Amy Flickinger
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The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
A new satellite TV channel allows Alexei Navalny's videos to reach Russian audiences
The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
n.pr
June 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.
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He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
April 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
He’s threatening media companies who are critical of him.
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
He’s talking about sending Americans to foreign prisons.
He’s signing executive orders to investigate former staff members who spoke out against him.
He’s defying the Supreme Court.
Don’t you see what’s happening here?
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In an effort to suppress minority representation, Greg Abbott refuses to set a special election for Texas 18th district which is 44 percent Hispanic and 33 percent black. These people could go unrepresented for two years.
April 1, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In an effort to suppress minority representation, Greg Abbott refuses to set a special election for Texas 18th district which is 44 percent Hispanic and 33 percent black. These people could go unrepresented for two years.
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How a party loses its soul:
Respectable Republican Condi Rice visits Kristi Noem.
Noem stages a sick photo-op in El Salvador with deportees as props. Some of them were law-abiding U.S. immigrants, now imprisoned in that hellhole.
No respectable Republican criticizes Noem.
Respectable Republican Condi Rice visits Kristi Noem.
Noem stages a sick photo-op in El Salvador with deportees as props. Some of them were law-abiding U.S. immigrants, now imprisoned in that hellhole.
No respectable Republican criticizes Noem.
March 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
How a party loses its soul:
Respectable Republican Condi Rice visits Kristi Noem.
Noem stages a sick photo-op in El Salvador with deportees as props. Some of them were law-abiding U.S. immigrants, now imprisoned in that hellhole.
No respectable Republican criticizes Noem.
Respectable Republican Condi Rice visits Kristi Noem.
Noem stages a sick photo-op in El Salvador with deportees as props. Some of them were law-abiding U.S. immigrants, now imprisoned in that hellhole.
No respectable Republican criticizes Noem.
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Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.
Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.
propub.li
March 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Like the Koch brothers and other conservative billionaires, Dunn and Wilks want to slash regulations and taxes.
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
Their endgame, however, is more radical: not just to limit the government but also to steer it toward Christian rule.
(Published Oct. 2024)
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NEW
The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements.
(We are capable of doing two things at once so please save your “but Trump” replies)
The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements.
(We are capable of doing two things at once so please save your “but Trump” replies)
Biden’s Secret Deal Allowed Chevron to Pay Venezuela Millions
The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements, according...
bloom.bg
March 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEW
The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements.
(We are capable of doing two things at once so please save your “but Trump” replies)
The Biden administration secretly permitted Chevron Corp. to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the Venezuelan government despite a license that explicitly prohibited such disbursements.
(We are capable of doing two things at once so please save your “but Trump” replies)
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The contempt they have for disabled children is rooted in a mistaken belief that there aren't too many of them.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
Jessica: When I hear Republicans out there talking about their plan for education in America, I don't hear them talking about making sure disabled kids have access to a public education.
Greg: Because we're against it.
Greg: Because we're against it.
March 20, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The contempt they have for disabled children is rooted in a mistaken belief that there aren't too many of them.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
Estimates show that between 1-in-8 and 1-in-5 students in America have some kind of learning disability.
There are an awful lot of SPED families out here, and we will *fight* this shit.
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Trump’s retaliation against law firms is having its predictable chilling effect. Punishing law firms for representing clients the president dislikes infringes on the 6th Amendment right to counsel of one’s choice and the 1st Amendment right to free association.
Fear of Trump Has Elite Law Firms in Retreat
Many big corporate law firms are declining to help with public criticism and legal opposition to the second Trump administration, in the wake of executive orders punishing law firms with Democratic…
buff.ly
March 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Trump’s retaliation against law firms is having its predictable chilling effect. Punishing law firms for representing clients the president dislikes infringes on the 6th Amendment right to counsel of one’s choice and the 1st Amendment right to free association.
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For @christianitytoday.com , what I've seen PEPFAR do for people and why I want to see it fulliy restored:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/seen...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/seen...
I’ve Seen Firsthand How PEPFAR Works - Christianity Today
As a medical missionary, I use PEPFAR-funded meds to save unborn babies, new mothers, and fellow church members from needless, ugly deaths from AIDS.
www.christianitytoday.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:54 AM
For @christianitytoday.com , what I've seen PEPFAR do for people and why I want to see it fulliy restored:
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/seen...
www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/seen...
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sorry cancer patients, if you wanted to keep cancer research funding intact you should have sent your $5m cash payment to the President like all the smart corporations
SCOOP: Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with President Donald Trump at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a group setting.
People Are Paying Millions to Dine With Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago
Business leaders are paying as much as $5,000,000 to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1,000,000 apiece to dine with him in a…
buff.ly
March 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
sorry cancer patients, if you wanted to keep cancer research funding intact you should have sent your $5m cash payment to the President like all the smart corporations
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Zelensky's words won't leave my thoughts. 20,000 children abducted. Had their names and identities changed. "De-Ukrainianized".
Folks, that's the straight up black and white text definition of "genocide".
Look it up.
Folks, that's the straight up black and white text definition of "genocide".
Look it up.
March 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Zelensky's words won't leave my thoughts. 20,000 children abducted. Had their names and identities changed. "De-Ukrainianized".
Folks, that's the straight up black and white text definition of "genocide".
Look it up.
Folks, that's the straight up black and white text definition of "genocide".
Look it up.
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President Zelenskyy reminded Franklin Graham and Americans today that Russia has abducted many little children from Ukraine and committed other crimes.
Siding with Russia is worse than putting a millstone on your own neck and being dragged to the bottom of the ocean.
Mt. 18:6
Siding with Russia is worse than putting a millstone on your own neck and being dragged to the bottom of the ocean.
Mt. 18:6
March 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
President Zelenskyy reminded Franklin Graham and Americans today that Russia has abducted many little children from Ukraine and committed other crimes.
Siding with Russia is worse than putting a millstone on your own neck and being dragged to the bottom of the ocean.
Mt. 18:6
Siding with Russia is worse than putting a millstone on your own neck and being dragged to the bottom of the ocean.
Mt. 18:6
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Democracies stand with Ukraine.
March 1, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Democracies stand with Ukraine.
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This is one of the most shameful things I've seen in my life. Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives, and MAGA is all up in its feelings because no one is allowed to disrespect Trump. He can be grotesque, but everyone else has to genuflect. Pathetic.
ZELENSKYY: Putin broke the ceasefire. What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
VANCE: I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office and try to litigate this in front of the American media
February 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This is one of the most shameful things I've seen in my life. Zelensky and the Ukrainian people are fighting for their lives, and MAGA is all up in its feelings because no one is allowed to disrespect Trump. He can be grotesque, but everyone else has to genuflect. Pathetic.
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Kristi Noem told attendees at a CPAC dinner Friday that Trump directed her to launch a taxpayer-funded ad campaign and demanded she thank him in the ads.
No other outlet bothered to write about this, despite the admin blowing up to $200M on these ads
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
No other outlet bothered to write about this, despite the admin blowing up to $200M on these ads
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea
Donald Trump’s Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said he instructed her to make ads that “thank me for closing the border.”
www.rollingstone.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Kristi Noem told attendees at a CPAC dinner Friday that Trump directed her to launch a taxpayer-funded ad campaign and demanded she thank him in the ads.
No other outlet bothered to write about this, despite the admin blowing up to $200M on these ads
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
No other outlet bothered to write about this, despite the admin blowing up to $200M on these ads
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Every so often I remember that Oprah brought us Dr Phil, Dr Oz and The Secret but the only person she brought back to destroy on her show was the guy who pretended to be a worse drug addict than he actually was in a book
February 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Every so often I remember that Oprah brought us Dr Phil, Dr Oz and The Secret but the only person she brought back to destroy on her show was the guy who pretended to be a worse drug addict than he actually was in a book
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Rally Monday to demand Beth Van Duyne have a real Town Hall in #TX24
Register and take an early lunch! We will also demand she choose #MuskOrUs
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
mobilize.us/s/eJ74cg
Register and take an early lunch! We will also demand she choose #MuskOrUs
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
mobilize.us/s/eJ74cg
#MuskOrUs Rally to Demand a TX24 Town Hall at Beth Van Duyne’s · Indivisible TX-24
We didn’t vote for Elon! Join us at Beth Van Duyne office off the DNT. We ask the following and more:
Accountability, Oversight, and Defending Democracy
“If you’re proud of your votes, why won’t you h...
mobilize.us
February 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Rally Monday to demand Beth Van Duyne have a real Town Hall in #TX24
Register and take an early lunch! We will also demand she choose #MuskOrUs
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
mobilize.us/s/eJ74cg
Register and take an early lunch! We will also demand she choose #MuskOrUs
@leahgreenberg.bsky.social
mobilize.us/s/eJ74cg
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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Gonna be a good season for imprecatory Psalms.
February 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Gonna be a good season for imprecatory Psalms.
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"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
ALT: a man stands at a podium with microphones that say wor on them
media.tenor.com
January 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
"[A] democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is Fascism—ownership of Government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power." - FDR (1938)
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Trump appointing industry lobbyists as well as CEOs who will now be able to regulate their own companies (or not) was utterly predictable, so much so that hardly anyone will remark upon it. Oligarchy has arrived
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Fill the Swamp?
Trump’s appointments are putting lobbyists and industry leaders into positions of immense government power.
www.theatlantic.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Trump appointing industry lobbyists as well as CEOs who will now be able to regulate their own companies (or not) was utterly predictable, so much so that hardly anyone will remark upon it. Oligarchy has arrived
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...