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The victim was identified as Keontae. He managed to escape and called his mom from a cornfield an hour away. Thankfully, he did not suffer serious physical injuries, but local leaders say the emotional scars are already heavy—mistrust, fear, and trauma. 4/4 www.wkow.com/news/top-sto...
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UPDATE: House Oversight is convening a private roundtable with survivors of Epstein’s abuse. This is a testament to our pressure. I look forward to hearing from survivors & won't stop pushing for a full, public hearing so their stories are documented in the Congressional Record.
🚨🚨🚨If you live anywhere in the greater Chicago area…ICE will start using Great Lakes Naval Station as a command center for their “enforcement” operations across Chicago on Sept 5. The base isn’t in the city or Cook County. It’s north, in Lake County. Expect raids across entire the metropolitan area.
#StopIsrael #IsraelisADeathCult #IsraeliButchers #internationalinterventionNOW #SanctionIsraelNow #FreePalestine
Platner: No one cares that you pretend to be remorseful as you sell out to lobbyists. Symbolic opposition does not reopen hospitals. Weak condemnations do not bring back Roe V Wade. Maine deserves better than Susan Collins.
What’s up with this? bsky.app/profile/nihi...
I’m so sorry for your loss 💔
Huh.
I’m sorry for your loss💔🌈
I’m so very sorry 💔🌈
The #GazaGenocide has been decades in the planning. Western governments' cowardice - and in some cases, active support - have provided the impunity for Israel's crimes against humanity.
Reported
Portland, Maine crowd as Democratic US Senate candidate Graham Platner takes the stage today.
Starting today, 2.4M Americans, including kids, lose SNAP food benefits. Stores like Freshly’s Market in Mississippi that serve low-income communities expect a 35–45% drop in sales. Children will go hungry & employees at Freshly's lose jobs. Welcome to trickle-down starvation.
I have a master of public health, but it wasn’t until my grandmother got sick and started researching what assistance was available that I found out exactly how states use Medicaid to essentially steal from families that can’t afford to pay for treatment. They’re almost state-run reverse mortgages.
Photo passed along from a federal employee from inside the Dept of Labor building, where a giant Orwellian image of Trump's face is now draped outside. Big Brother is watching.
Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
Prison chaplain at ICE facility in Pennsylvania accused of sexually abusing immigration detainee
Venezuela's Maduro says US seeking regime change with naval build-up reut.rs/4mHn1G2
I'm just gonna flip on some corporate media really quick... ABC: ads CNN: ads Back to CNN: Trump's Chicago "immigration enforcement" MSNBC: Protests in Chicago Back to ABC: A "federal judge getting in the way of Trump's immigration crackdown" Back to CNN: Weekend travel Nothing about Trump MIA
Join us in celebrating the people who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. Únase en celebrar a la gente que trabajan en los campos para poner comida en nuestras mesas. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay
Pardons weren’t good enough. Now they want a payout (like Ashley Babbit’s family got).
Dr Demetre Daskalakis is one of the big CDC officials who just resigned. He said RFK Jr never met with experts from his division, not even for briefings on measles, COVID, or RSV, in the seven months he has served. “He has never been briefed by any human from my center about anything.”
NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES #LaborDay DAY 31 AUGUST 2025 THESE HORRENDOUS TIMES Labor Day Weekend Throwback to President Joseph Biden, September 2023. The ONLY President while in office to stand in a picket line Truly cared for the AMERICAN WORKER Trump hates labor #UnionStrong THANK YOU JOE
In Los Angeles, this should be done everywhere. The pics of Americans snatched by ICE Gestapo is being projected on the side of a detention center in Los Angeles. #iceout #losangeles #california
He put chalk on his shoes then walked on the Pulse Memorial crosswalk. Police arrested him. But the court said they had no cause and he was released. The man arrested is now considering suing the state of Florida citing first amendment right violations.
Federal agents in DC have been starting dangerous car cases for small stuff like tinted windows. The chases violate DC police policy. Out of 10 cases, six ended in a crash. One car had a minor in back. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
“I would appreciate you taking your father’s U.S. Constitution book, read it, study it, make your own lines underneath it, and get Trump out of office. The man is a dictator.” — a longtime Missouri resident who said he's at risk of losing his family farm. trib.al/hPOlu0F
NEW: Judge Sooknanan acted quickly to block as many as 600 Guatemalan children from being deported by the Trump administration without due process. A judge in Illinois took a similar step for 4 children whose lawyers sued Saturday. w/ @joshgerstein www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
BREAKING: A federal judge has *blocked* the Trump administration from abruptly deporting 600 unaccompanied Guatemalan children — perhaps within a matter of hours — granting an emergency restraining order after advocates called the plan illegal + dangerous. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
🎶 We’re calling on Governor Moore, saying, “Stop Avelo…” 🎶 @govwesmoore.bsky.social #AveloOutofBWI
I’m here at BWI Airport to say, “Hey hey, ho ho! Avelo and ICE have got to go!” #AveloOutofBWI
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What possible reason other than cruelty?
"Another picture emerged: that of small businesses being harmed by a president who was elected because of his purported business acumen; of a man whose obsession with appearing tough on crime now threatens to sabotage urban economies across the country."
“For the second time in less than a month, the Justice Department abruptly dropped charges against a client represented by Brad Bondi, the brother of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.” Must be nice! abcnews.go.com/US/doj-drops...
UPDATE: The firefighter Trump’s ICE goons arrested in Washington was on track for legal status. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
On Wednesday, a Trump-appointed attorney dropped an indictment against property developer Sid Chakraverty over wire fraud charges.
#MessWithTexas ✊🏾 #ONEV1 #Pinks 🌸 #Voices4Victory
Israel is blocking foreign doctors from volunteering in Gaza, leaving patients without critical care. Dr. Mimi Syed, an American physician, said she was denied entry without explanation. The World Health Organization calls these “arbitrary denials”
Ha. Haha. Haaa. I get it.
Two firefighters held at Washington ICE detention center amid wildfire, US representative says reut.rs/4gkZFUB
When Peter Thiel bankrolled JD Vance’s sudden rise form Hillbilly Elegy to the Senate to the WH & Thiel’s Palantir was tapped to create a database on every American & former Thiel Foundation CEO was picked by RFK Jr as CDC interim director - Thiel’s the wizard behind the curtain. 🤬
“ILLEGALS” MY ASS! Green card holder Rami Othmane speaks out after being snatched off the street by ICE while driving to the grocery store. He’s a documented immigrant and the husband of Dr Wafaa Alrashid, chief of staff at a local hospital. He was locked in detention for 13 days.
People power.
This firefighter arrived in the US at age 4, has been here for 19 years, was on track to legal status, and was on a crew trying to contain a major blaze (in Washington state, vs Oregon, fwiw.) h/t @joshuajfriedman.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This, exactly
Damn!
Last January, a source shared evidence with me that DOGE was installing devices on govt servers to upload data to the cloud. Some hosts were FOREIGN. On Friday, a whistleblower resigned and came forward to share the same. Listen to what we found in January: www.muellershewrote.com/p/a-fork-in-...
We can pray!
NO
It is less a mass deportation regime as it is a mass kidnapping and indefinite detention regime
It will end one day....
Sad, you can add C.D.C., FEMA, and other agencies where people with integrity have also spoken out. The administration only wants spineless employees.
“Shoot, shovel, and shut up” that’s what I was told a sheriff in a NW Hill Country Texas County told a caller who reported “illegal aliens” on their property. Gotta love my Republican neighbors - NOT! No doubt in my mind this gets said frequently.
Ladies, and marginalized communities across this country will be astronomically affected by the EO the felon signed on Thursday. I wouldn't be worried but MAGA politicians are going to cram through the worst of the EOs into law. Give my friend, Bob, from TikTok a listen. #SheShed
What will America be under President JD Thiel, excuse me, I meant JD Vance? Time to start seriously thinking about this as Trump’s health continues faltering.
Carrying “an armful of chains to the van” agents forced 7 men in hand + ankle shankles onto a US COAST GUARD plane and spirited them away. When they noticed an observer, they put on masks, because proud of their 🇺🇸service. Just a regular day at BWI. Astounding reporting by @gbrockell.bsky.social
How I love this. I hope you do too
Who made the big bucks on the contracts?
May they Rest in hell, both of them
Last Friday, a catastrophic explosion erupted at a major lubricant manufacturing facility in a predominantly Black town near Baton Rouge. Oily droplets spattered from the smoky sky as far as 20 miles away, coating rooftops, cars, and lawns in a slick, shimmering film that glistened like tar.
It would be an abomination if ICE were to show up there and kidnap people who are probably so excited to become U.S. citizens at last. F’ing MAGA chants - do it the legal way and these people have. What this is about is RACISM.
A naturalization ceremony is scheduled for the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, at 1 p.m. Friday.
The contractors probably didn’t lose money….🤔
Good.
It just keeps getting better.
👇 How to Report ICE zines for multiple cities! 💗
Three days ago, Mohammad Abu Jarad, a teacher from the city of Beit Lahia, moved with his family from west of Gaza City to Khan Younis, where Israel has been telling people to go. Yesterday, Israeli terrorist forces bombed their tent, killing Mohammad, his wife, Shafiqah,
and their two little children, Yaqoub and Lo’ay. Second photo is of Yaqoub and Lo’ay in their tent before they were killed. 💔💔💔🤬🤬🤬🇮🇱
Thousands of Mike Johnson's own constituents are at risk of losing Medicaid coverage following the passage of a budget bill he pushed for. And it’s all so he could help bankroll more tax cuts for corporations and the super-rich. Don’t let him forget.
Award-winning journalist Mario Guevara, who was detained after documenting ICE raids, was arrested at a protest on June 14 in Georgia. Although all criminal charges related to the protest have been dropped, federal prosecutors have fought to keep him locked up in ICE custody.
Shortly after Trump met with Putin in Alaska, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard abruptly ousted a CIA expert who had helped brief Trump’s team in the lead-up to the meeting. By naming this person in a memo, Gabbard appears to have identified a CIA officer who was operating under cover.
Outside the CDC, people are chanting “USA, not RFK.” They are fed up with having one unqualified person dictate the nation’s health. #USANotRFK
CDC director Susan Monarez declined to fire agency leaders or to accept all recommendations from a vaccine advisory panel made over by Mr. Kennedy, according to people with knowledge of the events. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/h...
Motherfucker still looks like John Wayne Gacy. Couch Fucker in Chief incoming... This scenario is worse than Trump, this is Peter Thiel's & 2025's wet dream. This will get worse no matter what at this point so buckle up, get a gun and protest armed/angry. They are Nazi's as well, don't forget.
CINDY MCCAIN: “The desperation is overwhelming.”
It takes real grit to walk out of one's workplace to join a protest. Here's a photo gallery of today's rally outside CDC headquarters. Well done! Heroes all! 👏 Support #science, not quackery! #USAnotRFK apnews.com/photo-galler...
CDC scientists receive a heroes welcome after walking out today.
Kudos to these brave souls with integrity.
KILL MORE PEOPLE! KILL MORE PEOPLE! he croaked in the voice of a Transformer on 5% battery power as he pounded the table in unison before the sound of a Black Cat firework popping signaled that his face had stopped working.
Who made the big bucks on this atrocity?
Believe it!
THIS EXACTLY!
"Japan and Switzerland on Monday joined Australia, Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Thailand, the U.K. and New Zealand in saying they would pause shipments." thedailyrecord.com/2025/08/27/t...
This administration has done a better job protecting the Epstein files than our social security numbers. #DefendersOfDemocracy
More than 20 years ago, N.C. legislators passed a law requiring that landslide hazards be mapped across 19 mountain counties. But after only four of those counties were mapped, lawmakers gave in to developers who said it could harm property values. (Published May 2025)
Give me a break - what kind of stupid headline is that? He’s bonkers! When will the media scream “the emperor has no clothes”?
Call him out for what he is - a malignant psychopathic narcissist. How can any reputable news organization not TELL THE TRUTH? He’s nuts and the entire cabinet is occupied by groveling sycophants. When they’re done with the 1st Amendment WSJ will be as appealing as used toilet paper.
America hasn’t tipped into fascism, we’ve been thrown into it and have our heads held under as we read this post! #AbolishICE #TreasonPOTUS&Cabinet
WHEW! Done. Anyway, this project has taken a TON of time & effort. If yoiu find my healthcare wonkery useful & would like to support it (which would also help with my own pending premium hikes, I should note...), you can do so here, thank you! secure.actblue.com/donate/acasi...