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abcnews.go.com/US/black-civ... Now, 160 years later, 70 Black Union military members who fought in the Civil War from 1863 to 1865 will be memorialized in a monument planned for Rocky Mount in Franklin County, Virginia, where the 69 soldiers and one sailor were born.

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INBOX: In an open letter to the country’s 100 largest law firms, Delaware AG Kathy Jennings and a coalition of 21 attorneys general calls on the legal community to resist attempts at bullying or retribution and to uphold the values of their profession. Full letter: news.delaware.gov/files/2025/0...

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👀Marko Elez, who was fired from DOGE's team at Treasury after the discovery of racist social media posts, was apparently rehired at the Labor Department and detailed earlier this month to HHS. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

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Require schools to display the Ten Commandments in every classroom? Listen as I read this letter, signed by more than 150 Texas faith leaders, opposing state interference with both education and religion. Text of the letter: bit.ly/43xadvg

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Just got my measles vaccine! I got my first before 1968, so it turns out I needed a new one. The measles outbreak is ongoing, be careful out there!

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Whew! It’s really good.

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Five Ukrainian children have finally been brought home from the temporarily occupied territories. After fear, separation, and stolen childhoods — they’re back where they belong. Not just a return — a small victory of love over darkness.

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Forced to work beyond plantations, enslaved women’s labor was leased to factories, universities, & government buildings, while some institutions outright owned them. This reflects how institutions were complicit in slavery. 144 days until Slavery Remembrance Day. #CountDowntoSRD

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FEDERAL SPENDING SURGES Despite chaos caused by Trump, Musk, and DOGE, federal spending is on pace to come in 7.4% higher this year than last. The federal government has spent $1.893 trillion in 2025 as of March 26, compared to $1.763 trillion at the same date last year. 1/

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Elon Musk’s America PAC and Building America’s Future disclosed spending about $17M on Wisconsin’s court race. Backing the same candidate are billionaire Richard Uihlein and Americans for Prosperity, a dark-money group founded by the Koch brothers. By @megomatz.bsky.social

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"The strategic ambiguity about whether or not we live in an autocracy is designed to preserve maximum maneuverability for the regime until such time as they have full control and no longer need to maneuver."

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Yep

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This is hilarious. #Greenland

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Not getting much attention, but the Senate GOP is about to start voting - to make sure banks can charge higher overdraft fees. Seriously. Good time to let your Senators know what you think of that.

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Just going to repost my essay "Decapitation Strike" from November. We are living through it now. snyder.substack.com/p/decapitati...

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Fired? Chelsea Manning was sentenced to THIRTY FIVE YEARS in prison

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Breaking News: Democrat James Malone just defeated a Republican in a Pennsylvania district that voted for Trump by over 15 points. This is a huge embarrassment for Elon Musk, who urged people to vote for the GOP candidate.

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🚨 BREAKING Democrat Dan Goughnour wins a special election for the Pennsylvania State House, breaking a 101-101 tie and securing Democratic control of the chamber.

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Moments ago, Donald Trump signed a massive voter suppression executive order. This will not stand. We will sue.

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JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Today, I am calling on Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other top officials in the Trump administration to resign immediately due to their reckless and unlawful disclosure of national security secrets. Their actions have put our country at risk, and immediate accountability is necessary

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Thom Tillis casting the deciding vote to confirm Hegseth, and his shameful silence yesterday, should be a major issue in the 2026 NC Senate race.

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Pete Hegseth never should have been tapped for this job. It's too important. He should be fired immediately.

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BTW who translates your Sufi verse matters-- there's been a whole discourse on White People Mistranslating Rumi (tm)-- taking out the Islam to make him sound more universal and niiiice, that kind of thing. Make sure work is trans by someone w/cultural competency. Goes for every text, esp sacred.

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Why can’t you play hide and seek with a Pokemon? They always Pikachu. Not very good, I know. I’ll show myself out.

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The Trump Administration has detained, kidnapped, and/or deported the following people: - A white, Canadian actress - a US citizen child who survived brain cancer - a Palestinian activist and student - an Indian national and post-doc student - A Filpino woman here for 50 years

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I could be ok with this.

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Only one bus references Canada. Why is that? This is our reality. This is the choice. Vote like our country depends on it.

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Timeline cleanse 🌞

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Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi just issued a threat to Rep. Jasmine Crockett, telling her to “tread very carefully” when criticizing Elon Musk.

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Putin’s one and only route to victory is through Trump’s head.

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Here we go again. Wise up. Stop this illegal activity.

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The Trump regime and DOGE are rolling out this playbook to attack Social Security — one of the most popular and effective government programs. They're deliberately sabotaging it by firing SSA workers and cutting services. Why? Because they don't want it to work.

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This should INFURIATE you

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“But no one in the wider world can appreciate how stressful it is to confront an executive order like this until one is directed at you.” --Brad Karp. Fuck you, you coward.

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A President targeting ideologically opposed states, universities, law firms and lawyers, businesses, etc. unconstitutionally abuses the power of the Presidency. Democracy dies when institutions capitulate to unconstitutional and authoritarian demands. We must stand up together.

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More of this.

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“Are you worried?” That is always the first question. “Of course I am worried,” I respond. “The president of the United States considers me an enemy and has promised retribution. I would be an idiot not to be worried. But I am not going to give in. I will continue to fight.”

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Three years ago, Russia occupied 30% of Ukraine, with fewer than 100,000 losses. Today, after nearly 900,000 casualties, they control just 19% of Ukrainian land. Russia isn’t in a position of strength — it's just Trump's administration trying to make it look that way.

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Can’t make this up.

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