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It really feels like since January 20th, America is the Titanic in the 2 hours and 40 minutes post-iceberg.
June 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It really feels like since January 20th, America is the Titanic in the 2 hours and 40 minutes post-iceberg.
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The Trump administration is rescinding vital protections that keep harmful pollutants out of the air we breathe.
Another gift to the fossil fuel industry at expense of the public health. Another betrayal of the American people. Shameful.
Another gift to the fossil fuel industry at expense of the public health. Another betrayal of the American people. Shameful.
Trump EPA proposes repealing major air pollution and emissions limits for power plants | CNN
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to scrap two major federal regulations that limit air pollution and planet-warming emissions from coal and gas-fired power plants, the agency’s head an...
www.cnn.com
June 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Trump administration is rescinding vital protections that keep harmful pollutants out of the air we breathe.
Another gift to the fossil fuel industry at expense of the public health. Another betrayal of the American people. Shameful.
Another gift to the fossil fuel industry at expense of the public health. Another betrayal of the American people. Shameful.
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Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
June 12, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.
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Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
June 12, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
Sen. Padilla pushed to ground, handcuffed for demanding DHS not lie
Forcibly removing a sitting US senator, as they opposed the president's immigration policy, is a part of a broader slide.
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A DHS spokesperson defended the detainment, accusing Sen. Padilla of failing to properly identify himself during Sec. Kristi Noem's press conference.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
But multiple videos show Padilla clearly identifying himself as a senator.
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Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."
June 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Sen. Chuck Schumer: "I just saw something that sickened my stomach; the manhandling of a United States Senator. We need immediate answers to what the hell went on."
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Too many of my white friends are still doing risk analysis, still weighing the costs of expressing their new revelations, still concerned about what they will lose by speaking out.
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
White Friends, You Can't Be Woke and Silent
In my travels around this country, both in person and online, I meet lots of white people who fancy themselves woke.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Too many of my white friends are still doing risk analysis, still weighing the costs of expressing their new revelations, still concerned about what they will lose by speaking out.
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
The reality is, the risks and consequences of silence are far greater.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/white-frie...
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NEWS: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House over effort to ban federal funding for NPR & PBS
The lawsuit calls Trump's executive order "textbook retaliation" for protected free speech - threatening public radio
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
The lawsuit calls Trump's executive order "textbook retaliation" for protected free speech - threatening public radio
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
NPR and Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House
NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NEWS: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations sue Trump White House over effort to ban federal funding for NPR & PBS
The lawsuit calls Trump's executive order "textbook retaliation" for protected free speech - threatening public radio
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
The lawsuit calls Trump's executive order "textbook retaliation" for protected free speech - threatening public radio
My story:
www.npr.org/2025/05/27/n...
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“Certainly, our position is that 24 hours [of notice] is sufficient.”
— Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign, quoted here with that stingy proposition before he realized that the immigrants on the South Sudan flight got even less notice than that.
Judge Murphy flags that in the footnote.
— Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign, quoted here with that stingy proposition before he realized that the immigrants on the South Sudan flight got even less notice than that.
Judge Murphy flags that in the footnote.
May 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
“Certainly, our position is that 24 hours [of notice] is sufficient.”
— Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign, quoted here with that stingy proposition before he realized that the immigrants on the South Sudan flight got even less notice than that.
Judge Murphy flags that in the footnote.
— Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign, quoted here with that stingy proposition before he realized that the immigrants on the South Sudan flight got even less notice than that.
Judge Murphy flags that in the footnote.
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Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
May 26, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Today, I was denied access to seeing my constituent, Mr. Kilmar Abrego Garcia. If there is nothing to hide, cut the crap. Let his lawyer and I check on him.
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Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz has had his perjury conviction and eight-month suspended prison sentence overturned by a court in Vienna. The ruling on Monday removes the main obstacle to a political comeback by the man once hailed as the wunderkind of European conservative politics.
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz acquitted of perjury after appeal
Ruling opens the way to possible political comeback by 38-year-old once seen as wunderkind of European right
www.ft.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz has had his perjury conviction and eight-month suspended prison sentence overturned by a court in Vienna. The ruling on Monday removes the main obstacle to a political comeback by the man once hailed as the wunderkind of European conservative politics.
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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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BREAKING: Massive anti-Trump protests breakout around the world, lawyers reaffirm their commitment to the rule of law in protest, Mike Waltz was fired and continues to use Signal, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
Massive Anti-Trump Protests Breakout Around the World
Massive anti-Trump protests breakout around the world, lawyers reaffirm their commitment to the rule of law in protest, Mike Waltz was fired and continues to use Signal, and more.
open.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:18 PM
BREAKING: Massive anti-Trump protests breakout around the world, lawyers reaffirm their commitment to the rule of law in protest, Mike Waltz was fired and continues to use Signal, and more. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...
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According to some reporting, Trump just woke up this morning and decided to fire Waltz and have just wait wait stop Rubio take his spot. Guess it was a good distraction to what he’s doing to the economy.
May 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
According to some reporting, Trump just woke up this morning and decided to fire Waltz and have just wait wait stop Rubio take his spot. Guess it was a good distraction to what he’s doing to the economy.
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Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
🔗 www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
🔗 www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
A photograph of Trump administration official Mike Waltz's phone shows him using an unofficial version of Signal designed to archive messages during a cabinet meeting.
www.404media.co
May 1, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Mike Waltz Accidentally Reveals Obscure App the Government Is Using to Archive Signal Messages
🔗 www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
🔗 www.404media.co/mike-waltz-a...
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The best part of this is that aside from every other best part of you at the bottom you see there might easily have been video of waltz verifying his pin which is amazing
May 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The best part of this is that aside from every other best part of you at the bottom you see there might easily have been video of waltz verifying his pin which is amazing
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April 30, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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I kept seeing the "average American has three friends" thing go around my timeline without seeing the original and so I went to go and look and it's SO MUCH WORSE than I imagined.
May 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I kept seeing the "average American has three friends" thing go around my timeline without seeing the original and so I went to go and look and it's SO MUCH WORSE than I imagined.
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Slow zoom in on this guy's face, add a piercing, increasingly high pitched noise, and it's just an A24 trailer for a horror movie called "How Everybody Died."
People literally bowing to him and crying and Trump's just sitting there smirking
May 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Slow zoom in on this guy's face, add a piercing, increasingly high pitched noise, and it's just an A24 trailer for a horror movie called "How Everybody Died."
Gulp…and so it begins.
Attorney General Pam Bondi's recent memo indicates journalists who receive classified information could face Justice Department subpoenas and search warrants.
In @msnbc.com, @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman explains what it means for reporters and public-interest newsgathering:
In @msnbc.com, @rcfp.org's Gabe Rottman explains what it means for reporters and public-interest newsgathering:
Opinion | Why AG Pam Bondi's proposed crackdown on government leakers is a threat to journalism
The attorney general's recent memo indicates journalists who receive classified information could face Justice Department subpoenas and search warrants.
www.msnbc.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Gulp…and so it begins.
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Net-Favorability Of:
Electric Vehicles: +25%
Telsa: -12%
YouGov / Apr 28, 2025 / n=1785
Electric Vehicles: +25%
Telsa: -12%
YouGov / Apr 28, 2025 / n=1785
April 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Net-Favorability Of:
Electric Vehicles: +25%
Telsa: -12%
YouGov / Apr 28, 2025 / n=1785
Electric Vehicles: +25%
Telsa: -12%
YouGov / Apr 28, 2025 / n=1785
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Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.
April 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Your kids get a max of two toys and then grow up to work in the same factory as their father and grandfather screwing in tiny screws. It’s called The American Dream.