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The Arrest of Mayor Ras Baraka: A Dangerous Precedent

On May 9, 2025, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested at the Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, a private prison operated by GEO Group. Baraka attempted to join a congressional delegation’s tour to inspect conditions at the facility, which reopened under a controversial $1 billion, 15-year contract with ICE. Federal authorities claimed Baraka ignored warnings to leave, charging him with misdemeanor trespassing. Baraka, however, maintains he …

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Educate yourself.

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YES !!! 💪💯🎯

It’s about damn time. AOC is a hero. She’s one of the best out there, fighting daily against Trump’s fascist bullshit.

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Grocery Glow-Up✨: What I Bought vs. What I Made
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We live in a time that people are more inclined to obey an unlawful executive order than they are to follow a court order 🤦🏾‍♀️.

Dictators are created due to cruelty, cowardice, & compliance! IF THEIR ASSES will ignore the Supreme Court, we can definitely IGNORE HIM!

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this and never hearing “anti-aging” ever again

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Rachel Maddow has a gift for filtering out the noise and distractions and narrowing her focus on the things to pay the MOST attention to - here’s her top 3 things to keep an eye on.

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Trump caught in major corruption scheme
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We were meant to create not to consume. That's why we are sad when we do nothing.

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Would you support Robert F Kennedy Jr banning all lab grown meat from ever being made in America ?

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I'm speaking live at Calvary Chapel in San Jose, CA this Saturday at 6:30pm and 10am in Menlo Park

This should hasten the winning of the war Steve... Eminent Doctors now suing the FDA, HHS and individually HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra and Robert Califf, acting FDA commissioner. They are alleging that the banning of ivermectin and interference in the Doctor/Patient treatment regimen by Federal Bodies oversteps such Bodies' legal authorities, as these decisions belong to the States individually, as the Attorney Generals of Nebraska, New Hampshire et al who have defied the FDA/HHS and allowed their States' Doctors to prescribe ivermectin and HCL so eloquently attest....

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/doctors-fda-ivermectin-patients/

Winning... Beginning of the end for the Deep State murderers when combined with data like you are collecting Steve...

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Ol' "Secret Server" Xavier Becerra had an illegal secret server in his Congressman office, run by Pakistani spy and criminal Imran Awan that worked for DNC IT.

Becerra got subpoenaed on his server antics but found a unique way to dodge it - just become California's Attorney General. Problem solved.

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Oh wow.... I wouldn't be surprised if Awan spilled his guts for a plea deal, so everything in the garden might not be rosy for big Xav after all once the Durham snowball gathers momentum, especially since Awan gave up Wasserman Schultz's laptop so willingly...... Drips will soon become a flood and they will have nowhere to hide from RICO justice - at least that is what I hope is going on behind the scenes...

Doug's avatar

I like this from the article:

"Studies show ivermectin is associated with lower COVID-19 death rates, but the FDA — with help from mainstream media — continues to state the drug is ineffective for treating COVID."