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Trump Has Not Ruled Out Invoking Insurrection Act to Deploy National Guard, Vance Says

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 1h

Vice President JD Vance asserted in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that crime was “out of control” in major U.S. cities.

Vice President JD Vance asserted in an interview on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that crime was “out of control” in major U.S. cities.

Diane Keaton in ‘Reds’: A Remarkable Performance but Also a Returning Point

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Her character, an early-20th-century journalist, undergoes the most dramatic transformation of the film in ways that the actress was especially suited for.

Her character, an early-20th-century journalist, undergoes the most dramatic transformation of the film in ways that the actress was especially suited for.

Orban’s ‘Propaganda State’ in Hungary Is Starting to Show Cracks

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The Hungarian leader has secured power by keeping control over the news media. Now, a political opponent is starting to show the limits of his tactics.

The Hungarian leader has secured power by keeping control over the news media. Now, a political opponent is starting to show the limits of his tactics.

Opinion | How to Save Chicago From ICE

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What’s happening is shocking. It can get worse.

What’s happening is shocking. It can get worse.

How Diane Keaton’s quest for beauty left an imprint on American culture

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Fred Ramsdell was camping with his family in the Rocky Mountains when he missed the call telling him he'd won the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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When Diane Keaton was a girl in Santa Ana, she began to collect photographs of Cary Grant, placing them in a cherished scrapbook. She had just seen The Philadelphia Story, starring Grant and Kathar...

The Romantic

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Sometimes, they offer a place to stay to immigrant children. Other times, they provide help navigating the legal system. They have become part of the resistance.

These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors.

Sometimes, they offer a place to stay to immigrant children. Other times, they provide help navigating the legal system. They have become part of the resistance.

Authoritarianism doesn’t begin with tanks in the streets– it often begins with a story. We break down a dangerous new disinformation campaign from the White ...

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Trump’s ‘radical left’ lie is about enabling an authoritarian slide

MSNBC’s Brandy Zadrozny reports that Health Secretary RFK Jr. fired more than 1,000 employees from the Department of Health and Human Services Friday night. ...

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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.

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Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago

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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.

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RFK Jr. lays off over 1,000 doctors and scientists amid shutdown

MSNBC Justice and Legal Affairs Analyst Anthony Coley, and MSNBC Political Analyst Jelani Cobb warn of the dangers of the Trump administration ramping up the...

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19-year-old as a Board of Director for TikTok

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'Textbook standard behavior of autocrats': Panel slams Trump admin tactics in Blue Cities

The White House is already walking back hundreds of federal layoffs

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In Donald Trump’s second term, federal workers have gotten used to being fired and re-hired, and, in some cases, even fired again. As one probationary employee at the Department of Hous...

Trump's cronies fired critical public health workers. Regret set in immediately.

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On Saturday, a federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops in Illinois.(Image credit: Nam Y. Huh)

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What’s happening is shocking. It can get worse.

Opinion | How to Save Chicago From ICE

What’s happening is shocking. It can get worse.

China signals defiance in face of Trump’s 100% tariff threat

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The Chinese government has come out swinging in response to President Donald Trump’s threat Friday of 100 percent tariffs on China’s imports in response to Beijing's new export curbs on rare earths...

Beijing defends its new rare earth export curbs and warns its readying “corresponding measures” to counter any new U.S. tariffs.

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With books like “Woman and Nature,” she pioneered a unique form of creative nonfiction, linking violence against women to the ravaging of the environment.

Susan Griffin, a Leading Voice of Ecofeminism, Is Dead at 82

With books like “Woman and Nature,” she pioneered a unique form of creative nonfiction, linking violence against women to the ravaging of the environment.

Stephen Miller Has ‘Central Role’ Probing Liberal Groups

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Trump and Fascism - a talk by Prof. Marla Stone - Thursday, October 16th - 7PM

West Hollywood Rec Center

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A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This is TPM’s Morning Memo. Sign up for the email version.

Criminalizing Political Opposition in America

White House d...

A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

For the Trump Administration, The Enemy is Everywhere

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Hello it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕️

The Crisis Factory

The White House on Thursday held a roundtable that brought together the national leadership of federal la...

Hello it’s the weekend. This is The Weekender ☕️ The Crisis Factory...

Here’s an update on Russ Vought’s “mass layoffs,” following through on the...

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Here’s an update on Russ Vought’s “mass layoffs,” following through on the threats he and Trump made in advance of the shutdown. From what I can tell, this seems to be a version of what we describe...

‘Mass Layoffs’ Update

You’ve probably seen that Russ Vought went on Twitter today and said...

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 6h

You’ve probably seen that Russ Vought went on Twitter today and said “the RIFS [government speak for permanent layoffs] have begun.” Obviously, I can’t know directly what this means or what they’re...

New Mass Layoffs?