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October 20, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Thanks to @majorityreport.bsky.social for this.

Our book tells the never-before-reported story of the secret plan to legalize corruption. You may think you know the story, but tyou don't because it's literally all been secret - until now.

Get the book: LeverNews.com/book

youtu.be/YRyS1goUc5s?...
How The US Legalized Corruption | David Sirota | TMR
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
youtu.be
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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FWIW we have an extradition treaty with Spain

www.state.gov/wp-content/u...
www.state.gov
July 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Without federal funding, public media — and the truth-telling, community-connecting role it plays — is at risk.

Local stations may vanish. Millions could lose trusted news and vital information. If you are ready to join the fight for journalism, donate now: n.pr/458sOhq
July 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Trump's cratering in polls continues. Crushing new Gallup numbers:

Overall approval: 37%
On immigration: 38%
On economy: 37%
On trade: 36:
Federal budget: 29%

Overall approval among independents: 29%

news.gallup.com/poll/692879/...
Independents Drive Trump's Approval to 37% Second-Term Low
President Donald Trump's job approval rating has fallen to 37%, the lowest of his second term as a result of a decrease among independents.
news.gallup.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.

The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programm...
news.un.org
July 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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The mostly symbolic move puts added diplomatic pressure on Israel as the war and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip rage. France is now the biggest Western power to recognize Palestine.
French President Macron says France will recognize Palestine as a state
The mostly symbolic move puts added diplomatic pressure on Israel as the war and humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip rage. France is now the biggest Western power to recognize Palestine.
n.pr
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the 34x POS convicted felon & adjudicated rapist & pedophile Trump did 🚨🚨🚨
July 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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“I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here. After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse…the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.” www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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July 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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really useful disambiguation resource for figuring out which agencies are doing what in these big militarized immigration raids:

calmatters.org/justice/2025...
They're not just ICE. Who's carrying out out Southern California immigration raids
The presence of masked federal agents is an unnerving part of life in Southern California this summer. Here's a look at who's carrying out the immigration raids.
calmatters.org
July 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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"Her businesses, known for donating meals to homeless shelters, supporting local police, providing funding for high school baseball teams...

“She gives back to the community, creates jobs for young people, pays taxes. Why would you want to remove someone like that?”

www.12news.com/article/news...
Peoria sushi shop owner faces deportation after 21 years of living in the US
Kelly Yu, who does not have legal status in the U.S., is in ICE custody in Arizona, leaving her business, customers and family behind.
www.12news.com
July 20, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Thanks, GOP!

Thanks, Trump!

"Next year, the average person who buys Affordable Care Act insurance will be paying 75% more for their premium...

plans which serve people who can't get health insurance through their jobs and who don't qualify for Medicaid or Medicare..."

www.npr.org/sections/sho...
ACA health insurance will cost the average person 75% more next year, research shows
A new analysis shows that health insurance premiums for Obamacare are set to soar next year, as financial help that subsidized the cost expires. Congress is not likely to extend the subsidies.
www.npr.org
July 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, has resigned. cnn.it/4f16A4z
July 22, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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When I was little, the U.S. military came to our home at gunpoint and took me and my family away. We were imprisoned for years in barbed wire camps simply because we were Japanese American. I have spent my life telling that story, hoping it would never be repeated.
July 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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whatever else republican house speaker mike johnson (and the congressional republicans who serve under him) ever do in this life, this headline will last forever and ever, for their whole blessed lives.

(gift link, no paywall)

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...
July 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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This whole story is insane
Deporting children of military veterans because they were born on an overseas military base.

This man has no citizenship now.
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
www.austinchronicle.com
July 1, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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“In the last week, more than 200 veterans have volunteered to attend immigration hearings with Afghans who worked with U.S. forces during the 20-year war in Afghanistan…”
Hundreds of veterans volunteer to attend asylum hearings with Afghans
The effort began after a former Afghan interpreter was detained after his San Diego asylum hearing this month.
www.kpbs.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Ah yes, I remember all those boisterous 2024 campaign events where Trump and all the Trump Republicans rallied crowds and voters with their inspiring pledges to destroy storm tracking and weather forecasting in America!

USA! USA!

www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...
Pentagon will no longer share satellite data that tracks hurricanes overnight
Scientists were initially given less than a week to prepare for the loss of microwave observations that are key in detecting rapid intensification of storms.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'

He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...
Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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“CoreCivic has repeatedly shown that it is incapable of running a humane facility. Now, the company flouts city approval to move forward with an ICE center based on false promises.”

In filings, the city argued the company previously ran an “absolute hell hole”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
A private prison firm wants to detain immigrants in this Kansas town. Its residents are pushing back
Residents of Leavenworth are organizing against CoreCivic’s efforts to reopen a problematic prison
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Trump screws active-duty servicemembers out of $80m they were due to be reimbursed after bank scam:

apnews.com/article/navy...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismisses $95M overdraft case vs. Navy Federal Credit Union
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, led by President Trump’s administration, has dropped a case against Navy Federal Credit Union.
apnews.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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“Trump’s approach to economic statecraft is to impose pressure and get leverage and try to get the best deal possible,” he said.

But “for whatever reason, with Russia, he doesn’t want to have any leverage over Putin.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Lack of New U.S. Sanctions Allows Restricted Goods and Funds Into Russia
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM