@semicorchea.bsky.social
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Valuable reporting here. I think the key thing is the use of Venezuela to accustom American armed forces to lawless murder. The goal then is to get them to do the same thing inside the US.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
The Real Target of Trump’s War on Drug Boats
The Administration has blown up seven vessels in the Caribbean in recent weeks, but the President has been pushing for more dramatic military action in Latin America since his first term.
www.newyorker.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Valuable reporting here. I think the key thing is the use of Venezuela to accustom American armed forces to lawless murder. The goal then is to get them to do the same thing inside the US.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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Rick Scott was CEO of a company forced to settle what the DOJ called “the largest healthcare fraud case in history.”
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Rick Scott was CEO of a company forced to settle what the DOJ called “the largest healthcare fraud case in history.”
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
Is that the expertise that’s driving your “plan.”
www.justice.gov/archive/opa/...
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"...this moment in history calls for an organized, powerful labor movement acting in solidarity to push back and fight forward for economic and racial justice.
We have work to do. Labor Notes invites you to organize a regional Fightback School to begin this work."
labornotes.org/content/figh...
We have work to do. Labor Notes invites you to organize a regional Fightback School to begin this work."
labornotes.org/content/figh...
How to Hold a Fightback School
We are in a moment of authoritarian crisis. The attacks are dizzying in their speed and range: Courts are rolling back labor rights. Trump is dismantling the public sector and cracking down on free sp...
labornotes.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
"...this moment in history calls for an organized, powerful labor movement acting in solidarity to push back and fight forward for economic and racial justice.
We have work to do. Labor Notes invites you to organize a regional Fightback School to begin this work."
labornotes.org/content/figh...
We have work to do. Labor Notes invites you to organize a regional Fightback School to begin this work."
labornotes.org/content/figh...
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Traveling to the real America, doing a racism, running up a massive tab, and then skipping town is not just a Young Republican thing
Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Traveling to the real America, doing a racism, running up a massive tab, and then skipping town is not just a Young Republican thing
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Wow that’s crazy release the files
Comer: "The evidence we've gathered does not implicate President Trump in any way. Public reporting, survivor testimony, and official documents show that Bill Clinton had far closer ties to Epstein. We're working to bring former President Clinton in for a deposition, but Democrats aren't helping"
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Wow that’s crazy release the files
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In a country where public transport is scant outside major cities, car loans are one of the last things that Americans will let themselves default on.
So it is particularly shocking that the share of car loan borrowers missing payments has soared to levels last seen during the financial crisis.
So it is particularly shocking that the share of car loan borrowers missing payments has soared to levels last seen during the financial crisis.
Americans can’t afford their cars any more and Wall Street is worried
In a country where public transport is scant outside major cities, car loans are one of the last things that Americans will let themselves default on.
finance.yahoo.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
In a country where public transport is scant outside major cities, car loans are one of the last things that Americans will let themselves default on.
So it is particularly shocking that the share of car loan borrowers missing payments has soared to levels last seen during the financial crisis.
So it is particularly shocking that the share of car loan borrowers missing payments has soared to levels last seen during the financial crisis.
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"ICE declined to answer questions about the basement detentions in response to inquiries from Times of San Diego.
Instead, in an email, an official suggested the agency be given the ID number for any migrant who had spoken with a reporter."
Instead, in an email, an official suggested the agency be given the ID number for any migrant who had spoken with a reporter."
Asylum-seekers now held for days – in a downtown San Diego basement
Migrants held in makeshift conditions in basement offices say they slept in the cold, used the restroom without privacy and went without medical attention.
timesofsandiego.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"ICE declined to answer questions about the basement detentions in response to inquiries from Times of San Diego.
Instead, in an email, an official suggested the agency be given the ID number for any migrant who had spoken with a reporter."
Instead, in an email, an official suggested the agency be given the ID number for any migrant who had spoken with a reporter."
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Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Here's something that's not talked about enough
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels kills an estimated 10 million people a year
1 in 6 deaths is caused by fossil fuels
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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"Several sources say CIA officials have been trying to play a more central role in the foreign policy objectives of the Trump administration in the hemisphere."
CIA playing ‘most important part’ in US strikes in the Caribbean, sources say
Exclusive: sources say the agency is providing real-time intelligence collected by satellites and signal intercepts
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"Several sources say CIA officials have been trying to play a more central role in the foreign policy objectives of the Trump administration in the hemisphere."
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We’re at the point where Daniel Biss, an actual Israeli, is anti Israel
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We’re at the point where Daniel Biss, an actual Israeli, is anti Israel
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On “youthful” and “joking” Nazi bullshit since apparently we’re still Doing This captainawkward.com/2018/02/26/1...
#1083 and #1084: Nazis Are Beyond Awkward, Do Not Engage.
Behind a cut for Nazis and the extremely triggering Nazi stuff they say and do.
captainawkward.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
On “youthful” and “joking” Nazi bullshit since apparently we’re still Doing This captainawkward.com/2018/02/26/1...
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Once you realize the NYT is trying to help him you can’t stop seeing it
October 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Once you realize the NYT is trying to help him you can’t stop seeing it
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Pelosi primary challenger @saikatforcongress raises NSPM-7 on CNN just now:
"NSPM-7, which says any anti-American or anti-capitalist or anti-Christian speech is extremist speech. We have a task force of 4,000 agents...being put on prosecuting those people who are saying anti-capitalist things"
"NSPM-7, which says any anti-American or anti-capitalist or anti-Christian speech is extremist speech. We have a task force of 4,000 agents...being put on prosecuting those people who are saying anti-capitalist things"
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Pelosi primary challenger @saikatforcongress raises NSPM-7 on CNN just now:
"NSPM-7, which says any anti-American or anti-capitalist or anti-Christian speech is extremist speech. We have a task force of 4,000 agents...being put on prosecuting those people who are saying anti-capitalist things"
"NSPM-7, which says any anti-American or anti-capitalist or anti-Christian speech is extremist speech. We have a task force of 4,000 agents...being put on prosecuting those people who are saying anti-capitalist things"
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he only knows how to tear things down
And what if instead of sending the whole thing to the landfill, we'd sold the fixtures, doors, and windows. Just the real wood trim that probably runs throughout... is worth something.
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
he only knows how to tear things down
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Anyone who doesn’t see the value of these protests is really missing the bigger picture
June 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Anyone who doesn’t see the value of these protests is really missing the bigger picture
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If the legacy media's coverage of #NoKings disappointed, get you a pro-democracy publication that covered protests from DC to Florida to Texas to Portland, and capped off the day with a 2-hour live event
contrarian.substack.com
contrarian.substack.com
The Contrarian | Jen Rubin and Norm Eisen | Substack
Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
contrarian.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
If the legacy media's coverage of #NoKings disappointed, get you a pro-democracy publication that covered protests from DC to Florida to Texas to Portland, and capped off the day with a 2-hour live event
contrarian.substack.com
contrarian.substack.com
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October 21, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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This is the No Kings era — Trump just happens to be living in it. Join us tomorrow to discuss what’s next: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
October 21, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is the No Kings era — Trump just happens to be living in it. Join us tomorrow to discuss what’s next: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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BREAKING: new racist Republican groupchat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
BREAKING: new racist Republican groupchat has been leaked to Politico featuring texts from Paul Ingrassia, Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
Ingrassia’s texts include vile pro-Nazi & racist messages targeting Black people, Chinese people, and Indian people.
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
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"the speaker of the House is refusing to seat a duly elected member of Congress to protect the president from a vote to investigate his extensive connections the world's most notorious human trafficking pedophile" is one of those things you simply cannot put into New York Timesese
October 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"the speaker of the House is refusing to seat a duly elected member of Congress to protect the president from a vote to investigate his extensive connections the world's most notorious human trafficking pedophile" is one of those things you simply cannot put into New York Timesese
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the image of a backhoe slamming through the walls of the white house is one of those things that's going to stick around, i think. enterprising partisans with a decent camera would probably do well to camp out lol
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
the image of a backhoe slamming through the walls of the white house is one of those things that's going to stick around, i think. enterprising partisans with a decent camera would probably do well to camp out lol
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The typical attendee at the D.C. protest was an educated white woman in her 40s who heard about the event either through friends or via Instagram, according to preliminary data collected by American University researchers who track protest movements.
#Pinks
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/w...
#Pinks
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/w...
Your typical No Kings attendee in D.C., according to data
The data gives an insight into who is joining the protest movement and which issues motivate them.
www.axios.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The typical attendee at the D.C. protest was an educated white woman in her 40s who heard about the event either through friends or via Instagram, according to preliminary data collected by American University researchers who track protest movements.
#Pinks
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/w...
#Pinks
www.axios.com/2025/10/20/w...