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An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions and no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions and no medical care. “Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
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For Democrats, the week began with an exhilarating electoral victory, and ended with a betrayal by octogenarian rogues ready to be retired.
Schumer and the Hateful Eight Betray America
A new low for the Democratic Senate
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For Democrats, the week began with an exhilarating electoral victory, and ended with a betrayal by octogenarian rogues ready to be retired.
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WE NEED A GENERAL STRIKE!
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
October 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
WE NEED A GENERAL STRIKE!
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
Rallies are necessary tools but if we want to make real change, we’ve got to go after the only place that matters: their wallets.
There will always be more of us than them, so let’s take the power back. Check @thegeneralstrikeus.bsky.social for info and to join the fight
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The Confederate monuments of Charlottesville are reborn as something more suitable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument
The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October
www.theguardian.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Confederate monuments of Charlottesville are reborn as something more suitable. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Jill Lawrence: The cold sweat of fear emanating from Trump, Vance, Johnson and other GOP officials in advance of No Kings protests is because they know the protests will be unignorably large, peaceful, and deeply American. The absurdity of their lies highlights their desperation.
Opinion | Republicans' attacks on 'No Kings' protests reek of desperation
Republicans’ fictional portrait is part of a strategy to stop the resistance before it flexes its growing power.
www.msnbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Jill Lawrence: The cold sweat of fear emanating from Trump, Vance, Johnson and other GOP officials in advance of No Kings protests is because they know the protests will be unignorably large, peaceful, and deeply American. The absurdity of their lies highlights their desperation.
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Your daily reminder of what JD Vance really thinks about his boss
September 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Your daily reminder of what JD Vance really thinks about his boss
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Pope Leo XIV had scathing words for Elon Musk, but US media is afraid to report them, and Twitter has been tweaked to suppress access to the Pope's comments. Funny how that works. www.statesman.com/business/art...
Pope Leo XIV blasts CEO pay, cites Elon Musk and Tesla’s potential $1T award
Pope Leo XIV criticizes extreme CEO pay, citing Elon Musk and Tesla’s proposed 12% stock award that could total $1 trillion.
www.statesman.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Pope Leo XIV had scathing words for Elon Musk, but US media is afraid to report them, and Twitter has been tweaked to suppress access to the Pope's comments. Funny how that works. www.statesman.com/business/art...
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Note that the instant Trump withdrew security assistance to the eastern flank of NATO, Russian media went full press with threats to invade and annex Finland, the principal state on the eastern flank. This is not a coincidence.
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Note that the instant Trump withdrew security assistance to the eastern flank of NATO, Russian media went full press with threats to invade and annex Finland, the principal state on the eastern flank. This is not a coincidence.
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Mitt Romney's campaign manager has some advice to Democrats
August 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Mitt Romney's campaign manager has some advice to Democrats
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Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution: the Dumb and Dumber of American Politics
August 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution: the Dumb and Dumber of American Politics
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Whether it’s freaking out about the new Cracker Barrel logo or some other bogeyman, remember this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture wars are meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.
August 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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The twenty most targeted books by book burners. Be sure you've read them all. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read
From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present
www.theguardian.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The twenty most targeted books by book burners. Be sure you've read them all. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
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Major US media decided this simply wasn't newsworthy. Funny how they keep making calls like this.
A tsunami of protest filled central Tel Aviv last night. Demanding hostage deal and end to war.
Odds are, your English-language media source failed to convey magnitude of the event.
(Credit: Amir Goldstein. His videos show much larger extent of demo, which didn’t fit in frame of a still shot. )
Odds are, your English-language media source failed to convey magnitude of the event.
(Credit: Amir Goldstein. His videos show much larger extent of demo, which didn’t fit in frame of a still shot. )
August 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Major US media decided this simply wasn't newsworthy. Funny how they keep making calls like this.
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Maker of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land is murdered in cold blood by a West Bank squatter
July 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Maker of the Oscar winning documentary No Other Land is murdered in cold blood by a West Bank squatter
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Congressional candidate critiquing Texas GOP redistricting scheme is assaulted and wrestled to the ground on GOP orders, for "speaking too much." He's Black and therefore apparently has no right to speak.
Texas congressional candidate faces criminal charges over redistricting
On Thursday night, Texas congressional candidate Isaiah Martin was arrested at a House committee hearing on redistricting.
www.chron.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Congressional candidate critiquing Texas GOP redistricting scheme is assaulted and wrestled to the ground on GOP orders, for "speaking too much." He's Black and therefore apparently has no right to speak.
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Economists agree: Trump is cooking the books. bsky.app/profile/carl...
July 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Economists agree: Trump is cooking the books. bsky.app/profile/carl...
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Timothy Snyder: With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States. Concentration camps are sites of tempting slave labor. The Soviets used concentration camp labor to build canals and work mines.
Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
open.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Timothy Snyder: With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States. Concentration camps are sites of tempting slave labor. The Soviets used concentration camp labor to build canals and work mines.
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This is dementia senilis.
July 6, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is dementia senilis.
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This morning, a half dozen news outlets, led by NYT, are explaining this away by simply not reporting what happened. Reviving a practice they used throughout the 2024 campaign of simply disappearing scandalous comments Trump has made.
July 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This morning, a half dozen news outlets, led by NYT, are explaining this away by simply not reporting what happened. Reviving a practice they used throughout the 2024 campaign of simply disappearing scandalous comments Trump has made.
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American values from the 1940s, repudiated and denounced by MAGA Republicans today
July 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
American values from the 1940s, repudiated and denounced by MAGA Republicans today
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@senlisamurkowski really puts the “rat” in “collaborator”
July 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
@senlisamurkowski really puts the “rat” in “collaborator”
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Americans are told that "everyone pays their fair share and the richest Americans pay the most." In fact, the wealthiest can pay income taxes on a tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions, if not billions, their fortunes grow each year. This is the vehicle through which the rich get richer.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
www.propublica.org
June 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Americans are told that "everyone pays their fair share and the richest Americans pay the most." In fact, the wealthiest can pay income taxes on a tiny fraction of the hundreds of millions, if not billions, their fortunes grow each year. This is the vehicle through which the rich get richer.
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Today's essential read: Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison on bogus charges www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...
Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison
After spending most of his life behind bars, Leonard Peltier now lives in a home on the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa reservation in North Dakota. He says he has no regrets but still harbors resent...
www.mprnews.org
June 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today's essential read: Leonard Peltier talks freedom, future after nearly 50 years in prison on bogus charges www.mprnews.org/story/2025/0...