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The Wise Old Bat: Reporting truth, debunking misinformation, and defending democracy. News, analysis, and facts to inspire critical thinking and protect our future. ๐Ÿฆ‡ https://thewiseoldbat.substack.com/ buymeacoffee.com/scottd317.thewiseoldbat

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Steve Rattner: Immigration is fundamental to maintain a growing population
YouTube video by MS NOW Steve Rattner: Immigration is fundamental to maintain a growing population

Smart people know that this means there will be less young people paying taxes that pay YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY!

They babble nonsense, while the truth is they pay into Social Security but do not qualify for the benefit.

youtu.be/_YqLMeRAx0E?...

13.02.2026 23:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ICE is at South Station in Boston using their facial recognition app that allows them to scan your face and see if you're an immigrant or a protester.

No warrant - just scanning every single red line rider at South Station in Boston RIGHT NOW!

13.02.2026 00:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jared Kushner named in Iran spy intercept tied to Gabbard complaint-reports NYT and WSJ report a whistleblower complaint against DNI Tulsi Gabbard stems from an Iran-linked intelligence intercept mentioning Jared Kushner.

HOLY SHIT!

www.newsweek.com/kushner-iran...

12.02.2026 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Comparing the last year of the Biden admin and the first year of the Trump admin, Biden created 900k more jobs.

Oh, those pesky facts.

11.02.2026 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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U.S. added 130,000 jobs in January, but labor market growth stalled in 2025 The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that U.S. employers added 181,000 jobs last year, far fewer than the 1.46 million jobs that were added in 2024.

If you look at right wing propaganda this morning, they are all crowing about January job growth numbers being very high compared to expectations. Perhaps they are.

They hid this, which also came out today - ZERO growth in 2025.

www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

11.02.2026 20:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When ICE interacts with protesters, they record your face, your license plate, why they think you're a threat - this is a violation of all of our privacy. We all get checked, whether you've done anything or not.

Seems a 4th Amendment violation to me?

10.02.2026 19:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ICE is cracking down on US citizen protesters with charges, tracking
YouTube video by Reuters ICE is cracking down on US citizen protesters with charges, tracking

This is clearly unconstitutional! She's conducting constitutionally protected activity, previously adjudicated by courts, and then just attacked by the Masked Secret Police.

#dosomething #NoKings

youtu.be/a8UukYoF_J8?...

10.02.2026 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Asked in a survey who the bigger threat to world order was, a majority of British business leaders chose the US over China.

Think about that. This is what the world thinks of us now.

It's not supposed to be this way.

#dosomething

10.02.2026 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

$1.2 billion. That's what has gone into the Trump family pockets in a year via their crypto venture.

It's corruption. MAGA went nuts over Hunter Biden and the "Biden crime family" and yet Hunter got pennies on the dollar compared to the Trumps.

Why is it okay for the Trumps to be corrupt?

10.02.2026 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.

How long will MAGA keep believing the lies?

These aren't the worst of the worst.

Your racism is showing if you support this hate.

www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...

10.02.2026 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Kids Trump Sent to ICEโ€™s Dilley Detention Center ProPublica went inside the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of...

This is being done in your name.

www.propublica.org/article/life...

09.02.2026 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Most watched in history! What did you think?

I was thoroughly entertained.

09.02.2026 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just learned that the wedding in the Bad Bunny halftime show WAS A REAL MARRIAGE!!! Can you imagine telling that story to your grandchildren? 130 million people were "present" at your wedding!

09.02.2026 18:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DNI whistleblower complaint includes details about intercept of call between foreign nationals discussing person close to Trump, sources say A whistleblower complaint includes highly-classified details about a National Security Agency intercept of a call between two foreign nationals who discussed a person close to President Trump, two sou...

This could blow the lid off the country.

www.cbsnews.com/news/dni-whi...

08.02.2026 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
DHS is using administrative subpoenas to retaliate against dissenters
YouTube video by MS NOW DHS is using administrative subpoenas to retaliate against dissenters

This is rather intimidating, but that's the point. They will use everything they can find to try to jail dissenters - just like PUTIN does. DHS is becoming the FSB of the USA.

youtu.be/cgezA0DoMDg?...

08.02.2026 22:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

TPUSA is calling their thing "The All American Half-Time Show" - but.... Bad Bunny is an American. Are they stupid or do they think we are?

We have had so many foreign acts as headliners at the Super Bowl - U2 for example.

This isn't about being American, it's about being racist.

07.02.2026 19:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DJT is underestimating the response to his upcoming Iran attack. 5000 Iraqi volunteers say they will be in on the fight. Do you think that's all? Russia and China are openly supplying weapons to Iran.

Miscalculations caused WWI, and many of the events of WWII.

Will Donald Trump start #WW3?

07.02.2026 19:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Military Pressured to See โ€˜Melaniaโ€™ Against Their Will Thousands of active-duty military personnel may have been โ€œpressuredโ€ into seeing the Melania documentary at cinemas around the country, a watchdog has warned. The $75 million Amazon film opened last ...

This explains the "success". They forced military members to watch it! If they did that, how many other agencies besides DOD were forced to attend?

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

07.02.2026 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Nothing could stop the U.S. figure skating team. Not even JD Vanceโ€™s motorcade. MILAN - The start of the womenโ€™s short program at the Olympic figure skating team event was drawing close Friday afternoon, but American star Alysa Liu couldnโ€™t get to the Milano Skating Arena. She an...

@JDVance1 got booed, and then clogged the tiny streets of Milan, which delayed a US skater so she almost missed her event - it quite ppossibly cost her first place.

uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/nothing...

07.02.2026 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kathy Hochul, NY Democratic Governor, is running for reelection.

She won a special election previously by 5 points.

She is ahead by 40%!

07.02.2026 18:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Erik Bottcher wins special election to fill Brad Hoylman-Sigalโ€™s State Senate seat Manhattan Councilmember Erik Bottcher, the co-chair of the Council's LGBTQIA+ Caucus, easily won a special election on Feb. 3 to replace Brad Hoylman-Sigal in

He represents a very blue district. He got 92% of the vote - up from his predecessor's 84%.

gaycitynews.com/erik-bottche...

07.02.2026 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Not an immigrant.
Not of Somali heritage.
Not a "radical left" politician.

MAGA. It's always MAGA.

youtu.be/rq3eLTpRXqw?...

07.02.2026 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ex-MI6 Spy insists Epstein was a Russian spy and blackmailing Trump
YouTube video by LBC Ex-MI6 Spy insists Epstein was a Russian spy and blackmailing Trump

youtu.be/hYRVezF5-hk?...

05.02.2026 22:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The midterms are coming.

05.02.2026 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump named in Epsteinโ€™s dinner plans months before 2016 election
YouTube video by The Trump Report Trump named in Epsteinโ€™s dinner plans months before 2016 election

Epstein worked with Putin.

#epstein had dinner plans with @realDonaldTrump months before the 2016 election.

Russia, Russia, Russia?

youtu.be/bmQeq5qoegE?...

05.02.2026 17:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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A 9 year old citizen is so terrified he will be taken because he is of Latino descent that he carries around his passport every day to and from school.

A 4th grader was taken and her parents had no idea what happened to her.

#ICE #NoKings #NoKingsDayMarch28

04.02.2026 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What the Crackdown Has Done to Minneapolis Children

If you give a DAMN about children - read this.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/u...

04.02.2026 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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ICE is now richer than most of worldโ€™s militaries thanks to Trumpโ€™s new funding ICEโ€™s annual budget increased from $8.7 billion to $27.7 billion

ICE has more money than every other military in the world other than the USA.

They are committing all this terror - with a budget bigger than the Marine Corps.

We have to cut food stamps, but we can afford this.

This is being in your name.

www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

04.02.2026 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Trump Is Too Scared to Go to the Super Bowl After His Aidesโ€™ Humiliating Warning The president was loudly booed at last yearโ€™s game.

Chicken shit.

www.thedailybeast.com/thin-skinned...

04.02.2026 20:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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