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The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The Kremlin disguised a nearly $100 mn payment to Trump in the form of a brokered real estate deal... and both Jeffrey Epstein and William Pulte were involved in the deal. That's very interesting.
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Jeffery Epstein hanging out in Trump Tower ~1 week after the 2016 election, cool cool
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Jeffery Epstein hanging out in Trump Tower ~1 week after the 2016 election, cool cool
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Cruelty is the point.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Cruelty is the point.
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The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
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Every time you see a story of comically transparent corruption among Trump's immediate family, a cold shiver should shoot through you.
Trump will *never* accede to a situation where accountability for his or his family's ill-gotten gains is possible. Dictatorship to protect corruption is the agenda
Trump will *never* accede to a situation where accountability for his or his family's ill-gotten gains is possible. Dictatorship to protect corruption is the agenda
This is exactly right, with one addition to the end:
Trump wants to have the unconstrained ability to use lethal militarized force against Americans to make sure he never has to give up power—so that the corrupt enrichment & rank criminality of him, his family, & his cronies goes forever unpunished
Trump wants to have the unconstrained ability to use lethal militarized force against Americans to make sure he never has to give up power—so that the corrupt enrichment & rank criminality of him, his family, & his cronies goes forever unpunished
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every time you see a story of comically transparent corruption among Trump's immediate family, a cold shiver should shoot through you.
Trump will *never* accede to a situation where accountability for his or his family's ill-gotten gains is possible. Dictatorship to protect corruption is the agenda
Trump will *never* accede to a situation where accountability for his or his family's ill-gotten gains is possible. Dictatorship to protect corruption is the agenda
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I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
November 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I've given my new Senator a lot of shit on here. But I don't think anyone with power has laid out the stakes of what we're facing as clearly as she does right here.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
And if she's saying this, it's because she feels she must.
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Manufacturing factory construction investment DOUBLED from 2021-2024. The IRA made clean energy cheaper to make, cheaper to use, and cheaper to build in America. Much of it now rolled back, energy will be more expensive for everyone for the next 10 years. It’s a crisis.
November 1, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Manufacturing factory construction investment DOUBLED from 2021-2024. The IRA made clean energy cheaper to make, cheaper to use, and cheaper to build in America. Much of it now rolled back, energy will be more expensive for everyone for the next 10 years. It’s a crisis.
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They don’t expect to ever have fair elections again. They feel untouchable and are acting that way.
Given that Trump’s agenda is so unpopular, you have to seriously question what the Republicans in Congress are doing
Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise
Because no amount of gerrymandering will overcome millions of people losing SNAP and healthcare insurance while they get fired as costs continue to rise
New in PN: Trump couldn't (legitimately) win a third term If he tried
"What’s astonishing about the media’s 'third term' coverage is how it doesn’t clearly state the obvious: Voters are openly rejecting Trump, as seen in poll after poll."
"What’s astonishing about the media’s 'third term' coverage is how it doesn’t clearly state the obvious: Voters are openly rejecting Trump, as seen in poll after poll."
October 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
They don’t expect to ever have fair elections again. They feel untouchable and are acting that way.
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Edison Park is where all the Chicago cops live and nobody wants ICE there either.
Border Patrol grabbed workers from the front yard of a home in Edison Park this afternoon then took them behind an office building in Niles and passed them off to a prisoner van. Woman came out to MF them and said "you're in the most conservative neighborhood in the city and nobody wants you here."
October 31, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Edison Park is where all the Chicago cops live and nobody wants ICE there either.
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Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL
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This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
October 31, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is near my niece and nephew's school in Evanston, Ill just hours ago as they are now on lockdown.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
This is what's happening. It's an occupation by ICE in a Chicago suburb. They must be abolished.
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We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
NEW: ICE is planning to build a shadow deportation network in Texas. A proposal outlines a 24/7 transport operation run by armed contractors—turning Texas into the logistical backbone of an industrialized deportation machine.
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
My latest @wired.com: www.wired.com/story/ice-is...
October 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We're seeing a massive institutional deportation and state violence apparatus being built and it honestly feels like people dont grasp the sheer scale of it and what already is in place. For every horrific video of masked feds kidnapping people there are so many people pushing paper to help.
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An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 PM
An astonishingly large crowd!
Chicago
Chicago
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According the article, the Everett Police still have not told the parents why they arrested their 13-year-old child, nor why they handed him over to ICE while his parents waited in the station to pick him up.
October 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
According the article, the Everett Police still have not told the parents why they arrested their 13-year-old child, nor why they handed him over to ICE while his parents waited in the station to pick him up.
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
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ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.
"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"
Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"
Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
October 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck.
"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"
Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
"I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!"
Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door.
Hoffman Estates, Illinois
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This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
October 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is insane. I feel like I’m going insane when I’m watching this. Not just the fact that it’s clearly their fault, but the way a heavily-armed squad of masked thugs immediately jumps into the street and brutalizes the woman they just hit, despite having no idea who she is.
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look i'm just gonna say: everyone involved in this shit needs to go to jail
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
October 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
look i'm just gonna say: everyone involved in this shit needs to go to jail
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Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.
Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”
“That sounds terrible.”
“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”
Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”
“That sounds terrible.”
“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Their complaints that Dems oppose the “rural hospital fund” are so hilarious.
Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”
“That sounds terrible.”
“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”
Kind of like: “I’m going to burn down your house and give you a chocolate chip cookie instead.”
“That sounds terrible.”
“What you don’t like chocolate chip cookies!?”
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One reason Dems should be sharing this and talking about it nonstop is because the key to dominating the public mind is media that evokes emotion. It’s how George Floyd started nationwide protests overnight. And it’s impossible to see this without feeling blind rage. Healthcare policy could never.
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
One reason Dems should be sharing this and talking about it nonstop is because the key to dominating the public mind is media that evokes emotion. It’s how George Floyd started nationwide protests overnight. And it’s impossible to see this without feeling blind rage. Healthcare policy could never.
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This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.
ICE GOONS crash into car and then point weapons to kidnap man.
October 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is terrorism and mayhem. Cities and states have an obligation to enforce laws to prevent it.