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Reporting Fellow Type Investigations. Author of Fasting and Feasting: The Life of Visionary Food Writer Patience Gray.

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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New story out this week for Public Domain & HCN on DOI's project to expedite drilling activity across Alaska's North Slope. The dept will be issuing a categorical exclusion that exempts most winter drilling activity from enviro review & releasing a new rule that does same for production sites.
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Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline was in many ways the sort of mass movement that ELF members dreamed of sparking—one that inspired thousands of ordinary people to risk arrest to defend the planet.” @adamfederman.bsky.social on “Fires in Night” newrepublic.com/article/2130...
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The Eco-Sabotage Group That Went Up In Smoke
The Earth Liberation Front grew impatient with legal forms of protest. Then they turned on each other.
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Matthew Wolfe @matthew-wolfe.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Hugely thoughtful review of my book on eco-saboteurs The Earth Liberation Front from @adamfederman.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com zooming in on its central moral conundrum: at what point is it OK to break the laws of a system that is already horribly broken? newrepublic.com/article/2130...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Spoke with @kalwradio.bsky.social's @ethanelkind.bsky.social about the ongoing cultural and ecological destruction along the US-Mexico border www.kalw.org/show/your-ca...
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Trump bulldozed a 1,000-year-old site for a second border wall
The Trump administration, which has allocated more than $11 billion for new barriers, is rapidly erecting walls with no regard to environmental laws or land protections.
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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 17/05/2026
"This internal FBI document shows the government lied about the [Prairieland] defendants, because it presents a position contrary to what the prosecution alleged at trial." "The prosecution broke the law when it hid this evidence from the defense." #Texas #USA #Courts #Protest
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Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas "Antifa" Trial
FOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
destroy a 1,000 year old archaeological site and pretend it never happened theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...
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Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archaeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall
DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
And the announcement is easy enough to find elsewhere. But clearly AIS is trying to distance itself from this whole thing. www.constructiondive.com/news/ais-inf...
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AIS wins $2B in border infrastructure contracts
The Tennessee-based builder will perform work in California, Arizona and Texas for the Department of Homeland Security and Customs and Border Protection.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
AIS Infrastructure (ais-infrastructurellc.com), the company responsible for damaging the archaeological site in Cabeza, has scrubbed the announcement for the DHS contract from its website. The $2 billion award had been prominently featured as a major generator of new jobs. Copy below on left.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And @biologicaldiversity.org has now published a gallery of photos and videos by @peccarynotpig.bsky.social www.biologicaldiversity.org/resourcespac...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
And a photo from the Center for Biological Diversity published in the @tucsonsentinel.com
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Satellite images of the road bulldozed through Las Playas intaglio, a roughly 1,000 year old archaeological site in the Sonoran Desert. To make way for Trump's second border wall. Photos courtesy of @vantortech.bsky.social and published in the Washington Post. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Black Intellect Media @blackintellect.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall: DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the ancient site to make sure it was protected, a local archeologist said. reporting by @adamfederman.bsky.social theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...
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Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall
DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Here's the earlier story, which was published in Sierra Magazine with @typeinvestigations.org. www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
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Desert Ruins - Type Investigations
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
In 2022 I did a story on impacts of border wall construction on the Sonoran Desert, much of which focused on activity in Cabeza Prieta Nat'l Wildlife Refuge. This week I learned that a 1,000 year old archaeological site in the refuge was destroyed by a DHS contractor theintercept.com/2026/04/30/a...
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Trump Bulldozed a 1,000-Year-Old Archeological Site to Make Room for a Second Border Wall
DHS was in talks with the wildlife refuge that hosts the 1,000-year-old archeological site to make sure it was protected, a local said.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
These guys were very gracious hosts despite revealing—at the very end—that they actually work for the Feds
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
"HB 1471, passed by the Legislature last month, allows the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to identify groups as 'domestic terrorists, powers that are typically reserved for the federal government." @miamiherald.com www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
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DeSantis working to designate CAIR, antifa as terrorist groups under new law
DeSantis said he expected to be sued over the new Florida law.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
For @newrepublic.com, I wrote about Jan Dutkiewicz and Gabriel N. Rosenberg's, Feed the People! Why Industrial Food Is Good and How to Make It Even Better. newrepublic.com/article/2084...
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Are Big Companies, Not Locavorism, the Best Hope for American Food?
Small, local growers have long been hailed as the way to improve food. But large companies have the scale to make a bigger impact.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Would not be the first time the CIA has targeted dissidents in the U.S. In fact one of the hallmarks of the post-9/11 era has been the erosion of safeguards put in place to prevent intel agencies, including the FBI, from engaging in this kind of activity.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
yes, but it's been done before www.nytimes.com/1974/12/22/a...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
he's already done that www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Designating Antifa as a Domestic Terrorist Organization
Section 1.  Antifa as a Terrorist Threat.  Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that explicitly calls for the overthrow of the United States
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Green and Red Podcast @podcastgreenred.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
~NEW VIDEO~ How Trump is expanding the "terrorism" label. Ft. journalist @adamfederman.bsky.social w/ @typeinvestigations.org talking about his new piece in @inthesetimes.com www.patreon.com/posts/expans...
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The Expansion of the "Terror" Label w/ Adam Federman | Green and Red: Media for Scrappy Radicals
Get more from Green and Red: Media for Scrappy Radicals on Patreon
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Julia Ioffe @juliaioffe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Original story here: puck.news/trump-moves-...
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Trump’s Antifa Terror
Even as fears mount that Iran could activate sleeper cells in the U.S. and Europe, the Trump administration is quietly working to designate antifa as a top counterterrorism priority—despite the protes...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
A senior Trump administration official told @juliaioffe.bsky.social the CIA should "go after leftist groups," which of course would be illegal. www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Trump Moves to Elevate Antifa as a Top Terror Threat
Even as war rages across the Middle East, raising fears that Iran could activate sleeper cells in the U.S. and Europe, the Trump administration is quietly working to designate antifa as a top countert...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Read the 2017 NYT story below. The individual who was investigated is now a SAC in the Dallas field office. www.nytimes.com/2017/11/09/u...
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After Night of Drinking, F.B.I. Supervisor Wakes to Find a Woman Stole His Gun (Published 2017)
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The FBI acknowledges the existence of records related to the investigation, but says releasing them would be an invasion of personal privacy. 2/
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
One of the FBI agents present in the courtroom for closing args during the Prairieland trial was investigated in 2017 after a night of debauchery. He brought a woman back to his hotel room & had his Rolex, Glock, & $60 stolen. I FOIA’d the internal investigation & the FBI has denied my request. 1/
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
"The duty the government has is clear. They have to turn over exculpatory evidence." Xavier T. de Janon, director of mass defense @nlg.org, on DOJ's failure to include important evidence re a 2018 FBI investigation into "Antifa DFW" in recent Prairieland trial. lawanddisorder.org/2026/03/law-...
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Law and Disorder March 30, 2026 | Law and Disorder Radio
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Thanks, Jason!
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Rick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Important investigation of a terrifying step toward criminalizing resistance to American authoritarianism. inthesetimes.com/article/prai...
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Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial
FOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 30/03/2026
FOIA records obtained by @typeinvestigations.org and In These Times raise questions about evidence in the federal Prairieland trial, where prosecutors argued “antifa” was a terrorist enterprise. @adamfederman.bsky.social reports.
inthesetimes.com
Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial
FOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I am suing the FBI for additional records related to the 2018 Dallas "Antifa" investigation. #FOIA www.loevy.com/foia/federma...
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Federman Sues FBI for Antifa Records
On January 22, 2026, we filed suit on behalf of Adam Federman against the FBI for refusing to answer a FOIA request seeking records about Dallas Antifa, Dallas Workers Front, and other related groups....
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Read the 2018 FBI documents here. The big question, which the FBI and US Attorney's Office in Texas have not answered, is why they weren't included in discovery. inthesetimes.com/article/prai...
inthesetimes.com
Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial
FOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 26/03/2026
Exclusive FBI records obtained by Type Investigations and @inthesetimes.com raise questions about evidence presented in the trial of antifa activists in Texas, reports Type Investigations Reporting Fellow @adamfederman.bsky.social: www.typeinvestigations.org/investigatio...
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Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial  - Type Investigations
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 26/03/2026
1/ The government said “antifa” posed a terrorism-level threat in the Texas Prairieland trial. But newly obtained FBI records tell a very different story. @adamfederman.bsky.social reports with @typeinvestigations.org and In These Times:
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Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial
FOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
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Kathryn Joyce @kathrynajoyce.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
“The prosecution broke the law when it hid this evidence from the defense. The prosecutors should be removed & a new trial granted immediately.” Exclusive investigation by @adamfederman.bsky.social @inthesetimes.com & @typeinvestigations.org casts doubt on the govt argument in the TX "antifa" trial.
inthesetimes.com
Exclusive: FBI Files Counter Government Argument in Texas “Antifa” Trial
FOIA records obtained by Type Investigations and In These Times raise questions about evidence presented in Prairieland case.
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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 18/02/2026
Reporting fellow @adamfederman.bsky.social joined @doughenwood.bsky.social to discuss Trump's Greenland obsession: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Behind the News: How Capital Works w/ David Harvey
Podcast Episode · Jacobin Radio · 02/09/2026 · 53m
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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
fresh audio product: • David Harvey @davidharvey.org on his new book, The Story of Capital • excerpt from Mark Carney’s Davos speech • Adam Federman on Trump’s Greenland obsession www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"A very sad day." ConocoPhillips executives grapple with loss of drilling rig. www.alaskasnewssource.com/video/2026/0...
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ConocoPhillips execs call Doyon oil rig destruction a ‘sad day,’ but no major impacts expected
Around 4,600 combined gallons of diesel and hydraulic oil appear to have spilled in the Jan. 23 fall, officials say
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Don't expect the Doyon rig accident that took place Friday evening to slow Conoco down. In an email obtained by enviro groups seeking an injunction on winter activity, Conoco's lawyers say, "Exploration activities are continuing & the seismic program is proceeding as planned."
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
According to preliminary reports, unusually warm temperatures on the North Slope in the days leading up to the accident appear to have played a role in what happened. alaskalandmine.com/landmines/do...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Fwiw, I wrote about the impacts of thawing permafrost on oil/gas infrastructure on the North Slope for @grist.org and @typeinvestigations.org in 2022. grist.org/energy/perma...
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As permafrost thaws, a Biden-supported drilling plan is on unstable ground
ConocoPhillips' Willow project would emit 284 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over its 30-year lifetime.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
If you look at the photos, Doyon and Conoco are extremely lucky that the rig tipped in the direction it did, away from the staging pad and what appears to be worker housing. dec.alaska.gov/spar/ppr/spi...
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
First report from Alaska DEC regarding the Doyon rig accident. Evidence of a diesel spill has been confirmed--approx 4,000 gallons were on board--some 500 feet from a tributary of the Colville River & in critical habitat for polar bears, caribou, arctic fox, ptarmigan, & muskox.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
If I was based in Alaska I'd be on the next flight to Nuiqsut. ConocoPhillips, the North Slope Borough, & BLM under Trump will do everything they can to suppress information about the drilling rig accident that took place on Friday. Same thing happened with the gas leak in 2022.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
I wrote about this very problem--how warming temps and thawing permafrost may impact oil/gas infrastructure--for @grist.org four years ago. @typeinvestigations.org grist.org/energy/perma...
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As permafrost thaws, a Biden-supported drilling plan is on unstable ground
ConocoPhillips' Willow project would emit 284 million metric tons of carbon dioxide over its 30-year lifetime.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
"Several people with North Slope experience have said the rig likely tipped due to being moved in warm 30 degree weather, which would have caused the road to be softer. Once it went off the shoulder on the soft ground, tipping over was probably inevitable." alaskalandmine.com/landmines/do....
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Doyon 26, largest land drilling rig in North America, tipped over and caught fire on North Slope
Doyon 26, known as the Beast, tipped over and caught fire later Friday afternoon as it was being moved on Alaska's North Slope. Sources say the incident...… Read More
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Another serious ConocoPhillips accident on Alaska’s North Slope, not far from the village of Nuiqsut. In 2022 the company had a major gas leak at its Alpine field, which required the evacuation of 400 workers. www.adn.com/business-eco...
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Officials report no major injuries as massive drilling rig topples over on Alaska’s North Slope
The Doyon 26 rig, which is nicknamed “The Beast,” set a long-distance drilling record in Alaska in 2022 and was hailed as the largest mobile land rig in North America.
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Trump admin openly admitted that it had little if any legal justification for rounding up and trying to deport student activists involved in protests against the war in Gaza. Absolutely shameful. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/u...
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Type Investigations @typeinvestigations.org · 22/01/2026
Reporting fellow @adamfederman.bsky.social joined @majorityreport.bsky.social to discuss the Trump admin's push to annex Greenland: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYQx...
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World Leaves US Behind; Greenland, Minnesota Fights Back w/ Adam Federman, Rep Aisha Gomez | MR Live
YouTube video by The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder
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Adam Federman @adamfederman.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
these guys really know how to celebrate www.arctictoday.com/republican-c...
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Republican Congressmen cut Greenland cake covered in U.S. flag at D.C. gala - ArcticToday
Video from a Washington gala shows US lawmakers and foreign far-right figures cutting a Greenland-shaped cake covered in the US flag during an event marking Donald Trump’s first year in office.
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