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The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
August 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”
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"[President] Eisenhower’s concern was that the [US] war machine would effectively become sentient."
– Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars.
Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
– Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars.
Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
August 16, 2025 at 10:56 AM
"[President] Eisenhower’s concern was that the [US] war machine would effectively become sentient."
– Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars.
Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
– Stephen Semler on the military industrial complex and corporate interests behind global wars.
Watch episode 1 of Business of War ➡️ youtu.be/cVYTb85_dZw
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Waging a war with the homeless people while you put gold on every wall and ceiling in the White House.
August 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Waging a war with the homeless people while you put gold on every wall and ceiling in the White House.
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Merritt Herald marks new chapter under Indigenous ownership by K’en T’em #Merritt
Merritt Herald marks new chapter under Indigenous ownership by K’en T’em - Kamloops News
After more than 120 years of continuous publication in the Nicola Valley, the Merritt Herald has entered a new era under Indigenous ownership, following its acquisition by K'en T'em Limited Partnership from Glacier Media.
www.castanet.net
August 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Merritt Herald marks new chapter under Indigenous ownership by K’en T’em #Merritt
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A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS SHIT FOR A LONG TIME!! WE ALL SAW THE BOMB THREATS AND BRIBERY!!! 2024 WAS THE MOST CORRUPT ELECTION IN UNITED STATES HISTORY!!! THE QUESTION IS WHY DID THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT FOLD IMMEDIATELY? NOT ONLY DID THEY FOLD BUT THEY ABANDONED THEIR PEOPLE!!!
August 2, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN SCREAMING ABOUT THIS SHIT FOR A LONG TIME!! WE ALL SAW THE BOMB THREATS AND BRIBERY!!! 2024 WAS THE MOST CORRUPT ELECTION IN UNITED STATES HISTORY!!! THE QUESTION IS WHY DID THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT FOLD IMMEDIATELY? NOT ONLY DID THEY FOLD BUT THEY ABANDONED THEIR PEOPLE!!!
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“Both of them.”
August 2, 2025 at 4:33 AM
“Both of them.”
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the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
The Supreme Court knocked down one of the two pillars of the Voting Rights Act in 2013 in the Shelby County case. It has now gone out of its way to consider whether it should knock down the other, by rescheduling arguments in a case it could have resolved in June under existing precedent.
****Breaking:**** Supreme Court, in Order Asking for Additional Briefing in Louisiana Voting Case, Appears to Put the Constitutionality of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act into Question electionlawblog.org?p=151301
August 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
the voting rights act is, in its entirety, obviously constitutional under the 15th amendment, which gives congress broad and proactive authority to stop racial discrimination in voting. and you know it is obviously constitutional because roberts has had to invent entire new doctrines to gut it.
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We are very far over the cliff here folks
August 1, 2025 at 2:02 AM
We are very far over the cliff here folks
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The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
France, U.K., others plan to recognize a Palestinian state. What does that change?
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
n.pr
August 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The recent push by several countries to recognize a state of Palestine is largely symbolic, but it carries diplomatic and potentially legal weight.
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The constant euphemisms for authoritarianism are exhausting
"resolve dispute" is a bizarre way to describe extortion.
Harvard Is Said to Be Open to Spending Up To $500 Million to Resolve Trump Dispute
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The constant euphemisms for authoritarianism are exhausting
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Fanone: Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist member of congress who was one of the architects of the justification for the attempt to overturn a free and fair election.
July 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Fanone: Mike Johnson is an insurrectionist member of congress who was one of the architects of the justification for the attempt to overturn a free and fair election.
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Summer Streets are back, for another ridiculous display of how much better our streets could be.
July 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Summer Streets are back, for another ridiculous display of how much better our streets could be.
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Dutchy Patrick shared this.
July 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dutchy Patrick shared this.
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To be clear, this now a massive cover up involving the President, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, and the GOP Congress.
July 23, 2025 at 8:36 PM
To be clear, this now a massive cover up involving the President, the Attorney General, the FBI Director, and the GOP Congress.
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Prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against sheriff’s officers who wrestled a Black man out of a car during a traffic stop and punched him multiple times, the local sheriff said Monday.
No charges for Jacksonville officers who punched Black man during arrest
William Anthony McNeil Jr. questioned why he was pulled over and refused to get out of the car. An officer smashed his window and punched him in the face, video shows.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against sheriff’s officers who wrestled a Black man out of a car during a traffic stop and punched him multiple times, the local sheriff said Monday.
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Let that sink in for a sec.
July 22, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Let that sink in for a sec.
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www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations.
US funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations.
US-funded contraceptives for poor nations to be burned in France, sources say
U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations, two sources told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
US funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations.
US funded contraceptives worth nearly $10 million are being sent to France from Belgium to be incinerated, after Washington rejected offers from the United Nations and family planning organisations to buy or ship the supplies to poor nations.
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The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
July 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The governing party of the United States is shutting down the federal government to cover-up evidence the president sexually abused children so he can continue trying to implement dictatorship.
That's just a true statement about the world!
That's just a true statement about the world!
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A cell phone video showing a white Jacksonville, Florida, police officer striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before he’s dragged from his car has gone viral, sparked outrage and led to conflicting accounts of the incident from civil rights lawyers and law enforcement.
Florida police under fire as video of Black man punched, dragged by deputies during traffic stop goes viral | CNN
A cell phone video showing a white Jacksonville, Florida, police officer striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before he’s dragged from his car has gone viral, sparked outrag...
www.cnn.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
A cell phone video showing a white Jacksonville, Florida, police officer striking a Black man in the face during a February traffic stop before he’s dragged from his car has gone viral, sparked outrage and led to conflicting accounts of the incident from civil rights lawyers and law enforcement.
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We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
July 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We just translated a wave of our ICE coverage into Spanish. No paywall, no email signup necessary. From leaks about Palantir's work with ICE to ICE's new facial recognition app, we think there is a massive public interest in this info. Read why and support us here: www.404media.co/were-publish...
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it is very good timing that i wrote "mike johnson has no dick" just days before he demonstrated the fact for all to see www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...
Opinion | Mike Johnson Would Like You to Know About His Subservience
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
it is very good timing that i wrote "mike johnson has no dick" just days before he demonstrated the fact for all to see www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/o...
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July 22, 2025 at 8:58 PM