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FACT CHECK: Habeas corpus is the centuries-old legal procedure that protects AGAINST unlawful imprisonment, and is a crucial part of our fundamental right to due process.

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There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind. The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages. Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.

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It would be a great moment for literally anyone to do major reporting on the cuts to cancer research but why engage with material realities when you can play imagination games instead?

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Question: Why would 🇺🇸 companies have to “eat them” if the other countries already pay them? Answer: They don’t. Tariffs are a tax on us. time.com/7285637/walm...

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The $2.99 ebook sale on THEY KNEW continues! From what I understand, today is the last day of the sale. Get your copy while you can: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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🧵 As you may have heard, RFK/HHS have changed the name, but not walked back their Autism registry/database, and have confirmed they will be integrating information from Medicare/aid, medical records, and wearables. Here is a template for requesting that medical providers don't provide that info:

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Around 600 of the 1,000 Christians in Gaza at the start of the war are still in the besieged enclave with 260 or so sheltering inside Saint Porphyrius Church, one of the world’s oldest churches. Israel has bombed Saint Porphyrius multiple times since Oct. 2023. unicornriot.ninja/2025/palesti...

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A lot of people are simply LAZY and it has to be said. "Who else can we vote for besides Cuomo?" said in the most LAZY and WHINY voice. Bitch, THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE YOUR ASS CAN VOTE FOR, loser.

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'A growing number of the world’s leading genocide scholars believe that #Israel’s actions in #Gaza constitute genocide' www.middleeasteye.net/news/top-gen... #ICC4Netanyahu #ICJ4Israel #GazaGenocide

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We're in the middle of a fascist takeover of our federal government and most of the states, which is beginning to look terminal and irreversible, and instead of dealing with that we're talking about the deficiencies of an old man who isn't even president any more.

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The man speaking, Dr. Gabor Maté, is a Holocaust survivor who lost family at Auschwitz and, drawing on his experiences as a very young child, has specialized as a physician on understanding the clinical sequelae of childhood trauma.

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At least 27 are dead in Missouri in Kentucky after severe weather alerts were delayed overnight because of DOGE cuts. www.mesoscalenews.com/p/tornado-wa...

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if you do one thing this week, please make it either donating what you can to The Appeal, or sharing this ask -- their reporting is so, so vital, and because of a bleak funding landscape they're at serious risk of not being able to do that vital reporting at all anymore.

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If you are in Minnesota, Unidos is doing an urgent rally TOMORROW to stand up to these cuts: Prayer Service and Press Action for Immigrant Healthcare Outside House Chambers Friday, May 16th | 10:45am-12pm Outside the House Chamber at the Capitol

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DOGE took control of the FAA, fired hundreds of air traffic employees—and then our air traffic control system mysteriously started shitting itself. Probably just a coincidence!

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I am trying to help Democracy Docket build its audience on YouTube. If you haven't already, please check it out and hit the subscribe button. It's free and a great way to stay informed about the fight for democracy. www.youtube.com/democracydoc...

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Republicans are saying that these cuts will be reinvested into Medicaid for people who "deserve" it. If that were true, the budget would stay the same. But that's not what's happening. Why? Because down the hall, they are trying to finance tax breaks for billionaires.

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Postdoc opportunity. Please distribute widely. We’re looking for an emerging scholar doing community-centred or community-led research in Pacific History. Minimal teaching duties, research, relocation funds and visa sponsorship available. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/USYD_E...

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Israel is annihilating Palestinian children. Amer Rabea was one of them | Ahmad Ibsais

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AOC: The math is not adding up. Their claim is that one million undocumented people are on Medicaid. So why are they trying to cut 13.7 million Americans off their healthcare?

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🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨 TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts. MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here. Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️ OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

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Great opportunity here

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Scientific studies in the last month: COVID damages immune systems for a year or more, causes “silent” heart damage, mild cases cause brain damage, the Long Covid rate may be 30%, etc. The New York Times, the Atlantic, & NPR: You’re good! Enjoy your flights & restaurants & get back to the office!

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meanwhile: "“Our institutions have been captured by foreign interests. Exxon isn’t the only one, but it’s certainly the most egregious,” said environmentalist Sherlina Nageer, founder of...one of the main voices opposing fossil fuel exploration in Guyana." www.climatechangenews.com/2025/04/15/e...

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My daughter’s speech therapist went out of business because Medicaid reimbursement rates were too low. We do not have Medicaid. I’m going to keep posting this until people understand that when Medicaid gets cut everyone loses services.

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A PLANE?!?! My dad turned down tickets to a BULLETS game when he was chief of staff of the senate foreign relations committee! And this guy accepts A PLANE?

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Is that ... good?

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A Mother's Day meltdown by the owners of Stone Cellar Bistro (outside Denver) after they ask a nursing mom to stop breastfeeding in their restaurant (her right under CO law!) because they're worried about getting negative online reviews—which gets them negative online reviews

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Exactly @david.noll.org

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The list of Congressional representatives who have been investing in Palantir stock as the Peter Thiel founded company receives lucrative government contracts includes Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene and Democrat Ro Khanna, among others. Link: www.capitoltrades.com/trades

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Worcester police helped ICE detain an asylum seeker, here legally! "She didn't commit any crime, doesn't have a deportation order, there's no reason why immigration would want to detain her." Now many families destroyed by ICE & WPD. WE. WILL. NOT. ALLOW. THIS www.nbcboston.com/news/local/f...

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So many things are currently happening outside of public view.

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"Under the annual appropriations act, lawmakers are permitted to enter 'any facility operated by or for DHS used to detain or otherwise house aliens.' The law is clear that members of Congress are not required 'to provide prior notice of intent to enter a facility'..." www.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

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“We are not all here” sign at the @nashvillesc game ⚽️ as fans stay home out of fear of ICE raids

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I’m calling on Secretary Kennedy to resign. We are sick of it. He must go!

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She thinks the Library of Congress is like a local public library because it's got "Library" in the name and I can't emphasize enough that our country is being run by the stupidest people alive on the planet today.

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The GOP’s reconciliation bill is one of the worst environmental bills I’ve ever seen. It guts public input, silences tribal and community voices, slashes environmental protections, and hands sacred and public lands to the lowest bidder with no accountability.