Wolfgang
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Hi, I’m your friendly progressive who supports equality, sustainability, universal healthcare, living wages, and public education. Together, we’ll make our planet fairer and healthier.
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Most rapists operate on the premise that they can not only overpower the victim physically, but can do so socially and legally. They count on a system that discounts the voices of victims and only too often cooperates in silencing them...
The Jeffrey Epstein cover-up is an affront to US democracy | Rebecca Solnit
Democracy means a society and system in which everyone’s rights matter. Rapists count on this being untrue – and Trump is proving them right
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November 18, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Most rapists operate on the premise that they can not only overpower the victim physically, but can do so socially and legally. They count on a system that discounts the voices of victims and only too often cooperates in silencing them...
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SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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C.D.C. Links Measles Outbreaks in Multiple States for the First Time
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November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
SCOOP: CDC officials on Monday linked for the first time the measles outbreak that began in Texas with another in Utah and Arizona, a finding that could end America’s status as a nation that has eliminated measles.
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JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out DOJ’s lawsuit to compel NY to aid in immigration arrests at state courthouses.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
JUST IN: A federal judge has thrown out DOJ’s lawsuit to compel NY to aid in immigration arrests at state courthouses.
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Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & such.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Once again in re: the utterly abject poverty of the “Democrats Must Not Talk Funny because they are Alienating Real Folkz” Discourse™️ that we have suffered through in the last year while the Republicans keep Doing A Fascism & calling people “vermin” & “morons” & "piggy" & such.
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79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
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He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
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Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
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MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill
A Phil Williams NC5 Investigates report on a neo-Nazi targeting kids online, telling them to prepare for a 'race war'
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November 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
MUST WATCH: Meet the neo-Nazi targeting kids online, teaching them to hate and to prepare to kill www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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The acting chief of the FEMA left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency. https://to.pbs.org/483ys51
FEMA acting chief departs after 6 months on the job, officials say
David Richardson is leaving the post after replacing previous acting head, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency charged with managin...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:16 AM
The acting chief of the FEMA left his job Monday after just six months, according to the Department of Homeland Security, the latest disruption in a year of mass staff departures, program cuts and policy upheaval at the agency. https://to.pbs.org/483ys51
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“We owe it to our young people not to lie to them anymore. A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself.”
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
“We owe it to our young people not to lie to them anymore. A democracy whose citizens operate with fundamentally different understandings of the past and its implications cannot sustain itself.”
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Quite a staggering statistic. Trump isn’t just bringing misery to immigrants, he’s harming everyone.
#TrumpSlump
#TrumpSlump
NEW: The Trump administration's brutal removal of so many workers is projected to shrink the nation’s GDP by as much as 6.8% — a deeper hit than the one sustained during the Great Recession.
A.J. Schumann:
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Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking The Economy. - OtherWords
Trump claimed immigrants were “taking your jobs.” But during his brutal crackdown, the job market has only gotten worse.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Quite a staggering statistic. Trump isn’t just bringing misery to immigrants, he’s harming everyone.
#TrumpSlump
#TrumpSlump
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Today RFK Jr. both suggested that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines cause peanut allergies *and* admitted there are no data to support this hypothesis, so he wants to find some.
Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Today RFK Jr. both suggested that aluminum adjuvants in vaccines cause peanut allergies *and* admitted there are no data to support this hypothesis, so he wants to find some.
Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
Like if you took the scientific method, turned it backward and inside out and made it puke, you’d get RFK Jr.’s thoughts.
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An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
How a family secret led Greg Bovino to lead Trump's border crackdown
Before he became the face of Trump's tough ICE policies, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino endured a childhood marked by a family scandal that changed the trajectory of his life.
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November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
An endless amount of deranged details in this interview with Greg Bovino's sister, but most notably that his uncle produced the Jack Nicholson movie The Border and the depiction of the agent as corrupt radicalized him as a 12-yr-old.
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
"Since then, he was like, 'Dude, I want to do Border Patrol.'"
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Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army General Wiesław Kukułaon on sabotage and cyberattacks in Poland:
“The adversary has begun preparing for war. They are building a certain environment here, which is intended to create favorable conditions for potential aggression on Polish territory.”
“The adversary has begun preparing for war. They are building a certain environment here, which is intended to create favorable conditions for potential aggression on Polish territory.”
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Chief of the General Staff of the Polish Army General Wiesław Kukułaon on sabotage and cyberattacks in Poland:
“The adversary has begun preparing for war. They are building a certain environment here, which is intended to create favorable conditions for potential aggression on Polish territory.”
“The adversary has begun preparing for war. They are building a certain environment here, which is intended to create favorable conditions for potential aggression on Polish territory.”
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Trump's granddaughter was given an exemption to play in last week's LPGA tournament and finished last, 6 strokes worse than the next worse golfer. Honestly, happy they did not just declare her the winner anyway.
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Trump's granddaughter was given an exemption to play in last week's LPGA tournament and finished last, 6 strokes worse than the next worse golfer. Honestly, happy they did not just declare her the winner anyway.
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Elizabeth Warren called on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after he featured prominently in the latest Jeffrey Epstein emails
Elizabeth Warren Calls For Harvard To Cut Ties With Larry Summers
The former Harvard president "cannot be trusted" with students, she warned.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Elizabeth Warren called on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after he featured prominently in the latest Jeffrey Epstein emails
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Nurse LaCrista Vaughn of TX sat on her ass as a Black woman screamed in pain while in labor. She should lose her license and never, ever work in healthcare again.
But even if that happens we are left with the fact that structural racism is widespread across U.S. healthcare.
But even if that happens we are left with the fact that structural racism is widespread across U.S. healthcare.
Black Mom Delayed Care, Snubbed By Nurse While Screaming In Pain From Labor: Video | iHeart
A viral video showing a Black woman screaming in pain as she waits to be admitted at a Dallas hospital while in active labor has sparked outrage online and allegations of medical racism. | iHeart
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November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Nurse LaCrista Vaughn of TX sat on her ass as a Black woman screamed in pain while in labor. She should lose her license and never, ever work in healthcare again.
But even if that happens we are left with the fact that structural racism is widespread across U.S. healthcare.
But even if that happens we are left with the fact that structural racism is widespread across U.S. healthcare.
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Trump: The House Should Force Me to Release the Epstein Files That AG Bondi Will Say She Can’t Release Even if the Senate Joins the House & Even if I Don’t Veto Congress’s Demand Because She’s Re-Investigating Dems as I Ordered Her To Do & Releasing the Files Would Compromise Those Investigations!
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Trump: The House Should Force Me to Release the Epstein Files That AG Bondi Will Say She Can’t Release Even if the Senate Joins the House & Even if I Don’t Veto Congress’s Demand Because She’s Re-Investigating Dems as I Ordered Her To Do & Releasing the Files Would Compromise Those Investigations!
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NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
November 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
NEW: An analysis finds that NIH funding cuts have disrupted at least 383 clinical trials, affecting over 74,000 participants that were enrolled in studies that were testing treatments for conditions including cancer, heart disease and brain disease.
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"People seeking asylum in the UK could be stripped of assets including jewellery to cover the costs of their accommodation, the government confirmed on Monday."
UK asylum seekers face seizure of jewellery to pay for accommodation
New powers to confiscate high-value items are among measures intended to curb number of small boats crossing the Channel
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November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"People seeking asylum in the UK could be stripped of assets including jewellery to cover the costs of their accommodation, the government confirmed on Monday."
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A grim comedic aspect of Mag Judge Fitzpatrick's ruling in Comey's case, finding that Halligan "potentially undermine[d] the integrity of the grand jury" with "fundamental misstatements of the law," is that AG Bondi purported to review those minutes & to ratify everything Halligan did—twice.
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A grim comedic aspect of Mag Judge Fitzpatrick's ruling in Comey's case, finding that Halligan "potentially undermine[d] the integrity of the grand jury" with "fundamental misstatements of the law," is that AG Bondi purported to review those minutes & to ratify everything Halligan did—twice.
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Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
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60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Absolutely no way to read this and not conclude that the Department of Justice has been deeply corrupted. And this is from a time when career lawyers were in place, pushing back against illegality. With firings and resignations, the politicization will just get worse.
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NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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Families of DC-area immigrant drivers snatched by feds stuck with tow bill
Elected officials and activists note work vehicles removed lightning fast, resulting in hundreds in fees.
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November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW—US Park Police w/ DHS officers near DC are increasingly pulling over Black and brown men, leaving their work vans on the side of the parkway + immediately calling a local towing company to take them. Families who just lost their breadwinner are stuck with the bill.
@melbuer.bsky.social reports:
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This is the first time there has been an effort to publish a dictionary of the Mississippi Choctaw language and dialect.
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
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The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
Mississippi Choctaw Dictionary Project Helps Preserve Language
The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians’ Choctaw Dictionary Project is designed to help teach the language and encourage more daily use.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is the first time there has been an effort to publish a dictionary of the Mississippi Choctaw language and dialect.
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
The only dictionaries available in the past have been Oklahoma Choctaw.
And the Trump administration terminated the grant.
www.mississippifreepress.org/mississippi-...
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AP: “.. The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of a criminal case against Comey that is already subject to multiple other challenges ..”
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November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
AP: “.. The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of a criminal case against Comey that is already subject to multiple other challenges ..”
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