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Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, a former slave, opened one of the first restaurants in Rhode Island with his wife in the 1700s — and America may owe its love for oysters to their efforts

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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One person did benefit from the biotech company AquaBounty coming to Pioneer, Ohio: the town’s mayor. His company bought land for $600K before the deal was publicly announced, then flipped that property to AquaBounty for ~$2.1M. By @annaleighclark.bsky.social

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So patronizing when the dentist patiently explains how to floss. I'm not a baby who doesn't know how to do basic things. I'm a baby who doesn't wanna

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The attacks on DEI are a pretext for a much more radical agenda of reversing the gains of the civil rights movement, an objective the Trump administration is pursuing with zeal. A Great Resegregation. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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I want to salute the Governor of Maine Janet Mills who, in that room with a raging Trump and silent complicitors, stood her ground and said, “see you in court!” Maine residents, show your support for your Gov for standing up for your independence.

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For all you who continually whine “I’m not racist, I just think we need to have standards,” this is absorb this.No Black man could become head of the Joint Chiefs without meeting the standard. What they want is to harden a system of affirmative action for white guys.They what their grandfathers had.

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“I’ve been in the studio the whole eight years,” Rihanna says about her next album. www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...

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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story. Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver. This is what "merit" means to them. apnews.com/article/trum...

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FAQ on the rights of federal employees with disabilities, from @aclu.org, Bazelon, DREDF: www.bazelon.org/wp-content/u...

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Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy!

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🚨The Trump admin is moving to terminate Temporary Protected Status for half a million Haitians in the United States, seemingly illegally moving up the expiration date from next February to August of this year. In a single day, 500,000 people could lose work authorization and deportation protections.

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After I had to explain that becoming a federal food safety inspector requires education and on the job training, it became incredibly clear that people have no idea how much time federal employees spend preventing mass deaths

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🚨NEW: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is planning to fire Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C.Q. Brown, a 4-Star General and 41-year veteran of the Air Force who flew over 130 hours in combat as a fighter pilot. REPOST if you stand with General C.Q. Brown against Hegseth!

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has rescinded the TPS extension for Haitians. President Biden had extended the temporary protected status to people from Haiti until February 2026. Noem’s decision means the status will expire on Aug. 3, unless the Trump administration extends it.

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Trump's shameful decision to end TPS for Haiti could be a death sentence for more than 500,000 Haitian nationals living in the US. My full statement with the House Haiti Caucus.

submitted 2 days ago • 16 comments

I'll keep reskeeting this info because it is FUCKERY & Haitians do not deserve how we treat them here - or meddle in their government & sell our guns to their gangs THERE.

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This is hideous. Haiti is in turmoil. We bear more than a little of the blame. Many Haitians who are protected under TPS are building new lives and benefitting their new communities. Like in Springfield OH which needs them. Trump wants to send them home to die. He hates people with melanated skin.

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President Biden extended Temporary Protected Status to 500,000 legal Haitian immigrants through next year. Trump wants to cut it to August 3rd, 2025 despite Haiti being a war zone. "We will sue" the lawyer who beat Trump in court the last time he revoked TPS for Haitians. #SueSueSUE

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BREAKING: A Republican Congressman has filed to impeach a judge who blocked DOGE. Judge Paul Engelmayer limited DOGE's access to sensitive Treasury data. Now Representative Derrick Van Orden wants him gone. www.axios.com/2025/02/20/d...

submitted 3 days ago • 32 comments

Gang, at this point I’m too disillusioned to expect all of you to mask always (even though you should), but for the love of GOD, please at least mask at airports and on planes when you travel to events!!!

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CVS is having customers download and use an app to open their locked cabinets for “convenience.” If CVS wanted customers to actually have convenience they would not lock the cabinets in the first place. All they are doing is taking your precious data. Don’t do it.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

WEAR A MASK.

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Literally said this to my friend who does cultural center work. I keep hearing how I shouldn’t worry as a leader of program that has been historically centered around women-identified leadership. But race is always the canary in the mine…

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A worker at Tesla's plant in Austin was electrocuted and died last summer. Now OSHA has cited Tesla for violating workplace safety rules. But the department isn't disclosing the nature of Tesla's safety failures or whether any penalties were imposed. www.reuters.com/business/aut...

submitted 3 days ago • 39 comments

slow blink

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Oh yes. She was on it. Now, did the 800,000 Polish Americans in Pennsylvania that she referred to vote to protect the interest of the U.S. and Poland? Someone please go to a diner and ask ‘em.

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