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Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, on January 24. DHS claims he died after an armed struggle, but videos of the incident appears to contradict that claim. Read our analysis here: www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/01...
This !
via @karinschall.bsky.social
A group of ten local residents climbed 800 meters above the city and lit 450 torches to form the message: "No Kings." This is how Davos welcomed Trump.
Even by Trump standards, this Davos speech is an insulting parade of blatant lies.
I wasn't overreacting.
White House targets ‘woke’ Smithsonian content in new list
“It reminded me right away of, when you read in our history, about ‘degenerate art’ that the Nazis targeted. I was like, ‘There it is: another sign of where they want to take the country.”
Authorities start to Clear D.C. Homeless Camps as Part of Trump’s Takeover. Not enough shelter beds or mental health facilities due to the greater than $1B in cuts by Congress this year.
No comments from WH when questioned by the press.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/u...
I'm imagining a surly old drunk Englishman grabbing him by the shirt and literally throwing him out of the bar and it's an enjoyable image
NEW: Sen Whitehouse is asking for the following info on the sex offender status waiver and subsequent transfer of Ghislaine Maxwell. I got some of these answers in my reporting. If you work at BOP & have the answers, my signal is in my bio. I’ll keep you anonymous. open.substack.com/pub/muellers...
The point of putting the military on the streets in cities isn’t to “clean up” those cities, it’s to heighten tension in the hopes that somebody takes a shot at them and gives an excuse for invocation of the insurrection act.
"I certainly would not trust the American government or the American services with any intelligence at the moment in any form..."
Former UK intelligence officer @christophersteele.bsky.social with @goldbergradio.bsky.social
From @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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From @charlesarthur.bsky.social Overspill - indeed we totally overlook and underestimate the complexity of everything.
www.lumafield.com/article/what...
I was just reading a chart on what to do if you find a baby bird as shared in @charliebudd.bsky.social ‘5 Good Things’ and a baby Sedge Warbler flew into the living room.
Will all those newsrooms who did puff pieces for the Salt Path now issue corrections? Will the publishers and filmmakers now remove the 'true story' descriptors ? Or is the truth just too painful? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
An extraordinary story of a literary fraud revealed by some fantastic dogged traditional investigative journalism - I'd thought that the premise of the original book and film was a bit odd, it all turns out to be a rather nasty sham
“If a president deliberately misuses the military for partisan reasons, he is weakening America’s safety,” writes former defense secretary Leon E. Panetta. “Trust in the military is indivisible from trust in the Constitution. Both must remain inviolable”:
Inside the No Space for Bezos movement: ‘One man rents a city for three days? That’s obscene’
SATURDAY: Trump bombs Iran
SUNDAY: Trump suggests regime change is needed
MONDAY: Trump congratulates Iran and says "God bless"
Gift article: SCOTUS allows Trump to deport undocumented migrants to South Sudan and other conflict zones, to which they have no connection. Legalizing fascism.
#SCOTUS #migrants #fascism
I feel something was going on… 🤔
In reality, it’s not possible to physically close Hormuz (narrowest part is 21 miles). But Iran would use mines, attack vessels & subs.
It would likely mean a major military conflict (and large portions of the Iranian navy ending up at bottom of the Gulf).
Either way, oil prices rocket.
A picture of the Hormuz Strait with Iran at the top and the slim entrance to the Gulf to its south between UAE and Oman
BREAKING: Iran’s Parliament approves the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Decision needs ratified by Iran’s Security Council.
It would trap 20% of the world’s oil supply and send a catastrophic shock through the global economy.
WTAF?
“Doctors at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals nationwide could refuse to treat unmarried veterans and Democrats…”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
So Trump’s pet autocrat is in business with MS-13? Of course he is.
Eeek 😧
