The Mean Progressive
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I’m mean to fascists. Otherwise, I’m lovely.
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Indiana Democrats modeling off of Virginia—organizing to run in every district in the state!!!!
Let’s go.
Let’s go.
Excited and honored to be in Bloomington, Indiana tonight—honoring wonderful public servants and celebrating the defeat of Trump’s gerrymandering plan here in the Hoosier State.
Many of these folks were at the statehouses protests that helped stop the plan. Thanking them all!
Many of these folks were at the statehouses protests that helped stop the plan. Thanking them all!
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Indiana Democrats modeling off of Virginia—organizing to run in every district in the state!!!!
Let’s go.
Let’s go.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation seems to be throwing some shade at ICE.
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MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
MOTHER JONES: “You should be paying attention to the race in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district”
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Voters can begin casting absentee ballots in two Mississippi Senate special election runoffs starting Saturday, Nov. 22.
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Absentee Voting in Mississippi Senate Special Election Runoffs Starts Saturday, Nov. 22 - Mississippi Free Press
Voters can begin casting absentee ballots in two Mississippi Senate special election runoffs starting Saturday, Nov. 22.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Voters can begin casting absentee ballots in two Mississippi Senate special election runoffs starting Saturday, Nov. 22.
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It’s official: Congressman Eric Swalwell just launched his run for California governor on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
California is Trump’s favorite target, and Swalwell is stepping straight into the fight 🔥
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California is Trump’s favorite target, and Swalwell is stepping straight into the fight 🔥
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:33 PM
It’s official: Congressman Eric Swalwell just launched his run for California governor on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
California is Trump’s favorite target, and Swalwell is stepping straight into the fight 🔥
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
California is Trump’s favorite target, and Swalwell is stepping straight into the fight 🔥
@ericswalwell.bsky.social
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Trump demands the arrest and execution of military veterans in Congress who asked troops to follow the US Constitution.
Trump calls for arrest of Democrats who told troops to refuse illegal orders
The US has no statute criminalizing speech as ‘sedition’ and members of Congress enjoy broad immunity for official acts
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trump demands the arrest and execution of military veterans in Congress who asked troops to follow the US Constitution.
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A Republican activist recently tapped as a “special adviser” to Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon to help the party leverage technology to reach new voters has a history of xenophobic and hateful social media posts, according to an @ajc.com review. #gapol
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
Georgia GOP’s new adviser echoed far-right themes online
Brad Barnes, a Republican activist recently tapped as a “special adviser” to Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon, has a history of xenophobic and hateful social media posts.
www.ajc.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A Republican activist recently tapped as a “special adviser” to Georgia GOP Chair Josh McKoon to help the party leverage technology to reach new voters has a history of xenophobic and hateful social media posts, according to an @ajc.com review. #gapol
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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The probe is focused on whether the mortgage fraud investigations of Sen. Adam Schiff and possibly New York AG Letitia James have been tainted by the investigative methods allegedly used by Pulte and Martin.
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The probe is focused on whether the mortgage fraud investigations of Sen. Adam Schiff and possibly New York AG Letitia James have been tainted by the investigative methods allegedly used by Pulte and Martin.
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Andrew Jones’ death is one among a string of jailhouse fatalities that have been linked to allegations of abusive jail conditions that haven’t been reported to the federal government.
Ten years earlier, at the same jail, Albert Graham died from heart problems.
Ten years earlier, at the same jail, Albert Graham died from heart problems.
Why No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails
Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Andrew Jones’ death is one among a string of jailhouse fatalities that have been linked to allegations of abusive jail conditions that haven’t been reported to the federal government.
Ten years earlier, at the same jail, Albert Graham died from heart problems.
Ten years earlier, at the same jail, Albert Graham died from heart problems.
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“We know that the people of Charlotte will be looking to folks like us to be helpful, and we stand ready to do that...”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
As ICE operations move to North Carolina, coalition of Chicago minority groups vows to carry on the fight
Local organizations offer to assist resistance to federal immigration action in North Carolina and say they'll prepare for the spring return of ICE and Border Patrol agents to the Chicago area.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“We know that the people of Charlotte will be looking to folks like us to be helpful, and we stand ready to do that...”
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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President Trump suggested that six Democrats should be arrested, tried and put to death for accurately describing the duty of U.S. military service members to uphold the Constitution and resist unlawful orders.
Trump Calls for Democrats to Be Put to Death for Accurately Describing Troops’ Constitutional Duties
Trump accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition "punishable by DEATH" for calling on military members to uphold the Constitution.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:03 PM
President Trump suggested that six Democrats should be arrested, tried and put to death for accurately describing the duty of U.S. military service members to uphold the Constitution and resist unlawful orders.
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“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
November 20, 2025 at 4:44 AM
“If you’re quiet now, you would’ve been quiet in 1940.”
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ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
November 20, 2025 at 5:05 AM
ESQUIRE: “ICE is hiring literally anybody, and it’s terrifying… people who flunk the exam, criminal records… yet they’re allowed to tear children from their beds at night.”
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children
Two notorious neo-Nazi websites have been taken offline following an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation that revealed how they have been used to target children.
www.newschannel5.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Notorious neo-Nazi websites go offline after NewsChannel 5 exposes targeting of children www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
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More than 60 members of the congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus Tuesday sent a letter to the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raising “extreme concerns” about the treatment of pregnant immigrants in detention. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/r...
Members of Democratic caucus press ICE for answers on detainment of pregnant women • Ohio Capital Journal
More than 60 members of the congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus Tuesday sent a letter to the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raising “extreme concerns” about the treatment of…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
More than 60 members of the congressional Democratic Women’s Caucus Tuesday sent a letter to the head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raising “extreme concerns” about the treatment of pregnant immigrants in detention. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/r...
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@50501movement.bsky.social Since Turning Point USA is starting youth clubs at high schools, have you considered starting 50501 clubs too?
November 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
@50501movement.bsky.social Since Turning Point USA is starting youth clubs at high schools, have you considered starting 50501 clubs too?
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The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials and providers say ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/r...
Progress on overdose deaths could be jeopardized by federal cuts, critics say • Ohio Capital Journal
The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:30 PM
The Trump administration has made deep cuts to the main federal agency focused on fighting opioid addiction, potentially jeopardizing the nation’s recent progress on reducing overdose deaths, some public health officials and providers say ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/19/r...
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🧊✈️ HEADS UP CHARLOTTE‼️
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to CLT
Eastern 737 – Tail: N625SW
ETA – 4:25pm 👀
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to CLT
Eastern 737 – Tail: N625SW
ETA – 4:25pm 👀
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
🧊✈️ HEADS UP CHARLOTTE‼️
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to CLT
Eastern 737 – Tail: N625SW
ETA – 4:25pm 👀
⚠️ ICE Air inbound to CLT
Eastern 737 – Tail: N625SW
ETA – 4:25pm 👀
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The Trump administration’s restructuring plan will create “more confusion, more mistakes and more barriers” for students and families in need of support, advocates say.
‘Selling off the Department of Education for parts’: The agency’s major overhaul faces fierce backlash
The Trump administration’s restructuring plan will create “more confusion, more mistakes and more barriers” for students and families in need of support, advocates say.
19thnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The Trump administration’s restructuring plan will create “more confusion, more mistakes and more barriers” for students and families in need of support, advocates say.
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Got to meet a lot of super cool women like Marcia Gay Harden and @jenniferlewis.bsky.social all rooting for @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social for Senate in Michigan! Hope to get her on @stephaniemiller.bsky.social soon! ❤️
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Got to meet a lot of super cool women like Marcia Gay Harden and @jenniferlewis.bsky.social all rooting for @mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social for Senate in Michigan! Hope to get her on @stephaniemiller.bsky.social soon! ❤️
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OPINION: "19th-century Southern intellectuals drew on this imagined Egypt to legitimize slavery as an ancient and divinely sanctioned institution," Charles Vanthournout writes.
Opinion | How America Used Egypt to Justify Racism and Slavery
Charles Vanthournout writes about how ancient Egypt shaped slavery and liberation in the American South.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
OPINION: "19th-century Southern intellectuals drew on this imagined Egypt to legitimize slavery as an ancient and divinely sanctioned institution," Charles Vanthournout writes.
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I fear that many more of us will find ourselves asking the same question unless we can end this nightmare soon.
Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
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ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I fear that many more of us will find ourselves asking the same question unless we can end this nightmare soon.
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Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Trump’s racial profiling ICE goon army is ripping parents from kids