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I fear that many more of us will find ourselves asking the same question unless we can end this nightmare soon.
Fifteen-year-old Miguel Vazquez was one of the people who took off running when federal agents arrived. “I thought, ‘Wait, why am I running? I’m a citizen,’” Vazquez said.
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ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
I fear that many more of us will find ourselves asking the same question unless we can end this nightmare soon.
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This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
"Kids dressed in halloween costumes walking to a parade" do not present an immediate threat to law enforcement officer and riot control measures may not be used, Ellis says.
October 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is a real thing that a judge had to say to the Chief of US Customs and Border Protection.
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I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies, w/ @reneehickman.bsky.social @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Border Patrol raid sweeps in citizens, families as Chicago crackdown intensifies
U.S. Border Patrol agents deployed to Chicago led a late-night raid on an apartment building this week, rappelling from helicopters onto rooftops and breaking down doors in an operation authorities said targeted gang members but which swept up U.S. citizens and families.
www.reuters.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor with a mandate to make the company's chat bot less 'woke.' www.advocate.com/news/meta-ro...
Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor
Robby Starbuck has been appointed as an AI bias advisor at Meta with the goal of making the company's chat bot less "woke."
www.advocate.com
September 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor with a mandate to make the company's chat bot less 'woke.' www.advocate.com/news/meta-ro...
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An Iowa official defied the governor’s orders to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, writing he wouldn't honor a man who "did so much harm"
Official Defies GOP Governor's Order To Fly Flags At Half Staff For Charlie Kirk
He said he did not want to honor a man "who did so much to harm not only the marginalized, but also to degrade the fabric of our body politic."
www.huffpost.com
September 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
An Iowa official defied the governor’s orders to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk, writing he wouldn't honor a man who "did so much harm"
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White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
August 21, 2025 at 4:59 AM
White woman puts Mexican flag on her truck to waste ICE’s time.
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A judge has freed Sean Dunn—who threw a sandwich at an ICE fascist—ruling that a felony charge is excessive.
To be clear, MAGA snowflakes celebrated Trump for pardoning Nazis who physically beat cops to death with pipes, but tried to charge a man armed with a sandwich with a felony.🤔 Incredible.
To be clear, MAGA snowflakes celebrated Trump for pardoning Nazis who physically beat cops to death with pipes, but tried to charge a man armed with a sandwich with a felony.🤔 Incredible.
August 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A judge has freed Sean Dunn—who threw a sandwich at an ICE fascist—ruling that a felony charge is excessive.
To be clear, MAGA snowflakes celebrated Trump for pardoning Nazis who physically beat cops to death with pipes, but tried to charge a man armed with a sandwich with a felony.🤔 Incredible.
To be clear, MAGA snowflakes celebrated Trump for pardoning Nazis who physically beat cops to death with pipes, but tried to charge a man armed with a sandwich with a felony.🤔 Incredible.
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New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
August 18, 2025 at 3:25 AM
New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.
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The ex-DOGE staffer “Big Balls” may receive the highest civilian honor in the U.S., placing him in the company of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa.
White House May Award ‘Big Balls’ Same Medal as Rosa Parks
The move would appeal to Trump’s MAGA base.
trib.al
August 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The ex-DOGE staffer “Big Balls” may receive the highest civilian honor in the U.S., placing him in the company of Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King and Mother Teresa.
35 min in he lays it out
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Democracy Now! 2025-08-04 Monday
Podcast Episode · Democracy Now! Video · 08/04/2025 · 59m
podcasts.apple.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
35 min in he lays it out
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NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding
The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.
www.wsj.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
NEW
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year
Chokes off billions in research funding
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol... with @nidhisubs.bsky.social
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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The Trump admin just exempted over 100 chemical plants, sterilizers & coal facilities from Clean Air Act rules, rolling back protections that would’ve cut cancer risk by up to 96% for nearby communities.
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Chemical Manufacturing Security
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. The United States relies on a strong chemical manufacturing sector to support
www.whitehouse.gov
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Trump admin just exempted over 100 chemical plants, sterilizers & coal facilities from Clean Air Act rules, rolling back protections that would’ve cut cancer risk by up to 96% for nearby communities.
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Bondi reportedly put 1,000 people in 24-hour shifts for two weeks in March to review the Epstein files. She made them flag mentions of Trump.
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino have made a mess of the Epstein files.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
July 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Bondi reportedly put 1,000 people in 24-hour shifts for two weeks in March to review the Epstein files. She made them flag mentions of Trump.
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
And then ...
She decided she couldn't release anything. 😯
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Really REALLY looking forward to the @jasonleopold.bsky.social FOIA for a list of all the mentions of Trump AS WELL AS the order to dedicate 336,000 person-hours to review the Epstein files rather than, say, hunt child predators (or respond to Jason Leopold FOIAs.
Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, and Dan Bongino have made a mess of the Epstein files.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
It’s time to clear it up once and for all for the American people.
July 18, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Really REALLY looking forward to the @jasonleopold.bsky.social FOIA for a list of all the mentions of Trump AS WELL AS the order to dedicate 336,000 person-hours to review the Epstein files rather than, say, hunt child predators (or respond to Jason Leopold FOIAs.
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Spent this morning on the Q train with Andrew Cuomo, who took personal responsibility for his lackluster mayoral primary bid. He vows a very different general election run, saying he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people." www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/a...
Andrew Cuomo, conceding his failed primary campaign was flawed, takes to NYC streets
Andrew Cuomo is shifting gears and taking personal responsibility for running what he admits was a lackluster campaign in the Democratic mayoral primary, acknowledging that any strategic mistakes u…
www.nydailynews.com
July 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Spent this morning on the Q train with Andrew Cuomo, who took personal responsibility for his lackluster mayoral primary bid. He vows a very different general election run, saying he'll focus on "reaching out to more young people and touching more people." www.nydailynews.com/2025/07/16/a...
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Nothing to see here.
July 17, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Nothing to see here.
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines
Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall
zurl.co
July 14, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Over 120 mRNA cancer trials are now at risk as the Trump admin cuts funding & tells researchers to scrub “mRNA” from grant proposals.
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
What started as COVID fearmongering is now derailing life-saving cancer research.
Hope remains - but scientists say time is running out.
zurl.co/YBGNy
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The salient fact is that the DoJ didn't drop the charges becausehthey didn't have a case. They dropped charges because they supported his crimes.
He sold vaccine cards and injected kids with saline so they thought they were vaccinated. There are no rules anymore
July 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The salient fact is that the DoJ didn't drop the charges becausehthey didn't have a case. They dropped charges because they supported his crimes.
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Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
Politico - Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was illegaly deported by the Trump administration, details his mistreatment in a Salvadoran prison, claiming he suffered "severe beatings," sleep deprivation, malnutrition and other forms of torture at the hands of his jailers.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia describes ‘severe beatings’ and ‘psychological torture’ in Salvadoran prison
Abrego submitted a harrowing and detailed account of abuse after the Trump administration illegally deported him.
www.politico.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Abrego said he shared a cell with 20 people, who were forced to kneel overnight, “with guards striking anyone who fell from exhaustion.”
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
He was denied bathroom access and soiled himself. Detainees were confined to metal bunks w/no mattresses in an overcrowded cell w/no windows, bright lights…
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Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
A Texas boy needed protection from measles. The vaccine cost $1,400.
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.
wapo.st
June 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
The cost of the shot? $1,400.
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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John Fetterman, everybody
June 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
John Fetterman, everybody