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The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely shut down most or all of the institutions created to serve students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities.

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Amy Spitalnick, JCPA, argues that Trump is using antisemitism as a pretext. “If the administration were serious about countering antisemitism, first and foremost they wouldn’t be appointing people with antisemitic and other extremist ties to senior roles within the administration.”

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The Trump administration released a report last week that it billed as a “clear, evidence-based foundation” for action on a range of children’s health issues. But the report, from the presidential Make America Healthy Again Commission, cited studies that did not exist. Whoops!

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And June is GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION MONTH, so thank you SCOTUS!

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1 in 3 children in the United States live in a home with a gun. Safe storage can help keep our loved ones—and littles ones—safe. 🔐 Know the Risks. See the Solutions: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g... #GunViolenceAwarenessMonth #EndGunViolence #SafeStorageSavesLives

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The FDA has updated an ongoing recall of tomatoes distributed in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to its most severe warning, saying there is a higher probability that potential salmonella contamination could lead to “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

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The CDC identifies gun violence in America as a public health crisis. No wonder, gun violence is the leading cause of death for children and teens. Ask your county health agency what they’re doing about it. www.bfhd.wa.gov

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Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔

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Hey Utah and Florida. This is what you're going to have to do when your cavities and oral disease rates start to rise again too. www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...

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While pushing through absolutely devastating cuts to research, science, and scientists, RFK Jr. blatantly lies to Congress saying there have been no cuts to research, science, and scientists. www.factcheck.org/2025/05/rfk-...

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Imagine being literally the richest person on earth and having this be your legacy: disease, starvation, and death. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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Absolutely disgusting

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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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It is a death cult

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Gun Violence Awareness Month begins TOMORROW! Let’s spread the word: Safe Storage Saves Lives. 🧡 Together, we can take action to keep everyone safe. 🔁 Raise awareness. 💬 Use your platforms. 📲 Share with your people. Know the Risks. See the Solutions: publichealth.jhu.edu/center-for-g...

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An inquiry found that Nestlé and French officials had concealed the company’s practice of filtering Perrier water it labels “natural.” The head of Nestlé has suggested that human activity is making pure water scarcer. I can guess what “human activity“ is most responsible.

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El Paso’s Bishop Seitz: “Are we no longer a country of immigrants? Are we no longer a country that values the dignity of the human person, individual liberties, and checks and balances?” www.commonwealmagazine.org/living-vein-...

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Three Democratic senators asked the Justice Department and other federal authorities to investigate whether members of the Department of Government Efficiency helping to downsize federal agencies violated conflict of interest laws by holding stocks in companies that their agencies regulate.

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Republican threatens to kill DC transit funding unless it names trains for Trump. Let's embrace this opportunity. A few suggestions for naming subway trains for Trump: Dupont Circle Jerk; Stinky Bottom-GWU; The Infant Terrible Plaza; Shady Deals Rottenville; #8647. www.rawstory.com/congress-267...

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Jesus, I read the transcript. This headline should’ve been, “Trump is nuts!”

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We need to get out on the streets and when we do, we need to exhibit what we’re feeling, rather than waving and smiling like we’ve been doing.

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Academic freedom in the United States has found itself periodically under siege, but the current attacks from the federal government raise a new level of alarm. nyer.cm/u405qvQ

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What a ducking curd this Fonald Cunk is.

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Excerpt from President Donald J Trump’s 2025 Commencement Address to West Point. “The job of the U.S. armed forces is not to host drag shows, to transform foreign cultures, but to spread democracy to everybody around the world, at the point of a gun.” aspeniaonline.it/wp-content/u...

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The Senate parliamentarian advised lawmakers that they couldn't use the Congressional Review Act to revoke California's right to set vehicle standards. But they did it anyway. Expect a legal fight.

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The Republican-led House just passed Trump's "big, beautiful bill" that continues a hugh tax break for billionaires, as well as a hidden little provision that would eliminate a $200 tax on gun silencers that’s been on the books for more than 90 years. Because "law abiding" gun owners...😠

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“I wish I had a plane to give you,” a seemingly exasperated Ramaphosa said at one point. “I wish you did. I would take it,” Trump responded. “If your country offered the United States Air Force a plane, I would take it.” Meaning, if you offered ME a plane, I would take, because I like bribes.

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Israel is now more than 60 days into its total blockade on aid entering war-ravaged Gaza. Palestinians are staving. Palestinian children are starving to death. This is a war crime.

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Sherri Papini desperately trying to be relevant. She isn’t ! Stop. Please. abcnews.go.com/GMA/News/vid...

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Eugene, Oregon Saturday, June 14 NO KINGS

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Gig Harbor, Washington Saturday, June 14 NO KINGS

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Tacoma, Washington Saturday, June 14 NO KINGS

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Was Noem being serious, or just acting like a snot-nosed ...

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“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”

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Do you ever think about the great things America could do if we focused our energy on common good rather than corporate greed?

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Jim McGovern, the top Democrat on Rules, blasts Republicans for holding the markup at 1 AM: “I mean, this is a shitty way to legislate, but they’re hoping that nobody will notice.”

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Unfamiliar with the role of science in America’s national defense, or the history of science innovation in the defense of sovereign nations? I invite you to start with, Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics & the Military. neildegrassetyson.com/books/2018-09-accessory-to-war/

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UN says no aid yet distributed in Gaza as international pressure on Israel mounts

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Rosen to Rubio: "I'm not even mad anymore about your complicity in this administration's destruction of US global leadership. I'm simply disappointed. And I wonder if your proud of yourself in this moment when you go home to your family ... I know you know this in your heart."

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HUD this week became the latest agency to RE-FIRE probationary employees after first dismissing them in February then reinstating them in March after being required to do so by a separate court order. That injunction is now defunct, however,

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Democrats, independents, libertarians, and sane Republicans are gathering at John Dam Plaza in Richland, WA, on Tuesdays at around 1600 hours to protest an Administration led by an ignorant egomaniac. Come on out. It should be fun.

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RFK Jr cannot know about all the myriad cuts to potentially life saving research at all the various research labs for which he is responsible. 😜

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