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The very best worst people!
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Minnesota for soliciting sex from a minor
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The very best worst people!
@lizcheney.bsky.social My deepest condolences to you and your family.
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@lizcheney.bsky.social My deepest condolences to you and your family.
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Police body camera video from the Aurora Police Department shows a family's dog, Oakley, being rescued from a house fire, but before running outside, he appears to lead the officer to his leash. No injuries were reported.
September 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Police body camera video from the Aurora Police Department shows a family's dog, Oakley, being rescued from a house fire, but before running outside, he appears to lead the officer to his leash. No injuries were reported.
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
July 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We said release the files not the accomplices, idiot.
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"So the AG and the deputy FBI director are screaming at each other. A 'senior administration official' is telling the WSJ all about it. And the president is involved in decisions not to release reports about his own behavior.
This is how coverups unravel."
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-the...
This is how coverups unravel."
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-the...
Donald, the Call Is Coming From Inside the House
“Senior administration officials” are leaking to the press. The polls on the Epstein saga are terrible. The coverup is unraveling.
www.thebulwark.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"So the AG and the deputy FBI director are screaming at each other. A 'senior administration official' is telling the WSJ all about it. And the president is involved in decisions not to release reports about his own behavior.
This is how coverups unravel."
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-the...
This is how coverups unravel."
www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-the...
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Incredible how much Trump policies help Chinese communists.
The former chief editor of Chinese government-backed Global Times, Hu Xijin, described the paralysis of VOA as gratifying. “The Chinese people are happy to see the U.S. anti-China ideological fortress breached from within,” he said
even more comprehensive, from @wsj.com: China taking advantage of the destruction of US broadcasting
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
July 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Incredible how much Trump policies help Chinese communists.
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I spoke to Paula Kerger about PBS’s fight to keep its federal funding and the “existential” threat that Trump’s rescission bill poses to member stations in rural America.
Rural America and kids will suffer if PBS is defunded, its chief says
PBS’s Paula Kerger said that federal cuts to public media will harm local member stations — especially ones in rural America — the most.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I spoke to Paula Kerger about PBS’s fight to keep its federal funding and the “existential” threat that Trump’s rescission bill poses to member stations in rural America.
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Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
July 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Ronald Reagan: “Anyone, from any corner of the Earth, can come to live in America and become an American…This, I believe, is one of the most important sources of America's greatness.”🇺🇸🇺🇸
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249 years ago, our Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to secure liberty and self-government against a tyrant king. July 4th is a renewal of our responsibility: to preserve the republic, to guard individual rights, and to nurture an informed and virtuous citizenry.
Happy 4th!
Happy 4th!
July 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
249 years ago, our Founders pledged their lives, fortunes, and sacred honor to secure liberty and self-government against a tyrant king. July 4th is a renewal of our responsibility: to preserve the republic, to guard individual rights, and to nurture an informed and virtuous citizenry.
Happy 4th!
Happy 4th!
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Republicans hear our voices. Let’s keep up the pressure.
We won’t “get over” Medicaid cuts. Our lives depend on it.
We won’t “get over” Medicaid cuts. Our lives depend on it.
June 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Republicans hear our voices. Let’s keep up the pressure.
We won’t “get over” Medicaid cuts. Our lives depend on it.
We won’t “get over” Medicaid cuts. Our lives depend on it.
If you have an elderly family member in a nursing home, you may be allowing the govt to cut their care.
Why don’t more people care Medicaid will be cut? Maybe because they don’t know they’re on it…
youtube.com/shorts/67HnV...
youtube.com/shorts/67HnV...
Is Your Heath Insurance Getting Cut?!
YouTube video by PoliticsGirl
youtube.com
June 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
If you have an elderly family member in a nursing home, you may be allowing the govt to cut their care.
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Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.
June 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Actually what Americans just saw today was a prominent Republican US Senator announce he is quitting because he knows this budget is going to hurt millions of people and he was repeatedly threatened by the president and his cult for telling the truth about it.
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When U.S.-supported soup kitchens in Sudan were forced to close because of Trump’s
funding stoppages, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
funding stoppages, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal
The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
When U.S.-supported soup kitchens in Sudan were forced to close because of Trump’s
funding stoppages, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
funding stoppages, babies starved quietly, their mothers said, while older siblings died begging for food. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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NEW: Senate bill would mean a $3.3 trillion deficit increase over a decade, per CBO estimate www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to CBO's January 2025 Baseline
As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Budget on June 27, 2025
www.cbo.gov
June 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
NEW: Senate bill would mean a $3.3 trillion deficit increase over a decade, per CBO estimate www.cbo.gov/publication/...
Fridays in the United States are terrifying if you ever loved democracy - especially Fridays where authoritarianism wins and everyone who made that possible takes a summer-long vacation.
June 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Fridays in the United States are terrifying if you ever loved democracy - especially Fridays where authoritarianism wins and everyone who made that possible takes a summer-long vacation.
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The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!
June 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The East Coast has shown up, 2.4 million and counting, with massive turnouts in small towns across the country. Shoutout to the Carolinas, Georgia, and Ohio for showing up strong!
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While Trump deliberately escalates tensions in vulnerable communities, don't forget:
He's also directing the Republican Congress to pass a budget that would abandon the very people who most need support. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/h...
He's also directing the Republican Congress to pass a budget that would abandon the very people who most need support. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/h...
Why millions of Americans would lose health insurance under House GOP megabill
With the Senate poised to consider the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, here's who may be vulnerable to health-care coverage losses if the legislation passes.
www.cnbc.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
While Trump deliberately escalates tensions in vulnerable communities, don't forget:
He's also directing the Republican Congress to pass a budget that would abandon the very people who most need support. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/h...
He's also directing the Republican Congress to pass a budget that would abandon the very people who most need support. www.cnbc.com/2025/06/06/h...
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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House Republicans just sold out their constituents to the highest bidders: Donald Trump and his billionaire boys club.
The American people are suffering, and Donald Trump is to blame—along with every single spineless Republican who refuses to stand up for their constituents.
The American people are suffering, and Donald Trump is to blame—along with every single spineless Republican who refuses to stand up for their constituents.
May 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
House Republicans just sold out their constituents to the highest bidders: Donald Trump and his billionaire boys club.
The American people are suffering, and Donald Trump is to blame—along with every single spineless Republican who refuses to stand up for their constituents.
The American people are suffering, and Donald Trump is to blame—along with every single spineless Republican who refuses to stand up for their constituents.
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The "big beautiful bill" is harmful, abusive, and horrible. Hands off Medicaid!
May 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The "big beautiful bill" is harmful, abusive, and horrible. Hands off Medicaid!
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subarus for the canadian market will now go there directly from japan instead of being made by american autoworkers in indiana. more trump tariff genius.
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/suba...
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/suba...
Subaru Pulls Canadian Production From US As Trump’s Tariffs Deal A Heavy Blow | Carscoops
The automaker will now build more cars for Canada in Japan rather than in Indiana
www.carscoops.com
April 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
subarus for the canadian market will now go there directly from japan instead of being made by american autoworkers in indiana. more trump tariff genius.
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/suba...
www.carscoops.com/2025/04/suba...
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This is f’d up America. Mr. Garcia has not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration has admitted his detention in El Salvador is a mistake. And Bukele and Trump refuse to send him back to his family.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
President of El Salvador says he won't return mistakenly deported man to U.S.
President Nayib Bukele made the comments shortly after White House adviser Stephen Miller defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
www.nbcnews.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is f’d up America. Mr. Garcia has not been charged with any crime. The Trump administration has admitted his detention in El Salvador is a mistake. And Bukele and Trump refuse to send him back to his family.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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Absolutely
Tomorrow’s going to be a good stress test of the press. El Salvadoran President Bukele will visit the White House. At the press availability, every Q ought to be about Abrego Garcia: where is he now? Did US ask you to return him? etc. WH will hate, maybe try to prevent, so all should band together.
April 14, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Absolutely