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And I make no apologies!

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A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation minnesotareformer.com/2025/06/14/a...

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Cancer treatment shouldn’t be political but the chaotic and failing Trump regime is putting lives unnecessarily and randomly at risk with their staffing and funding cuts. Time to make your voices LOUD on June 14 at No Kings at the MN Capitol: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Following our investigation with @outliermedia.org, a new bill wants to ban the use of location and credit-based scores to set auto insurance prices. themarkup.org/premium-pena...

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Meduza examines the narratives that dominated Russian airwaves as broadcasters devised self-serving frames for weekend bombings that claimed at least seven lives and destroyed at least a dozen aircraft. meduza.io/en/feature/2...

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A federal judge in Oregon barred the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from removing an asylum seeker from the state after she was arrested by immigration officers Monday outside a Portland courtroom.

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Work requirements are better at blocking benefits for low-income people than they are at helping those folks find jobs

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Remember all those law firms that struck a deal with Trump? It’s not totally working out for them. At least 11 large companies—including Morgan Stanley, Microsoft, and Oracle—are cutting ties with law firms that caved to President Trump’s threats of political retribution. https://trib.al/WeNhjT5

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Pregnant people are more likely to die by homicide than any obstetric-related cause — particularly if they are young or Black. These three women are seeking justice for their daughters. From December 2024:

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Russian-led cybercrime network dismantled in global operation

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Editor Commentary: Ohio continues to rank terribly, according to U.S. News & World Report. At No. 38 overall, Ohio also ranks No. 41 for environment, No. 41 in higher education, No. 30 in overall education, No. 39 in economy, and No. 34 in health care buff.ly/JJeKQmN

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Trump’s unconstitutional act will 'Make China Great Again': Watergate prosecutor

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“In ‘advanced’ nations, clean water is considered essential, but we tolerate foul air, despite a century of evidence that it harms.”

submitted 41 days ago • 9 comments

So damn tired of all of it.. FUCK TRUMP

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President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be killing much, if not all, of a historic initiative that was the first, and is still the largest, National Institutes of Health (NIH) effort centered on the health needs of women. www.science.org/content/arti...

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“Eventually, the facts of his incompetence will overwhelm even the vast propaganda network that defends him. I just hope the economy doesn’t have to collapse for that to happen.”

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If Trump were your elderly grandpa, you’d have taken the car keys from him months ago and would be starting to investigate assisted living. newrepublic.com/article/1934...

submitted 84 days ago • 25 comments

If conservatives truly cared about Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal, then they should be up in arms over Mike Waltz and one of his senior aides using Gmail to discuss “sensitive military positions and powerful weapons systems relating to an ongoing conflict."

submitted 86 days ago • 27 comments

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

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Popular resistance in Trump's first term accomplished more than many realize. A history professor explores how quiet organizing in communities and workplaces had more impact than visible tactics like petitions and hashtags. buff.ly/XilgRJT Kevin A. Young @umassamherst.bsky.social #polisky

submitted 90 days ago • 2 comments

‘Earthquake’ at the FDA: forced resignation of Peter Marks and accusations against Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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“I reached out to them and said we have to know how you did it."

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A federal appeals court refused to lift an emergency order blocking President Donald Trump from carrying out mass deportations of suspected members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

submitted 93 days ago • 4 comments

When the Obama Presidential Center opens next year, we’ll be highlighting the advocates and everyday Americans from across the country whose stories helped make the Affordable Care Act a reality. Take a listen to some of those stories:

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Right now, there’s an important race happening that will shape the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the next 10 years. Judge Susan Crawford is ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of all Wisconsinites. Make a plan to vote early today — don’t wait until April 1st: wisdems.org/vote

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This is happening in Wisconsin,with the question that is on the April 1st election next week Vote 'NO' in Wisconsin!

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Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a stretch of Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a territory that a Democrat hasn’t represented in the chamber for 136 years.

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To win a war they cannot avoid, Chief Justice Roberts and his allies must rediscover their belief in a simple notion: The American president is not above the law. newrepublic.com/article/1925...

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David Jolly, the former representative whose sharp disagreements with President Donald Trump led him to leave the Republican Party, is considering running for governor of Florida.

submitted 94 days ago • 18 comments

An election won’t keep Donald Trump’s aggression at bay. The saga of Trump’s Greenland obsession is tracing an all-too-familiar pattern: What seemed at first like a joke now looks like the early sketches of a sinister strategy. #Analysis

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The Atlantic reported that the recent U.S. military strikes in Yemen, approved by Trump, were coordinated over a 'Signal' rather than over secure communications channels. This is a stunning breach of military intelligence. The Trump Admin 'accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans,' said the reporter.

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US Chief Justice John Roberts authored of one of Donald Trump's biggest victories during his first presidential term. Yet, Roberts has also handed Trump significant setbacks reut.rs/4c8wX7j

submitted 96 days ago • 26 comments

Putin forces Ukrainians in occupied territories to take Russian citizenship or leave the country

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A Georgia jury found pharmaceutical and agricultural products giant Bayer liable for more than $2 billion in damages to a plaintiff who argued Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the latest hit in a series of legal fights over the herbicide glyphosate.

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It is not just liberals applauding any Musk failures. This Musk creep is the one 'Evil Villain' that reunite Americans in a mutual hatred, as this 'Congressional Crisis -face it, the United States Is there, now- continues. Republican voters are coming to Town Halls, screaming 'Foul'

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🧠 CIA provides White House with intelligence refuting "encirclement of thousands of Ukrainians" in Russia's Kursk Oblast – Reuters

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As retailers drop DEI, Black customers across America rethink where they spend their cash: “It doesn't make me feel good to give my money to people who don't give a damn about me.”

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The Rev. Eugene Cho acknowledged that it may take time to turn hearts in Congress but said that his group, Bread for the World, was prepared for a long fight. “We’re not interested in putting on one-time events."

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CISA: We didn't fire our red team, we just unhired a bunch of them

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The tiny scraps of plastic were found in the olfactory bulb, the part of the brain responsible for processing smell.

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Delhi was the most polluted capital city in the world in 2024, according to the report. India was the fifth most polluted country, down from third in 2023, and home to six of the nine most polluted global cities. scroll.in/latest/1080178 #AirQuality #AirPollution

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Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today, local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

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Elon's government email is: [email protected] Please don't send anything to it, that would not be good at all! theintercept.com/2025/03/06/e...

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