Brian Covert
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𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘑𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘯
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
This is the new book that Donald Trump does not want the world to read — a detailed, damning account of Trump's life that reveals him for the fraud he is and always was. Trump is now suing the book publisher and the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 for $15 billion to hide this story. Buy this book and defy Trump.
Lucky Loser by Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig: 9780593298664 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
An Instant New York Times Bestseller • A Washington Post Notable Book • A Financial Times Best Business Book of the Year “A first-rate financial thriller . . . Lucky Loser is one of those...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is the new book that Donald Trump does not want the world to read — a detailed, damning account of Trump's life that reveals him for the fraud he is and always was. Trump is now suing the book publisher and the 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘠𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 for $15 billion to hide this story. Buy this book and defy Trump.
If you read only one book in these perilous times, let it be "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by journalist 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮. My review of her book for 𝘒𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 magazine in Japan....
Resisting Democracy’s Death by a Thousand Cuts
Part memoir and part manifesto, How to Stand Up to a Dictator is Ressa’s look back at her early life in the Philippines and the United States, a chronicle of her personal rise through the news industr...
kyotojournal.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
If you read only one book in these perilous times, let it be "How to Stand Up to a Dictator" by journalist 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮. My review of her book for 𝘒𝘺𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 magazine in Japan....
A powerful speech at the United Nations by journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮. May the countries of the UN be wise and bold enough to follow her powerful pleas.
Maria Ressa at UNGA 80th anniv: 'Information integrity is the mother of all battles'
YouTube video by Rappler
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
A powerful speech at the United Nations by journalist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮. May the countries of the UN be wise and bold enough to follow her powerful pleas.
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“Charlie Kirk in His Own Words”
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
Charlie Kirk in His Own Words
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
zeteo.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
“Charlie Kirk in His Own Words”
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
17 quotes you should read from the right-wing activist and Trump ally who was tragically shot and killed on Wednesday in Utah.
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Kirk’s advocacy of vigorous debate ought not be separated from what he said while jousting in the public square.
No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way
His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.
www.motherjones.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Kirk’s advocacy of vigorous debate ought not be separated from what he said while jousting in the public square.
The late Charlie Kirk in 2023, just two years ago:
"You have a government that hates you, you have a traitor as the president. Buy weapons, I keep on saying that. Buy weapons. Buy ammo. if you go into a public place, bring a gun with you.... Thank goodness in Arizona we can carry, and we carry."
"You have a government that hates you, you have a traitor as the president. Buy weapons, I keep on saying that. Buy weapons. Buy ammo. if you go into a public place, bring a gun with you.... Thank goodness in Arizona we can carry, and we carry."
Charlie Kirk: "Buy weapons. Buy ammo. If you go into a public place, bring a gun with you."
www.mediamatters.org
September 13, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The late Charlie Kirk in 2023, just two years ago:
"You have a government that hates you, you have a traitor as the president. Buy weapons, I keep on saying that. Buy weapons. Buy ammo. if you go into a public place, bring a gun with you.... Thank goodness in Arizona we can carry, and we carry."
"You have a government that hates you, you have a traitor as the president. Buy weapons, I keep on saying that. Buy weapons. Buy ammo. if you go into a public place, bring a gun with you.... Thank goodness in Arizona we can carry, and we carry."
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In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, it was taboo to point out that his politics, and those of the MAGA movement he embraced, contributed to a culture of hatred and demonization.
fair.org/home/kirk-co...
fair.org/home/kirk-co...
Kirk Coverage Downplayed MAGA’s Culture of Violence
The right-wing movement Kirk was a crucial part of has played the leading role in dehumanizing others and normalizing violence.
fair.org
September 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s murder, it was taboo to point out that his politics, and those of the MAGA movement he embraced, contributed to a culture of hatred and demonization.
fair.org/home/kirk-co...
fair.org/home/kirk-co...
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“I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk.
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk.
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk
And to punish those who speak ill of him.
www.motherjones.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“I’m basically going to cancel with extreme prejudice these evil, sick animals who celebrated Charlie Kirk’s assassination.”
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk.
The full weight of the federal government is being used to memorialize Charlie Kirk.
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The massive display of resistance took place as the president threatened to expand his crackdown to Chicago.
Tens of Thousands March to White House to Protest Trump’s Occupation of DC
The massive display of resistance took place as the president threatened to expand his crackdown to Chicago.
buff.ly
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The massive display of resistance took place as the president threatened to expand his crackdown to Chicago.
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Here legally, engaged in a sanctioned process to determine their eligibility for asylum, they have committed no crime. They are arrested anyway, and the lives they’ve risked to come to the US are thrown into chaos.
Inside a photographer's view of ICE's relentless courthouse arrests.
Inside a photographer's view of ICE's relentless courthouse arrests.
A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests
The shattering of faith in America's goodness is the hardest part to watch.
www.motherjones.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Here legally, engaged in a sanctioned process to determine their eligibility for asylum, they have committed no crime. They are arrested anyway, and the lives they’ve risked to come to the US are thrown into chaos.
Inside a photographer's view of ICE's relentless courthouse arrests.
Inside a photographer's view of ICE's relentless courthouse arrests.
The utter failure of law enforcement at every level in the United States — not to mention branches of the U.S. government itself — has lead us all to this sordid place in the saga of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein was alleged to have bragged that he "owned" the cops. Read, and understand...
Epstein was alleged to have bragged that he "owned" the cops. Read, and understand...
Timeline of Jeffrey Epstein-Ghislaine Maxwell Law Enforcement Failures (1996-2025)
A comprehensive timeline of the failure of federal law enforcement to address Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes.
www.justsecurity.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The utter failure of law enforcement at every level in the United States — not to mention branches of the U.S. government itself — has lead us all to this sordid place in the saga of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Epstein was alleged to have bragged that he "owned" the cops. Read, and understand...
Epstein was alleged to have bragged that he "owned" the cops. Read, and understand...
Global condemnation of Israel's recent targeted killing of 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 news reporters in Gaza is well deserved. But Israel is not the only guilty state party here:
The United States has long waged its own "war" on 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 and other Arab news media, including in Iraq and Afghanistan 20+ years ago.
The United States has long waged its own "war" on 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 and other Arab news media, including in Iraq and Afghanistan 20+ years ago.
Journalist Tareq Ayyoub’s Iraq killing 20 years on
In-depth: The Palestinian journalist was killed when a US warplane struck Al Jazeera’s Baghdad office during the invasion of Iraq. To this day, his family are still fighting for justice and accountabi...
www.newarab.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Global condemnation of Israel's recent targeted killing of 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 news reporters in Gaza is well deserved. But Israel is not the only guilty state party here:
The United States has long waged its own "war" on 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 and other Arab news media, including in Iraq and Afghanistan 20+ years ago.
The United States has long waged its own "war" on 𝗔𝗹 𝗝𝗮𝘇𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗮 and other Arab news media, including in Iraq and Afghanistan 20+ years ago.
𝗧𝗩 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮 has now officially released the English-language version of this moving video documentary about Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo.
The opening and closing scenes were filmed during Kondo's speech to my class at Doshisha University in Kyoto in 2024. An unforgettable day for us all.
The opening and closing scenes were filmed during Kondo's speech to my class at Doshisha University in Kyoto in 2024. An unforgettable day for us all.
Above and Below the Mushroom Cloud 【Hiroshima TV Documentary】
YouTube video by 広テレ!NEWS
www.youtube.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
𝗧𝗩 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗺𝗮 has now officially released the English-language version of this moving video documentary about Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo.
The opening and closing scenes were filmed during Kondo's speech to my class at Doshisha University in Kyoto in 2024. An unforgettable day for us all.
The opening and closing scenes were filmed during Kondo's speech to my class at Doshisha University in Kyoto in 2024. An unforgettable day for us all.
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The Republican-appointed justices have decided it is time to fully destroy the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The Supreme Court prepares to end voting rights as we know it
And they don't want you to notice.
www.motherjones.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Republican-appointed justices have decided it is time to fully destroy the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
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The deployment of ICE, National Guard and Marines in LA—along with the prosecution of protesters—was never about public safety.
It was manufactured propaganda, and now ICE is being exposed for it.
Records show they lied in their testimonies and prosecutors are now facing “embarrassing” dismissals.
It was manufactured propaganda, and now ICE is being exposed for it.
Records show they lied in their testimonies and prosecutors are now facing “embarrassing” dismissals.
Dropped cases against LA protesters reveal false claims from federal agents
Revealed: records show border patrol gave inaccurate testimony about people it jailed. Prosecutors now face ‘embarrassing’ dismissals
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The deployment of ICE, National Guard and Marines in LA—along with the prosecution of protesters—was never about public safety.
It was manufactured propaganda, and now ICE is being exposed for it.
Records show they lied in their testimonies and prosecutors are now facing “embarrassing” dismissals.
It was manufactured propaganda, and now ICE is being exposed for it.
Records show they lied in their testimonies and prosecutors are now facing “embarrassing” dismissals.
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People in ICE concentration camps are forced to kneel to eat food off plates “like dogs”, held on unsanitary buses in parking lots for more than 24 hours, crammed for weeks in freezing intake rooms where they sleep on the floor, and denied adequate medical care.
This is a human rights crisis.
This is a human rights crisis.
Migrants at Ice jail in Miami made to kneel to eat ‘like dogs’, report alleges
Incident in which migrants were shackled with hands tied one of succession of alleged abuses at jails in Florida
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
People in ICE concentration camps are forced to kneel to eat food off plates “like dogs”, held on unsanitary buses in parking lots for more than 24 hours, crammed for weeks in freezing intake rooms where they sleep on the floor, and denied adequate medical care.
This is a human rights crisis.
This is a human rights crisis.
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Trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy, and seizing control of the election process remains the most direct path to authoritarianism. https://trib.al/FII6Wvb
The Little-Noted Trump-DOJ Move That Should Scare the Hell Out of You
The Justice Department is looking at criminal charges against local election officials who don’t “safeguard” their systems. And yes, it’s as bad as it sounds.
trib.al
July 21, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Trump remains a clear and present danger to democracy, and seizing control of the election process remains the most direct path to authoritarianism. https://trib.al/FII6Wvb
Why not change the teams' names entirely to the "Washington Whities" or the "Cleveland Caucasians"?
Trump Threatens to Hold Up Stadium Deal Unless Washington NFL Team Changes Back to Its Racist Name
President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday, threatening to block a new stadium deal for Washington’s NFL team unless it reverts to its former name, the Redsk!ns—a term widely considered off...
nativenewsonline.net
July 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Why not change the teams' names entirely to the "Washington Whities" or the "Cleveland Caucasians"?
Close the 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣® 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣....
US: Immigrants Abused in Florida Detention Sites
The United States government has subjected immigrants detained in three Florida facilities to abusive, degrading, and in some cases life-threatening conditions, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Human ...
www.hrw.org
July 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Close the 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗠𝗣® 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗖𝗔𝗠𝗣....