Rick Nobles

ICE PULLS GUNS ON Observers, Arrests for Hand Gun Gestures? "Nazi pieces of shit!" Minneapolis activist screamed at ICE after agents aimed guns at another observer. ICE told us they arrested observers for allegedly "threatening" them with...hand gun gestures.

ICE PULLS GUNS ON Observers, Arrests for Hand Gun Gestures?
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Execution in Minneapolis- Jen Rubin and Mary McCord go live A recording from Mary McCord and Jennifer Rubin's live video

Execution in Minneapolis- Jen Rubin and Mary McCord go live
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January 23, 2026 Tens of thousands of Minnesotans took to the streets today in bitter cold temperatures with wind chills of -20°F (–28°C) to protest the occupation of Minneapolis and St.

January 23, 2026
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A Year of Authoritarian Decline But elections remain the line that still holds – for now.

A Year of Authoritarian Decline
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Words & Phrases Trump, to his mind, doesn’t need no stinkin’ allies

Words & Phrases
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It’s Sundowning in America A presidential mind is a dangerous thing to lose

It’s Sundowning in America
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January 17, 2026 After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J.

January 17, 2026
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The People Are Turning Against ICE. Will the Politicians Take Notice? Strongly worded statements will not stop the terrorization of the country.

The People Are Turning Against ICE. Will the Politicians Take Notice?
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January 13, 2026 Officials in the Trump administration insist its surges of federal agents into Democratic-led cities are necessary to round up undocumented immigrants, but the agents’ mission increasingly looks as if...

January 13, 2026
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January 12, 2026 Today, Democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Defense Department, Navy Secretary John Phelan, and the Navy Department for violating his First Amendment right...

January 12, 2026
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We Have the King That Thomas Paine Feared The rule of law was central to the American experiment. Is it still?

We Have the King That Thomas Paine Feared
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Texas A&M, Under New Curriculum Limits, Warns Professor Not to Teach Plato

“A philosophy professor who is not allowed to teach Plato?” Dr. Peterson said in an interview on Wednesday. “What kind of university is that? Is that really what they want?”

Opinion | Trump Is Unleashing Forces Beyond His Control

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When ICE Roughs Up American Citizens A ProPublica report documents scores of unlawful arrests of U.S. citizens and points to widespread abuses by ICE

When ICE Roughs Up American Citizens
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Moment of Truth for the High Court Will the Court Authorize Emergency Power Based on Falsehood?

Moment of Truth for the High Court
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The Cost of Living Is About to Become the Most Important Political Issue You may be mostly mad about authoritarianism, but normie Americans are going to start getting madder, too.

The Cost of Living Is About to Become the Most Important Political Issue
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Words & Phrases We Can Do Without ‘Incitement’ has become another word for ‘Trump criticism’

"Fascistic behavior such as violently snatching people off the street and sending them to third-world hell holes? Not incitement, in the MAGA cult. But calling out that fascistic behavior? That, in their ideological bubble, constitutes incitement."

September 25, 2025 Today, with the popularity of President Donald J.

September 25, 2025
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Donald Trump in the 9th Circle of Hell His two huge betrayals of the Constitution

"Take this as me shouting from the rooftops: there is no greater abuse—none—than forcing a prosecutor to bring charges against the president’s political enemies without adequate evidence."

The Lawless Detention of Nicole Collier State Republicans Force Her To Sleep in the House Chambers Like a Truant Child

"If you want to see how authoritarianism takes root in America, you don’t have to look to Moscow or Budapest. Just look to Austin, where one lawmaker is being held against her will by colleagues who think power is its own justification."

Words & Phrases We Could Do Without ‘New numbers’ are lies

Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
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DHS is a Menace A human rights abomination unfolds

DHS is a Menace
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Opinion | Trump’s Cultural Revolution Is Just Getting Started

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Opinion | The Supreme Court Has Finally Found a President It Likes

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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

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Making Immigration Great Again Trump has reminded America that immigrants are people

Making Immigration Great Again
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It’s the Election, Stupid. Keeping Watch on Trump’s Every Election-Related Move

It’s the Election, Stupid.
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The Texas Flash Flood Is a Preview of the Chaos to Come Climate change is making disasters more common, more deadly and far more costly, even as the federal government is running away from the policies that might begin to protect the nation.

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Now the Second (and Worse) Stage of Trump’s Police State It’s part of the Big Ugly Bill just signed into law, and it will be evident very soon.

"As of now, 71.7 percent of ICE detainees have no criminal record. Some have been hardworking members of their communities for decades."

July 6, 2025 At least 80 people are dead and more than 40 are still missing in Central Texas after almost a foot (30 centimeters) of rain caused flash floods overnight on Friday.

"Several NWS offices across the country are so understaffed they can no longer operate around the clock, and many are no longer able to launch the weather balloons that provide critical data."