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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 9h

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Exclusive: FEMA Workers Improperly Collected Data About Politics of Disaster Victims

Politicized distribution of hurricane aid money before the 2024 election was no "isolated incident," a Homeland Security follow-up report sadly concludes

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 9h

A Trump-aligned super PAC incorporated in the Cayman Islands is seeking $260 million to “fund the next chapter of American Exceptionalism.”
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Offshoring For Me, Not For Thee, Says MAGA

A Trump-aligned super PAC incorporated in the Cayman Islands is seeking $260 million to “fund the next chapter of American Exceptionalism.”

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 9h

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism prospect.org/2025/10/20/2...

More State (or Is It Just Trump?) Capitalism - The American Prospect

Last year, financier Scott Bessent excoriated the Biden administration for its revival of industrial policy. Now as Trump’s Treasury secretary, he the government would be expanding investments in comp...

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 9h

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“We Estimate That Nearly One Million of Gaza’s 1.1 Million Olive Trees Have Been Destroyed”

Gaza’s olive groves have been bulldozed by the Israeli military, dried up from lack of water, or remain inaccessible, leaving Palestinian farmers with little to harvest.

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 9h

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Trump Is Failing

America is hurting while Trump is making out like bandit.

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 14h

The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration
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The Brutality Is the Message: Why America’s Violence Against Immigrants Isn’t About Immigration

Every raid, every body slammed to the pavement, is a public ritual meant to teach us obedience. The goal isn’t enforcement — it’s submission...

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 14h

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The Conquest of Chicago

Can a deep-blue city fend off Trump’s ICE crackdown?

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 14h

I'm attending Disappeared in America's event, “Disappeared In America Movement Call” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...

Disappeared In America Movement Call · Disappeared in America

We are living through a defining moment for our country. Across the nation, immigrant families are being targeted, detained, and disappeared — and these attacks are being weaponized as part of a bro...

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 14h

The Week Ahead
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The Week Ahead

October 19, 2025

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 14h

When the Chant Fades, Who Builds the Future?
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When the Chant Fades, Who Builds the Future?

The movements of the 1960s built lasting institutions. Today’s movements need more than moral clarity: they need leadership and coordination...

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 14h

The Other Demonstration on Saturday
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The Other Demonstration on Saturday

Friends,

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 15h

💩 Trump 'Shits' on America zeteo.com/p/trump-shit...

💩 Trump 'Shits' on America

Mehdi launches Zeteo's new morning newsletter 'First Draft.' In today's inaugural edition: Trump's crazy video, 'No Kings' fallout, Gaza latest, and the return of George Santos.

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 15h

Why The 'No Kings' Protests Didn't Matter
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As Frederick Douglass said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand.” And as some have added to that, “A demand isn’t a demand without consequences.”

Why The 'No Kings' Protests Didn't Matter

But they could have.

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nopolzone.bsky.social @nopolzone.bsky.social · 1d

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Is Trump Planning a Military Takeover? | Professor David Noll

YouTube video by Democracy Docket

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 2d

Los Angeles came out in droves. #NoKings

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Oldster @oldster.bsky.social · 1d

Experts warn there are dangerous loopholes in Trump's new threat www.alternet.org/trump-insurr...

Experts warn there are dangerous loopholes in Trump's new threat

Former Senior government lawyers Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith warn the New York Times that The Insurrection Act is a “dangerous law that gives the president broad powers” to use the military on U.S. c...

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 1d

"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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