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Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Trump has renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after himself.
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
Earlier in the year, we reported on how Trump sent a DOGE team to the institute, where they publicly outed a sensitive Afghanistan program and prompted a Taliban crackdown.
Revisit our investigation ⤵️
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It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
It’s clear from the video this woman had just come to the park to play with her child. She said as much and was upset that there were masked men with guns in the park.
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino calls the woman an “activist” and Andy Ngo says the woman was using her child as a “human shield.”
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There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
December 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
There is no legitimate reason not to release the complete Sep. 2 video.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
They released video of the first strike. What national security justification could there be for releasing video of the first part of the action but not the second? They wanted to cover up what happened after the first strike.
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Things not to glamorize: free food in exchange for wage theft, endless hustle, corporations putting profits over people.
Things to glamorize: fair wages, jobs that respect work-life balance, healthcare for all, and a voice at work through strong unions.
Things to glamorize: fair wages, jobs that respect work-life balance, healthcare for all, and a voice at work through strong unions.
December 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Things not to glamorize: free food in exchange for wage theft, endless hustle, corporations putting profits over people.
Things to glamorize: fair wages, jobs that respect work-life balance, healthcare for all, and a voice at work through strong unions.
Things to glamorize: fair wages, jobs that respect work-life balance, healthcare for all, and a voice at work through strong unions.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. n.pr/48HypvT
HHS changed the name of transgender health leader on her official portrait
Admiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered.
n.pr
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Idiocy. Bigotry. Cruelty.
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Absurd!
"She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed."
It's admission that their agents were using pepper spray promiscuously and without due regard for public safety.
They could have just NOT pepper sprayed and caused this Congressmember to be coated with toxins.
"She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed."
It's admission that their agents were using pepper spray promiscuously and without due regard for public safety.
They could have just NOT pepper sprayed and caused this Congressmember to be coated with toxins.
"She wasn’t pepper sprayed," Tricia McLaughlin, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said. "She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed as they were obstructing and assaulting law enforcement."
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Story by @glorihuh.bsky.social and @jerodmacevoy.com
Arizona's Congresswoman Grijalva says she was pepper sprayed during Tucson ICE raids | Arizona Mirror
Arizona’s U.S. Rep. Adelita Grijalva was involved in a clash with federal agents during a protest of immigration raids in west Tucson Friday, during which she claims she was hit with pepper spray.
azmirror.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Absurd!
"She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed."
It's admission that their agents were using pepper spray promiscuously and without due regard for public safety.
They could have just NOT pepper sprayed and caused this Congressmember to be coated with toxins.
"She was in the vicinity of someone who *was* pepper sprayed."
It's admission that their agents were using pepper spray promiscuously and without due regard for public safety.
They could have just NOT pepper sprayed and caused this Congressmember to be coated with toxins.
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1/2 A lot of people say Hegseth “threw Bradley under the bus,” but command responsibility doesn’t require giving the explicit order. A commander is liable if they knew or should have known an unlawful act occurred and failed to prevent or address it.
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
1/2 A lot of people say Hegseth “threw Bradley under the bus,” but command responsibility doesn’t require giving the explicit order. A commander is liable if they knew or should have known an unlawful act occurred and failed to prevent or address it.
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This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:32 AM
This really is grotesque: they went through years-long citizenship processes and are now being denied simply because if the country they are from. It’s formalized bigotry.
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This is an American patriot.
December 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is an American patriot.
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Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Layoffs have hit over 1.1M so far this year — the most since the pandemic.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
Yet corporate profits continue to hit record highs, with corporations increasingly spending those earnings on stock buybacks to enrich execs and shareholders.
This is what a rigged economy looks like.
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The European Commission announced Friday that it was fining Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, for the equivalent of $140 million, saying his company X had breached Europe’s Digital Services Act.
JD Vance, before the fine was even finalized, slammed the commission.
JD Vance, before the fine was even finalized, slammed the commission.
EU fines Elon Musk $140 million for violations of online safety rules. Vance calls it "censorship."
Don’t expect him to face similar hurdles in the US.
www.motherjones.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The European Commission announced Friday that it was fining Elon Musk, the richest person in the world, for the equivalent of $140 million, saying his company X had breached Europe’s Digital Services Act.
JD Vance, before the fine was even finalized, slammed the commission.
JD Vance, before the fine was even finalized, slammed the commission.
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What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What we are watching - as U.S. citizens are dragged out of cars and illegal war is waged in the Caribbean - is the corruption of the most sacred power we give the President - the power of violence.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
We are no longer a democracy if the regime can use violence without restraint.
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I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
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How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
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USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
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Exclusive: Boat at center of double-tap strike controversy was meeting vessel headed to Suriname, admiral told lawmakers | CNN Politics
The alleged drug traffickers killed by the US military in a strike on September 2 were heading to link up with another, larger vessel that was bound for Suriname — a small South American country east ...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
How is U.S. military killing these 11 people keeping drugs (fentanyl) out of the United States?
USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
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USG knew the drugs (cocaine) were headed to Suriname.
Yes, that's the OTHER DIRECTION.
Read what Bradley-Caine told lawmakers:
Scoop by @natashabertrand.bsky.social
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Birthright citizenship is a core protection for working families.
As SCOTUS takes up this case, America's unions will fight to defend the 14th Amendment and every right that strengthens our democracy, our communities and our labor movement.
As SCOTUS takes up this case, America's unions will fight to defend the 14th Amendment and every right that strengthens our democracy, our communities and our labor movement.
December 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Birthright citizenship is a core protection for working families.
As SCOTUS takes up this case, America's unions will fight to defend the 14th Amendment and every right that strengthens our democracy, our communities and our labor movement.
As SCOTUS takes up this case, America's unions will fight to defend the 14th Amendment and every right that strengthens our democracy, our communities and our labor movement.
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This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
I missed this from a couple of weeks ago, but if you're an NIH-funded investigator, please read.
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Peer review will exist to make things look legitimate, but can, and will, be over-ruled. Funding decisions, ultimately, will be done by political appointees.
grants.nih.gov/news-events/...
Implementing a Unified NIH Funding Strategy to Guide Consistent and Clearer Award Decisions | Grants & Funding
grants.nih.gov
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This afternoon, I was in a meeting with Jay Bhattacharya, and I can confirm this is *exactly* what he both wants and will be doing.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
THIS IS NOT HYPERBOLE.
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Wow. How many ways has Rep. Adelita Grijalva been harmed by the very government she was elected to serve in, all while trying to protect the constituents she was elected to serve.
Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said she was pepper-sprayed by ICE agents after confronting them at a restaurant as the agents were "taking people without due process."
Adelita Grijalva Says She Was Pepper Sprayed By ICE
www.huffpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Wow. How many ways has Rep. Adelita Grijalva been harmed by the very government she was elected to serve in, all while trying to protect the constituents she was elected to serve.
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Another month of US transit data is just in, & DC's WMATA remains the fastest-growing major US transit agency, with ridership up 10% compared to last year!
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
December 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Another month of US transit data is just in, & DC's WMATA remains the fastest-growing major US transit agency, with ridership up 10% compared to last year!
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
King County Metro (Seattle, +7%) & SEPTA (Philly, +5.3%) have performed well, while LA Metro & NJTransit have lost riders🧵
Clean up the Swamp Act aka No Stock Trading by Congress members, justices, or top administration officials. This would be a good way to cut down on the grifting! Get it done @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @whipkclark.bsky.social
Two Strikes. Is Hegseth Out?
Podcast Episode · Pod Save America · 12/05/2025 · 1h 25m
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December 5, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Clean up the Swamp Act aka No Stock Trading by Congress members, justices, or top administration officials. This would be a good way to cut down on the grifting! Get it done @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social @democrats.org @housedemocrats.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @whipkclark.bsky.social
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Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
(Published October 2025)
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
(Published October 2025)
“I Don’t Want to Be Here Anymore”: They Tried to Self-Deport, Then Got Stranded in Trump’s America
Venezuelan immigrants signed up for a Trump-promoted app called CBP Home, which promised a safe and easy way to leave the country, and prepared to leave on their given departure dates. Those dates hav...
www.propublica.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Trump promised free plane tickets and $1,000 “exit bonuses” to immigrants who opted to self-deport.
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
(Published October 2025)
ProPublica spoke to a dozen Venezuelan immigrants who said they followed the president’s instructions, yet never received the promised assistance.
(Published October 2025)
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Really struggling to determine which awful Trump administration policy will kill more people
The illicit war brewing with Venezuela, the RFK anti-vaccination CDC panel (which just recommended against Hepatitis B shots for newborns) or stripping away healthcare insurance from millions of Americans
The illicit war brewing with Venezuela, the RFK anti-vaccination CDC panel (which just recommended against Hepatitis B shots for newborns) or stripping away healthcare insurance from millions of Americans
Slotkin: "If there's an idea that we're gonna go start a land war against Venezuela -- and just remember, the military of Venezuela is not comparable to the military of the US -- if we're gonna do that, then that should come to Congress."
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Really struggling to determine which awful Trump administration policy will kill more people
The illicit war brewing with Venezuela, the RFK anti-vaccination CDC panel (which just recommended against Hepatitis B shots for newborns) or stripping away healthcare insurance from millions of Americans
The illicit war brewing with Venezuela, the RFK anti-vaccination CDC panel (which just recommended against Hepatitis B shots for newborns) or stripping away healthcare insurance from millions of Americans
“What made the chatbots so persuasive, the researchers theorized, was the sheer amount of evidence they cited to support their position, even if it wasn’t always accurate.” In other words the chatbots lie about the candidates to fool people into supporting them by making things up.
Chatbots Can Meaningfully Shift Political Opinions, Studies Find
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“What made the chatbots so persuasive, the researchers theorized, was the sheer amount of evidence they cited to support their position, even if it wasn’t always accurate.” In other words the chatbots lie about the candidates to fool people into supporting them by making things up.
Rand Paul said “he wanted Hegseth to testify before Congress under oath, saying that “Congress, if they had any kind of gumption at all, would not be allow[ing the] administration to summarily execute people that are suspected of a crime.” He said he wanted the full video of the strikes released:1/2
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Rand Paul said “he wanted Hegseth to testify before Congress under oath, saying that “Congress, if they had any kind of gumption at all, would not be allow[ing the] administration to summarily execute people that are suspected of a crime.” He said he wanted the full video of the strikes released:1/2
“USAID—the world’s largest aid agency, before it was decimated by the Trump Administration…USAID’s demise has removed the main source of rape kits, HIV medications, & nutritional supplements for malnourished children, essential support for millions of people in eastern Congo.” This is not peace ☮️
Can Trump’s Peace Initiative Stop the Congo’s Thirty-Year War?
The President declared a diplomatic triumph. The view from the ground is more complex.
www.newyorker.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:47 AM
“USAID—the world’s largest aid agency, before it was decimated by the Trump Administration…USAID’s demise has removed the main source of rape kits, HIV medications, & nutritional supplements for malnourished children, essential support for millions of people in eastern Congo.” This is not peace ☮️