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In a joint meeting with Trump and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, both men refused to release an innocent immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, from CECOT, a notorious Salvadoran prison. Both Bukele and members of Trump’s administration claimed they don’t have the...
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There's a worst case scenario looming here, isn't there?
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John Oliver discusses the ongoing chaos surrounding Donald Trump and tariffs, why the past week could have lasting repercussions, and why your grandma might be looking to start an OnlyFans.
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The modern left has normalized a lot of self-defeating behaviors. Let's talk about those behaviors and what traits we need to internalize instead. Probably not the last video I will do on the topic. - Anark
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Donald Trump's trade war went nuclear, hitting China with 145% tariffs, aimed at economic decoupling. This is already backfiring on the US economy, which is heavily reliant on Chinese imports. The volatility also fueled a crisis in the bond market, with Treasury yields...
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Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress and primarying an incumbent Democrat with a brutally honest campaign slogan, "What if we didn't suck?"
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During a CNN town hall, Bernie Sanders explained why so many Americans have lost faith in our political system: corruption. He explains how special interests are stacking the deck against voters and why politicians are complacent.
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Bernie Sanders is drawing the largest crowds he's ever seen, and an upcoming rally in LA could be his biggest yet. We went to Denver to see why tens of thousands of people across the political spectrum want to fight oligarchy.
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PSC has launched an important new campaign: Don't Buy Apartheid. We're calling on all individuals, shops, cafés, and venues to engage in two key boycott actions: boycott Israeli produce, and boycott Coca-Cola. Join your local PSC branch and take action at supermarkets selling...
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Something stopped me from going alt-right: being happy.
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We tip our hat to any journalist brave enough to speak the truth and expose government lies—especially when they do so on a network that’s typically hostile to reporting on war crimes committed by states our government is allied with. - Films For Action This is a clip from...
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We have never witnessed an attempt to build a global empire by trade and economic war alone before now. Trump is trying it. How should the world respond?
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You won’t see this on BBC or CNN.
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An immigration judge has announced she could rule as early as Friday on whether the Trump administration can continue to detain Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University student protest leader incarcerated at an immigrant detention center in Louisiana. Khalil, a legal...
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Ryan and Emily discuss Naomi Klein saying Trump is not the anti globalist we envisioned.
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Red Fever is a witty and entertaining documentary about the profound Indigenous influences on Western culture and identity, from sport and fashion, to politics and the environmental movement.
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The details can be complex, but the value of public banking is actually simple to understand.
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This feature length film explores the legacy and cultural resurgence of South American singer-songwriter and activist Victor Jara, who was brutally killed in 1973 following a military coup in Chile.
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Six years in the making, award-winning film AFTER WINTER, SPRING is an intimate portrait of a rural community in southwest France as it grapples with a profound question: will it be the last generation of family farmers in a region continuously cultivated for over five...
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The Trump administration’s nationwide roundup of international students accused of holding opinions it dislikes is picking up speed, sowing fear, separating families and driving people to go underground or out of the country. This targeting appeals to President Trump and his...
Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan
Kanye West’s latest spiral—from unhinged rants to losing his last industry allies—shows what happens when social guardrails disappear. Once one of the most influential artists in the world, Kanye is now a case study in how unchecked rhetoric spreads in today’s political and...
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The newly minted Department of Government Efficiency is taking a buzzsaw to red tape. They're promising a leaner, faster and better government. But when are the cost-cutters going to take a hard look at the largest government bureaucracy: the Pentagon.
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Here’s the real reason why DOGE is gutting the IRS. (Hint: it has nothing to do with “efficiency.”)
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When analyzing the ongoing assault on Gaza, it is imperative to begin not with slogans or opinion, but with the clear and unequivocal framework of international law. The UN Genocide Convention of 1948, to which nearly every nation on Earth is a party—including Israel and the...
Tim Hjersted
John Oliver discusses why trans athletes seem to be at the center of U.S. politics right now, the nuances around competition and safety, and where the conversation could be headed.
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The United States is facing a constitutional crisis, one that if it is not resolved, will cement into place an authoritarian state. The Trump administration has unilaterally revoked birthright citizenship, frozen federal spending, signed executive orders to dismantle over a...
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From award-winning filmmakers comes the story of how a simple idea shaped a nation, and the quiet revolutionaries who made it happen.
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Join the localization movement to build resilient local economies and flourishing communities. Local Futures produced a detailed Localization Action Guide to encourage everyone to 'GO LOCAL' - anytime, anyplace. It offers tangible and tested ways for individuals, communities...
Local Futures
The Shitthropocene is a mock anthropological view of humanity's consumption habits, turning a satirical (yet brutally honest) eye on how everything is turning to shit and why the impulse towards more might destroy us all.
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"Can't Look Away: The Case Against Social Media" is a new documentary that exposes the real-life consequences of the algorithms of big tech companies and their impact on children and teens.
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“A fun thought experiment! Also, very often the true purpose of invoking personal responsibility is to get disadvantaged groups to shut up.” - Adam Something
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“In the end, it was Sargon's unimpressive intellect that gave me the first nudge. Who would've thought.” - Adam Something
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Yes, the oligarchs are enormously powerful. They have endless amounts of money. They control our economy. They own much of the media. But, from the bottom of my heart, I am convinced that if we are well-organized, they can be defeated. My thoughts on the current moment. ...
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The US-Mexico border is the most militarized border in the world and it comes at an immense cost: each year American taxpayers spend over 4.8 billion dollars on Border Patrol and another 8.4 billion on Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Is this southern border really worth...
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What do you know about the Civil War? Everyone knows the familiar images: soldiers in Union blue versus troops in Confederate gray, the Emancipation Proclamation, the triumphant end of slavery. But there’s something schools don’t teach about the Civil War: it was also...
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For nearly a half century, trickle-down economic policies have resulted in a tax system rigged in favor of the rich. This is not only bad for our economy, but it’s leading to a billionaire takeover of our democracy as well.
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Trump seems to have given up on making groceries cheaper. Wasn't that what the entire election was supposedly about?
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The assault on historical memory by the Trump administration is designed to obliterate our shared understanding of reality and whitewash the crimes of the past to whitewash the crimes of the present.
Chris Hedges
In what he called "Liberation Day", Donald Trump imposed heavy tariffs on countries around the world, falsely claiming they were "reciprocal". In reality, the taxes on imports were based on the US trade deficit with other nations. Ben Norton explains how the Trump...
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Arno Michaelis is a former white nationalist skinhead, lead singer of the neo-Nazi metal band Centurion, and member of Hammerskin Nation, one of the most violent white supremacist gangs in the US.
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"Millions of Americans are deeply concerned about what is going on in Gaza today. The Netanyahu government has killed more than 50,000 people and wounded over 112,000. They have destroyed virtually all of Gaza’s infrastructure. And on top of all that destruction, Netanyahu...
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You can learn more about US foreign policy, military operations and geopolitics from this 9 minute clip than you could attending university for 4+ years.
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Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich breaks down how power has shifted from labor unions to corporate giants over the last few decades, resulting in the rich getting richer at the expense of the working class.
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In a recent episode of his ‘Monday Morning Podcast,’ comedian Bill Burr took aim at the right-wing “babies” constantly whining about wokeness in movies. It’s a sign of growing cultural backlash to conservatives’ war on woke, which eerily resembles the SJW caricature they...
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This video delves into the legal and ethical implications of using copyrighted images in AI image-generating model training. The discussion covers key factors such as transformation of original works, the amount of copyrighted material retained in AI models, and the legality...
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The Australien Government and the Opposition have made an ad about minority governments, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Read the full article here (originally published March 11, 2025):
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In a new interview with NBC News Trump refused to rule out a third presidential run in defiance of the 22nd Amendment. He also clarified that his past statements about running for a third time were intended to be taken seriously. Moreover, Republican operatives are trying to...
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The Government of Not-America has made an ad ahead of the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
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Why do so many Americans see Donald Trump as a necessary evil? What does The Dark Knight reveal about the myth of the anti-hero—and the failure of democratic institutions?
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Jason Stanley, a Yale University professor with expertise on fascism, has announced his plans to move to Canada, and warns that The United States is on a clear path towards a “fascist dictatorship.”
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Bernie Sanders has always been more flawed than many on the left would like. His refusal to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide, along with several of his foreign policy votes over the years, have been disappointing. Bernie's latest mistake was at a "
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who worked for George Soros, insists, “Access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American dream”.
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The term "Neoliberalism" is often used in political discourse, but rarely is its rise to prominence examined. In this video, we will do just that. We will look at Keynesian Liberalism and Social Democracy, Neoliberalism, The Chile Project and how decades of milquetoast...
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Trump’s 2024 win should have unified the global populist right. Instead, it's exposing the contradictions at its core. I look at the ideas that once connected this global movement, and why they’re now collapsing. -Brendan Miller
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In response to Bernie Sanders and AOC's "Fight Oligarchy" tour, the same chorus of voices rings out: “Don’t be fooled by these so-called progressives! They’re just sheepdogging for the Democrats!” They say it's just another trap designed to herd our revolutionary energies...
Empires don’t fall overnight. They rot from within—slowly, silently—until the collapse feels inevitable. In this video, we explore how Donald Trump’s second presidency is accelerating the unraveling of America’s global dominance. From economic isolation to rising debt and the...
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Over a thousand protesters gathered near Tufts University on Wednesday after masked plainclothes immigration agents snatched Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Ph.D. student and Fulbright scholar, from the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts.
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Elon Musk was born in 1971 in Johannesburg, South Africa, and raised in a wealthy family under the country's racist apartheid laws. Musk's family history reveals ties to apartheid and neo-Nazi politics.
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Ryan and Saagar discuss the full signal chats exposing Trump admin lies.
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Is Curtis Yarvin secretly shaping government policy? In this deep dive, we explore the political philosopher and controversial thinker behind the "neoreactionary" movement and his potential connections to power. From his writings on monarchy to his rumored influence in elite...
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Jason Stanley, author, American philosopher and Yale professor, joins host Chris Hedges on this episode of The Chris Hedges Report to give proper context to what fascism means and how the Trump administration’s second term could really mean the completion of the American...
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Ronny Chieng tackles Republicans' desperate attempts to defend Trump administration officials accidentally adding a journalist to their Signal group chat for planning missile strikes on Yemen.
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Donald Trump is portrayed as a "populist" committed to average working-class people, but his policies benefit wealthy elites at the expense of everyone else. His administration includes 13 billionaires -- including Elon Musk, the world's richest oligarch -- and he is cutting...
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Jon Stewart goes old-school Daily Show on Trump and Republicans who pride themselves on “saving” free speech, all while censoring anybody who doesn’t agree with them.
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The Majority Report with Sam Seder https://www.majorityreportradio.com
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Borders are not natural—they are political constructs designed to serve economic interests. As Arun Kundnani explains, while capital and goods move freely across borders, labor is heavily restricted, often through violent means.
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Neoliberalism is often misunderstood, but it is very important to understand this ideology that has dominated global economics and politics for decades. Ben Norton discusses the history of the neoliberal "Washington consensus", and how it was imposed on the world.
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Minds can change. This was proven during a lengthy hearing in the Wisconsin State Assembly about a bill that would criminalize life saving, medically necessary gender-affirming healthcare for transgender and non-binary youth. An elderly man showed up to testify in support of...
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In this video Hasan talks about AOC and Bernie.
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Alvaro Bedoya was investigating Amazon, X, and Walmart as an FTC commissioner. He’s also been a key ally of former FTC Chair Lina Khan. Donald Trump just illegally fired him and the only Democratic commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.
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THE ENCAMPMENTS follows student organizers at elite universities, including the recently detained Mahmoud Khalil, as they take a historic stand against their institutions’ investments in the Gaza genocide. While originally scheduled for later release, we have chosen to bring...
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Stoicism is the most misunderstood school of philosophy. Right down to the way we use it in the English language. This beautiful school of thought, designed to help us live a virtuous life in service of others has been bastardized and corrupted by marketers.
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US Vice President JD Vance gave a speech about globalization that inadvertently revealed the truth about the US empire, the goal behind the new cold war on China, the economics of imperialism, and how the Trump administration is serving billionaire Big Tech oligarchs in...
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What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.
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The new book Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful by The New York Times business investigations editor David Enrich chronicles an ongoing campaign by the wealthy and powerful to overturn the landmark Supreme Court decision...
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The full story about immigration you aren't getting from politicians and the media.
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Usually the reason given for austerity, or lack of government spending on services and infrastructure is that there simply isn’t enough money - we must simply tighten our belts. The typical leftist response to this is that we should just tax the rich in order to generate the...
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We recently posed a simple question to our community on Facebook: How can we make America great? We got hundreds of comments.
Donald Trump has threatened to colonize Greenland and make it a US territory, even though 85% of people there oppose this. Ben Norton explains the geopolitical and economic reasons: the USA wants to block China from the Arctic region and to profit from the territory's natural...
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"At the core of their current illiberal power grab is the weaponization of the liberal value of anti-bigotry and specifically anti-Semitism. They are stripping the rights of all freedom loving people - citizen and non - in the US in the name of targeting anti-Semitism...
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Paul Graham’s recent essay on “wokeness” is useful—not because it offers an entirely sound analysis, but because it provides a fascinating case study in ideological blind spots.
Tim Hjersted
Cutting life-saving services to further enrich billionaires and Pentagon contractors is the worst possible option.
Hanna Homestead
This video unpacks how decades of economic inequality, racial division and propaganda conditioned Americans to accept authoritarianism. From Reaganomics to Trump 2.0, we explore the rise of corporate fascism and the forces behind it.- TRUTH IS SPEAKING
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Two-thirds of people in California’s 22nd Congressional district rely on Medicaid. But the majority of the district also voted to elect President Trump in 2024. We went to talk to residents to see what they think about Trump’s proposed cuts to Medicaid. One Trump voter told...
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“If veterans can unlearn the propaganda, there’s hope for humanity.” Rebecca Roberts joined the Air National Guard thinking she would help her community. Instead she got stationed at a drone base in Djibouti. This is Rebecca’s story about how her deployment to East Africa...
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Glenn Greenwald on how the US Constitution does not confer rights on certain groups of people - but rather constrains the government from acting on persons, regardless of their citizenship.
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Voters are mad and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is voicing his frustration with Democratic leadership (namely Chuck Schumer) as Schumer and 9 other Democratic senators sided with Donald Trump's Republicans in passing the recent funding bill. But this anger, both from...
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a clear violation of international law. It meets the definition of a war crime under the UN Charter’s prohibition on the use of force, barring cases of self-defense.¹
How a marathon conversation turned into a conspiratorial manifesto—unchecked claims about Democrats, voting, and immigration, fact-checked and debunked.
Jane Prescott
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Are Ivy League sellouts and finance bros ruining America? My video dives deep into how neoliberal elites and American liberals have turned U.S. elite institutions into factories for corporate sellouts, churning out McKinsey consultants, investment bankers, and private equity...
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Trump wants to demolish FEMA and says the states will take care of disasters themselves. To test this theory, we talked to the West Virginians who have been slammed by historic flooding in recent weeks.
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We found the waste Elon Musk and DOGE won’t cut: it’s defense contractors. The Department of Defense funnels $450 billion of taxpayer dollars a year to private military contractors. But Musk is too focused on cutting DEI initiatives (0.01% of the size of the defense budget)...
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As our political reality gets increasingly surreal and chaotic, it’s becoming harder and harder to make sense of things. But according to the theory of hypernormalization, the lack of a coherent sense is actually the point. And if we look at how this concept was used in the...
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The United States is the biggest arms dealer on Earth, responsible for 43% of the world’s weapons exports from 2020 to 2024. The US transferred seven times more than China, and five times more than Russia. Ben Norton explains how the military-industrial complex profits from war.
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Full interview: Part 2.
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The hosts of ‘Pod Save America’ talked about Bernie Sanders’s ‘Fight the Oligarchy’ tour and how effective his politics have proven to be in the latest episode of their podcast. They also pointed out that they were criticized by online leftists after showing support for...
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Freedom means nothing to these extremists. If Texas really believes in "don't tread on anyone," they'll rally against this abuse of state power on principle alone.
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