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Laura Flanders
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Host, Laura Flanders & Friends, “Where the people who say it can’t be done take a backseat to the people who are doing it.” On PBS tv/radio/youtube. Author, rabble rouser, media activist. Fresh episodes Fridays, 5pm ET, http://lauraflanders.org
Premiering tonight. A chilling story of journalists under fire - and reporter bravery. These guests are heroes. youtu.be/ogTSk-Ilh3s
Doxed, Stalked & Swatted: When the Far Right Goes After Journalists
YouTube video by Laura Flanders & Friends
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December 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Looks like fun, too!
December 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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The state of our media looks a lot different than when we started Laura Flanders & Friends on public television six years ago. But we’re pushing ahead, and it’s all thanks to you. We’re asking for your support to make it through another season on PBS and indy radio. Visit lauraflanders.org/donate.
December 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It’s not too late!!
$35,000 will help us get us through the year and finish our sixth season strong. We’ve produced incredible episodes so far, with guests like Bernie Sanders, Naomi Klein and Mahmoud Khalil! But we have more work to do. Please visit lauraflanders.org/donate during these final hours of Giving Tuesday.
December 3, 2025 at 12:44 AM
If he hadn’t resigned early, Admiral Alvin Halsey would have been dealing with Hegseth as the commander in charge of US Southern Command. His resignation takes effect Dec 12th. I can not wait to hear what he has to say. #hegseth
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 AM
In Manhattan, ICE operations are about as subtle as Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. In the woods and worn roads of rural Lake County, Michigan, I drove through a completely different kind of enforcement scene without even knowing it — and that’s no accident. @thenyic.bsky.social
A Tale of Two ICEs
I was near two ICE operations this Thanksgiving. One I saw, the other I didn’t.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Brad Lander now following other speakers in thanking New Yorkers for coming out to foil the raid
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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🚨 STATEMENT: NYers Rally to Protect Neighbors on Canal Street, NYPD Clears ICE’s Path

"New York is a sanctuary city, and the NYPD has no business collaborating with ICE." Murad Awawdeh
November 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
If ICE had in mind a quick easy sweep of Canal St. that most certainly did NOT happen this morning. New Yorkers showed up en masse and penned agents into their own garage - until NYPD swooped in to “help”. @thenyic.bsky.social
Laura Flanders on Instagram: "An alert went out Saturday morning at around 11.30 am that an ICE operation was kicking off in my neighborhood. I dashed downstairs and found a large crowd in a stand off...
243 likes, 23 comments - lauraflanders on November 29, 2025: "An alert went out Saturday morning at around 11.30 am that an ICE operation was kicking off in my neighborhood. I dashed downstairs and fo...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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NYPD McCarthy grabs someone off the street and uses several cops to bring him down, presumably for being in the road during dispersal order but he was clearly in the crosswalk.

Another person detained states being on the sidewalk.
November 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Will the Epstein shit fire up attention to our Indigenous murdered and missing and who knows, maybe raped and stolen Africans too? Not if the commercial media can keep us focused on the partisan celebrity gotcha game. Read in full on Substack.
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Even when misogynist abuse is in the news, murdered and missing indigenous women and girls are forgotten. Justice in America demands more than a few high-profile perp walks. open.substack.com/pub/laurafla...
Silenced Reports & Epstein Files: Murdered & Missing Indigenous Women Still Don’t Make News.
Justice demands more than a few high-profile perp walks.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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The New York Times obit for Alice Wong doesn’t mention Covid or Gaza

It ignores two of her biggest causes because of political bias

Alice fought tirelessly for Covid mitigations

She fought for the people of Gaza

She rightfully reminded us that the genocide in Gaza is a disability justice issue
November 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Enough punditry from patriarchs. Talk to, listen to, hear from survivors. There are thousands to choose from, or run this PSA. A lot.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Congress reopening does nothing to correct our priorities: open.substack.com/pub/laurafla...
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Today on Laura Flanders & Friends: @coribush.bsky.social & @katmabu.bsky.social! The two politician-activists running for Congress join @GRITLaura.bsky.social to share why "politivists" are gaining popularity among voters, and what this past Election Day could signal for progressives: bit.ly/485ZNUe
November 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“You can’t be passive and save your democracy!” Listen to the General!
America, We in Some Deep S-H-I-T Warns Three Star General Honoré
YouTube video by Freedom Watch Media
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November 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Ya’know, I’m beginning to think that too…. 😂
i am starting to think larry summers should not be listened to
Here's the full Summers email, btw.
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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¡Adelante, Adelita!

"...kinda feels like Mike Johnson refusing to swear in Rep. Grijalva backfired spectacularly."

www.rawstory.com/adelita-grij...
'Backfired spectacularly!' New Dem stuns with 'barnburner' speech roasting Mike Johnson
Reactions started rolling in on Wednesday after an awkward moment between Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) after she waited weeks amid the government shutdown to be o...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Highly recommended!!
Tonight we kick off the 22nd annual NY Arab American Comedy Festival in NYC! This year we feature six shows over three nights with more than 20 great Arab American comedians. Tonight's first show is almost sold out. Hope to see you at one of the shows! Tickets publictheater.org/performances...
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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If you have small people & live in NYC, the Holiday Nostalgia Train returns to NYC Sunday, Dec 7, 14, 21 & 28. For the cost of a regular fare, you get to ride New York Transit Museum’s 1930s R1/9 cars complete with rattan seats, vintage ads, and paddle fans.
www.nytransitmuseum.org/holidaynosta...
Holiday Nostalgia Rides
The New York Transit Museum's Holiday Nostalgia Train will transport straphangers back in time every Sunday in December!
www.nytransitmuseum.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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"CYCLE" is an invitation “...to interrupt the silence that follows so many cases [of police violence] that never go viral — cases where there’s no footage, no public pressure, and no accountability.” Director Laura Dyan Kezman and co-director William Howell join us this week: bit.ly/4nO3lQK
November 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM