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LongTime🤓FirstTime👨‍💻 on X: "Menards told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid—or they would be fired. Manager told contract security guard to delete his recording of the arrest—he refused. Video shows agents shatter both truck windows to drag man out, detain him, and take him away https://t.co/YzH9mGIo5T" / X Menards told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid—or they would be fired. Manager told contract security guard to delete his recording of the arrest—he refused. Video shows agents shatter both truck windows to drag man out, detain him, and take him away https://t.co/YzH9mGIo5T

At a Menards in Cicero, Ill., ICE agents shattered a man's truck windows, dragged him out, and took him away in an unmarked vehicle. Menards management told employees to delete any videos they took of today's ICE raid — or face termination.

Coast Guard bought Kristi Noem two private jets (I guess if one breaks down). Cost: $172 million. Is that what you call draining the swamp?

No Kings protests across the US: in pictures From New York to San Francisco, millions of Americans hit the streets to voice their anger over Trump’s policies

No Kings protests across the US: in pictures | US news | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/gall...

This is particularly rich coming from one of the top officials representing a party that just mounted a mass cancellation campaign to push for the firing and punishment of anyone who its devotees felt insufficiently mourned assassinated MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk.

No one in the GOP Hitler chat was a "kid" We checked. Sorry, JD Vance.

JD Vance would like you to do anything but pay attention to those abhorrent leaked texts from young Republicans that Politico covered on Tuesday. And if you do read them, he wants you to think they’re just “kids” saying “edgy, offensive” things.

Except that they appear to be full-grown adults

Was it America First or Argentina First? Somehow there’s $40 billion for Argentina.

Republican Christians are in the “Nazi boys will be boys” portion of their moral collapse.

Jews didn't fall for this??

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 72 of the last 84 days.

Epstein Shutdown.

‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked Politico documented the use of slurs, including the N-word and a homophobic term, and antisemitic comments in chats

‘This is so vile’: Young Republicans face backlash after racist chats leaked | Republicans | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Massachusetts Judge Upholds Free Speech Rights Written By JerryM

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Major news outlets are standing together and refusing to sign. ABC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, and NBC News have all rejected a new Pentagon policy that would impose unprecedented restrictions on news gathering.

Fuck, marry, kill.

Having previously declared that “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” Trump’s illegal deployment of U.S. troops against U.S. citizens has never been about crime or immigration; he only wants to normalize the misuse of our military against his opponents.

~Rep. Lloyd Doggett

You shouldn’t be charged more based on who you are ACTION: Let's ban surveillance pricing!

These pricing tactics can cost you real money. Recent investigations found consumers were charged up to $500 more for the same hotel room depending on the city they were searching from, and up to $148 more for a vacuum cleaner bought in-store rather than online in the parking lot.

Trump Plans to Stiff Federal Workers Furloughed During Shutdown The Trump administration wants to withhold backpay from thousands of federal employees.

Trump and his minions' income will continue uninterrupted, but furloughed federal workers may never see their back pay

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging Over 80% of Wayne national forest classified as suitable for logging, drawing concern from locals

Ohio’s sole national forest could be wiped out as Trump targets land for logging | Ohio | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived. ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cuts.

Photo from the war-ravaged hellscape of Portland

Rob Wittman spent the night of the shutdown eating steak with his rich donors. Meanwhile, the shutdown he and the GOP caused means soldiers and federal workers in his district will struggle to feed their families. Call his office at (202) 225-4261 and ask why.

JFC