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"Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!"
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!"
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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The Defense Department under Pete Hegseth has been co-opted into President Trump's norm-shattering bid to exploit what are supposed to be the nonpartisan tools of government to crush political foes.
Hegseth conscripts the Pentagon for Trump’s ‘retribution campaign’
In threatening to deploy the military justice system against Democrats, Hegseth has joined Trump’s norm-shattering bid to punish political foes.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Defense Department under Pete Hegseth has been co-opted into President Trump's norm-shattering bid to exploit what are supposed to be the nonpartisan tools of government to crush political foes.
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“This is essentially despotism as a service.”
Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.
A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:
Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.
A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
“This is essentially despotism as a service.”
Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.
A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:
Over two decades, a little-known company called First Wap created a surveillance empire. Its phone tracking tech has targeted politicians, journalists, actors, and maybe even you.
A groundbreaking investigation from @lighthousereports.com:
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Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
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From glorified sheds to sleek sci-fi palaces: how architecture put the zing into football grounds
From glorified sheds to sleek sci-fi palaces: how architecture put the zing into football grounds
A new exhibition in Liverpool tells the story of the stadium, from churning tribal terraces to hyper-modern wedding-cake-like structures with retractable pitches. And let’s hear it for the world’s first all-timber stadium!
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
From glorified sheds to sleek sci-fi palaces: how architecture put the zing into football grounds
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The news coverage of this moment is not about what is happening in the world.
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The news coverage of this moment is not about what is happening in the world.
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Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord joins Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News on Legal AF to breakdown the the dangerous state of public discourse.
October 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Former Acting Assistant Attorney General Mary McCord joins Adam Klasfeld of All Rise News on Legal AF to breakdown the the dangerous state of public discourse.
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LOVE IS LOVE AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE ERASED. GAY RIGHTS AND TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. EVERY QUEER PERSON DESERVES TO LIVE, LOVE, AND THRIVE IN SAFETY AND JOY. WE WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH OUR LGBTQ+ FAMILY AND KEEP PUSHING FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.
October 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
LOVE IS LOVE AND OUR COMMUNITY WILL NOT BE ERASED. GAY RIGHTS AND TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS. EVERY QUEER PERSON DESERVES TO LIVE, LOVE, AND THRIVE IN SAFETY AND JOY. WE WILL ALWAYS STAND WITH OUR LGBTQ+ FAMILY AND KEEP PUSHING FOR EQUALITY AND JUSTICE.
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October 12, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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not that it will happen but at the very least any reporter who wrote about trump “distancing” from project 2025 owes their readers an explanation for why they published obvious lies
I find this attempt to rewrite history to absolve the media of its failures problematic. We can't get better coverage if we won't acknowledge how the media failed. And this @politico.com piece that I referenced did not reflect that "everyone was very skeptical" www.politico.com/news/2024/10...
October 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
not that it will happen but at the very least any reporter who wrote about trump “distancing” from project 2025 owes their readers an explanation for why they published obvious lies
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“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
CBS News staffers are ‘literally freaking out’ about Bari Weiss taking over newsroom
EXCLUSIVE: ‘People are using words like depressing and doomsday – feels like some sort of doomsday,’ one source told The Independent about the mood inside CBS News right now.
www.independent.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
“'The fact that we don't have money to pay journalists, but we have money to pay Bari Weiss between $100 and 200 million is indicative of what the Ellisons' true goal here is,' a network correspondent said. 'And it's not journalism.'"
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🎧 On this week’s show: @jamellebouie.net on how fear of Trump is holding us back, and Corey Robin on eerie parallels between now and McCarthysim. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
On the Media
The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Hosts Brooke Gladstone and Micah Loewinger examine threats to free speech and government transp...
lnk.to
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🎧 On this week’s show: @jamellebouie.net on how fear of Trump is holding us back, and Corey Robin on eerie parallels between now and McCarthysim. lnk.to/onthemedia/b...
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The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
The Unconstitutional Conditions Doctrine and the Compact for Excellence
Members of the Trump administration love to say that federal funding is a privilege not a right and therefore something that can be granted or withheld based on changing administrative priorities.
blog.dividedargument.com
October 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The Trump Administration’s “Compact of Excellence” for Universities is... far from excellent! Indeed, it’s unconstitutional. In this post, let me count the ways.
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
blog.dividedargument.com/p/the-uncons...
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@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "By aligning with Trump, the
@lwvus.bsky.social thinks that's good government when he doesn't believe in independent redistricting? He's gonna eliminate independent redistricting... With all due respect to them, they are dead wrong on this issue."
@lwvus.bsky.social thinks that's good government when he doesn't believe in independent redistricting? He's gonna eliminate independent redistricting... With all due respect to them, they are dead wrong on this issue."
August 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
@gavinnewsom.bsky.social: "By aligning with Trump, the
@lwvus.bsky.social thinks that's good government when he doesn't believe in independent redistricting? He's gonna eliminate independent redistricting... With all due respect to them, they are dead wrong on this issue."
@lwvus.bsky.social thinks that's good government when he doesn't believe in independent redistricting? He's gonna eliminate independent redistricting... With all due respect to them, they are dead wrong on this issue."
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NEW:
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW:
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Kristi Noem secretly took a cut of political donations and then failed to disclose it
www.propublica.org/article/kris...
w/ @josh-kaplan.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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President Trump owns 55 percent of Trump Intl Realty and he counts commissions earned at the firm as part of his own personal income. Now, one of the world's biggest pharma companies, in the midst of heavy lobbying push on tariffs, has listed a NYC condo it owns, with Trump's own realty firm.
Pharma giant Roche has spent millions lobbying in DC. Now it’s turning to the president’s realty firm for help offloading a $12 million residence.
Pharma giant Roche hires Trump to sell swanky condo
The drug company has spent millions lobbying in DC. Now it's turning to the president's realty firm for help offloading a $12 million residence.
www.motherjones.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
President Trump owns 55 percent of Trump Intl Realty and he counts commissions earned at the firm as part of his own personal income. Now, one of the world's biggest pharma companies, in the midst of heavy lobbying push on tariffs, has listed a NYC condo it owns, with Trump's own realty firm.
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Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?
June 30, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tillis: What do I tell 663,000 people in two years, three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of medicaid because the funding's not there anymore, guys?
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NEW: In an open letter to Joe Rogan, I explain how he got played by FBI director Kash Patel, when Patel was recently on his show. I hope Rogan gets a chance to read it and do his own research. Please pass this on—especially to Rogan fans you know.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Dear Joe Rogan, Kash Patel played you
On Rogan's show, the FBI director spun a false narrative of the Trump-Russia scandal.
www.motherjones.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
NEW: In an open letter to Joe Rogan, I explain how he got played by FBI director Kash Patel, when Patel was recently on his show. I hope Rogan gets a chance to read it and do his own research. Please pass this on—especially to Rogan fans you know.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW: The Trump admin has vowed to hold companies accountable for employing undocumented workers
But ICE has overwhelmingly focused on arresting workers rather than punishing employers
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
But ICE has overwhelmingly focused on arresting workers rather than punishing employers
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
ICE is arresting migrants in worksite raids. Employers are largely escaping charges.
Trump has focused workplace raids on small businesses as part of his administration’s push to ramp up arrests of unauthorized migrants.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NEW: The Trump admin has vowed to hold companies accountable for employing undocumented workers
But ICE has overwhelmingly focused on arresting workers rather than punishing employers
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
But ICE has overwhelmingly focused on arresting workers rather than punishing employers
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Joe Rogan should really consider inviting @davidcorn.bsky.social onto his podcast to discuss this mind-blowing rundown of the the truth about “Russiagate” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Dear Joe Rogan, Kash Patel played you
On Rogan's show, the FBI director spun a false narrative of the Trump-Russia scandal.
www.motherjones.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Joe Rogan should really consider inviting @davidcorn.bsky.social onto his podcast to discuss this mind-blowing rundown of the the truth about “Russiagate” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump Calls Forbes Magazine “a Bad Disease”
Trump continues authoritarian attacks on the press
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Trump continues authoritarian attacks on the press
meidasnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump Calls Forbes Magazine “a Bad Disease”
Trump continues authoritarian attacks on the press
meidasnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Trump Calls Forbes Magazine “a Bad Disease”
Trump continues authoritarian attacks on the press
meidasnews.com/news/trump-c...
Trump continues authoritarian attacks on the press
meidasnews.com/news/trump-c...
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NEW: @russchoma.bsky.social found another Trump conflict-of-interest. His realty firm is trying to sell a $12 million residence owned by Roche, the pharma giant w/ lots of interests in DC. If it sells, Trump's firm could pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Pharma giant Roche hires Trump to sell swanky condo
The drug company has spent millions lobbying in DC. Now it's turning to the president's realty firm for help offloading a $12 million residence.
www.motherjones.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
NEW: @russchoma.bsky.social found another Trump conflict-of-interest. His realty firm is trying to sell a $12 million residence owned by Roche, the pharma giant w/ lots of interests in DC. If it sells, Trump's firm could pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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What's in Trump's bill:
-Adds 4 trillion to the deficit
-Kicks 11 million people off health insurance
-3 million get thrown off food stamps
-Electricity goes up by 30%
-Millions of jobs could disappear
-Wealthiest see $12K a year back
-Poorest people $1600 more a year
-Adds 4 trillion to the deficit
-Kicks 11 million people off health insurance
-3 million get thrown off food stamps
-Electricity goes up by 30%
-Millions of jobs could disappear
-Wealthiest see $12K a year back
-Poorest people $1600 more a year
What's in the latest version of Trump's big bill now before the Senate
At some 940-pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations.
apnews.com
June 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
What's in Trump's bill:
-Adds 4 trillion to the deficit
-Kicks 11 million people off health insurance
-3 million get thrown off food stamps
-Electricity goes up by 30%
-Millions of jobs could disappear
-Wealthiest see $12K a year back
-Poorest people $1600 more a year
-Adds 4 trillion to the deficit
-Kicks 11 million people off health insurance
-3 million get thrown off food stamps
-Electricity goes up by 30%
-Millions of jobs could disappear
-Wealthiest see $12K a year back
-Poorest people $1600 more a year