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When people are hired, not for their honesty or competency, but for their ability to be snarling trolls on TV for the delight of their immature and unpleasant boss, you get an AG like Pamela Jo Bondi.

07.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 15538    πŸ” 3950    πŸ’¬ 616    πŸ“Œ 143

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

02.10.2025 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 32290    πŸ” 15545    πŸ’¬ 655    πŸ“Œ 736
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South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell' A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.

ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.

02.10.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 28583    πŸ” 10140    πŸ’¬ 1369    πŸ“Œ 500
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Stephanopoulos drops a truth bomb on Johnson….

01.10.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 6759    πŸ” 2428    πŸ’¬ 275    πŸ“Œ 115

I know I’m naive but it is pretty wild that the president of the United States just publicly declares he and the military killed some guys on a boat, multiple times, and the entirety of Congress doesn’t immediately hit a giant red IMPEACH button

17.09.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 24458    πŸ” 5647    πŸ’¬ 819    πŸ“Œ 272

It’s pretty crazy that this administration wants to charge minors as adults, but not adults for abusing minors.

17.09.2025 11:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4980    πŸ” 1664    πŸ’¬ 159    πŸ“Œ 75
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So not surprising that the people who fetishize assault rifles kill more Americans than those who don't.

14.09.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 12505    πŸ” 4572    πŸ’¬ 478    πŸ“Œ 200

Something people aren't talking about enough is how often Charlie Kirk invoked the Fifth Amendment when testifying before Congress about the domestic terrorists he provided buses to get to Washington on January 6, 2021.

14.09.2025 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 26837    πŸ” 9267    πŸ’¬ 627    πŸ“Œ 314
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Apparently, the only thing that Americans agree upon is: Release the Epstein Files.

14.09.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 18831    πŸ” 6433    πŸ’¬ 539    πŸ“Œ 364
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Yes, Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade really said this about homeless people: β€œInvoluntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill 'em."

13.09.2025 16:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3685    πŸ” 1565    πŸ’¬ 737    πŸ“Œ 290

The UK fired their ambassador to the US over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Meanwhile, Epstein’s best friend remains the President of the United States.

11.09.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 22349    πŸ” 6231    πŸ’¬ 447    πŸ“Œ 208

Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.

10.09.2025 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 27610    πŸ” 8063    πŸ’¬ 1136    πŸ“Œ 451
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RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States | Moustafa Bayoumi The CDC – the federal agency in charge of protecting the health of Americans – is in shambles. And that is all thanks to one man

RFK Jr’s anti-science agenda will be catastrophic for the United States | Moustafa Bayoumi

05.09.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8
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"Stay tuned for more details" -- Epstein survivor announces that survivors are creating their own list of Epstein-related abusers

03.09.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 33721    πŸ” 9163    πŸ’¬ 1142    πŸ“Œ 868
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Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington

More framing like this, please

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/u...

02.09.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5490    πŸ” 1389    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 39
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Chicago isn’t even in the top 50. Colima, Mexico is the β€œMURDER CAPITAL” of the world…

02.09.2025 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 444    πŸ” 113    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 11

Again… not a surprise. We knew it was illegal. But nice to have the court formally weigh in

02.09.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump did this

30.08.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3574    πŸ” 1360    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 46
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Analysis: Why you should care about the experts Trump is firing | CNN Politics President Donald Trump and his administration are growing increasingly eager in their efforts to remake American government.

In the last week alone, top officials at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Federal Reserve and the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) have been shown the door amid clashes with Trump and other top officials. | Analysis

Read more: https://cnn.it/4oYbXG0

29.08.2025 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 365    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 6

This is very good, I think it's the right kind of encouragement -- recognizing that part of Trump's fascist project is pure psychological warfare DESIGNED to wear you down emotionally

28.08.2025 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump’s Fed Feud Spotlights Mortgage Data Privacy: Is Your Information Public? After President Trump accused a Federal Reserve governor of mortgage fraud, everyday citizens are waking up to just how much information is out there.

After President Trump accused a Federal Reserve governor of mortgage fraud, everyday citizens are waking up to just how much information about their property is public. Here's what to know.

28.08.2025 15:30 β€” πŸ‘ 72    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 2
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Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.

27.08.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 24735    πŸ” 7685    πŸ’¬ 1014    πŸ“Œ 607

This will not keep us safe

20.08.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Again, this is weaponization of information that Americans are required to provide to the government (much like tax returns). It should be reported by the mainstream media as the actual scandal here.

20.08.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is an image of the crowd of people that chased a dozen ICE agents out of Columbia Heights yesterday. I don’t see one β€œelderly white hippie” there.

I do see a wide variety of ages, genders, and races; DC residents united in disgust at what Miller is cheering on.

20.08.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 9117    πŸ” 2804    πŸ’¬ 757    πŸ“Œ 193

In other words: White people can't possibly be D.C. residents, which is also why we have to bring the full force of a police state down on the District.

20.08.2025 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2662    πŸ” 618    πŸ’¬ 241    πŸ“Œ 36
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Price Tag for Trump’s D.C. Military Surge: At Least $1 Million a Day An analysis conducted for the Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.

An analysis conducted for the Intercept found that the militarization of D.C. could end up costing hundreds of millions.

20.08.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 74    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 23

The administration used the murder rate as justification for the occupation.

Vagrancy is unrelated.

20.08.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 688    πŸ” 136    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 3
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Trump’s ex-lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Georgia election case Plea agreement includes fine, restitution to the state as well as an apology letter, six years’ probation – and testifying at trial

Powell later pleaded guilty to charges related to the Coffee County, Georgia election security breach: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023... (11/15)

18.08.2025 00:48 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Donald J. Trump
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8/17/25, 8:31 AM

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump H Bela 3 ReTruths 15 Likes 8/17/25, 8:31 AM

πŸ’‘Food for thought:

The word β€œBela” is the Slavic root for β€œwhite,” appearing in names like Belarus - β€œWhite Rus.” Belarus’s system of rule, is called the β€œBelarusian model,” celebrated in far-right circles, & online forums as an example of authoritarian governance that rejects liberal democracy

17.08.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 132    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 4

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