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“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“A European intelligence agency distributed a hard-copy report in a manila envelope to some of the continent’s most senior national security officials...inside were details of the commercial and economic plans the US had been pursuing with Russia, including jointly mining rare earths in the Arctic.”
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“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 AM
“The JAG at Southern Command specifically expressed concern that strikes against people on boats in the Caribbean Sea and the eastern Pacific Ocean…could amount to extrajudicial killings, the six sources said, and therefore legally expose service members involved in the operations.”
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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Is grift the G in MAGA?
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
www.propublica.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Is grift the G in MAGA?
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
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Enjoy your lunch today, Senate Republicans.
It must really work up an appetite denying food programs for millions of Americans across the country.
It must really work up an appetite denying food programs for millions of Americans across the country.
October 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Enjoy your lunch today, Senate Republicans.
It must really work up an appetite denying food programs for millions of Americans across the country.
It must really work up an appetite denying food programs for millions of Americans across the country.
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Here’s what’s at stake in the shutdown:
If Republicans get their way, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year.
15 million will lose their health care.
20 million will see their premiums double.
All so they can give a trillion dollar tax break to the 1%.
If Republicans get their way, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year.
15 million will lose their health care.
20 million will see their premiums double.
All so they can give a trillion dollar tax break to the 1%.
October 22, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s what’s at stake in the shutdown:
If Republicans get their way, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year.
15 million will lose their health care.
20 million will see their premiums double.
All so they can give a trillion dollar tax break to the 1%.
If Republicans get their way, 50,000 Americans will die unnecessarily every year.
15 million will lose their health care.
20 million will see their premiums double.
All so they can give a trillion dollar tax break to the 1%.
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It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.
October 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.
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"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
October 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer."
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
That's who ICE arrested and disappeared as part of Donald Trump's immigration policy.
It's outrageous.
I've been pressing for answers and I'll keep pushing for accountability.
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Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.
I-5 may be shut down due to concerns over live-fire military event at Camp Pendleton
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office is weighing whether to close parts of Interstate 5 beginning Friday amid concerns over what it says is a White House-directed plan to use live ordnance during a military ann...
www.latimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Donald Trump and JD Vance can find money to launch missiles over the I-5 during a government shutdown, but not a dime for Americans’ health care.
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in the state over the governor’s repeated objections. Pritzker also warned Trump will soon launch large-scale immigration raids in Chicago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pritzker: Trump is Preparing to Deploy Troops to Illinois
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump is preparing to deploy National Guard troops in the state over the governor’s repeated objections. Pritzker also warned Trump will soon launch large-scale immigration raids in Chicago. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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This year alone, Iran has executed at least 841 people already. Signs of a corrupt and inept regime in fear of its own people. The mullahs’ brutality knows no bounds.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
Iran: Call to halt increasing executions and impose moratorium on death penalty
Iranian authorities have executed at least 841 people since the beginning of the year and up until 28 August 2025, according to information gathered by the UN Human Rights Office – ignoring multiple c...
www.ohchr.org
September 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This year alone, Iran has executed at least 841 people already. Signs of a corrupt and inept regime in fear of its own people. The mullahs’ brutality knows no bounds.
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-bri...
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NIH saves lives. And the Trump Administration has been illegally trying to stop it from doing so. This finding makes it all the more clear: the Admin needs to release these funds NOW so that NIH can continue its critical work.
Trump Administration Illegally Withheld N.I.H. Funding, Watchdog Finds
www.nytimes.com
August 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
NIH saves lives. And the Trump Administration has been illegally trying to stop it from doing so. This finding makes it all the more clear: the Admin needs to release these funds NOW so that NIH can continue its critical work.
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The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The most corrupt White House in history. Here is an account of what people are paying, directly to a PAC called MAGA Inc, in order to meet the president, get pardons, change policy
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/u...
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BREAKING: Donald Trump officially terminated nearly half of all Education Department staff.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
August 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: Donald Trump officially terminated nearly half of all Education Department staff.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
This is an all-out assault on our public schools and Americans with student loans.
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A retired U.S. soldier who worked at Gaza aid delivery sites said, “What I witnessed in Gaza, I can only describe as a dystopian, post-apocalyptic wasteland. We, the United States, are complicit. We are involved, hand in hand, in the atrocities and the genocide that is currently undergoing in Gaza.”
Fmr. Green Beret Who Worked at Gaza Food Sites Reveals Rampant War Crimes
YouTube video by Democracy Now!
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August 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A retired U.S. soldier who worked at Gaza aid delivery sites said, “What I witnessed in Gaza, I can only describe as a dystopian, post-apocalyptic wasteland. We, the United States, are complicit. We are involved, hand in hand, in the atrocities and the genocide that is currently undergoing in Gaza.”
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Remember when Trump told Big Oil he'd deliver their wish list if they gave $1B to his campaign?
Well, his billionaire tax giveaway gave them an $18 BILLION windfall — while gutting Medicaid. A corrupt bargain through and through and another betrayal of the American people.
Well, his billionaire tax giveaway gave them an $18 BILLION windfall — while gutting Medicaid. A corrupt bargain through and through and another betrayal of the American people.
Candidate Trump Promised Oil Executives a Windfall. Now, They’re Getting It.
www.nytimes.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Remember when Trump told Big Oil he'd deliver their wish list if they gave $1B to his campaign?
Well, his billionaire tax giveaway gave them an $18 BILLION windfall — while gutting Medicaid. A corrupt bargain through and through and another betrayal of the American people.
Well, his billionaire tax giveaway gave them an $18 BILLION windfall — while gutting Medicaid. A corrupt bargain through and through and another betrayal of the American people.
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It is time that Democrats not only match what Republicans are doing with gerrymandering, but exceed it. Every Democratic controlled state needs to be looking to redrawing their maps -- not to gain 5 seats like in TX, but cumulatively 15, 20 or 30 seats. We must use every tool available.
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It is time that Democrats not only match what Republicans are doing with gerrymandering, but exceed it. Every Democratic controlled state needs to be looking to redrawing their maps -- not to gain 5 seats like in TX, but cumulatively 15, 20 or 30 seats. We must use every tool available.
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Donald Trump promised peace in Gaza, but he's abandoned ceasefire talks while babies starve.
If Trump is too weak to act, then Congress must step up. No more U.S. military support for Netanyahu to wage war in Gaza.
If Trump is too weak to act, then Congress must step up. No more U.S. military support for Netanyahu to wage war in Gaza.
July 31, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Donald Trump promised peace in Gaza, but he's abandoned ceasefire talks while babies starve.
If Trump is too weak to act, then Congress must step up. No more U.S. military support for Netanyahu to wage war in Gaza.
If Trump is too weak to act, then Congress must step up. No more U.S. military support for Netanyahu to wage war in Gaza.
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Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
Israel is starving Gaza | Editorial
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www.haaretz.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Gaza is starving, and Israel is responsible.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
www.haaretz.com/opinion/edit...
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BREAKING: we @democracydefendersfund.org have demanded the Trump–Epstein files under FOIA
We know they exist. If the admin is producing grand jury material then it should do the same here!
And we have warned DOJ to preserve documents in anticipation of litigation
At 7 PM ET I'll discuss @msnbc
We know they exist. If the admin is producing grand jury material then it should do the same here!
And we have warned DOJ to preserve documents in anticipation of litigation
At 7 PM ET I'll discuss @msnbc
July 22, 2025 at 10:37 PM
BREAKING: we @democracydefendersfund.org have demanded the Trump–Epstein files under FOIA
We know they exist. If the admin is producing grand jury material then it should do the same here!
And we have warned DOJ to preserve documents in anticipation of litigation
At 7 PM ET I'll discuss @msnbc
We know they exist. If the admin is producing grand jury material then it should do the same here!
And we have warned DOJ to preserve documents in anticipation of litigation
At 7 PM ET I'll discuss @msnbc
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Trump's tariffs are crushing the U.S. auto industry. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Trump tariffs take a $1 billion bite out of GM earnings; shares fall
General Motors' second-quarter core profit fell 32% to $3 billion on Tuesday, as the automaker continued to confront challenging tariff policies, which it said sapped $1.1 billion from the results.
www.reuters.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Trump's tariffs are crushing the U.S. auto industry. www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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"Palestinians trying to secure food were shot and killed in the Gaza Strip in two separate episodes over the weekend when Israeli forces opened fire on crowds"
www.nytimes.com/article/isra...
www.nytimes.com/article/isra...
What to Know About the Deadly Violence Near Gaza Aid Sites
www.nytimes.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Palestinians trying to secure food were shot and killed in the Gaza Strip in two separate episodes over the weekend when Israeli forces opened fire on crowds"
www.nytimes.com/article/isra...
www.nytimes.com/article/isra...
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"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump's breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter," Taylor writes.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Exclusive—Trump made shocking comments about Ivanka, says ex-staffer
"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump's breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her," a new book by Miles Taylor says.
www.newsweek.com
July 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Aides said he talked about Ivanka Trump's breasts, her backside, and what it might be like to have sex with her, remarks that once led John Kelly to remind the president that Ivanka was his daughter," Taylor writes.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...