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Antonia Scatton
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Superb point.
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Morgan J Freeman
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š„š„š„ DO NOT BE DISTRACTED & STAY LOUD!! š„š„š„ DONALD TRUMP IS GOING DOWN!! TRUMP & EPSTEIN ARE SEX TRAFFICKERS!!! Iām gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
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Prisonculture
3 days ago
I really can't stress how important it is for progressive and leftists to contend for school, library, water, etc etc boards. Hyper local involvement in our communities where we can actually influence lives.
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Josh Sternberg
3 days ago
Mother Jones has been on fire on the John Roberts beat and, man, I'd love to see our national press pick up this ball. "Itās impossible to imagine todayās crisis without the Roberts court having first undermined the foundations of our democracy."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Christopher Webb
3 days ago
These posters started popping up ahead of next weekās We Aināt Buying It boycott. From Nov 27 - Dec 1, folks are stepping back from corporate chains like Target, Home Depot, and Amazon. People are done being squeezed, so they are using the leverage of their wallets š„
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Being Liberal Ā®š½š³ļøāš
3 days ago
Members of the Sackler family who own oxycodone hydrochloride (OxyContin)-maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday. The Sacklers must contribute up to $7 billion
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What's in the New Settlement Against OxyContin-Maker Purdue and the Sackler Family
'This plan is not perfect,' said bankruptcy judge
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/opioids/118590?xid=nl_mpt_investigative2025-11-19&mh=a675eb6e67e11228fcb4bc7f957f64ed&zdee=gAAAAABm4xztEisb7ATnaQhh7hmgTKSU-SFJiKWy8KyuXI7EjFRJFEvpuqudQDYMeS1zceSA3cc4wMJURHagRyo5yN7DMIFj6bNj1JIGVzyUhS32IVZMg5w%3D&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=InvestigativeMD_11192025&utm_term=NL_Gen_Int_InvestigateMD_Active
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Skip
6 days ago
Rounding up people and putting them into concentration camps, was not about immigrants, it was a dress rehearsal for what will happen to the rest of us.
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Chris Geidner
6 days ago
When DHS dared to call its anti-immigrant racial profiling weekend in Charlotte, North Carolina, āOperation Charlotteās Web,ā I knew I was going to have to write about it. Tonight, at Law Dork, here it is:
www.lawdork.com/p/gregory-bo...
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Joey Politanoš³ļøāš
9 days ago
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
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Qasim Rashid, Esq.
6 days ago
97.5% of the people Trump arrested in Chicago had no criminal record 100% of the people Trump pardoned for Jan 6 had criminal records The difference is the former are mostly Latino & the latter are mostly white. This is systemic white supremacy in 2025. If you still donāt see it, youāre complicit
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The Tennessee Holler
8 days ago
What a photograph. āNearly two dozen arrested as faith leaders protested outside a federal immigration facility near Chicagoā¦ā Arrested large amounts of peaceful clergy face first on pavement is a pretty good sign youāre not the good guys in the story.
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Lisa Reyna Loe
8 days ago
We need a public House vote, every name on the record. We need a majority YES vote. Vance cannot be a tiebreaker. Same on the record vote in the Senate. *We may have more House GOP votes than we think. They see 2026. If it fails in the Senate and/or Trump vetoes, we take that into 2028. āš½
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š½LOLGOPš½
9 days ago
A word about the ill desire to blame trans people or "the groups," which is wanker for trans people, for the losses in 2024. It's a perfectly cynical excuse. It allows you to completely elide the structural crises Dems face while bullying vulnerable people since that seems to be the kink.
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Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVlBXeowWQ
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HuffPost
8 days ago
Without substantial reading skills, āthe risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as much complexity as in the past."
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The Surprising Reason Kids Can't Seem To Read Anymore
Without substantial reading skills, āthe risk is that future generations will simply be unable to think as deeply and with as much complexity as in the past."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kids-literacy-reading-loss-goog_l_69162635e4b0df3e16be21eb?utm_campaign=bluesky_feed
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis
8 days ago
I really thought we'd emerge from covid with an appreciation of the frailty of life. But Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan... the causal dehumanization of refugees... it's hard not to feel like we're all just bodies for the elite meat grinder.
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š½LOLGOPš½
8 days ago
If you know anyone reasonable who has fallen victim to the trans panic, this is worth the time.
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Ending Trans Panic
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvVlBXeowWQ
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Yes to all of the above.
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George Conway āļøšŗšø
10 days ago
An important side note about today's Epstein/Trump revelations. They show that Todd Blanche's questioning of Maxwell was either (a) completely incompetent; or (b) intentionally crafted not to elicit facts incriminating Trump. Either way, he is not fit to serve as Deputy Attorney General.
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āCould beā? WILL BE!
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Adam Parkhomenko
11 days ago
Perfect by
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George Takei
11 days ago
Utterly heartbreaking.
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Teen Breaks Down In Tears While Pleading With City Council To Do Something About ICE Raids
https://www.comicsands.com/hillsboro-teen-ice-raids?utm_source=Bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram#Echobox=1762896726
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Brett Meiselas
13 days ago
Caving on the shutdown wonāt make you āmoderate.ā It makes you WEAK! Giving Republicans what they want for NOTHING more than a āpromiseā of a vote and risking millions of Americansā healthcare isnāt compromiseāitās surrender and itās the most RADICAL thing you could do in this moment. 1/
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Carl T. Bergstrom
15 days ago
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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This is unacceptable.
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Ron Filipkowski
16 days ago
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 95th day out of the last 107. 12 days of work in 107 days. With full pay and benefits. The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown. It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Anne Applebaum
16 days ago
We have now entered the most catastrophic phase of the war in Sudan.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...
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Opinion | Sudan Is in Free Fall
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Alexander S. Vindman
18 days ago
I think we will start seeing defections and increased accountability of Trump as Republicans in vulnerable districts distance from Trump. Time will tell, but we may have turned a corner yesterday.
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Rachel Maddow
20 days ago
Air travel during the Trump administration: "Photos from Houston's Bush Intercontinental airport show TSA lines at Terminal E extending outside the building and down the sidewalk Sunday night. At 6:15PM, new photos showed the same long lines hours later..."
www.click2houston.com/news/local/2...
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Mother Jones
19 days ago
Pentagon boss Pete Hegseth has figured out that he doesn't need a āNo Coloredsā sign to ban Black and brown soldiers from military events. He can just ban soldiers with beards.
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Hegseth bars bearded troops from Air Force event
Petty Pete strikes again.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/hegseth-military-beard-shaving-ban-event/
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CNN
20 days ago
The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him.
https://cnn.it/3WxkK51
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Evanston mayor says heās opening investigations after federal agents are filmed punching person | CNN
The mayor of Evanston, Illinois, says he is opening two investigations after federal agents were filmed pinning down and repeatedly striking a person in the head as they arrested him Friday.
https://cnn.it/3WxkK51
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NPR
20 days ago
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act -- for years. Now, those plans might be playing out.
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Trump's National Guard deployments aren't random. They were planned years ago
President Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations -- and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act -- for years. Now, those plans might be playing out.
https://n.pr/3WBM4yX
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WIRED
20 days ago
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.
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Hack Exposes Kansas Cityās Secret Police Misconduct List
A major breach of the Kansas City, Kansas, Police Department reveals, for the first time, a list of alleged officer misconduct including dishonesty, sexual harassment, excessive force, and false arrest.
https://www.wired.com/story/hack-exposes-kansas-city-kansas-polices-secret-misconduct-list/
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ProPublica
20 days ago
š½ļø WATCH: The U.S. government doesnāt track how often immigration agents detain citizens. So ProPublica did. We found more than 170 incidents since the start of Trumpās second term. Americans have been kicked, dragged and held for days without access to lawyers. ā”ļø Full story:
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Reuters
21 days ago
'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block
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'We're not a violent city': Chicago locals take on ICE block-by-block
The immigration agents' tear gas grenades clinked and then exploded against the concrete, shrouding the block in plumes of white gas. The dozen or so residents at the scene only screamed louder.
https://reut.rs/4qDiyGV
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The New York Times
21 days ago
Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving SUVs onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents.
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Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
The stateās governor had called for a pause in the federal immigration crackdown over the Halloween weekend, citing concerns for childrenās safety.
https://nyti.ms/437AFKZ
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NPR
22 days ago
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment.
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How one legal team is building support for people with cognitive disabilities
The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office has an unusual unit at its office: A team dedicated to working with defendants who have cognitive disabilities. The office helps these people access treatment.
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NPR
22 days ago
Not counting his golf outings in Virginia, President Trump spent all or part of 14 days outside of Washington, D.C. during the first 31 days of the shutdown.
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Presidents once avoided shutdown travel. This term, Trump has been a frequent flier
Not counting his golf outings in Virginia, President Trump spent all or part of 14 days outside of Washington, D.C. during the first 31 days of the shutdown.
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ProPublica
22 days ago
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. Theyāve had their necks kneeled on. Theyāve 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. Theyāve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally ā almost certainly incomplete ā 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=1761966006&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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The New York Times
22 days ago
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the sole employee at the National Park Service responsible for cleaning up abandoned oil and gas wells at national parks across the U.S. He wasn't replaced. Now, the wells are at risk of spewing planet-warming gases and contaminating groundwater.
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The Only National Parks Employee Who Tracks Leaky Oil Wells Is Out of a Job
Forrest Smith was forced to step down last month as the National Park Serviceās chief petroleum engineer. He wasnāt replaced.
https://nyti.ms/47iXTjL
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23 days ago
Children tear-gassed. Teenagers tackled to the ground. Bellingcat analysed footage of clashes between federal officers and civilians after a judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics in Illinois:
www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10...
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Tear Gas, Pepper Balls Among Weapons Deployed Against Illinois Protesters
A judge issued a restraining order on crowd-control tactics by federal agents, including those involved in Operation Midway Blitz in the Chicago region.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/10/31/illinois-immigration-protests/?utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica
23 days ago
Faith Family Academy is one of eight Texas charter school districts on track to be shut down at the end of the year after receiving an āFā rating. Board members paid its superintendent a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years. With
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These Charter Superintendents Are Some of the Highest Paid in Texas. Their Districts Are Among the Lowest Performing.
Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.
https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-charter-superintendent-pay-performance?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761927245&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Mother Jones
23 days ago
After bringing white South Africans to the United States as refugees earlier this year, the Trump administration has now granted protection to members of far-right European parties. This plan, which recently became official, makes the country's refugee program into a tool for white nationalism.
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Trump could soon make Americaās refugee program a tool for white nationalism
The White House is considering a plan to overhaul refugee admissions in favor of right-wing whites.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/germany-afd-refugee-white-nationalism-migraiton-trump-south-africa/
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23 days ago
The UN human rights chief says US military strikes against vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are āunacceptableā and must stop. The condemnation marks the first of its kind from a United Nations organization.
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UN human rights chief: US military strikes on alleged drug boats 'unacceptable'
The U.N. human rights chief says U.S. military strikes on vessels allegedly carrying illegal drugs from South America are unacceptable and must stop.
https://bit.ly/4oJV3Kp
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NPR
24 days ago
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
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Trump pushes an end to medical care for transgender youth nationally
The White House plans to bar hospitals that treat transgender children and youth from getting any Medicare and Medicaid payments. The move would affect trans youth who have private insurance, too.
https://n.pr/4qFa1mY
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Mother Jones
23 days ago
During a press conference, Kristi Noem claimed that ICE has not detained or arrested any US citizens. This isn't true. The reality is that at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents, including two kids with cancer.
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More than 170 US citizens have been held by immigration agents
ProPublica uncovered that Americans have been kicked, dragged, and detained for days.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/us-citizens-detained-ice-170-propublica-report/
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ProPublica
24 days ago
Earlier this year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests ā a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a āminimum amount of force.ā You can judge for yourself.
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āWeāll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Outā
Weāve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests ā a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a āmini...
https://projects.propublica.org/trump-ice-smashed-windows-deportation-arrests/?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761786901&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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ProPublica
24 days ago
NEW: About 90,000 people living near larger chemical plants face an unacceptable risk of developing cancer, the EPA says. New rules adopted last year couldāve cut that number to 3,000 residents ā a drop of 97%. But Trump has halted those efforts.
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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated
The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-air-pollution-pittsburgh-clairton-coke-works?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1761827409&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Forbes
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The agency was expected to review the presidentās construction projects, including a recently announced āIndependence Archā near the Lincoln Memorial.
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White House Fires Entire Fine Arts Board In Charge Of Reviewing Construction ProjectsāIncluding Ballroom, Report Says
The agency was expected to review the presidentās construction projects, including a recently announced āIndependence Archā near the Lincoln Memorial.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2025/10/28/white-house-fires-entire-fine-arts-board-in-charge-of-reviewing-construction-projects-including-ballroom-report-says/?utm_campaign=forbes&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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