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NEW: Two weeks ago, the FBI conducted an unprecedented raid of Fulton County’s central election hub to acquire 2020 election records.

Now, the county said in newly unsealed court filings that the search was "designed to intimidate" voters and may have violated numerous constitutional rights.
‘Designed to intimidate': Fulton County official decries FBI raid in court filing
The FBI showed “callous disregard” for numerous constitutional rights through the raid, the county alleged.
www.democracydocket.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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Macbeth: SHIT
the bushes were people 😂
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
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This reporting—claiming that Team USA was booed—is totally false. I watched the arrival and the warm reception was unambiguous, especially when contrasted with the introduction of JD Vance. Embarrassing fail for WSJ.
February 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
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Billionaires are fearmongering about California’s proposed billionaire tax.

Baloney. Just look at what happened when Massachusetts raised taxes on the rich.
February 5, 2026 at 1:30 AM
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little item for the Senate Dems to ponder: which of the reforms you’re currently floating is going to stop this?
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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3. Here's a page you should bookmark: It's the directory of nonprofit newsrooms that belong to the Institute for Nonprofit News. You can look for locality covered, including national newsrooms. It's so rich: explore! Find your niche!

findyournews.org/explore/
December 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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this is pretty wild. good argument for lockdown mode if your threat model is one where you might have your phone seized by the Feds: www.404media.co/fbi-couldnt-...
FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled
Lockdown Mode is a sometimes overlooked feature of Apple devices that broadly make them harder to hack. A court record indicates the feature might be effective at stopping third parties unlocking some...
www.404media.co
February 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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BREAKING: The NFL said it is aware of recently released emails that revealed the connection between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and New York Giants chairman and co-owner Steve Tisch, a league spokesperson said Monday.
February 2, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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One more way in which the FBI's search of an Atlanta election office was surpassingly unusual: President Trump spoke to the agents who conducted the search during a phone call afterward.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
Trump Had Unusual Call With F.B.I. Agents After Election Center Search
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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I have spoken with several senior FBI counterintelligence officers who believe that there is a reasonably strong prospect that Tulsi Gabbard is a foreign intelligence asset.
February 2, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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WSJ Exclusive: A U.S. intelligence official has alleged wrongdoing by Tulsi Gabbard in a whistleblower complaint that is so highly classified it has sparked months of wrangling over how to share it with Congress, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the matter.
Exclusive | Classified Whistleblower Complaint About Tulsi Gabbard Stalls Within Her Agency
Congress hasn’t seen the complaint, which was filed eight months ago with the U.S. intelligence community watchdog’s office.
www.wsj.com
February 2, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Since a lot of the coverage is omitting this detail: The Kennedy Center HAD a $250 million renovation and expansion just a few years ago, in 2019.
February 2, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Quiet. We’re busy rebuilding Venezuelan infrastructure. And the Kennedy Center. 🤡
Tens of thousands of people across Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana have gone a week without power or heat after a brutal ice storm. At least three dozen people have died in connection with the storm, officials have said.
Fear and Anger Grow as Thousands Remain Without Power in the South
More than 30 people have died across three Southern states in connection with last week’s storm, and thousands remain without power.
nyti.ms
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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I guess they are pretty upset.

For some reason.
February 1, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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This single payment is ~66x the total amount of “Biden family” revenues that the GOP and right-wing media spent years frothing over.” www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/ano...
February 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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If this is the same Peter Attia MD who was just revealed as one of Bari Weiss's big new additions to CBS News, he can just tell the stories about the "outrageous" life Jeffrey Epstein led on the Evening News.

Think of the ratings!
And Peter Attia MD telling Epstein the biggest problem with being his friend is he can’t tell anyone about the life he lives. Nice.
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
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We’re just not a free country.

Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.
January 29, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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This is testimony…

📌 Stella Carlson, “Pink coat lady”, speaks on the murder of Alex Pretti.

“After the shooting, they (ICE) decided to just scatter and save themselves.”
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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This morning, I recorded a video on TikTok about why DHS’s arguments for the power to enter homes without judicial warrants in immigration cases are bunk.

Nine hours later, TikTok still says my video is “under review,” and can’t be shared.

Well, here’s a link:

georgetown.box.com/v/Vladeck-IC...
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 AM
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The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”

The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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DHS has shot 12 people during immigration enforcement operations since September:
January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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“ICU nurse Alex Pretti killed by feds in Minn. held phone, not a gun, video shows.” people.com/icu-nurse-al...
ICU Nurse Alex Pretti Killed by Feds in Minn. Held Phone, Not a Gun, Video Shows
Witnesses have shared footage of the moment ICU nurse, Alex Pretti, was fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24. A video verified by 'The New York Times' appears to show P...
people.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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January 24, 2026 at 9:57 PM
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: "I call on all Americans to see the decency that this state is exhibiting and the horrific cruelty, unprofessional absolute abomination that is passing for what these ICE agents are doing on these streets."
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM