Steve S.
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"Current and former national security officials…describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the US apart from the world’s most repressive regimes." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
How Trump is Building a Violent, Shadowy Federal Police Force
Trump’s DHS appointees have dismantled civil rights guardrails, protected agents’ anonymity and encouraged them to wear masks, threatened groups that stood in their way, and overwhelmed legal challeng...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Current and former national security officials…describe the legions of masked immigration officers operating in near-total anonymity on the orders of the president as the crossing of a line that had long set the US apart from the world’s most repressive regimes." www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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If you missed this yesterday, it’s just as jaw-dropping a read today. The quotes are really something.
This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Rubio promised to betray U.S. informants to get Trump’s El Salvador prison deal
To secure U.S. access to President Nayib Bukele’s notorious CECOT prison, Rubio agreed to turn over several MS-13 leaders central to a long-running Justice Department investigation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
If you missed this yesterday, it’s just as jaw-dropping a read today. The quotes are really something.
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“They didn’t treat people like they were American.” In Chicago last month, federal agents carried out one of the most aggressive immigration operations in recent memory, sweeping up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night. nyti.ms/3Jgpxob
October 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
“They didn’t treat people like they were American.” In Chicago last month, federal agents carried out one of the most aggressive immigration operations in recent memory, sweeping up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night. nyti.ms/3Jgpxob
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October 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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If you’re wondering why Mike Johnson has so much time to lie about peaceful protests, it’s because he keeps canceling House business to shield Republicans from questions about huge healthcare cuts and health insurance premium hikes: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If you’re wondering why Mike Johnson has so much time to lie about peaceful protests, it’s because he keeps canceling House business to shield Republicans from questions about huge healthcare cuts and health insurance premium hikes: indivisible.org/campaign/sto...
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absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today:
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
October 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
absolutely chilling lede in @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social story today:
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
"What kind of police go around without license plates?"
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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🚨WATCH/SHARE: A new @propublica.org short documentary about how Russell Vought became Trump’s “shadow president.”
See for yourself newly unearthed video and audio of Vought laying his plans and his worldview like never before. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
See for yourself newly unearthed video and audio of Vought laying his plans and his worldview like never before. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
Who Is Russell Vought? How a Little-Known D.C. Insider Became Trump’s Dismantler-in-Chief
Reporter Andy Kroll explains Vought’s rise from a congressional staffer to the man piloting everything from Trump's layoffs and agency closings to his shutdown strategy, controlling the fate of trilli...
www.propublica.org
October 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
🚨WATCH/SHARE: A new @propublica.org short documentary about how Russell Vought became Trump’s “shadow president.”
See for yourself newly unearthed video and audio of Vought laying his plans and his worldview like never before. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
See for yourself newly unearthed video and audio of Vought laying his plans and his worldview like never before. www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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This is America. We continue to weep for the country we're losing and fight for the country we are capable of being.
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
Follow @heartlandsignal for more.
October 11, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is America. We continue to weep for the country we're losing and fight for the country we are capable of being.
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WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
October 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
WATCH: ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
➡️ Read more: https://propub.li/4odsKnn
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Please pitch in if you can to help make next Saturday the biggest day of protest in US history! We’re seeing a surge in RSVPs and we need to match that enthusiasm with the resources and support that our groups, hosts, and volunteers need: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
October 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Please pitch in if you can to help make next Saturday the biggest day of protest in US history! We’re seeing a surge in RSVPs and we need to match that enthusiasm with the resources and support that our groups, hosts, and volunteers need: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...
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A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.
"The Labor Department warned in an obscure document filed with the Federal Register last week that 'the near total cessation of the inflow of illegal aliens' is threatening 'the stability of domestic food production and prices for U.S. consumers.'”
Trump administration says immigration enforcement threatens higher food prices
U.S. farmers face labor shortages and potential food price hikes due to Trump’s immigration policy, the administration acknowledged in a Federal Registry document.
wapo.st
October 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
A big deal for inflation and also whether you’ll have reliable food supplies, due to Trump policy choices.
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Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.
This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):
This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):
She Was Denied an Abortion After Roe Fell. This Is a Year in Her Family’s Life.
Tennessee law prohibits women from having abortions in nearly all circumstances. But once the babies are here, the state provides little help. We followed one family as they struggled to make it.
projects.propublica.org
October 12, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Due to Tennessee’s abortion ban, Mayron Hollis was forced to continue a pregnancy that threatened her life. An emergency delivery left her without a uterus and her baby with medical issues.
This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):
This was their first year in a post-Roe state (pub. Feb. 2024):
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
October 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @megomatz.bsky.social & @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
October 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If Congress doesn’t act quickly to permanently extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits, health insurance premiums will more than DOUBLE for 22 million people.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
Fund the government.
Fix the health care crisis.
Put working people first.
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More than 200 GOP House members voted to hide the #Epstein files and protect child rapists. They can't evade responsibility. HERE'S ONE:
[ All of them are shown at wearesaners.org/pop ]
[ All of them are shown at wearesaners.org/pop ]
September 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
More than 200 GOP House members voted to hide the #Epstein files and protect child rapists. They can't evade responsibility. HERE'S ONE:
[ All of them are shown at wearesaners.org/pop ]
[ All of them are shown at wearesaners.org/pop ]
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With all the news demonstrating how stupid this administration is, we should not lose sight of the fact that they’re certainly the most evil in American history. Just eliminating USAID is going to kill 14,000,000 more people over the next 5 years.
Trump's aid cut risks causing 14 million deaths, report finds
The figure from the Lancet, a leading medical journal, includes 700,000 child deaths globally a year.
www.bbc.com
July 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
With all the news demonstrating how stupid this administration is, we should not lose sight of the fact that they’re certainly the most evil in American history. Just eliminating USAID is going to kill 14,000,000 more people over the next 5 years.
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Imagine an anti-climate bill so bad that the building trades *oppose* it
NABTU gets it.
“Equivalent of canceling 1000 keystone XLs”
"Biggest job killing Bill in the history of the country"
“Equivalent of canceling 1000 keystone XLs”
"Biggest job killing Bill in the history of the country"
June 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Imagine an anti-climate bill so bad that the building trades *oppose* it
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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
June 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.
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Over 80% of children in poverty are on medicaid and the GOP wants to shift that funding to Billionaires.
May 30, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Over 80% of children in poverty are on medicaid and the GOP wants to shift that funding to Billionaires.
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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
Exclusive State Department records show: As the Trump administration abandons its humanitarian commitments, diplomats are reporting that the cuts have led to violence and instability while…
www.propublica.org
June 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede.
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”
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Trump’s Tax Scam puts tanning beds before hospital beds (literally).
May 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Trump’s Tax Scam puts tanning beds before hospital beds (literally).
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250 years ago, Americans rejected a mad king.
On June 14, we’re gathering again for a nationwide day of defiance to say NO KINGS.
Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 states to show the world what democracy really looks like. Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On June 14, we’re gathering again for a nationwide day of defiance to say NO KINGS.
Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 states to show the world what democracy really looks like. Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
May 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
250 years ago, Americans rejected a mad king.
On June 14, we’re gathering again for a nationwide day of defiance to say NO KINGS.
Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 states to show the world what democracy really looks like. Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
On June 14, we’re gathering again for a nationwide day of defiance to say NO KINGS.
Nearly 1,000 events are planned in all 50 states to show the world what democracy really looks like. Please join us on No Kings Day: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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A new policy from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will end billions of dollars of funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States, imperiling thousands of projects on topics such as emerging infectious diseases and cancer.
https://go.nature.com/4jEDppr
https://go.nature.com/4jEDppr
Exclusive: NIH to suspend funds for research abroad as it overhauls policy
Move by US biomedical agency threatens thousands of projects on infectious diseases, cancer and more.
go.nature.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
A new policy from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will end billions of dollars of funding to laboratories and hospitals outside the United States, imperiling thousands of projects on topics such as emerging infectious diseases and cancer.
https://go.nature.com/4jEDppr
https://go.nature.com/4jEDppr
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The Trump administration halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.”
Trump Administration Cancels $1 Billion in Grants for Student Mental Health
Congress authorized the money in a bipartisan breakthrough around addressing gun violence after a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, killed 19 children and two teachers.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The Trump administration halted $1 billion for mental health services for children, saying that the programs funded by a bipartisan law aimed at stemming gun violence in schools were no longer in “the best interest of the federal government.”