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SF Bay Area, still a yinzer (Pittsburgh). Love art, photography, sports. she/her
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick
about 12 hours ago
ICE now has four warehouses for its āmegaā detention centers, each which would individually be the largest prison in the country if filled to capacity.
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Anna Bower
about 13 hours ago
Ticktin said others involved with the effort surrounding the proposed elections executive order include Michael Flynn, Patrick Byrne, and Stefanie Lambert.
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Men in Blazers Media Network
about 14 hours ago
GREEN DAY'S BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG ON THE MiB TV SHOW. SUNDAY ON PEACOCKš The punk rock icon joins the show to chat all things beautiful game ā and how he became proper Millwall. It's not to be missedš¤ SUNDAY on Peacock šŗ
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Austin Kocher, PhD
about 19 hours ago
The Trump administration says ICE targets "the worst of the worst." But what does the arrest data actually show? The numbers tell a very different story. š§µ
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Rick Hasen
1 day ago
The New York Times published an extraordinary study of the role of billionaires in politics earlier this week, that naturally got lost in everything that is going on, including in Iran. Here is a gift link to the article, and a few select quotes:
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...
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The Scale of Billionairesā Campaign Donations is Overwhelming U.S. Politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/us/billionaires-federal-election-campaign-contributions.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SlA.eurX.M95dnS1y2BeI&smid=url-share
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Seung Min Kim
1 day ago
WASHINGTON (AP) ā Pentagon tells Congress the first week of the Iran war cost the US $11.3 billion, an AP source says.
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Dave Jorgenson
1 day ago
Everyone else in the room when a former DOGE employee was deposed.
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Vermont Green FC
1 day ago
A deep love of football, a belief in the power of club & community. From the mountains to the coast, our faith persists. New England remembers. Hereās to the Open Cup. The official match poster for Vermont Green FC vs Portland Hearts of Pine in the US Open Cup. Designed in BTV by Tyler Littwin.
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD
1 day ago
[fin] Contact your Congresspeople & tell them to oppose the SAVE America Act: Use
@5calls.org
to call your Senators & Reps or call the US Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 Use
@resist.bot
to write to them if that's more your thing. Make sure they know that We the People do not want this bill.
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Katie Hodges-Kluck, PhD
1 day ago
[10/x] The SAVE America Act is deliberately designed to make it difficulty to impossible for anyone who has had their name changedāfor whatever reasonāto get the documents they would need to vote. It is designed not to root out fraud, but to keep us, especially us women, from voting.
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š§µ re: SAVE Act. Upshot, good luck jumping through all the hoops to vote if you have had a name change any time in your life.
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Barb McQuade
1 day ago
DOJ is now just another political lackey for the president, with no respect for the rule of law. We will have a lot of work to do to restore its independence.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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Exclusive | Trump Ordered Justice Department Reversal on Law Firm Sanctions
āI never signed off on that,ā the president told aides in the Oval Office, expressing displeasure with Justice Department leadership.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-ordered-justice-department-reversal-on-law-firm-sanctions-f137f164?st=a6GWSk
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Denny Carter
1 day ago
Here's the NFL capitulating to the most unpopular president of all time.
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Miami Herald
2 days ago
Many following this story must be wondering why young, successful, good-looking young men would have to resort to drugging women for sex. | Editorial
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Before facing justice, Alexander brothers acted with impunity. Have we wondered why? | Opinion
Many following this story must be wondering why young, successful, good-looking young men would have to resort to drugging women for sex. | Editorial
https://bit.ly/4b2qyvk
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Aaron Rupar
3 days ago
Schumer on the SAVE America Act: "It is not about showing ID when you show up to vote. It's about the voter registration rolls, destroying them, purging them, not letting people know, and taking the rights in an algorithm but together by DOGE and Musk -- it's an outrage"
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Tina Smith
3 days ago
Billions of dollars spent on the War in Iran, but we donāt have enough money for the things that help Americans here at home? Health care. Food stamps. Housing. Tariff relief. Lot of things we could do with billions of dollars.
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Aaron Rupar
3 days ago
Warren: "It is still the case that the Trump admin cannot explain the reasons we entered this war, the goals we're trying to accomplish. The only part that seems clear is that while there is no money for 15m Americans who lost their healthcare, there's a billion a day to spent on bombing Iran."
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
3 days ago
Eligible voters of Illinois: There's less than a week left to register in person to vote in the statewide primary election. You can sign up at election offices through March 17, the last day of primary voting. You can find more information at
npr.org/vote
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How to register to vote in Illinois and check your registration status
Ahead of the 2026 primary elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote ā online, in person or by mail ā in Illinois.
https://apps.npr.org/voter-registration-2026-mail/illinois.html
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Alexander Chee
3 days ago
Like watching open heart surgery without a heart present.
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Hansi Lo Wang (he/him)
4 days ago
My latest
@npr.org
story: The Republican push to alter the
#2030Census
may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures ā drawing districts that donāt take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults
www.npr.org/2026/03/09/n...
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The next redistricting battle might be who is counted in state legislative districts
A Republican push to alter the census may lead to a radical shift in redistricting for state legislatures ā drawing districts that don't take into account children and non-U.S. citizen adults.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/09/nx-s1-5613878/us-census-citizenship-question-redistricting
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli
4 days ago
Here's a little gosling inspo for all who need it. Which I guess uhh is everyone right now. Probably. šŖ¶ š£
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Taniel
5 days ago
Wisconsin specific PSA: deadline to register to vote in the Supreme Court race is coming up mid-March. 1. Even if you think youāre registered, verify. 2. If you plan to register by mail: the deadline is 3/18 but *MAKE SURE TO DO IT DAYS EARLY* because new USPS rules:
boltsmag.org/usps-postmar...
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Jill Wine-Banks
4 days ago
Welcome to a new episode
#SistersInLaw
with talk of the evidence of a young teenās uncorroborated allegations against Trump, (il)legality of Trumpās war on Iran & his latest attempt to impose tariffs (raise prices) should fail. Click below or on your fave site.
www.politicon.com/podcast-epis...
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gwen howerton
4 days ago
remember when the IRS put out a a free online tax filing system where you could just do your taxes through the IRS and it was actually well made and was pretty well recieved and then the tax filing industry and Republicans killed it and now you have to use TurboTax again
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The New York Times
4 days ago
Breaking News: New video adds to evidence that a U.S. missile likely hit an Iranian school where 175 people, many of them children, were reportedly killed.
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U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows
The evidence contradicts President Trumpās claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.
https://nyti.ms/4cAk5ZR
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Mina Kimes
4 days ago
Every time I open a news app or site and this story isnāt being discussed or featured prominently I feel like Iām losing my mind. Do not look away.
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Chuck Schumer
5 days ago
The SAVE Act is Jim Crow 2.0. It would disenfranchise tens of millions of people. If Trump is saying he wonāt sign any bills until the SAVE Act is passed, then so be it: there will be total gridlock in the Senate. Senate Democrats will not help pass the SAVE Act under any circumstances.
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Professa Murray
5 days ago
One of the reaso DOJ is refusing to investigate Renee Goodās death is it would bring to light the governmentās attack on the free speech rights of those recording law enforcement.
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Rich Raho
5 days ago
Cupich: āA real war with real death and real suffering being treated like itās a video game -itās sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day.ā
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Statement of Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, āA Call to Conscienceā - Statements - Archdiocese of Chicago - AoC Portal
As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes fr...
https://www.archchicago.org/en/statement/-/article/2026/03/08/statement-of-blase-j-cupich-archbishop-of-chicago-a-call-to-conscience
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Chris Geidner
5 days ago
NEW: Alabama is set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey must stop it. Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row and his execution is scheduled to be carried out this week ā unless Ivey grants clemency or courts intervene. Tonight, at Law Dork:
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Alabama is set to kill Sonny Burton on Thursday. Governor Kay Ivey must stop it.
Sonny Burton did not kill anyone, but Alabama put him on death row and his execution is scheduled to be carried out this week ā unless Ivey grants clemency or courts intervene.
https://www.lawdork.com/p/alabama-sonny-burton-kay-ivey
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Jourdan Rodrigue
6 days ago
Pause a moment with me, in memoriam, with the great
@jerrybrewer.bsky.social
words as a guide:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/709...
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Letās pause to remember Rondale Moore, another life gone too soon
Strong bodies. Fragile lives. It has been a devastating year for the NFL and college football, with nearly a dozen high-profile deaths.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7093708/2026/03/07/rondale-moore-death-obit-cardinals-purdue-vikings/?source=emp_shared_article
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Senator Scott Wiener
6 days ago
Trump is requiring CA to cancel the commercial driverās licenses of 13,000 people here legally with federal work authorization. Thatās 13,000 peopleās livelihoods & 13,000 people who wonāt be performing an essential job in our economy. This petty act is deeply harmful. Weāll continue to fight it.
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Greg Pak
6 days ago
Strongly recommend calling your US senators today to tell them: 1. Publicly call for Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting a protestor. 2. DO NOT vote to confirm Mullin for DHS. Find your senators at
reps.fyi
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David Bier
7 days ago
That is insane: "Bidenās pardons eliminated roughly $680,000 in financial penalties owed to victims or the government. In contrast, Trumpās second-term pardons have forgiven criminal debts of more than $1.5 billion."
www.cato.org/blog/embarra...
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President Trump's Pardons: An Embarrassment of Riches
At least the specter of corruption in previous presidential administrations (Clintonās pardon of Marc Rich or Bidenās pardon of his son) appeared to be an exception to the rule. Today, however, the ev...
https://www.cato.org/blog/embarrassment-riches?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=
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Conor Lamb
7 days ago
Up to $2 billion per day. Enough to give $200 to EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN CHILD LIVING IN POVERTY instead. Every single day.
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Jason Leopold
7 days ago
NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein š
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Tom Wambsgansā Second Wife, PhD
7 days ago
This is your periodic reminder that when Chicago PD murdered Laquan McDonald, Mayor Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder to help his reelection bid.
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Janet Lunde
7 days ago
Fetterman voted against the War Powers Resolution & says he'll vote to confirm Markwayne Mullin. Feeling cranky? Come to Fridays With(out) Fetterman -- this week it's at 1:30PM in Braddock, with speaker Michael Fanone!
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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Fridays With(out) Fetterman Ā· Mobilize
Mondays With(out) McCormick is now Fridays With(out) Fetterman! March 6 will be a very special FRIDAYS WITHOUT FETTERMAN with a **ONE TIME ONLY TIME & LOCATION** **Special Guest MICHAEL FANONE In...
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/899611/
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Pittsburgh's Public Source
8 days ago
In just one week we launch our seven-day series of community town halls across the Greater Pittsburgh region. We want to hear from you: How can journalism better serve the public? First up: Beechview from 3-4:30 p.m. on March 12 at the Pittsburgh Hispanic Development Corporation
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You Have the Floor: 7 town halls in 7 days
Public Source invites Pittsburgh-area residents to share what information communities need most and what local news can do for them.
https://buff.ly/kETj4ZV
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ProPublica
10 days ago
DHS invoked the ānational emergencyā at the border to skirt competitive bidding rules for a $220 million taxpayer-funded ad campaign, which has secretly benefited a firm with ties to Kristi Noem. (Published Nov. 2025)
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Firm Tied to Kristi Noem Secretly Got Money From $220 Million DHS Ad Contracts
The company is run by the husband of Noemās chief DHS spokesperson and has personal and business ties to Noem and her aides. DHS invoked the āemergencyā at the border to skirt competitive bidding rule...
https://www.propublica.org/article/kristi-noem-dhs-ad-campaign-strategy-group?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1772570881&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Greg Pak
8 days ago
I try to preach the opposite of imposter syndrome to creative people. Know that you are literally the only person on the planet equipped to tell the very specific stories you have to tell in the way only you can tell them.
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National Capitol Planning Commission re: White House East Wing
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Anne Lutz Fernandez
8 days ago
If you want to watch today's NCPC meeting:
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NCPC Live
Watch the next live streaming event here. All monthly Commission meetings are streamed live and can be viewed on this page.
https://www.ncpc.gov/live/
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Amanda Katz
8 days ago
Just for some reason reading about Katy Padilla Stout, the lawyer, teacher, and mom of four who just won the Democratic primary for TX district 23 and will go up against either this guy or his 30yo far-right gun-influencer rival
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rep...
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Rep. Tony Gonzales admits to affair with former staffer, calling it a "lapse in judgment"
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that he had a relationship with a former staffer, but alleged the controversy that has engulfed the situation is "about...
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rep-tony-gonzales-admits-to-affair-with-former-staffer-calling-it-lapse-in-judgment/
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Benjamin Dreyer
9 days ago
In the meantimeāand it's quite possible, I'm advised, that these slimebuckets have closed all their legal loopsāI wrote a pretty good book that you can acquire for not a lot of money or take out of the library, and I've been known to answer questions here when people ask me questions.
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Peter Sagal
8 days ago
www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...
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ICE has spun a massive surveillance web. We talked to people caught in it
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE and Border Patrol, is using a broad web of surveillance tools ā purchased as its budget has ballooned under this administration ā to monitor, ap...
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-s1-5717031/ice-dhs-immigrants-surveillance-confrontation-deportation-mobile-fortify
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Steve Held (The People's Fabric)
9 days ago
If the intent was to intimidate us or silence our reporting, it didn't work. BTW, here's a recent story identifying some violent agents from El Paso who passed through Chicago and the Twin Cities.
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Identified: the El Paso BORTAC crew rampaging through the Midwest
One violent duo in particular, U.S. Border Patrol agents Michael Sveum (EZ-2) and Edgar Vazquez (EZ-17), have been frequently seen alongside former commander-at-large Greg Bovino terrorizing crowds wi...
https://unraveledpress.com/identified-the-el-paso-bortac-crew-rampaging-through-the-midwest/
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Rep. Joe Neguse
9 days ago
Every American should be offended by the fraud and corruption endemic in the Trump administration
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David Rothschild
9 days ago
Democrats: can we make it so slightly less people die of hunger and easily preventable disease? Corporate Media & Republicans: how are you going to pay for that?!? Republicans: we would like to spend $1 billion per day bombing Iran to distract US from Trump-Epstein Files. Corporate Media: Yes!!!
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