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"Veterans, especially, who voted overwhelmingly for the president-elect, could be in for a rude awakening."

ProPublica and @documented.bsky.social identified 25 employers that, despite histories of wage theft, have received contracts worth more than a collective $500 million from city and state agencies since 2018. (Published July 2024)

When Sydney Jones arrived at Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto during a mental health crisis, her family assumed she would soon receive treatment. Instead, the hospital sent her to jail, though she was charged with no crime. w/ @mississippitoday.org (Published May 2024)

Do better America.

Syrian crisis live: Germany says fall of Assad means ‘a great sigh of relief’ https://www.ft.com/content/6ff18bb5-f469-4b6e-8092-86f8b2ae3c05

Protesting farmers on Sunday afternoon suspended their foot march to #Delhi for the day after some of them suffered injuries in tear gas shelling by #Haryana security personnel here along the state's border with #Punjab. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

President Vladimir Putin, who helped Assad to stay in power when Moscow intervened in Syria's civil war in 2015, has yet to comment on the events.

With the election over, Republicans are suddenly interested in cutting Social Security www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

American Bridge, behind the scenes years ago, were the ones who dug up the real-estate records showing Gorsuch's connection to Anschutz via a vacation home. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/05/u...

On Tuesday, Republican Rep. Richard McCormick said “hard decisions” will need to be made on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. “There’s hundreds of billions of dollars to be saved." www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

For decades, family duties and discrimination pushed women out of the workforce earlier than men, but today’s older women are staying on the job longer than previous generations. Some seek career satisfaction, but others work longer because they feel they can’t afford to retire.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree postponing the 2024 World Friendship Games until further notice to “protect the rights of athletes and sports organizations to free access to international sporting activities.”

To be fair, this position is shared by 99% of policymakers around the world, including those who quote IPCC reports in every single speech they give.

Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary has made ahistorical Muslim rhetoric a major theme in his writings, and many of his views resemble those expressed by white supremacist mass murderers.

“Military sexual trauma is now something that is universally recognized where it wasn’t in previous decades.”

Bidenomics = Good For America Trump Tax Cuts = Bad For America, great for the RICH! It's really that simple. #FOFA

Vindman gets accused of treason by Musk. A literal veteran vs. a guy born into apartheid wealth! No arrest, no denouncement, no justice. Biden, are you still president? Asking for America...

What a disgrace. This 🤡 paid for a position. There is nothing Shitler won’t do for a buck. apnews.com/article/trum...

be very very wary of “autism” nonprofits parent groups without autistic leadership like Autism Speaks and, apparently, Autism One (never heard of it) want autistic people not to exist RFK Jr is speaking their language

"Don’t play games you can’t win."

FTC changes its telemarketing rules to cover growing ‘tech support scam’ calls

"Fascist and delusional to the core."

'They prey on fear': ABC chair Kim Williams bemoans the 'Joe Rogan effect' – video

From the Soviet Union to South Africa, history provides lessons as to what can happen when leaders turn their backs on science. "Lysenko, Mbeki, and RFK Jr.: Leaders who shun science will face predictably bad results," by @georgiospappas6.bsky.social.

US motorists should brace for a hike in gasoline prices under the incoming Trump administration plans to slap tariffs on imports of products from Canada and Mexico

"Team Trump might just have filed the single most brazen and nauseating motion in its whole existence."

What is a tariff? Who pays for tariffs? Does Trump need congressional approval to pass tariffs? Here’s what to know about tariffs, and how Trump’s plan to enforce them could unfold:

Documents leaked from an industry group show how some of the world’s largest petrochemical and plastics companies have been pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment” — especially among young people concerned about the environment.

Coffee futures hit 47-year high on global supply and EU law fears https://www.ft.com/content/02ed448b-7205-40c9-b4fd-2e56b8b1e4db

Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene has come up with another conspiracy theory—that Democrats are stealing a very close election race in California. newrepublic.com/post/188876/...

President-elect Donald Trump's threat to slap huge new tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico will likely cause gas prices to rise in the United States.

I feel strongly that those of us who have even a tiny bit of privilege must amplify those voices who don’t. Trans, LGBTQ, black voices, whatever. And we can’t be quiet about it. The only way to change anything is if we ourselves take action to amplify those who are silenced and ignored.

I doubt he referred to June as Pride Month in the first place.

Federal and state officials say it was the largest seizure of counterfeit goods of Gibson's brand and the biggest crackdown on fake musical instruments in U.S. history. www.upi.com/Top_News/US/...

Well, this is terrifying. I hope that enough people exit Twitter so musk loses his power to intimidate.

Oops! Why didn’t anyone tell them? 🙄😉😜

Louisiana Senate passes corporate tax cuts and a 5% sales tax increase. Literally, cutting taxes for the rich and raising taxes on the poor press-herald.com/louisiana-se...

We were the bastion of Democracy for the world. We now aren’t. That’s why I made that statement.