Senator Jeff Merkley just crossed 20 hours in his marathon floor speech on authoritarianism. He began speaking at 6:20pm yesterday.

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The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

Madagascar’s president has fled the African nation, the head of the opposition and other officials said on Monday, the second time that young protesters have toppled a government in weeks of worldwide Gen Z unrest. https://cnn.it/4ohtPuj

Prime Minister Mark Carney 🇨🇦 👇

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversaw a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, TN, with a staggering history of throwing children in jail. In one case, 11 Black children, as young as 8, were arrested for a crime that doesn't exist. Revisit our 2021 story w/ @wpln.bsky.social:

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Can you even begin to imagine what the next generation of Americans is going to look like? #cdnpoli

Wtf

Try to remember The kind of September We had under Biden & Harris Where none of this stuff happened.

I can report that the temperature has not been lowered yet.

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Where are the Leopard Women when you need them?

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This interview, which is also available to listen to as a podcast, provides a useful overview of some of the dangerous trends we’ve been seeing in recent months regarding federalization and militarization of state and local police functions.

💥 $1.2B Army contract. Tiny, unproven Virginia company. Massive detention tent camp in Texas. Awarded under Trump. Secrecy, lack of oversight, human rights questions—who’s really benefiting? #TrumpEra #Corruption #DetentionCrisis www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.

If Joe Biden even suggested putting troops in DC, or any other city, Republicans would be screaming for Biden’s impeachment and would be all over the media saying he’s breaking the law. But when Convicted Felon Donald Trump does it, they kiss his ass. Cowards! #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

At this point Democrats need both @governor.ca.gov and @govpritzker.illinois.gov. There is no reason to not want both fighting to restore democracy. Let Newsome do his thing and JB do his. Pritzker maybe my choice but I definitely appreciate and need Gavin. This is not a one person job.

Did he just light the nation on fire and walk away?

How much more of the future do we want to let them destroy?

TRUMP IS SCUM RABID PEDOPHILES REIGN WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN RAPE TAPES???

They go fast when they want to go fast and slow when they want to go to slow and the decision is *always* an ideological one.

Cyberhacker groups have successfully targeted major global airlines since mid-June.

If he's somehow allowed to run again, there's only one suitable candidate to run against him: BARACK OBAMA. #PoeticJustice ⚖️

And this is how it's done.

Epstein accuser 'disgusted' at Maxwell pardon speculation

CROWD BELOW: "Jump! Jump!"

We can’t lose focus on what matters – right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.

OpenAI is still raising a $40bn investment that priced it at $300bn. But ChatGPT's maker is already discussing a valuation of almost double that, enough to make it outstrip Elon Musk’s $400bn SpaceX to become the world’s most valuable private tech group. on.ft.com/3JjDIbK

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

🤬This is Not how our older adults should be treated. Older adults on ‘edge of poverty’ lose jobs and funding as new Medicaid and SNAP work requirements loom www.msn.com/en-us/money/...

Trump has had convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to “club fed.“ And no, she’s not going to “tell all.” Undoubtedly she was smart enough to leave Trump out of the statement she recently made to the deputy attorney in general. Watch for her get out of prison soon.

Family of Virginia Giuffre re: Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer "It's w/ horror & outrage that we object to the preferential treatment convicted sex trafficker G. Maxwell has received.. Maxwell is a sexual predator who physically assaulted minor children.. she should never be shown any leniency"

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