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Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
January 27, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Just days after a group of Trump-aligned billionaires officially took over TikTok in the U.S., users reported their videos criticizing ICE and the shooting of Alex Pretti were suppressed or delayed.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
The oligarchy is tightening its grip over even more of our media.
Beware.
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🚨"YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST" An ominous announcement can be heard on border patrol's radio just moments after their agents THREW Status Coup's reporter Tina-Desiree Berg, and deployed tear and flash bang grenades at the press indiscriminately.⬇️
January 26, 2026 at 8:06 PM
🚨"YOU'RE ALL UNDER ARREST" An ominous announcement can be heard on border patrol's radio just moments after their agents THREW Status Coup's reporter Tina-Desiree Berg, and deployed tear and flash bang grenades at the press indiscriminately.⬇️
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Kyle Rittenhouse was a hero to the right, but Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” for having a legal gun. The double standard with some on the right is astonishing. Alex Pretti’s murder will go down in history as a turning point in this Administration.
January 27, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Kyle Rittenhouse was a hero to the right, but Pretti was a “domestic terrorist” for having a legal gun. The double standard with some on the right is astonishing. Alex Pretti’s murder will go down in history as a turning point in this Administration.
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Something is happening here, what it is isn’t exactly clear. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus told local media they want the state BCA granted full and equal access to all evidence so an independent investigation can happen.
January 25, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Something is happening here, what it is isn’t exactly clear. The Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus told local media they want the state BCA granted full and equal access to all evidence so an independent investigation can happen.
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I dunno, man … good luck vilifying the Veterans Affairs ICU nurse on an issue on which the administration is already well underwater …
January 24, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I dunno, man … good luck vilifying the Veterans Affairs ICU nurse on an issue on which the administration is already well underwater …
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CBP not ICE, then?
The officer who fatally shot a Minneapolis man during a protest is an 8-year Border Patrol veteran, federal officials say.
Police chief calls for calm after a man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown
Federal immigration officers have shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.
bit.ly
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
CBP not ICE, then?
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I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I said this last time but their real position is “if you disagree with us we can kill you.”
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RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!!!
January 24, 2026 at 3:52 AM
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES!!!!!!!
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Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Tyler O'Ryan Gramlin, 32, of Borden, IN is a Border Patrol Agent who has traveled from state to state committing extreme violence. On Jan 21, 2026 Gramlin emptied a can of pepper spray directly in the face of a prone protester at point-blank range in Minneapolis #MPLS #OneOfOursAllOfYours #UnmaskICE
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Of course we are! Duh.
January 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Of course we are! Duh.
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If you think this is just “online-radicalized protesters,” you’re not paying attention. People have seen the videos: folks dragged from cars, tear-gassed, kids pulled off the job.
Prosecutors are resigning, cops aren’t being investigated, and somehow the victims get labeled “terrorists.”
Prosecutors are resigning, cops aren’t being investigated, and somehow the victims get labeled “terrorists.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
If you think this is just “online-radicalized protesters,” you’re not paying attention. People have seen the videos: folks dragged from cars, tear-gassed, kids pulled off the job.
Prosecutors are resigning, cops aren’t being investigated, and somehow the victims get labeled “terrorists.”
Prosecutors are resigning, cops aren’t being investigated, and somehow the victims get labeled “terrorists.”
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I ran into Ilhan Omar in the House and asked about life in Minneapolis right now with ICE everywhere.
Dystopian.
ICE agents are on “almost every single block,” cars are being abandoned at gas stations as ICE targets people there, a feeling of “complete terror." www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Dystopian.
ICE agents are on “almost every single block,” cars are being abandoned at gas stations as ICE targets people there, a feeling of “complete terror." www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Ilhan Omar On Life In Minneapolis With ICE Everywhere: ‘Complete Terror’
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I ran into Ilhan Omar in the House and asked about life in Minneapolis right now with ICE everywhere.
Dystopian.
ICE agents are on “almost every single block,” cars are being abandoned at gas stations as ICE targets people there, a feeling of “complete terror." www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Dystopian.
ICE agents are on “almost every single block,” cars are being abandoned at gas stations as ICE targets people there, a feeling of “complete terror." www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
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I distinctly recall being told that this was not a thing, and that it was conspiracy theorist thinking to surmise that it was.
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 AM
I distinctly recall being told that this was not a thing, and that it was conspiracy theorist thinking to surmise that it was.
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Make the Miscellaneous Receipts Statute great again …
The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Make the Miscellaneous Receipts Statute great again …
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Wow.
🚨U.S. veteran GOES ABSOLUTELY NUCLEAR ON ICE:
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
"I've bled for this country, I've fought for this country—they're disgracing this f*cking country and what it f*cking means! They hide behind their f*cking masks like f*cking pussies! Get them out of here!" WE'RE LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 14, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Wow.
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This is a 25th Amendment confession, contrary to what NYT would have you believe.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
Annals of Sanewashing: NYT Labels Trump's Confession of Psychological Unfitness as Leadership - emptywheel
The NYT committed literal sanewashing in the latest of its series of stories bragging that four journalists got to watch Trump ramble for two hours: It described Trump's pathological need to possess t...
www.emptywheel.net
January 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
This is a 25th Amendment confession, contrary to what NYT would have you believe.
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
www.emptywheel.net/2026/01/09/a...
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This is well within the state’s jurisdiction. The government currently covering up a pedophile ring is now also covering up a murder.
Noem on Minnesota officials: "They have not been cut out. They don't have any jurisdiction in this investigation."
January 8, 2026 at 5:37 PM
This is well within the state’s jurisdiction. The government currently covering up a pedophile ring is now also covering up a murder.
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Adamantly against our military reducing the pension of any soldier without the process afforded citizens. Targeting individual citizens long after they’ve served is wrong and anti-democratic. Obviously. I don’t know why this needs to be said.
January 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM
Adamantly against our military reducing the pension of any soldier without the process afforded citizens. Targeting individual citizens long after they’ve served is wrong and anti-democratic. Obviously. I don’t know why this needs to be said.
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STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said the US is going to 'run Venezuela.' Under what legal authority?
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
January 4, 2026 at 4:21 PM
STEPHANOPOULOS: Trump said the US is going to 'run Venezuela.' Under what legal authority?
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
RUBIO: We want a better future for the people of Venezuela
STEPHANOPOULOS: I'll ask again -- what is the legal authority?
RUBIO: We have court orders
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Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
January 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Big Oil spent nearly $100M to get Trump elected in 2024.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
Now Trump is returning the favor, giving them advance notice of his Venezuela attack and sending their stocks skyrocketing by promising them control of the country's oil reserves.
This is what oligarchy looks like.
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The Trump administration & #ICE are traumatizing & torturing children.
It's our duty to expose this & stop it. So share the stories in this thread far & wide. Talk to your neighbors & call Congress at 202-224-3121. It only takes 2 minutes and they need to know that we object to #ICELawlessness.
It's our duty to expose this & stop it. So share the stories in this thread far & wide. Talk to your neighbors & call Congress at 202-224-3121. It only takes 2 minutes and they need to know that we object to #ICELawlessness.
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The Trump administration & #ICE are traumatizing & torturing children.
It's our duty to expose this & stop it. So share the stories in this thread far & wide. Talk to your neighbors & call Congress at 202-224-3121. It only takes 2 minutes and they need to know that we object to #ICELawlessness.
It's our duty to expose this & stop it. So share the stories in this thread far & wide. Talk to your neighbors & call Congress at 202-224-3121. It only takes 2 minutes and they need to know that we object to #ICELawlessness.
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In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
In celebration of Mamdani's first day in office, the map from our 2016 NYC atlas celebrating Queens as the most linguistically diverse place on earth. (800 languages spoken in NYC, according to NY's Endangered Language Institute, which collaborated with us on this map.
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Anyone else notice how fast Bill Clinton's call for transparency on the Epstein files disappeared as a news item?
December 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Anyone else notice how fast Bill Clinton's call for transparency on the Epstein files disappeared as a news item?