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Excellent.

Several people with signs like this at the Boston Marathon today

Veterans against Fascism protesting and arrested by of course fascists. The irony is the decline of the United States
Good enough to die for their country but not good enough to protest against it enabling of unjust wars

INFOWARS

Epic Win. Epic Troll.
The Onion has successfully acquired Alex Jones’ ‘Infowars’ after 17 months of legal battles and has debuted its new logo.

It will be turned into a parody of itself, with the support of the Sandy Hook families.

On this 4/20, even with legalization in sight, there are still tens of thousands of people in prison for nonviolent cannabis “crimes.”

Legalization isn’t enough. Everyone caught up in prohibition deserves freedom and a clean record.

Something is happening in Maine.

None of this would have been possible without my incredible wife.

Thank you, Amy Jane.

Graphic showing Graham leading Collins in ninth straight poll 51% to 45%

We have led Susan Collins in nine straight polls.

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
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Warsh is an Epstein crony

Sen. Jack Reed to Warsh as he dodges questions about divesting his assets: "Excuse me. I must commend you on the way you can circularly go around questions and not answer them. It's a skill. Unfortunately it's not a good skill for the chairman of the Fed."

WARNOCK: What grade would you give the American economy?

WARSH: Well, if i gave a student anything other than an A, the dean would summon me because I would've hurt his self-image

WARNOCK: Consumer confidence is at a record low. That's Americans' grade on the economy

The thing about that Washington painting behind him:

“Washington wanted to make sure that his troops were not affected by disease, and he believed that inoculation would help with that. So, just before this letter was written, Washington created a mandated system of inoculating his soldiers.”

@SecWar: The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately. 21 Apr 26

Washington ordered smallpox inoculations for the Continental Army beginning in 1777.

Hegseth, therefore, is taking a mid-18th century, pre-Industrial Age approach to medicine and warfare.

Hilton executives are profiting from ICE abductions, just like Big Oil is profiting off war and climate collapse.

Help fight for workers over billionaires at the link in our bio.

Here’s a list of the allegations that Patel claims are false and defamatory:

The Article’s claims that early in Director Patel’s tenure meetings and briefings were rescheduled due to “alcohol-fueled nights,” that members of his security detail had difficulty waking him because he was “seemingly intoxicated,” and that a request for “breaching equipment” was made because he had been unreachable behind locked doors, are false. None of these events occurred. Prior to publication, the FBI expressly informed Defendants that these claims were “totally false,” “made up,” and “made up to the point of satire.” As is standard protocol, easily verified, and would have been known by any credible FBI source, breach equipment is provided to all FBI protection details. The claim that it was requested or provided to Director Patel’s detail because he “had been unreachable behind locked doors” is pure fantasy

Most of Patel’s denials in the Atlantic lawsuit are pro forma, except for this one claiming his detail wouldn’t have needed to request breach equipment because they already had it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Sisters of Social Service ends leasing contract with Enterprise over ICE connection Officials said it was a different part of the company that had an agreement with the U.S. government for FEMA.

Do NOT use #Enterprise car rental.

"Every day, there are reports of violence they (ICE) are impacting our cities with," Larkin told Global Sisters Report. "And they have an endless supply of vehicles to put people in who want to harass people with dark skin."

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Ice agents arresting Charlottesville residents on morning of 4/20

🚨verified ICE arrests in Charlottesville 8:30 this morning 4/20

How a Gambling Warrant Could Change Immigration Enforcement Authority A warrant for five people led to 400 people being detained at a community event. Now the operation is at the center of a novel ACLU lawsuit.

Last October, ICE used a warrant, obtained to arrest five individuals for allegedly gambling without a license, to detain 400 predominantly Latino adults and children at a racetrack in Idaho. Gigi Liman explains the ACLU's novel suit challenging the action under 2 Reconstruction-era statutes.

Judge Hands Trump A Big Loss In Court The ruling is a major victory for a group of lawmakers who say they were terrorized by Trump and his mob on Jan. 6, 2021.

A federal judge ruled a civil case against President Donald Trump for his actions related to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, can proceed. The burden of proof that his actions were indeed "official duties" and subject to immunity (not personal actions) remains on the president.

Wow. To hear a Catholic priest make the connection from the Trump administration to “white Christian nationalism” is 🔥

But let’s not pretend this is new. Christianity was used to justify slavery, and now the right uses Christianity to justify racism.

I appreciate a priest saying it out loud.

This is like tapping your house's burglar on the shoulder as he leaves and asking, "Hey, could you spot me a twenty? I'm a little short after what you just did."

A demonstration at the Dilley Concentration Camp in Texas. Children and families have been imprisoned in the concentration camp in Texas for months, and all they’ve experienced is abuse, neglect, mistreatment, undrinkable water and moldy food. #SHUTDOWNDILLEY

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Because this makes sense, it will probably never happen, but just once, if they lifted the cap, it would make the system work as it was designed. Can you imagine how much life could change for people who rely solely on Social Security to get by?

Oh.

Sarah Fitzpatrick, who wrote the article on Patel’s excessive drinking, works for The Atlantic. They had been threatened with lawsuits if the story went to print. Her response was basically, bring it on, because she had no intention of stopping the story.