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I don't know if this needs to be said or not but "elected official assassinated in their home" is simply not a thing that happens in this country. 1825, 1889, 1893, 1973. Those are all the ones I can find, ever, before today.
June 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I don't know if this needs to be said or not but "elected official assassinated in their home" is simply not a thing that happens in this country. 1825, 1889, 1893, 1973. Those are all the ones I can find, ever, before today.
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Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Remarkable.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
MSNC: "I want to reiterate this has been 100% peaceful."
Seconds later, LA County sheriffs start firing on the crowd.
Yet again, "law enforcement" deliberately escalated.
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Wow — John Fetterman has missed a remarkable 30 votes this year, has cancelled town halls, and avoids engaging with voters.
But he did make time to go on a first-class, five-star hotel, all-expenses paid $36,000 trip to Israel to barbecue & hang out with Israeli military and government officials.
But he did make time to go on a first-class, five-star hotel, all-expenses paid $36,000 trip to Israel to barbecue & hang out with Israeli military and government officials.
Fetterman Went to Israel on NYC Mental Health Nonprofit’s Dime
Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman has come under fire for skipping votes and town halls — but he had time for a first-class trip to Israel in March.
theintercept.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Wow — John Fetterman has missed a remarkable 30 votes this year, has cancelled town halls, and avoids engaging with voters.
But he did make time to go on a first-class, five-star hotel, all-expenses paid $36,000 trip to Israel to barbecue & hang out with Israeli military and government officials.
But he did make time to go on a first-class, five-star hotel, all-expenses paid $36,000 trip to Israel to barbecue & hang out with Israeli military and government officials.
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the history of IQ is amazing they lit just made up “fossil IQ” scores for dead people and published it as “science”
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
the history of IQ is amazing they lit just made up “fossil IQ” scores for dead people and published it as “science”
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People are saying this new plan is a concentration camp, but it's more like the Warsaw Ghetto. Like, literally, like the Nazi establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto. From the forced displacement to the rationing of food and supplies.
May 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
People are saying this new plan is a concentration camp, but it's more like the Warsaw Ghetto. Like, literally, like the Nazi establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto. From the forced displacement to the rationing of food and supplies.
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It's basically legal for high profile Republicans to commit crimes now.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery
President Donald Trump issued a pardon on Monday for a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted last year of federal bribery charges, averting prison time for the officer.
www.reuters.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It's basically legal for high profile Republicans to commit crimes now.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Controversy erupts after ICE arrest of Greenfield man taking child to school www.ksbw.com/article/firs...
Controversy erupts after ICE arrest of Greenfield man taking child to school
Monterey County Board of Supervisors Chair Chris Lopez says that a man has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
www.ksbw.com
May 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Controversy erupts after ICE arrest of Greenfield man taking child to school www.ksbw.com/article/firs...
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Brooke Jenkins: "Brady?"
a woman says i don 't know her on a tv show
Alt: Mariah Carey "I don't know her" gif
media.tenor.com
May 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brooke Jenkins: "Brady?"
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The House Budget Reconciliation Bill effect on income groups:
May 26, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The House Budget Reconciliation Bill effect on income groups:
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Trump just pardoned a corrupt sheriff who was found guilty of taking bribes in exchange for law endorsement badges.
Those who bought the badges used them to drive in emergency lanes, bypass TSA lines, and for other favors.
Those who bought the badges used them to drive in emergency lanes, bypass TSA lines, and for other favors.
May 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Trump just pardoned a corrupt sheriff who was found guilty of taking bribes in exchange for law endorsement badges.
Those who bought the badges used them to drive in emergency lanes, bypass TSA lines, and for other favors.
Those who bought the badges used them to drive in emergency lanes, bypass TSA lines, and for other favors.
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Immigration “judges” and ICE work for the same bosses. And these aren’t real courts (unless you’re big on early modern legal traditions huge numbers of oppressed people fled Europe hundreds of years ago to escape.)
One thing people aren’t grasping about ICE waiting in immigration court to kidnap people at their hearings:
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
DOJ lawyers are *intentionally dismissing cases* to avoid having to do any work & due process by just handing them to ICE. Pathetic & illegal.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
ICE agents deploy new tactic: arresting people as they leave mandatory court hearings
Migrant-rights advocates say the new approach is causing confusion as undocumented immigrants see cases dismissed before ICE agents move in.
www.usatoday.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Immigration “judges” and ICE work for the same bosses. And these aren’t real courts (unless you’re big on early modern legal traditions huge numbers of oppressed people fled Europe hundreds of years ago to escape.)
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The steady deterioration of First Amendment rights and the conflation of violence with dissent is a result not just of an authoritarian regime but of a press culture that is feckless at best and authoritarian-fluffers at worst. The New York Times is beyond redemption.
The killings of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington on Wednesday cast a harsh spotlight on the pro-Palestinian movement in the U.S. and the impact even peaceful protests might be having on attitudes against people connected to Israel.
Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After Embassy Attack
www.nytimes.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The steady deterioration of First Amendment rights and the conflation of violence with dissent is a result not just of an authoritarian regime but of a press culture that is feckless at best and authoritarian-fluffers at worst. The New York Times is beyond redemption.
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San Francisco's DA has a "pattern & practice" of withholding evidence in criminal trials, say the city's public defenders.
They've tracked 50 such cases. Sometimes, evidence was withheld until the eve of a trial. In a few, it was revealed well into it.
missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-d...
They've tracked 50 such cases. Sometimes, evidence was withheld until the eve of a trial. In a few, it was revealed well into it.
missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-d...
S.F. DA has ‘pattern and practice’ of withholding evidence, public defenders allege
The public defender’s misdemeanor unit says it tracked 50 incidents in a six month period of the DA failing to turn over evidence on time.
missionlocal.org
May 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
San Francisco's DA has a "pattern & practice" of withholding evidence in criminal trials, say the city's public defenders.
They've tracked 50 such cases. Sometimes, evidence was withheld until the eve of a trial. In a few, it was revealed well into it.
missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-d...
They've tracked 50 such cases. Sometimes, evidence was withheld until the eve of a trial. In a few, it was revealed well into it.
missionlocal.org/2025/05/sf-d...
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San Francisco’s Donald Trump Connection
A closer look at how powerful SF figures and institutions have backed Trump — and how they’re shaping local politics.
A closer look at how powerful SF figures and institutions have backed Trump — and how they’re shaping local politics.
May 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
San Francisco’s Donald Trump Connection
A closer look at how powerful SF figures and institutions have backed Trump — and how they’re shaping local politics.
A closer look at how powerful SF figures and institutions have backed Trump — and how they’re shaping local politics.
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The Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer published a list of ‘summer reads’, ten of which were entirely made up by artificial intelligence
Top US newspapers recommended 15 books. Only five of them were real
www.thetimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Chicago Sun-Times and The Philadelphia Inquirer published a list of ‘summer reads’, ten of which were entirely made up by artificial intelligence
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An anonymous worker has been signed off with trauma leave since the power went out and she sat there, alone, unable to see the planes
It’s only a matter of time before tragedy strikes, she says
It’s only a matter of time before tragedy strikes, she says
I was alone on shift when Newark air traffic control went dark
www.thetimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
An anonymous worker has been signed off with trauma leave since the power went out and she sat there, alone, unable to see the planes
It’s only a matter of time before tragedy strikes, she says
It’s only a matter of time before tragedy strikes, she says
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During WWII, a young Japanese woman took enormous risks to resist and defy her country's descent into fascism by moving to China, writing leftist essays and airing radio shows.
A window into the mind of Esperantist and political activist Teru Hasegawa
During WWII, a young Japanese woman resisted her country's descent into fascism by writing leftist essays, now collected and translated in 'Whispers of a Storm.'
www.japantimes.co.jp
May 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
During WWII, a young Japanese woman took enormous risks to resist and defy her country's descent into fascism by moving to China, writing leftist essays and airing radio shows.
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BREAKING: ICE deported a Burmese man who doesn’t speak English to South Sudan—a country he’s not from and on the brink of civil war. He refused to sign English-only papers.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
May 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
BREAKING: ICE deported a Burmese man who doesn’t speak English to South Sudan—a country he’s not from and on the brink of civil war. He refused to sign English-only papers.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
They deported him anyway—with 11 others. No hearings. No translators. Court order ignored. This is state-sponsored kidnapping.
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the number of 'takes' there'd be today if Krasner had lost, versus the near-absence of 'discourse' around it, is telling.
Coverage of the "progressive prosecutor" movement has often focused on its setbacks.
...Meanwhile, Larry Krasner just crushed his opponent in Philly. And, writes @taniel.bsky.social, reformers have lately racked up other big wins, incl. in MN, TX, MI, VT, FL, VA, CO.
boltsmag.org/larry-krasne...
...Meanwhile, Larry Krasner just crushed his opponent in Philly. And, writes @taniel.bsky.social, reformers have lately racked up other big wins, incl. in MN, TX, MI, VT, FL, VA, CO.
boltsmag.org/larry-krasne...
Larry Krasner Easily Wins in Philadelphia, Reinforcing Network of Reform DAs - Bolts
Local advocates cheered Krasner’s primary victory on Tuesday, which all but assures him a third term, as an affirmation of criminal justice reform by Philly voters.
boltsmag.org
May 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
the number of 'takes' there'd be today if Krasner had lost, versus the near-absence of 'discourse' around it, is telling.
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Gerry Connolly is the sixth congressman to die in office in just over a year. All were Democrats.
Let's go there: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gerry-conn...
Let's go there: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gerry-conn...
Gerry Connolly Dead at 75
Congressman becomes third to die in office this year and sixth in just over a year
www.kenklippenstein.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Gerry Connolly is the sixth congressman to die in office in just over a year. All were Democrats.
Let's go there: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gerry-conn...
Let's go there: www.kenklippenstein.com/p/gerry-conn...
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All 3 ran for office despite serious cancer diagnoses. If Dems had managed to hold a 1 or 2 seat majority, we'd be in the minority right now. And because we're 3 votes short, Mike Johnson will have a much easier time ripping healthcare away from millions of people who also have serious conditions.
are republicans really going to be able to pass their awful reconciliation bill because 3 Dems have died in office in the past 6 months
May 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
All 3 ran for office despite serious cancer diagnoses. If Dems had managed to hold a 1 or 2 seat majority, we'd be in the minority right now. And because we're 3 votes short, Mike Johnson will have a much easier time ripping healthcare away from millions of people who also have serious conditions.
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🔥 At 1:10 AM we are still on the frontlines fighting — because Medicaid isn’t just a line item, it’s a lifeline. #ProtectMedicaid
May 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
🔥 At 1:10 AM we are still on the frontlines fighting — because Medicaid isn’t just a line item, it’s a lifeline. #ProtectMedicaid
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Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
NEWS:
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democratic mega-donors are debating plans to spend tens of millions of dollars on a range of influencer plans to "find the liberal Rogan."
We've got pitch decks, investor meetings, and internal docs.
One Democrat has a spreadsheet of 26 different proposals.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/u...
Democrats Throw Money at a Problem: Countering G.O.P. Clout Online
www.nytimes.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Unironically they should buy up the domains for about 60 defunct local newspapers in swing states. Hire two reporters to write almost exclusively about highschool sports and new restaurants opening with every 10th article about how the local GOP is screwing over people.
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I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
May 21, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I said it would get worse very quickly. By tomorrow we will have completed the most dangerous & frightening 24 hours thus far of Trump 2.0. Just to name a few:
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
1. Defiance of a court order by sending migrants to Sudan without due process (despite clear DP decision SCOTUS) & Dist. CT. order.
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It appears the aircraft has departed Shannon, Ireland and is *not* returning to the U.S.
May 21, 2025 at 4:06 AM
It appears the aircraft has departed Shannon, Ireland and is *not* returning to the U.S.