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The GRU hacked into Jared Kushner's iPhone. Dutch military intelligence (MIVD) then recruited a GRU spy who gave them access to the hacked phone. What MIVD discovered was that Kushner had access to two bank accounts --one Azerbaijani, the other Israeli --where Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Emirati ruler Mohammed bin Zayed deposited money. It sounds like a slightly far-fetched episode of "Slow Horses," but it's real. And it proves just how eye-poppingly corrupt this administration was and continues to be as its "special envoy" decides the fate of tens of millions in Europe in the Middle East. Simply incredible reporting by Matthew Cole, drawn from his new book on Kushner. vanityfair.com/story/jared-k…
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The Trump administration talking about illegal immigrants but make the footage federal agents
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Maine Attorney General announces ICE tip line for potential prosecution. If you see ICE agents terrorizing Mainers, peacefully film the encounter and email information to [email protected]
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The media will call today “a few hundred protesters.” Don’t buy it. Minnesota shut down. Georgia walked out. Maine rose up. People marched in brutal conditions, less than 24 hours before a major winter storm, and still flooded the streets to reject ICE raids and Trump’s crackdown. These clips are just a small sample of what’s happening right now.
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To no one's surprise, another MAGA Signal Chat leaked...
LEAKED CHAT: In a group chat allegedly used by Republicans on the NH House Education Committee, a user identified as Chair Rep. Kristin Noble implied state children should be separated into white and non-white schools, writing: “imagine the scores… for them and… us” #NHPolitics
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Breaking NYT: The Pentagon used a secret aircraft painted to look like a civilian plane in its first boat attack, according to officials briefed on the matter. The laws of armed conflict forbid combatants from feigning civilian status. That is a war crime called "perfidy." nytimes.com/2026/01/12/us/po…
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Rome tonight. #Iran
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This is how leaders of the world should speak in unison to an unlawful occupier committing genocide,war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Instead, they stay silent and/or complicit. Thiago Avila's is Our voice. End genocide. End occupation. End apartheid.
🚨 BREAKING: GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA Leader Thiago Avila WRECKS IDF Soldier Israel is threatening to confiscate their boats
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Israeli forces illegally board and intercept a civilian aid mission with parliamentarians from countries around the world on board, and @nytimes deems this .... page 8 news. Absolutely incredible. Shame
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Diaspora vote will be the deciding factor in this election #Moldovaelections
The first Moldovan who voted today in parliamentary elections is a student in Japan zdg.md/stiri/video-diaspora-…
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USAID sustains hundreds of thousands of American jobs, opens markets for U.S. exports, prevents wars and pandemics, and builds allies. All for less than 1% of the federal budget. One of the smartest investments America makes.
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I am proud and grateful that my elected leaders at the state level are speaking out against the genocide perpetrated by Israel. Thank you Senator Shaheen. As a ranking member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations I am trusting her to turn words into actions.
The reality is that we have people dying because they are systematically being starved to death, because Israel is refusing to allow in the humanitarian aid that people need to stay alive.
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A must-listen
Replying to @AnnaRMatson
First Hawley (who doesn’t own stock) explains why this bill is so important. “86% of Americans say members of Congress should not be able to buy and sell shares of stock.” “We’ve seen the former speaker of the house make millions of dollars of profits.” “We’ve seen members of both parties, I’m sad to say, be investigated for their stock trades.” “And the reason for all of this is, that quite frankly, members of this body are privy to information that the normal person just is not.”
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First Hawley (who doesn’t own stock) explains why this bill is so important. “86% of Americans say members of Congress should not be able to buy and sell shares of stock.” “We’ve seen the former speaker of the house make millions of dollars of profits.” “We’ve seen members of both parties, I’m sad to say, be investigated for their stock trades.” “And the reason for all of this is, that quite frankly, members of this body are privy to information that the normal person just is not.”
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Trump's billionaire ambassador to Italy refuses to live in the sumptuous official US residence in Rome and instead stays on his 250-foot super yacht moored 60 miles from the capital and helicopters to work, per Italian media reports. @mattiaferraresi airmail.news/issues/2025-7-2…
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Replying to @WSJ
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I’m appalled to open @NPR this am and hear an Israeli official invited onto All Things Considered to provide the “other side” of imposed famine in Gaza. The representative attempted to deny what we see with our own eyes and was given the space to do so. This is not journalism
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Heroin good. Vaccines bad
RFK Jr.: "I was at the bottom of my class. I started doing heroin and I went to the top of my class. Suddenly, I could sit still and I could read."
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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country. We will hold this administration accountable.
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