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A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
November 16, 2025 at 9:14 AM
A US citizen filmed federal agents smashing his car window, as authorities begin a surge of immigration enforcement operations in North Carolina.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
The Honduran-born Charlotte resident filed a police report after the officers let him go.
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The cruelty is the point.
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The cruelty is the point.
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“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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November 6, 2025 at 2:24 PM
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
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@reuters.com #Chicago
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Why push this connection? Because it's strategic to make autism seem preventable. If it's preventable, then responsibility for prevention falls to moms. And if that responsibility is moms', then society doesn't need to spend public resources supporting autistic people and their families.
September 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Why push this connection? Because it's strategic to make autism seem preventable. If it's preventable, then responsibility for prevention falls to moms. And if that responsibility is moms', then society doesn't need to spend public resources supporting autistic people and their families.
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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
Opinion | Trump Is Building His Own Paramilitary Force
www.nytimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.
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Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it
May 25, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Even after all this, the @nytimes continues to normalize it
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Buried deep in the text of the more than 1,000-page bill is a measure to restrict the federal courts’ authority to hold officials in contempt if they violate court orders.
Hidden Threat to Democracy Slipped Into Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful’ Bill
The bill passed in the House included a provision restricting the courts’ ability to enforce orders.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Buried deep in the text of the more than 1,000-page bill is a measure to restrict the federal courts’ authority to hold officials in contempt if they violate court orders.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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Fact-check: True
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Fact-check: True
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A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
May 17, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A reminder that if the minimum wage had kept pace with worker productivity gains since the 1960s, it would now be nearly $26 an hour.
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the President of the United States, everyone
May 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
the President of the United States, everyone
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If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.
DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops to assist in deportations
If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If approved, the move would be the first time Guard troops at the national level have been asked to assist in the removal of migrants in the U.S. without legal status.
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Sudan is convulsed by violence. Two warring generals accused of war crimes, incl targeting civilians, bombing villages, obstructing food
Tens of thousands killed, 13 M fleeing- 5.6 million in Darfur alone.
UN labels it world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
www.arabnews.com/node/2600854...
Tens of thousands killed, 13 M fleeing- 5.6 million in Darfur alone.
UN labels it world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
www.arabnews.com/node/2600854...
UNICEF says artillery fire leaves Sudan hospital patients without water
KHARTOUM: Around 1,000 critically ill patients in Sudan’s Darfur region are nearly without drinking water after artillery fire destroyed a water tanker at a hospital, UNICEF said on Wednesday. The tan...
www.arabnews.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Sudan is convulsed by violence. Two warring generals accused of war crimes, incl targeting civilians, bombing villages, obstructing food
Tens of thousands killed, 13 M fleeing- 5.6 million in Darfur alone.
UN labels it world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
www.arabnews.com/node/2600854...
Tens of thousands killed, 13 M fleeing- 5.6 million in Darfur alone.
UN labels it world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
www.arabnews.com/node/2600854...
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PRO PUBLICA: “IT IS CORRUPTION.”
Trump officials were leaning on African countries to get Elon Musk’s Starlink approved, threatening to cut off 🇺🇸 funding to programs in their countries if they didn’t. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump officials were leaning on African countries to get Elon Musk’s Starlink approved, threatening to cut off 🇺🇸 funding to programs in their countries if they didn’t. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
May 15, 2025 at 7:37 PM
PRO PUBLICA: “IT IS CORRUPTION.”
Trump officials were leaning on African countries to get Elon Musk’s Starlink approved, threatening to cut off 🇺🇸 funding to programs in their countries if they didn’t. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump officials were leaning on African countries to get Elon Musk’s Starlink approved, threatening to cut off 🇺🇸 funding to programs in their countries if they didn’t. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Transportation are illegally forcing states to comply with the administration’s immigration policies or give up billions of dollars in funding for disaster relief and transportation.
I’m suing to stop this unlawful overreach.
I’m suing to stop this unlawful overreach.
May 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of Transportation are illegally forcing states to comply with the administration’s immigration policies or give up billions of dollars in funding for disaster relief and transportation.
I’m suing to stop this unlawful overreach.
I’m suing to stop this unlawful overreach.
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Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows. www.wired.com/story/violen...
Violent Threats Against US Judges Are Skyrocketing Online
Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows.
www.wired.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Threatening social media posts targeting US judges have increased by more than 300 percent since last year, a new report shows. www.wired.com/story/violen...
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We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we?
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
May 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We didn’t forget about journalist Jamal Khashoggi, did we?
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
Murdered inside a Saudi consulate. Dismembered. Then a full-on coverup, sanctioned at the highest levels.
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Murphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"
May 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Murphy: "There's no guarantee that we are gonna have a free and fair election in 2026. He's trying to rig our democracy, to destroy dissent, to cripple the opposition, so that even if his approval ratings are in the 30s next year, there isn't the ability for his opposition to muster a real campaign"
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The President of the United States of America is gifted a plane by those who butchered a journalist alive, recorded the screaming and are known to behead people.
May 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The President of the United States of America is gifted a plane by those who butchered a journalist alive, recorded the screaming and are known to behead people.
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A man battling stage 4 lung cancer was preparing to fly across the country for a life-changing double-lung transplant when his insurance company denied him coverage
Insurance denies man a life-saving lung transplant as he was preparing for procedure
A man battling stage 4 lung cancer was preparing to fly across the country for a life-changing double-lung transplant when his insurance company denied him coverage.
abc7.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
A man battling stage 4 lung cancer was preparing to fly across the country for a life-changing double-lung transplant when his insurance company denied him coverage