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“Downright Disgraceful”: Sen. Gillibrand on Stranded Americans Abroad

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Without providing clear guidance on how to do so or how it will help, the United States government is advising Americans abroad to depart immediately from 14 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Qatar, as its deadly offensive in Iran continues.  Americans abroad remain stuck in place. Thousands of flights have been cancelled and there’s uncertainty […]

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Gregory Bovino Is Now Under Criminal Investigation

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Former Customs and Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino’s use of chemical irritants during the Department of Homeland Security’s “Operation Metro Surge” in Minnesota is among 17 criminal investigations now underway in Hennepin County, where Minneapolis is located, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office announced Monday. County Attorney Mary Moriarty mentioned Bovino’s actions at Monday’s news conference. […]

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“They Want Me to Hide or Leave or Disappear”

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Avery Rowland starts almost all of her days by posting a TikTok video beginning with “good morning” and, often, explaining the latest anti-transgender action from her state’s Republican supermajority.  “Today is a rough day here in Kansas,” Rowland, who grew up in the state and is now running for a state representative seat, began her […]

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Trump May Force Banks to Demand Your Papers. Survivors of Abuse Will Pay.

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The Trump administration is considering an executive order that would compel banks to collect citizenship information from customers, new and existing, who want to maintain service in the United States, according to new reporting from the Wall Street Journal. This potential escalation in the administration’s campaign against non-US citizens would also add more hurdles for […]

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Nurul Amin Shah Alam, Blind Rohingya Refugee Dumped by Border Patrol, Dies in Cold

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On Tuesday evening, Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a Blind, seriously ill Rohingya refugee from Burma who does not speak English, was found dead in Buffalo—five days after Border Patrol dropped him off on a street corner without notifying his family, who had moved away from the area. The story of Shah Alam’s arrest in February […]

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Watch the Epstein Survivors’ Powerful Super Bowl Sunday Ad

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A group of survivors of abuse by Jeffrey Epstein released an advertisement on Super Bowl Sunday imploring for the full release of millions of government files revealing the connections between Epstein and many famous politicians and celebrities. The ad was posted on X by journalist Jim Acosta. It comes a day before Congress is expected […]

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Illinois Representative Asks God to Get Trump to “Do What is Right”

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During his address to God at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Rep. Jonathan Jackson, a democrat from Illinois, called on President Donald Trump to be “invested in the elevation of suffering” of people in this country, including “the families preparing to bury their loved ones in Minneapolis.”  Rep. Jackson, son of civil rights leader […]

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What a Former Undercover FBI Agent Sees in the Pretti Shooting Videos

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Videos of the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents last Saturday ricocheted around the world, allowing ordinary viewers to see for themselves, second by second, how the deadly skirmish unfolded. The video evidence from the scene immediately shredded the Trump administration’s claims, which smeared Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” and a “would-be assassin.” But […]

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Meet the Minnesota Students Behind Today’s National General Strike Campaign

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“No work. No school. No shopping. Stop funding ICE.” That’s the rallying cry behind the campaign for a nationwide general strike on Friday, seeking to galvanize opposition to the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. This week, I went to the University of Minnesota, my alma mater, to speak to some of the students behind the effort […]

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The Definition of Heroism and Bearing Witness: An Extraordinary CNN Interview.

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Last night, CNN’s Anderson Cooper broadcast an exclusive interview with the woman who was first seen in early videos posted of federal agents killing Alex Pretti last Saturday. Stella Carlson was standing close to the deadly skirmish, and ended up as the citizen with the best vantage point to record the shooting—holding her camera phone […]

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Yup. Trump Suggested Ilhan Omar Staged Her Own Attack in Minneapolis.

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After Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was attacked at a Minneapolis town hall on Tuesday night and sprayed with an unknown substance from a syringe, President Donald Trump suggested that she may have orchestrated the incident.  “No. I don’t think about her. I think she’s a fraud. I really don’t think about that,” Trump said when asked […]

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Those Brutal “Melania” Documentary Reviews Have Vanished from Letterboxd

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Yesterday I published a story about what was quickly becoming a surprising site of capital R Resistance: the Letterboxd review page for the $75 million documentary film, Melania. Comments were profane, fun, silly, unprintable. I included some of my favorites. The point I was making was this: Even before the movie’s release this Friday, it […]

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