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What's a pig-butchering scam? It might open with a simple “Hi” or some good-natured confusion about why your phone number seems to be in the person’s address book. That's the first step in a process intended to drain your bank account and ruin your life. Our explainer from 2022:

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Shameful. I expect they will be sued.👇 "Nearly 100,000 North Carolina voters will be required to take an additional step to verify their identity or risk being disenfranchised under a plan approved by the GOP-controlled state board of elections Tuesday." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

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World War WTF Keep your Eyes on the Lies, Iran Edition Pls read & subscribe- johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/world-war-...

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NEW: Free audio version of the bombshell DoJ whistleblower letter. For those who don’t have time to read it, or want the added commentary from Andy McCabe and me. You’ll want to hear this, trust me podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

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If you have JD Vance meme on your phone you might be stopped at the US border, held in a cell, strip-searched and sent home www.dublinlive.ie/news/world-n...

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BREAKING: Trump’s economy: In just the first half of this year, U.S. job cuts surged to 700,000 — up 80% from last year. Meanwhile, unemployment among Gen Z is climbing: 7.2% for those with a master’s or higher 9.4% for those with some college experience.

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WATCH: “I promise you it would’ve been a war crime.” 1 of 3 U.S. marine sons of the gardener brutally beaten by Trump’s Gestapo says if he did that as a Marine he would’ve been charged. Soboroff: “How can you not be sickened by that?” So ICE is immune from laws? 😕 🇺🇸

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In 2021, ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

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The idea that carrying a meme on your phone could factor into your treatment at the border is a sign of how authoritarian things have gotten, here. And the fact that the image is not a threat, makes it all the more chilling. People used to joke that autocracies fear humor and now it’s true.👇

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The Roberts Court is beyond redemption. Even if the Court exhibits flashes of logic or humanity, it has inflicted too much damage to the Constitution and to the vulnerable to be forgiven. Robert Hubbell

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It’s a good day to call your Senators to kill the “Billionaire Bailout Bill”!!! Sounds like the Thune and Johnson have the hounds of hell unleashed to try to get this passed. Of course Traitor McConnell has to jump on the party bandwagon. Let’s show them we do NOT want this bill to pass!!!

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If you need a mask to enforce the law, you don’t deserve a badge. Federal agents are snatching people off the streets—faces covered, names hidden. This isn’t safety. It’s secrecy. It’s not America. adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/why-are-fe...

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“The folks slashing funding see numbers on a page. I see my daughter Sallie’s future hanging in the balance.” – Kirsten Eve Beachy newsletter.ofthebrav...

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Donald Trump may have put U.S. military members in greater danger, but at least he has their interests in mind, right? Well...

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I'm seeing a lot of MAGA trolls. Did they hitch a ride here in JD Vance's couch cushions? Block, report, repeat.

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Hot take: people should be able to call the police to verify if they think they’re being kidnapped by men in masks who won’t identify themselves in unmarked cars without it being a “resisting” crime

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Wonder why ICE workers are so horrible? Whistleblowers who speak out about illegal actions and inhumane conditions are being fired, then replaced with Trump loyalists who won’t ask questions. ICE leadership has seen over a dozen top-level resignations and firings since Trump took office,

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Last week's #SCOTUS decisions include a number of rulings that will make it easier for a particular subset of litigants to bring particular challenges to government action in particular lower courts. As today's "One First" explains, that's a deeply problematic outcome, even if it's not intentional:

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Donald Trump's pick for domestic counterterrorism chief is apparently as qualified as you would expect.

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June 23, 2025

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Not to rain on everyone’s ceasefire-not-ceasefire parade, but that wrecking ball of a big dumb bill is still working its way through the Senate and still launching an assault on women, wages, benefits, and the entire working class

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BREAKING: Iran just broke the ceasefire that Trump said would “last forever”. Israel's defence minister orders "powerful strikes" on Tehran.

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"Trump's gut" told him Iran's got nukes. Same gut that told him: -COVID would disappear by Easter -disinfectant might be medicinal if you inject it -he won the 2020 election -tariffs lower prices At this point, we should assume Trump’s "gut” is actually a 2nd, dumber brain that lives in his colon.

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I rarely post personal things. But I need to talk about my 4-year-old niece, Hope. She has a rare disease. A drug called elamipretide has helped her survive. But the FDA recently denied its approval. Now, her health hangs in the balance. Please share her story & urge the FDA to reconsider. 🧵

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It’s wild that in the video DHS posted in an effort to make the beating of an innocent landscaper (with 3 marine sons) seem justified there’s a masked ice goon pointing a gun at a random car passing by and they don’t seem to think it matters at all

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Tribal college leaders said they were stunned by the Trump administration's proposed cuts to their already insufficient funding and had more questions than answers. “It’s a dagger, and I don’t know how we can survive these types of cuts,” one college president said.

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Funny, that.

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BREAKING: According to the New York Times, U.S. intelligence believes Iran removed approximately 400 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity from the Fordow facility prior to the strike. The current location of this nuclear material is unknown to the United States.

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