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Fact-checking the Minnesota daycare controversy:
A video by right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley claimed widespread child care fraud at Somali American-run day cares in Minneapolis.
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A video by right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley claimed widespread child care fraud at Somali American-run day cares in Minneapolis.
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Here’s what’s really happening with child care fraud in Minnesota - MinnPost
Evidence of child care fraud in Minnesota is nowhere near the levels a viral video would suggest — but it hasn’t stopped a crackdown on child care funding.
www.minnpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Fact-checking the Minnesota daycare controversy:
A video by right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley claimed widespread child care fraud at Somali American-run day cares in Minneapolis.
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A video by right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley claimed widespread child care fraud at Somali American-run day cares in Minneapolis.
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Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Dear neighbor,
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
HIGH ALERT‼️ If you are vulnerable to deportation please stay home today. I’m sorry to say this but it’s not safe to be outside. ICE is tearing families apart.
Children of immigrants please keep your family safe.
Jason Chavez 1/
January 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Can confirm I have personally seen three attempts just today of agents in a convoy of ICE vehicles trying to snatch random POCs along Central Ave - and then being chased off by neighbors with whistles. It's blatant racial profiling.
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
Minneapolis city council member says POC should stay home:
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From 2014 to today:
Trumpworld seeks excuses to wage open and violent war against U.S. citizens
Trumpworld seeks excuses to wage open and violent war against U.S. citizens
January 14, 2026 at 5:44 PM
From 2014 to today:
Trumpworld seeks excuses to wage open and violent war against U.S. citizens
Trumpworld seeks excuses to wage open and violent war against U.S. citizens
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“The officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury,” writes Mike Fox. In a commentary, Fox explores how this case followed a familiar playbook: https://ow.ly/iFia50XVPlq
Renee Good Wasn’t the First Person Shot in Her Car by ICE. The Justification Followed a Familiar Script.
The officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury.
ow.ly
January 13, 2026 at 6:01 PM
“The officer who shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis might never have to defend his actions before a judge or jury,” writes Mike Fox. In a commentary, Fox explores how this case followed a familiar playbook: https://ow.ly/iFia50XVPlq
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Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked?
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
January 13, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Where is the business community and corporate leaders of Minnesota based companies in speaking up? Why aren't the big law firms sending lawyers to represent the people being attacked?
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
We are not at the end of this authoritarianism, we are at the beginning. And, sadly, we are on our own.
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Jesse Ventura nails it. My former political party, that once railed against “jack-booted thugs” on our streets, now fully embraces those same thugs, they now fully embrace ICE. @jimacosta.bsky.social and I let it rip. Have a watch.👇 youtu.be/oej_GoL6lbU
Jesse Ventura Calls GOP 'Domestic Enemies' - Joe Walsh's Response Is Perfect
YouTube video by Jim Acosta
youtu.be
January 11, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Jesse Ventura nails it. My former political party, that once railed against “jack-booted thugs” on our streets, now fully embraces those same thugs, they now fully embrace ICE. @jimacosta.bsky.social and I let it rip. Have a watch.👇 youtu.be/oej_GoL6lbU
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Jesse Ventura may be radical in some of his views but he is a true patriot. I'll stand behind Ventura any day.
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
Jesse Ventura on Minneapolis ICE shooting: 'We're a 3rd world country now'
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Jesse Ventura may be radical in some of his views but he is a true patriot. I'll stand behind Ventura any day.
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
youtu.be/udSUbBhA8I0?...
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MAGA is spreading incendiary disinformation to get law-abiding police officers and J6 fact-seekers killed.
Here is what Fanone actually said on YouTube. Compare to the projections by Gateway Pundit of their lust for violence against police who still uphold our laws.
Here is what Fanone actually said on YouTube. Compare to the projections by Gateway Pundit of their lust for violence against police who still uphold our laws.
January 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM
MAGA is spreading incendiary disinformation to get law-abiding police officers and J6 fact-seekers killed.
Here is what Fanone actually said on YouTube. Compare to the projections by Gateway Pundit of their lust for violence against police who still uphold our laws.
Here is what Fanone actually said on YouTube. Compare to the projections by Gateway Pundit of their lust for violence against police who still uphold our laws.
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Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
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A state senator representing Jersey City says civilian oversight boards need to be granted investigatory powers to make real change. “My goal at the state level is to establish a clear framework that guides their work,” she said in a written statement.
New Jersey Cities Are Pressing Resistant State Officials for Civilian Police Oversight
Local officials in Newark, Jersey City, and Trenton want civilian agencies that can investigate police and issue subpoenas. But they keep running into the state’s Democratic leaders.
boltsmag.org
January 9, 2026 at 6:29 PM
A state senator representing Jersey City says civilian oversight boards need to be granted investigatory powers to make real change. “My goal at the state level is to establish a clear framework that guides their work,” she said in a written statement.
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3D Political Compasses:
Abandoning the lies of "left" and "right," "liberal" and "conservative," for terms that actually describe real-world opinions and biases.
Abandoning the lies of "left" and "right," "liberal" and "conservative," for terms that actually describe real-world opinions and biases.
January 7, 2026 at 9:23 AM
3D Political Compasses:
Abandoning the lies of "left" and "right," "liberal" and "conservative," for terms that actually describe real-world opinions and biases.
Abandoning the lies of "left" and "right," "liberal" and "conservative," for terms that actually describe real-world opinions and biases.
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Officer Harry Dunn: "People are trying to rewrite history and what happened, to tell us, and tell you all, that you didn't see what you saw and that we are lying about what we went through."
January 6, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Officer Harry Dunn: "People are trying to rewrite history and what happened, to tell us, and tell you all, that you didn't see what you saw and that we are lying about what we went through."
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Michael Fanone: "Donald Trump exists because Americans replaced integrity and honor and courage with cowardice…You have the Republican Party is the party of insurrection and cowardice. The Democratic Party which is also the party of cowardice because they failed to hold Trump accountable."
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Michael Fanone: "Donald Trump exists because Americans replaced integrity and honor and courage with cowardice…You have the Republican Party is the party of insurrection and cowardice. The Democratic Party which is also the party of cowardice because they failed to hold Trump accountable."
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Fanone: "The MAGA crowd are cowards. They like to talk tough, especially when they're behind the safety of their keyboard. I've been getting death threats almost daily since I testified before Congress, and nobody has so much as approached me in any meaningful way…Bring it on."
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Fanone: "The MAGA crowd are cowards. They like to talk tough, especially when they're behind the safety of their keyboard. I've been getting death threats almost daily since I testified before Congress, and nobody has so much as approached me in any meaningful way…Bring it on."
When MAGA praises Trump, they accidentally praise Obama, Biden, and Bush.
They credit Trump alone for the same unoriginal "might makes right" policies as the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez, his successor Nicolás Maduro, and every American president since Truman.
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They credit Trump alone for the same unoriginal "might makes right" policies as the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez, his successor Nicolás Maduro, and every American president since Truman.
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January 4, 2026 at 10:06 PM
When MAGA praises Trump, they accidentally praise Obama, Biden, and Bush.
They credit Trump alone for the same unoriginal "might makes right" policies as the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez, his successor Nicolás Maduro, and every American president since Truman.
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They credit Trump alone for the same unoriginal "might makes right" policies as the late Venezuelan socialist leader Hugo Chavez, his successor Nicolás Maduro, and every American president since Truman.
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People love a president who starts wars without legal permission from the Congress that voters elected to, you know, pass laws and declare wars.
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January 3, 2026 at 9:47 PM
People love a president who starts wars without legal permission from the Congress that voters elected to, you know, pass laws and declare wars.
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When it comes to the crackdown on fraudulent activity in Minnesota, “the administration’s preferred narrative has been advanced in widespread coverage by corporate media outlets,” writes @matthewccook5.bsky.social with @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
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Corporate Media Advances Conservative Narrative About Minnesota Fraud - The American Prospect
As Trump makes racist attacks on Somali immigrants, media giants CBS, Fox, The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times parrot claims from a weaponized DOJ and self-interested players.
trib.al
January 2, 2026 at 7:00 PM
When it comes to the crackdown on fraudulent activity in Minnesota, “the administration’s preferred narrative has been advanced in widespread coverage by corporate media outlets,” writes @matthewccook5.bsky.social with @exposedbycmd.bsky.social:
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“What MAGA voters received,” writes John Mac Ghlionn in an opinion piece at The Hill, “wasn’t renewal, but a grim revelation. The failure was never just Trump. He was the messenger.
Researcher warns the Trump age is America’s 'final act'
A culture and society researcher is warning that America in the age of Trump is seeing its “final act” — but says Trump is just the messenger.“What MAGA voters received,” writes John Mac Ghlionn in an...
www.alternet.org
January 2, 2026 at 6:19 PM
“What MAGA voters received,” writes John Mac Ghlionn in an opinion piece at The Hill, “wasn’t renewal, but a grim revelation. The failure was never just Trump. He was the messenger.
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Mark Cuban on why he got into business selling drugs at a fixed markup, when he could make more money by selling at higher prices: “Because I’m rich as fuck and I didn’t care about the money....My next dollar is not going to change my life.”
Mark Cuban Tells Us How He Can Fix America’s Shitty Health Care
The entrepreneur wants to do what many in his position have tried and failed to accomplish.
lnk.thebulwark.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Mark Cuban on why he got into business selling drugs at a fixed markup, when he could make more money by selling at higher prices: “Because I’m rich as fuck and I didn’t care about the money....My next dollar is not going to change my life.”
MAGA Republicans oppose the unborn. They oppose human life.
And MAGA Republicans corrupt and destroy the Israel that they falsely claim to support.
And MAGA Republicans corrupt and destroy the Israel that they falsely claim to support.
January 1, 2026 at 1:40 AM
MAGA Republicans oppose the unborn. They oppose human life.
And MAGA Republicans corrupt and destroy the Israel that they falsely claim to support.
And MAGA Republicans corrupt and destroy the Israel that they falsely claim to support.
This thread is about Trump Republican policies that religious leaders frame as “Christian”; each fake-conservative policy is refuted by Bible passages.
December 31, 2025 at 6:56 AM
This thread is about Trump Republican policies that religious leaders frame as “Christian”; each fake-conservative policy is refuted by Bible passages.
The as-yet impenitent sins of Israel, part 1:
Biblical prophets: injustice, corruption, oppression
Biblical prophets: injustice, corruption, oppression
December 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The as-yet impenitent sins of Israel, part 1:
Biblical prophets: injustice, corruption, oppression
Biblical prophets: injustice, corruption, oppression
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The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
The great unchurching of America
A seismic shift in religion is upon U.S.
www.axios.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The U.S. is undergoing its fastest religious shift in modern history, marked by a rapid increase in the religiously unaffiliated and numerous church closures nationwide.
When someone writes, “I stand with Israel,” what does it tell you?
December 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
When someone writes, “I stand with Israel,” what does it tell you?
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This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!