Seamus McGraw
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I stumbled into journalism back when it was the French Foreign Legion. Little did I know it would become so again.
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My dad would have appreciated this. He would have been 100 last weekend. And he lied about his age so he could serve in the Royal Navy in WW2. Dad was an eccentric fellow. But he was always very clear about where he stood on fascism. I suspect he and Ken would have got on famously.
#movingpictures , let the man talk his talk #donkeysareawesome
May 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
My dad would have appreciated this. He would have been 100 last weekend. And he lied about his age so he could serve in the Royal Navy in WW2. Dad was an eccentric fellow. But he was always very clear about where he stood on fascism. I suspect he and Ken would have got on famously.
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And there you have it.
May 4, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And there you have it.
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
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Worst Dallas Fed manufacturing survey since 2020:
New orders collapse.
Prices paid soars.
New orders collapse.
Prices paid soars.
April 28, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Worst Dallas Fed manufacturing survey since 2020:
New orders collapse.
Prices paid soars.
New orders collapse.
Prices paid soars.
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No apologies necessary.
Canadian Voter: I think who I voted for would be the best to take care of Trump, because Trump is, I’m sorry to say, an asshole.
April 29, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No apologies necessary.
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A Venezuelan immigrant reportedly went the wrong way while delivering food in Detroit, ended up crossing the Canadian border, was taken into custody by U.S. authorities, and deported
Venezuelan immigrant in Detroit makes a wrong turn at Ambassador Bridge, is deported
It is the latest immigration twist in a growing legal — and political — showdown between two branches of government.
www.freep.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
A Venezuelan immigrant reportedly went the wrong way while delivering food in Detroit, ended up crossing the Canadian border, was taken into custody by U.S. authorities, and deported
Walking around with $3k in cash, a passport and pills in your pocketbook at all times is a better indicator of illicit activity than a tattoo is. Just saying.
April 21, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Walking around with $3k in cash, a passport and pills in your pocketbook at all times is a better indicator of illicit activity than a tattoo is. Just saying.
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Let’s just grant the possibility these people were going to illegally work in the U.S. for a few weeks. I don’t think you could find any normal human to defend this treatment as proportional. Strip searched, handcuffed, given expired food and dirty mattresses. We’re such a garbage country.
Two backpacking German teenagers who had obtained ESTA approval from DHS were detained by CBP at the Honolulu airport, strip searched, jailed overnight, and ultimately deported to Japan because immigration officials weren’t satisfied with their lodging arrangements. beatofhawaii.com/why-these-ha...
April 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Let’s just grant the possibility these people were going to illegally work in the U.S. for a few weeks. I don’t think you could find any normal human to defend this treatment as proportional. Strip searched, handcuffed, given expired food and dirty mattresses. We’re such a garbage country.
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Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...
April 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Remember the 6 men who forcibly removed Dr. Teresa Borrenphol from the Coeur d'Alene town hall? They’ve been arrested and charged! www.kivitv.com/news/six-men...
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The possibility of abduction by a sovereign and imprisonment abroad is one criterion that separates democracies from dictatorships.
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
April 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The possibility of abduction by a sovereign and imprisonment abroad is one criterion that separates democracies from dictatorships.
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”
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Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
April 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸
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We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
April 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
We traded Europe for a guy that builds concentration camps for profit.
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ALERT: Weeks after nationally-televised press conference .. in which Attorney General Pam Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro-Santos as "east coast leader" of MS 13 .. Justice Dept seeks to *drop* the case
Raising questions from former prosecutors...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-see...
Raising questions from former prosecutors...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-see...
DOJ seeks to drop charges against man it said was "East Coast leader" of MS-13 gang
Attorney General Pam Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro Santos as "one of the top members and head of the East Coast" of the MS-13 gang last month.
www.cbsnews.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:35 PM
ALERT: Weeks after nationally-televised press conference .. in which Attorney General Pam Bondi referred to Henrry Villatoro-Santos as "east coast leader" of MS 13 .. Justice Dept seeks to *drop* the case
Raising questions from former prosecutors...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-see...
Raising questions from former prosecutors...
www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-see...
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Republicans used to say “undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes.” Now the IRS is handing their tax data to DHS… So which is it?
Seems like you’d have to pay taxes to even have tax data…
Seems like you’d have to pay taxes to even have tax data…
US IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration officials, report says
The acting head of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service plans to resign over a new agreement to share the tax data of undocumented immigrants with Homeland Security personnel, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the situation.
www.reuters.com
April 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Republicans used to say “undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes.” Now the IRS is handing their tax data to DHS… So which is it?
Seems like you’d have to pay taxes to even have tax data…
Seems like you’d have to pay taxes to even have tax data…
Yup. The institutionalization of cowardice. Fear of everything. And everyone. That said, I think there's a half decent country song in there somewhere.
The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.
April 8, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Yup. The institutionalization of cowardice. Fear of everything. And everyone. That said, I think there's a half decent country song in there somewhere.
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Mind if I play through?
April 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Mind if I play through?
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Last time he told you not "not to worry" half a million Americans died of Covid.
April 7, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Last time he told you not "not to worry" half a million Americans died of Covid.
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All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
April 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
All I’m saying is that President Harris wouldn’t have us looking at the futures market on a Sunday night.
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In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
In years to come, the people who did this will be the ones who will go to jail.
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After spending the weekend evaluating their 401k's MAGA has decided they are no longer owning the Libs, they're going to rent them.
April 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
After spending the weekend evaluating their 401k's MAGA has decided they are no longer owning the Libs, they're going to rent them.
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And here is the ghastly story of what is experienced by those who are sent to the house of horrors that is Guantanamo for the crime of legally seeking entrance to the US.
“My detention at Guantanamo changed me. The isolation, the deprivation… it broke us down.”
A Venezuelan man who entered the US for a CBP One appointment on Jan. 19, 2025—and violated no laws—describes the horrors of Guantanamo detention aka imprisonment.
ccrjustice.org/sites/defaul...
A Venezuelan man who entered the US for a CBP One appointment on Jan. 19, 2025—and violated no laws—describes the horrors of Guantanamo detention aka imprisonment.
ccrjustice.org/sites/defaul...
April 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
And here is the ghastly story of what is experienced by those who are sent to the house of horrors that is Guantanamo for the crime of legally seeking entrance to the US.
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"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
Why Cory Booker’s Speech Matters
Booker didn’t “accomplish” anything. He was a voice of one crying in the wilderness. And that’s how you build a dissident movement: with simple acts of witness.
www.thebulwark.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"The catch is that in order to get attention, you have to be terrible. You have to lie or embrace evil. In the attention economy there is enormous demand for civic blasphemy. What’s hard is getting attention for messages about truth, or virtue, or love."
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Another unvaccinated child has died from the measles in Texas.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
April 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Another unvaccinated child has died from the measles in Texas.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
There are over 600 cases in the US right now.
Letting children die to a completely preventable disease is absolute insanity.
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Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."
An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison
The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.
www.theatlantic.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Nightmare: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."