by the IOF in the occupied West Bank today. He directed the film ‘No Other Land’, which is being heavily censored across the U.S.
Some good news for free speech in Miami Florida 👏 The censorship of Palestinians voices, and others in opposition to them being subject to apartheid/genocide continues, so it’s worth uplifting every win!
Also here’s where you can find ‘No Other Land’: releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land
Also here’s where you can find ‘No Other Land’: releasing.dogwoof.com/no-other-land
March 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Palestinian film director Hamdan Ballal was violently attacked and abducted by the IOF in the occupied West Bank today. He directed the film ‘No Other Land’, which is being heavily censored across the U.S.
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Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
Trump’s FBI Moves to Criminally Charge Major Climate Groups
The Trump administration is targeting climate organizations that received a Biden-era grant.
newrepublic.com
March 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Kash Patel wants to criminally charge groups who received EPA grants for climate change projects. You know, like those greedy bastards at Habitat for Humanity.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
He thinks climate change isn't real, so he thinks these groups have committed fraud.
Which of course is fucking crazy.
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This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
February 24, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.
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Republicans back young man with Trump surname even though he's never said a word about *anything* in public.
So don't tell me this isn't just a mindless cult blindly associated with the name Trump.
So don't tell me this isn't just a mindless cult blindly associated with the name Trump.
February 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Republicans back young man with Trump surname even though he's never said a word about *anything* in public.
So don't tell me this isn't just a mindless cult blindly associated with the name Trump.
So don't tell me this isn't just a mindless cult blindly associated with the name Trump.
"the problem is not Russia. The problem is us."
How many lines will we have to cross before we come to our collective senses?
How many lines will we have to cross before we come to our collective senses?
Crossing a line (audio and text)
Borders between one kind of life and another
snyder.substack.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"the problem is not Russia. The problem is us."
How many lines will we have to cross before we come to our collective senses?
How many lines will we have to cross before we come to our collective senses?
Gold from beginning to end
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Gold from beginning to end
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BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
EFF Sues DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to Halt Ransacking of Federal Data
EFF and a coalition of privacy defenders have filed a lawsuit today asking a federal court to block Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from accessing the private information of mil...
www.eff.org
February 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
BREAKING: We are suing DOGE and the Office of Personnel Management to stop the brazen and illegal data sharing of federal employee data with the “government efficiency” group.
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The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social
White House blocks AP from event for using 'Gulf of Mexico'
The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
www.npr.org
February 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
The Associated Press says the White House blocked it from covering an official event on Tuesday because it did not refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social