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Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Remarkable reporting on these horrific and unacceptable injustices by my government.
Disappeared to a Foreign Prison
The Trump Administration is deporting people to countries they have no ties to, where many are being detained indefinitely or forcibly returned to the places they fled. Sarah Stillman reports.
www.newyorker.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Don't be evil?

"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Unlike other places, The Onion is quadrupling down on being a pain in the ass, politically.

Please subscribe.
Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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The title verse of “We Shall Overcome” and most of the others are in the future tense. One verse is in the present: “We are not afraid TODAY.”

That is the most important message for our current moment. If you can “afford” to be fearless, do it.
October 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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This rules - @raskin.house.gov straight up called out Roberts to his face.

democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...
September 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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WOW. This entire story is HORRIFIC. This is FOIA of a body cam from the raid in upstate New York the same day as the Hyundai plant. It catches a Border Patrol agent on camera only bragging about denying medical care to migrants detained at the border under Biden — who he says are all "animals."

1/3
The agent admits he treats immigrants like "they're animals" and that he tells his kids that they are animals "all the time"
September 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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from the latest print edition of ‘The Onion’
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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We aren't on a slippery slope to a constitutional crisis. We are IN the crisis. Time for leaders - political leaders, business leaders, civic leaders - to pick a side: democracy or autocracy?
FOX is reporting James Comey has been indicted by a grand jury.
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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We've been retained by the family of Demartravion "Trey" Reed — the 21-yo Delta State University student whose body was found hanging from a tree.

Trey was a young man full of promise and warmth, deeply loved and respected by all who knew him.
September 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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We’ve been living through 72 nonstop hours of this exact tweet
September 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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In a suit filed earlier today by three fired FBI officials, Patel and Bongino are portrayed as being so obsessed with social media that it could “risk outweighing more deliberate analyses of investigations."
September 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.
August 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Millions of Americans took to the streets in June to drown out Trump’s birthday parade.

As Trump’s regime escalates his authoritarian power grab, we’re gathering again on October 18 for a nationwide day of peaceful protests to say NO KINGS.

We hope you will join us: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
September 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Washington's speculation about Trump's health is at a fever pitch. We've seen multiple reasons this summer to ask questions — and the media doesn't seem to care. What's really going on? www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-time-...
It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health
Six questions worth digging into more.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
@tmobilesupport.bsky.social

After 25 years without changing cell phone carriers, I left #tmobile today because of their abandonment of #dei programs, and because I don't want my money going to #elonmusk and #starlink.

You might win some but you just lost one!

#boycotttmobile
#elon
#teslatakedown
September 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Dr. Daskalakis's letter of resignation is remarkable, and I encourage people to read and share it.
August 28, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Target cities should hold military takeover referendums. Get the population on record on whether this is what they want. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/think...
Thinking Outside the Box; Getting Creative
Two ideas I heard from TPM Readers today: The first is from...
talkingpointsmemo.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My current experience with #searshomeservices, #kenmore, and #homedepot: "I'm not sure what is happening, as I called Kenmore and requested an earlier appointment, and then received a text from "Richard, your AI virtual assistant from Sears Home Services" asking if I wanted 9/8.
August 26, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We purchased a refrigerator and warranty through #homedepot in July, & now that the fridge has promptly died, Home Depot has been absolutely worthless in helping us. Individuals at our local store have been helpful, but the warranty service is terrible.
I do not recommend them.

#homedepotwarranty
August 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state.

But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed.

D.C. statehood now.
August 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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This is unconscionable. And illegal.
DC police are using excessive force against Black people
August 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The stuff that, 15 years ago, would have been a screaming 72-point all-caps headline — and now appears in the sixth paragraph, almost as an aside

www.wsj.com/world/russia...
August 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@sheaserrano.bsky.social
I love 6 Trophies & I've enjoyed your work since Grantland. One thing I have to ask about is I remember u being really vocal during the 1st Trump term, but I don't see it now. Am I wrong? I think we really need everyone who cares to use their voices. Lives are on the line!
August 8, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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*Beatles voice*

here come ol AI, she got
hair like vinyl, she got
not quite elbow she got
knees down to her knees
I thought the worst thing about it was the ridiculous hyper-airbrushed texture we’ve come to expect from this nonsense technology and then I saw the actual full ad and apparently this fake woman made of environmental ruin and stolen art is about eight feet tall
July 28, 2025 at 3:11 AM