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Kidney transplant recipient, living in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. I'm also lazy on social media.

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Oregon National Guard Adjutant General, General Gronewold says if they are federalized, that he will advise the Title 10 commander to utilize National Guard Troops to PROTECT protesters at ICE facilities. This is the right answer.

07.10.2025 19:17 β€” πŸ‘ 4589    πŸ” 1320    πŸ’¬ 81    πŸ“Œ 148
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Psychiatrists call for RFK Jr. to be replaced as health secretary Two groups are calling for new leadership at HHS after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s actions on substance abuse treatment and mental health medications, among other issues.

Psychiatrists have joined other public health groups in calling for the removal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary.

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

07.10.2025 00:19 β€” πŸ‘ 797    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 11
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MAGA Lite: What β€œBari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.

Weiss very intentionally does not describe herself as a conservative or Republican and wraps her politics in terms like "free press." That makes more useful at advancing Trumpism than explicitly right-wing figures. newrepublic.com/article/2014...

07.10.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 335    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 14

Literally the only legit reason to bring in another state's NG over a state's objection is if the receiving state's NG is already fully called up and insufficient to the task.

08.10.2025 00:42 β€” πŸ‘ 392    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder if you see ICE ads, report them and let us all know so we can report as well #AEWDynamite

08.10.2025 00:24 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

07.10.2025 23:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8521    πŸ” 3928    πŸ’¬ 141    πŸ“Œ 266
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What's it like living in Chicago today? This image gives us a strong sense of the fear that Chicagoans fear from Trump's secret police.

08.10.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 669    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 17

newsom vetoed a bill about curriculum standards (says he wants to wait for some report that’s still in the works, sigh) but the other pro-LGBT bills are still gonna happen unless he vetoes them by end of week. headlines should not assume people know the details of CA law…

07.10.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The cell where the men are seen in this video was the cell holding women immigrants when I was inside a week earlier. So these aren't really designated mens/womens cells & change over time.

Also, I'm as certain as I can be that one of the men in this video was there 6 days earlier when I was.

07.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The papers w/ orange triangles are "demo bags" taped up over the windows of one of the holding cells. They had no problem showing men detained in the room to the right, but clearly didn't want anyone to see the people or conditions in the other cell. Or didn't want them to see out.

07.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Kristi Noem inside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, IL. She is standing near a white man, smiling at a desk with a computer monitor and printer. Behind her is a cell door with a man looking out a narrow slit window. Next to him, three or four other men are seen through a larger window in the cell.

Behind the white man are two upside down "demo bags" taped up over the windows to another cell.

Kristi Noem inside the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, IL. She is standing near a white man, smiling at a desk with a computer monitor and printer. Behind her is a cell door with a man looking out a narrow slit window. Next to him, three or four other men are seen through a larger window in the cell. Behind the white man are two upside down "demo bags" taped up over the windows to another cell.

This is from a video on X, showing inside the Broadview ICE facility when Noem was in town on Fri.

For context, she's in the central room with 15 workstations setup to process detained individuals, whether they were arrested by immigration enforcement or at protests.

See the orange triangles?

07.10.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 296    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 17
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πŸ‘€ πŸ˜‚ @mikenellis.bsky.social

07.10.2025 19:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6279    πŸ” 1170    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 64
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Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Secretive Watchlisting Center Executing NSPM-7 β€œWe’re expanding the watchlist,” FBI director says amid 300% increase in domestic terror cases.

🚨 The federal watchlisting center is quietly implementing NSPM-7 amid a 300% increase in domestic terrorism cases by the FBI
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/secretive-...

07.10.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 84    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 10

They realized they could do for reps what they did for judges and just decided they can not swear in Democrats.

This is where an obsession with civility or rules gets you - the Republicans will cheat or tease loopholes and the Democrats get left with "Sir, sir? SIR? This is highly unusual!"

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Opinion | As Kids Die at School, We Need an Emmett Till Moment Dr. Duvalier Malone writes about the normalization of school shootings and how immediate action must be taken to stop them.

OPINION: "Today, as I approach 40, I watch children as young as kindergartners practice active-shooter drills, ducking under desks, freezing in dark corners, pretending this horror is part of their regular school day," Duvalier Malone writes.
buff.ly/MJdfppU

07.10.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 37    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Shame on you @npr.org
You know better. Sucking up to them now is not going to help you. He will still suck your blood and put you out of business. Stay true to your roots and the people who want the truth won’t hang you out to dry.

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Judge Finds Multiple Grounds For Removing San Mateo County Sheriff From Office Following an administrative hearing in August, the retired judge overseeing the hearing has issued a 42-page opinion that essentially calls Sheriff Christina Corpus uncredible, and offers multiple…

Following an administrative hearing in August, the retired judge overseeing the hearing has issued a 42-page opinion that essentially calls San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus uncredible, and offers multiple grounds for removing her. buff.ly/DHjcnsQ

07.10.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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WATCH: Did the FBI find those photographs? 😢

#pambondi #donaldtrump #epstein

07.10.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3224    πŸ” 1267    πŸ’¬ 254    πŸ“Œ 90

If you’re a Wells Fargo customer, maybe you shouldn’t be.

07.10.2025 16:08 β€” πŸ‘ 544    πŸ” 257    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 11
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TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, Stephanie McMahon among upcoming depositions in WWE shareholder lawsuit - Wrestlenomics Emanuel, who made the deal with Vince McMahon to form TKO, will be questioned under oath in December. Stephanie and Brad Blum will also be deposed in the shareholder lawsuit.

TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, Stephanie McMahon among upcoming depositions in WWE shareholder lawsuit

Emanuel will be questioned under oath in December. Stephanie and Brad Blum will also be deposed in the shareholder lawsuit.

07.10.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

okay so we've been given a chronic medical condition by corporate polluters, and now it's incumbent on us to stop breathing. you love to see it.

07.10.2025 06:14 β€” πŸ‘ 748    πŸ” 169    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 0

Every crisis is an opportunity. This is the moment for Dems on Capitol Hill to call a news conference and make clear: Not one dime to fund the federal government until Trump withdraws his unlawful orders and agrees not to send troops to occupy Democratic-run cities

06.10.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2518    πŸ” 647    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 48

We really hit on something with the 12 year old theory of governance because that’s really the entire political project. It’s being 12 years old and not even normal 12 year olds but real pieces of shit 12 year olds

07.10.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4800    πŸ” 1186    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 36
(2)Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.

(2)Each employee of the United States Government or of a District of Columbia public employer furloughed as a result of a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for the period of the lapse in appropriations, and each excepted employee who is required to perform work during a covered lapse in appropriations shall be paid for such work, at the employee’s standard rate of pay, at the earliest date possible after the lapse in appropriations ends, regardless of scheduled pay dates, and subject to the enactment of appropriations Acts ending the lapse.

It's black letter, can't get more explicit, printed in US code you ignoramus. 31 U.S. Code Β§ 1341 (c)(2)

*JOHNSON: SOME LEGAL ANAYLYSTS DON'T BELIEVE IN SHUTDOWN BACKPAY

07.10.2025 14:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1617    πŸ” 456    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 32

"Arctic Frost" is what Grassley now calls the January 6 investigation (apparently the FBI used that name internally).

He doesn't want most people to realize this investigation was related to the January 6 coup attempt and broader conspiracy to overturn the results of a free and fair election.

07.10.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 552    πŸ” 152    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 11
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Today, Josh Hawley -- who voted to overturn the 2020 election after fanning the Big Lie that the election was stolen from Trump, the same lie that fueled the Jan. 6 insurrection that Hawley was egging on -- is outraged the FBI reportedly analyzed some GOP senators' phone records in its Jan. 6 probe.

07.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 685    πŸ” 188    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 10

Remember when Biden got into Office in 2020 said β€œnothing will fundamentally change” and then gave our Covid relief money to the police directly after the largest mass protests against police violence in American history.

I do. And in part, it’s why we are where we are today.

07.10.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 111    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is how propaganda works. They slapped an image on this from Los Angeles in 1992 during Rodney King riots.

07.10.2025 12:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3157    πŸ” 1197    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 43

Trump White House & Congressional GOP have reached historic levels of "drunk on their own wine." Stephen Miller sees no problem referring to federal judgesβ€”including some appointed by Trumpβ€”as "terrorists," and zero Republicans complain.

I dunno, man, seems a rather imprudent thing to do.

07.10.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 334    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0

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