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The oppression of the entire Latino community of Los Angeles right now is difficult to convey. Normally vibrant local retail areas of East LA and SELA look like ghost towns this week. People are afraid to leave their homes. Parents afraid to go to work. It's US citizens too. Anyone with brown skin

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I'm hoping we can reach the halfway point by Friday. As many of you know, we are a nonprofit organization that trains incarcerated writers and publishes their stories. Our work isn't possible without the support of our readers. We're aiming to raise $10,000* by June 20. (*Fixed amount.)

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When the FDA approved Elmiron in 1996, the manufacturer provided close to zero data that the drug effectively treated interstitial cystitis. Regulators allowed it on the market on the proviso that the company conduct a 2nd study. Now hundreds of patients on it have suffered vision loss or blindness.

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💪💪 youtu.be/3CCvgKMiVlI?...

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Thank you (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again) Sir Sly 🥺🙏🫶 youtu.be/wj5VODa-eTY?...

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RIP. highly recommend ?uestlove’s documentary on sly stone if you haven’t seen it www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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Israel’s military took control of a boat trying to deliver food to Palestinians and brought its crew of activists including Greta Thunberg to an Israeli port. “We have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters,” Thunberg said in a brief video message.

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if you're a reporter or pundit, do you keep writing about, talking about, agonizing about irrelevant topics? Strange if yes. The centrists had an event where they spent HUGE AMOUNTS of time crying about the online left(s). Strange.

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Regular liberal people must come to understand that there is no way you can appease Nazis and especially that there is no way that you can shrink yourself so they won't hurt you. Their main goal is to hurt you.

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lmao The Sun has a livestream of the “LA riots” on YouTube and when you click on it it’s a bunch of troops standing around doing nothing you can literally hear birds singing in the background what a time to be alive

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💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔😭💔 We are dying of hunger 💔 We needs medicine 😭 We needs food 😭 We need bread 😭 We need clean water 😭 We need clothes 😭 We needs a shelter 😭 Please make us happy now 🥺🙏 gofund.me/e9b8d4f1

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Having surgery on Tuesday morning that I am apprehensive (ok, skeered!) about. Going it alone which is not something I am accustomed to or comfortable with. Humbly requesting you send a kind thought, small prayer or any positive anything my way 🥹🙏🫶

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“The monetary hit many Americans are about to take is one thing, but if you ask me, the psychological damage of this sabotage will go beyond the loss of money.” More: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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grrrlbonb alert

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I know that many don't want to hear this but we've been moving towards this current state of affairs over the past 65 years. And it's really been a bipartisan project. The expansion of the carceral state is the fuel for fascism. Folks have been trying to make this case for a long time.

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The demonization of immigrants in America is grossly immoral. For my entire adult life most of my friends and chosen family have been naturalized (and non-white) Americans. Wouldn’t trade those experiences for anything in this material world. FK you and your bigotry.

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Missing my home, my friends and the otherworldly dance parties. www.youtube.com/live/RrqxYQ7...

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Dazmonique Carr’s mission of prioritizing sustainable and equitable food systems includes partnerships with BIPOC-owned farms across Michigan. planetdetroit.org/2025/05/detr...

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White folks watched a bunch of white folks sack the Capitol and then most of them be pardoned by the head of the white identity party and now we're supposed to listen to other white people pontificate about non-violence...

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I bake on a clay oven 🔥 while suffering from angina 💔. Every breath hurts 😔, every loaf comes with pain 🍞. I'm exhausted 😩, but I have no one but God 🙏. Please, if you can, help me 🤲. #Gaza #Suffering #PleaseHelp gofund.me/9032c3ef @mommunism.bsky.social

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I was an immigration lawyer for about fifteen years. The people I met… the way they wanted to give their absolute best to this country, and then DID. Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring. America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.

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With pain and anguish,Yasser Abu Shabab’s militias steal our aid and sell flour for $25 per kilo on the black market. Money exchange shops take 45% from every money transfer.My children sleep hungry ,without flour,without dignity.This is not a siege; it’s a slow death.Save kinda gofund.me/edd687b8

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Why do people who never protest have so much to say about protest?

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Never take seriously those who ridicule low income people for having a smartphone or laptop. “If they’re so poor how did they buy an iPhone???” Because they’re trying to escape poverty, not the 1700s, genius. If you think basic tech access is unnecessary or a luxury, survive a month without it.

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Instead of playing detective in a Nancy Drew fanfic, maybe just block and move on. People - especially the Gazans you're targeting - don’t need your surveillance cosplay and bad takes

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Always my main men. For more years than I can believe. Still riding, still bleeding. Still standing and still moving forward. youtu.be/mzJj5-lubeM?...

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As the world prepares for Eid alAdha and the joys of Eid alAdha we await the arrival of a bag of flour We count the days hoping for ameal that will suffice for our children.My husband is sick and we can't afford his medicine All we hope for is for your mercy to reach us before Eid gofund.me/ada35961

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Even if the bad people are beefing for real they'd still drone strike a bus full of you to make $27

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