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I live in Asheville, NC. I care deeply about democracy and will not stop fighting to preserve it.

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ICE Denies Detainee's Request to Attend His Son's Funeral, Attorney Says Maher Tarabishi was the primary caretaker of his son, Wael Tarabishi, 30, who died on Friday, Jan. 23, from complication

Maher Tarabishi was detained in October during a scheduled check-in at an ICE facility.

He was the primary caretaker of his son, who died last week.

The family is seeking Maher's release so he can attend his son's funeral.

ICE reportedly denied the request.

Unimaginable cruelty.

28.01.2026 18:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6190    ๐Ÿ” 2903    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 354    ๐Ÿ“Œ 212

I call on members of Law Enforcement to remember their duty to protect and serve the American People.

Those who know what this administration is really doing and stand up to the tyranny. Those members of the FBI and DOJ that can blow the whistle on the corruption and lies.

24.01.2026 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2343    ๐Ÿ” 699    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 133    ๐Ÿ“Œ 50

In a civilised society the military would turn on their despotic leader and remove him from power.
They would defend the constitution and protect the people.
The American people are not safe.
The constitution is under attack.
Remove him.

24.01.2026 19:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8640    ๐Ÿ” 2601    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 383    ๐Ÿ“Œ 99
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Listen up everybody. These are MAGA cosplaying as democrats.

23.01.2026 05:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tell Congress: Rein In ICE and Use our Tax Dollars for Healthcare and Not Harm Justice for Renee Nicole Good. Tell Congress to stop funding harm.

Stop cutting our healthcare in order to fund the growing lawlessness of ICE! #JusticeforReneeNicoleGood action.momsrising.org/sign/not-cru...

14.01.2026 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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What really drives U.S. foreign policy?

Listen to what Bernie Sanders had to say 20 years ago.

07.01.2026 19:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 812    ๐Ÿ” 285    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

masked, unidentified goons who assault and murder with impunity. a literal gestapo.

07.01.2026 19:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12993    ๐Ÿ” 3681    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 235    ๐Ÿ“Œ 73

Time for regime change in the USA!

04.01.2026 04:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

U.S. military spending is set to hit a record $1 trillion.

Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that routinely price-gouge the government.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed EIGHT straight audits.

This is the military industrial complex on steroids.

03.01.2026 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12546    ๐Ÿ” 4567    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 456    ๐Ÿ“Œ 180
The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich
Robert Reich The Big Picture: How We Got Into This Mess, And How We Get Out of It | Robert Reich

Iโ€™ve been in or around politics for over a half-century now.

Iโ€™ve watched as corporations and the super-rich flooded D.C. with campaign cash and ransacked our system.

It won't be easy, but hereโ€™s how we break the corporate oligarchy and return power to the people.

03.01.2026 00:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2262    ๐Ÿ” 891    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 62    ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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Sixty Minutes in the Twilight Zone Donald Trumpโ€™s CBS meltdown reveals a president who doesnโ€™t understand tariffs, nukes, health care, or democracy, but does know heโ€™s โ€œbetter lookingโ€ than Zohran Mamdani.

Sixty Minutes in the Twilight Zone
marygeddry.com/p/sixty-minu...

03.11.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained
Robert Reich Trump's Crypto Corruption, Explained

A UAE investment firm run by a member of the countryโ€™s ruling family put $2 billion into the Trump familyโ€™s crypto firm.

Then the White House gave the UAE access to hundreds of thousands of powerful computer chips needed to build AI.

Trumpโ€™s crypto corruption is off the charts.

17.09.2025 22:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1414    ๐Ÿ” 566    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
FCC Chair Carrโ€™s post from 12/30/23:

Free speech is the counterweightโ€”it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarianโ€™s dream.

FCC Chair Carrโ€™s post from 12/30/23: Free speech is the counterweightโ€”it is the check on government control. That is why censorship is the authoritarianโ€™s dream.

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18.09.2025 04:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31243    ๐Ÿ” 8116    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 852    ๐Ÿ“Œ 402
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No Nobel Peace Prize for Trump! Only four U.S. presidents have ever received the Nobel Peace Prize: Theodore Roosevelt (1906), Woodrow Wilson (1919), Jimmy Carter (2002), and Barack Obama (2009). And all of them received the prize f...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/no...

01.08.2025 13:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Must we choose between saving democracy and saving the Earth? No!

Must we choose between saving democracy and saving the Earth?
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

01.08.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Documenting ICE Agentsโ€™ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids Video analysis of reveals how federal agents in Southern California regularly use force against unarmed individuals, many of them U.S. citizens.

Documenting ICE Agentsโ€™ Brutal Use of Force in LA Immigration Raids
theintercept.com/2025/07/07/i...

10.07.2025 14:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
REVOLT: Elonโ€™s OWN workers TURN ON him
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen REVOLT: Elonโ€™s OWN workers TURN ON him

youtu.be/qBMK30PUeAg?...

26.02.2025 17:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Office Hours: How the hell do Republicans in Congress face themselves in the mirror? What do they tell themselves to justify supporting a dictator?

open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

26.02.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FDAโ€™s Food Safety Chief Resigns The chief said the loss of critical employees overseeing the nationโ€™s food supply made his work impossible. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nationโ€™s new health secretary, has pledged to gut the division.

FDA Food chief on his decision to leave FDA: โ€œThe secretaryโ€™s comments impugning the integrity of the food staff, asserting they are corrupt based on falsities, is a disservice to everyone."

Jim Jones had just hired food-chemical safety staff, who were laid off.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/u...

18.02.2025 21:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 800    ๐Ÿ” 242    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29
The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut
DOGE is a trojan horse for Elon Musk to gut labor, consumer, and environmental protections. If he actually wanted to cut waste, he'd look at the massive tax loopholes, government contracts, and subsidies that benefit the wealthy and large corporations. The REAL Waste That Elon's DOGE Should Cut

DOGE is attacking federal agencies that protect millions of Americans from financial predators, infectious diseases, natural disasters, and air crashes.

Once again: this has nothing to do with making the government "efficient" โ€” and everything to do with who it works for.

18.02.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1759    ๐Ÿ” 480    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 51    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

"Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Dan Sullivan (Alaska), Jim Moran (Kansas) and Steve Daines (Mont.) were all co-sponsors of this law. None responded to requests for comment."

18.02.2025 21:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2654    ๐Ÿ” 1146    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 115    ๐Ÿ“Œ 60
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How not to describe the Trump presidency Friends,

How not to describe the Trump presidency
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04.02.2025 14:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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