craignewman
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Just another dude fleeing Elonistan. Public school teacher and baseball coach in Chicago. Former ink-stained wretch.
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Ok, so this explains Trump’s administration off-the-wall reaction to a few congresspeople veterans reminding the military not to act on illegal orders
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ok, so this explains Trump’s administration off-the-wall reaction to a few congresspeople veterans reminding the military not to act on illegal orders
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If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If you want to read the full @propublica.org investigation into CIA-backed Afghan Zero Units, here's Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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The building was wrapped in construction materials; the fire alarms weren't working; many residents boarded their windows to block out construction noise/dust.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
Those who didn’t survive the fire either couldn’t get out or didn’t know they had to.
on.wsj.com/48t9kVt
on.wsj.com/48t9kVt
‘There Was No Alarm’: Hong Kong Inferno Spread Across Towers in Silence
Shrouded buildings and broken alarms left many apartment dwellers unaware of the unfolding disaster.
on.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The building was wrapped in construction materials; the fire alarms weren't working; many residents boarded their windows to block out construction noise/dust.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
If they escaped, it was because friends saw the blaze on the news and called/texted.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
As two men clung to a stricken, burning ship targeted by SEAL Team 6, the Joint Special Operations commander followed the defense secretary’s order to leave no survivors. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
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So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
So denaturalize and deport Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, both of whom are public charges and security risks who undermine domestic tranquility and routinely promote radical foreign ideologies incompatible with America's pluralistic, scholarly, and secular traditions.
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This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised
Bird migrations rank as one of nature’s greatest spectacles. Thanks to GPS tracking, scientists are uncovering extraordinary insights into ancient and mysterious journeys – and new threats that are re...
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Bird migration is changing. What does this reveal about our planet? – visualised www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem.
www.thebulwark.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The Conservative Old Guard Wakes Up and Smells the Groypers
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
Older Republicans and professional right-wingers are suddenly recognizing the GOP’s young-Nazi problem. www.thebulwark.com/p/the-conser...
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Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Dear press:
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Maybe when Trump insults a colleague ya, I don’t know, speak up?
Thanks
Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle flip.it/iavsPh
Trump administration's effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle
The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing pushback from a federal judge in Louisiana.
flip.it
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Trump administration’s effort to end 1960s school desegregation cases faces a hurdle flip.it/iavsPh
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Awful. Trump admin is deporting a 23-year-old NC woman who came here at the age of 14 as an unaccompanied minor. Her father was murdered and mother died of cancer. All she has are two traffic citations, per this report from Charlotte Observer's Dan Kane:
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspect is in custody in shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., police say.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Suspect is in custody in shooting of National Guard members in Washington, D.C., police say.
2 National Guard members shot in D.C. near White House www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Live update: 2 National Guard members shot in D.C. near White House
Three gunshot victims were taken to the hospital after the shooting in downtown Washington.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
2 National Guard members shot in D.C. near White House www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules flip.it/dGuw3z
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules
In a scathing opinion, U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis highlighted lies and distortions by Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino and immigration agents in press releases, social media posts and their own inte...
flip.it
November 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Feds Repeatedly Lied And Misled The Public During Chicago Immigration Crackdown, Federal Judge Rules flip.it/dGuw3z
Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge's order, DOJ says flip.it/RkhmCO
Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge's order, DOJ says
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem made the final decision to allow a group of deportees to be handed over to El Salvador after a judge said their flights must be returned to the U.S., the DOJ said.
flip.it
November 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Noem made decision not to turn around deportation flights bound for El Salvador after judge's order, DOJ says flip.it/RkhmCO
The Highway That Didn’t Exist — and Still Unmade a Baltimore Neighborhood
Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of “blight,” and the machinery of segrenomics. flip.it/mrfNKt
Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of “blight,” and the machinery of segrenomics. flip.it/mrfNKt
The Highway That Didn’t Exist — and Still Unmade a Baltimore Neighborhood
Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of “blight,” and the machinery of segrenomics.
flip.it
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The Highway That Didn’t Exist — and Still Unmade a Baltimore Neighborhood
Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of “blight,” and the machinery of segrenomics. flip.it/mrfNKt
Historian Emily Lieb’s new book “Road to Nowhere” follows the story of a thriving Black neighborhood undone by maps, myths of “blight,” and the machinery of segrenomics. flip.it/mrfNKt
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
A perfect call, part II
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
A perfect call, part II
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Breaking News: The CDC quietly appointed Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham, who has been critical of vaccines, as its second in command. During the Covid pandemic, he promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
C.D.C. Quietly Appoints Doctor Critical of Vaccines as Second in Command
During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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Oh, FFS. Grew a spine for about 5 minutes.
Indiana Senate Republicans reversed course on redistricting Tuesday, announcing they will convene Dec. 8 to reach a “final decision” on redrawing the state’s congressional map. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Facing Threats and Intimidation, Indiana Republicans Will Vote on Redistricting
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Oh, FFS. Grew a spine for about 5 minutes.
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Exactly why was she ever considered a moderate?
What has she ever done to deserve that label that hasn’t been a faux objection vote when the outcome wasn’t already forgone?
What has she ever done to deserve that label that hasn’t been a faux objection vote when the outcome wasn’t already forgone?
In case anyone is wondering what kind of campaign Collins intends to run next year, now we know. No achievements, only hate:
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/11/24/p...
Susan Collins backs referendum to overturn Maine’s protections for transgender students
Collins' office said she signed onto the petition because she agrees with President Donald Trump’s interpretation of Title IX.
www.bangordailynews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Exactly why was she ever considered a moderate?
What has she ever done to deserve that label that hasn’t been a faux objection vote when the outcome wasn’t already forgone?
What has she ever done to deserve that label that hasn’t been a faux objection vote when the outcome wasn’t already forgone?
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