Melissa R. Michelson
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Dean of Arts & Sciences at Menlo College. Political Scientist. She/Her
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âCut ICEâs budget to restore federal health care fundingâ is an extremely popular message
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Costa Samaras
5 days ago
Just a few weeks ago, the administration cancelled all remaining department of energy grid resilience projects in Puerto Rico. All of them.
www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end...
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The end of DOEâs grid work in Puerto Rico
The Trump administration has canceled all eight of the remaining awards devoted to distributed energy on the island.
https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/the-end-of-does-grid-work-in-puerto-rico/
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Amanda Litman
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That halftime show is what people mean when they say "joy is an act of resistance."
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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)
5 days ago
It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?
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I vote for Benito
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
5 days ago
Ocasio gang rise up đđœđ”đ·
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Phil Lewis
5 days ago
Jessica Alba, Pedro Pascal, Karol G, Young Miko, David Grutman, Cardi B and Alix Earle attend
#SuperBowl
LX (Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
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This football game is interfering with my kvelling over Bad Bunnyâs performance
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Bad Bunny FTW đ€©
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Roxane Gay
7 days ago
1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isnât sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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Erin Reed
7 days ago
Something incredible is happening in the Magic: The Gathering community. The prolific MTG Youtube channel Tolarian Community College has raised $450,000 and growing for Trans Lifeline. Read our writer S. Baum's story here and go pitch in!
www.erininthemorning.com/p/magic-the-...
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âMagic: The Gatheringâ Gathers for Trans Lives, Raises $450,000 in Less Than Two Days
âMagic is political.â
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/magic-the-gathering-gathers-for-trans
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The presidentâs racist messaging matters.
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Erin Reed
9 days ago
For the first time ever, a state AG has filed a lawsuit to force a hospital back into providing gender affirming care for transgender youth. Our writer, S. Baum, dove deep and spoke with families that helped make this happen. You're going to want to read our latest, incredible story.
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California AG Bonta Files Groundbreaking Lawsuit Against Rady Childrenâs Hospital for Dropping Trans Youth GAC
âIf my child had a different diagnosis, they would likely have a surgery date tomorrow. But because of who my child is, the door was closed.â
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/california-ag-bonta-files-groundbreaking
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Ida Bae Wells
9 days ago
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. Thatâs why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. Itâs also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
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Kevin M. Kruse
9 days ago
"Mr. Vice President, what's it like to be completely dead inside?"
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Jennifer N. Victor
9 days ago
Washington DCâs Metro is honoring Rosa Parkâs today by reserving seats in her memory. Parks didnât refuse to relinquish her seat out of exhaustionâshe was a fierce advocate for justice who organized with her community to engage in civil disobedience. Her deliberate act was courageous and meaningful.
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Zeb Larson
9 days ago
With WaPo locked into a death spiral, CBS effectively an arm of state news, and public media facing massive budget cuts, it's more important than ever to follow and support independent media.
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Book Jawns
10 days ago
I want to laugh at it but sadly itâs true.
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700 is a good start
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Matt Novak
10 days ago
Agent: These guys were all threatening us yesterday with hand guns. ... Agent: *Hand* guns, like threatening to shoot us. Reporter: You mean like with hand symbols? A: Pulling them out, trying to engage us. R: Pulling out literal guns? A: No. Making... assuming we were going to do something.
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Mueller, She Wrote
12 days ago
NEW: This isn't about "training." The two agents who murdered Alex Pretti - Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez - have been with Border Patrol for 8 and 12 years respectively. You can't reform CBP. Abolish ICE/CBP.
www.propublica.org/article/alex...
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Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
https://www.propublica.org/article/alex-pretti-shooting-cbp-agents-identified-jesus-ochoa-raymundo-garcia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky
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Melt the ICE hat
#MeltTheIce
12 days ago
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Governor Tim Walz
13 days ago
Theyâre taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. Theyâre shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
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Voting matters. Protesting matters.
#Resist
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Tim Dickinson
13 days ago
Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps
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I love SF
#AbolishIce
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Merriam-Webster
14 days ago
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Why not both, as the kids say. Get rid of all of them
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The Tennessee Holler
17 days ago
Does this mean Texas gets invaded now? Or is that only after intrepid reporter Nick Shirley gets a scoop?
www.fox4news.com/news/48-texa...
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Julian Sanchez
17 days ago
Nunca creĂ que los leopardos comerĂan MI cara
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Acyn
17 days ago
Walz: I think Kristi Noem probably should go back to South Dakota, not have any dogs, and just kind of ride things out
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David Darmofal
19 days ago
It's not at all a surprise that the NRA has prioritized their white supremacy over the Second Amendment. It has always first and foremost been a white supremacist organization.
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Cornell William Brooks
19 days ago
ICE killing
#AlexPretti
should remind you of police killing
#PhilandoCastille
. Both men had concealed weapon permits, did not draw their guns, & were killed in Minn. These homicides are the price of unaccountable policing. These deaths are variations on the same fatal theme.
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Minnesota Star Tribune
19 days ago
State and local officials have urged a federal judge to issue an immediate order that would temporarily halt the massive deportation operation in Minnesota. The matter is scheduled for a hearing at 9 a.m. Monday.
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Live: Minnesota reels after latest fatal shooting by federal agents
Protesters gathered at a park near where a man was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday. Federal officials say the man was armed.
https://bit.ly/3MMvefi
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Governor Tim Walz
20 days ago
They think they can provoke us into abandoning our values. They are wrong. We will keep the peace. We will secure justice for our neighbors. And we will see this occupation end.
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David Brauer
20 days ago
Brett Kavanaugh has swimming pools of blood on his hands
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Alex Pretti is an American hero
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Don Moynihan
20 days ago
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
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Kevin M. Kruse
20 days ago
Man, I bet the NRA is going to be furious when they hear that jack-booted thugs from the federal government executed a law-abiding citizen for exercising his Second Amendment right to carry a handgun. Any second now, I'm sure. He was a white guy, if that helps? Hello? NRA?
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Believe your eyes and ears
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This is not a drill.
#Resist
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Prisonculture
20 days ago
He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
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F*ck ICE
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Governor Tim Walz
20 days ago
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Minnesota Public Radio is doing a great job. I donated yesterday!
support.mpr.org/mpr-web
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Helen Kennedy
26 days ago
This is such a cool illustration of how the Mercator map distorts the size of Greenland, which looks as big as the whole continent of Africa on that map but is actually the size of Mexico.
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Imani Gandy
27 days ago
This is why you shouldnât ignore a jury summons. Because you can be like âlolâ and acquit someone in a half hour
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David Lay Williams
30 days ago
Emphasizing the obvious perhaps, but the president's recent declaration that he is constrained only by his "own morality" contradicts Madison's observation in Fed no. 10 that âneither moral nor religious motives can be relied on as an adequate controlâ on gov't powers." My essay in Good Authority.
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Trump sees himself as unconstrained. The Founders would disagree.
Trump sees himself as unconstrained. The Founders would disagree. The Constitution contradicts Trumpâs belief that heâs limited only by his âown morality.â
https://goodauthority.org/news/trump-sees-himself-as-unconstrained-the-founders-would-disagree/
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Erin Reed
about 1 month ago
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts? Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from. Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/2026-trans-girl-scouts-to-order-cookies
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Carl Quintanilla
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