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Listen: Experts say Illinois has the most abusive property tax forfeiture system in the nation, largely impacting Black homeowners and seniors. A new investigation from Injustice Watch and the Investigative Project on Race and Equity explains why. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

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The National Association of the Deaf says the White House's failure to provide ASL interpreters during press briefings leaves some deaf and hard of hearing people without information.

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Wow. Avelo airlines has covered up their logo to hide the fact that they're helping with mass deportation. Avelo's customer service number is (346) 616-9500. Feel free to give them a call and tell them how you feel about them.

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Just finished observing juvenile immigration hearings & then see this story: “It’s horribly dystopian…It’s impossible for me to think of a reason to collect a 4-year-old’s DNA and upload it to a database that’s explicitly supposed to be about criminal activity.”

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Louisiana residents were warning their neighbors about polluted air—now the state could fine them $1M for doing it

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The GOP’s “big, beautiful bill” would be the biggest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in U.S. history. On average, someone in the top 0.1% would gain around $390,000 next year. But someone in the bottom 20% would lose $820, and nearly twice as much—$1,545—in 2033.

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Honestly gonna be disappointed if we get wiped out and it’s not our fault. Harambe deserves justice. Eat arbys #meatsoutforharambe nypost.com/2025/05/28/s...

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Irreversible tipping points in the climate system — like the melting of Arctic ice sheets or the wide-scale collapse of coral reefs — are closer than scientists previously believed.

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Too soon?

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Scoop: Texas police used Flock's license plate cameras to search nationwide for a woman who had a self-managed abortion. Claim it was "about her safety" www.404media.co/a-texas-cop-...

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In this city, police dogs bit a teenager 17 or younger every three weeks, on average. Almost all of the people bitten were Black.

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Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.

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BREAKING: Judge says she will issue a preliminary injunction to block Trump administration from making changes to Harvard's student visa program indefinitely

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None of the nuns in school were ever this cool Can you envision the parties in that convent? When the blood of Christ is missing on Sunday, we’ll all know why. IYKYK & if your Catholic, YK 😂🤣😂🤣

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Researchers have developed new tools that can deliver genes and selectively activate them in hundreds of different cell types in the brain and spinal cord. Scientists hope this could help treat ALS, Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... „There are now 134 active fires across Canada, including in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Half are considered out of control.“

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MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.

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S&P futures up 1% @axios.com www.axios.com/2025/05/28/t...

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if you were still hoping to die from bird flu, I've got some good news for you... HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m... via @statnews.com

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I expect an all caps rant from President Taco any second now.

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Meltdown on Truth Social in 3, 2, 1...

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NEW: @consumerreports.org reveals that Kroger is using sophisticated data analytics to profile customers by estimated income and education levels — and using those predictions to decide who gets access to premium discounts.

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UnitedHealth Group, $UNH, is facing a lawsuit claiming it used ex-employees’ 401(k) funds to reduce its own costs, per FORTUNE.

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BREAKING: The Tate brothers have been charged in the UK with rape, bodily harm, human trafficking, & controlling prostitution for gain. A European arrest warrant was issued for the two last year and Romanian courts have issued an order to extradite the two to the U.K. apnews.com/article/tate...

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Disabled people aren’t lazy, making excuses or “not trying hard enough”. That’s a comfortable lie you tell yourself so you can pretend disability will never happen to you. That you will be the exception. You will succeed where the rest of us have failed. Disability happens to everyone eventually