“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.

It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”

- Garry Kasparov

DOGE Isn’t Dead. Here’s What Its Operatives Are Doing Now Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

Contrary to popular reports, DOGE has “burrowed into the agencies like ticks,” government sources tell WIRED.

The final California Highway Patrol graduating class of 2025 includes 137 cadets, a huge achievement that brings the total number of graduated CHP cadets this year to 780. These new officers will be placed throughout California to protect and serve communities.

The final California Highway Patrol graduating class of 2025 includes 137 cadets, a huge achievement that brings the total number of graduated CHP cadets this year to 780. These new officers will be placed throughout California to protect and serve communities.

The final California Highway Patrol graduating class of 2025 includes 137 cadets, a huge achievement that brings the total number of graduated CHP cadets this year to 780. These new officers will be placed throughout California to protect and serve communities.

Congratulations to the California Highway Patrol's newest graduating class!

California is proud to welcome 137 new officers to this year's 780 trained and graduated cadets – incredible young women and men stepping up to keep communities safe across the state.

Europe Sounds the Alarm as the United States Sides With Putin While Russian drones target NATO allies and Ukraine’s president, Trump’s America abandons its commitments and openly embraces a strategy that weakens Europe and empowers the Kremlin.

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Pete Hegseth

Admiral Bradley is set to brief Congress tomorrow on the boat strikes—

Which brings Admiral Holsey’s recent resignation to mind, after he informed Hegseth that he had no intention of carrying out an illegal order after 40 years of service in the U.S. Navy—

I’d like to hear Holsey’s testimony too

A Pat on the Back A cartoon by Michael de Adder

@deadder.bsky.social presents: A Pat on the Back

Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records' Booker T and the M.G.'s, dies Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84.

Steve Cropper, who co-wrote classics including "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour" during his years playing guitar at the legendary Stax Records in Memphis, has died. He was 84. n.pr/48zf0gD

December 2, 2025 The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill ev...

December 2, 2025

RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".

Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.

You can watch more of the Senator's conversation here: contrarian.substack.com/p/coffee-wit...

Colorado Tells DOJ ‘Take a Hike’ as It Rejects Demand for Statewide Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) is the latest state election leader to reject a request from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to share private, unredacted voter data with the federal government. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Once again, @zacheverson.com is following the money....

Jen Rubin's latest on Trump's defeats:
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trump-faltering-in-face-of-lower

Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. “Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...

June 9, 2025 At 10:19 last night, White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on social media: “Stand with ICE.

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PEANUT IS MISSING IN FOREST HILLS: last seen at Queens Blvd West towards Jackie Robinson Hwy, Forest Hills. She's chipped:
985113001365428 and 8 pounds. If you've seen or found her please call 888-466-3242 and PLEASE RT PEANUT!

this is insane.

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This isn’t about safety.
It’s about control, humiliation, and fear.

If they can do this in a hotel bathroom, what’s next? Schools? Clinics? Your home?

This is how authoritarianism takes root — one “incident” at a time.

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A woman was kicked out of a women’s bathroom at a Massachusetts hotel by a security guard who told her to “prove her gender.”

No badge gives you the right to harass or police someone’s body.

This is what fascism looks like in real time.
And it’s spreading fast.

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Security threat A cartoon by Nick Anderson.

Security threat - A cartoon by @andertoon.bsky.social

“I think this says that they will not tolerate us being active participants in our democracy—they want an autocracy,” Emily Feiner told Mother Jones.

Meet the 64-year-old retired social worker who went viral after being forcibly removed from her representative's town hall.

URGENT: MAGA Trying to Steal Supreme Court Seat in NC The MAGA attack on 65,000 votes — and the judge fighting back.

Justice Riggs won her election for the NC Supreme Court.

Republicans are trying to steal it.

How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs? The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

JUST IN: The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

Velveeta golfing trips this year have cost US taxpayers$18million that is 14 of fifty days in office 🧐 I think we could save a lot of money there.

The White House admits they sent an innocent father of three to the prison in El Salvador but they are still fighting to make sure he doesn’t come home.

The definition of evil.

My 1st sign for tomorrow. #handsoff #resist

YouTube video by KSBW Action News 8 Conflict erupts at Jan. 6 rioters event in Monterey County

Salinas, California.

Locals -- vividly! -- show their disgust for January 6th convicts "meet and greet" in their neighborhood:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeEq...

The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.

Measles remains a danger to health even years after an infection The U.S. now has more than 600 measles cases in 22 states, most are in Texas. People usually recover, but doctors are stressing how dangerous and long-lasting the disease can be.

The U.S. now has more than 600 measles cases in 22 states, most are in Texas. People usually recover, but doctors are stressing how dangerous and long-lasting the disease can be.

🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸