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If you live in the US, you are in greater jeopardy today than you were 6 months ago. So is your family. So are your friends & neighbors. Virtually all the important parts of the U.S. gov't created to protect us are being shut down, gutted, or marginalized. My latest. newrepublic.com/article/1968...

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Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound) DAY 17 JUNE 2025 TUMULTUOUS AND UNHINGED We all heard trump a few days ago, we won't get involved Today unhinged rants "We control the airspace over Iran Surrender Now We're not gonna kill the Ayatolla now but could easily " And NOW THIS FROM IRAN

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A damning new interview reveals some White House staffers think Donald Trump is unfit to lead. They believe the president is “still the same man, but worse and emboldened.” https://trib.al/J3mAJI0

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Here's a longer video of Brad Lander's detention just now inside 26 Federal Plaza as he tried to walk a man out of immigration court, by masked federal agents.

submitted 16 hours ago • 831 comments

Hahaha

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Some VA employees have been told they no longer need to send in their 5 Things emails.Instead, they are being asked to send in an example of fraud,waste or abuse to their supervisor weekly. After months of abuse, now the #VA wants our help? 👀 You should have asked before you broke all our trust.

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The “anti-fraud” tools that DOGE installed for the Social Security Administration’s phone service slowed claim processing by 25% and ended up reporting a true fraud rate of less than 0.000018% Elon Musk and the President claimed it was 40% www.nextgov.com/digital-gove...

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According to @pewresearch.org, a survey across 24 countries released this month, majorities in most nations hold little or no confidence in the U.S. to handle major global issues—from climate change to the Russia-Ukraine war. Via @contrariannews.org open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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Let me get this straight: the american president issued an ultimatum to Iran to "surrender" while their own intelligence denies the only justification he has? How does that work?

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#TeslaTakeover If Musk thinks he can speed run through DC downloading personal data, we can certainly bang some pots and pans on the sidewalks infront of Tesla dealerships. Bring your friends and make a little noise. Organize locally, act globally. www.tesla.com/findus/list/...

submitted 129 days ago • 11 comments

To stop political violence, we need dialogue, not division. While Minnesotans grieve, Trump refused to call Gov. Walz after the shooting: 👉 "He's a mess… Why waste time?" This isn't leadership. It's dangerous.

submitted 11 hours ago • 52 comments

I realize this is completely besides the point But if you were Tim Walz, would you really even want Trump to call you

submitted 10 hours ago • 28 comments

Come down to see us at the #Tesla dealership at 835 Carling Ave. We’ll be here until 2 pm. Weather permitting. @teslatakedown.com @ahouseunited.bsky.social #TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla #ElonTheClown #Ottawa #TulipFestival

submitted 31 days ago • 13 comments

Saluting Elon is ready to go on tour! If you’re organizing a #teslatakedown protest, message us!

submitted 28 days ago • 7 comments

“As agents pull Lander away from the hallway, he shouted out “show me your warrant, show me your badge… I’m not obstructing, I am standing right here in the hallway,” he said. “You don’t have the authority to arrest U.S. citizens asking for a judicial warrant.” www.aol.com/nyc-mayoral-...

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We will NOT allow arresting opposition party lawmakers become normal in America.

submitted 14 hours ago • 18 comments

this isn't ominous at all

submitted 11 hours ago • 17 comments

US Weekly COVID update: June 16, 2025 🔸1 in 208 People Currently Infected 🔸230,000 New Daily Infections 🔸1,610,000 New Weekly Infections 🔸81,000 to 322,000 Weekly Long COVID Cases 🔸600 to 1,000 Weekly Excess Deaths Source: pmc19.com/data/

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8 things you need to know about the new “Nimbus” and “Stratus” COVID-19 variants. "The NB.1.8.1 and XFG sub-variants are rapidly spreading and competing for global dominance." "COVID-19 may have faded from news headlines, but it hasn’t gone away – or stopped evolving."

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A North Korean news report on Trump's ridiculous birthday ego parade. Perhaps our own news agencies & networks could school themselves by watching this: learning a lot on how to report news truthfully by this example. ================== www.facebook.com/reel/1231530...

submitted 10 hours ago • 3 comments

In order to maximize tax breaks to billionaires in their budget bill, Republicans are trying to cut deeper and deeper into health care and other vital benefits.

submitted 14 hours ago • 3 comments

@rlevinsonwaldman.bsky.social and Melanie Geller explain how recent guidance from DHS is likely to undermine and even punish free speech among immigrants and other non-citizens, for @justsecurity.org.

submitted 12 hours ago • 1 comment

🚨BREAKING: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was taken today by ambulance to a hospital in Washington, D.C., two sources familiar with the situation told CNN. No further details about her condition are known at this time.

submitted 10 hours ago • 301 comments

The law is clear: Members of Congress have explicit legal authority to conduct oversight of federal detention facilities, without notice or approval. Yet, when my colleagues have attempted to peacefully enter ICE facilities, they’ve been denied entry – a direct violation of federal law.

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AOC says she’s joining Republican Rep. Massie in prohibiting 🇺🇸 involvement in Israel’s war with Iran

submitted 1 day ago • 202 comments

No war with Iran.

submitted 14 hours ago • 40 comments

Iran: Weeks away from having nuclear weapons since 1995

submitted 13 hours ago • 405 comments

saying that someone “no longer has any legal interests” because they’re dead is the sort of claim you might wanna run by a lawyer before publishing in The Atlantic

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It is objectively wild but also completely and totally expected and incredibly unsurprising that Trump’s primary response publicly and behind the scenes to the Minnesota political violence and killing has been for days just to effusively trash talk governor Walz www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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On Monday evening, MyPillow CEO and Donald Trump ally Mike Lindell texted Rolling Stone: “Awesome win! MyPillow 100% innocent!!!!” It was an odd moment to be taking a victory lap. Moments earlier, a jury ruled that Lindell had defamed a former Dominion Voting Systems executive.

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