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in 2021, i wrote about the “technopolar moment” on the world stage where “a handful of large technology companies rival [states] for geopolitical influence.” back then, the power of those companies was poised to grow dramatically. and they sure have:

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You can't make this up. ICE left a 12-year-old completely abandoned on the street after abducting the adult he was with. www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/...

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Trump lifts sanctions on Syria after Syria’s new President pitches a Trump Tower in Damascus.

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Wikipedia: On 2 October 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident journalist, was killed by agents of the Saudi government at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.[4][5] Khashoggi was ambushed and strangled by a 15-member squad of Saudi operatives.[6][7]

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An Arizona resident who has lived in the U.S. legally for decades―and even fought a war for the country―may be deported, after an immigration judge's ruling on Friday.

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Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Republican push to cut Medicaid: "It is a disaster, and people will die. Children will die."

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A grant in Vermont that helped train 50+ women and nonbinary people each year in construction and renewable energy was cut by DOGE, alongside two dozen others across the country. And Trump expects us to believe he's going to grow the workforce and create jobs? Give me a break.

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“Low-hanging fruit is children. If you keep them detained and seal off their access to counsel, the end result will likely be that they’ll get deported.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Hacked www.nextgov.com/cybersecurit...

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Australia's new opposition leader appealed a federal court ruling that the gov't must consider future generation in fossil fuel project approvals - and won "Sussan Ley does not have a duty of care to protect young people from the harms of climate change" - 2022 theconversation.com/todays-disap...

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Zolgensma’s $2M/dose price quickly became the standard for gene therapies. Nine of them cost more than $2M. A tenth, approved in November, is predicted to run about $3.8M, just shy of the most expensive, which costs $4.25M/dose.

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This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years. from @404media.co www.404media.co/republicans-...

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New from me: chatbots for schoolchildren dispensed dangerous information — including instructions for how to synthesize fentanyl and a date rape drug — in tests conducted by Forbes. www.forbes.com/sites/emilyb...

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Breaking news: A group of nearly 50 White Afrikaner South Africans landed as refugees Monday, coming to the U.S. under a humanitarian designation meant for people fleeing war or persecution that the Trump administration has suspended for all other groups worldwide.

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Politico reports Trump has only had 12 "daily" intelligence briefings since taking office www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

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“We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.” Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

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A mother took her three sons to a routine ICE check-in. Moments later, her eldest two were gone without even a chance to say goodbye.

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New w/ @juliametraux.bsky.social —a look at the GOP's sweeping, brutal Medicaid cuts, which would eliminate access to pap smears, cancer screenings, and birth control for the more than 2 million people who get them per year at Planned Parenthood: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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"The local police arrived to prevent the community from protecting their neighbor from an unlawful kidnapping. They succeeded, and in the process arrested two of the people who tried to stop it." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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The House GOP just announced widespread cuts to Medicaid, a move that advocates warn will leave millions without health care. @juliametraux.bsky.social reported on the devastating toll these cuts will have on Americans back in Feb:

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NEW: As the Trump admin is flying Afrikaners here today to be resettled as "refugees," @Sec_Noem is terminating Temporary Protected Status for Afghanistan — meaning they may start deporting women and allies who protected our troops to the Taliban to be persecuted or killed!

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Apparently white immigrants are welcomed here. ‘White South Africans board plane for US under Trump refugee plan’ | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/africa...

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The Trump administration has been a boon for Elon Musk‘s companies’ regulatory issues.

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It’s especially galling that AG Pam Bondi personally wrote the memo approving the gift of the Qatari airplane. Her last job was as a lobbyist for Qatar! efile.fara.gov/docs/6415-Ex...

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We didn't need a study to confirm this, but... glad to see some empirical evidence + media coverage of what is an extremely common occurrence. (Also remember to run from any OB-GYN who does this ⤵️) Doctors often gaslight women w/ pelvic disorders & pain, study finds www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

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@billshaner.bsky.social reports from the scene of a brutal ICE arrest in Worcester, Massachusetts: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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After the mayor of Newark was arrested for protesting outside of a new immigration detention facility, a DHS official is threatening to arrest three members of Congress who were also present. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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According to ABC, the White House and Department of Justice concluded that the gift does not constitute bribery because it is “not conditioned on any official act.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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🧵 Martin Diaz came to the U.S. as a toddler, fleeing cartel violence with his family. They had proof of the danger—a letter from a Michoacán official. He married a U.S. citizen & was advancing his visa. Then ICE showed up at his home in Spokane: no warrant, no ID #OnYourSide VC pslspokane

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ICE agents continue to wreak havoc on the West Coast in questionable raids. One of them left two children alone and stranded at a gas station after ICE took away their father. www.sfgate.com/centralcoast...

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"Barnard and Columbia issued interim suspensions Thursday afternoon to four student journalists who covered a Wednesday pro-Palestinian protest in Butler Library, citing 'information received' from Public Safety" CU also awards the Pulitzer Prizes www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2025/05...

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The 16-year-old was dragged away and arrested by Worcester PD because she kicked the car ICE was holding her mother in as her mom was taken away. The day earlier, ICE had taken her dad as well.

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BREAKING: CBP revoked policies designed to protect pregnant people, infants, and people with serious medical conditions in their custody.

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tired: SignalGate @wired.com: The Signal clone, TeleMessage—which Mike Waltz appeared to use in a Reuters photo—has been hacked. And Customs and Border Protection also confirmed it used TeleMessage. Welp.

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"The end result here is most likely exactly what they want: a science-challenged, bureaucratically hamstrung EPA, largely incapable of developing regulations but more than ready to attempt to roll existing regs back, 'unleashing' corporate America back to its glory days of smog, soot, and ruin."

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Trump abruptly fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on Thursday as the White House continues to purge the federal government of those perceived to oppose the president and his agenda. Hayden was the first woman and the first African American to be librarian of Congress.

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The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

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Israeli extremist officials deny the existence of famine in Gaza as they push for harsher measures to block food.

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The password Tulsi Gabbard reused contains the word "shraddha" which is the name she was reportedly given by the Science of Identity Foundation, a Hare Krishna offshoot, which has been accused of being a cult. She now oversees America's intelligence community. www.wired.com/story/tulsi-...

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BREAKING: The price of Barbies in the United States are rising fast. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/b...

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Trump's New Pick for Surgeon General Dropped Out of Medical Residency and Has an Inactive Medical License

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"Free speech" Twitter CEO thanks Ritchie Torres for helping cancel concert of an artist who said "…I am not antisemitic nor anti-Jew.” “I am anti-genocide, I am anti the actions of the Israeli government. I am anti an extermination of an entire people…the bombing of innocent children, men, women."

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Republicans in Congress want to cut health care for millions of people... to pay for more tax cuts for millionaires.

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who was pushing junk science from an official position way before RFK Jr. got the chance at HHS, is once again doing his best to make sure we all get sicker. Our editorial (gift link): www.sun-sentinel.com/2025/05/07/a...

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Therapies involving mRNA, a key to Covid vaccines, hold great potential in treating several diseases. But some lawmakers want to ban them and the U.S. government is cutting research funding.

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