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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up?
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.
December 13, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A discussion of the fears around Islamic immigrants in the United States. We say- always seek to find out the truth!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y934...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y934...
The Pattern of Fear-Based Political Attacks on Immigrants.
YouTube video by LeftRightUSA
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December 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM
A discussion of the fears around Islamic immigrants in the United States. We say- always seek to find out the truth!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y934...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y934...
Since 1/1/25, career diplomats have been increasingly passed over for political appointees in key roles, at rates we haven’t seen before.
Others pay attention to who represents the U.S., and credibility suffers when expertise is diminished.
In a time of global complexity, experience matters.
Others pay attention to who represents the U.S., and credibility suffers when expertise is diminished.
In a time of global complexity, experience matters.
December 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I dig into how the #healthcare system is being quietly rebuilt through chaos: collapsing exchanges, junk plans on the rise, #Medicare privatization accelerating, and the curious role of #DrOz at CMS. #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
The GOP’s Eight-Year Search for a Healthcare Plan (Still Missing)
What the subsidy collapse reveals about the system they’re building instead.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
December 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
According to the lawsuit, agents arrived in multiple white SUVs and wore green military-style uniforms and partially covered faces. Ruvalcaba, who is deaf and communicates primarily through sign language and visual cues, told attorneys he could not understand the verbal commands being shouted at him
Deaf Utah man files federal civil rights lawsuit after encounter with ICE agents outside SLCC
A deaf Utah man has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging he was injured during an encounter with ICE agents outside Salt Lake Community College’s Taylorsville campus.
kslnewsradio.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:16 PM
According to the lawsuit, agents arrived in multiple white SUVs and wore green military-style uniforms and partially covered faces. Ruvalcaba, who is deaf and communicates primarily through sign language and visual cues, told attorneys he could not understand the verbal commands being shouted at him
The Department of Justice has confirmed that President Donald Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents related to the deadly riot on January 6.
newrepublic.com/post/204173/...
newrepublic.com/post/204173/...
Trump Personally Intervenes to Block Release of January 6 Documents
Donald Trump is blocking access in a lawsuit brought by police officers injured in the January 6 riot.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The Department of Justice has confirmed that President Donald Trump blocked the release of more than 4,100 documents related to the deadly riot on January 6.
newrepublic.com/post/204173/...
newrepublic.com/post/204173/...
"I do not have any indications of an enemy within,” Gen. Gregory Guillot told the Senate Armed Services Committee when asked about Trump’s comments. “We maintain readiness to execute the orders to defend the homeland in many ways, but I have not been tasked in that way.”
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com/policy/defen...
December 12, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"I do not have any indications of an enemy within,” Gen. Gregory Guillot told the Senate Armed Services Committee when asked about Trump’s comments. “We maintain readiness to execute the orders to defend the homeland in many ways, but I have not been tasked in that way.”
thehill.com/policy/defen...
thehill.com/policy/defen...
"Never before has the federal government sought all this information from nearly every state. Never before has the DOJ sued 14 states to obtain it."
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
The Greatest Threat to Democracy
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:07 AM
"Never before has the federal government sought all this information from nearly every state. Never before has the DOJ sued 14 states to obtain it."
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-...
BREAKING: Democrats and Republicans in Congress just voted to pass the Protect America’s Workforce Act to restore federal workers’ union rights – the first time the House has voted to overturn a Trump executive order in this term. https://bit.ly/4oNyBQc
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We didn't release the video because we don't trust the military. We released it because of the words coming out of the mouth of the Commander-in-Chief.
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I am shocked that SS ICE lied to all of us, who knew?
December 12, 2025 at 4:24 AM
In another episode of not normal, Gregg Phillips (architect of evidence-free voter-fraud hoax) is now poised to run FEMA’s disaster response operations. A man who told Americans not to trust elections or federal agencies will now oversee billions in relief.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Pioneer of Election Denial Tapped for Top FEMA Post
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Economist @pkrugman.bsky.social explains the key difference between Republican emphasis on incentives and Democratic emphasis on resources and explains why making sure people have access to resources creates a strong economy.
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA
youtu.be/A8V00Z5McYA
A Conversation with Paul Krugman
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
I dig into how the #healthcare system is being quietly rebuilt through chaos: collapsing exchanges, junk plans on the rise, #Medicare privatization accelerating, and the curious role of #DrOz at CMS. #uspolitics
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
open.substack.com/pub/marygedd...
The GOP’s Eight-Year Search for a Healthcare Plan (Still Missing)
What the subsidy collapse reveals about the system they’re building instead.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale co-founded the University of Austin Texas (UATX) in 2021. UATX’s recent “Convocation Address” was titled, “In Defense of Inequality.”
“To the class of 2029: you have chosen to rebel. Not against hierarchy, but against its abandonment.” 1/ x.com/uaustinorg/s...
“To the class of 2029: you have chosen to rebel. Not against hierarchy, but against its abandonment.” 1/ x.com/uaustinorg/s...
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
2/ A really interesting excerpt. I had previously noticed with some concern that Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale is a fan of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
December 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM