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Dear Leader Trump, 2025: "Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen."
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Cities across the US like Charlotte are being used as labs for a fascist authoritarian dystopia
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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AOC: Trump has been saying the economy is booming, but it’s really only seven tech companies. They’re driving this growth in just one sector: AI.

So the entire economic growth can be tracked down to seven companies and their AI expansion…
November 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Leaders of the American Patriots Three Percent (AP3) militia have forged alliances with law enforcement around the US.

Internal files reveal their strategies for building these ties and where they’ve claimed success.

(Published Aug. 2024)
Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia
Rounding up migrants. Lists of “friendly” sheriffs. Debating political assassinations. Internal messages reveal AP3’s journey from Jan. 6 through the tumultuous lead-up to the 2024 election. One membe...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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🚨BREAKING: The Republican National Committee has filed yet another lawsuit against New Jersey over access to its voter records — an escalation that could further undermine public trust in elections and open the door to intrusive scrutiny of individual voters. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
RNC Escalates Legal Fight Over New Jersey’s Voter Records
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
A Researcher Made an AI That Completely Breaks the Online Surveys Scientists Rely On
We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people.”
www.404media.co
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Truly vile. Some refuse to stop inflicting injustices against Native peoples. This community deserves so much better from the federal government. The legacy of erasure and betrayal never stops.
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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My #SuperlativeCannedGoo tweet from the old place is making rounds again. Support co-op cranberry growers!
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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This should alarm everyone.

On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.

THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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2020 footage said to be in 2025. A scene of protestors in Illinois, suggested as Portland.

We reviewed Fox News coverage and 700+ social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision to send the National Guard to Portland.

Here's how Fox News told a misleading story:
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence wa...
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
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Women who have abortions would face decades in prison and IUDs would be banned under a South Carolina bill that state lawmakers will consider during a hearing on Tuesday.

It's the most extreme proposal any state has considered since the 2022 Dobbs ruling.
Women Who Have Abortions Would Face Decades in Prison Under South Carolina Plan
Women who get abortions could spend decades in prison and IUDs would be outlawed under proposed legislation in South Carolina.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Trump's ICE has expanded its immigration crackdown to Charlotte, N.C...

US citizen stopped twice by ICE. Car windows smashed by ICE. Dragged from car. Files a police report against ICE...

thehill.com/homenews/sta...
November 16, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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Y’all it is so much worse. So much worse.

newrepublic.com/post/203201/...
November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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This clip from the documentary Art of the Surge gives some insight into how Trump's tweets are made.

Trump can be seen dictating to his aide Natalie Harp. We also see the entire room brainstorming, with Matt Gaetz and Stephen Miller contributing ideas.

gizmodo.com/does-preside...
November 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Once wasn’t enough. Trump pardons a J6 rioter for a SECOND time.

@politico.com @kyledcheney.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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If you read my stuff, you know I regularly go on about the Far Right being an interconnected, global threat that transcends borders.
Diplomatically unprecedented.

The German far-right opposition has reportedly been invited to Washington for an official strategy session with Republicans in the US Congress.
Large far-right German delegation to visit Washington, Trump ally says
The invitation to the capital comes as Alternative for Germany politicians seek to build closer ties to the U.S. government.
www.politico.eu
November 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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ProPublica really coming through with the receipts on Fox News airing misleading coverage of Portland to spur Trump into sending the National Guard there.

But this is really the cherry on top...

www.propublica.org/article/port...
November 13, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Wtf
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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NPR reported this morning that, based on their review of the #Epstein emails released yesterday, Trump’s name appeared more than 1,000 times in the document—

"I have met some very bad people, none as bad as #Trump. Not one decent cell in his body." - Jeffrey Epstein
November 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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So this happened an hour ago. I don’t think I’ve seen red this deep in a long time. You could see it quite clearly with the naked eye. #aurora
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Rep. Pat Harrigan: "I have asked Josh Stein, our governor, to consider working with President Trump to allow the National Guard to come into Charlotte ... use the National Guard as a force multiplier and they can a lot of load off the Charlotte PD."
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
How AI data centers were invented #shorts
YouTube video by Charlie Berens
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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UPDATE: Donald Trump is so hellbent on denying people SNAP that he went all the way to the Supreme Court to block benefits.

Now Trump is trying to bully states into TAKING BACK payments they already made to families.

It’s chaos for the sake of cruelty.
Donald Trump’s war on SNAP.
November 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM