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Refugees in Kenya have died at food distribution centers, officials noted, including a pregnant woman crushed to death during a stampede. Aid workers said they expected more people to get hurt “as vulnerable households become increasingly desperate.”

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A radical transformation of our way of life is underway. Don’t let anyone gaslight you into thinking this administration is normal.

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Democrats took to the floor of the Texas House on Saturday to label a ban on clubs that support gay teens the work of “monsters” and to say the ban endangers children and strips them of their dignity.

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What infuriates me so much about this new operation is that it is literally punishing people for following the rules and showing up to their court hearings. It is so toxic to the basic concept of following the rules. It is an operation designed by people who hate the concept of the rule of law.

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BREAKING: Texas lawmakers passed S.B. 37, which dramatically increases state control of public universities. Allowing politically appointed bureaucrats to police curricula and override faculty expertise is a direct threat to academic freedom in Texas.

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Evidence You Might Be In A Cult You follow one charismatic Leader. In your Leader’s mind, your Leader can do no wrong. In your mind, your Leader can do no wrong. Your Leader demonizes dissidents & outsiders. Loyalty's the ultimate measure of your devotion. You don't know you're in a Cult

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The lion does not concern himself with the storm. But seriously, lions hunt during thunderstorms because it makes it harder for prey to see and hear them coming.

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To be clear, this shields any research coming out of the NIH from independent peer review, which gives him total control to spread propaganda and makes any NIH study completely untrustworthy.

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Entire cities, regions, & states where the university/hospital system underwritten by federal dollars is the primary economic & employment engine. All destroyed, for no reason at all.

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A whale-watching company has abandoned tours off Ireland’s southern Atlantic coast and declared the waters an empty, lifeless sea. Demand for fishmeal from fish farms has dramatically increased the fishing of sprats, a small, sardine-like fish that plays a crucial role in the maritime food chain.

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So snuggly...happy #Caturday #blackcats #catsofbluesky

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We are the only ones who are going to save ourselves, so as tempting as it is to check out, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO ANYMORE.

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Quote with the animal that's you

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They really don't want Americans to do science anymore

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My first guest piece collaborating with @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social - A take on how global media calls out Trump’s racism & shocking behavior more prominently & more directly than most US media. With positive shoutouts to @karenattiah.bsky.social & @adamserwer.bsky.social bit.ly/4kgHccC

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In the alleged Land of the Free, your failure to have a social media account, or your decision to keep that account private, can and will be used against you. No Facebook, Insta, or X account? You're probably hiding something, according to the Trump admin, so maybe no visa for you.

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“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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NEW: Of the 238 men deported to the prison in El Salvador, DHS data shows: • 130 had no U.S. criminal histories aside from immigration violations; • 32 had been convicted of crimes in the U.S.; • 6 of those were violent crimes.

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From @francescadnunz.bsky.social in our magazine: Selena y Los Dinos is the first feature-length documentary about the late singer and her family band. Directed by Mexican-American filmmaker Isabel Castro, the movie offers a tender portrait of the lives, love, and loss of the Quintanilla family.

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carbon stored in trees is carbon not in the atmosphere...just saying...🧪

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NPR's new lawsuit is a powerhouse, identifying multiple, independent ways the Trump administration violated the Constitution in order to take revenge on public media. Bottom line? This administration is scared of the truth & this lawsuit reveals that weakness. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

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The scale of Trump's graft as documented by @davidfrum.bsky.social in bar chart form (made by o3)

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I love the Ten Commandments. I’ve tried to build my life on the Ten Commandments. But forcing teachers to post the Ten Commandments violates the most important commandment: love thy neighbor.

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His "off-boarding will begin tonight," a White House official told Reuters late Wednesday, confirming Elon Musk's departure from government mere hours after criticizing Trump’s spending bill. Musk’s departure was decided "at a senior staff level." www.reuters.com/world/us/elo...

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A sweeping proposal to crack down on abortion pills is likely dead after it failed to meet a key deadline in the Texas House. Proponents of SB 2880 have singled out Rep. Ken King, House State Affairs committee chair, for letting the bill languish.

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Man-of-war spotted at #SPI #GulfofMexico tpwd.texas.gov/education/re...

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"Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change."🧳🛫 --- Shannon L. Alder #PINKS 🌸 #Voices4Victory #ONEV1

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“Conservatives” are going to replace the most established and prestigious journals with government-backed propaganda. He’s obviously also doing this because these journals won’t publish the crooked science he intends to perform to promote his crazy ideas.

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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that he could bar government scientists from publishing in the world’s leading medical journals, instead proposing the creation of “in-house” publications by his agency.

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I saw the launch this evening from Boca Chica...I can't believe this idyllic region has been transformed to a rumbling, shaking, damaged seashore.

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Because of Trump's dismantling of USAID, 60,000 metric tons of food that were bound to serve the poorest kids on earth are now on the brink of rotting in America. Our anti-hunger groups are ready to spring into action. What say you, Mr. President?

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Wokeness has not been destroyed, it has merely gone underground. Every weekend my comrades and I get together in a secret location and say pronouns to each other

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The effects of Covid in pregnancy are devastating and preventable by vaccination; now we have strong data from Penn Medicine that vaccines protect children and adolescents from long Covid

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New: The Texas House approved a bill that would give school boards final say over what materials are allowed in their schools’ libraries by creating a framework for them to remove books based on complaints they receive.

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Rain clouds above the GULF OF MEXICO #SPI #beach

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Four cats were rescued from the rubble after Russian shelling of the village of Markhalivka, #Kyiv region, where almost the entire street was destroyed. To reach them, rescuers had to use special tools to lift the debris from the buildings and to do it very carefully.

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