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UPDATE: Iran has just voted to close the Strait of Hormuz. (Higher prices on everything loading) nypost.com/2025/06/22/w...

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Trump’s attacks on Iran were based on vibes, not new intel, two administration officials tell Rolling Stone. “There is no intel,” one of the sources says. “The intelligence assessments have not really changed”

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Got a ConEd alert telling me to use less energy during the heat wave and this is all I can think about.

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Trump said you can measure a presidency by the wars you avoid, and for once he was right. Saturday's Iran bombing was the exclamation point on his abject failure Trump is copying dictators from Mussolini to Putin in seeking glory through pointless war. My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/dona...

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Have you tanked your economy? Was your birthday parade an embarrassment? Did the richest man in the world allude to you being a nonce? Did you lose your bid to challenge a sexual abuse & defamation lawsuit? If so, you need WAR! 𝑊𝐴𝑅 - 𝐵𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟

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Bombing Iran is a terrible idea. It’s unlikely to work—and nothing could be more perilous to American democracy than going to war under Donald Trump, Robert Kagan writes. https://theatln.tc/CH1ulpLM

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Israel kills innocent Palestinians. Activists spray-paint a plane. Guess which the UK government calls terrorism | Sally Rooney

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We asked seven Chicago-area authors which books are on their personal reading lists this summer — yes, we asked real authors, and they suggested real books, no AI involved.

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They’re prepping the landscape for a sequel to the indiscriminate post-9/11 violence against Muslim and brown people. Now coupled with the threat of masked federal agents and their cosplay cousins ripping people off the streets.

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Kamala was going to give first-time homebuyers $20K. She believed in women's rights. She would not have been selling a gold phone or a gold watch or crypto. She would not have unleashed masked men on entire communities. She would not have started another war. They REALLY 🤬 up with Disaster Don 2.0

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Please don't break your sobriety over this. Please don't harm yourself over this. We're all scared as fuck, but please, PLEASE don't undo all of your hard work. No matter what happens, you HAVE to protect yourself. You HAVE to hold on. Please hold on.

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WCK resumed cooking in Gaza after our first aid delivery in 12 weeks. With new ingredients on hand, we’re preparing warm, carb-rich meals like pasta and hearty potato stews. The WCK team cooked nearly 10,000 meals on day one of resumed operations. #ChefsForGaza (1/2)

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If you were too young in 2003 here is what Bush told the American people: 1) The Iraq War won’t cost a lot of money 3) We won’t need a lot of troops 4) We’ll bring peace and freedom to Iraq 5) We’ll find WMDs 6) We’ll be welcomed as liberators 7) It will be easy 8) It won’t take long All lies.

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RFKjr is on track to kill orders of magnitude more people than food dyes ever did. "Anti-vaccine voices are now advising the CDC." wapo.st/3SZnPsJ

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The watchdog group American Oversight had asked a federal judge to order top national security officials to preserve any messages they may have sent on the private messaging app Signal.

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It is 2003. 28 Days Later and Freaky Friday are in theaters. Everyone's upset because we don't want to go to war in the middle east. it's 2025. 28 Years Later and Freakier Friday are in theaters. Everyone's upset because we don't want to go to war in the middle east.

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"The town Select Board is reviewing claims the ICE processing center is being used as detention center against their zoning code by keeping detainees in inadequate conditions for longer than a few hours, as originally intended..." www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...

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Public-interest lawyer Alexander Polikoff spent decades fighting powerful interests, most notably in a case he filed on behalf of Black public housing residents against the city of Chicago that spanned most of his career.

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Utah U.S. Sen. Mike Lee is a prolific user of X and has repeatedly posted false information, even about the dead. Here are six examples of when Utah’s senior senator has shared misinformation or been criticized for his posts on X.

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NYT had Tom Homan on The Daily this morning as if he was just a normal guest. They have made a clear decision to lick boots. Couldn’t be me.

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Happy Juneteenth, y’all! I hope you’re giving a Black person or business money today 😉 and if you want to give me a real Birthday Treat, grab one of these from a Black Owned Bookstore (and if you don’t have one nearby, Bookshop.org has a great list you can support through them or online)

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Also, Stephen Fry finally done with her cultish behavior.

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NEWS: In one of the first major federal prosecutions of an LA protester, the DOJ has moved to dismiss the case. Jose Manuel Mojica was accused of assaulting officers, but came forward to Guardian to recount how he was brutally attacked by agents. “I feel a huge relief. The truth always comes out."

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It’s Pride and the books are fruity, people! Get into them!!! 🌈📚 rebekahweatherspoon.... #booksky #romancelandia #romancesky #blackbooksky

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"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..." www.wilderness.org/articles/med...

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This is a jaw-dropping lie. Check my feed for videos of ICE at Dodger Stadium trying to get into the parking lot and being blocked by the LAPD.

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So it’s blackmail if a child needs a cast on a broken limb, chemo for cancer, or will continue to suffer and risk permanent hearing loss amongst other consequences if a parent refuses Eustachian tubes? Because that’s just changing the condition being treated. Kids self-report those sufferings, too.

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Here is the LAPD telling ICE to GTFO of Dodger Stadium. The only reason they came was to start a riot. What they got was the boot. More of this, California.

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SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded on its test stand on Wednesday, sending a large fireball into the sky. The company had cleared personnel from around the site. wapo.st/4kUmz6G

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The US has denied the visas of all 12 members of the Senegalese women’s basketball team who were scheduled to travel to the country as part of their preparation for the Afrobasket tournament that begins in August. Afrobasket is also the African qualifiers for the Olympics. #wnba

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A Maryland arborist reflects on winding up in the middle of Trump’s meandering WH lawn presser about Iran, Jay Powell, etc. “I had no clue who he was talking about," said Tattersall. "I was basically just there as a fly on the wall waiting for him to wrap it up & then we could get back to work."

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Queer books by Black American authors. Happy Juneteenth and Happy Pride! 📚💙 📚🏳️‍🌈 📚🤎

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🍷✨ Throwback to Wine Down Wednesday with Sistah Scifi & @TananariveDue ✨🍷 We had an incredible evening diving into The Reformatory with the brilliant Tananarive Due. sistahscifi.com/products/pre... #sistahscifi #WineDownWednesday

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MSNBC dug up the clip of former Trump Sec Def Mark Esper saying that Trump asked him in 2020 to shoot protesters -- an order Pete Hegseth wouldn't rule out following if Trump asked him to do it today

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UK sickle cell patients ‘get worse care than sufferers of similar disorders’

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I'm so sorry to market a book while gestures outside But if you're interested in being an ARC reader for a Bi+ charity anthology, sign ups are open now! 9 bi+ romance novellas by bi+ authors that feel like a big warm queer hug. 🌈💜 🌈📚 📚💙 #romancelandia docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Hi @cnn.com - Juneteenth is not DEI. It's a major fucking holiday to be celebrated. Pls fire whomever is writing these headlines.

submitted 4 days ago • 53 comments

If you need to get out, don't feel any guilt about trying to make it happen.

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There are no distractions. It's all bad. Systematically stripping trans people of their rights, guys in balaclavas shoving any brown person with a tattoo into a ummarked vans, ending healthcare for millions. It's all in service of fascism and technofeudalism. It's all one thing. That's the point.

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Reminder that intersex people, too, need gender-affirming care—even cisgender intersex people. Intersex people assigned female at birth whose bodies tolerate testosterone best are at risk of losing access to necessary, lifesaving hormones. www.teenvogue.com/story/6-inte...

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Montgomery County officially barred its employees from providing information to ICE on Wednesday, directing them to withhold crucial data like immigration status and country of origin unless directed to do so by their superiors.

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WTF are you even doing there @juventusfc.bsky.social?! 😡

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Skrmetti was a 6–3 decision—but the majority also split in half, with 3 justices angling to go further in eradicating constitutional protections for transgender people. To hold everyone together, Roberts resorted to incoherent sophistry. With @dahlialithwick.bsky.social: slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Tracey Livesay's LIKE LOVERS DO was a best of 2020 pick. It's $2 today. bookshop.org/a/5779/9780062979575 amzn.to/3HJOffO @joannashupe.bsky.social's THE PRINCE OF BROADWAY was a best of 2019 pick. It's $2, as well. bookshop.org/a/5779/9780062906847 amzn.to/446dvo3 #romancelandia #booksky

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CLARIFICATION : The Trevor Project's hotline will still be live. But basically this means LGBTQ people can no longer be connected to it through the US national 988 suicide prevention hotline. They will need to be contacted DIRECTLY So spread this around They can be texted. They can be called.

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Notting Hill carnival in danger without ‘urgent funding’, says leaked letter

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