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The American Prospect

American liberal policy magazine

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Jan 12, 2026
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Is there a verified photo or video showing 'One of ours. All of yours.' on Kristi Noem's podium?

Multiple news outlets and online commentators reported that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem spoke behind a podium or banner reading “One Of Ours. All Of Yours” during a Jan. 8, 2026 briefing i...

Jan 13, 2026
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What exact text and imagery appeared on the podium at Kristi Noem's Jan. 8 press conference, and which outlets published close‑up photos?

The podium at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s Jan. 8 press conference in New York bore the phrase “One Of Ours, All Of Yours,” and several news organizations published photographs or image f...

Jan 13, 2026
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What documented responses did DHS provide after the Jan. 8, 2026 press conference regarding the podium wording and its meaning?

The podium at Secretary Kristi Noem’s Jan. 8, 2026 press conference bore the phrase “One Of Ours, All Of Yours,” a detail picked up by multiple outlets but not accompanied in public DHS materials with...

Nov 30, 2025

Why are so many trump supporters racist?

Many analysts and studies tie support for Donald Trump to racial resentment, xenophobia, and anti‑immigrant sentiment rather than purely economic concerns; Brookings and Wikipedia summaries say racial...

Nov 22, 2025

Which senators receive the largest campaign donations from pharmaceutical companies in the 2024–2026 election cycle?

Available reporting shows industrywide totals and past recipient lists but no single authoritative list in the provided sources naming “which senators receive the largest campaign donations from pharm...

Dec 10, 2025

Where did that $40 billion number surface re Verzuelan

The "$40 billion" figure most commonly appears in reporting and commentary about Venezuela in two contexts: (a) an often-cited estimate of the value tied to Venezuelan assets, claims or alleged losses...

Dec 6, 2025

Did trump say "the king decides"

Available reporting shows no verifiable instance of President Trump saying the phrase “the king decides” in a public remark or an authenticated social post; fact-checkers flagged a circulating Truth S...

Nov 12, 2025

How many time has Trump broken campaign promises

Donald Trump’s tally of “broken campaign promises” cannot be reduced to a single agreed number because independent trackers and commentators use different promise lists, timeframes, and definitions; ....

Dec 13, 2025

Which wealthy individuals and family foundations are the largest donors to right-wing political groups in the US?

Wealthy individuals, family foundations, and a set of large conservative grantmakers were central to an outsized flow of right‑wing money into U.S. politics in recent years: researchers documented mor...

Jan 22, 2026

How has DHS defined and counted 'assaults' on ICE officers in its 2025 reports?

has presented large percentage increases in “assaults” on in 2025 by aggregating a range of reported incidents across varying timeframes and agency statements, but reporting and independent journalism...

Jan 13, 2026

Kristi noem gave a briefing behind a podium that said “one of ours all of yours” - was this reported by a trusted source

Images and video from a Department of Homeland Security press conference on January 8, 2026 show the phrase “One of ours, all of yours” printed on the front of the podium behind Secretary Kristi Noem,...

Dec 12, 2025

Yes — claims that the U.S. is in a "cold civil war" caused by Trump and MAGA, escalating toward violence.

Claims that the U.S. is in a “cold civil war” tied to Trump and MAGA mix credible evidence of deep polarization with contested claims about imminent large‑scale armed conflict. Surveys and academic st...

Nov 22, 2025

trump being racist

Major outlets and watchdogs report numerous incidents, statements, and policies involving Donald Trump that critics describe as racist or racially coded — from campaign rhetoric about Mexican immigran...

Jan 19, 2026

How many deaths in ICE custody have been confirmed as homicides or resulted in criminal charges since 2000?

There is no single, authoritative count in the supplied reporting of how many deaths in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since 2000 have been officially classified as homicides o...

Jan 18, 2026

Is trump a sadist?

The question "Is Trump a sadist?" cannot be answered with a clinical diagnosis here, because diagnosing an individual requires direct professional assessment; however, multiple peer-reviewed studies a...

Dec 15, 2025

which party ended segregation

The formal legal end to state‑sanctioned racial segregation in the United States came through a series of court decisions and federal actions: the U.S. Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education over...

Jan 16, 2026

Did Alligator Alcatraz file for bankruptcy or undergo corporate restructuring?

No reporting in the provided set indicates that Alligator Alcatraz — the Florida Everglades immigration detention site established in mid‑2025 — filed for bankruptcy or underwent corporate restructuri...

Dec 31, 2025

who is organizing 2026 no kings day

The 2026 “No Kings Day” is not the product of a single group but of a national coalition centered on the No Kings movement and a broad alliance of progressive organizations—Indivisible, 50501 and scor...

Dec 12, 2025

Charlie Kirk on blacks and Jim Crow

Charlie Kirk publicly questioned the wisdom of the Civil Rights Act and made repeated provocative remarks about race, including comments reported as saying Black Americans were “better” under Jim Crow...

Nov 21, 2025

Which specific Trump-era policies affected nurses' scope of practice, staffing, pay, or workplace safety?

The available reporting ties several Trump-era actions to nurses’ education funding, labor tools, scope-of-practice guidance, and regulatory rollbacks that can affect staffing, pay, and workplace safe...