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“This story is about people who did not walk away. It reminds us of what we are here for: to help and support one another." Look for the helpers! campaignbriefasia.com/2026/03/25/a...
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Sonmi 451: "Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others past, and present. And by each crime and every kindness we birth our future." Cloud Atlas
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“This story is about people who did not walk away. It reminds us of what we are here for: to help and support one another." Look for the helpers! campaignbriefasia.com/2026/03/25/a...
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It’s far too easy to get inured to these comments and come up with counter examples from algebra to the Epic of Gilgamesh (especially these days) so let’s just call it what it is: gutter racism.
RFK: "There's five hundred million Arabs in the world. And yet they don't produce science. They don't win the Nobel Prize. They don't win the Fields Prize. They don't win the Wolf Prize. They don't produce literature."
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Seems like we might have learned the lesson already regarding random stops of random people by untrained thugs and put in place some requirements for warrants and training and accountability? But what do I know about history of policing that Kavanaugh somehow didn’t?!? /s
Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...
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Kavanaugh stops in action: ICE tackled a non-verbal kid near his school, left him with injuries requiring surgery, and then left the scene when they realized he wasn't the person they were looking for www.independent.com/2026/10/23/i...
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“He’ll lose in court” is not analysis. It’s the permission slip he wants you to sign. Here’s what the Alaska lawsuit is actually for. www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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I was a guest on this week's On The Media to talk about El-Sayed and Tommy, and I'm not even going to pretend to be cool about it. Listen!!!
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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...
When a Democrat politician continues to say they want to work across the aisle they need to explain how they plan to work with this.
President Trump on Wednesday evening lauded one of his supporters for punching a protester at a campaign rally in Clemson, South Carolina. Trump compared the punch to one from Evander 'the real deal' Holyfield, who attended the rally.
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Just imagine General Dynamics on the direction of the CEO able to control our nuclear subs remotely, or Lockheed Martin CEO stalling out the F-35's?!?!
What the hell? Per WSJ, Ukrainian drones have been forced to fly more slowly because of new limits on Starshield, the military version of Starlink,put in place at Elon Musk‘s personal direction. Zelensky told Rubio the speed needs to be restored. How in the world are we letting Musk call the shots?
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Socialism?! What’s that?!? 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️ Maybe they should have considered not buying that fancy Starbucks pumpkin spice latte then they would not need the bailout?! I’m just sayin’
“.. It was the second time in two years that the president authorized billions of dollars in bailout money for farmers harmed by his administration’s policies.” @nytimes.com #KSsen www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/b...
🤬Yeah not much at all except for the invasion & deaths.🤬 "According to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), at least 16,874 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022." ukraine.ohchr.org/en/UN-human-...
Trump: "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much."
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Even more so when you know who "Tommy" is. @marisakabas.bsky.social Marisa Kabas doing real reporting. Support her. We need more of her and less of Jan. www.thehandbasket.co/p/tommy-teep...
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These are good questions. So I'm going to spend a little time giving my answers to them. Will build it as a full thread that posts all at once, rather than post by post.
Calls for expanding #SCOTUS are entirely (and increasingly) understandable. But as today's "One First" explains, there are at least four difficult questions that those who support expansion should have to answer—especially as compared to other possible reforms: www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-257-...
Are they buying tickets to the bunker??
"A list obtained by The Washington Post reveals all the major donors to President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project.... Tech giants Nvidia and Apple each committed $25 million....Absent from the list is Trump himself, who has said that he is helping to pay for the project."
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Federal ICE agents raided Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington-area home before dawn this morning. The Trump DOJ confirms agents executed a search warrant as part of a criminal investigation reportedly involving immigration paperwork completed by Omar’s late father when she was a CHILD. 1/
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Replying to @mollyroberts.bsky.social
today, she wants Dr. Kevin Griess, Superintendent of National Mall and Memorial Parks, to testify under oath to: 1. who ordered the tree removal and when? 2. exact time preparations began for removal 3. full chronology and steps preparation 4. when gov. counsel was first informed
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She keeps shouting at the DOJ attorney for not immediately calling plaintiffs and notifying the court the MOMENT they found out what the NPS was going to do late on Oct 8. DOJ's attorney responds and says "we did our best" and Reyes responds: "You did not do your best. You did your absolute worst."
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Judge Reyes' opening statement to the DOJ as the hearing begins: "I am thoroughly unamused right now."
Judge Reyes has ordered cessation of all tree removal at the golf course until at least tomorrow. Also provides remote call-in number for hearing on temporary restraining order. She wants to know, inter alia, who ordered tree removal & how long govt attys have known of this plan.
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off the fucking rails. a rogue government.
But can he still get the peace prize? 🤪🤪🤣🤣
🚨 LIES EXPOSED! Trump's supposed Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire was INSTANTLY revealed to be a lie! Trump announced “both parties have agreed.” Zelenskyy said was “NEWS TO ME.” Now a top Russian lawmaker says he knows NOTHING about the deal and suggests Trump is trying to manipulate oil prices!
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This video is sickening. Good on Houston Chronicle for tracking down the surveillance footage. ICE straight up ran this guy over as he ran away. This is what happens when they get to act with impunity. And it’s why DOJ is fighting to keep them all anonymous
The collision appears to have occurred while ICE authorities were conducting an enforcement operation in the area, the sheriff’s office said. bit.ly/4jQOIgZ
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A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people, including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to death in Erie, Pennsylvania, authorities said on Saturday.
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This isn't a case of abusing some loophole or misusing discretionary authority. The law is unambiguous and he's breaking it, simple as that. If Congress isn't going to do anything about breaking the law that already exists, passing another law to make it double-illegal accomplishes nothing.
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It's already illegal. Congress banned it near-unanimously in 2022. That law allows the ban to be lifted only if Russia withdraws from Ukraine. He's simply breaking the law that's already on the books.
Republican US Rep Brian Fitzgerald tweets that he will introduce a bill to block purchases of Russian oil. Don Bacon (R-Neb) tweets that he will co-sponsor. Obviously this won’t happen during campaigning recess (and Trump could veto anyway) but interesting push-back on Trump.
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So a bunch of guys in plainclothes surrounded a man in a car and shot him, then the government disappeared him and refuses to release any information about his condition or whereabouts
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: We had to put him to a more secure facility outside of New York because we wanted to make sure he was highly secured REPORTER: Where is he? MULLIN: That I won't release