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NYT Tomorrow: The assertion in our recent article that black people are more prone to violence was not a racial or genetic stereotype, but based on the reported experiences of six LAPD officers we surveyed at their retirement homes in Idaho

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The US is a deeply sick country. www.news.com.au/travel/trave...

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It's truly amazing how blatantly and shamelessly the Trump administration lies. From today's science Executive Order, Trump pretends Biden was President in 2020.

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This video appears to show Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene kicking a gun violence activist who was asking her questions

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NEW: A three-year investigation found that Phoenix police routinely violated the rights of homeless people. This week, DOJ officials announced that they had abandoned efforts to ensure the city and its police department addressed those issues. By @nicolesantacruz.bsky.social

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Boyle: We just verified with the congressional budget office and of 13.7 million Americans who will lose their health care because of their bill, exactly zero are undocumented immigrants

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NEWS: ICE agents are camped outside immigration courts to arrest people after they've had their cases dismissed in court. Other agents spotted in AZ, CA, IL, MA, MD, TX. w/ @noahhurowitz.bsky.social & Jose Olivares theintercept.com/2025/05/21/i...

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UnitedHealth secretly pressured nurses to change patients' records to include DNRs (Do Not Resuscitate) without their consent, so those patients would die instead of being saved with medical interventions that could cost UnitedHealth money. This is murder. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Texas Rep. Nate Schatzline, sponsor of the bill that effectively bans the public display of LGBTQ+ books — or any books that reference sex — in order to protect children from "harmful materials" ... has voted against a bill to ban child marriages.

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"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

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Neguse was grilling Jim Jordan so hard this morning over language in the reconciliation bill to restrict federal judges' ability to enforce court penalties that Jordan had to consult with his lawyers

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1/ This sure sounds like the international human rights law definition of a disappearance: "Assistant U.S. Attorney Jimmy Rodriguez said he has 'no reason to doubt' the claim that Agelviz Sanguino was in El Salvador, but that he did not have information as to his whereabouts."

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Apologies for yelling, but— SCOTUS COULDN’T DO ITS JOB BECAUSE TOO MANY JUSTICES HAVE BOOK DEALS WITH A PARTY IN A CASE

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Christian schools are always kind of nuts, but this goes beyond even what I've seen in most Christian schools. A student was expelled simply for taking a transgender guest to prom. www.fox5atlanta.com/news/family-...

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New investigation: After Oregon invested $20m for drug addiction services, counties spent the funds on prosecutors, sheriffs, police gadgets + cars. I got records revealing how law enforcement used $ meant for treatment, as providers face major cuts + patients are stuck on waiting lists to get help

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"New Video of Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest Shows Trump Admin is Lying in Court" The new footage of ICE’s warrantless arrest shows the Palestinian student fully cooperated with federal agents and was not a flight risk, reports @premthakker.bsky.social

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🚨 The Bukele regime has arrested Ruth Eleonora López, a prominent human rights defender and the head of the anti-corruption and justice unit at Cristosal, a leading Salvadoran human rights organization. Cristosal has denounced her detention as an enforced disappearance.

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Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309

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Newark Airport under the Trump administration: Come for the near-death flight experiences and delays; stay for the diseases

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So Israel will start bombing Libya then?

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New from Julian Barnes, Maggie Haberman and me: Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/u...

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#Steelers #Pittsburgh #NFL

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When Nashville SC defeated Charlotte FC on Saturday, the supporters section lacked its usual verve and had visible gaps throughout the risers. The reason was explained in a pair of large white banners. No estamos todos aquí. We are not all here. www.nytimes.com/athletic/634...

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A bill in N.C. (HB 318) will require a defendant found eligible for pretrial release to be HELD FOR 2 MORE HOURS so ICE can check if they're a citizen or lawful resident alien. tinyurl.com/ycyb9mz3 Investigatory detention w/o probable cause or even reasonable suspicion. Patently illegal. #lawsky

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"They happen to be white" -- Trump again claims there's a genocide against white people happening in South Africa

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Oh my God.

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The man tapped to run DOJ's new "Weaponization Working Group," Edward Martin, disclosed this week that he is himself being investigated by the bar, apparently over allegations that he misused his role as U.S. Attorney to intimidate his political foes. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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The significance of this, of course, is that the administration claims it is deporting people to fight anti-Semitism but they are letting this bigoted turd in.

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Just important to note: if Trump pardons Chauvin, he will be picked up from Federal prison by Minnesota law enforcement who will escort him to a Minnesota prison to serve the rest of his 22-1/2 yr state conviction that Trump cannot touch. That’s not, tho, to say that a pardon here is irrelevant.

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The lesson of cases like this is that under our system convictions are more of a sacrament than a matter of reason. Lies, junk science, garbage witnesses — none of that matters. You have to finish the sacral process, and denying it is like denying Christ.

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Highly recommended thread. Just wanna say something about originalism right quick. There is no plausible originalist argument for anything that the SG said today. None whatsoever.

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JFC - the people sending the pizzas are not just telling judges they know where they live. They are using the name of a a family member of a Judge who was murdered.

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Sounds like Gabbard fired them for telling the truth. Not much “intelligence” going on here… www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

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NEW -- Trump's White House is hiding the vast majority of the transcripts of his remarks. Why? The White House won't say... But maybe reading the following might offer a clue: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

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www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news... Gov DeSantis signed SB 700, also known as Florida Farm Bill, into law Thursday. Bill doesn’t specifically mention the word “fluoride,” but it effectively bans the mineral by preventing “the use of certain additives in a water system.” It will go into effect July 1.

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As seen on Jefferson Davis Highway, South Carolina.

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They are literally taking food out of people's mouths, including children. Heartless bastards.

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aw and look how happy that dog is when he gets the stick

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“The restaurant Kid Rock’s was among several others in Nashville owned by the conservative restaurateur and Donald Trump supporter Steve Smith where undocumented kitchen staff were asked to go home to avoid rumored immigration raids this weekend.” Ain’t that somethin

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Yes. www.billboard.com/music/music-...

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CURRENTLY IN ROTATION Tune in to the stream for more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kQf...

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Q: Why are fish poorly educated? A: All the schools are below C level. Now that you've sat through that, please watch this video on animal collective names.

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www.propublica.org/article/pam-... Attorney General Pam Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares of Trump Media the same day that Trump unveiled bruising new tariffs that caused the stock market to plummet, according to records obtained Wednesday by ProPublica.

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www.newsweek.com/abortion-bra... Abortion News: A pregnant woman has been kept on life support for over three months in order to deliver her child due to the abortion laws in her home state of Georgia.

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