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Purple Heart Recipient Held by ICE for 8 Hours Says He Wasn’t Allowed to Call a Lawyer
Purple Heart Recipient Held by ICE for 8 Hours Says He Wasn’t Allowed to Call a Lawyer
In a report published on Friday, William Vermie, an Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient who was held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in Minneapolis for eight hours, told ABC News that he wasn’t allowed to speak with a lawyer at any point throughout his detention. The 39-year-old Vermie, who was injured in […]
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January 23, 2026 at 11:21 PM
Purple Heart Recipient Held by ICE for 8 Hours Says He Wasn’t Allowed to Call a Lawyer
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This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:55 AM
This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.”
Really listen to it.
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BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
BREAKING: Huge loss for Trump administration at Supreme Court, which rules that the Trump administration had lacked authority to federalize and deploy the National Guard to execute laws in Illinois. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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This article also references this sobering article which shows a statistically significant increases in rates of suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in states that enacted anti-transgender laws.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
State-level anti-transgender laws increase past-year suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in the USA
Nature Human Behaviour - From 2018 to 2022, 48 anti-transgender laws were enacted in the USA across 19 states. This study shows that these anti-transgender laws increased past-year suicide attempts...
www.nature.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This article also references this sobering article which shows a statistically significant increases in rates of suicide attempts among transgender and non-binary young people in states that enacted anti-transgender laws.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Healthcare decisions should be made by patients, their families, and trained medical experts — who undergo nearly a decade of education and training to exercise good judgment in supporting patients’ needs.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Healthcare decisions should be made by patients, their families, and trained medical experts — who undergo nearly a decade of education and training to exercise good judgment in supporting patients’ needs.
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The House is expected to vote later this week on H.R. 3492, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s extreme bill that would impose severe financial penalties and up to a 10-year prison sentence for providers who deliver lifesaving, essential healthcare to transgender and gender diverse patients.
December 16, 2025 at 12:10 AM
The House is expected to vote later this week on H.R. 3492, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s extreme bill that would impose severe financial penalties and up to a 10-year prison sentence for providers who deliver lifesaving, essential healthcare to transgender and gender diverse patients.
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An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
December 16, 2025 at 12:28 AM
An unapologetic ally through and through. Thank you, Rob Reiner. May you and Michele rest in power.
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Damn good questioning here.
FBI operations director Michael Glasheen says antifa is the government’s “primary concern” as “the most immediate violent threat” domestically. Bennie Thompson asks where antifa exists in the US and how many members it has.
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
“Well that’s very fluid.”
A remarkable exchange. Full:
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Damn good questioning here.
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HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
HOPE WALZ: “What world are we f*cking living in? I draw the line at Gus. You people are f*cking disgraceful.”
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
She says MAGA loyalists are now driving by their home and yelling “R*tard!” at her family and her special needs brother after Trump called GovTimWalz the R word.
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“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“Since 1998, independent researchers have conducted more than 40 high-quality studies involving over 5.6 million people. The conclusion is clear and unambiguous: There’s no link between vaccines and autism." -Dr. Susan Kressly, AAP President on recent changes to the CDC's website
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A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/us/wyoming-library-settlement-book-bans-terri-lesley.html?smtyp=cur&smid=fb-nytimes&fbclid=IwdGRjcANWLXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHhlnY6nKj_j4zuP3VjNSstXWBaV1t8-sPQ5C3b_jS6WN...
t.co
October 11, 2025 at 4:15 PM
A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV
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Republicans just shut down the government to rip away healthcare and hand Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab. Instead of negotiating a budget that protects families, Republicans chose to throw working families under the bus. This is the GOP’s shutdown & they own the damage from it.
Shutdown near certain after Senate again rejects funding bills
Lawmakers are poised to barrel into the first government funding lapse since 2019.
www.politico.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Republicans just shut down the government to rip away healthcare and hand Trump another blank check for his illegal power grab. Instead of negotiating a budget that protects families, Republicans chose to throw working families under the bus. This is the GOP’s shutdown & they own the damage from it.
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1. BREAKING
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.
Tom Homan was investigated for accepting $50,000 from undercover FBI agents. Trump's DOJ shut it down.
The FBI and Justice officials closed the investigation, which a Justice Department appointee had called a “deep state” probe in early 2025.
bit.ly
September 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
1. BREAKING
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.
In an undercover operation last year, the FBI recorded Tom Homan, now the White House border czar, accepting $50,000 in cash after indicating he could help the agents — who were posing as business executives — win government contracts in a second Trump administration.
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LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
LOST writer-producer Damon Lindelof says he won’t work with Disney unless Kimmel js reinstated. I’m hearing other talent weighing similar pledges.
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This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
September 18, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is the lead story in the New York Times. If you're in the business of communicating, whether through journalism, commentary, or art, this is the five-alarm fire. People are going to remember who spoke up and who stayed conveniently silent or postured about "neutrality."
I used to be so relieved the local abc channel I watched for at least 30 years was a nexstar station and not Sinclair. Even bought the stupid GMA steals and deals. Gonna miss it
September 18, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I used to be so relieved the local abc channel I watched for at least 30 years was a nexstar station and not Sinclair. Even bought the stupid GMA steals and deals. Gonna miss it
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1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.
Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
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Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Boston Children’s Fights Back For Trans Kids: Judge Quashes Trump Subpoena
Around 2,000 BCH employees and untold numbers of patients were targeted by the DOJ. A judge just told them, “No.”
www.erininthemorning.com
September 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1. Trump threatened every hospital that provides gender affirming care to transgender youth.
Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Many complied and shut down their programs.
Boston Children's Hospital didn't. They fought back and kept providing care.
And now, they just beat Trump in court.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
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So apparently the symbols that law enforcement told the WSJ was "transgender ideology" was actually the code from the Helldivers 2 video game for calling the Eagle 500kg bomb airstrike. Fuck everyone involved in publishing that story.
September 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
So apparently the symbols that law enforcement told the WSJ was "transgender ideology" was actually the code from the Helldivers 2 video game for calling the Eagle 500kg bomb airstrike. Fuck everyone involved in publishing that story.
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Protect your community and stand with immigrant workers and customers. Help local businesses put up signs marking “Staff Only” areas that ICE cannot enter without a warrant. Together, we can slow ICE down: act.indivisible.org/...
August 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Protect your community and stand with immigrant workers and customers. Help local businesses put up signs marking “Staff Only” areas that ICE cannot enter without a warrant. Together, we can slow ICE down: act.indivisible.org/...
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❗ICYMI: The DOJ is demanding the private medical records of trans kids - a disgusting attack on privacy and care.
When an oppressive government can target one group like this, no one is safe.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-sub...
thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
When an oppressive government can target one group like this, no one is safe.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-sub...
thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
Trump DOJ demands private medical information of transgender patients
Attorney General Pam Bondi is leading the government intrusion into patients' privacy.
www.advocate.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
❗ICYMI: The DOJ is demanding the private medical records of trans kids - a disgusting attack on privacy and care.
When an oppressive government can target one group like this, no one is safe.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-sub...
thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
When an oppressive government can target one group like this, no one is safe.
www.advocate.com/news/doj-sub...
thehill.com/homenews/lgb...
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
July 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Holy shit, they did it. They wrote the headline.
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Bowing down to authoritarianism is a fundamental betrayal of the fundamental mission of higher ed. Shame on Columbia. abcnews.go.com/US/columbia-...
Columbia University to pay $200M in settlement with Trump administration
Columbia University has agreed to pay $200 million over the next three years to resolve claims it discriminated against Jewish students.
abcnews.go.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Bowing down to authoritarianism is a fundamental betrayal of the fundamental mission of higher ed. Shame on Columbia. abcnews.go.com/US/columbia-...
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The District of Columbia is 41% Black in the 2020 census, btw
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
July 22, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The District of Columbia is 41% Black in the 2020 census, btw
