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He got busted and settled instead of being charged. And then just continued his racism. His dad also sounds like a tyrannical POS it obviously rubbed off

Oh yeah even I forgot about the birther bullshit

It never ends. Liked your adding to the list not the sentiment of course

Trump Will Not Apologize for Calling for Death Penalty Over Central Park Five (Published 2019)

Some sources:

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www.nytimes.com/2019/06/18/n...

• www.vice.com/en/article/a...

* www.npr.org/2016/09/29/4...

• www.npr.org/2024/09/11/n...

• www.npr.org/2016/11/02/5...

• www.congress.gov/118/meeting/...

Now Trump bans “3rd world” migration

and tries to declare swastikas, slavery flags & nooses not hate symbols

and persecutes anti-fascists as “terrorists”

and ramps up executions which, demographically, are effectively lynchings

In context & effect, how is this not KKK control of the White House?

1927 DT‘s dad arrested at KKK riot

’73 US sues TrumpOrg for not renting to Black ppl

’89 DT urges killing of 5 Black & Latino teens falsely jailed for rape

’16 KKK Crusader paper & Grand Wizard David Duke endorse him

’17 Trump says marchers chanting “Jews will not replace us” are “fine people”

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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.

"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.

Geoff Bennett has more.

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I don't see her mentioned in association with any other cases, but there may be some in Eastern District of Virginia where she was "appointed." Good question though, because if anyone ELSE was prosecuted by her...

Amid climate impacts, leading Secwépemc firekeeper shares 'a better way of looking after the land' In a time of worsening wildfires, Joe Gilchrist says cultural burning 'needs to be multiplied hundreds of times' — returning to Indigenous stewardship

I was so honoured to edit my colleague Aaron Hemens’ in-depth profile story about firekeeper Joe Gilchrist and the Thunderbird Collective he helps lead.

Check it out on @indiginews.bsky.social and subscribe or donate if you want more inspiring reporting like this!

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Judge tosses Comey, James cases after finding prosecutor unlawfully appointed Lindsey Halligan, who brought the cases, is a former insurance attorney who once served as President Trump's personal lawyer before his return to office.

"All actions flowing from Ms. Halligan's defective appointment were unlawful exercises of executive power"

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Wrote about Indigenous folks from here who traveled to #COP30 UN climate talks in Brazil—such as Indigenous Climate Action (indigenousclimateaction.com) & a former B.C. Wildfire fighter-turned-Secwepemc firekeeper

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In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.

waPost reports the US Coast Guard has backed down after fierce backlash over hate symbols

But not before proving Homeland Security spokesperson a brazen liar accusing the Post of fabrication… only to have the USCG undermine her with the truth

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Outrage after Trump accuses Democrats of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’ US president roundly decried for Truth Social post after lawmakers told military personnel to refuse illegal orders

Another case in point

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”

When it walks and talks like a Nazi…

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Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."

Onion, on point as often the case

I used to be a weekly listener to this show and I'm not sure why I stopped because every time I roadtrip I listen and it is still producing amazing stuff. This episode found a relatively benign yet overall far more devastating way to tell the story of how ICE is impacting families

Trump defends Saudi crown prince over question about killing of Khashoggi President Trump lashed out a reporter in the Oval Office who was asking about allegations the crown prince orchestrated the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

For context:

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“A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about, whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen,” Trump said about Washington Post journalist Khashoggi, who the Saudi prince ordered strangled, chopped up with a saw & dissolved in acid

but yeah political violence is bad

The NY Times just loves invading. At it again!

"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."

Haditha: Two US marines implicated in killing family in notorious Iraq war shooting, expert tells BBC New evidence raises doubts about the longest US war crimes investigation of the Iraq war and how US forces are held to account.

Case closed

Despite confessions

“Children were in the room kneeling down…I am trained to shoot 2 shots to the chest and 2 shots to the head and I followed my training…I was able to positively identify the people in the room as women and children before shooting them"

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Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

Cop day 5 live: Indigenous activists blockade the summit centre as climate conference continues As the climate conference goes into its fifth day, with huge amounts still unresolved, there were reports that activists had blockaded the entrance to the centre

“indigenous territory is sacred. Enough of the invasion and disrespect“

“No to predatory tourism in the territory of the Munduruku people.”

“We don’t negotiate the lives of our children”

www.theguardian.com/environment/...