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Nsikan Akpan
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows - Camilo Montoya-Galvez
www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arr...
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Less than 14% of those arrested by ICE in Trump's 1st year back in office had violent criminal records, document shows
The official DHS statistics, which had not been previously reported, provide the most detailed look yet into who ICE has arrested during the Trump administration's crackdown.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-arrests-violent-criminal-records-trump-first-year/
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Senator Bernie Sanders
14 days ago
If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
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Marc Elias
14 days ago
The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand. Support independent media.
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Gabriel Malor
15 days ago
Jeff Besos never really struck me as a Sports Guy.
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andyâą
15 days ago
ohhh âdemocracy dies in darknessâ was aspirational
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Julia Métraux
14 days ago
This is painful to read.
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Brian Phillips
15 days ago
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
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Institute for Policy Studies
15 days ago
VICTORY: After thousands of locals protested, called, and gave public comments, a company halted the sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS to be used for immigrant detention. DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.
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Hanover warehouse owner pulls out of potential Virginia ICE facility deal
The company, Jim Pattison Developments, put out a statement Friday afternoon saying the deal would not proceed.
https://www.dailypress.com/2026/01/30/hanover-ice-facility-deal-withdrawl/
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More Perfect Union
16 days ago
Southwest Airlines expects to quadruple profits this year after making changes including charging for checked bags, adding fees for extra-legroom seats, and eliminating open seating, WSJ reports.
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More Perfect Union
20 days ago
Three delivery apps, including UberEats, will pay NYC delivery workers $4.6 million after they violated the city's minimum pay law. The Mamdani admin will announce the settlement today, which comes after enforcement action taken by the city.
nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/t...
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The Mamdani Effect: Three Delivery Apps Must Pay $5M In Minimum Pay Settlement - Streetsblog New York City
A new era: Mayor Mamdani's worker protection department announces new enforcement against UberEats, HungryPanda, and Fantuan for not complying with the minimum pay law.
https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/30/the-mamdani-effect-three-delivery-apps-must-pay-5m-in-minimum-pay-settlement
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Democracy Now!
21 days ago
DHS appears to be bringing decades of violence at the U.S.-Mexico border to cities throughout the United States.
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âThe Border Is the Entire Countryâ: How Trump Brought Borderland Violence into U.S. Cities
As President Trump shakes up the leadership of his immigration crackdown in Minnesota following the killing of ICU nurse Alex Pretti by Border Patrol agents, we examine the expanding role of the agenc...
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/28/border_todd_miller
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Julia Métraux
23 days ago
If any disabled/chronically ill people in the South want to share any stories of how they've been impacted by the storms, please reach out at
[email protected]
or signal juliametraux. 49 This is for a potential
@motherjones.com
story, thanks!
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Mother Jones
about 1 month ago
Why was Jeffrey Epsteinâs procurer transferred to a cushy prison?
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Mother Jones sues the Bureau of Prisons for Ghislaine Maxwell records
Why was Jeffrey Epstein's procurer transferred to a cushy prison?
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/01/mother-jones-sues-bureau-of-prisons-ghislaine-maxwell-records-epstein-trump-todd-blanche/
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Marc Elias
about 1 month ago
đšBREAKING: A federal court Wednesday ruled against a Republican challenge to Californiaâs redistricting plan, rejecting the GOP claim that the state had engaged in illegal racial gerrymandering when drawing up its new congressional map.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Federal court rejects GOP bid to block California redistricting
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-court-rejects-gop-bid-to-block-california-redistricting/
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Carl Zimmer
about 1 month ago
Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.âs new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatriciansâ guidance instead. Story by
@danielpayne.bsky.social
www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/n...
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Hospitals and doctors are ignoring RFK Jr.âs new vaccine schedule and relying on pediatriciansâ guidance instead
Their decisions underscore a growing divide between federal health authorities and major medical groups.
https://www.statnews.com/2026/01/15/new-vaccine-schedule-largely-ignored-major-healthcare-providers/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9bJluxL2DZmkPdRJBMFBIXHYORQeQwsflyqf1DDfZs9YvxueDae1XY-fRutGjCqx6BkNVGSljU6aVpbH81k1HmSt_F4A&_hsmi=398639956
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Institute for Policy Studies
about 1 month ago
NEW: No, it was never really about drugs. Yes, it was about oil â but it wasn't *only* about oil. And no, it wasn't even close to being legal. In a new explainer out today, IPS scholars clear up the biggest questions about the U.S. attack on Venezuela:
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What You Need to Know About the U.S. Attack on Venezuela - Institute for Policy Studies
What You Need to Know About the U.S. Attack on Venezuela
https://ips-dc.org/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-u-s-attack-on-venezuela/
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Erin Reed
about 1 month ago
Great news! EITM has been nominated under the category of Outstanding Independent Journalism by the GLAAD awards. We share this nomination with many other deserving publications. We couldn't do it without our readers, who help us break news every day. Thank you all.
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Julia Métraux
about 1 month ago
If you're a 55-64 year old who is retired due to health issues who is struggling to get SNAP work requirement exemptions, please get in touch for a
@motherjones.com
piece. My email is
[email protected]
. I can potentially use first name only.
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Erin Reed
about 2 months ago
In a small breath of reprieve, the 9th Circuit Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling from a conservative judge that would have allowed teachers to forcibly out trans students to their parents. This case will eventually have national implications. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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9th Circuit Court Temporarily Blocks Lower Court Forced Outing Ruling In California
A lower court ruling would have required schools to allow teachers to out transgender students to their parents.
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/9th-circuit-court-temporarily-blocks
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Charles Ornstein
about 2 months ago
âYou are not entitled to a response from us, or anyone, ever,â is what a US Education Department spokesperson wrote to one of our reporters,
@megomatz.bsky.social
, after she repeatedly tried to get comment from the department and its officials. My column on the condemnation of good journalism.
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Our Reporters Reached Out for Comment. They Were Accused of Stalking and Intimidation.
Our journalists reach out to people theyâre writing about to ensure fairness. But in this environment, theyâve found their efforts to do so are more likely to be vilified than appreciated.
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-reaching-out-reporting-obstacles
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A biotech company was called out for concerning science about their artificial blood vessels. Now, instead of restricting the vessels' reach, the company appears to be touting the product beyond the prescribed limits set by the FDA. My latest for
@levernews.com
www.levernews.com/regulatory-r...
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Regulatory Ruptures For A Lab-Grown Blood Vessel
Despite controversies and safety concerns, biotech firm Humacyte is pushing its cutting-edge lab-grown blood vessels for uses far beyond what regulators have allowed.
https://www.levernews.com/regulatory-ruptures-for-a-lab-grown-blood-vessel/
about 2 months ago
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Michael Hobbes
about 2 months ago
How dare you assume that someone whose entire career has been a bad faith grift to benefit conservatives is acting in bad faith to benefit conservatives.
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More Perfect Union
about 2 months ago
BREAKING: Instacart is ending all price testing on its platform in the wake of this report.
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Marc Elias
2 months ago
đšBREAKING: The Department of Justice will fail to publicly release all of its files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein by a Friday deadline, violating a new federal law explicitly mandating that the trove of documents be turned over for public scrutiny.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ Chickens Out on Epstein Files Release in Violation of New Law
Read more here.
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-fail-epstein-files-deadline-blanche/
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More Perfect Union
2 months ago
John Deere got this video taken off our YouTube for two weeks. It took our lawyers reaching out to YouTube to get it back up. The video lays out how a handful of corporations took control of the agriculture industry, bankrupting farmers and screwing us all over.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02...
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We Went to Arkansas. The Farm Crisis Will Shock You
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl02K72QFS0&t=162s
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Erin Reed
2 months ago
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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More Perfect Union
2 months ago
While Starbucks workers are on strike because they can't get a fair contract, the Bezos-owned Post is saying the CEO deserves the $96 million he got last year.
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Public Citizen
3 months ago
BREAKING: A CDC panel voted to push back the first dose of the safe & effective hepatitis B vaccine. This is a tragedy in the making. This unfounded change to the childhood vaccine schedule will only lead to entirely preventable disease outbreaks in the years ahead.
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More Perfect Union
3 months ago
For the first time a U.S. county is making their guaranteed income program permanent. The Cook County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved $7.5 million to continue its guaranteed income program. Each month over 3,000 households will get an unconditional $500.
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Erin Reed
3 months ago
1. Over Thanksgiving, texts from Dem. Sen Ruben Gallego leaked where he repeats far-right talking points on masculinity, lamenting that Democratic women "look like men." Using far-right gender-panic rhetoric will not ingratiate the Democratic Party towards men. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Dem. Senator Gallego's Leaked Texts Echo Far-Right Gender Panic And Misogyny
Last week, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego's texts leaked, where he lamented that Democratic "women look like men and men look like women."
https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/dem-senator-gallegos-leaked-texts
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Alejandra Caraballo
3 months ago
Abolish ICE, prosecute their agents.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
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College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/us/politics/college-student-deported-thanksgiving-texas.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Michael Hobbes
3 months ago
someone attended the Bari Weiss School of Having Principles
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Please come to our next event! It was a great time.
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3 months ago
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Alejandra Caraballo
3 months ago
Spotted at Harvard today. Not great at all at how this nazi is being mainstreamed and normalized. This shit is absolutely not welcomed here. Used water from my water bottle to erase part of it.
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Orion Rummler
3 months ago
News to watch: A federal judge in Philadelphia has blocked President Trumpâs administration from obtaining the private medical records of youth who sought gender-affirming care at Childrenâs Hospital of Philadelphia.
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Federal judge hands CHOP victory in its fight to protect medical records of transgender children
U.S. District Court Judge Mark A. Kearney sided with Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and denied the bulk of the Department of Justice's subpoena seeking patient records.
https://www.inquirer.com/health/chop-transgender-doj-trump-children-20251121.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alerts_11_24_2025&int_promo=newsletter&utm_term=42701806.59783
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More Perfect Union
3 months ago
Newly unsealed internal communications from Meta reveal senior staff saying Instagram is a drug and "Weâre basically pushers." The new court filing reveals Meta staff allegedly worked for years to obscure the social media platformâs potential dangers from parents and children.
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David Sirota
3 months ago
two weeks apart
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Julia Métraux
3 months ago
I hate that in local news, sometimes the most common type of disability story will be the very, VERY rare cases of disability fraud. Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
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I got a 6/8....so not even a true LeverMind! Who can beat me??
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Sabrina Imbler
3 months ago
wrote about this shitbag again
defector.com/vaccines-do-...
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Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism, No Matter What The CDC Website Now Says | Defector
On Nov. 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventionâa name that feels increasingly misleading, given Robert F. Kennedy Jr.âs track record of sowing outbreaks of infectious diseasesâquietly upda...
https://defector.com/vaccines-do-not-cause-autism-no-matter-what-the-cdc-website-now-says
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Marc Elias
3 months ago
My legal team will be in federal court in North Carolina today fighting against the state's unconstitutional redrawn congressional map. Before you listen to those in the GOP who say we can't win, ask Texas how that worked out for them.
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Marc Elias
3 months ago
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
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Orion Rummler
3 months ago
Detransition is being used as political fodder by the Trump admin and its allies to support extreme anti-trans policies. In the process, the reality of detransition is lost. For our new series, I spoke with detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump admin. Their stories are complex and important.
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Detransition is key to politiciansâ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/detransition-transgender-americans-politics-policy/
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Michael Hobbes
3 months ago
The Epstein stuff is always so amazing to me because it's like "yes he was a sex criminal but if you can get past that, he was also an avowed eugenicist"
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Freddy Brewster
3 months ago
If you have stomach issues or diarrhea in the near future blame the senators who slipped these provisions into the funding bill to reopen the government.
www.levernews.com/shutdown-dea...
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Shutdown Deal Kills Food Safety Rules
After lobbyists spent big on the Trump administration and Democratic defectors, the government funding bill cut food-contamination rules and limited ultraprocessed-food research.
https://www.levernews.com/shutdown-deal-kills-food-safety-rules/?campaign_id=4&emc=edit_dk_20251112&instance_id=166273&nl=dealbook®i_id=228654114&segment_id=210449&user_id=67863271a3e9a4c817f0eb3b706d14fb
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Crazy find by
@freddy-brewster.bsky.social
@lukewgoldstein.bsky.social
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Michael Hobbes
3 months ago
No one will ever sum up Bari Weiss's career more succinctly than "what's the point of standards"
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Unusual Whales
3 months ago
Bernie Sanders has said in the Senate after Susan Collins reportedly laughed about the new funding bill: âIf this bill passes, certain groups will see their premiums triple. When you remove healthcare from 15 million people, 50,000 Americans will die who didnât have to. Do you think thatâs funny?â
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Unusual Whales
3 months ago
BREAKING: Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage rights
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