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Interview with Harvard's 2025 valedictorian, a Chinese national, while two American men fight over nothing in the background

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I got no popcorn left at this point.

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Here in Arizona, ICE agents are apparently pretending to be utility workers. So glad we have Gov. Hobbs. www.myheraldreview.com/news/state/h...

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As stated in the complaint [...] anomalies in the presidential race include multiple districts where hundreds of voters chose the Democratic candidate Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate, but where zero voters selected the Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris. apnews.com/press-releas...

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I decided to become a journalist aged fifteen after reading ‘1984’ and being appalled at the thought that governments could rewrite history. Orwell knew the USSR did it. Now China pretends the Tiananmen massacre didn’t happen. It did. I was there, and saw it for myself.

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Misinformation and manipulated memories? Join us tonight live. www.youtube.com/live/xe1BBRZ...

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In March, Don’s ICE arrested the daughter of a US veteran, Alma Bowman, 58, during a check-in. She has lived here for 48 yrs. "She is an American citizen, & to lock her up in immigration detention is deeply offensive to her humanity, to the Constitution, & is just plain wrong," her attorney said.

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Demis Hassabis, the chief executive of Google DeepMind, says that “we’re quite close” to human-level artificial intelligence. After that, all bets are off. nyti.ms/45lteBF

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ICE Imprisons Danish Dad of 4 at Citizenship Interview - The former foreign exchange student, now married to an American with U.S. citizen children, has spent over a month in a rural Louisiana detention facility over a paperwork error from ten years ago. www.thedailybeast.com/ice-imprison...

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We should be investing in rural communities and making them better places to build a life & raise a family - not shutting down rural hospitals by choking off their funding. Saving rural hospitals is one more reason to call your Representative and speak out against this GOP attempt to cut Medicaid.

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Don't let up. Hold their feet to the fire. (DoJ: I do not mean to literally light feet on fire.)

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Lookie here Pa Trump is trying to scam MAGA again 🙄 This was all Bidens work

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I wonder why Utah was specifically targeted. www.western-water.com/2025/05/20/t...

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Let's hope the wind isn't too bad this weekend. www.abc15.com/news/state/g...

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Leftist Online Creators Say They've Been Detained and Questioned Over Anti-Trump Content www.commondreams.org/news/cbp-que...

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Good grief! thehill.com/opinion/5292...

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no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks

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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

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Some of the study results suggest that we are “seeing fundamental changes to the environments around us.” from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org

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Habitat protections under fire in proposed Endangered Species Act rule change www.western-water.com/2025/05/06/h...

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BREAKING: FL Lawmakers just passed a bill that would make it nearly impossible for citizens to put constitutional amendments on the ballot. HB 1205 creates complex voter ID requirements, unnecessarily short deadlines, and strict regulations that prevent grassroots efforts in the state.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson on vacation in Winslow, Arizona

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For our fun deviation from reality tonight: Booms in the sky. Time glitches. Strange hums. Join us LIVE as science meets the paranormal — and we ask: Is reality breaking at the seams? Call in and share your story. www.youtube.com/live/UMv16Qc...

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While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

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Trump to require that truckers speak and read English Drivers will be placed out of service for language proficiency violations, according to anticipated executive order www.freightwaves.com/news/trump-t...

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And so it begins. I expect to see more states do the same this spring and summer: Utah declares drought emergency in 17 counties www.western-water.com/2025/04/28/u...

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Indigenous people experience violence at alarmingly high rates. According to the Urban Indian Health Institute, in some parts of the US, Indigenous women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average. Additionally, 10,123 Native American people were recorded as missing in 2022,

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this guy is a world class asshole

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We like to have some fun once in awhile and get away from the political.

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WISCONSIN: The chair of the elections commission, a lawyer, breaks down what actually happened using the actual complaint. Arresting judges like this is a wild fast-forwarding of our plunge into authoritarianism.

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Funny how the paperwork only matters when it’s a woman or minority voter.

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This is a very serious situation. www.azcentral.com/story/opinio...

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A New Mexico judge and his wife have also been arrested, for allegedly hiding a TdA gang member in their home. Given recent history, it’s probably best to take the “hiding” and “gang member” allegations with a fistful of salt. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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Rockalina was an adult eastern box turtle living in the wild when she was taken into a New York home in 1977. When a reptile rehabilitation center got a hold of her this February, they worried for her survival.

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❗️🇮🇳India reportedly stopped the flow of water from the Indus River to 🇵🇰Pakistan by closing the gates of its dams Pakistan said it would consider such actions as an act of war.

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Some non-political fun tonight. Call in live: Were the “Aliens” Always Here? UFOs. Lost civilizations. Ancient tech. The Cryptoterrestrial Hypothesis says they never left—because they were always part of Earth. 🌍 We’re connecting the dots. www.youtube.com/live/iFVcnni...

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🔥 @ninajankowicz.com to the European Parliament: "Before I describe the details of Russia's recent online influence campaigns, I would like to call upon you to stand firm against another autocracy: The United States of America."

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Jessica's Substack is one of the best, in my opinion.

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This is the kind of "industry" the trump regime envisions. Disgusting.

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