Chris Conzen
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Pronouns: He, Him, His. Community College professional and advocate for student success.
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows
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Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/fluoride-water-children-iq-brain-cognition-study-rfk-jr-rcna267328
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“When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would largely be missing.”
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Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections
When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would…
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-midterm-elections-takeover?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature
about 16 hours ago
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A reminder that a blockade is an act of war, according to international war. Once again, Congress is completely abdicating its role.
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Trump says US Navy will begin blockade of Strait of Hormuz 'effective immediately'
President Trump has reacted to the failure of US-Iran peace talks by announcing a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-blockade-hormuz-iran-2026-4
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Community colleges could lose more than $800 million for education and training under Trump’s proposed 2027 budget.
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Trump Budget Torches Community College Workforce Programs
The 2027 budget exposes the fraudulence of the Administration’s praise for workforce development alternatives to the bachelor’s degree.
https://www.newamerica.org/insights/trump-budget-torches-community-college-workforce-programs/
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“The more AI commodifies what used to be considered ‘non-routine’ cognitive tasks, like crunching numbers and generating text, the more the human value proposition will necessarily shift toward capabilities that no machine can (yet) reliably replicate”
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Why A Liberal Arts Education Will Soon Be More Valuable Than Ever | NOEMA
In a workplace augmented by AI, the new frontier of human value lies in interpretation, negotiation and trust-building.
https://www.noemamag.com/why-a-liberal-arts-education-will-soon-be-more-valuable-than-ever
4 days ago
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“experts expressed concern over how the Trump administration could use the data, with fears including potential political retaliation or targeting of workers who sought certain medical care, such as abortion or transgender care.“
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Trump admin makes sweeping request for medical records of federal workers
The unprecedented proposal would give the Trump admin access to doctors' notes.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/04/trump-admin-seeks-medical-records-of-federal-workers-for-vague-reasons/
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Why Latinos Join ICE
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Why Latinos Join ICE
One reason: They’re aiming to protect, not betray, their communities.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/hispanic-ice-agents-alex-pretti/686705/?utm_source=feed
7 days ago
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“Liam's (the 5-year old taken by ICE) mother, Erika Ramos, said he's been exhibiting signs of psychological trauma, including hypervigilance and isolation.”
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Liam Conejo Ramos constantly worries about being detained by ICE again, his parents say: "My boy is very different"
Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked global outrage, constantly worries about being detained again, his parents told CBS News in an exclusive interview.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/liam-conejo-ramos-worries-detained-ice-again-parents-say/
7 days ago
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The war’s damage to energy infrastructure and closure of a key shipping lane could mean lasting price spikes for everything from housing to food even long after the fighting ends.
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Trump promised a post-war economic rebound. The damage may linger far longer.
The war’s damage to energy infrastructure and closure of a key shipping lane could mean lasting price spikes for everything from housing to food even long after the fighting ends.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/06/trump-promised-a-post-war-economic-rebound-the-damage-may-linger-far-longer-00858657
8 days ago
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“Conservative parents’ advocacy groups have been experimenting with using commercially available artificial intelligence tools to help them flag more books they’ve deemed pornographic to be removed from public schools and libraries.”
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‘BLOCKADE’: The Right Is Using AI Content Scanners to Try to Supercharge Book Banning
Groups that challenge books have begun using Gemini, ChatGPT, xAI, and other AI tools to try to get books banned.
https://www.404media.co/blockade-the-right-is-using-ai-content-scanners-to-try-to-supercharge-book-banning/
10 days ago
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Well, how else do you expect us to pay for Trump’s Big Beautiful War Trump Again Proposes Major Education Cuts in New Budget Proposal
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Trump Again Proposes Major Education Cuts in New Budget Proposal
The Trump administration again wants lawmakers to consider drastic spending cuts and program eliminations.
https://www.edweek.org/policy-politics/trump-again-proposes-major-education-cuts-in-new-budget-proposal/2026/04
10 days ago
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It’s amazing they were able to stop at 37 The 37 most stupid things Donald Trump has ever said
www.indy100.com/politics/tru...
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The 37 most stupid things Donald Trump has ever said
Whether you love him or hate him, Donald Trump is undoubtedly unafraid to speak his mind - even if it means getting ridiculed mercilessly by the internet.From the invention of "covfefe" (does anyone…
https://www.indy100.com/politics/trump/donald-trump-most-stupid-quotes-funny-biden-2676660073
11 days ago
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Many of us have said the same exact thing for over 10 years. 'What the hell did he just say?' GOP Iran worries build after Trump speech.
www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
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'What the hell did he just say?' GOP Iran worries build after Trump speech.
Republicans wanted a clear message on the war from Trump. Instead, some feel like they got the runaround.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/what-the-hell-did-he-just-say-gop-iran-worries-build-after-trump-speech-00855321
11 days ago
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This administration is just one ongoing grift. “Hegseth’s broker accused of seeking to invest millions in defense contractors before Iran war”
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Hegseth’s broker accused of seeking to invest in defense contractors before war
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth accused of attempting to profit from Operation Epic Fury as Pentagon insists claim ‘false and fabricated’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pete-hegseth-iran-morgan-stanley-blackrock-b2948962.html
12 days ago
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All of the ways prices will rise due to Trump & Bibi’s war on Iran: - Fuel shortages and freight surcharges - Chemicals, fertilizer, and packaging - Factory slowdowns abroad - Air cargo and delivery delays
www.fastcompany.com/91516966/how...
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https://www.fastcompany.com/91516966/how-soaring-gas-prices-and-disrupted-supply-chains-will-make-everything-you-buy-more-expensive
13 days ago
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The MAHA/MAGA alliance was always destined to hit a crossroads. Thats due mostly to a contradiction within MAHA itself. You can’t both want the government out of personal health decisions while also wanting it to regulate what you consider to be harmful.
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Poll: The battle for MAHA that could sway the midterms
A new POLITICO Poll finds cracks in the coalition that helped put HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and President Donald Trump in office.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/30/poll-maha-trump-kennedy-democrats-midterms-00846760?_sp_pass_consent=true
15 days ago
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The source makes me a bit dubious, but given Trump’s sociopathic narcissism, it’s still believable Trump considers renaming Strait of Hormuz after either America or himself -- once he evicts Iran
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Trump considers renaming Strait of Hormuz after either America or himself — once he evicts Iran
“They have to open up the Strait of Trump — I mean Hormuz,” Trump said.
https://nypost.com/2026/03/27/us-news/trump-considers-renaming-strait-of-hormuz-after-either-america-or-himself-once-he-evicts-iran/
17 days ago
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
https://projects.propublica.org/childhood-vaccines-deaths-modeling/
17 days ago
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“While the gap has narrowed in recent years, the unemployment rate for recent college graduates remains lower than for all young workers. Young people with college degrees remain more likely to be employed and to have higher paying jobs.”
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Young Graduates Face the Grimmest Job Market in Years
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/business/economy/college-graduates-job-market-hiring.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
19 days ago
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“Economic research firm Pantheon Macroeconomics predicted this week that falling stock prices could erase $1.5 trillion in household wealth in the first quarter of 2026, the worst decline since the depths of the 2022 inflation-driven bear market.”
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War-driven stock losses could shave $1.5 trillion from household wealth this quarter, research firm says
It's been a tough year so far for the stock market. The volatility could shave $1.5 trillion from household wealth and pressure consumer spending.
https://www.businessinsider.com/stock-market-outlook-losses-wealth-effect-iran-consumer-spending-q1-2026-3
19 days ago
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An American-operated Patriot air defense battery likely fired the interceptor missile involved in a pre-dawn explosion that injured dozens of civilians and tore through homes in U.S.-ally Bahrain 10 days into the war on Iran
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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https://www.reuters.com/investigations/patriot-missile-involved-bahrain-blast-likely-us-operated-analysis-finds-2026-03-22/
22 days ago
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He’s not wrong. We’d have way more travelers beaten for having a bottle of water in their bags. “president says ICE agents at airports would ‘do security like no one has ever seen before’”
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Trump news at a glance: president says ICE agents at airports would ‘do security like no one has ever seen before’
Donald Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety – key US politics stories from 21 March at a glance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-news-latest-updates-today
23 days ago
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“The right to protest is supposed to be fundamentally American. It’s among the rights that when I joined the military, I thought I was joining to protect. You can’t do it violently. You can’t do it in a way that harms other people, but you have a right to stand up for what you believe in.”
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US veteran charged with ‘conspiracy’ over ICE protest refuses to plead guilty — Guardian US
The right to protest is ‘fundamentally American’, says Bajun Mavalwalla who awaits trial and faces six years in prison
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A regular reminder that Republicans only pretend to care about the national debt when Democrats are in office. US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
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US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion. The deficit hit the milestone Wednesday just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
https://apnews.com/article/us-national-deficit-hits-39-million-6ff73495bae701b5c009d3da5515ca3a
26 days ago
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ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU
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‘Americans at heart’: ICE detains DACA recipient on way to visit premature baby in NICU
Juan Chavez Velasco’s case reflects a growing pattern: The Trump administration is targeting Dreamers who once believed DACA shielded them — and letting their renewals expire unanswered.
https://www.ms.now/news/ice-detains-daca-recipient-premature-baby
26 days ago
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I can’t think of a more fitting way to honor our sesquicentennial “‘The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history,’” one of the world’s top democracy researchers says in a new report.”
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US downgraded in democracy index as press freedom concerns grow | CNN Business
“The speed with which American democracy is currently dismantled is unprecedented in modern history,” one of the world’s top democracy researchers says in a new report.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/18/media/trump-vdem-democracy-media-report?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_msn
26 days ago
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It’s refreshing to see world leaders actually stand up to Trump.
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Germany to Trump: We won’t help you reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Berlin says Iran is “not NATO’s war.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-to-trump-this-not-nato-war-strait-hormuz-iran/
28 days ago
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“Swaths of the public in Canada, Germany, France and the U.K. have soured on the U.S., driven by President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decisions”
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Top US allies are turning toward China instead. Blame Trump.
European allies broadly support building closer ties to China — and believe America's role as a global superpower is fading.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/15/trump-china-europe-closer-ties-00823457?nname=playbook&nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&nrid=0000014e-f113-dd93-ad7f-f91757790000
29 days ago
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Monsters “The Trump administration has detained more than 900 children — including a boy with severe autism — for longer than allowed”
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'This place broke something in us': Kids languish in ICE detention long past 20-day court limit
The Trump administration has detained more than 900 children — including a boy with severe autism — for longer than allowed under a decades-old legal settlement.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/children-languish-ice-detention-long-20-day-court-limit-rcna262525
about 1 month ago
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Trump making history again: “The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has triggered the largest supply disruption in global oil market history”
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Iran war is the largest oil supply disruption in history, report finds
President Donald Trump on Thursday seemingly dismissed the market disruptions having a dramatic impact on the U.S. economy.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/12/iran-war-oil-market-disruption-00824791
about 1 month ago
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There’s something fundamentally broken with a society that won’t spend 11 billion to provide its own people with healthcare, food, shelter, etc, but will cavalierly spend it on destruction.
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Live updates: Pentagon says first week of Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says
The Pentagon provided to Congress an estimate that the Iran war cost the U.S. $11.3 Billion in one week, according to a person familiar with the situation who was granted anonymity to discuss the…
https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump--03-11-2026?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-03-11-Iran+war
about 1 month ago
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“More people have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since October than died in the whole prior fiscal year. Former agency officials and immigration advocates have warned that detaining more people — coupled with reduced oversight — will increase the likelihood of more fatalities.”
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Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004
Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/10/g-s1-111238/immigration-detention-deaths-custody
about 1 month ago
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Zelensky should make Vance say “thank you” first before helping out.
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Zelenskyy says the US and its allies have filed 11 requests for help with fighting Shahed drones
Zelenskyy said Ukraine has fielded nearly a dozen requests from the US, Europe, and countries neighboring Iran since the regional war began.
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-interceptor-drone-shaheds-filed-requests-us-allies-iran-war-2026-3
about 1 month ago
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“The Food and Drug Administration does not have sufficient evidence to back the use of the generic drug leucovorin for treating children with autism”
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FDA backs away from RFK Jr.’s claims about drug’s promise for autism patients
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said in September he was changing leucovorin’s label because it could help “hundreds of thousands” of children with the neurological condition.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/10/fda-backs-away-from-rfk-jr-s-claims-about-drugs-promise-for-autism-patients-00820221?nname=playbook-pm&nid=0000015a-dd3e-d536-a37b-dd7fd8af0000&nrid=0000014e-f113-dd93-ad7f-f91757790000
about 1 month ago
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So, if the immigrants aren’t the reason they don’t have a job, who will Conservatives blame instead? It won’t be Trump or the CEO’s.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Fails to Deliver Jobs for US-Born Workers
One year into President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, there’s little evidence that closed borders are boosting employment for US-born workers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-10/job-market-for-us-born-workers-stalls-amid-trump-immigration-policy?embedded-checkout=true
about 1 month ago
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"The economy is struggling. Job growth has stalled, and unemployment is increasing, growth is running below potential and wage gains are slowing. rising oil and gas prices tied to Middle East turmoil increase the risk of job losses, and that $100 oil could push gasoline to $4 a gallon”
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Here's what smart people are saying about oil prices breaking $100
Oil prices have nearly doubled in just over three months in 2026, raising fresh concerns about inflation and the outlook for the economy.
https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-price-hits-100-what-smart-people-are-saying-2026-3
about 1 month ago
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I was told Trump would lower the price of oil. What else did he lie about?
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Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
Oil prices have jumped past $100 a barrel as the Iran war disrupts oil production and shipping in the Middle East.
https://apnews.com/article/oil-prices-crude-brent-iran-ecab41ec6a365e58282f4cfbab62a9ff?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-03-08-Rising+oil+prices
about 1 month ago
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“I gave Trump my Nobel Peace Prize, and all I got was this t-shirt”
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Trump Leaves Venezuela’s Machado Behind as She Lobbies for Relevance
The U.S. embrace of Delcy Rodríguez to lead her country leaves an opposition leader scrambling for leverage in Washington and her homeland.
https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/trump-leaves-venezuelas-machado-behind-as-she-lobbies-for-relevance-ba7a1655?st=coBXRo&reflink=article_copyURL_share
about 1 month ago
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These jerks get mad about what we wear to the airport, but somehow this is ok?
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about 1 month ago
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“The merger would give the Ellisons control of a multifarious, multicorporate entity essentially unprecedented in U.S. history.”
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The Terrifying Tentacles of Paramount’s Media Empire
The Ellisons are building a multicorporate network of data mining, surveillance, news, and entertainment. What could possibly go wrong?
https://www.theringer.com/2026/03/03/media/paramount-warner-bros-discovery-larry-ellison-david-merger-netflix
about 1 month ago
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DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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DOJ admits 47,635 Epstein files — including Trump allegations — were removed
Justice Department expects to restore missing documents that were taken offline for review
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/missing-epstein-files-justice-department-b2931925.html
about 1 month ago
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“He forced the largest and purportedly most powerful law firms in the country to demean themselves and bow before him. They proved to be such cowards that they surrendered when the president didn’t even have the law on his side.”
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Opinion | Trump Has Elite Law Firms on a Punishing Merry-Go-Round
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/opinion/trump-law-firms.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
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The Justice Department under the current administration is going to force a revamp of the “you can indict a ham sandwich” axiom.
about 1 month ago
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We cut USAID, which saved countless lives across the globe, but we can allot another $50 billion to actively kill people. Sounds very Pro-Life.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Johnson: Congress will pass Iran war funding when ‘appropriate’
Lawmakers expect Trump will seek emergency funding.
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/04/congress/johnson-congress-will-pass-iran-war-funding-when-appropriate-00811566
about 1 month ago
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According to Pam Bondi, this means it’s ok now to ask about the Epstein Files.
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Dow drops 900 as stocks sell off around the world and oil prices leap even higher on war worries
A worldwide sell-off for stocks is slamming onto Wall Street, and oil prices are leaping even higher as worries rise that the war with Iran is widening and may do more sustained damage to the global…
https://apnews.com/article/stock-markets-iran-energy-oil-trump-75edbda5b8fa3038b47f143cc16855f0?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-03-03-Markets+and+the+war
about 1 month ago
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“We are living in a moment when it’s not unreasonable to worry about masked federal agents barging into your dorm, or shooting you in the street, or sending you to a foreign torture prison, or arresting you as retribution for an op-ed you once wrote in a student newspaper, or for no reason at all.”
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The New Yorker Daily Newsletter
https://link.newyorker.com/view/672363065f692ea808054ed0qfts9.2iil9/6167e885
about 2 months ago
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Chris Conzen
Free DC
about 2 months ago
Tonight is the State of the Union. We know the first year of the Trump regime been defined by lawlessness, violence, and a craven desire for ever more money and power.
@theringer.com.web.brid.gy
looks at its impact — including here in DC.
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The State of the Union We Chose
What defines the past 400 days is not just the stories of those this administration has deemed to be insufficiently American. It’s what’s behind them.
https://www.theringer.com/2026/02/24/national-affairs/state-of-the-union-president-trump-administration-first-year-impact
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“A new report finds nearly half of U.S. schools are located within a mile of environmentally hazardous sites. Native American, Black and Latino children are 124%, 86% and 43%, respectively, more likely than white kids to attend these schools”
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Millions of U.S. Students Attend Schools Near Environmentally Hazardous Sites
Students of color are far more likely than their white peers to be taught in these classrooms, according to a new report.
https://www.the74million.org/article/millions-of-u-s-students-attend-schools-near-environmentally-hazardous-sites/
about 2 months ago
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Sherrilyn Ifill
about 2 months ago
This really sums it up.
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So Tom Kean's big solution to the detention camp in Roxbury is to allow for our town to apply for a grant to be reimbursed for associated costs? His constituents overwhelmingly oppose this facility. But what matters to him is appealing to the core MAGA's and not ticking off Trump.
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As ICE moves forward with Roxbury detention center, Kean introduces bill to help town with costs - New Jersey Globe
Residents of New Jersey’s Roxbury Township weren’t able to convince Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to move forward with a planned immigrant
https://newjerseyglobe.com/immigration/as-ice-moves-forward-with-roxbury-detention-center-kean-introduces-bill-to-help-town-with-costs/
about 2 months ago
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