Sacha Gilbert
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“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
Why did Tommy Tuberville vote in Florida if he lived in Alabama?
Election records show Tuberville voted in Florida after he says a homestead exemption puts his residency in Alabama.
www.al.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Tommy Tuberville says his wife's homestead exemption established his residency in Alabama, but election records show both of them voted in Florida after that. And that's only the beginning.
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This reporter’s front yard was ripped apart for having a Black Lives Matter sign. Then he started investigating.
On this week's More To The Story, NBC News reporter @mikehixenbaugh.com talks to our friends at @revealnews.org about how that incident led him directly to America’s public schools.
On this week's More To The Story, NBC News reporter @mikehixenbaugh.com talks to our friends at @revealnews.org about how that incident led him directly to America’s public schools.
How Public Schools Became Ground Zero for America’s Culture Wars - Reveal
How race, gender, politics, and the fight for public schools collided on one reporter’s front lawn.
revealnews.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This reporter’s front yard was ripped apart for having a Black Lives Matter sign. Then he started investigating.
On this week's More To The Story, NBC News reporter @mikehixenbaugh.com talks to our friends at @revealnews.org about how that incident led him directly to America’s public schools.
On this week's More To The Story, NBC News reporter @mikehixenbaugh.com talks to our friends at @revealnews.org about how that incident led him directly to America’s public schools.
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NPR Morning Edition had Steve Bannon on yesterday, and PBS News Hour has Chris Rufo on right now. What the fuck is wrong with you??? What possible reason is there to platform these lying assholes???
May 1, 2025 at 10:36 PM
NPR Morning Edition had Steve Bannon on yesterday, and PBS News Hour has Chris Rufo on right now. What the fuck is wrong with you??? What possible reason is there to platform these lying assholes???
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To say legacy media is not built for this moment is a gross understatement. The people destroying this country are being treated with respect.
NPR Morning Edition had Steve Bannon on yesterday, and PBS News Hour has Chris Rufo on right now. What the fuck is wrong with you??? What possible reason is there to platform these lying assholes???
May 2, 2025 at 12:02 AM
To say legacy media is not built for this moment is a gross understatement. The people destroying this country are being treated with respect.
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First DOGE was about cutting costs.
Then it was about “software modernization.”
Now it’s assisting federal law enforcement investigations?
Then it was about “software modernization.”
Now it’s assisting federal law enforcement investigations?
April 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
First DOGE was about cutting costs.
Then it was about “software modernization.”
Now it’s assisting federal law enforcement investigations?
Then it was about “software modernization.”
Now it’s assisting federal law enforcement investigations?
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i am very confused by why no dems are talking about this
GOP photos at El Salvador prison evoke Abu Ghraib—and worse
Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 21, 2025 at 3:07 AM
i am very confused by why no dems are talking about this
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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
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oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts
Six men charged after forcibly removing woman from North Idaho town hall
The Coeur d'Alene City Attorney's Office has filed charges against six men involved in the forced removal of a woman at a Kootenai County town hall in February.
www.kivitv.com
April 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
oh hey welcome to your trial, blackshirts
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Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
April 21, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale RTd this thread, which says Trump shld act fast & “Fire people who can't be fired. Force them to litigate. Mass deport people who can't be deported. Force them to litigate. Cancel 100s of billions in funding that are not lawful to cancel & force them to litigate.” 1/
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"Abrego Garcia is not a mistake. He is a test...A test of whether the loophole they believe they have found — that if they can get you on a plane, they can hustle you beyond our laws and leave you in the grips of the kind of gulags they wish they had here." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1o...
The Emergency Is Here | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
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April 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"Abrego Garcia is not a mistake. He is a test...A test of whether the loophole they believe they have found — that if they can get you on a plane, they can hustle you beyond our laws and leave you in the grips of the kind of gulags they wish they had here." www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN1o...
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The senior enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command was fired this week over a loss of confidence in his ability to do the job, service officials said.
Air Force special operations senior enlisted leader given boot over loss of confidence
www.stripes.com
April 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The senior enlisted leader of Air Force Special Operations Command was fired this week over a loss of confidence in his ability to do the job, service officials said.
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It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service
Just incredible grift
Just incredible grift
April 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
It seems Tesla is detecting vehicles that may have problems, and artificially running their odometers faster so the warranty expires before they have to do any service
Just incredible grift
Just incredible grift
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April 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
April 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The DOJ lawyer who made the mistake of answering the court's questions about Abrego-Garcia candidly (eg yes he was mistakenly deported, a fact the Administration already has acknowledged), which got him put on administrative leave, has now been fired, ending his 15-year DOJ career..
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NEW: CISA has frozen all of its election security work; the agency is also reviewing everything it’s done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years.
www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
Top US Election Security Watchdog Forced to Stop Election Security Work
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED.
www.wired.com
February 15, 2025 at 12:20 PM
NEW: CISA has frozen all of its election security work; the agency is also reviewing everything it’s done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years.
www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
www.wired.com/story/cisa-e...
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As best you can, ignore him.
January 21, 2025 at 10:11 PM
As best you can, ignore him.
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Glad this case is helping folks recognize online manipulation campaigns. Now apply your new awareness to news and politics. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
Blake Lively’s case against Justin Baldoni prompts questions about the role of PR in Hollywood
Posts dissecting how PR tactics may have been used in previous high-profile cases have gained millions of views online.
www.nbcnews.com
January 2, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Glad this case is helping folks recognize online manipulation campaigns. Now apply your new awareness to news and politics. www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
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Just absorbing the fact that the first order of business in the new QAnon-inflected MAGA Republican era is to demand that Congress bury its report on sex trafficking and drug allegations against a Republican member of Congress who they're trying to promote to higher office.
November 18, 2024 at 12:58 AM
Just absorbing the fact that the first order of business in the new QAnon-inflected MAGA Republican era is to demand that Congress bury its report on sex trafficking and drug allegations against a Republican member of Congress who they're trying to promote to higher office.
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Governments and powerful figures threatening journalists and media outlets with costly legal battles and bankruptcy is a common tactic against press freedom in repressive countries.
The press freedom fire is at our door step now.
www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...
The press freedom fire is at our door step now.
www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...
Trump Threatens New York Times, Penguin Random House over Critical Coverage
Legal letter follows complaints aimed at CBS News, the Washington Post, and the Daily Beast.
www.cjr.org
November 15, 2024 at 1:30 AM
Governments and powerful figures threatening journalists and media outlets with costly legal battles and bankruptcy is a common tactic against press freedom in repressive countries.
The press freedom fire is at our door step now.
www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...
The press freedom fire is at our door step now.
www.cjr.org/the_trump_re...
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Russia did exactly this to HRC in 2016, aiming to suppress her vote, and probably did. Musk no doubt did suppress Harris voting as well with these demotivation techniques. This should be illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters
A multi-pronged dark money effort by advisers to Elon Musk targeted liberals, Jews, Muslims and Black voters with ads that were not quite what they seemed.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 16, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Russia did exactly this to HRC in 2016, aiming to suppress her vote, and probably did. Musk no doubt did suppress Harris voting as well with these demotivation techniques. This should be illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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I want to talk to you a little bit about how and why Google's Gemini "AI" just told someone that they were a drain on resources and they should die. And, frankly, why I'm a little bit furious with CBS right now.
Because it's actually very simple, and we've even talked about it before, a few times:
Because it's actually very simple, and we've even talked about it before, a few times:
Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."
In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."
www.cbsnews.com
November 15, 2024 at 7:34 PM
I want to talk to you a little bit about how and why Google's Gemini "AI" just told someone that they were a drain on resources and they should die. And, frankly, why I'm a little bit furious with CBS right now.
Because it's actually very simple, and we've even talked about it before, a few times:
Because it's actually very simple, and we've even talked about it before, a few times:
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Hey BlueSky, I'm back! Will my Portland friends please repost this so I can find y'all!? Thank you! 🙏🏾😊
November 15, 2024 at 6:50 AM
Hey BlueSky, I'm back! Will my Portland friends please repost this so I can find y'all!? Thank you! 🙏🏾😊
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thinking about Matt Gaetz saying abortion rights protestors are fat and ugly, and shouldn't worry about needing an abortion.
"Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," he said in 2022
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2...
"Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," he said in 2022
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2...
November 14, 2024 at 11:22 AM
thinking about Matt Gaetz saying abortion rights protestors are fat and ugly, and shouldn't worry about needing an abortion.
"Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," he said in 2022
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2...
"Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," he said in 2022
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2...
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“It’s absurd. I can’t get my head around what’s happening,” 68-year-old paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova tells me in court. Minutes later she’s sent to prison for 5 1/2 years for alleged comments on the war in Ukraine. Our report for BBCNews.
Camera: Anton Chicherov
Producer: Ben Tavener
Camera: Anton Chicherov
Producer: Ben Tavener
Moscow doctor jailed for 5 1/2 years for alleged Ukraine war remarks
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
November 13, 2024 at 10:20 AM
“It’s absurd. I can’t get my head around what’s happening,” 68-year-old paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova tells me in court. Minutes later she’s sent to prison for 5 1/2 years for alleged comments on the war in Ukraine. Our report for BBCNews.
Camera: Anton Chicherov
Producer: Ben Tavener
Camera: Anton Chicherov
Producer: Ben Tavener