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Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are required to do. sign.moveon.org/petitions/un...
Tell Congress: Unmask ICE!
Add your name to the petition demanding Congress pass legislation requiring all immigration agents to clearly display their agency and name or badge number—just like other local law enforcement are re...
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January 9, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
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Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
Under the TikTok deal, its Chinese owners will sell U.S. operations to a group of pro-Israel billionaires eager to censor critical content.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
theintercept.com/2025/12/21/t...
Anti-Palestinian Billionaires Can Now Control What TikTok Users See
Under the TikTok deal, its Chinese owners will sell U.S. operations to a group of pro-Israel billionaires eager to censor critical content.
theintercept.com
December 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
Opinion | What I Learned When I Dug Into My Retirement Account
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December 18, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
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December 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
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December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Elon Musk’s Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
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Elon Musk’s Anti-Woke Wikipedia Is Calling Hitler “The Führer”
Grokipedia, the anti-woke Wikipedia alternative, aims to create a parallel version of the truth for the right wing.
theintercept.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince?
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November 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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Around D.C., analogies about Laura Loomer abound—she is everything from Trump’s Rasputin to the “MAGA Grand Inquisitor.” Loomer thinks the most apt comparison is to Joseph McCarthy, a parallel she finds flattering. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nzLTtb
Laura Loomer’s Endless Payback
The President’s self-appointed loyalty enforcer inspires fear and vexation across Washington. What’s behind her vetting crusades?
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November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/w...
Family of Fisherman Killed in U.S. Military Strike Says It Wants Justice
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November 16, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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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...
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November 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
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Epstein emails reveal New York Times reporter's connection to scandal
Wednesday’s release of Jeffrey Epstein’s private emails not only uncovered further details of President Donald Trump’s connection to the accused leader of a sex-trafficking network, but they have also...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/u...
A Look Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Lair
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November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/st...
Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Trump's tacky Oval Office decor is oozing outside
Eventually, President Donald Trump will run out White House surfaces to cover in gold , and we won’t have to write about his egregious interior decorating skills anymore. But until then, we ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Demand members of Congress BLOCK any further attempts to repeal ACA provisions and act immediately to extend the subsidies before millions lose coverage! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
Tell Congress: No cuts to the Affordable Care Act!
Demand members of Congress BLOCK any further attempts to repeal ACA provisions and act immediately to extend the subsidies before millions lose coverage!
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November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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BREAM: Schumer says Republicans are weaponizing hunger

MIKE JOHNSON: Absolutely absurd. Remember -- don't get lost in the facts
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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News from EPI › Trump wants to hide the consequences of his bad policies by manipulating BLS data—it won’t work www.epi.org/press/trump-...
Trump wants to hide the consequences of his bad policies by manipulating BLS data—it won’t work
Yesterday, Trump announced that he will nominate E.J. Antoni as the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Antoni has repeatedly and unfairly attacked the agency he’d be set to run...
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August 15, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Texas Private Schools Hire Relatives and Enrich Insiders. Soon They Can Do It With Taxpayer Money.
An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune found more than 60 instances of nepotism, self-dealing and conflicts of interest among 27 private schools that likely would have violated state law...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve
theintercept.com/2025/07/24/g...
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head Boasts Success as Palestinians Starve
“What we’re doing has actually been unbelievably effective,” said the chair of the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run aid group GHF.
theintercept.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition! sign.moveon.org/petitions/te...
NO Taxpayer money for Proud Boys
The Proud Boys are suing the federal government for $100 million from taxpayers to spread more chaos, more violence, and more hate. Sign the petition!
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July 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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Stephen Miller Owns Up to $250,000 in Palantir Stock, Report Finds truthout.org/articles/ste...
Stephen Miller Owns Up to $250,000 in Palantir Stock, Report Finds
Palantir is reportedly building a mega-database of Americans’ personal information for the Trump administration.
truthout.org
July 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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News from EPI › EPI president Heidi Shierholz denounces passage of GOP budget bill www.epi.org/press/epi-pr...
EPI president Heidi Shierholz denounces passage of GOP budget bill
Congress just passed one of the most destructive economic bills in generations. The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax break...
www.epi.org
July 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Ask Us Anything
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Ask Us Anything
We would have normally posted our monthly podcast today, but with Matt still in Washington we’re going to save that for next Sunday.
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June 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM