ltbaumann
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Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Having to watch a bootlegged copy of a video from another country because my country censored it is making me feel as if I'm living in 1980s Eastern Germany.
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Yep. That's exactly why the 60 Minutes episode on CECOT was cancelled three hours before it was supposed to air yesterday.
December 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Yep. That's exactly why the 60 Minutes episode on CECOT was cancelled three hours before it was supposed to air yesterday.
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
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Trump pardoned these criminals. Trump is soft on crime.
December 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Trump pardoned these criminals. Trump is soft on crime.
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Remember when Trump lied that the Biden administration wasn't sending all the relief money North Carolina needed?
Stein: What is typical after a storm like this is that the federal government provides about 50, 60, even 70 percent of the damages in relief dollars to help a region recover from a massive hit. So far, North Carolina has received about 11 percent.
December 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Remember when Trump lied that the Biden administration wasn't sending all the relief money North Carolina needed?
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🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
December 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
🧑🌾 SPOTTED in Jackson County, Wisconsin…
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Western officials say over 100 documented incidents across Europe are part of a campaign of disruption masterminded by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, aimed at depriving Kyiv of support, creating division among Europeans and identifying the continent’s security weak spots.
Russia trying to overwhelm Europe with sabotage campaign, Western officials say
www.stripes.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Western officials say over 100 documented incidents across Europe are part of a campaign of disruption masterminded by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine in 2022, aimed at depriving Kyiv of support, creating division among Europeans and identifying the continent’s security weak spots.
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Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/
Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation'
A Bulgarian man from Chicago arrested during an immigration enforcement 'blitz' has died while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a Michigan private prison, the ABC7 I-Team has learned.
abc7chicago.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.
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MAGA Mike Johnson appears to be hellbent on destroying working class America.
December 20, 2025 at 3:58 AM
MAGA Mike Johnson appears to be hellbent on destroying working class America.
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Think about how backwards that is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Think about how backwards that is - more people are employed to block us from getting medical care than actually delivering it.
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Our rights are slipping away. Young women nowadays have less rights than my mother did in the 70’s.
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Our rights are slipping away. Young women nowadays have less rights than my mother did in the 70’s.
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
This wasn’t as long ago as you might think.
Women couldn’t even have credit in their own name until 1975. Equal rights for all hurt no one.
#Pinks ##ProudBlue #ERA #BostonMarathon
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Catherine Rampell: America is so safe now that immigration enforcement agents with no badges can enter your home while contractors are doing work, manhandle them, detain them, and leave your house a bloody mess.
Trump Is Walloping Construction Businesses. The Industry Stays Quiet.
Raids on work sites. Roofers under siege. But builders keep mum.
open.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Catherine Rampell: America is so safe now that immigration enforcement agents with no badges can enter your home while contractors are doing work, manhandle them, detain them, and leave your house a bloody mess.
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It’s good to see local superintendents and media saying the thing I have been saying for years.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It’s good to see local superintendents and media saying the thing I have been saying for years.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
The Missouri GOP supermajority has schemed to defund public schools and send the money to private religious schools. This will close the rural schools in my state.
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Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
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Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
December 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Jack Smith has requested that Jim Jordan release the entire video of his 8-hour closed-door testimony which he gave this week to the House Judiciary Committee.
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
Will Jordan release the video to the public?
If not, why not?
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Tell your Senators and Rep they need to support this bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID here:
Tell Congress: Require ICE to unmask and display clear identification
Contact Congress today!
actionnetwork.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Tell your Senators and Rep they need to support this bill on unmasking ICE and displaying clear ID here:
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73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
73% of ICE detainees have no criminal convictions, according to govt data.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
Don’t fall for Trump’s lies about targeting the “worst of the worst.”
As ICE terrorizes cities to fill up detention centers, remember that some of Trump's major donors are private prison corporations.
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If Trump didn’t want to be charged he shouldn’t have committed crimes. He should be in prison right now.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If Trump didn’t want to be charged he shouldn’t have committed crimes. He should be in prison right now.
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The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
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🪖✈️ VERMONT AIR GUARD is deploying to Puerto Rico from Burlington right now, aboard the NFL Patriots team 767 (operated by Omni Air International) 👀
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Good news: not being used to render shackled human beings
Bad news: being used to take VT Air National Guard members to Puerto Rico to fight and die in a pointless and stupid war.
Good news: not being used to render shackled human beings
Bad news: being used to take VT Air National Guard members to Puerto Rico to fight and die in a pointless and stupid war.
December 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🪖✈️ VERMONT AIR GUARD is deploying to Puerto Rico from Burlington right now, aboard the NFL Patriots team 767 (operated by Omni Air International) 👀
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FEMA downsizing plan is a disaster, survivors say
FEMA downsizing plan is a disaster, survivors say
It would cut staff by half, tighten eligibility, and pass costs and responsibilities to states.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
FEMA downsizing plan is a disaster, survivors say
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Imagine if he could see what his own son was doing right now, the lies, the grifting and corruption, the medical quackery, the conspiracy-mongering, the anti-science knuckle-dragging, the firing of proud public servants, all the shameful behavior.
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December 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Imagine if he could see what his own son was doing right now, the lies, the grifting and corruption, the medical quackery, the conspiracy-mongering, the anti-science knuckle-dragging, the firing of proud public servants, all the shameful behavior.
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In Speaker Johnson's district:
December 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In Speaker Johnson's district:
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The world's leader in science is dismantling itself. For nothing.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The world's leader in science is dismantling itself. For nothing.