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Meet Don Huffines, the self-funding tea party activist who won the GOP Texas comptroller primary (The Texas Tribune) As the 2017 legislative session churned into action, then-state Sen. Don Huffines went to a meeting with parents and students visiting the Capitol for the an...

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Trump Group Accused of Plotting to Hijack America's Birthday for Major Grift (The Daily Beast) A Trump-aligned group set up by the White House to apparently glorify the president is setting off alarm bells among watchdogs who worry it's using the...

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Calhoun County GOP missed deadline to report primary election results after choosing to hand-count ballots (The Texas Tribune) This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebe...

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Hegseth triggers massive alarms with 'grotesque' Iran remark in new '60 Minutes' clip (Raw Story) Critics on social media sounded the alarm after comments from Pete Hegseth in a preview of an upcoming interview on “60 Minutes” began circulating online Fri...

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Free speech or conspiracy? Courts limit protesters’ First Amendment rights (CalMatters) Guest Commentary written by Bobbie Stein Bobbie Stein is a criminal defense and civil rights attorney and former law professorIf you have been paying attenti...

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Texas Congressional Frontrunner Bragged About Owning 'Mein Kampf' in English in Newly Resurfaced Clip (People) Brandon Herrera is under fire from Democrats over video clips discussing his purchase of Nazi memorabilia and joking about the HolocaustNEED TO KNOWNew vi...

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Trump's Brutal ICE Barbie Double-Cross Revealed (The Daily Beast) One of Donald Trump's purported reasons for firing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has fallen apart as evidence piles up that the president deliberat...

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Senior Iran Cleric Drops Alarming New Threat Against Trump and Israel (Mediaite) (Jacquelyn Martin/Hasan Sarbackhshian/AP photos)A senior Iranian cleric has delivered a scathing address to the Iranian people, during which he demands the “...

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Markwayne Mullin's 'undefeated' MMA past uncovered and Senate brawl challenge (Daily Express US) Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin's undefeated mixed martial arts record has resurfaced after President Donald Trump tapped the Republican lawmaker to replac...

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‘You unbelievable coward’: conservative US media in open warfare over Iran (The Guardian) The stars of the conservative media movement have been d...

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Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of Ruben Ray Martinez (CBS News) Video of the March 2025 fatal shooting of American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS New...

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After sinking Iranian ship, did the US Navy commit a war crime? (Responsible Statecraft) Did the U.S. Navy commit a war crime? That’s one unanswered question that lingers after the announcement Wednesday morning that an as-yet unidentified U.S. N...

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‘This is Important?’: Trump Drops Strange Photos Out of Nowhere Just Before Major Debacle — What He’s Focused On Instead of the War Has Critics Stunned (Atlanta Black Star) Donald Trump wants to do it all — improvise diplomatic speeches, hurl insults at reporters, and hijack national landmarks — but leading the country with lase...

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Florida Legislators Advance a Bill Authorizing Government Surveillance Based on 'Views' or 'Opinions' (Reason.com) A bill that was advancingin the Florida Legislature as of last week would authorize government surveillance of people whose "views" or "opinions" are deemed ...

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ICE arrested an Oregon shop owner who had her green card in her pocket: ‘They didn’t care’ (The Guardian) Photograph: Amanda Lucier/The Guardi...

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Moment pastors put their hands on Donald Trump in White House as they pray over Iran war (The Standard) A senior White House official has shared a video of pastors putting their hands on Donald Trump in the White House as they pray over the Iran war. The clip h...

And, as useful as thoughts & prayers are...

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MAGA Billionaire with a grudge buys Republican a one-way ticket home from Congress: report (AlterNet) Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) was ousted in a primary on Tuesday, and it all goes back to a feud he was having with a billionaire megadonor. Axios reportedon T...

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‘Epic Fury’ exposes a White House story that no longer adds up (Florida Today) In the opening lines of the Iliad,Homer invokes the Muse to sing of the "black and murderous rage" of Achilles, a fury so great it "that it cost the Greeks i...

What? Trump and Hegseth and others lying about all this?

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Reporter Who Documented ICE Activities Arrested and in Detention (Mediaite) Nashville Noticias/InstagramA Nashville reporter who documented ICE activities was arrested and detained by immigration agents on Wednesday. Estefany Rodrígu...

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Lauren Boebert speaks out after her son is arrested for child abuse again (Knewz) Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert said there is “no excuse” after her 20-year-old son was cited for child abuse when her 2-year-old grandson wandered outside he...

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Trump Goons Launched Crackpot Bid to Lock Up Joe Biden (The Daily Beast) Trump's Department of Justice tried and failed to prosecute former President Joe Biden after a bizarre investigation over his use of an autopen to...

Old man yells at imaginary monster.

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Trump Says 'I Guess' Americans Should Worry About Iran Retaliating on U.S. Soil: 'Like I Said, Some People Will Die' (People) The president was questioned about the unfolding war with Iran for a new 'Time' cover storyNEED TO KNOWPresident Donald Trump r...

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'Beyond Evil': Medics Say Iran School Massacre Was Double-Tap Strike (Common Dreams) As the US and Israel continued to wage war on Iran Wednesday, paramedics and victims’ relatives said last weekend’s bombing of an elementary in southern Iran...

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Scoop: FEMA Cancels All Emergency Manager Trainings (Heatmap News) The Federal Emergency Management Agency has suspended all of its training and education programs for emergency managers across the country — excep...

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A tragic cop killing revealed something especially chilling about this MAGA mover | Opinion (Raw Story) Josh Hawley had me going. When I first saw his tweetlast Wednesday after two sheriff’s deputies were murdered near Springfield, Missouri, I thought we were i...

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'Grab my musket': Former GOP rep. 'exhausted' by battling Trump (AlterNet) Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman who said during the 2016 presidential election that he would “grab his musket” if Donald Trump lost to Hillary Cli...

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ICE detained a pregnant woman. She went months without proper care (Tampa Bay Times) There was no mirror in the detention center to see her baby bump form, so Amanda Cardoso placed her hands on her abdomen and imagined. Cardoso, 22, had immig...

Criminal charges should be brought against ICE THUGS for refusing responsibility for their prisoners.

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Trump's savage statement in full as he fires Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary (Irish Star Online) President Donald Trump fired his Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, stating his intention to nominate Oklahoma Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin as h...

If I wasn't recovering from breaking a hip I would do a Happy Dance. Maybe I'll try to count how many times this MMA fighter took a shot to the head instead.

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Trump ousts Noem as frustrations build among White House officials, GOP lawmakers (CNN) US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, on Capi...

Not a total defeat of evil, but ONE LESS ZOMBIE IN THE HERD!!!

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Trump's Ego Has Landed. There Will be Global Consequences (LEVEL Man) Donald John Trump has never been one for introspection. This particular trait or some might say character flaw, has hampered him since his rise many years...

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