Officers illegally stopped, detained, and arrested a Navy veteran after he lawfully recorded a traffic stop. Then they tracked him for weeks using Flock Safety cameras. reason.com/2026/09/02/w...
“And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
Matthew 6:5-6
If this enrages you, it should. And you’re not alone.
The 19-year-old sailor who jumped off the USS Abraham Lincoln is facing disciplinary charges instead of receiving the mental health services he needs. 👀
Dolly Parton...
-Gifted millions of free books to kids
-Ensured musicians she worked with got union benefits
-Helped fund medical research, including the COVID vaccine
-Donated millions to communities hit by natural disasters
-Quietly funded high school band programs
We lost an incredible person.
Instead of fighting senseless wars, we should be fighting climate change.
Instead of building data centers, we should be building housing.
Instead of corporate welfare give us universal healthcare.
You may or may not be aware of just *how much* surveillance is out there. You also may or may not be aware of *how much* it is misused. Once again, John Oliver lays it all out quite well.
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Adul El-Sayed, Michigan candidate for U.S. Senate
He was born in the U.S., educated at Bloomfield Hills Andover, where he was captain of the football team; studied at Univ of Mich; Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar; Columbia, where he earned an MD. Debate his views, not whether he’s a “real” American.
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
"Every systemic problem is re-described as a personal failing because the system itself has dropped out of cognition."
henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy...
(Sorry for sharing substack.)
As a defense attorney I really cant advise strongly enough: dont upload videos of you committing crimes onto the internet. Also, perhaps consider not videotaping your crimes at all.
So many sneering elitist journalists with snarky posts over the past months that the Reflecting Pool story was trivial. It was so trivial that the DC US Attny presented false evidence to a grand jury to indict an innocent man to please the President while they both lied about it.
Bold choice to remind everyone what a nightmare Covid was as we struggle to find SAFE SALAD GREENS, two bags of groceries are over $100, and RFK Jr decides to meet this moment by launching a cooking show.
Kid1, who is both an conductor and engineer for CN and has driven trains through SK wildfires himself, just sent me this video from Ontario. When I tell you they arent paid enough!!!
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Ana Navarro: Let’s remember that lCE has kiIIed before, just kiIIed again today. A lot of times has lied about it, has explained it in a way that does not fit the video that we see and, testimony from people on the ground. Over 52 people have died in lCE custody.
ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent.
There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off.
Renee Good all over again.
SHOCK NYT REPORT: DHS now admits the man ICE killed in Houston wasn't even their target. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 35-year U.S. resident, was just driving to work when agents — with no body cameras — shot him dead searching for two other men who weren't even in the van.
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“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.
The growing wave of progressive populists understand that raising taxes on billionaires is overwhelmingly popular — 77% of voters support doing so, including 71% of Independents and 65% of Republicans.