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The BEACON Act would divert resources from the VA’s world-class traumatic brain injury and PTSD programs by creating a parallel treatment framework in the private sector—without anything close to the VA's level of care. buff.ly/4bxsh7X
The Plot to Privatize Veteran Brain Care
The VA has developed elaborate capacity to treat traumatic brain injuries. Billionaires want to divert that funding to their own programs.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 10:30 AM
The BEACON Act would divert resources from the VA’s world-class traumatic brain injury and PTSD programs by creating a parallel treatment framework in the private sector—without anything close to the VA's level of care. buff.ly/4bxsh7X
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People attend a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center after federal immigration officers shot and killed Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse, in Minneapolis the previous week Wednesday evening in Chicago.
January 29, 2026 at 4:05 AM
People attend a vigil for Alex Pretti outside the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center after federal immigration officers shot and killed Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse, in Minneapolis the previous week Wednesday evening in Chicago.
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"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
You have to read this. Firsthand affidavit from one of the women who was there and recording the video. She talks about how Alex Pretti was directing traffic when she arrived. She watched him be killed in front of her. She's afraid to go home, worried she'll be arrested.
January 25, 2026 at 2:03 AM
"I am a children's entertainer who specializes in face painting," writes a woman now in hiding from the federal government for witnessing a state-sanctioned street execution
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This is horrifying. Chicago's Lurie Children's hospital -- home of one of the US's oldest gender-affirming care programs for youth -- continues its pattern of compliance in advance. This denial of care is a form of the violence against children that is escalating on so many fronts in this country.
Lurie marks a year of cowardice with more cowardice
Lurie Children's Hospital pauses gender-affirming meds for new patients under 18 after feds threaten probe
Lurie Children’s Hospital, which has one of the oldest gender-affirming programs in the U.S., said it won't give any prescriptions to patients younger than 18 who would be new to the care. HHS announc...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:31 PM
This is horrifying. Chicago's Lurie Children's hospital -- home of one of the US's oldest gender-affirming care programs for youth -- continues its pattern of compliance in advance. This denial of care is a form of the violence against children that is escalating on so many fronts in this country.
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"you see, the economy is like a sinking ship where a bunch of people died"
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
"you see, the economy is like a sinking ship where a bunch of people died"
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“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
January 16, 2026 at 3:49 AM
“ICE agents, get out now because historically, this ends with you hanging from a lamppost and your body paraded through the streets.” - the …we rate dogs guy
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DON’T TAKE THE BAIT again. Man, you slugs could at least TRY to new way of saying “we aren’t gonna do shit to help you, but man are we itching to blame you.”
January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
DON’T TAKE THE BAIT again. Man, you slugs could at least TRY to new way of saying “we aren’t gonna do shit to help you, but man are we itching to blame you.”
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Ghost plates / patch swapping / mission-specific identities = covert ops / secret police
Another vehicle opened. Back was full of license plates, gear, various fed patches.
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 AM
Ghost plates / patch swapping / mission-specific identities = covert ops / secret police
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JUST NOW from @statuscoupnews.bsky.social — ICE attacking protestors after shooting someone else.
Minneapolis has been invaded.
Minneapolis has been invaded.
January 15, 2026 at 3:36 AM
JUST NOW from @statuscoupnews.bsky.social — ICE attacking protestors after shooting someone else.
Minneapolis has been invaded.
Minneapolis has been invaded.
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“The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections, and sometimes pulls someone out and leaves the car right in the street.” www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
So, How’s the Occupation Going for You?
What’s it like to live in America with a domestic military occupation? Minnesota has the answer.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:57 PM
“The physical machinations of the occupation are nearly impossible to avoid. ICE stops people randomly on the street. ICE rams cars, sometimes through intersections, and sometimes pulls someone out and leaves the car right in the street.” www.liberalcurrents.com/so-hows-the-...
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There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
January 11, 2026 at 7:53 AM
There’s a GoFundMe for Jonathan Ross’s legal expenses for murdering Renee Good.
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
This violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service. Everyone must report it.
A thread on how to do that 🧵
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Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show.
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms.
(Published June 2025)
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
December 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
call us old fashioned but, if you've built a machine that makes child porn, we really don't care if can do anything else.
unplug the machine.
unplug the machine.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
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Venn diagram of the cops leaving NYC because of Mamdani and the cops most responsible for taxpayer-funded police brutality settlements
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Venn diagram of the cops leaving NYC because of Mamdani and the cops most responsible for taxpayer-funded police brutality settlements
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The WGN headline (in the "Chicago Crime" section): "‘Always on the lookout’: CBP officers seize $8M in counterfeit watches in Chicago"
The elided detail: 26 fake luxury watches that would be worth $8 million *if they were real, not fake*
Q: Who does this news release stenography serve?
A: CBP
The elided detail: 26 fake luxury watches that would be worth $8 million *if they were real, not fake*
Q: Who does this news release stenography serve?
A: CBP
November 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The WGN headline (in the "Chicago Crime" section): "‘Always on the lookout’: CBP officers seize $8M in counterfeit watches in Chicago"
The elided detail: 26 fake luxury watches that would be worth $8 million *if they were real, not fake*
Q: Who does this news release stenography serve?
A: CBP
The elided detail: 26 fake luxury watches that would be worth $8 million *if they were real, not fake*
Q: Who does this news release stenography serve?
A: CBP
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1. You can't even get hot food on SNAP, much less use it for nails or "weave". It doesn't work like a credit card. Items that do not qualify do not ring up.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
ROB SCHMITT: People are using SNAP benefits to get their nails done, to get their weaves and their hair. This is a really ugly program.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
SEN. RON JOHNSON: That program needs to be dramatically reformed.
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
1. You can't even get hot food on SNAP, much less use it for nails or "weave". It doesn't work like a credit card. Items that do not qualify do not ring up.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
2. Let's call a spade a spade. That right there was not a dog whistle. It is old school pure uncut Reagan era racism. What he said was RACIST.
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“I was a fool then but I’m not now”
GROWTH
GROWTH
Reminder that Violent J of Insane Clown Posse has the correct response to a lot of the shitty things he said in the early days.
October 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
“I was a fool then but I’m not now”
GROWTH
GROWTH