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Thinks everybody ought to have food, shelter, and medical care.

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No it’s important to listen to this. Because then you understand that many of them will do ANYTHING to keep power. Remember Musk got involved in the 2024 election after saying to Tucker β€œif she wins” I am definitely going to prison.

So we need to move knowing that nothing is off the table for them.

07.11.2025 00:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8192    πŸ” 3078    πŸ’¬ 286    πŸ“Œ 121
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06.11.2025 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10418    πŸ” 9417    πŸ’¬ 163    πŸ“Œ 1098
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Re-upping the dedication of Mahmood Mamdani's 2020 book, 'Neither Settler nor Native'.

05.11.2025 05:04 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7
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Democrats are currently ahead in 63 (!!!) races in the Virginia House of Delegates.

If this holds, it would be one of the largest state legislature swings in the last 4 years.

Its an absolute bloodbath for anti-trans Republicans.

05.11.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2525    πŸ” 436    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 28

I was looking for a way to sum up my feelings about Cheney, and this goes a long way. One of the architects of the "just lie about it" movement in American politics of the 21st century, and one of the people who shoved the country hard in the wrong direction.

04.11.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Teen Vogue had stepped up the reporting plate in a big way lately, and that was clearly seen as a threat. Shame on the people directing these layoffs.

04.11.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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DHS Is Billing Unaccompanied Immigrant Kids $5,000 The Trump administration is slapping teenagers in federal custody with fees for crossing the border under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

"The notices state that β€œPayment in full is due now” & list an array of potential consequences for failure to pay, including collection litigation & negative impacts on their immigration cases. Fines that aren’t paid in full will accrue interest."

Children in detention can't work. And are CHILDREN.

31.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 413    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 17

I reflect on this grimly: if we are lucky, RFK Jr. will be the cabinet secretary that kills the most Americans by his malice, whereas if we are unlucky, it will be Hegseth who does it by his incompetence.

02.11.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 409    πŸ” 62    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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Henrietta says back cats have the best teeth.

02.11.2025 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
01.11.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is insane.

www.kivitv.com/canyon-count...

31.10.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 14632    πŸ” 5050    πŸ’¬ 789    πŸ“Œ 327

Oh, this sounds like a game that I will be spending altogether too much time with. And I mean that in the best way.

31.10.2025 23:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My immediate reaction as well. πŸ˜ƒ

31.10.2025 22:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œForbidden Ideas” they said.

31.10.2025 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0
Throughout 'Operation: Midway Blitz,' the White House has promised to arrest the "worst of the worst" in immigration operations, but has that been the case?

From the start, the messaging has been direct:

 β€œWe have focused overwhelmingly day after day after day on bringing in the worst of the worst and getting them off of our streets. Those are the murderers, the rapists the pedophiles…” said U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during an appearance in July.

The government has continued to plaster its motto and marching orders on crisp web pages and in frequent statements, reinforcing they're after the "worst of the worst."

ICE has taken to posting pictures and backgrounds of criminal fugitives who are thought to be in the U.S. illegally.

Now though, according to its own data, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the embattled agency known as ICE, is falling far short of maximizing an extensive law enforcement effort that has resulted in tens of thousands of arrests in Chicago and across the country.

The past year of ICE data analyzed by NBC 5 Investigates shows, on average nationally,  84% of detainees have no criminal convictions. That is a figure that also reflects what we have found in Chicago since Operation Midway Blitz began on September 9th.

Throughout 'Operation: Midway Blitz,' the White House has promised to arrest the "worst of the worst" in immigration operations, but has that been the case? From the start, the messaging has been direct: β€œWe have focused overwhelmingly day after day after day on bringing in the worst of the worst and getting them off of our streets. Those are the murderers, the rapists the pedophiles…” said U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem during an appearance in July. The government has continued to plaster its motto and marching orders on crisp web pages and in frequent statements, reinforcing they're after the "worst of the worst." ICE has taken to posting pictures and backgrounds of criminal fugitives who are thought to be in the U.S. illegally. Now though, according to its own data, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the embattled agency known as ICE, is falling far short of maximizing an extensive law enforcement effort that has resulted in tens of thousands of arrests in Chicago and across the country. The past year of ICE data analyzed by NBC 5 Investigates shows, on average nationally, 84% of detainees have no criminal convictions. That is a figure that also reflects what we have found in Chicago since Operation Midway Blitz began on September 9th.

Some really great journalism out of @nbcchicago.com's investigative team: www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/n...

30.10.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 274    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

I’m sorry, if someone has a birth certificate that proves they were born here but a mobile app with face recognition software disagrees, they will side with the app?

What?

29.10.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 3451    πŸ” 1313    πŸ’¬ 181    πŸ“Œ 61

This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.

28.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7778    πŸ” 2525    πŸ’¬ 62    πŸ“Œ 18

Fully accurate. Also, I enjoy the show well enough for what it is but feel like they miss the mark fairly dramatically on the Addams family dynamic (despite having arguably the best casting possible, the script lets them down.)

28.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

centrists will tell you to your face that we all need to abandon identity issues, and focus on kitchen table issues instead and yet when a leftist candidate runs a generational campaign based on kitchen table issues, it's the centrists weaponizing identity politics to smear the leftist.

28.10.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9399    πŸ” 2007    πŸ’¬ 227    πŸ“Œ 113
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β€˜Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head Exclusive: β€˜Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says AntΓ³nio Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have

28.10.2025 01:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2063    πŸ” 904    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 69

Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.

Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.

These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.

This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.

Every American should reject it.

25.10.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 32911    πŸ” 10995    πŸ’¬ 1102    πŸ“Œ 438

And this is why you can’t just palm any candidate off on Dem voters. When it comes to the Senate we all suffer.

Vet them.

25.10.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1384    πŸ” 291    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 6

I mean, this is on me for living in a bit of a inwardly-focused news bubble, but I am still surprised to hear that a global religious organization (the Anglican Communion) has apparently had a full-on schism now?

21.10.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The people working for this administration are so DEEPLY incompetent that it is genuinely mind-boggling that they have gotten away with so much.

21.10.2025 02:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is an international disaster. They targeted a disabled fishing boat in Colombian territorial waters and killed fishermen.

19.10.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7551    πŸ” 3347    πŸ’¬ 315    πŸ“Œ 310

Man mugs grandmother in test of laws

19.10.2025 14:23 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of β€œwe’re going to beat these assholes”?

anyway that’s why these events are important

18.10.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 14907    πŸ” 3761    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 107

I was skeptical of the viral post but here’s a story about it www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...

18.10.2025 20:04 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5

Their project depends on making us all feel alone, isolated and powerless. Taking part in a protest destroys all of those feelings in an instant. Go.

18.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 3760    πŸ” 862    πŸ’¬ 45    πŸ“Œ 23

ICE could not shut down the protests at Broadview, so Pritzker’s doing it for them. Many had sought the safety of the sidewalk on 25th Street.
So they made it illegal to be on that sidewalk today. If the law doesn’t extinguish the protest, change the law to make it illegal. Simple.

17.10.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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