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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
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 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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I’m wondering if AP News is a credible news source anymore. How can the minority influence everything if it’s all predicated on votes? AP - you need a boycott too to get it together?
September 30, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’m wondering if AP News is a credible news source anymore. How can the minority influence everything if it’s all predicated on votes? AP - you need a boycott too to get it together?
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This bill represents one of the largest wealth transfers in American history. It also cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and nearly $300 billion from SNAP.
The burden this will put on states is enormous, and will almost certainly lead to higher state and local taxes. (2/10)
The burden this will put on states is enormous, and will almost certainly lead to higher state and local taxes. (2/10)
July 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This bill represents one of the largest wealth transfers in American history. It also cuts more than $1 trillion from Medicaid and nearly $300 billion from SNAP.
The burden this will put on states is enormous, and will almost certainly lead to higher state and local taxes. (2/10)
The burden this will put on states is enormous, and will almost certainly lead to higher state and local taxes. (2/10)
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“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
January 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”
AOC 🔥🎯
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The House Fold Caucus exploded the national debt in exchange for signed merch in the Oval Office.
July 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The House Fold Caucus exploded the national debt in exchange for signed merch in the Oval Office.
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President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide care to them.
Medicaid cuts in Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will leave millions uninsured, threaten rural hospitals
The bill would cut $1.1 trillion in health-care spending and result in 11.8 million people losing health coverage over the next decade, according to estimates.
cnb.cx
July 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful bill” would make sweeping changes to U.S. health care, leaving millions of vulnerable Americans without health insurance and threatening the hospitals and centers that provide care to them.
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Schumer and Jeffries should condemn this and demand an apology from the President - or they should resign, or be primaried.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Schumer and Jeffries should condemn this and demand an apology from the President - or they should resign, or be primaried.
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my wife (and her entire team) were fired from her nonproifit Seattle-area hospital two months ago because the Trump administration froze medicaid reimbursements, driving the hospital toward financial ruin
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
Spoke with someone who works with a public hospital system. His assessment of the effects of the GOP spending bill: “I think this is going to be a very apparent catastrophe, very quickly.”
July 1, 2025 at 5:49 PM
my wife (and her entire team) were fired from her nonproifit Seattle-area hospital two months ago because the Trump administration froze medicaid reimbursements, driving the hospital toward financial ruin
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
this will finish the job.
a lot of people are going to die. it's not going to be subtle
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The Senate Republican budget bill will force nearly 12 million Americans to lose their health insurance and add $3.3 trillion to the national debt, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.
All to give tax cuts to billionaires.
All to give tax cuts to billionaires.
Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the US debt load, CBO says
The changes made to President Donald Trump’s big tax bill in the Senate would pile trillions onto the nation’s debt load while resulting in even steeper losses in health care coverage, the nonpartisan...
apnews.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The Senate Republican budget bill will force nearly 12 million Americans to lose their health insurance and add $3.3 trillion to the national debt, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.
All to give tax cuts to billionaires.
All to give tax cuts to billionaires.
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Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
June 22, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Donald Trump, a weak and dangerously reckless president, has put the United States on a path to a war in the Middle East that the country does not want, the law does not allow, and our security does not demand.
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250 million acres is just a mind boggling quantity of land www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Treasured Public Lands on the Auction Block in Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'
A Senate provision in Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill puts millions of acres of recreation lands up for sale to the highest bidder.
www.rollingstone.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
250 million acres is just a mind boggling quantity of land www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Trump is pushing nations facing tariffs to approve Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system.
Quid pro quo, Doctor Lecter?
Quid pro quo, Doctor Lecter?
US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk's Starlink, Washington Post reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has pushed some nations facing tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump to approve Elon Musk's Starlink, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing Stat...
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May 7, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Trump is pushing nations facing tariffs to approve Elon Musk's Starlink satellite system.
Quid pro quo, Doctor Lecter?
Quid pro quo, Doctor Lecter?
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NEW: Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests…
www.propublica.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
NEW: Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint a stark portrait of how chaotic cost cutting has already imperiled tests of treatments for cancer, opioid addiction and more.
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Pay attention. The fascists are carrying peaceful social workers out of town halls. Insane.
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NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
NY-17 Rep. Mike Lawler had a local social worker physically dragged out of his town hall Sunday night.
Emily Feiner was singled out by private security, lifted out of her seat, as the crowd chanted “let her stay” and “shame, shame.”
She’s a constituent.
Not a threat.
Fascism again.
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Pay attention. The fascists are carrying peaceful social workers out of town halls. Insane.
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Trump's crooked crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, is making hundreds of millions of dollars in secret bribes by selling exposure to the president. This level of corruption is unprecedented in American history. Trump is not only a major crypto dealer; he is also the industry’s top policy maker.
Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm (Gift Article)
World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump's crooked crypto firm, World Liberty Financial, is making hundreds of millions of dollars in secret bribes by selling exposure to the president. This level of corruption is unprecedented in American history. Trump is not only a major crypto dealer; he is also the industry’s top policy maker.
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shouting this from the rooftops for anyone who will listen: republicans are trying to more than double ice funding in the middle of an ice-led human rights catastrophe
in total, the republican judiciary bill would give $73 billion to ICE over 5 years - a 140% increase annual increase in ICE funding above its current level of $10.5 per year
$9 billion for ICE agents, $14.4 billion for deportations, $45 billion for detention facilities, $5 billion for other stuff
$9 billion for ICE agents, $14.4 billion for deportations, $45 billion for detention facilities, $5 billion for other stuff
April 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
shouting this from the rooftops for anyone who will listen: republicans are trying to more than double ice funding in the middle of an ice-led human rights catastrophe
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Burgum literally signed the national parks service over to DOGE
If Burgum doesn’t want the job, he should quit: “This order shows what it looks like when leaders abdicate their jobs and let unqualified outsiders fire thousands of civil servants who are working on behalf of all Americans and their public lands.”
www.fodors.com/news/news/na...
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DOGE Is Now in Charge of U.S. National Parks
Fodor's provides expert travel content worth exploring so you can dream up your next trip. The world is a weird and wonderful place—we want to show you around.
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April 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Burgum literally signed the national parks service over to DOGE
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They’re just openly going for a fascist dictatorship.
Bondi declares war on the courts: "What has happened to our judiciary is beyond me ... they are deranged ... we are sending a very strong message today ... we will come after you and we will prosecute you. We will find you."
April 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
They’re just openly going for a fascist dictatorship.
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This is the tipping point.
FLAG: Kash Patel says the FBI has arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan and charged her with obstructing an immigration operation.
It's the first known instance in Trump's second term of DOJ prosecuting a local official for allegedly interfering with immigration enforcement.
It's the first known instance in Trump's second term of DOJ prosecuting a local official for allegedly interfering with immigration enforcement.
April 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
This is the tipping point.
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this video broke my brain
April 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
this video broke my brain
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The New York Times wants you to know Kash Patel isn’t like a regular FBI Director. He’s a *cool* FBI Director.
April 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The New York Times wants you to know Kash Patel isn’t like a regular FBI Director. He’s a *cool* FBI Director.
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Abuses of the tax code was one of the items in the original impeachment case against Nixon. Using the tax code to selectively target enemies - and decimate civil society - is the next step in the authoritarian agenda.
DEVELOPING: There is chatter coming out of the White House that as early as next week Donald Trump may issue as many as 5 Executive Orders targeting US-based nonprofits and civil society organizations.
April 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Abuses of the tax code was one of the items in the original impeachment case against Nixon. Using the tax code to selectively target enemies - and decimate civil society - is the next step in the authoritarian agenda.
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The White House doesn’t care about Garcia’s legal status because they’re not enforcing immigration law—they’re conducting ethnic cleansing.
They can’t justify their actions legally, but they don’t think they need to.
They can’t justify their actions legally, but they don’t think they need to.
April 18, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The White House doesn’t care about Garcia’s legal status because they’re not enforcing immigration law—they’re conducting ethnic cleansing.
They can’t justify their actions legally, but they don’t think they need to.
They can’t justify their actions legally, but they don’t think they need to.