A fun tactic of extremists is to argue that they don't hate out-groups, they just blah blah blah. The pinnacle of this was the antebellum argument that enslaved people were happier and healthier enslaved, and that enslavers were motivated bu their charitable natures. It was BS then, and it's BS now.
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Irving Green Advisory Board member resigns after links to white nationalist group revealed
Joshua James Berkau resigned days after his links to white nationalist group Patriot Front surfaced.
Following our reporting about businesses linked to Patriot Front in North Texas, one of the employees of the company has resigned from a city advisory board in Irving, Texas. I've been told some city council members were disturbed when they saw the original report.
www.keranews.org/government/2...
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This is my thing, yes criticize Dems and call them. But run your Republican Congress critters ragged right now. Make it impossible for them to have a moment of peace.
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The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building
The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about โille...
Remember that midnight raid in Chicago supposedly to arrest Tren del Aragua members? Newly revealed court docs show that the raid was facilitated by the building owners who are now accused of using the raid to evict tenants. DHS never mentions TDA in their filings: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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ICE bypasses El Paso medical examiner for autopsy on migrant
ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility for the autopsy of a Nicaraguan man and wonโt release a ruling to the public.
2 weeks ago, the El Paso Medical Examiner ruled the death of a Cuban ICE detainee a homicide.
This time, when a 32-year-old Nicaraguan man died, ICE bypassed the county medical examiner in favor of a military facility. They wonโt publicly release a ruling.
www.texastribune.org/2026/02/03/t...
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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
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#Trump
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If you want to FINALLY watch Scott Bessent get pinned down on specifics about the illegal money laundering operation being conducted by the Trump admin from someone who knows WTF heโs talking about, this clip is your chance. Bessent gets destroyed.
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A letter to the director of the CIA from Senator Ron Wyden saying he has sent a classified letter that expressed concerns.
This is how Sen. Ron Wyden clues the public into activity that he finds extremely alarming. He does a press release about a letter he sent to the director of the CIA that basically says, 'I want to make sure you saw the classified letter I sent early today.' www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/do...
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That Jeff Bezos's Amazon gave Brett Ratner, someone photographed with Jeffrey Epstein and in the Epstein Files, $75 million to make a doc about Melania Trump, while he chooses to destroy The Washington Post, says about all you need to know.
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The Trump Administration claims the Treasury has authority over Venezuelan assets.
I asked Treasury Secretary Bessent directly what grants him this authority.
He seemed to have no idea that he controlled these assets, let alone the authority behind them.
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Bannon (and his buddies) are using an informational strategy called reflexive control that intentionally exploits the reaction of his adversaries (on the left) to inflict damage on their own side. Don't become an unwitting agent in their information operation.
04.02.2026 21:24 โ ๐ 742 ๐ 223 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 12
cover of The Washington Post on Wednesday Feb 4, 2026. Headline on bottom, right: Musk wanted to hook users; his chatbot got more sexual
My story on Elon Musk cutting safeguards at xAI is on the front page of today's @washingtonpost.com. Iโm also among 100โs of reporters laid off. I absolutely loved my job my brilliant coworkers & the thrill of reporting @ the center of forces upending the world: AI & Silicon Valleyโs political power
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This is one of the most important cases that galvanized Black people in the late 40s through the 1950s. Almost every major Black leader had a comment about it. It is also one of the most successful defense committees that was organized in the 20th century. Almost no one knows about it today.
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This lawsuit was first filed on February 13, 2025.
There are a lot of things like this pending which could ... loosen some stools.
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When Stephen Miller invades VA -- and he will -- it will set off an ever-loving backlash among right wing NatSec types.
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The Lobster Roll-back: How Susan Collins Gets Trump Carveouts
Her endangered status means the MAGA agenda doesn't hit as hard in Maine
Sen. Collins can get MAGA credit for voting for and actively facilitating the rollout of Trumpโs least-popular policies across the country while at the same time being given an exemption from them that protects her own constituents from their effects.
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These people are terrorists. Full stop.
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James Comer is bringing Hillary Clinton before his committee to testify about Epstein despite having zero contact with him, but not Epsteinโs neighbor Howard Lutnick who lied about his connections to Epstein over many years which is proven in the files.
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House Speaker welcomes Trump call to โtake overโ elections, claims Dem wins appear โfraudulentโ
โIt just looks on its face to be fraudulent," Johnson said. โCan I prove that? No."
๐จBREAKING: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-La.) echoed electoral conspiracy theories espoused by President Donald Trump, saying election results in โblue statesโ like California โjust look[] on its face to be fraudulent,โ even though thereโs no proof. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Kaitlan Collins: What would say to the (Epstein) survivors?
Trump: You are so bad. You are the worst reporter. No wonder CNN has no ratings. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.
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Aliya Rahman is a disabled woman who was violently dragged from her car by ICE while on her way to a specialistโs appointment
She clearly told agents โIโm disabledโ
Their response? โToo lateโ
They smashed her window. Cut off her seatbelt. Dragged her face down with her arms tied behind her back.
03.02.2026 23:05 โ ๐ 501 ๐ 261 ๐ฌ 20 ๐ 10
You probably know that ICE agents shot Renee Good.
You should also know what happened next.
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No. Commonsense reform is to burn ICE to the waterline and scatter the rubble so that all of us who value a constitutional republic with a Bill of Rights can prevent such a monstrosity from ever being constructed again.
And nothing above is hyperbole.
God, but you are not a leader for this time.
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A follow up on this Jesse Watters clip from 3 weeks ago. The victim of ICE testified today before Congress that she was on her way to a 39th scheduled treatment at a traumatic brain injury center.
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MAGA erupts in rage as the city of Minneapolis gets nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize amidst their valiant resistance to Trump's violent ICE crackdowns.
This is going to send him through the roof...
The nomination was put forth by "The Nation" magazine.๐๐
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I mean, he bought Xitter because it is a machine for fascism that moderation had been neutralizing.
His ability to create propaganda to lie about himself at scale is part of the reason it IS a machine for fascism.
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Today the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) provides that the prevailing private party โin any civil action (other than cases sounding in tort)โ brought by or against the United States is entitled to attorneysโ fees and costs if the Governmentโs position was not โsubstantially justifiedโ or โspecial circumstances make an award unjust.โ 28 U.S.C. ยง 2412(d)(1)(A). Adolph โLeeโ Michelin and Adewumi Abioye prevailed in habeas actions under 28 U.S.C. ยง 2241 challenging their immigration detentions. The District Courts found the Governmentโs positions were not โsubstantially justifiedโ and awarded the detainees fees and costs. The main question these consolidated cases present is whether a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from immigration detention under ยง 2241 is an EAJA โcivil action.โ We answer yes and thus affirm.
3d Cir. holds that habeas corpus petitions challenging immigration detention are "civil actions," so prevailing noncitizens may be entitled to attorneys' fees and costs under the Equal Access to Justice Act.
Gonna be a loooooooooot of these.
www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/242...
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