René James (she/her)
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Trump signs an EO directing Bondi and Pirro to reinstate the death penalty in Washington DC
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Trump signs an EO directing Bondi and Pirro to reinstate the death penalty in Washington DC
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Breaking news: President Trump signed an executive order to advance a spin-off of TikTok to a group of mostly American investors, further pushing the influential app with 170 million U.S. users into the hands of some of Trump’s wealthiest allies.
Trump signs order advancing TikTok deal, in boost to corporate allies
A Tiktok deal would create an American version of the popular video app owned by some of the president’s wealthiest supporters.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Breaking news: President Trump signed an executive order to advance a spin-off of TikTok to a group of mostly American investors, further pushing the influential app with 170 million U.S. users into the hands of some of Trump’s wealthiest allies.
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Update from the Capitol.
July 3, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Update from the Capitol.
Silly me for thinking there was some clause to prevent the President from promoting products for personal gain.
June 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Silly me for thinking there was some clause to prevent the President from promoting products for personal gain.
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The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
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Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
🧵
June 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
🧵
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
🧵
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A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by agents Sunday morning while gardening. A witness says plainclothes officers in unmarked vehicles cuffed her. She was then taken to a Mississippi jail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Iranian woman, who has lived in US for 47 years, taken by Ice while gardening
Madonna ‘Donna’ Kashanian, 64, was taken by plainclothes officers from her home in New Orleans
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A 64-year-old Iranian woman, who has lived in the US for 47 years, was detained by agents Sunday morning while gardening. A witness says plainclothes officers in unmarked vehicles cuffed her. She was then taken to a Mississippi jail www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The father of a 14-year-old student of Palestinian descent is suing on behalf of his daughter, alleging she was told to “go back to your country” when she refused to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance as part of a protest against the war in Gaza.
Palestinian American girl sues school after refusing Pledge of Allegiance
A 14-year-old American citizen of Palestinian descent has alleged a teacher at her Michigan school told her she should “go back to your country” for her political protest. The school district said it ...
www.washingtonpost.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The father of a 14-year-old student of Palestinian descent is suing on behalf of his daughter, alleging she was told to “go back to your country” when she refused to participate in the Pledge of Allegiance as part of a protest against the war in Gaza.
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First they came for abortion.
Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows states to cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood.
States can cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood, the Supreme Court rules
A divided Supreme Court is allowing states to cut off Medicaid money for Planned Parenthood amid a wider Republican-backed push to defund the organization, the country’s largest abortion provider.
bit.ly
June 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
First they came for abortion.
Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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Now it’s birth control, cancer screenings, prenatal care.
The Supreme Court just ruled states can block Medicaid patients from getting care at Planned Parenthood.
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Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Blockade will increase diplomatic pressure on Israel as Spain PM Pedro Sánchez describes situation as ‘genocide’
Israel has closed crossings into northern Gaza, cutting the most direct route for aid to reach hundreds of thousands of people at risk of famine, as airstrikes and shelling killed dozens more people in the devastated Palestinian territory.
The move to close the crossings on Thursday will increase diplomatic pressure on Israel as attention shifts from its brief conflict with Iran, back to the violence and grave humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Israel closes the most direct route for aid to Palestinians in Gaza
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“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
June 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Forget about intelligence” is a pretty good mantra for this administration
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Hegseth on when congressional leaders were notified about Trump's Iran strikes: "They were notified after the planes were safely out."
June 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hegseth on when congressional leaders were notified about Trump's Iran strikes: "They were notified after the planes were safely out."
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Rubio: Forget about intelligence. We certainly have. Intelligence has no place in the trump administration. Now greed, cruelty, racism, homophobia? Plenty of room for them with us.
Host: Are you saying the US did not see intelligence that the Supreme Leader had ordered weaponization?
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
Rubio: That’s irrelevant
Host: No, that's a key point
Rubio: No it’s not… Forget about intelligence
June 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Rubio: Forget about intelligence. We certainly have. Intelligence has no place in the trump administration. Now greed, cruelty, racism, homophobia? Plenty of room for them with us.
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Saturday's sweeping U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has left many Iranians deeply worried about a widening conflict, as Tehran said it reserves “all options” to respond and accused the U.S. of scuttling diplomatic efforts.
Tehran weighs response to U.S. strikes as Iranians brace for bigger conflict
A sweeping U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has left many Iranians worried as the foreign minister said Iran was considering “all options.”
www.washingtonpost.com
June 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Saturday's sweeping U.S. attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities has left many Iranians deeply worried about a widening conflict, as Tehran said it reserves “all options” to respond and accused the U.S. of scuttling diplomatic efforts.
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This is an unjust, unprovoked war of aggression.
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This is an unjust, unprovoked war of aggression.
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There’s no bigger state sponsor of terror than the United States, and no bigger bully in the Middle East than Israel.
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
There’s no bigger state sponsor of terror than the United States, and no bigger bully in the Middle East than Israel.
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BREAKING: Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says it will not halt its nuclear program following the U.S. attack, calling the strikes a “blatant violation of international law.”
June 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
BREAKING: Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says it will not halt its nuclear program following the U.S. attack, calling the strikes a “blatant violation of international law.”
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It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
June 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this
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Trump has unilaterally conducted illegal strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and therefore started a war between the United States and Iran on behalf of the Israeli government without authorization by the congress, in opposition to the constitution and congressional war powers.
June 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Trump has unilaterally conducted illegal strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and therefore started a war between the United States and Iran on behalf of the Israeli government without authorization by the congress, in opposition to the constitution and congressional war powers.
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Freedom delayed is freedom denied. And justice isn’t just about breaking chains—it’s about tearing down the systems that forged them.
Juneteenth calls to us all— work isn’t done.
#juneteenth #freedom #juneteenthcelebration
Juneteenth calls to us all— work isn’t done.
#juneteenth #freedom #juneteenthcelebration
June 19, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Freedom delayed is freedom denied. And justice isn’t just about breaking chains—it’s about tearing down the systems that forged them.
Juneteenth calls to us all— work isn’t done.
#juneteenth #freedom #juneteenthcelebration
Juneteenth calls to us all— work isn’t done.
#juneteenth #freedom #juneteenthcelebration
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Breaking news: ICE agents should continue conducting immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants in a reversal of guidance, Department of Homeland Security officials told staff on Monday.
Trump officials reverse guidance exempting farms, hotels from immigration raids
ICE agents have been advised to continue conducting workforce enforcement operations on agricultural businesses despite concerns the raids will negatively impact the food industry.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Breaking news: ICE agents should continue conducting immigration raids on farms, hotels and restaurants in a reversal of guidance, Department of Homeland Security officials told staff on Monday.
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in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Journalist shot by Minneapolis police during 2020 protests dying from injuries
Linda Tirado was in Minneapolis from out of state covering the protests and rioting when police shot her in the face with a rubber bullet, also known as a "less-lethal" round.
www.cbsnews.com
June 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
in so many videos out of LA i am seeing officers aiming rubber bullets right into crowds, this is filling me with a deep and anxious rage knowing what happens when they do that
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.
BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.
zeteo.com
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
BREAKING: Israeli Forces Board Gaza Aid Flotilla and Detain 12 Crew Members
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg was on board the ship.
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cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
cops doing crime on camera. as @chadloder.bsky.social has been pointing out all day, this is totally illegal. cops doing crime. on camera. adjust your stupid headlines accordingly.