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www.cleveland.com/news/2025/06... “We want to make this the most secure, and demonstrate the freedom that happens here in the United States...” - Sen. Jim Lankford (R) Because nothing screams “FREEDOM!” quite like deploying active duty Marines against US citizens on US soil.

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The Olympic Committee should seriously consider moving the 2028 LA Olympics to another country, because comparisons to the 1936 Berlin Games will be as damning as they are inevitable.

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The video has gone viral online amidst escalating violence and unrest following protests against Trump's immigration crackdown.

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Trump has deployed the US military against American citizens. Full stop.

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A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official during Donald Trump's first term as president claimed that what is happening in Los Angeles is exactly what the president has been hoping for so he can unleash the military on Americans.

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minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/03/h... It occurred to me this ICE isn’t just cosplaying as military. Trump is conditioning the American public get used to men in military uniforms “enforcing the law” so that there will be less of an outcry when they deploy the actual US military as “crowd control.”

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FFS, how about the DNC task an intern with typing “How to stop or at least stall an authoritarian soft coup in an ostensibly democracy?” as a ChatGPT prompt? And then start doing it, without drafting a PowerPoint deck to test out with focus audiences?

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Insurers are incentivized to NOT keep provider directories up to date. While you struggle to find an in-network provider, they are still collecting your premiums without paying out benefits.

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The right wing is calling Scott Pelley a "fraud," a "liar," and "angry and unhinged" because of his Wake Forest speech. A Fox "News" host is calling for his arrest. Which proves his point. Here's the transcript for those like me who prefer to read. commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...

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86: To throw someone out or refuse service; this person is no longer welcome. 47: The 47th President of the United States, i.e. Donald J. Trump #8647

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Let’s agree to stop saying what Trump is doing is “without precedent.” There’s plenty of precedent: Germany 1933-1945 Italy 1922-1943 Soviet Union 1924-1953 Spain 1939-1975 Chile 1973-1990

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