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Former journalist who still writes, edits, designs. Geek who loves art, music, words, what you do with them. I'm on Threads too @_eileenie_ for now.

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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

08.02.2026 17:07 👍 44541 🔁 16948 💬 966 📌 961
The Justice Department sued Donald Trump, his father, Fred, and Trump Management in order to obtain a settlement in which Trump and his father would promise not to discriminate. The case eventually was settled two years later after Trump tried to countersue the Justice Department for $100 million for making false statements. Those allegations were dismissed by the court.
"Donald started his career, back in 1973, being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination - because he would not rent
apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans, and he made sure that the people who worked for him understood that was the policy, Clinton said on Monday night.

The Justice Department sued Donald Trump, his father, Fred, and Trump Management in order to obtain a settlement in which Trump and his father would promise not to discriminate. The case eventually was settled two years later after Trump tried to countersue the Justice Department for $100 million for making false statements. Those allegations were dismissed by the court. "Donald started his career, back in 1973, being sued by the Justice Department for racial discrimination - because he would not rent apartments in one of his developments to African-Americans, and he made sure that the people who worked for him understood that was the policy, Clinton said on Monday night.

This was over 50 years ago.

08.02.2026 15:01 👍 189 🔁 66 💬 8 📌 6

So, incredibly, the White House has chosen to escalate in blue Minnesota and retreat in Maine to protect a vulnerable GOP Senator.

It's confirmation that Trump-Vance-Miller view ICE as a partisan govt-backed militia to attack blue America while propping up their regime. 1/

29.01.2026 12:55 👍 4450 🔁 1989 💬 153 📌 82

"Who's city is it Chief?
Bovino: "It's our fucking city."

And that, in a nutshell, is the problem. It is not a democracy when men with guns and uniforms believe they have more control over a city than its residents.

29.01.2026 14:41 👍 3533 🔁 1082 💬 109 📌 35

When the president was calling all Somali immigrants "garbage" who "come from hell" and "contribute nothing" to America and therefore needed to go "back where they came from" did you ask him to "stop the rhetoric," Tom?

29.01.2026 14:07 👍 11783 🔁 2962 💬 441 📌 96
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'Southland': the underrated cop drama is back on Netflix Good news for all the cop-drama lovers as the OG show from 2009 is back on Netflix. Get ready to binge all five seasons of 'Southland'.

In these dark times, I've found something really wonderful: All 5 seasons of the great cop show Southland are on Netflix. best-of-netflix.com/southland-th...

27.01.2026 00:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

24.01.2026 21:22 👍 6333 🔁 2044 💬 23 📌 37
CONTRIBUTOR
GREG BROCKMAN
AMOUNT
ELECTION TO DAT
$25,000,000 $25,000,000

CONTRIBUTOR GREG BROCKMAN AMOUNT ELECTION TO DAT $25,000,000 $25,000,000

The largest Trump superPAC donor so far this cycle is the president of OpenAI

26.01.2026 00:55 👍 1802 🔁 699 💬 33 📌 94
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I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list.

26.01.2026 01:40 👍 17006 🔁 7043 💬 1530 📌 757
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Tell your future cat I said hi.

26.01.2026 01:40 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

honestly, the restaurant in question - they know who they are - should print this tweet and put in the front window. business would quadruple

26.01.2026 01:20 👍 1195 🔁 141 💬 29 📌 5

"In spite of it all, the people remain my strongest reminder that the Trump administration is isolating itself and will, eventually, fail."

24.01.2026 06:05 👍 210 🔁 47 💬 1 📌 1

Incredible. The people of Minnesota are inspiring a nation.

24.01.2026 03:34 👍 3111 🔁 728 💬 79 📌 28

THEY TRIED TO GET A WARRANT TO CRIMINALLY INVESTIGATE THE WOMAN THEY SHOT DEAD

24.01.2026 00:07 👍 7509 🔁 2020 💬 156 📌 98
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DOJ sought to probe Renee Good for criminal liability, even after her death: Sources A judge refused an FBI warrant that proposed investigating dead Minnesota mom for suspected assault on an officer.

www.ms.now/news/doj-sou...

24.01.2026 00:05 👍 1730 🔁 400 💬 22 📌 22

one important meta-point I was trying to make in this article about DOGE is that the direct size of the federal government was already very small by historic standards

The Fed's share of the workforce was near all-time lows in 2024, & thats true even accounting for contractors

23.01.2026 23:11 👍 456 🔁 134 💬 5 📌 6

Note how there's no violence or chaos when the cops aren't rioting.

23.01.2026 20:42 👍 3181 🔁 929 💬 15 📌 15
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Bari Weiss’s CBS News Won’t Even Condemn Israel for Killing a CBS Contributor Instead, the network’s new top anchor Tony Dokoupil peddles Israel’s talking points about it killing a Palestinian journalist. A CBS source calls it a ‘disgrace.’

— Israel kills 3 journalists, including CBS contributor
— AFP, the other impacted outlet, condemns killing & calls for investigation
— CBS doesn't, instead peddles Israel's claim that they were targeting a group with "a drone affilliated with Hamas"

Inside the Bari Weiss-led CBS response:

23.01.2026 20:42 👍 3210 🔁 1173 💬 59 📌 44
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Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE (RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...

NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week.

It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...

24.01.2026 00:40 👍 3318 🔁 1099 💬 34 📌 78
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Over 100 priests arrested in Minneapolis for protesting ICE in Minnesota where today it's -21 degrees outside MSP Airport.

The clergy gathered in prayerful solidarity to demand airlines cease contracting deportation flights to DHS.

23.01.2026 21:32 👍 753 🔁 285 💬 39 📌 41
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They were eventually allowed one phone call as a thanks for saving the agent’s life.

They used it to call their lawyer, who called their state representative, who ultimately got them released on the condition they tell people they were “treated kindly.”

23.01.2026 23:49 👍 5298 🔁 1588 💬 84 📌 171
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Army vet detained by ICE for 8 hours says he wasn't allowed to call an attorney Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient William Vermie told ABC News that he was tackled and arrested by ICE in Minneapolis and held for eight hours.

They did this to a white male veteran

abcnews.go.com/US/army-vet-...

24.01.2026 04:52 👍 7858 🔁 3739 💬 347 📌 205

It isn’t healthy to be this angry all the time. But it also isn’t healthy if this doesn’t make you angry.

24.01.2026 03:38 👍 3895 🔁 1055 💬 45 📌 17
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GEORGIA… 🔥

24.01.2026 03:31 👍 17705 🔁 4548 💬 368 📌 235

This is such an important point. This family tried to follow the rules.

The distinction is going to get more important when they start mass deporting the people whose TPS status Trump revoked. They’ll call them “illegal” too, even though they were here legally until Trump yanked the rug.

23.01.2026 18:29 👍 3285 🔁 1271 💬 27 📌 22

The 1st Minnesota monument at Gettysburg.

18.01.2026 19:32 👍 141 🔁 43 💬 2 📌 1

Hilton appears to be closing the whole hotel instead of just kicking out ICE. Cowardly. But they're clearly feeling the pressure.

18.01.2026 17:11 👍 1020 🔁 217 💬 18 📌 11
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ICE Prosecutor Who Runs Racist X Account Returns to Dallas Immigration Court James Rodden, who the Observer identified last year as the operator of the account that routinely posted hateful statements, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

BREAKING: James Rodden, an ICE prosecutor who the Observer identified last year as the operator of an X account that posted “America is a White nation," “‘Migrants’ are all criminals,” and apparent praise of Adolf Hitler, appeared to be back at work Tuesday.

www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecut...

14.01.2026 00:43 👍 5100 🔁 2665 💬 127 📌 220

You would think that some moderately competent journalist could hit the angle that these ICE agents are openly sporting tattoos from groups that the FBI has designated as white supremacist and domestic terrorist and pressure for them to be fired. You would think that some elected officials

18.01.2026 20:25 👍 522 🔁 121 💬 7 📌 3

Yeah, this is basically where I stand.

18.01.2026 20:33 👍 1420 🔁 175 💬 47 📌 5