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Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
February 6, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Blumenthal: ICE and CBP are out of control. The practices of this agency have to be completely overhauled. It’s like a corporation in bankruptcy—either dissolved or reorganized. They’re morally bankrupt, legally bankrupt, and politically bankrupt.
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Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
February 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Powerful white men once equated Black people with monkeys to justify their abduction, deportation, enslavement, lynching and segregation.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
The heinous image that Trump shared is explicit racism.
There is no nowhere for his supporters to hide. Supporting him is incompatible with basic human decency.
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US citizen. Public servant. Licensed to carry a firearm but had no weapon in hand when killed. Attacked by ICE agents with chemical munitions for no reason, then shot.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
Minneapolis shooting: What we know about Alex Pretti, the man killed by Border Patrol agent
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was fatally shot Saturday morning by a Border Patrol agent in Minneapolis.
www.fox9.com
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 PM
US citizen. Public servant. Licensed to carry a firearm but had no weapon in hand when killed. Attacked by ICE agents with chemical munitions for no reason, then shot.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
The time for talking is over. If you are an elected leader you have to tell us *now* what you are doing to end this nightmare ASAP.
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New: Yesterday the Administration filed notice to appeal a recent decision in federal court which halted actions to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
IMLS grants are still in place while the court hears the appeal. The appeals process will take time. 1/2
IMLS grants are still in place while the court hears the appeal. The appeals process will take time. 1/2
January 20, 2026 at 8:25 PM
New: Yesterday the Administration filed notice to appeal a recent decision in federal court which halted actions to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
IMLS grants are still in place while the court hears the appeal. The appeals process will take time. 1/2
IMLS grants are still in place while the court hears the appeal. The appeals process will take time. 1/2
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Never in my most cynical dreams did I imagine so many people willing to sell out their own country for money, attention, clout, out of spite, ignorance or hate.
That will remain the most heartbreaking part of this ordeal.
America is such a beautiful idea.
We are becoming unworthy of it.
That will remain the most heartbreaking part of this ordeal.
America is such a beautiful idea.
We are becoming unworthy of it.
January 19, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Never in my most cynical dreams did I imagine so many people willing to sell out their own country for money, attention, clout, out of spite, ignorance or hate.
That will remain the most heartbreaking part of this ordeal.
America is such a beautiful idea.
We are becoming unworthy of it.
That will remain the most heartbreaking part of this ordeal.
America is such a beautiful idea.
We are becoming unworthy of it.
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#GVerse #BreakingNews
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
January 17, 2026 at 7:00 PM
#GVerse #BreakingNews
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
Thousands of Danes and Greenlanders are protesting #Shit4Brain’s annexation efforts today in Copenhagen to make clear we shouldn’t annex Greenland.
We stand with our NATO partners.
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Priorities matter. So do elections. Vote the GOP out!
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Priorities matter. So do elections. Vote the GOP out!
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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The Wrong Question About Venezuela
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
"...[It's not what such an occupation would do to Venezuela. It is what it will do...to our military, our institutions, our constitutional order, and our understanding of who we are when we wield power beyond our borders."
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
"...[It's not what such an occupation would do to Venezuela. It is what it will do...to our military, our institutions, our constitutional order, and our understanding of who we are when we wield power beyond our borders."
The Wrong Question About Venezuela
The Steady State | by Steven A. Cash
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:01 PM
The Wrong Question About Venezuela
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
"...[It's not what such an occupation would do to Venezuela. It is what it will do...to our military, our institutions, our constitutional order, and our understanding of who we are when we wield power beyond our borders."
steadystate1.substack.com/p/the-wrong-...
"...[It's not what such an occupation would do to Venezuela. It is what it will do...to our military, our institutions, our constitutional order, and our understanding of who we are when we wield power beyond our borders."
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Yeesh I hate being repetitive, and yet...
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Yeesh I hate being repetitive, and yet...
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
It's time once again to remind my fellow Americans that there is no mechanism whereby state run elections can be suspended or canceled by the federal government. None. So don't go along with any garbage you hear to that effect. Laugh, and get ready to vote.
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It means little for Americans to apologize for what our government has done. The harm it's lately caused the world is incalculable—from the millions who'll die from USAID's shuttering to abandoning our allies and promoting bloody adventurism abroad.
Please at least know that some of us are ashamed.
Please at least know that some of us are ashamed.
January 4, 2026 at 6:22 PM
It means little for Americans to apologize for what our government has done. The harm it's lately caused the world is incalculable—from the millions who'll die from USAID's shuttering to abandoning our allies and promoting bloody adventurism abroad.
Please at least know that some of us are ashamed.
Please at least know that some of us are ashamed.
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It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.
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Trump is a damned war criminal.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
January 3, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Trump is a damned war criminal.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
Where is our Congress??? John Roberts & his SCOTUS have done so much damage by declaring a president immune from our laws.
As a citizen I do not agree with this Venezuelan war of Trump's.
Stay focused. This is all to avoid the Epstein files, videos and photos.
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Quote of the Week: “[Public libraries]...exist so that no one—not a church, not a politician, not a board—gets to decide who deserves access to the truth.” - Keri Lambert archive.is/EGDlH
December 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Quote of the Week: “[Public libraries]...exist so that no one—not a church, not a politician, not a board—gets to decide who deserves access to the truth.” - Keri Lambert archive.is/EGDlH
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“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
December 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people.” – Rob Reiner
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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Rutte: Allied defense spending and production must rise rapidly. Our armed forces must have what they need to keep us safe. And Ukraine must have what it needs to defend itself.
We must all accept that we must act to defend our way of life now, because this year Russia has become even more brazen
We must all accept that we must act to defend our way of life now, because this year Russia has become even more brazen
December 12, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Rutte: Allied defense spending and production must rise rapidly. Our armed forces must have what they need to keep us safe. And Ukraine must have what it needs to defend itself.
We must all accept that we must act to defend our way of life now, because this year Russia has become even more brazen
We must all accept that we must act to defend our way of life now, because this year Russia has become even more brazen
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
November 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
McGovern: Buried in this bill is a corrupt kickback for eight Republican senators, a million dollar payday funded by taxpayers, taken from the treasury and deposited directly into their pockets. What the hell is wrong with this place?
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AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
AOC: "It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give 8 senators over $1 million a piece & we're robbing people of their food assistance & healthcare to pay for it. How can we vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the American people?"