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Carl Quintanilla
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What a graphic.
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Eric Michael Garcia
6 days ago
Annie Farmer, a survivor of Jeffrey Epsten, calls on John Cornyn to vote "no" on Todd Blanche
www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outl...
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I’m an Epstein survivor. Please, Sen. Cornyn, vote no on Todd Blanche
Blanche failed me. He failed the American people. He shouldn't be attorney general.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/cornyn-blanche-epstein-survivor-22346952.php
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Nothing should surprise me anymore but this response stopped me in a tracks. The right answer is so clear.
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DrH
7 days ago
Re cyclosporiasis, the federal government is failing on communication and transparency. Guidelines and steps you can take to protect yourself re cyclosporiasis:
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Top 10 Cyclospora questions
The cyclosporiasis foodborne outbreak continues to grow, and individuals are left to figure out how to weather this storm until government systems catch up.
https://open.substack.com/pub/yourlocalepidemiologist/p/top-10-cyclospora-questions?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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Opinionated Terran
9 days ago
Quick Tip: "Don't speak ill of the dead" means dont demean, or spread lies, or speak malicious untruth about dead people, who cant defend themselves Accurately describing someone's life and legacy is not "speaking ill" It's the truth - which is self justifying in that it is the truth!
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The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation
ALT: The More You Know - Iconic Star Animation
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ProPublica
16 days ago
A young mother of 4 finds her dream house near Milwaukee. The previous tenant tells her, “Baby, they shouldn’t have let you move in.” This is a story about how there are 2 kinds of justice, one for those who own, another for those who rent. (Published 2022 w/ Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
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The Landlord, the Tenant and a House Fire in Milwaukee
A young mother rents a house near Milwaukee. The previous tenant tells her, “Baby, they shouldn’t have let you move in.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/milwaukee-fire-brunner-belen-landlord-tenant?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1783278009&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only)
18 days ago
The DOJ “asked” Liz Oyer to recommend that Mel Gibson’s right to own a firearm be restored-highlighting Gibson’s relationship with Trump Oyer, citing Gibson’s longstanding abuse of women, refused So Todd Blanche fired her Then he began to intimidate and abuse her He CANNOT be Attorney General
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Don Moynihan
18 days ago
Don't want to speak ill of the dead, so getting this Mitch McConnell take out now. He saw Trump with complete clarity, as a danger to America, but protected him anyway. Perhaps more than anyone, he had the power to end Trumpism, but chose party over country.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/jan-6-and-...
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Wajahat Ali
about 1 month ago
Your daily reminder this should be the biggest scandal in American politics right now but nobody seems to care. Ken Paxton freed a man who raped a boy for 3 years. He also doesnt have to register as a sex offender.
www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/k...
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Inside Ken Paxton’s plea deal for a child sex abuse case
Critics are pointing to two other serious felony cases that the attorney general’s prosecutors took to trial that ended in mistrials and, eventually, plea deals.
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/05/19/ken-paxton-waco-plea-deal-child-sex-abuse-texas-attorney-general/
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Will McKinley
about 2 months ago
PBS will live on in New Jersey! NJ PBS — which risked going dark in July — will now be managed by Montclair State University. "At a time when local journalism faces growing challenges, today's action keeps this essential service alive in New Jersey."
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Montclair State will get N.J. public television franchise - New Jersey Globe
A consortium led by Montclair State University has won a competitive process to take over New Jersey’s public television station, the New Jersey Globe has
https://newjerseyglobe.com/media/montclair-state-will-get-n-j-public-television-franchise/
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George Takei
about 2 months ago
Since they tried to bury it, you know what to do. Video:
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Christopher Webb
about 2 months ago
For the love of God, elected Democrats: stop taking advice from Republicans about the “way forward.” Your base will not tolerate it. Both sides are not equally to blame for what this country is experiencing right now. That framing is detached from reality. 🧵
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God
about 2 months ago
Two days ago a sitting US Senator was pepper sprayed for protesting ICE and it didn’t even become national news.
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ProPublica
about 2 months ago
1/ At 17 weeks pregnant, Emily Waldorf was suddenly faced with a life-threatening situation: Her baby’s foot was dipping out of her cervix. Doctors told her the longer her cervix stayed open, the higher her risk of infection. They knew how to treat her. There was one issue … 🧵
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Senator Andy Kim
about 2 months ago
I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4
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Dave Byrnes
2 months ago
Obviously more to pick through but that's where I'm going to leave off for now. A reminder, again, that Jon Seidel with the Chicago Sun Times has made the entire document available to review here. The transcript is not yet available on PACER.
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Wajahat Ali
2 months ago
How Israel Uses Sexual Violence Against Palestinians Israel's use of rape and sexual violence against Palestinian women, men & children is now "widely practiced as part of an organized state policy." What will it take for the world to hold it accountable?
thelefthook.substack.com/p/standard-o...
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
Alito flew multiple flags tied to Jan 6 insurrectionists. Thomas just gave a speech on how "progressivism" is destroying the country — plus his wife was involved in the Jan 6 plot. And Roberts has pushed "shadow docket" cases where justices make decisions without explaining themselves. Please.
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jamelle
3 months ago
horrible. this country’s turn away from science based medicine in the name of “wellness” is killing children and will kill a lot more.
www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
https://www.propublica.org/article/more-parents-decline-vitamin-k-shot-newborns
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ACLU
3 months ago
Mifepristone is: ✅ safe ✅ effective ✅ backed by decades of science ✅ critical for abortion and miscarriage care ✅ essential to protecting our reproductive freedom
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ProPublica
3 months ago
One insurance denial for Teressa’s husband stated, “your newborn does not meet the criteria for coverage.” “This is when I really start to think they’re just denying,” she recalled. “They’re not even looking. They’re just ‘deny, deny, deny.’” (Published Sept. 2025)
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“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple's Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necessary.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/mental-health-suicide-highmark-bcbs-insurance-denials?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1777683420&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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John Fugelsang
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Lynn Stahl
3 months ago
I don't want a motherfucking ballroom, especially since I'll never be invited to use it, and neither will 98% of US citizens. I want USAID. And NIH. And NSB. And NASA. I want free breakfast and lunch for school kids. I want healthcare for all.
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Robert Reich
3 months ago
The Texas legislature rammed through a gerrymandering bill at the request of Trump. Virginia actually voted in favor of redistricting to counterbalance what Texas and other Republican-controlled states have done. Yet only one is considered a "power grab." Oligarch-owned media in a nutshell.
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Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist
3 months ago
Currently, Kennedy is at a senate hearing on the 2027 HHS budget. This a an op ed from a mother whose child contracted measles & died before she turned 11. Hospital visits MRIs Brain swelling Seizures Breathing tubes Subacute sclerosing pancephalitis YOU DO NOT WANT THIS 🧪
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Opinion | Measles Took My Daughter. This Is What I Want Everyone to Know.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/opinion/measles-child-britain-vaccination.html
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Ben Collins
3 months ago
Sorry to be overly sincere for a second, but here's why we decided to persevere through all of the bullshit and take over InfoWars. There's just gotta be a line somewhere. Thank you
@pablo.show
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Jamal Greene
4 months ago
Constitutional lawyer here. I don't think it would violate the Constitution for the VP/Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment, but the intended constitutional remedy for this behavior is impeachment & removal. The fact that that remedy is politically impossible is a scandal and a crisis.
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Aaron Rupar
4 months ago
The biggest story in the world right now is that the president of the United States is a demented old man who takes pleasure in torturing and killing people and is committing crimes with impunity. And yet most legacy media outlets are too cowardly to tell it like it is.
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The Onion
5 months ago
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
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This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t
George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more.
https://theonion.com/this-war-will-destabilize-the-entire-mideast-region-and-1819594296/
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Ben Collins
5 months ago
Interesting post about the coordinated anti-AOC smear campaign. It's 2016 again! Fake local news outlets on Facebook getting picked up until eventually it winds up in the Washington Post.
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I Caught POLITICO and the New York Times Laundering Pink Slime "News"
How the sexist backlash to AOC and Gretchen Whitmer at the Munich Security Conference led me to a scammy "local news" outlet pushing a coordinated right-wing narrative
https://spinclass.substack.com/p/spin-class-case-study-i-caught-politico?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
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Joaquin Castro
5 months ago
An ICE agent shot and killed Ruben Ray Martinez, a US citizen and San Antonio resident, in March 2025. Then ICE and the Texas Department of Public Safety covered it up. He was 23 years old. I am calling for a full investigation into this shooting, including why there was an 8-month cover up.
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An excellent jarring snapshot of what's happening in immigration "courts"
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Hunter Walker
5 months ago
I called up one of the White House's "special government employees" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid. I ended up on the phone for almost two hours hearing about the "deep state" "cabal," "Satanists," poison soda, and the "pure evil" of "gay pride."
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/meet-th...
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Christopher Webb
5 months ago
Funny how the “immigration crisis” seems to show up exactly where the political grudges live. This looks personal.
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Ro Khanna
5 months ago
Here is my conclusion after sitting through Maxwell's deposition with her refusing to answer a single question about the men who raped underage girls, saying she would only do so for clemency. She must immediately be sent back to the maximum security prison where she belongs.
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Kelly
6 months ago
The public made noise for Liam Ramos and it got him released from Dilley. Now we must make noise for 7 year old Diana Crespo. Her parents were taking her for emergency medical care when ICE grabbed them, and she’s rotting in the camp sick and exposed to measles. Get them out!
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Ilhan Omar
6 months ago
Voting NO on the DHS funding bill is the bare minimum. Backing Kristi Noem’s impeachment is the bare minimum. Holding law-breaking ICE agents legally accountable is the bare minimum. ICE is beyond reform. Abolish it.
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Ken Klippenstein
6 months ago
ICE agent asked why he's taking pictures of a legal observer's car, replies: "Cuz we have a nice little database and now you're considered a domestic terrorist. So have fun with that."
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Charles Gaba ✡️
6 months ago
FWIW: Golden is retiring. The filing deadline has passed in NC; Davis is the only Dem running. The filing deadline has passed in TX; Gonzalez & Cuellar both have primary opponents. Gillen has several Dem opponents as well, as does Perez. If you want to primary Suozzi, you still have until 3/30.
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Mueller, She Wrote
7 months ago
Can someone please respond to Stephen Miller with this message from Frank Sinatra?
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Mrs. Betty Bowers
7 months ago
Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin were both the sons of Italian parents. Back in that time, the racist Stephen Millers of the time didn't regard Italians as Anglo-Saxon enough to be welcome as immigrants to the United States.
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Christopher Mathias
7 months ago
It’s funny: haven’t been to church in yrs, don’t know what to make of my relationship to religion, but somehow still know enough, & still identify enough as Christian, even if just culturally, to find this shit so deeply, personally, viscerally offensive to the teachings of the faith I grew up with
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Ben Collins
7 months ago
The Onion, 23 years ago.
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ACLU
7 months ago
BREAKING: The House of Representatives just passed a bill that would subject immigrant children to invasive bodily searches and keep them in detention instead of releasing them to their families. The Senate must vote no on this horrific bill.
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ProPublica
8 months ago
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1764820804&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Joel Montfort
8 months ago
ICE snatches a college freshman heading home for Thanksgiving in Texas and deports her to Honduras in violation of an emergency court order prohibiting her deportation.
www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/t...
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Freshman deported despite emergency court order
A freshman headed home to Texas for Thanksgiving was deported, defying a court order. Her college dreams now hang in balance.
https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/college-freshman-deported-flying-home-to-texas-for-thanksgiving-despite-court-order/3950176/
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Anthony Bailey
8 months ago
Kristi Noam is a cos play puppy killer who spent over 200M taxpayer dollars in useless ads The contract 2 make the ads was "awarded" 2 an undisclosed LLC that was formed 5 days prior 2 the contracts being sent The owner of that LLC is Patricia McLaughlin, Noam's Assistant Sec Weird coincidence?
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Elizabeth Warren
9 months ago
Donald Trump’s war on SNAP.
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Kevin M. Kruse
9 months ago
After those results, the Democratic response to GOP pressure to cave on the shutdown should simply be
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