John W Farrell
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Journalist. Author of The Day Without Yesterday (Basic Books) and The Clock and the Camshaft (Rowman & Littlefield). Forthcoming, my novel: An Uncommon Descent (Serving House Books). Website: www.farrellmedia.com
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Illegal killings ordered by a criminal regime.
A tweet from The Bulwark quoting Rep. Jim Himes on Face the Nation. The tweet says: “Rep. Jim Himes on Trump blowing up boats in the Caribbean: ‘The White House has not shared what they believe their legal justification is... these are illegal killings.’” The attached image shows Himes speaking in front of the Capitol building backdrop with the Face the Nation logo.
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'On October 9, President Donald J. Trump’s office issued an official proclamation declaring Monday, October 13, “Columbus Day.”' October 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
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"The Nobel Prize-winning author Mario Vargas Llosa said Cipriani “represented the worst of the Church”, criticising him for failing to condemn the forced sterilization of indigenous women." Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender? open.substack.com/pub/garethgo...
Why is Pope Leo meeting with an alleged sex offender?
He met with the Opus Dei cardinal on Monday - but won't meet with victims
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More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...
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Is it just me, or does it seem the press is actually and completely terrified to report about Donald Trump's physical and mental health the way it would have if anyone else were president?
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"All of President Donald J. Trump’s lobbying for the Nobel Peace Prize came to naught today as the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year’s prize to María Corina Machado of Venezuela." October 10, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 10, 2025
All of President Donald J.
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"Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J. Trump placed her at the position of U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia to do..." October 9, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 9, 2025
Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.
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"Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S. Army Reserve Center in Elwood, Illinois, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southwest of Chicago." October 8, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 8, 2025
Yesterday, journalists observed members of the Texas National Guard at a U.S.
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NEW: A MAGA X account often shared by Senator Mike Lee and House Republicans like Nancy Mace--that often alleges Democrats encourage voting fraud-- is run by a man who not only has never stepped foot in the US, he also illegally donated to an American campaign.

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The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America
Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.
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Stephen Miller said the quiet part out loud. Trump has “plenary authority,” then suddenly went silent. Their plan wasn’t to be public yet. Clearly, someone hit the panic button in his earpiece.

It gets weirder: CNN uploaded the interview with the “plenary authority” comment edited out.
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"The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved." October 7, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 7, 2025
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) today floated the idea that workers furloughed during a government shutdown are not guaranteed back pay when the shutdown is resolved.
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A SCOTUS justice using wishful thinking rather than facts in the record to make decisions. Is this a rookie mistake? Not likely. More likely coming from an ideologue mentality.

Brett Kavanaugh's ICE claim brutally fact-checked by reporter

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Brett Kavanaugh's ICE claim brutally fact-checked by reporter
Stories are piling up of American citizens and those otherwise legally in the United States being arrested or detained by federal agents carrying out warrantless raids. Americans being stopped, brutal...
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"On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth..." October 5, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 5, 2025
On Friday the Minnesota Star Tribune reported a conversation on the messaging app Signal between one of Stephen Miller’s top deputies, Anthony Salisbury, and a senior advisor to Secretary of Defense P...
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The conservative, fascist-friendly Wall Street Journal on Sunday published an article called, "Trump’s Team Hones Message on Economy: Just Wait Until 2026."

As the Trump economy implodes, the serial lying conman's incompetent team of imbecilic economic advisers...

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Chump Knows That IF The Epstein
Files Ever Get Released,He's Toast
RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES
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ERs will become even more overstretched: “There were 155 million visits to emergency rooms in 2022, up from 130 million in 2018, & that number is expected to increase as President Trump’s Medicaid cuts take effect. A third of Americans have no primary care physician, up from a quarter 10 years ago.”
It’s Just a Virus, the E.R. Told Him. Days Later, He Was Dead.
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"Although President Donald J. Trump has not appeared in public since Tuesday, his social media account has been posting up a storm." October 3, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 3, 2025
Although President Donald J.
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Speaking for all physicians and healthcare providers here. When we see patients in need of care especially in an emergency room we do not leave them for dead. We do not care about their immigration status, we treat them because that is what we took an oath to do and is also basic human decency.
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Leavitt: "When an illegal alien goes to the emergency room, who's paying for it? The American taxpayer."
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These people would have advised Jesus against turning the water into wine on the off chance there might have been a single uninvited guest at the wedding.
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REPORTER: US law already prohibits giving healthcare to illegal immigrants

LEAVITT: Are you denying that Medicaid money has never gone to illegal aliens?