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Questioning questionable political and geopolitical events. OSINT. Fact checker. Exposing corruption. Anti-fascist. Pro Ukraine. The original War Monitor (Twitter 2013). https://linktr.ee/TheWarMonitor
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Blinken said it’s good that Trump adopted and built on the Gaza peace plan first developed by the Biden administration.
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Both the right to bear arms and the right to protest are fundamental constitutional rights. Despite their differences, they should be standing together against the same tyranny trying to take those rights away.

The next Nationwide No-Kings protests are set for October 18th.
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Both gun owners and protesters are saying the same thing: we will not comply. One over a firearm registry, the other over troops in their streets. They might have more in common than they think... the only thing dividing these Americans is the administration itself.
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Both gun owners and protesters are saying the same thing: we will not comply. One over a firearm registry, the other over troops in their streets. They might have more in common than they think... the only thing dividing these Americans is the administration itself.
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‘Antifa’ has no leader, no structure, no headquarters. It’s simply a term born in the WWII era meaning “anti-fascism.” Nothing to “take apart” unless she's fighting to protect fascism.
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But Pam Bondi is going after “ANTIFA Terrorists”? Huh. Make it make sense.
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“What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”... Cool Hand Luke (1967). A line that captured defiance against authority and fascism. Resistance isn’t easy, but it’s sometimes necessary.
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EXCLUSIVE: Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
Trump slashes mental health agency as shutdown drags on
Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had some cuts reversed late Saturday.
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The Trump admin is backing a court order that forces Second Amendment groups to hand over their membership lists, effectively identifying gun owners by name and opening the door to a potential registry.
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JB Pritzker: This is a convicted felon who is threatening to jail me. This guy's unhinged, he's insecure, he's a wannabe dictator... come and get me.
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Patel has reportedly fired the FBI agents tied to the probe that obtained GOP senators’ call records linked to the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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A Russian lawmaker suggested bombing Poland’s Rzeszów airbase in response to U.S. missiles sent to Ukraine.
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The last government shutdown before this one ran from late 2018 to early 2019, lasting more than a month and ending soon after Democrats took control of the House. It was the second shutdown of Trump’s first term, making this his third and largest overall.
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States with highest premium hikes if GOP lets ACA expire:

West Virginia +387%
Wyoming +382%
Alaska +346%
Tennessee +320%
Mississippi +314%
Texas +289%
South Carolina +285%
Alabama +284%
South Dakota +235%
North Dakota +234%
(Center for American Progress)
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Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Two ICE Protesters in Chicago.
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There wasn’t actual wiretapping, just metadata collection. Still, a judge must’ve seen enough evidence to approve it.
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An Estonian Defense League member was sentenced to nearly 5 years in prison for spying for Russia’s FSB, leaking military and border details. There's a reason Russia was seeking this information.
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The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says its ships were attacked by Israeli forces while trying to break the Gaza blockade. (Reuters)
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Nationwide flight delays are piling up as the shutdown deepens. The FAA’s air traffic staff was already stretched thin from drastic cuts even before this.
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Reports say a railway used for Russian military cargo in the Leningrad region was destroyed, derailing a train near Stroganovo-Mshinskaya.
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The administration is laying the groundwork to justify martial law, framing domestic unrest as “insurrection” to rationalize federal troop deployment.
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CBS reports ICE agents have repeatedly made fake 911 calls. Each time, police found no threat. In Illinois, that’s a felony.
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White House memo claims furloughed workers may not get back pay, ignoring the law that guarantees it. Congress passed it unanimously, now the WH wants to take it away.
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Gavin Newsom said America is nearing martial law, stressing that states can’t invade each other and that it’s shocking he even has to remind people of that.
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Matt Walsh is urging Trump to ignore a federal judge and deploy troops anyway... openly calling for defiance of the Constitution in real time.
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Journalists are suing DHS/ICE for using excessive force against members of the press.