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I realize it's ancillary to the horror, but *People magazine*, which is not some lefty publication, thinks this story is newsworthy and interesting to its readers. That seems like a good sign.
“She also claimed that the officers did not immediately call paramedics after he was struck, and instead pressed his face into a pool of blood.
‘The other officers were mocking him, saying, You’re going to lose your eye,' she said her nephew told her.” people.com/protester-21...
‘The other officers were mocking him, saying, You’re going to lose your eye,' she said her nephew told her.” people.com/protester-21...
Anti-ICE Protester, 21, Permanently Blinded by Federal Agent Who Shot Him with Non-Lethal Bullet at Close Range, Aunt Says
A protester demonstrating against ICE in Santa Ana, Calif., was struck with a non-lethal round fired at close range by an agent, leaving him permanently blinded in one eye.
people.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I realize it's ancillary to the horror, but *People magazine*, which is not some lefty publication, thinks this story is newsworthy and interesting to its readers. That seems like a good sign.
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I can't even pick which meme joke works best.
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
I can't even pick which meme joke works best.
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Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
December 14, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Masked men wearing ICE vests—but who refused to present a warrant or identify themselves—roped off a construction site, trapping two men on a roof for hours in subzero temps. Protesters gathered. Masked men eventually left, and one man on the roof was taken away by ambulance kstp.com/kstp-news/to...
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Are you a home health aide who wishes you were paid less than minimum wage? A miner who wants your workplace to be more dangerous? A farm worker who wants your employer to be able to retaliate against you for filing a complaint?
Well good news!
apnews.com/article/labo...
Well good news!
apnews.com/article/labo...
Trump's Labor Department proposes more than 60 rule changes in a push to deregulate workplaces
The U.S. Department of Labor is aiming to rewrite or repeal more than 60 “obsolete” workplace regulations adopted under previous presidential administrations.
apnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Are you a home health aide who wishes you were paid less than minimum wage? A miner who wants your workplace to be more dangerous? A farm worker who wants your employer to be able to retaliate against you for filing a complaint?
Well good news!
apnews.com/article/labo...
Well good news!
apnews.com/article/labo...
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Trump might be taking the U.S. backward in technology, but China is jumping forward. They sold more EVs last month than the U.S. sold cars cepr.net/publications...
June Electric Vehicle Sales in China Exceed U.S. Vehicle Sales
As China leads the global shift to electric vehicles and renewable energy, the US under Trump doubles down on fossil fuels.
cepr.net
July 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Trump might be taking the U.S. backward in technology, but China is jumping forward. They sold more EVs last month than the U.S. sold cars cepr.net/publications...
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lmao The Sun has a livestream of the “LA riots” on YouTube and when you click on it it’s a bunch of troops standing around doing nothing
you can literally hear birds singing in the background
what a time to be alive
you can literally hear birds singing in the background
what a time to be alive
June 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
lmao The Sun has a livestream of the “LA riots” on YouTube and when you click on it it’s a bunch of troops standing around doing nothing
you can literally hear birds singing in the background
what a time to be alive
you can literally hear birds singing in the background
what a time to be alive
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So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?
June 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So do we get why I was banned from speaking about Pinochet at the Naval Academy now?
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You have never wanted to do anything more than the Republican Party has for decades wanted to take a torpedo to medicaid, it’s that simple
May 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You have never wanted to do anything more than the Republican Party has for decades wanted to take a torpedo to medicaid, it’s that simple
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why not have both conversations at the same time
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
why not have both conversations at the same time
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Spoken like a true mafiosi.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Spoken like a true mafiosi.
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The best anti-Nazi movies are Inglourious Basterds & Jojo Rabbit, because they kill Hitler. Shoshana and Jojo forever.
February 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
The best anti-Nazi movies are Inglourious Basterds & Jojo Rabbit, because they kill Hitler. Shoshana and Jojo forever.
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When I was a boy, you didn’t have to be taught that Nazis were bad. But you were. Now, kids do, but they aren’t.
February 18, 2025 at 3:04 AM
When I was a boy, you didn’t have to be taught that Nazis were bad. But you were. Now, kids do, but they aren’t.
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I can’t believe I’m saying this, but given Trump’s invitation to Putin & Vance’s meeting w/ the Nazi AFD, I think there’s been a massive and regrettable drop-off in people watching WW II movies.
February 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I can’t believe I’m saying this, but given Trump’s invitation to Putin & Vance’s meeting w/ the Nazi AFD, I think there’s been a massive and regrettable drop-off in people watching WW II movies.
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Phase 1: destruction of important agencies
Phase 2: mass death
Phase 3: profit?
Phase 2: mass death
Phase 3: profit?
CDC source:
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
“We just had word that all our fellows and post doc staff are laid off effective immediately. The famous Epidemic Intelligence Service, aka the Disease Detectives, is no more. That’s 1260 staff.
They are calling this ‘Phase 1’.”
February 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Phase 1: destruction of important agencies
Phase 2: mass death
Phase 3: profit?
Phase 2: mass death
Phase 3: profit?
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I hope the entire Super Bowl is artificial intelligence ads. It's going to feel like the world is ending. Entire commercial breaks of commercials for companies promising to do both everything and nothing all at once. The disassociation bowl
February 6, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I hope the entire Super Bowl is artificial intelligence ads. It's going to feel like the world is ending. Entire commercial breaks of commercials for companies promising to do both everything and nothing all at once. The disassociation bowl
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Jesus Christ you guys suck ass
February 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Jesus Christ you guys suck ass
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Today, attorneys for SpaceX and Amazon are arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
November 18, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Today, attorneys for SpaceX and Amazon are arguing before the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that the National Labor Relations Board is unconstitutional.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
Both companies had been found in violation of workers' rights by the NLRB.
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1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
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But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
November 18, 2024 at 12:07 PM
1. It's impossible to control whether GOP Senators rubberstamp Trump's nominees
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
But it is possible to make more people aware of exactly who Trump is trying to install in these powerful positions
Here are 13 things everyone should know about Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense
🧵
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MONDAY ACTION CHALLENGE:
Follow this link to TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Call on the House Ethics Committee to Release the Gaetz Report.
act.indivisible.org/sign/ethics-...
Follow this link to TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Call on the House Ethics Committee to Release the Gaetz Report.
act.indivisible.org/sign/ethics-...
TELL YOUR REPRESENTATIVE: Call on the House Ethics Committee to Release the Gaetz Report
Trump recently nominated Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to serve as his attorney general. Meanwhile, the House Ethics Committee has completed a bipartisan investigation into Gaetz’s alleged miscondu...
act.indivisible.org
November 18, 2024 at 4:39 PM
MONDAY ACTION CHALLENGE:
Follow this link to TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Call on the House Ethics Committee to Release the Gaetz Report.
act.indivisible.org/sign/ethics-...
Follow this link to TELL YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Call on the House Ethics Committee to Release the Gaetz Report.
act.indivisible.org/sign/ethics-...
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only olivia nuzzi can save us now
November 14, 2024 at 9:38 PM
only olivia nuzzi can save us now
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I wish the Earth could be a place of wonders, not a battlefield. I wish people would see the Earth as a treasure, not just a territory.
November 13, 2024 at 9:05 PM
I wish the Earth could be a place of wonders, not a battlefield. I wish people would see the Earth as a treasure, not just a territory.
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One of the things that even I forget about is just *how* stupid and *how* disinterested in details — as in, how to do the things he says he wants to do — Trump is.
May 4, 2024 at 7:02 PM
One of the things that even I forget about is just *how* stupid and *how* disinterested in details — as in, how to do the things he says he wants to do — Trump is.