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"A large part of what I do in my actual dayjob is cut waste in spending... So when politicians claim to be hunting waste while refusing to show their working, when they make dramatic claims without providing evidence, when they turn efficiency into entertainment – that’s not reform."

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It took Netanyahu 29 years, but he finally found an American president who was itching to go to war with him against Iran.

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“A U.S. citizen!” And now he’s missing. Adrian Martinez tried to defend a man ICE was harassing. Video shows six agents swarming him. He struggles but doesn’t lay hands on them. They take him to the ground & shove him into a CBP vehicle. Abuse of power. Keep recording. Don’t stop. (1 of 2)

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I don’t care what city or town you live in. If these guys jumped out of an unmarked van and grabbed you on the street, would you just assume they’re ICE or FBI? Would you willingly comply with their orders and get inside the van? THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS. THIS IS NOT AMERICA.

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Psychopathic

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Trump rolls into the G7 summit complaining about how mean they are to Putin, trashes America on foreign soil, confused the EU with the UK, dropped papers on the ground, trashed Tucker Carlson, accomplished nothing, then bailed early to escalate a war. MAGA!

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Reform’s Richard Tice is fighting a losing battle against the case for net zero, with a mixture of myths and misconceptions as his weapons.

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"Research has shown that the North of England has missed out on so much transport funding, in what was described as a ‘decade of deceit’, that we could have built the equivalent of seven Elizabeth lines."

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No one has been more burdensome to this country than the Taco-in-Chief and his Cult Administration. This truth is supported by the estimated 11 million people who protested Saturday.

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Nothing says “pro life” like murdering people in cold blood, and nothing says “family values” like shooting a mommy and daddy in front of their children during Father’s Day weekend.

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We kept being told that journalism was a bulwark against fascism, a "fourth estate". This is the liberal frame for perceiving the industry's worth. But the reality is the polar opposite: fascism has been allowed to thrive, and could not have done so, without journalism.

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Nothing to see here: just cops on horseback, bicycles, foot, and vehicles harassing a small group of peaceful protesters in a Charleston, South Carolina neighborhood.

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Mike Lee was born with every conceivable advantage in life. His father was US Solicitor Gen & dean of BYU Law, where Mike went to school. Older brother UT Sup Ct justice. Then he got jobs where family connections certainly help open doors. But he decided he wanted to be Catturd.

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This is how it’s done! 👊🏿👊🏾👊🏽👊🏼👊🏻

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Ant no stopping us now: insect with potent bite continues march across US https://twp.ai/4ioYu0

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The military parade was supposed to scare Americans into submitting to Trump’s fascist regime. Instead, 11M marched across the country and laughed at his pathetic attempt to show force.

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"I am Waseem, I live in northern Gaza, I am married and am a father of three children. I was living a beautiful life and I was working in an accounting company. The war came... They bombed the area and it was completely destroyed. After that, I lived in the street with my family..."

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This is why mainstream media writers fail. Unlike bards of yore who brought down actual kings with the power of the pen, today’s journalists back down. Every time. Follow independent journalists #FascistMedia

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Perfect 💯

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One of the best headlines from yesterday #ProudBlue

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Bravo this sign.

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#ProudBlue Top notch HYPOCRISY! Nazi Noem is the Queen Hypocrite. I love when we have the receipts. Take that bitch! She always looks like a deer in headlights

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What a wonderful idea…👇 Let’s. Do. This. ✨

submitted 102 days ago • 1348 comments

E.L.O.N.M.U.S.K. Brilliant

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Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

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Trump’s Military Parade Was a Pathetic Event for a Pathetic President | The New Republic Trump’s military birthday parade was a flop at best. 💩🤡 LOL

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holy shit -- GOP Rep. Mike Turner tries to "help out" Hegseth by getting him to confirm that the Pentagon does not in fact have plans to take Greenland by force, but Hegseth instead more or less testifies that yep, they have devised plans for that

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I’ll be there, will you? No kings. No cults. Just the Constitution—and the people who hold the line.

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Gavin Newsom on Donald Trump’s cognitive decline: “He’s lost it. I saw him trip on the steps today. I mean this is serious. He is not the same person that I dealt with just four years ago. He’e incapable of even a train of thought. He’s making things up and he’s putting people’s lives at risk.”

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They’re not behaving as if they’re in a four-year term. They’re behaving as if they’re in an everlasting dictatorship. Are we all clear on this?

submitted 11 days ago • 590 comments

Block Block Blockity Block 💥

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Welcome to America, where protesting illegal kidnappings without due process is an insurrection, but attacking the nation’s Capitol is not.

submitted 11 days ago • 2417 comments

ICE rolls in, LA rises up.🔥 If Stephen Miller was looking for immigrants to roll over and just take it from his ICE goons, he picked the wrong f*cking town. Between yesterday in LA City and Paramount today, the community is fighting back.

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What country is this?

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Greenland has handed a 30-year mining permit to a Danish-French consortium to extract minerals.

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