There was a specific problem with pandemic-era welfare fraud associated with some Somalis, which the state government is investigating using the criminal justice system and by eliminating points of weakness. The Trump administration is using it as an opportunity to target an entire community.

#WhiskersWednesday Surprise turns to delight while looking at her own reflection 😸♥️ #CatsOfBlueSky #Catsky

Happy #WhiskersWednesday! How do you let people know you need affection? Ella will often flop on the top shelf of her cat tree and wait for pets. If they are not forthcoming, she will grab the nearest passerby and hang on. #Cats #CatSky #CatsOfBlueSky #Photography #FMSPAD #PhotoADay #Love

Zillow has removed climate risk scores from over a million real estate listings after realtors complained that information such as how at risk a home is from wildfires was causing them to lose sales. Zillow now provides a link to get the information instead of listing it directly.

Emil Bove helped lead the investigation that ultimately led to the conviction of the Honduran president, who trafficked 400 tons of cocaine into the US. Asked for comment on the pardon Bove said, “I completely trust and respect [Trump’s] judgment in exercising the pardon power.” is.gd/yVTwoJ

"Department of War" by Jesse Welles.

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The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools. n.pr/48udkF5

"For most of Donald Trump's career, bullying people has worked out for him, but not now, because I won't let it happen.” 👊🇺🇸 m.youtube.com/shorts/25LnT...

The raccoon broke multiple bottles and drank different types of liquor before police arrived and found him passed out in the store's bathroom abcnews.go.com/US/drunk-rac...

Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.

The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).

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Trump will cut off SNAP in Democrat-led states that don't hand over identifying information about SNAP recipients, such as immigration status, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Tuesday. www.axios.com/2025/12/02/t...

Amazing. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This is absolutely horrendous. That poor child. So damn heartless and cruel. I cannot imagine how terrified these children are. Just JFC😢😢😢😢😢😢

The demented dunce holding the world hostage

CALLOUT: I am looking to interview individuals who have sought health care at crisis pregnancy centers, whether intentionally or unintentionally, and want to talk about their experience. The center can be located anywhere. If you or someone you know might be interested, please email or send me a DM.

November 20, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Nuremberg Trials. In 2018, Michael Moore spent an afternoon with Ben Ferencz who, at the age of 99, was the last living prosecutor of the Nazis. Here’s what he had to say in “Fahrenheit 11/9” about the dark turn the world was taking.

Chile’s salmon farms are beset by accusations of dangerous labour conditions, antibiotic overuse, and ecological harm. The fish also suffer greatly being packed together in filthy water with no room to swim. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

It’s now official: Trump has pardoned one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was convicted of drug trafficking last year in the U.S. and sentenced to 45 years in prison. 1/

Love of my life, always by my side.

SCOOP from me + @makenakelly.bsky.social: despite recent reports, DOGE isn’t dead—it’s actually everywhere. @wired.com www.wired.com/story/what-i...

Next? #pardons

There are way too many observers and columnists who don’t get that an authoritarian leader can exist in a still democratic or nominally democratic republic, and that that is often how absolute nightfalls begin, but also that just because we have an authoritarian ruler now does not mean a complete…

I was working at NBC when they decided to give this hateful, sadistic monster tens of millions of dollars for some reason. I'm to smart to believe that large corporations are ethical beacons or anything, but it completely changed my view of the people who paid my salary. bsky.app/profile/acco...

We take care of the future best by taking care of the present now. JON KABAT-ZINN

I used to be antivax. One of the several things that brought me around to good sense was a video of a baby suffering from whooping cough, and pics of kids with preventable diseases. Show the thing! It works on people! Show what vaccines prevent, and that sobering reality saves lives.

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Pete Hegseth regarding 2 Sept. 2025 boat strike in Caribbean: "I watched it live". Confessing to a war crime.

Antarctica is known for its stunning blue pools of glacial water IG: johnderting

We wish you a happy Antarctica Day! The #AntarcticClimateConnections team was moved by the experience of crossing the divide — not just between countries & continents, but between the known & the unknown in Antarctica. Watch our short film, Crossing the Divide: youtu.be/C4e3GZkGwxk?...

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"U.S. manufacturing contracted for the ninth straight month in November, with factories facing slumping orders and higher prices for inputs as the drag from import tariffs persisted..." www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

"a country she said she had never been to...." www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...

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"...practiced by Japanese forces in brutally attacking helpless survivors of a torpedoed vessel and demands effective assurances from the Japanese Government that such criminal acts, which are contrary to all standards of civilized conduct, will not be repeated in the future. ..."

Meeting to build on earlier agreements to end fighting in eastern DRC, which has persisted throughout talks.

Alarm raised as experts suspect 'sloppy code' used to overhaul sensitive govt websites

I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...

Whooping cough is a terrible way to die! Infants literally can't catch their breath! Shame, Shame on parents and the monsters who tell them vaccines are bad!

I’d expressed doubts about the vaccine to my pediatrician. He responded that I wouldn’t question it if I’d seen a child suffering from whooping cough. So glad I listened!

the gray feral cat outside will not pay attention to her and freya has decided she cannot go on

I teamed up with two phenomenal experts - @mikeschmitt.bsky.social @tessbridgeman.bsky.social - for this Expert Backgrounder. To provide the public, lawmakers, other decision-makers with the best legal advice on this most serious issue. Unlawful Orders and Killing Shipwrecked Boat Strike Survivors

Methanol, a cheap relative of ethanol, is causing thousands of deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The FDA never released a comprehensive list of the drugs it allowed into the U.S. even though they were made by banned factories. So we made that list for you 👇

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It's December. The goal is to find MELIA a home for Christmas. We can do this. Over 810 days waiting. Poor baby. A quiet adult only home, no dogs, cats are ok. 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs. Come on New York! Hempstead Animal Shelter (516) 785-5220 3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit Wantagh, NY 11793

That level of calmness I wish to attain!