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Ann Brenoff

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Retired journalist (LATimes, HuffPost). Lifelong Liberal. An early bra-burner and Woodstock attendee. Read my book: “Caregivers Are Mad As “CAREGIVERS ARE MAD AS HELL!: Rants from the Wife of the Very Sick Man in Room 5029” https://a.co/d/ipwfHSj

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I’m betting Comer will suddenly lose interest in this hearing.

05.02.2026 15:17 — 👍 16307    🔁 4273    💬 537    📌 181
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Why Trump’s pitiful new health care ‘plan’ is even worse than it appears The White House’s health care gambit isn’t just a sham, it also diverts the process from an actually helpful solution.

"To characterize the document the White House produced as a health care 'plan' is overly generous.

The entirety of the proposal — literally, from start to finish — is 386 words. For context, this blog post is roughly 650 words..."

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

17.01.2026 21:58 — 👍 2306    🔁 882    💬 147    📌 46
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Divided NJ Legislature gives final passage to three anti-ICE bills After a marathon voting session marked by tense debate, the Legislature Monday night sent a package of bills that would limit local police cooperation in immigration enforcement to Gov. Phil Murphy’s ...

"Activists who packed the rafters in the Assembly chambers in Trenton’s Statehouse cheered loudly after the bill’s passage, hailing it as a landmark moment for immigrant rights..."

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/divi...

17.01.2026 22:22 — 👍 5221    🔁 1584    💬 94    📌 63
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www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

17.01.2026 22:41 — 👍 11722    🔁 2290    💬 560    📌 103
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Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants

Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.

" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."

www.al.com/news/2026/01...

18.01.2026 00:28 — 👍 17296    🔁 9007    💬 793    📌 461
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US federal forces blind two protesters shot in face with ‘less-lethal’ munitions Kaden Rummler and Britain Rodriguez tell KTLA and LA Times of being shot at close range during California protest

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

18.01.2026 02:50 — 👍 2669    🔁 1396    💬 133    📌 49
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Let us all stand with Chairman Powell.

12.01.2026 02:36 — 👍 33399    🔁 8705    💬 984    📌 567
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“Fucking Bitch.” The cost of telling a dangerous man you’re not afraid

The same old sentence wrapped in different words: look what you made me do. You pushed me. You deserved it. This is your fault. It’s the logic of abuse, a kind of moral alchemy that turns cruelty into consequence and makes a woman responsible for her own pain.
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...

11.01.2026 19:22 — 👍 2542    🔁 692    💬 134    📌 43

When was the last time a member of the press asked Donald Trump about the Epstein files?

13.01.2026 15:31 — 👍 1825    🔁 412    💬 95    📌 19

If your job includes pulling a disabled woman from her car by her hair, you might want to consider finding a new job.

14.01.2026 01:23 — 👍 2317    🔁 404    💬 93    📌 8
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Ok, pedophile protector.

14.01.2026 15:58 — 👍 1672    🔁 394    💬 314    📌 64

Did he go to the doctor who “treated” Trump’s ear?

14.01.2026 18:04 — 👍 1565    🔁 312    💬 245    📌 21

Senate Democrats absolutely have to shut the govt down to stop this ICE insanity in the Twin Cities. This is not sustainable & cannot be normalized. Any Democratic vote to provide money to the thugs who are brutalizing this community is a grave betrayal to the people here. Accountability can't wait.

15.01.2026 03:37 — 👍 23294    🔁 6995    💬 565    📌 427
AG Rayfield announces investigation into shooting involving federal agents 
in Portland

AG Rayfield announces investigation into shooting involving federal agents in Portland

“We have been clear about our concerns with excessive use of force by federal agents in Portland and nationally. We have also been clear about our intent to investigate circumstances involving federal agents to ensure they are accountable to acting within the scope of their official duties. Today’s incident only heightens the need for transparency and accountability. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure that the rights and security of Oregonians are protected.”

“We have been clear about our concerns with excessive use of force by federal agents in Portland and nationally. We have also been clear about our intent to investigate circumstances involving federal agents to ensure they are accountable to acting within the scope of their official duties. Today’s incident only heightens the need for transparency and accountability. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure that the rights and security of Oregonians are protected.”

The Oregon DOJ is opening a formal investigation into an incident in Portland in which two people were shot and injured during an encounter with federal agents. The investigation will look into whether any federal officer acted outside the scope of their lawful authority and will include witness interviews, video evidence, and other relevant materials. If evidence of criminal conduct is found, cases may be referred to the Multnomah County District Attorney for potential prosecution.

The Oregon DOJ is opening a formal investigation into an incident in Portland in which two people were shot and injured during an encounter with federal agents. The investigation will look into whether any federal officer acted outside the scope of their lawful authority and will include witness interviews, video evidence, and other relevant materials. If evidence of criminal conduct is found, cases may be referred to the Multnomah County District Attorney for potential prosecution.

BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today.

Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews

09.01.2026 04:06 — 👍 17632    🔁 4257    💬 354    📌 182

Trump is already threatening Venezuela’s interim leader, Delcy Rodríguez, saying that “if she doesn’t do what’s right, she is going to pay a very big price, probably bigger than Maduro”

Way to pour more gasoline on the fire you started. 🙄

04.01.2026 19:26 — 👍 2881    🔁 634    💬 170    📌 24

President no new wars is threatening to seize Greenland again.

A day after raiding Venezuela and a week after bombing Nigeria.

And MAGA is still talking about how he’s the peace president 🤦‍♂️ fucking idiots

04.01.2026 22:28 — 👍 4052    🔁 916    💬 166    📌 34
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Hey Bondi, this is awaiting you in a cold dark place.

22.12.2025 18:13 — 👍 445    🔁 115    💬 9    📌 8
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Bondi must be impeached concealing the Epstein files on behalf of Trump. In this media circus, under Trump's fascist regime, she took cover-ups to the extreme. Transparency? A word they've erased from the dictionary.

#ProudBlue #DV1

22.12.2025 18:08 — 👍 751    🔁 320    💬 46    📌 17
STATEMENT BY ANGEL UREÑA
SPOKESMAN FOR FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
The Epstein Files Transparency Act imposes a clear legal duty on the U.S.
Department of Justice to produce the full and complete record the public demands and deserves.
However, what the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected. We do not know whom, what or why. But we do know this:
We need no such protection.
Accordingly, we call on President Trump to direct Attorney General Bondi to immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton.
This includes, without limitation, any records that may exist and are subject to disclosure under the Act (Public Law 119-38 enacted Nov. 19, 2025), including grand jury transcripts, interview notes, photographs, and findings by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (as referenced under oath to Congress by President Trump's first-term Attorney General).
Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the Department of Justice's actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation - using selective releases to imply wrongdoing about individuals who have already been repeatedly cleared by the very same Department of Justice, over many years, under Presidents and Attorneys General of both parties.

STATEMENT BY ANGEL UREÑA SPOKESMAN FOR FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON The Epstein Files Transparency Act imposes a clear legal duty on the U.S. Department of Justice to produce the full and complete record the public demands and deserves. However, what the Department of Justice has released so far, and the manner in which it did so, makes one thing clear: someone or something is being protected. We do not know whom, what or why. But we do know this: We need no such protection. Accordingly, we call on President Trump to direct Attorney General Bondi to immediately release any remaining materials referring to, mentioning, or containing a photograph of Bill Clinton. This includes, without limitation, any records that may exist and are subject to disclosure under the Act (Public Law 119-38 enacted Nov. 19, 2025), including grand jury transcripts, interview notes, photographs, and findings by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (as referenced under oath to Congress by President Trump's first-term Attorney General). Refusal to do so will confirm the widespread suspicion the Department of Justice's actions to date are not about transparency, but about insinuation - using selective releases to imply wrongdoing about individuals who have already been repeatedly cleared by the very same Department of Justice, over many years, under Presidents and Attorneys General of both parties.

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NEWS: Bill Clinton is demanding full transparency from the Trump DOJ on the Epstein files.

Clinton’s spokesman says the DOJ’s selective release suggests someone is being protected.

He calls on Trump to direct Bondi to immediately release all remaining materials referencing Clinton.

22.12.2025 19:19 — 👍 7721    🔁 2380    💬 293    📌 249
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Anti-Trans Alaskan State Medical Board Doctor Charged With CSAM, Home Goes Up In Flames Last week Dr. Ryan McDonough was arrested on ten counts of possession of child sexual abuse material. Over the weekend, his family home went up in flames.

1. In Alaska, the right wing govt handpicked doctors to the Medical Board to ban trans youth care.

A month after after, one anti-trans doctor was arrested for child porn.

The day after he was bailed out, his home burned down, with reports suggesting he was found deceased.

Our latest wild story.

16.12.2025 01:14 — 👍 2922    🔁 989    💬 105    📌 186

This is the best Schumer’s got?

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And Chuck Schumer is a completely pathetic Senate Minority Leader. If this is the best the Democrats can do, then God help us all.

02.12.2025 04:21 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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As of today, a half dozen senior Republicans in Congress have now made clear that pending congressional hearings, they have no intention of expending political capital in support of Pete Hegseth. The odds that he's going down have just doubled.

02.12.2025 04:21 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

Hegseth and Trump are trying to blame some admiral for giving the kill the floating people in the water order. we know who is really guilty. Trump and Hegseth they are fucked

02.12.2025 04:21 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
27.11.2025 00:21 — 👍 886    🔁 291    💬 9    📌 4

It also goes to just how much Hegseth is loathed in the middle and upper officer ranks and senior civil service of the armed forces.
They wouldn't have leaked something like this if they didn't outright hate him.

29.11.2025 00:07 — 👍 259    🔁 19    💬 9    📌 0

Democrats should commit now to disregarding any presidential pardons issued before charges have been filed. Whether or not Trump tries to sign blanket pardons for officials like Hegseth, they should be arrested as soon as Trump leaves office.

28.11.2025 23:55 — 👍 1175    🔁 167    💬 23    📌 8

To put a finer point on this whole thing: "Two people with direct knowledge of the operation" — presumably uniformed military leaders — are accusing the U.S. Secretary of Defense of personally ordering specific war crimes. That's a historic accusation.

28.11.2025 23:48 — 👍 6625    🔁 2193    💬 107    📌 95

But at least one of them knows how to spell whether.

29.11.2025 04:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I still can’t figure out why the taxpayers of this country have to pay for FBI security details for the girlfriend of the Director.

24.11.2025 21:06 — 👍 17118    🔁 4159    💬 791    📌 174