B. Pasternak
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Not him, of course, but animated by his example: Say truth to power. Resist. Write. Live. Tweak the autocrat. Refuse to lie.
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"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”
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Here we go. Tyler no longer Groyper adjacent. Leaked Police interview with his family, Tyler Robinson hated Charlie Kirk because Kirk wasn't conservative enough+ Robinson admired/followed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. The entire GOP talking head-a-verse will be exploding and unwriting every narrative now.
September 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Here we go. Tyler no longer Groyper adjacent. Leaked Police interview with his family, Tyler Robinson hated Charlie Kirk because Kirk wasn't conservative enough+ Robinson admired/followed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes. The entire GOP talking head-a-verse will be exploding and unwriting every narrative now.
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Only The Verge could have written this article this well.
Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme
Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer scratched bullets with a Helldivers combo and a furry sex meme
The suspected shooter left a hodgepodge of extremely online taunts.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Only The Verge could have written this article this well.
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… will lead to violence. No one should pretend surprise if that is the outcome. …./#last
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
… will lead to violence. No one should pretend surprise if that is the outcome. …./#last
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…recess be damned, asking their GOP colleagues if they support this language? They all have cell phones and Twitter accounts. Even better, get your asses back from the beach early and do some politics! Someone ask the Dotard if he endorses this language! Because words such as these…. /3
August 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
…recess be damned, asking their GOP colleagues if they support this language? They all have cell phones and Twitter accounts. Even better, get your asses back from the beach early and do some politics! Someone ask the Dotard if he endorses this language! Because words such as these…. /3
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…who enliven it with their work, music, humor, and street smarts. When you call people “cockroaches” your intent is to dehumanize them. Words like this have paved the path to places to dark places we know to well. So who will stand up? Why isn’t every Congressperson and Senator of conscience… /2
August 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
…who enliven it with their work, music, humor, and street smarts. When you call people “cockroaches” your intent is to dehumanize them. Words like this have paved the path to places to dark places we know to well. So who will stand up? Why isn’t every Congressperson and Senator of conscience… /2
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I read something yesterday that hasn’t left me, despite the constant flow of verbal excrement coming from the right wing. It was Charlie Kirk calling my neighbors in DC “cockroaches”. Of course, what Charlie meant are the black and brown folks who live here, who make this city what is… /1
August 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I read something yesterday that hasn’t left me, despite the constant flow of verbal excrement coming from the right wing. It was Charlie Kirk calling my neighbors in DC “cockroaches”. Of course, what Charlie meant are the black and brown folks who live here, who make this city what is… /1
This is the truth.
Charlie Kirk’s actions and rhetoric has directly led to political violence.
He also helped make the difference in an election where fascists who spread extreme violence on the vulnerable were put into power.
If that isn’t part of the message against political violence, it misses the point.
He also helped make the difference in an election where fascists who spread extreme violence on the vulnerable were put into power.
If that isn’t part of the message against political violence, it misses the point.
September 11, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This is the truth.
I read something yesterday that hasn’t left me, despite the constant flow of verbal excrement coming from the right wing. It was Charlie Kirk calling my neighbors in DC “cockroaches”. Of course, what Charlie meant are the black and brown folks who live here, who make this city what is… /1
August 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I read something yesterday that hasn’t left me, despite the constant flow of verbal excrement coming from the right wing. It was Charlie Kirk calling my neighbors in DC “cockroaches”. Of course, what Charlie meant are the black and brown folks who live here, who make this city what is… /1
I grew up in an America that wanted to fight against Russian aggression, and sought to join that fight. Today looks like the day Trump sells out Ukraine/Europe to Russia. A betrayal of our nation.
August 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I grew up in an America that wanted to fight against Russian aggression, and sought to join that fight. Today looks like the day Trump sells out Ukraine/Europe to Russia. A betrayal of our nation.
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America is being stripped of its morality day after day. Trump has given license to the greedy, evil, and psychopathic among us to act without restraint. Fight back! Choose goodness, right behavior, and truth. You can only control your own behavior: fight back by starting there!
July 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
America is being stripped of its morality day after day. Trump has given license to the greedy, evil, and psychopathic among us to act without restraint. Fight back! Choose goodness, right behavior, and truth. You can only control your own behavior: fight back by starting there!
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DC is cursed, man.
Also relatedly it feels like DC August in Chicago today and I could not mean that in a less flattering way.
Also relatedly it feels like DC August in Chicago today and I could not mean that in a less flattering way.
we have another woso missed connection with the wildest twist I never saw coming
July 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
DC is cursed, man.
Also relatedly it feels like DC August in Chicago today and I could not mean that in a less flattering way.
Also relatedly it feels like DC August in Chicago today and I could not mean that in a less flattering way.
It is break-the-glass time. Even talking about this BS; doing anything but laughing at it and calling it the lie is, is a disservice to the nation we all love.
This is easy to laugh at, because these people are clowns, but it's also incredibly dangerous and irresponsible for a sitting president to accuse a former president of treason, a crime punishable by death, and to have the entire national security apparatus mobilize to prove something that isn't true
Gabbard cannot answer a question about how she can explain why Marco Rubio when he was a senator exonerated Obama of the very things she’s now accusing him of
July 23, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It is break-the-glass time. Even talking about this BS; doing anything but laughing at it and calling it the lie is, is a disservice to the nation we all love.
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Breonna Taylor was sleeping in her home as an innocent woman. Using that photo for this story is negligent and gross, AP. Be better.
July 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Breonna Taylor was sleeping in her home as an innocent woman. Using that photo for this story is negligent and gross, AP. Be better.
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He's talking about spiritual and moral corruption not the threat of reprisal.
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Actor Mandy Patinkin’s plea for Jews to consider how what Netanyahu’s Israeli government is doing to Gaza is not just harming Palestinians and killing kids — but also endangering Jews across the globe.
July 14, 2025 at 12:20 PM
He's talking about spiritual and moral corruption not the threat of reprisal.
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ADL chief says he regrets not calling out Musk’s sieg heil “more clearly” when it happened.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
July 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
ADL chief says he regrets not calling out Musk’s sieg heil “more clearly” when it happened.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
Except ADL didn’t “call it out” at all. Instead, the org outright defended Musk, and said his action *wasn’t* antisemitic. That seems pretty clear to me.
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I find myself in an odd position where I’m totally confident in my reporting/sources, but other news orgs aren’t running with my stories. Can’t say for sure, but it’s hard not to feel like there’s some distrust of me as an independent journalist. My process is as thorough as top corporate reporters.
SCOOP — The US sent Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen to Rwanda via new diplomatic relationship in which they've agreed to act as a "third country" for deportees unable to be safely returned to their country of origin, per cables reviewed by me.
This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
This is first reported instance. Cable indicates more to come.
US “relocates” Iraqi refugee to Rwanda via new diplomatic arrangement
A State Department cable indicates at least 10 more people will be subjected to the same.
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April 23, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I find myself in an odd position where I’m totally confident in my reporting/sources, but other news orgs aren’t running with my stories. Can’t say for sure, but it’s hard not to feel like there’s some distrust of me as an independent journalist. My process is as thorough as top corporate reporters.
“OMG, Trump is SO SMART! He planned this Whole Thing! He saw it all coming and knew the EXACT RIGHT TIME to call off his tariffs! He’s so MANLY!”
April 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“OMG, Trump is SO SMART! He planned this Whole Thing! He saw it all coming and knew the EXACT RIGHT TIME to call off his tariffs! He’s so MANLY!”
Base is f the Washington Monument today.
April 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Base is f the Washington Monument today.
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First nationwide protest since inauguration where I’ve seen TV anchors, lawyers, etc urging people to join. At least in DC people seem desperate to find an outlet to object to what’s happening
Today. Find the location nearest you and join everyone.
If you’re upset about the chaos and corruption Trump is inflicting on your country—whether your focus is the nihilistic dismantling of government, the economy, our foreign relations, or his threats to the rule of law—please join the nationwide marches on April 5. Learn more here 👉
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April 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
First nationwide protest since inauguration where I’ve seen TV anchors, lawyers, etc urging people to join. At least in DC people seem desperate to find an outlet to object to what’s happening
Cory Booker: conscience of a nation.
April 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Cory Booker: conscience of a nation.
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Just a straight-up, brazen, demonstrable lie from the Vice-President of the United States. They have no shame and they seem to be able to get away with it too.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
April 1, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Just a straight-up, brazen, demonstrable lie from the Vice-President of the United States. They have no shame and they seem to be able to get away with it too.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
Abrego Garcia is not a ‘convicted MS-13 gang member.’ This is flat false from Vance.
Just checking: are there anymore morons out there who “didn’t expect” Trump to screw them over? Still believe he “understands me”? Let me know: I now have a big hole in my retirement plans!
March 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Just checking: are there anymore morons out there who “didn’t expect” Trump to screw them over? Still believe he “understands me”? Let me know: I now have a big hole in my retirement plans!