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The United States Can't Afford the Opportunity Cost of Stephen Miller's Bigotry

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Taking jewellery from asylum seekers is more government cruelty We are no longer seeing people as humans, but as holders of wealth we can sell to pay for our own mistakes.

“Dehumanising migrants is not going to solve any self-inflicted crisis the government claims we are experiencing, it will only stoke more tensions. We are no longer seeing people as humans, but as holders of wealth we can sell to pay for our own mistakes.”

Racism, not immigration, is the problem.

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Federal judges block Texas from using redrawn congressional maps that would boost the GOP in the 2026 midterm elections.

Why would Jeffrey Epstein kill himself in jail if he had this much leverage of the one person who could give him a full pardon?

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Still honoring her oath against threats. #SheIsAVeteran not a sucker or loser. She defended innocents against the terrorists. 🇺🇸 1/2

GOP Rep Massie from Kentucky:

“If they have ongoing investigations in certain areas, those documents can’t be released,” Massie says. “So, this might be a big smokescreen, these investigations, to open a bunch of them to, as a last-ditch effort to prevent the release of the Epstein files."

Your daily reminder that the fossil fuel industry is propped up by billions of dollars in U.S. government subsidies and a multimillion dollar campaign to spread climate disinformation. 💵

This is good news. The ICE agent is arrested on state charges, so the Convicted FElon & the Regime can't do anything to stop this. They can try but it will be illegal.
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:

If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.

At least three weeks

According to the email from Mark Epstein to his brother Jeff,

Putin has a picture of TACO giving oral sex to another man. The email implies Bill Clinton, but it really doesn’t matter who it is.

That’s a kind of Kompromat that would render ANYONE ineligible to hold a security clearance.

We’re the wealthiest country in the history of the world. Health care should be a right, not a privilege.

This should alarm everyone.

On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.

THIS IS INDOCTRINATION

The truth will have its day.

That day is now.

Release all the Epstein files.

WE GOT HIM

McDonald's core customer base drops by double digits in Trump economy https://twp.ai/9PYLkO

Bingo. Corporate welfare is the real welfare you should be talking about.

If only the Orange King was the backbone of the right wing movement. He’s just a front man. The real danger is behind him, obscured from view. ONE of the biggest problems we have is the Supreme Corruption who broke the Constitution to allow him on the ballot. They have lifetime appointments.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

We NEVER believed Epstein “committed suicide.”

Arrests have begun in North Carolina based on profiling.

ICE needs to show clear ID before stepping onto private property and asking for proof of citizenship.

This homeowner is 🔥

Amazon announced 14,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $40M last year.

UPS announced 48,000 layoffs. Its CEO made over $24M last year.

Intel announced 20,000 layoffs. Its new CEO's pay package is valued at nearly $69M.

This is what I mean when I say the system is rigged.

Migrants at largest US detention camp face foul water, rotten food, congresswoman says 'Conditions at Camp East Montana are dangerous and inhumane,' Veronica Escobar wrote in a letter.

www.reuters.com/world/us/mig...

Acton: I’m running against a guy, Vivek Ramaswamy, who has said that people are struggling in Ohio because they’re lazy, they’re mediocre, they’re not working hard enough. And I can absolutely tell you that is not the Ohioans I know or see. I think he’s completely out of touch.

Americans Want Billionaires Out Of Politics—And Think They’re A Threat To Democracy, Poll Shows Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.

Billionaires are more publicly involved in politics than ever—and Americans aren’t loving it.

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself The bill prohibited the FDA from enforcing regulations aimed at increasing traceability of the supply chain, among other rules.

Government funding bill cuts food safety regulations. See the provisions for yourself www.snopes.com/fact-check/g...

What a photograph.

“Nearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicago…”

Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign you’re not the good guys in the story. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts The company is run by the husband of Noem’s chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the “emergency” at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...

Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts www.propublica.org/article/kris...