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Chris Lombardi
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Bronx-born Philadelphian. #Journalist. #Author of 'brilliant but disturbing' books from The New Press and Mumblers Press. No longer on Substack; find me on Medium, WagingNonviolence.org, On Watch, and an oped near you. #Disabled from 40 yrs of MS.
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Today feels like a Jehanne day
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Pete Hegseth announces that Trump will deploy 500 more National Guard troops to Washington, DC after today’s shooting
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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At the Supreme Court, a private prison company is seeking a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability. More on the case: bit.ly/4pfafj2
Supreme Court Considers Private Prison Case
A private prison company seeks a ruling that could help all government contractors evade liability.
www.brennancenter.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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My heart is with the National Guard members who were shot in Washington today and with their families. I’m praying for their full recovery. We’re holding them in love and support.
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Not quite English, but you get the gist.
November 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers – debunked

www.thepinknews.com/...

#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
Six lies transphobes tell about puberty blockers - debunked
Ahead of the NHS PATHWAYs puberty blockers trial, PinkNews debunks six lies commonly told about puberty blockers.
www.thepinknews.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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A suspect is reportedly in custody. We do not know yet what happened, who did this, or why, but we do know that regardless of the truth, Trump will once again exploit a tragedy, not to end gun violence or bring the nation together, but to justify throwing our neighbors into concentration camps
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Donald Trump’s administration has put both the National Guard and everyday Americans at risk by forcing them to occupy our cities.

We hope that everyone involved is ok and makes a swift recovery.
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Yes! And I have for decades.
In 2022, Republican Senator Chuck Grassley filed for reelection for a ninth term. He would be 95 at the time of the election and 101 at the end of the term! 🤦‍♀️

Anyone else agree with me that there should be term limits and mandatory retirement age for the Senate, Congress, and SCOTUS?
November 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Karoline Leavitt: “Thanksgiving is all about friends, food, fun, and calling ICE on my brother’s mistresses.”
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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NEW: Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.

www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Why does the Department of Homeland Security need ads? This is all Bush's fuckin fault.
NEW: Senators have called for an investigation after a ProPublica story revealed that Kristi Noem-connected firm the Strategy Group was secretly hired as a subcontractor on a $220 million DHS ad campaign.
Lawmakers Call for Probe of How Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Got Piece of $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The demands for an investigation come after a ProPublica story revealed that the Noem-connected Strategy Group was secretly a subcontractor on the ad campaign.
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“To put it more bluntly, they are killing white people, and randomly allowing their farms to be taken from them.”

“Therefore, at my direction, South Africa will NOT be receiving an invitation to the 2026 G20, which will be hosted in the Great City of Miami, Florida next year.”
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
when its definitely not a hostage situation
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is exactly the sort of thing that is going to require people to go to jail for a very long time if we are to avoid this ever happening again. We're going to be told we need to move on. We've been told that every time since ~1865. Which is why the crises keep happening.

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BREAKING: With a contempt inquiry looming, DOJ has now named DHS Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump official who approved transferring hundreds of people to a notorious Salvadoran megaprison, despite a federal judge’s order forbidding the removals.
November 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Let's flip this one folks.
“I woke up with the energy of a thousand Dolly Partons!”

TN Democrat Aftyn Behn on learning a new poll has her within clear range of flipping a deeply Republican House seat in 12/2 special election that could deal a huge blow to the GOP.

Read this exclusive interview with @aftynbehn.bsky.social:
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The FBI pulled all-nighters and burned nearly $1M in OT trying to redact the Epstein files all the while Trumpworld argued over what to hide or release. The panic says more than the pages do. Transparency shouldn’t be optional. What are they hiding?

#USDemocracy
#Pinks

apple.news/A81d6M8N_S32...
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact the Jeffrey Epstein Files Revealed — The Daily Beast
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
apple.news
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.

📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.

Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Well that explains a lot…
DOJ fingers Kristi Noem as the person who made the call to defy a court order and send detainees to a concentration camp in El Salvador. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Pilgrims " came to America because they didn’t want to raise their children in a liberal society. They wanted theocracy. They wanted to be able to expel nonconformists and exert total control over culture." Sound familiar?
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Pilgrims Were Doomsday Cultists
The settlers who arrived in Plymouth were not escaping religious persecution. They left on the Mayflower to establish a theocracy in the Americas.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I mean but also he doesn’t do actual work besides performance which means we have govt power being executed by factions of Nazis.
Trump, the oldest man ever elected president, is showing more signs of age and fatigue. His official schedule starts later in the day and he has held 39% fewer public events than during the same period in his first term. @katierogersnyt.bsky.social Dylan Freedman www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
POV: abducted by I.C.E.

Rule of Law is dead and Project 2025’s ongoing implementation overhauls government, law and policy such that it’s impossible to reestablish it. This is why so. many. of my fellow Black Americans sounded all the alarms.

But this is what White America wanted, what they chose.
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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"With the time reading 10:19, Faust, a platoon leader with the 55th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, crossed the finish line wearing the Army’s newest suit, a 48-pound prototype developed by Program Executive Officer Soldier, according to a service release."

Jeebus.
Army officer sets record for fastest mile run in EOD bomb suit
Wearing a 48-pound prototype suit, the former West Point soccer player crossed the finish line with the watch reading 10:19.
www.militarytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM