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Ambassadors are not “personal representatives” of the President. He is not a king.
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Trump removes nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial positions
The Trump administration is recalling nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and other senior embassy posts as it moves to reshape the U.S. diplomatic posture abroad with personnel deemed fully...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Ambassadors are not “personal representatives” of the President. He is not a king.
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This is what happens when you let racist authoritarians make foreign policy.
If there is a WW3, this strategy will be cited by historians as a trigger.
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If there is a WW3, this strategy will be cited by historians as a trigger.
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Trump's security strategy slams European allies and asserts US power in the Western Hemisphere
President Donald Trump has come out with a new national security strategy that paints European allies as weak and aims to reassert America’s dominance in the Western Hemisphere.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This is what happens when you let racist authoritarians make foreign policy.
If there is a WW3, this strategy will be cited by historians as a trigger.
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If there is a WW3, this strategy will be cited by historians as a trigger.
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The rich and powerful get pardons while the rest of us have to follow the law…
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Trump pardons Texas Democratic Rep. Cuellar in bribery and conspiracy case
Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar of Texas is thanking President Donald Trump for pardoning him and his wife in a federal bribery and conspiracy case.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The rich and powerful get pardons while the rest of us have to follow the law…
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Every single American should stand up right now and tell Trump to stop. Maduro is a bad man, but starting another war to remove him is not the answer!
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Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela
US president sent a ‘blunt message’ to his South American counterpart, sources say
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December 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Every single American should stand up right now and tell Trump to stop. Maduro is a bad man, but starting another war to remove him is not the answer!
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"Israel is the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes children in military courts, according to a 2013 Unicef report."
"Kadur stressed that countless other Palestinian children remain in similar circumstances."
Release them all!
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"Kadur stressed that countless other Palestinian children remain in similar circumstances."
Release them all!
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Palestinian-American teenager held in Israeli prison freed after nine months
Israeli soldiers had taken Mohammed Ibrahim from his home in a night raid when he was only 15 years old
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November 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Israel is the only country in the world that systematically prosecutes children in military courts, according to a 2013 Unicef report."
"Kadur stressed that countless other Palestinian children remain in similar circumstances."
Release them all!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Kadur stressed that countless other Palestinian children remain in similar circumstances."
Release them all!
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel is dependent on US support. Mohammed could be released today if the Trump Administration wanted it.
Holding a child in a military prison for 9 months on flimsy evidence without a trial and without contact with family is wrong and in humane.
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Holding a child in a military prison for 9 months on flimsy evidence without a trial and without contact with family is wrong and in humane.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli embassy sends letter to US senators defending detention of jailed Palestinian American teen
The document describes Israel’s case against Mohammed Ibrahim but omits key details about his treatment
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November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Israel is dependent on US support. Mohammed could be released today if the Trump Administration wanted it.
Holding a child in a military prison for 9 months on flimsy evidence without a trial and without contact with family is wrong and in humane.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Holding a child in a military prison for 9 months on flimsy evidence without a trial and without contact with family is wrong and in humane.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
“We will not give up the fight,” Schumer said.
Dude, you already gave up…. Just retire already and let someone who cares have your seat.
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Dude, you already gave up…. Just retire already and let someone who cares have your seat.
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Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for vote on shutdown deal
Speaker Mike Johnson says that House lawmakers should start returning to Washington “right now” after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Repu...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“We will not give up the fight,” Schumer said.
Dude, you already gave up…. Just retire already and let someone who cares have your seat.
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Dude, you already gave up…. Just retire already and let someone who cares have your seat.
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“Trump administration demands states starve people in need.”
That should be the headline.
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That should be the headline.
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November 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Trump administration demands states starve people in need.”
That should be the headline.
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That should be the headline.
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The Judge ordered ICE to provide detainees a clean bedding mat and sufficient space to sleep, soap, towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, menstrual products and prescribed medications.
Barbaric that they weren’t getting these things.
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Barbaric that they weren’t getting these things.
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Judge orders improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after claims of inhumane conditions
A federal judge has ordered improvements at a Chicago-area immigration facility after detainees sued over "inhumane" conditions.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The Judge ordered ICE to provide detainees a clean bedding mat and sufficient space to sleep, soap, towels, toilet paper, toothbrushes, toothpaste, menstrual products and prescribed medications.
Barbaric that they weren’t getting these things.
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Barbaric that they weren’t getting these things.
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25-35 yr olds: You're too expensive for us.
Chipotle: Let's introduce some new add-ons and just do some more marketing. That'll bring 'em back!
25-35 yr olds: Sayonara!
Chipotle: ☠️
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Chipotle: Let's introduce some new add-ons and just do some more marketing. That'll bring 'em back!
25-35 yr olds: Sayonara!
Chipotle: ☠️
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Chipotle stock craters as company says young people without jobs can't afford their food anymore
Chipotle's menu innovation was not enough to lure in customers who are being pickier during the third quarter.
finance.yahoo.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
25-35 yr olds: You're too expensive for us.
Chipotle: Let's introduce some new add-ons and just do some more marketing. That'll bring 'em back!
25-35 yr olds: Sayonara!
Chipotle: ☠️
finance.yahoo.com/news/chipotl...
Chipotle: Let's introduce some new add-ons and just do some more marketing. That'll bring 'em back!
25-35 yr olds: Sayonara!
Chipotle: ☠️
finance.yahoo.com/news/chipotl...
This story should be a bigger headline!
ICE barged into the apartments of American citizens and detained them because they simply lived in the same building as migrants.
What they did here can happen to anyone in the US now. The 4th Amendment is meaningless to ICE.
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ICE barged into the apartments of American citizens and detained them because they simply lived in the same building as migrants.
What they did here can happen to anyone in the US now. The 4th Amendment is meaningless to ICE.
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In Chicago, an immense show of force signals a sharp escalation in White House immigration crackdown
A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This story should be a bigger headline!
ICE barged into the apartments of American citizens and detained them because they simply lived in the same building as migrants.
What they did here can happen to anyone in the US now. The 4th Amendment is meaningless to ICE.
apnews.com/article/chic...
ICE barged into the apartments of American citizens and detained them because they simply lived in the same building as migrants.
What they did here can happen to anyone in the US now. The 4th Amendment is meaningless to ICE.
apnews.com/article/chic...
Mike Johnson: I’ll keep government closed for as long as it takes to screw over working class people.
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Government shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicts the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history.
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October 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Mike Johnson: I’ll keep government closed for as long as it takes to screw over working class people.
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We found ourselves in this mess because Republicans refused to negotiate. They could come to the negotiating table now, but won’t. Don’t believe what they say about negotiating if the government reopens. Keep it closed for as long as it takes.
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Trump says he's open to health care deal but government must reopen first
President Donald Trump cracked the door slightly to negotiations with Democrats on the health care subsidies they’ve made central to the shutdown fight, then abruptly closed it Monday, leaving the two...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:54 AM
We found ourselves in this mess because Republicans refused to negotiate. They could come to the negotiating table now, but won’t. Don’t believe what they say about negotiating if the government reopens. Keep it closed for as long as it takes.
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This one will likely fly under many people’s radar. It’s wild that they just made up a new position to circumvent filling the IRS Commissioner role, which requires Senate confirmation.
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Social Security Administrator Frank Bisignano is named to the newly created position of IRS CEO
Frank Bisignano has been named CEO of the IRS, adding to his role as Social Security Administration Commissioner.
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October 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This one will likely fly under many people’s radar. It’s wild that they just made up a new position to circumvent filling the IRS Commissioner role, which requires Senate confirmation.
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Dictatorship spreads like a malignant cancer into every facet of day to day life.
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Trump extends control over Washington by taking management of Union Station away from Amtrak
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says his department is taking management of Washington's main transportation hub away from Amtrak, in another example of how the federal government is exerting its ...
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August 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Dictatorship spreads like a malignant cancer into every facet of day to day life.
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The people of Washington DC are less free today than they were yesterday. By consequence, the people of the United States are less free as well.
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Trump's moves toward taking over Washington are unprecedented. Here's what the law says
President Donald Trump took unprecedented steps toward federalizing Washington, D.C., saying it’s needed to fight crime even as city leaders pointed to data showing violence is down.
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August 12, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The people of Washington DC are less free today than they were yesterday. By consequence, the people of the United States are less free as well.
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This is sadly the state of our world... These two things should not exist on the same planet.
July 27, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is sadly the state of our world... These two things should not exist on the same planet.