Oldster
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Words don't mean things. People mean things.
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I just finished reading @cheriepriest.com's "It Was Her House First" and if you like scary/sinister Ghost stories intertwined with a fixer-upper plot, this one's really good. #booksky
January 20, 2026 at 12:52 AM
I just finished reading @cheriepriest.com's "It Was Her House First" and if you like scary/sinister Ghost stories intertwined with a fixer-upper plot, this one's really good. #booksky
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60 MINUTES, Overtime 1/19
☣️😡8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣😡☣️
DHS LIED!!!!!
CHICAGO TEACHER'S ASSISTANT MARIMAR MARTINEZ was SHOT by an ICE AGENT in October. Martinez's LAWYER showed 60 Mins NEW VIDEO he said CONTRADICTS the DEPART of HOMELAND SECURITY'S CLAIMS they were boxed in by her & others.
youtube.com/watch?v=qjc-...
☣️😡8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣😡☣️
DHS LIED!!!!!
CHICAGO TEACHER'S ASSISTANT MARIMAR MARTINEZ was SHOT by an ICE AGENT in October. Martinez's LAWYER showed 60 Mins NEW VIDEO he said CONTRADICTS the DEPART of HOMELAND SECURITY'S CLAIMS they were boxed in by her & others.
youtube.com/watch?v=qjc-...
U.S. citizen shot by Border Patrol: "I feared for my life"
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
youtube.com
January 20, 2026 at 1:06 AM
60 MINUTES, Overtime 1/19
☣️😡8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣😡☣️
DHS LIED!!!!!
CHICAGO TEACHER'S ASSISTANT MARIMAR MARTINEZ was SHOT by an ICE AGENT in October. Martinez's LAWYER showed 60 Mins NEW VIDEO he said CONTRADICTS the DEPART of HOMELAND SECURITY'S CLAIMS they were boxed in by her & others.
youtube.com/watch?v=qjc-...
☣️😡8️⃣6️⃣4️⃣7️⃣😡☣️
DHS LIED!!!!!
CHICAGO TEACHER'S ASSISTANT MARIMAR MARTINEZ was SHOT by an ICE AGENT in October. Martinez's LAWYER showed 60 Mins NEW VIDEO he said CONTRADICTS the DEPART of HOMELAND SECURITY'S CLAIMS they were boxed in by her & others.
youtube.com/watch?v=qjc-...
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Here’s your reminder that we’re impeaching Kristi Noem, and you can help out!
Take just a second to tell your Representatives to get behind this effort here:
Take just a second to tell your Representatives to get behind this effort here:
Tell Congress: Impeach DHS Secretary Kristi Noem
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
January 18, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Here’s your reminder that we’re impeaching Kristi Noem, and you can help out!
Take just a second to tell your Representatives to get behind this effort here:
Take just a second to tell your Representatives to get behind this effort here:
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ICE is attacking all of America. None of our rights are secure until all our rights are secure.
this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
ICE is attacking all of America. None of our rights are secure until all our rights are secure.
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Absolutely
January 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Absolutely
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"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
In Minneapolis, a Pattern of Misconduct Toward Protesters
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:29 AM
"A protester detained, her bra removed and wedding ring cut off, and some of her clothes never returned..."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/u...
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White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
Karoline Leavitt was recorded warning network to put out new interview with president in full and without edits
Donald Trump’s White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, was recently recorded warning CBS News to broadcast a new interview with the president in full and without edits – or “we’ll sue your ass off”.
Trump “said, ‘Make sure you guys don’t cut the tape, make sure the interview is out in full,’” Leavitt told CBS anchor Tony Dokoupil after he had interviewed the president, according to an audio exchange first reported on by the New York Times. The 13-minute exclusive segment aired on Tuesday, months after CBS’ parent company Paramount agreed to pay Trump $16m over its editing of an unrelated interview ahead of the 2024 election that vaulted him to a second presidency. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:00 PM
White House press secretary tells CBS ‘we’ll sue your ass off’ if it edits Trump interview
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📌The convicted felon who just pocketed a used Nobel Peace Prize has us on the verge of WWIII AGAINST our allies.
January 18, 2026 at 3:48 PM
📌The convicted felon who just pocketed a used Nobel Peace Prize has us on the verge of WWIII AGAINST our allies.
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The Residents of Minneapolis Are Fighting for All of Us newrepublic.com/post/205353/...
The Residents of Minneapolis Are Fighting for All of Us
The sights of Minneapolitans defending their community have been inspiring. But underneath these displays of heroism, there is despair, fear, and hurt.
newrepublic.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Residents of Minneapolis Are Fighting for All of Us newrepublic.com/post/205353/...
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And now speech is not only barred, but punishable by death...
Founders are rolling in their graves.
Founders are rolling in their graves.
Trump's top allies call for Dem lawmaker to be 'put to death for offensive speech'
www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-fr...
www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-fr...
Trump's top allies call for Dem lawmaker to be 'put to death for offensive speech'
Elon Musk and other top allies of Donald Trump are apparently calling for a Democratic Congresswoman to be put to death based on her words.The official White House rapid response team posted a video o...
www.rawstory.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:51 PM
And now speech is not only barred, but punishable by death...
Founders are rolling in their graves.
Founders are rolling in their graves.
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Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill: "There is not one person in New Jersey that wakes up in the morning and says 'I hope today's the day that the president dumps billions of dollars into buying Greenland while my grocery store costs continue to go up.'"
January 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill: "There is not one person in New Jersey that wakes up in the morning and says 'I hope today's the day that the president dumps billions of dollars into buying Greenland while my grocery store costs continue to go up.'"
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More than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
More than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves
By � Nicole Foy � and � McKenzie Funk �for ProPublica
Immigration agents have put civilians’ ...
www.dailykos.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:41 PM
More than 40 cases of immigration agents using banned chokeholds and other moves www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
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This week at Democracy Docket: A good week for fair elections www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
This week at Democracy Docket: A good week for fair elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This week at Democracy Docket: A good week for fair elections www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
January 18, 2026 at 4:24 PM
BREAM: Is the FBI investigating the ICE agent who shot Renee Good?
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
BLANCHE: What happened has been reviewed by millions of Americans bc it was recorded. We investigate when it's appropriate. That is not the case here. We are not going to bow to pressure. So no, we are not investigating.
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NOEM: “70% are violent criminals.” 🤥
CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan: “That’s not what your own numbers say.”
NOEM: *calls her a liar, lashes out, projects wildly* 🤥
BRENNAN: *Immediately wilts like a flower*
CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan: “That’s not what your own numbers say.”
NOEM: *calls her a liar, lashes out, projects wildly* 🤥
BRENNAN: *Immediately wilts like a flower*
January 18, 2026 at 5:42 PM
NOEM: “70% are violent criminals.” 🤥
CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan: “That’s not what your own numbers say.”
NOEM: *calls her a liar, lashes out, projects wildly* 🤥
BRENNAN: *Immediately wilts like a flower*
CBS News(max) host Marg Brennan: “That’s not what your own numbers say.”
NOEM: *calls her a liar, lashes out, projects wildly* 🤥
BRENNAN: *Immediately wilts like a flower*
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Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
January 18, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Every time the Trump regime uses the words "funded protesters" and "outside agitators" news outlets need to cut to this photo from last week.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
ICE has invaded these communities. Outside agitators don't show up in their fucking bathrobes.
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Let's talk about the midterms.
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
January 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Let's talk about the midterms.
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
ICE is terrorizing and punishing blue states and cities to suppress your votes using fear from ICE- yes it's already started.
Blue states need to wake up and have a plan to deploy the National Guard to protect polling stations & voters from the federal government!
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:44 PM
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists, pelting them with water balloons in the freezing cold
Anti-ICE Demonstrators Chase Off Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter With Water Balloons At Minneapolis Rally
Some in the crowd tossed water balloons that soaked the right-wing demonstrators as temperatures hit -4 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill.
www.huffpost.com
January 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Hundreds of anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis chased off a small group of far-right activists, pelting them with water balloons in the freezing cold
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Fact check: true
Please, never be shy telling an author you loved their books.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
It’s seriously what gets us through.
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 AM
Fact check: true
Education Department pauses wage seizures for unpaid student loans www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Education Department pauses wage seizures for unpaid student loans
It is a surprising reversal from the department, which sent the first batch of notices in early January.
www.politico.com
January 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Education Department pauses wage seizures for unpaid student loans www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Trump voters in disbelief after his first veto stuns MAGA www.alternet.org/trump-colora...
Trump’s first veto infuriates MAGA voters
President Donald Trump's first veto of his second term involved spending to rebuild the infrastructure of a small, predominantly Republican region of Colorado. The funding would have provided fresh an...
www.alternet.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Trump voters in disbelief after his first veto stuns MAGA www.alternet.org/trump-colora...
We were warned this would happen and now it's here www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...
We were warned this would happen and now it's here
We are in the middle of a national emergency.Anybody who has the guts, decency, and love of country to pay attention to what is happening in America right now knows this. While burning the midnight oi...
www.alternet.org
January 17, 2026 at 6:36 PM
We were warned this would happen and now it's here www.alternet.org/alternet-exc...