For generations, residents in rural Lowndes County, Ala. have lived with raw sewage flowing through their yards, homes and neighborhoods. Now, advocates say a federal agreement meant to address the public health crisis has been dismantled under the Trump (cont.) www.theroot.com/the-alabama-...

For 47 years, Americans & Iranians have died through bombings, proxy wars, & escalation. Hundreds of Americans. Thousands of Iranians. Now DUI hire wants a $1.5T Pentagon budget while U.S. debt exceeds GDP & interest costs top $1T per year. End this Idiocracy. #usDemocracy #voices4Victory #dv1

NOW: B52 bombers are literally in the air on their way to Iran and hundreds of thousands of Iranians are in the streets waving flags and surrounding bridges & power plants. Difficult to imagine this has any precedent in modern warfare. (🎥 Al Jazeera)

Dogs will save us all.

Absolute bombshell. 💥💥💥 General McMaster casually admits on live TV that the IDF is now striking Russian ships in the Caspian Sea and the US is blocking Chinese fuel shipments to Iran. They are literally trying to ignite World War 3 to protect Israel.😲🤬🤬🤬

The Trump regime successfully annihilated a herd of cows...😳

Robert Mueller indicted 26 Russians and 8 Americans for working together to interfere with the election. All 8 Americans were convicted in court, but 5 were pardoned by Trump. It wasn’t a hoax….

Real President vs. Temu President.

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A gorgeous Webb image of Stephan's Quintet. Only 4 of the galaxies are truly close together and interacting. The fifth and leftmost galaxy, NGC 7320, is well in the foreground compared with the other four.

For many Black women, OB-GYN care has a long history of exploitation and racial bias. J. Marion Sims, the so-called “Father of Gynecology,” experimented on enslaved Black women, and today, (cont.) www.theroot.com/black-women-...

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I’m so old I remember when Reagan proudly said that what distinguished America was that anyone could become equally an American, regardless of where they had been born.

Trump's lies vs. the last four weeks of extreme weather reality:

I wish I could be at the court hearing to see that cops face. He needs to be put on a Brady List. TT: slightlyoff.balance

The brief confrontation came at the end of a peaceful march by thousands against the environmental impact of the Games and the presence of U.S. agents in Italy.

And today, @gawattia.bsky.social argues against Megyn Kelly's pernicious idea that free speech is something exercised quietly and peacefully from the safety of your home, when instead "tense, heated, and socially disruptive speech" is necessary for the health of the body politic

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “It seems etymologically, metaphysically, geologically and ethically impossible that President Trump could reach a new low. But he has,” our columnist Maureen Dowd writes after Trump shared a racist video of the Obamas on social media.

Resisting Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ is vital for Canada’s global trade future. Here’s why #Opinion

“You can’t call a U.S. citizen with no criminal history, who is a Montessori school teacher, a domestic terrorist — which is it is such a loaded word in this country,” said Marimar Martinez’s lead attorney, Christopher Parente.

A federal judge in Chicago ordered evidence unsealed in the case of Marimar Martinez, a U.S. citizen who was shot five times by a Customs and Border Protection officer last October.

Hundreds of athletes from around the globe are in Italy to compete in 116 medal events at this year's Winter Olympics. https://to.pbs.org/4r3RWyI

“We have to get the bad ones out,” Trump said, claiming that immigrants were a threat to innocent churchgoers. Because, as Jesus said, kick out all people you don’t like! trib.al/zWyvDBw

A Canadian boycott and retaliatory trade barriers have wiped out U.S. wine and spirits sales abroad, costing American producers jobs, revenue, and entire export markets.

The deeper the climate crisis gets, the more political unrest and refugees we will see.

Mike O'Dell's side hustle, a quilting kit company called Legit Kits, brings in six figures per year — and helps him stave off burnout from his full-time job.

GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.” #EpsteinFiles

This is a level of plunder of the state I have never seen before

REPUBLICAN Sen. Rand Paul: “If a foreign country bombed our air defense missiles, captured & removed our president, blockaded our country… would that be considered an act of war? RUBIO: 🤡 PAUL: “Of course it would be an act of war!”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faces rising calls for her firing or impeachment

After saying two weeks of surveillance footage was lost in a "system crash," DHS now says it was never recorded at all. This is a response to detainees suing the government who say they were held in subhuman, illegal conditions. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. www.404media.co/dhs-says-cri...

Jesus was a sissy. It’s taken a lot of effort over the years to claim him as a man’s man, writes Anglican priest Alice Goodman .

The Supreme Court has ruled that states and localities do not have to enforce federal law.

"What she's done in Minnesota should be disqualifying. She should be out of a job," said Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C. https://to.pbs.org/4q8vT8P

“What Alex did that day was pure instinct, pure professional behavior,” @nationalnurses.bsky.social President Mary C. Turner tells us. “That’s just what you do when you’re a nurse.“

Lawmakers in more than a dozen states have introduced a wave of bills aimed at reining in federal immigration enforcement operations. via @stateline.org

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Russia struck a passenger train in eastern Ukraine with Shahed drones. A civilian train. Families. Children. Ordinary people. 291 passengers on board. A carriage set ablaze. Civilians wounded. This was not an accident. This was not a misfire. This is Russian terror.

Alex Vindman, the Veteran who stood up to Trump, is running for Senate in Florida. Turn Florida blue 💙

ALEX JEFFREY PRETTI. Gone, but never forgotten... #RIP_Alex 💔

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Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling? #WorldCup ⚽️

"The two were held for almost a week in a hotel 80 miles from their home, without access to a lawyer or a hearing before a judge, before being deported..." An immigration attorney tried but was told they couldn't be found in the database. Likely because they were being held in a hotel. #Pinks

Yeah, they’re gonna edit it. 😏 #ThisRegimeIsCorrupt www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

A County just evicted ICE from their offices. After the agency failed to pay $115,000 in rent, county officials tore up the agreement and refused to take any "blood money." The County Controller didn't mince words, telling the federal agency to "pay your bills, pack your sh*t, and get the hell out."