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Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
August 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Situation on 14th St and W St. NW, with federal agents -- no specific agency identified -- pulling cars over for checks. They arrested a Black woman in this car.
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
BIG crowd of people shouting at police.
"Fuck you!"
"What is wrong with you!"
"You don't need to terrorize people like this!"
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August 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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I am congenitally resistant to conspiracy thinking, but this really does feel like a eugenic plot. There is some dark, pseudo-Darwinian thinking on the right that equates illness with moral unfitness, and prefers that the weak die, indeed demands that they be culled. Truly a death cult.
NIH Director Battacharya on mRNA technology: "We should not be using as a platform for mass vaccination"
August 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I am congenitally resistant to conspiracy thinking, but this really does feel like a eugenic plot. There is some dark, pseudo-Darwinian thinking on the right that equates illness with moral unfitness, and prefers that the weak die, indeed demands that they be culled. Truly a death cult.
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A philosopher recently told me that this exact quote was used when CEU was kicked out of Hungary. She told me this months ago, saying that what's unfolding in the US is eerily similar to the path Hungary has taken. Next, "the sciences will start blaming the humanities, causing a rift in academia"
In which a Yale prof calls for jettisoning humanities to make way for science-only universities.
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
“scientists… are being punished for the sins of [humanities scholars] because we all live under one roof. I cannot see a compelling reason for our continued cohabitation.”
Unyoke the Sciences From the Humanities
Arts and sciences typically cohabitate. Should they?
thedispatch.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A philosopher recently told me that this exact quote was used when CEU was kicked out of Hungary. She told me this months ago, saying that what's unfolding in the US is eerily similar to the path Hungary has taken. Next, "the sciences will start blaming the humanities, causing a rift in academia"
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It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
June 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It’s every parent’s nightmare, isn’t it? you check your child’s bulletproof backpack and find a picture book about gay penguins
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Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
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On Xitter, Newsom is talking abt 3.4M who could lose Medicaid.
Is there any reason CA (and all Dem states) couldn’t send those people notice that Trump is going to cut it?
Is there any reason CA (and all Dem states) couldn’t send those people notice that Trump is going to cut it?
June 27, 2025 at 8:51 PM
On Xitter, Newsom is talking abt 3.4M who could lose Medicaid.
Is there any reason CA (and all Dem states) couldn’t send those people notice that Trump is going to cut it?
Is there any reason CA (and all Dem states) couldn’t send those people notice that Trump is going to cut it?
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To all my dear friends on Blue Sky.....
June 26, 2025 at 3:56 AM
To all my dear friends on Blue Sky.....
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Just a few words of Noam Chomsky responding to Bill Moyers I believe in 1988 in a PBS interview.
Neither FOX nor MICKEY MOUSE NEWS will repeat such words.
Neither FOX nor MICKEY MOUSE NEWS will repeat such words.
June 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just a few words of Noam Chomsky responding to Bill Moyers I believe in 1988 in a PBS interview.
Neither FOX nor MICKEY MOUSE NEWS will repeat such words.
Neither FOX nor MICKEY MOUSE NEWS will repeat such words.
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Bill Moyers was the epitome of a truth seeker. In an era when it’s political to say facts matter, Bill cut through that & told the stories no one else was telling. Meeting him as a young organizer was one of the honors of my life. The world needs more Bill Moyers & I am grateful for the life he led.
June 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Bill Moyers was the epitome of a truth seeker. In an era when it’s political to say facts matter, Bill cut through that & told the stories no one else was telling. Meeting him as a young organizer was one of the honors of my life. The world needs more Bill Moyers & I am grateful for the life he led.
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Anyone else having a hard time being happy when the Supreme Court makes the right call for once? It’s like, good, but **gestures broadly**
BREAKING:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court preserves key part of Affordable Care Act's free preventive health care coverage requirements.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court preserves key part of Affordable Care Act's free preventive health care coverage requirements.
June 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Anyone else having a hard time being happy when the Supreme Court makes the right call for once? It’s like, good, but **gestures broadly**
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If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
June 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
If the Supreme Court thinks universal injunctions are unconstitutional, to wait until *now* to say that, in this of all cases, with this of all presidents, is a devastating indictment of both its impartiality and its prudence.
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MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF
June 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
MUST WATCH: Oceanside CA: Militarized DHS (HSI) smashed windows, assault rifles drawn, tossed flashbangs and sent drones into the apartment which had 2 kids inside. They then told neighbors they were going to use tear gas, and they’d probably be exposed. Please share widely. WTF
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#LAPD arrested journalist Anthony Orendorff while he was documenting an immigration raid. This is part of a larger trend that could spell more trouble for press rights.
Producers: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle
Cameras: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld
Producers: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle
Cameras: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld
June 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
#LAPD arrested journalist Anthony Orendorff while he was documenting an immigration raid. This is part of a larger trend that could spell more trouble for press rights.
Producers: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle
Cameras: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld
Producers: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld, Cerise Castle
Cameras: Maison Tran, Jeremy Lindenfeld
Editor: Jeremy Lindenfeld
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Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
June 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Miami just canceled its November election & pushed it to 2026. No public vote, just canceled.
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
Mayor Suarez & Joe Carollo get to stick around an extra year.
This feels like a power grab. If one city can delay elections for “participation,” what’s to stop others from doing it to silence opposition?
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"Seeing this mysterious statue today felt like déja vu, as it comes just over a week after a similar anti-Trump statue—which seems to have the same organizers—appeared in the same spot on the National Mall."
Yet Another Anti-Trump Statue Has Shown Up on the National Mall - Washingtonian
The White House called the last statue ugly. This new one, which shows the President dancing, is the “ugliest art that we could think of," says someone who claims to be behind it.
www.washingtonian.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Seeing this mysterious statue today felt like déja vu, as it comes just over a week after a similar anti-Trump statue—which seems to have the same organizers—appeared in the same spot on the National Mall."
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Justice Jackson on our personalist dictatorship.
Jackson: "Eventually, executive power will become completely uncontainable, and our beloved constitutional Republic will be no more."
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Justice Jackson on our personalist dictatorship.
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Who is against these policies? Are people so far gone that they prefer their taxes pay for corporate welfare and massive pointless bombs over education and transportation?
All these tweets criticizing Zohran just end up seeming like ads for his campaign
June 27, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Who is against these policies? Are people so far gone that they prefer their taxes pay for corporate welfare and massive pointless bombs over education and transportation?
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When ordinary Republicans understand how Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would affect the after-tax incomes of American families, it turns out they don’t find it beautiful at all.
“I was really shocked."
“I was really shocked."
Ordinary Republicans hate Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"—once they know what it does
Solid support turns to strong opposition, a new Yale study shows.
www.motherjones.com
June 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
When ordinary Republicans understand how Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” would affect the after-tax incomes of American families, it turns out they don’t find it beautiful at all.
“I was really shocked."
“I was really shocked."
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Bondi just said DHS is helping rid us of criminals from the Sinaloa Cartel, but she failed to mention the asylum she gave to family members of the Sinaloa Cartel. She also said we're ridding the country of MS-13, but failed to mention the asylum she's giving to MS-13 leaders in the Abrego case.
June 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bondi just said DHS is helping rid us of criminals from the Sinaloa Cartel, but she failed to mention the asylum she gave to family members of the Sinaloa Cartel. She also said we're ridding the country of MS-13, but failed to mention the asylum she's giving to MS-13 leaders in the Abrego case.
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So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
So am I reading this court decision correctly? We now have 50 micronations with their own laws interpreting the U.S. Constitution wholly separate from one another? But there's one guy with private law enforcement who is immune from all punishment who can do whatever he wants in those 50 states?
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Yes there are millions of people who buy in to white Christian nationalism and some have shown how to turn it into very profitable businesses, but at its core is ignorance, racism, fear, insecurity, and perversion of the teachings of Jesus.
June 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yes there are millions of people who buy in to white Christian nationalism and some have shown how to turn it into very profitable businesses, but at its core is ignorance, racism, fear, insecurity, and perversion of the teachings of Jesus.
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Haaretz exposes what’s been obvious since this heinous Hunger Games aid distribution “system” began.
“”It's a killing field,” one soldier said. "Where I was stationed… people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire.””
“”It's a killing field,” one soldier said. "Where I was stationed… people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire.””
IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid
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www.haaretz.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Haaretz exposes what’s been obvious since this heinous Hunger Games aid distribution “system” began.
“”It's a killing field,” one soldier said. "Where I was stationed… people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire.””
“”It's a killing field,” one soldier said. "Where I was stationed… people were killed every day. They're treated like a hostile force – no crowd-control measures, no tear gas – just live fire.””
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