Reality is more than what’s broken.

‘Horrific’: report reveals abuse of pregnant women and children at US Ice facilities Report from senator Jon Ossoff’s office found 510 credible reports of human rights abuses since Trump’s inauguration

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3M views · 232K reactions | Sen. Cory Booker clashed with fellow Democrats over a bipartisan package of police funding bills, saying "it's time for Democrats to have a backbone." | NBC News Sen. Cory Booker clashed with fellow Democrats over a bipartisan package of police funding bills, saying "it's time for Democrats to have a backbone.".

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No, Mr. President. NO ONE is born to be a criminal or killer!

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Trump to fire BLS commissioner after bad jobs report President Trump on Friday said he directed his team to fire the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics following a dismal jobs report he blamed squarely on the Biden appointee. Trump said o…

Don’t like the message? Shoot the messenger.

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CBS is ending ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ next year | CNN Business In a shocking move, CBS is ending “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” next year, potentially exiting the late-night television business altogether.

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A new report shows Iowa’s economy shrank in the first quarter of 2025, the second worst rate in the nation.

“The report from the U.S. Commerce Department shows Iowa’s economy shrank 6.1% compared to the last quarter of 2024. Only Nebraska had a worse rate. (KCRG-TV)

Donald Trump Is Enacting His Darkest Agenda in the Backyard of a Small Town. Absolutely No One Wants to Talk About It. In Jena, Louisiana, the people knew everything and nothing about what’s happening there.

Worth your time.
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How would you like to see the US respond to Iran?
JONI ERNST: Well, this will be entirely up to the president ... whatever that call is that is made by President Donald Trump, I will be supportive of

“Father, forgive them for they know not what they do” does not apply to the Trump administration and Congress.

They know exactly what they’re doing that harms people.

According to the New York Times, “armed National Guard troops mobilized by President Trump initially tasked with guarding federal building “accompanied federal immigration enforcement officers on raids in Los Angeles on Tuesday.”

Sending military troops for protecting buildings was a pretext.

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Increasingly a Necessity: A 15-Point Guide to Surviving Authoritarianism – BillMoyers.com It’s good to remember the very big, very frightening picture before us, how far we’ve already come, and to consider what recourse we have with complicit and corrupt forces standing in the way. Continu...

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is cutting public affairs staffers at the Social Security Administration’s regional offices and will move its communications to Elon Musk’s X platform….
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Iowa Cubs Named Most Talented Minor League Baseball Team in 2025 Baseball America released a list of the top 10 most talented minor league baseball teams and tabbed the Iowa Cubs No. 1.

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What To Do If You Are Stopped By Police, Immigration Agents, Or The FBI YOUR RIGHTSYou have the right to remain silent or not speak. If you do not want to speak, say that out loud.You have the right to not give permission to a search of yourself, your car, or your

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Senators introduce legislation requiring congressional approval for tariffs

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What To Do If You Are Stopped By Police, Immigration Agents, Or The FBI YOUR RIGHTSYou have the right to remain silent or not speak. If you do not want to speak, say that out loud.You have the right to not give permission to a search of yourself, your car, or your

Know your rights.

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Re: tariffs

The lowest-earning households would be dealt the biggest blow. Those with a disposable income of roughly $43,000, among the lowest, would fall by as much as 5.5% vs 1.9% for the highest-households with disposable incomes above $500k,an analysis from Yale Budget Lab.
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Serious question: is it now “illegal” if any American citizen to criticize Israel whatsoever? Or how about this. Does it put someone in legal risk if they point out President Trump is a convicted felon?

Bishop who asked Trump to 'have mercy' on LGBTQ+ people and migrants releases a new message Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde said she wanted to return to social media to issue a message following the backlash she faced after standing up to Donald Trump.

With all the focus on Trump you may have missed this as I did.

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Ranking President.

‘The greatest propaganda op in history’: Trump’s reshaping of US culture evokes past antidemocratic regimes The president’s full-court press to dominate media and control cultural institutions is straight out of the authoritarian playbook

Important and insightful.

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A few of us can remember the farm crisis of the 1980s. It’s not the corporate farms that fail. Family farms will.

You know the President must be enraged by this. So you know what to do.