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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.

New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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“We almost had a midair collision up here,” the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control. “They passed directly in our flight path. … They don’t have their transponder turned on, it’s outrageous.” www.cnn.com/2025/12/14/p...
JetBlue plane near Venezuela avoids ‘midair collision’ with US Air Force aircraft | CNN Politics
A JetBlue flight from the small Caribbean nation of Curaçao halted its ascent to avoid colliding with a US Air Force refueling tanker on Friday, and the pilot blamed the military plane for crossing hi...
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.

Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.

They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.

Another horrific story.

More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.

The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”

By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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“In their most serious form, these conversations [in the Trump administration] have revolved around attempting to denaturalize American citizens and deport them to other countries, including El Salvador.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Team Trump Is Gaming Out How to Ship U.S. Citizens to El Salvador
Donald Trump’s administration is talking internally about denaturalizing American citizens — and potentially sending some to El Salvador.
www.rollingstone.com
April 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Florida will lose $293 million of the $312 million Congress okayed for hurricane relief and flood mitigation efforts, due to Republican DOGE cuts.

www.tampabay.com/ap/2025/04/1...
FEMA slashes $300 million in flooding, hurricane relief projects in Florida
The cancellation of the program comes as the Trump administration says it may scrap FEMA altogether.
www.tampabay.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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15,000 people have gathered in downtown L.A. for the latest stop on the Fighting Oligarchy Tour featuring Bernie Sanders and AOC!!

This event is part of what Sen. Sanders calls his efforts to have real discussions on how we move forward "to take on the oligarchs and corporate interests who have…
April 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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AOC: We must acknowledge the terrifying moment we are in right now. What we are hearing and seeing with our own eyes is, in fact, happening. We are watching our neighbors, students, and friends being fired, targeted, and disappeared. It is real.
April 12, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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The stock portfolios of more than two dozen members of Congress outperformed the market in 2024.

This isn't due to luck or skill.

Lawmakers can use privileged information to trade stocks while they’re supposed to be working for you.

Make no mistake, it’s legalized corruption.
April 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Trump needs to bring home Abrego Garcia!!!! He’s taunting the courts and he’s disappearing Americans !!
April 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Arrest Noem and Homan for contempt of court. Detain TFN.
April 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, history repeating itself!
April 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Hours ago, @politico.com revealed that DOGE is working with DHS on automating mass deportation efforts — likely explaining why many US citizens, green card holders, and even a Canadian (in Canada) got threatening emails last night terminating “your parole” and telling them to leave the US in 7 days.
April 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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Think of the fear in children. 😢

Thank you to the schools for protecting their children.

Two LAUSD schools denied entry to federal agents amidst immigration enforcement fears www.dailynews.com/2025/04/10/t... via @ladailynews
Two LAUSD schools denied entry to federal agents amidst immigration enforcement fears
The agents were from the Department of Homeland Security, the school district later confirmed.
www.dailynews.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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If you feel like being inspired by a big law firm, here's the opening to Sussman Godfrey's lawsuit against Trump and his executive order targeting the firm. It still is amazing other firms caved quickly to Trump's mob-like and unconstitutional shakedown.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
April 12, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.

Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
April 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech.

The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.
April 11, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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This administration is picking apart our constitution piece by piece.

The State Department has decided that separation of church and state is no longer a thing.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
State department staff told to report colleagues for ‘anti-Christian bias’
Department seeks instances of bias, with emphasis on Christianity, that may have occurred under Biden
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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NEW 🧵

The number of people travelling from Europe to the US in recent weeks has plummeted by as much as 35%, as travellers have cancelled plans in response to Trump’s policies and rhetoric, and horror stories from the border.

Story: www.ft.com/content/6dc1...
April 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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www.lincolnsquare.media/p/christo-fa...
The Save Act also disenfranchises members of the US military.
April 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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We cannot abandon this young man- a gay makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison, by a disgraced former Milwaukee cop with major credibility issues
He is Andry Hernández Romero.

God knows what will happen to him. Call your representatives. Call the WH.
We care
April 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Donald Trump has put a child in charge of capitulating to Vladimir Putin.

www.reuters.com/world/trump-...
April 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM