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The extreme and psychotic overreaction by Trump and Stephen Miller to Democratic military vets in the Senate and House urging service members to remember that their oath is to the Constitution and not a man tells us a lot about the Trump admin’s plans for the military.
November 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The extreme and psychotic overreaction by Trump and Stephen Miller to Democratic military vets in the Senate and House urging service members to remember that their oath is to the Constitution and not a man tells us a lot about the Trump admin’s plans for the military.
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Heritage Foundation acknowledges white nationalist Nick Fuentes is one of their “own people:”
“The Heritage Foundation didn’t become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people…” Roberts said.
Heritage Foundation acknowledges white nationalist Nick Fuentes is one of their “own people:”
“The Heritage Foundation didn’t become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people…” Roberts said.
Heritage board member resigns over defense of Tucker Carlson interview with Nick Fuentes - UPI.com
A board member of the conservative Heritage Foundation resigned after the organization's president defended Tucker Carlson's interview with Nick Fuentes.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Heritage Foundation acknowledges white nationalist Nick Fuentes is one of their “own people:”
“The Heritage Foundation didn’t become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people…” Roberts said.
Heritage Foundation acknowledges white nationalist Nick Fuentes is one of their “own people:”
“The Heritage Foundation didn’t become the intellectual backbone of the conservative movement by canceling our own people…” Roberts said.
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OPINION: Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad.
Trump’s death squads are darkly familiar
Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad.Many brushed off his proclamation early in his second term that the Gulf of Mexico would henceforth be called the Gulf of America as a foolish, yet harmless, show of dominance. Now, however, he’s crea...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
OPINION: Today, Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad.
As Trump desperately seeks a distraction from the Epstein files, the US military needs to remember that any order to invade Venezuela without full congressional authorization is a patently unlawful order which the armed forces are duty-bound to disobey.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
As Trump desperately seeks a distraction from the Epstein files, the US military needs to remember that any order to invade Venezuela without full congressional authorization is a patently unlawful order which the armed forces are duty-bound to disobey.
Under a fascist regime, “Centrists” are complicit.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Under a fascist regime, “Centrists” are complicit.
In an Age of Fascism, a moderate is someone who thinks a little bit of fascism is OK.
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In an Age of Fascism, a moderate is someone who thinks a little bit of fascism is OK.
Any “Blue wave” is meaningless unless it sweeps so-called “moderate” Democrats out of office.
Seven Democrats and one independent broke with their party to back a deal to end the longest U.S. government shutdown. The vote split Democrats, while Republicans needed eight more votes to overcome a filibuster.
Here are the senators who voted:
Here are the senators who voted:
These are the Democrats who broke ranks to vote for the shutdown deal
Sens. Dick Durbin, Tim Kaine and others supported a deal paving the way to end the shutdown. A final deal would need support from the House and president.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Any “Blue wave” is meaningless unless it sweeps so-called “moderate” Democrats out of office.
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Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Excessive force. PERIOD!
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor.
📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.
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Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased ARC data.
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
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But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
How to Opt-Out of Airlines Selling Your Travel Data to the Government
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), owned by major U.S. airlines, collects billions of ticketing records and sells them to the government to be searched without a warrant. I managed to opt-out…
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November 4, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Public procurement records show agencies such as ICE, CBP, ATF, TSA, the SEC, the Secret Service, the State Department, the U.S. Marshals, and the IRS have purchased ARC data.
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
But opting-out isn't as difficult as we had thought. Here's how:
www.404media.co/how-to-opt-o...
As usual with Trump, this is all about optics regardless of risk or benefit. If it makes him look like a strongman, he’s all in.
What did Trump mean by resuming nuclear testing? And what are the implications, in the worst-case scenario?
Experts respond to Trump's proposal to resume United States nuclear tests. ⬇️
Experts respond to Trump's proposal to resume United States nuclear tests. ⬇️
The experts respond to Trump’s proposal to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis”
What did Trump mean by resuming nuclear testing? And what are the implications, in the worst-case scenario?
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October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
As usual with Trump, this is all about optics regardless of risk or benefit. If it makes him look like a strongman, he’s all in.
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I have zero sympathy for Patel, but I can’t help but notice the lack of MAGA outrage for other holidays with international origins: St. Patrick’s Day, Madrid Gras, Christmas, and Easter.
I have zero sympathy for Patel, but I can’t help but notice the lack of MAGA outrage for other holidays with international origins: St. Patrick’s Day, Madrid Gras, Christmas, and Easter.
'Get out of my country!' MAGA fans rage as Kash Patel celebrates Diwali
MAGA fans expressed astonishment and disgust Monday night as FBI head Kash Patel publicly celebrated Diwali, the Hindu “Festival of Lights” celebrated each autumn by more than a billion people, includ...
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October 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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I have zero sympathy for Patel, but I can’t help but notice the lack of MAGA outrage for other holidays with international origins: St. Patrick’s Day, Madrid Gras, Christmas, and Easter.
I have zero sympathy for Patel, but I can’t help but notice the lack of MAGA outrage for other holidays with international origins: St. Patrick’s Day, Madrid Gras, Christmas, and Easter.
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An “extensive criminal record…”
You know, like the hardened criminal that used a public payphone 25 years ago without paying.
An “extensive criminal record…”
You know, like the hardened criminal that used a public payphone 25 years ago without paying.
Massachusetts 13-year-old in ICE custody threatened student but didn't have gun, Everett mayor says
The Everett, Massachusetts mayor said a 13-year-old who was taken into police custody and later detained by ICE agents was a threat to the community.
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October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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An “extensive criminal record…”
You know, like the hardened criminal that used a public payphone 25 years ago without paying.
An “extensive criminal record…”
You know, like the hardened criminal that used a public payphone 25 years ago without paying.
Not a good week for ICE Klaus Barbie.
Another large international airport has come out as refusing to air a partisan political message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.
Another major international airport refuses to broadcast message from Kristi Noem's DHS
Another large international airport has come out as refusing to air a partisan political message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, blaming Democrats for the federal government shutdown.According to ABC15 News' Rachel Louise Just, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, a major hub for ...
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October 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Not a good week for ICE Klaus Barbie.
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If you are in Chicago at the ICE Protests remember to report "ICY Conditions" on Waze and Google maps. Keep everyone informed.
October 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you are in Chicago at the ICE Protests remember to report "ICY Conditions" on Waze and Google maps. Keep everyone informed.
“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression. To fight it, white people have to stop pretending government oppression arrived overnight and start dismantling the systems that have been incubating it all along.”
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention. - @angryblacklady.bsky.social
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Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention. - @angryblacklady.bsky.social
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White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
“Authoritarianism is as American as slavery, as internment camps, as police brutality, as voter suppression. To fight it, white people have to stop pretending government oppression arrived overnight and start dismantling the systems that have been incubating it all along.”
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As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
October 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
As if irony isn’t already dead, the Hatch Act violation on the DOJ website, which blames Democrats for the shutdown, appears on the page advising DOJ employees they are subject to the Hatch Act. joycevance.substack.com/p/a-note-abo...
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“If (this) administration wasn’t pretty much exclusively targeting Black and brown people, America might find this terrifying.”
“If (this) administration wasn’t pretty much exclusively targeting Black and brown people, America might find this terrifying.”
Feds Rappel From Black Hawk In Chicago ICE Raid
Never thought we'd see the day that the American government allowed federal agents to play real-life 'Call of Duty' and civilians.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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“If (this) administration wasn’t pretty much exclusively targeting Black and brown people, America might find this terrifying.”
“If (this) administration wasn’t pretty much exclusively targeting Black and brown people, America might find this terrifying.”
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How is it that so many American Christians are devoted to a man for whom the Bible is either an upside-down prop or just another tacky piece of gold-coloured merch on the MAGA website? Christian author and organizer Sara Miles shares thoughts ahead of her Vancouver talk.
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Why Do So Many Christians Believe in Trump? | The Tyee
The more he rejects Jesus’ teachings, the more MAGA rejoices. Activist Sara Miles has some faith-based thoughts.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
How is it that so many American Christians are devoted to a man for whom the Bible is either an upside-down prop or just another tacky piece of gold-coloured merch on the MAGA website? Christian author and organizer Sara Miles shares thoughts ahead of her Vancouver talk.
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All too true.
The controversy surrounding the Riyadh Comedy Festival tells a story that extends far beyond this particular industry. It’s a stand-in for a broader capitulation to autocracy abroad that mirrors the acquiescence to autocracy here at home.
The joke's on you at the Riyadh Comedy Festival
The lesson, once again, is that Americans aren't as offended by autocracy as you might have thought.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
All too true.
“The theory that business interests will always choose fascism over democracy when their privileges are threatened is being proven correct by the very people who spent decades arguing it was unfair caricature.” - from the article
How America’s Business Elite Became Their Own Marxist Caricature
There is a moment in every authoritarian takeover when the business elite must choose between principle and profit, between defending the system that made their wealth possible and accommodating the forces destroying that system.…
There is a moment in every authoritarian takeover when the business elite must choose between principle and profit, between defending the system that made their wealth possible and accommodating the forces destroying that system.…
How America’s Business Elite Became Their Own Marxist Caricature
There is a moment in every authoritarian takeover when the business elite must choose between principle and profit, between defending the system that made their wealth possible and accommodating the forces destroying that system. That moment has arrived for America’s capitalist class, and they are failing the test so spectacularly that they’re validating every Marxist critique of capitalism ever written.
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September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
“The theory that business interests will always choose fascism over democracy when their privileges are threatened is being proven correct by the very people who spent decades arguing it was unfair caricature.” - from the article
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NEW: Trump told top U.S. military officials it's time to turn armed forces inward against an unspecified "enemy from within" — alarming comments that come as he increasingly attempts to use the military as a domestic police force and claims to have designated some Americans as domestic terrorists.
Trump Tells Top Military Brass to Prepare for War Against ‘Enemy from Within’
Read more here.
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September 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
NEW: Trump told top U.S. military officials it's time to turn armed forces inward against an unspecified "enemy from within" — alarming comments that come as he increasingly attempts to use the military as a domestic police force and claims to have designated some Americans as domestic terrorists.
“My friends, not only are we living in Hitler’s America—where the federal government is censoring the N-word (Nazi) to stop us all from saying it—we are also living in George Washington’s nightmare.” - from the article
"The one word that evoked Trump’s ire, and inspired the government crackdown, was noticeably absent from the coverage." www.liberalcurrents.com/hitlers-shad...
Hitler’s Shadow, Trump’s Shield
How calling Trump the “N-word” sparked the free speech RICO.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
“My friends, not only are we living in Hitler’s America—where the federal government is censoring the N-word (Nazi) to stop us all from saying it—we are also living in George Washington’s nightmare.” - from the article
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Oklahoma is not remotely OK.
If passed, schools will also be forced to post a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.
Oklahoma is not remotely OK.
If passed, schools will also be forced to post a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.
Oklahoma Republicans propose all state colleges must have Charlie Kirk statue
Schools would be required to build memorial plaza and describe slain activist as civil rights leader or face fines
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September 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Oklahoma is not remotely OK.
If passed, schools will also be forced to post a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.
Oklahoma is not remotely OK.
If passed, schools will also be forced to post a sign calling him a “modern civil rights leader”, or pay monthly fines.