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"Our lives are not our own. From womb to tomb, we are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future." David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas

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Watching Joffrey and Reek trying to bully Jon Snow was quite a thing.

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Listen: The Illinois organizer of a nationwide “Economic Blackout” on Feb. 28 is encouraging consumers to stop purchases from major corporations for a day. WBEZ's Reset learns more. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

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Word is spreading about the 24-hour economic blackout planned for Feb. 28. One Chicago biz owner believes the responsibility to uplift smaller businesses shouldn’t only fall on the consumers. Pro-DEI companies should invest directly into local biz. thetriibe.com/2025/02/nati...

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Yep, I'm going to "pretend" to be a broke grad student tomorrow. Who's with me? Drop a 🖤 if you're joining the blackout party! #EconomicBlackout

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"The last time Missouri took control of St. Louis’ police force was just before the start of the Civil War, when the state’s secessionist-leaning leaders were trying to prevent police officers from taking up arms against the Confederacy." @jeremykohler.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/st-l...

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BREAKING Project 2025 leader and current OMB head Russ Vought directs all agencies to create plans for large-scale layoffs ("Reductions in Force") by March 13.

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I'm with Gideon on this one. No thanks www.newyorker.com/books/under-...

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Robert Johnson is free. After 30 years incarcerated for a crime he did not commit, the state has dropped its attempt to keep him in custody. He was released today. His fight should have never taken this long.

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Citing wait times for care and stigmatizing, outdated views, Arturo Carrillo of Brighton Park Neighborhood Council breaks down his findings and concerns around youth mental health in Chicago. ✍️ Monique Petty-Ashmeade www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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British journalist missing in Brazil for more than 10 days

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Is it time to worry about fascism? You probably don't need to watch this video to say "yes." This is more than four years old. It couldn't be more relevant youtu.be/CpCKkWMbmXU?...

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I started my account here for today for a few reasons. I'm in a graduate seminar focused on politics and one of my assignments for this week was to join Bluesky and Truth Social. I'm in a communication program at Governors State University where I mostly focus on different types of community media.