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Just your average progressive who wants a better deal in the USA. Victory to Ukraine.
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Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade
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CNBC says that rich New Yorkers started "looking for therapy" when they heard that Lina Khan will be co-chairing Zohran's transition team.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
CNBC says that rich New Yorkers started "looking for therapy" when they heard that Lina Khan will be co-chairing Zohran's transition team.
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NEW: A pro-voting group sued Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) after he tried to eliminate them for helping young Latinos register to vote.
They argue his long-running intimidation campaign is designed to stop Latino Texans from exercising their growing political power.
They argue his long-running intimidation campaign is designed to stop Latino Texans from exercising their growing political power.
Latino Voting Group Sues Texas AG Paxton Over Voter Retaliation, Intimidation Efforts
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
NEW: A pro-voting group sued Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) after he tried to eliminate them for helping young Latinos register to vote.
They argue his long-running intimidation campaign is designed to stop Latino Texans from exercising their growing political power.
They argue his long-running intimidation campaign is designed to stop Latino Texans from exercising their growing political power.
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The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
Arizona tribal member nearly deported after Iowa jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
Native American ICE detainer mistake nearly leads to deportation of Arizona tribal member after Iowa jail clerical error
azmirror.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous and shouldn't be turned over to federal immigration authorities
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
story via @glorihuh.bsky.social
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In case you'd been wondering why Trump rolls over for Putin at every turn:
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:37 PM
In case you'd been wondering why Trump rolls over for Putin at every turn:
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The White House is now saying that October jobs and inflation data will "likely never be released" — blaming the government shutdown.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The White House is now saying that October jobs and inflation data will "likely never be released" — blaming the government shutdown.
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ICE agents wear masks for the same reason that Klan members wear hoods. They know what they are doing is immoral. Pretty straight forward.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Why They Mask
Veteran ICE officers know face coverings are a bad look. But they’re not coming off anytime soon.
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
ICE agents wear masks for the same reason that Klan members wear hoods. They know what they are doing is immoral. Pretty straight forward.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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Welcome to a “Deflection Don” edition of The MAGA Minute!
Today Trump shows us how to say “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$” without saying “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$”.
Editor’s Note: He’s scared 3&,8jso@$
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
Today Trump shows us how to say “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$” without saying “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$”.
Editor’s Note: He’s scared 3&,8jso@$
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Welcome to a “Deflection Don” edition of The MAGA Minute!
Today Trump shows us how to say “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$” without saying “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$”.
Editor’s Note: He’s scared 3&,8jso@$
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
Today Trump shows us how to say “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$” without saying “I’m scared 3&,8jso@$”.
Editor’s Note: He’s scared 3&,8jso@$
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
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Pedestrians in Arizona are nearly twice as likely to be killed in a road collision compared to the rest of the country.
Arizona pedestrian fatality rate nearly twice as high as rest of country, report finds
Pedestrians in Arizona are nearly twice as likely to be killed in a road collision compared to the rest of the country.
www.kjzz.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Pedestrians in Arizona are nearly twice as likely to be killed in a road collision compared to the rest of the country.
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🧵 Every year since Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix began, there has been an afterparty hosted by the Republicans for National Renewal fascists which brings together more of the extreme right that hangs around AmFest and multiple local elected officials. This year is no different…
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The Christmas Crusade
Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conservative Christmas cheer.
DECEMBER 20TH, 2025
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VIP ENTRY BEGINS AT 7:30 PM
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![Special Guest
AZ Senate President Warren Petersen
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Republicans for National Renewal
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Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conserative Christmas cheer
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![Special Guest
Representative Rachel Keshel
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Republicans for National Renewal
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Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conserative Christmas cheer
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State House candidate David Rose
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Republicans for National Renewal
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Join Republicans for National Renewal and NICO PAC for a fun night of conserative Christmas cheer
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November 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🧵 Every year since Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest event in Phoenix began, there has been an afterparty hosted by the Republicans for National Renewal fascists which brings together more of the extreme right that hangs around AmFest and multiple local elected officials. This year is no different…
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Developers are pushing luxury “student housing” across Fayetteville, Arkansas, demolishing affordable homes and reshaping a college town once hailed as one of the “Best Places to Live.”
@jordanphickey.bsky.social reports on what’s at stake for the city’s future:
inthesetimes.com/article/zoni...
@jordanphickey.bsky.social reports on what’s at stake for the city’s future:
inthesetimes.com/article/zoni...
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Developers are pushing luxury “student housing” across Fayetteville, Arkansas, demolishing affordable homes and reshaping a college town once hailed as one of the “Best Places to Live.”
@jordanphickey.bsky.social reports on what’s at stake for the city’s future:
inthesetimes.com/article/zoni...
@jordanphickey.bsky.social reports on what’s at stake for the city’s future:
inthesetimes.com/article/zoni...
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again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
Lest there be any insinuation that Dems spared their own. It would be tough for Kathy Ruemmler—Obama’s WH Counsel from 2011 to mid-2014—to come off looking worse in these docs the committee Dems released. oversightdemocrats.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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Sent:
To:
Subject:
Kathy Ruemmler
9/19/2014 11:54:57 AM
jeffrey E. ljeevacation@gmail.com]
Re:
Importance: High
Doesn't look like you are prioritizing your schedule very effeetively.....how are you going to manage all of that? this is unga week so the boss will be in town too....l'Il be here all week -- you may get sick of me....just sat down on the train so can't talk freely.
On Sep 19, 2014 7:48 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
"girls?", careful i will renew an old habit, . this week, thiel, summers, bill burns, gordon brown, jagland, ( council of curope and nobel chairman). mongolia pres, hardeep puree (india), boris ( gates). jabor (qatar ). sultan (dubai, ), kosslyn (harvard), leon black, woody. you are a welcome guest at any... also if you think there are interesting people in town, everyone here for climate summit, clinton security council, holy shit im on
for next 30 minutes
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler -
> wrote:
Most girls do not have to worry about this crap.
On Sep 19, 20147:09 AM, "jeffrey E." <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:
understood. it comes down to high risk / reward / low risk / reward. professional, cmotional. and financial
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Kathy Ruemmler
Agreed, but I need to be prepared to say yes before I talk to him.
wrote:
Sent from my iPad
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November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
again i am perfectly fine with locking every one of Jeffrey Epstein's friends in prison, Democrat, Republican or Whatever.
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The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The U.S. lost an average of 11,000 jobs every week in October, per CNBC.
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69% of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr, according to YouGov.
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
69% of Americans support raising the federal minimum wage to $15/hr, according to YouGov.
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64% of Americans think that billionaires don't pay enough taxes, according to YouGov.
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
64% of Americans think that billionaires don't pay enough taxes, according to YouGov.
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The cruelty is the point.
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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We found the US is on track to have the fewest foreign food safety inspections since 2011, excluding pandemic years.
In recent years, the FDA has typically been able to conduct ~110 inspections each month, but in March, the number of inspections dropped almost in half.
🔗: https://propub.li/4qTLkmN
In recent years, the FDA has typically been able to conduct ~110 inspections each month, but in March, the number of inspections dropped almost in half.
🔗: https://propub.li/4qTLkmN
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We found the US is on track to have the fewest foreign food safety inspections since 2011, excluding pandemic years.
In recent years, the FDA has typically been able to conduct ~110 inspections each month, but in March, the number of inspections dropped almost in half.
🔗: https://propub.li/4qTLkmN
In recent years, the FDA has typically been able to conduct ~110 inspections each month, but in March, the number of inspections dropped almost in half.
🔗: https://propub.li/4qTLkmN
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Bleh... this meme is an example of wishful thinking. You can't expect that much from MAGAvolk.
November 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Bleh... this meme is an example of wishful thinking. You can't expect that much from MAGAvolk.
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The “Cultural Revolution” was a caricature of a revolution. Students and workers were fundamentally make-weights for one faction in the bureaucratic ruling class against another.
workersliberty.org/story/2025-1...
workersliberty.org/story/2025-1...
The story of the Cultural Revolution
The high days of China’s Cultural Revolution ran from August 1966 through to mid-1967. School students, university students, and, later, some groups of workers, were mobilised to get rid of…
workersliberty.org
November 12, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The “Cultural Revolution” was a caricature of a revolution. Students and workers were fundamentally make-weights for one faction in the bureaucratic ruling class against another.
workersliberty.org/story/2025-1...
workersliberty.org/story/2025-1...
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Welcome to a late night edition of the MAGA Minute!
Tonight, Trump commits to using the U.S. Army to reduce vacancy in America’s shopping malls.
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
Tonight, Trump commits to using the U.S. Army to reduce vacancy in America’s shopping malls.
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
November 12, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Welcome to a late night edition of the MAGA Minute!
Tonight, Trump commits to using the U.S. Army to reduce vacancy in America’s shopping malls.
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
Tonight, Trump commits to using the U.S. Army to reduce vacancy in America’s shopping malls.
#RadioFreeAmerica
#MAGAminute
The Outer Worlds 2 is awesome. I love scifi RPGs
November 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Outer Worlds 2 is awesome. I love scifi RPGs
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The ongoing federal government shutdown has impacted many social safety net programs, from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC), to Head Start and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Federal safety net programs are interconnected. When funding stops, states can’t bridge the gap
The federal government shutdown has impacted many social safety net programs, from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP); to the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC); to Head Start...
www.kjzz.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
The ongoing federal government shutdown has impacted many social safety net programs, from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), to the Women, Infants and Children program (WIC), to Head Start and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
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81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
81 years ago, FDR proposed a second Bill of Rights to guarantee every American the right to employment, healthcare, education, housing, and a living income. His words are as relevant now as they were then. Watch.
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Putin is doing another hidden mobilization.
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Putin is doing another hidden mobilization.
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The American experiment has always been tethered to religion, whether it’s “In God We Trust,” or the principle of religious freedom. But, under the Trump White House, religion — Christianity, in particular — has perhaps never been so front and center.
Christian Nationalism is pushing out America’s civil religion, ASU professor says
The American experiment has always been tethered to religion, whether it’s “In God We Trust,” or the principle of religious freedom. But, under the Trump White House, religion — Christianity, in parti...
www.kjzz.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
The American experiment has always been tethered to religion, whether it’s “In God We Trust,” or the principle of religious freedom. But, under the Trump White House, religion — Christianity, in particular — has perhaps never been so front and center.