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Hello! I'm looking for "accidental landlords" -- perhaps your house didn't sell? Or you couldn't give up a good rate? Or you had to return to office? If you'd want to talk to me about it for an NPR story, email me at [email protected] with your phone # and a bit about your situation. Thanks!

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I am going to have to focus on making my home a real sanctuary for myself and whoever needs protection in this city. I can only love harder.

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De Blasio having the time of his life rn

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Please help me rebuild my life after a major operation ): (total thyroidectomy). Everything I received from my gofundme has been exhausted by my surgeon fees, and now I still have to take calcium supplements, gauzes, cleaning supplies and thyroid hormone replacement

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JUST IN: A federal judge has ruled against President Trump's use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, siding with the state of California's argument that the president erred in how the guard was being activated.

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Okay, all. My honest advice, as someone who has to keep constant tabs on the news for work + also has multiple graduate degrees in global security/intelligence? Step away from social media tonight. Take a break and plan. Whether it's calling your reps, finding a protest, or -

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The Democrats ultimately coddled Homegrown Domestic Terrorists (the MAGA cult) from 2020-2024 and now we all have to live with the consequences of their refusal to dole out the appropriate punishment.

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All immigrants are not violent criminals. All immigrants are not violent criminals. All immigrants are not violent criminals.

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If that’s what they do to a US Senator with a question, imagine what they do to farm workers, day laborers, cooks, and the other nonviolent immigrants they are targeting in California and across the country. Or any American that dares to speak up. I will not stop fighting to demand accountability.

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Fucking. Sigh.

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🧵 NYC: Zohran Mamdani is an extraordinary political talent and he CAN win this. What a signal that would send to the country and to the world. If you have been on the fence, this is the moment to go all in.

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The indictment was announced by interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba. Rep. McIver says the proceedings against her are "a brazen attempt at political intimidation."

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Getting the BIG tub of popcorn out for this one! www.reuters.com/business/med...

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Hair studies

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Terrible Gallup poll today. Lots of bad anti-trans sentiment, but this one really blew my mind and should be VERY eye opening to our LGB folks: America is about to cross back over into being gay or lesbian is something that is caused externally (and therefore "fixable" with conversion therapy)

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The Fair Share amendment has been outperforming expectations and helping our state invest in universal school meals, free community college, far-free transit, and so much more, and Healey is out here shit-talking it to rich people and peddling debunked lies about "outmigration."

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I’m just glad the elite media spent the better part of a decade telling us that powerless college kids and their trigger warnings were a national threat to our freedoms.

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Critica? Or EXPERTS and PEOPLE WITH A SENSE OF EMPATHY?!

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THE JOB OF JOURNALISTS IS TO TELL IS WHICH IS CORRECT MY GOD

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on January 6th, while attempting to overthrow an election, multiple rioters wore Nazi paraphernalia. they declared their intent to murder elected officials. the right stood steadfastly behind them and are now more powerful than ever. you can stand behind someone waving a Mexican flag.

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Waving Mexican flags is working

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I’m sorry, I know trends are inherent madness but how the hell have we just pushed past the Rise & Fall of Stanley’s to a whole NEW normal ass water bottle?

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Bystanders and protesters have been confronting ICE agents as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement.

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I LOVE PBS AND NPR. Don’t let Congress vote to defund OUR public media next weeek. Speak out NOW. It is URGENT. Visit protectmypublicmedia.org #pbs #NPR #protectmypublicmedia #publicmedia

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Can we please have a general strike now

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Hundreds of acres in Michigan are covered in parallel rows of earth that are the remains of an ancient Native American agricultural system. The surprise find has archaeologists amazed.

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while the boys are fighting.... reminder that an estimated 10.9 MILLION MORE PEOPLE will not have health insurance by 2034 if trump's big bad billionaire bill passes

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The Russia's Future channel, launched by Navalny's widow Yulia Navalnaya and Reporters Without Borders, began broadcasting Wednesday, on what would have been the late Russian activist's 49th birthday.

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I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

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Social Media is wild because I don’t have to imagine Cardi B shopping in a Target like a regular degular person. She’s posting selfies in a bonnet w/ a stroller for free. My girl fr.

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Federal health officials have changed the game for COVID vaccine access. Pregnant moms and others who rely on them to protect a high-risk family member are scared.

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I was at the library for six hours today the library kicks ass

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people are getting disappeared, innocent men sent to foreign gulags, the civil service hollowed out, thousands left to die without foreign aid, and schumer is saber rattling about iran. these people make me fucking sick.

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1. Florida banned cities from lighting up bridges rainbow colors for Pride. So the people of Jacksonville did it themselves using flashlights and gels. They opened the drawbridge to block them. So they marched to a different bridge. The latest from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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My latest newsletter, on why Trump's break with the Federalist Society may reflect an existential crisis for the organization.

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“I had him inside here for three days, in this Louisiana facility, my baby dead in my stomach..." A pregnant TN woman was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in March. While in custody, she lost her baby mid-pregnancy –– and received delayed medical care after the fact.

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A memorial and jazz funeral honored 19 Black Americans, whose remains were recently repatriated from Germany where they were used for racial research in the late 1800s.

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The arrest of online fanfic erotica writers (99% young women) in China is still ongoing, some are getting sentenced to 10 years in prison I didn’t see any newer international coverage of this but I saw on Weibo today that more writers are getting sentenced right now amp.scmp.com/news/china/p...

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.

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Raising two kids while living with an autonomic nervous system disorder taught Jessica Slice to embrace interdependence. Her story is a reminder to parents of the power of asking for help.

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I am another person shocked about both these points but also so grateful!! I hope he wins!!!

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