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“No Other Land,” a documentary made by a collective of Palestinian and Israeli activist filmmakers about the systemic demolition of Palestinian homes in the West Bank, won the award for documentary feature. See the full list of winners: www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

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Although, someone getting up every 30 seconds and walking out to leave a sea of empty seats at the end might be even more effective.

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Folks are frustrated with Dems in Congress right now. Here’s my solution - get the hell out of DC and hold some hearings. I love town halls, but we need to focus on people right now. Have folks come testify about how these cuts are affecting them. Get local media there. Make it real.

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Leaders of nations across the globe like, respect, and get along with Zelensky. He has not had meetings with any of them that were anything other than cordial and respectful from both sides. Only one was hostile, disrespectful, obnoxious, nasty, and vicious - Donald Trump.

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Massive protests need to erupt across America against Trump after this disgraceful PR stunt against Zelensky.

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Even the Moscow Times states “full-scale invasion”, why can’t Trump?

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Former Minnesota Vikings punter, Chris Kluwe, was arrested after calling out maga and comparing maga to nazism at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, CA. #MagaIsNazism

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I did some financial planning and it looks like I can retire at 97... And live comfortably for 11 minutes.

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We must all band together. There are far more of us than there are of them. Never forget that, no matter how difficult this may become!!

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I know other people don’t necessarily agree and that’s fine (!), but I personally think there is no one better than Maddow for these times. She really laid it out so clearly this week.

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Another dark, disgusting, disgraceful and dangerous moment in our demented modern American history. Another new low. He’d be disqualified from serving as an FBI agent. Now he’s the Director. Shame on all 51 one of you who sold out our nation’s integrity and security to vote yes.

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'Unprecedented': Rachel Maddow warns Trump is 'sinking like a cinderblock in the ocean': No president has begun a White House term polling as “poorly” with the American public as Donald Trump did this year, according to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, who forecasted that the president’s approval rating will…

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How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar

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Macron: Ukraine security meeting tomorrow with several countries

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Excuse me, what? Who believes this BS the White House is spewing? www.reuters.com/legal/white-...

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I'll keep it a buck, when they first announced it I was unsure if I would be able to stop shopping there because it was my second home, but I'm still going strong!

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Americans shocked by '60 Minutes' report on German speech policing

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WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot

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Some of the latest employees on the chopping block at tech billionaire Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency task force are Food and Drug Administration staff who oversee regulation of one of Musk's companies, according to a report.

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My parents told me to study something that would give me a job. I'm telling my kids to follow their passions instead.

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Actress Julianne Moore claims her book about embracing diversity has been removed from schools serving military families.

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Establishment American Jewish organizations have issued neutral statements on Trump’s Gaza plan, if they’ve weighed in at all. Rabbis, however, are beginning to speak out.

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For the Stoic philosopher Epictetus, the only thing we can totally control, and therefore the only thing we should ever worry about, is our own judgment about what is good.

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This is great! A protest today in front of our local Tesla dealership. It's going national! #teslaprotest #santabarbara #fuckelon

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At some point very soon, republicans in Congress will have to choose between pleasing Trump to avoid being primaried, and helping their constituents to avoid being primaried.

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He “whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” — The Declaration of Independence

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Hope they say trump is now banned from any further conferences. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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This specifically feels like a great/dark illustration of the information/media diet problem now, if you carefully and factually explain what’s happening — the Trump administration is making drastic cuts to cancer care and research that will harm people — many of them simply won’t believe you.

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Heroes every day

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The rest of the world sees and knows America is falling to Nazis and are singing the historic song of resistance. Bella ciao is forever and we are going to be forced to carry its message through the darkness all free peoples are now at war with the fascists trying to take over the world.

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We don't yet know the extent of the damage done to our workforce. We continue to receive reports of past, ongoing, and future terminations. Public servants being let go chaotically with little warning. Those who remain face overwhelming workloads and wonder what acts they will be ordered to commit.

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“The very fact that I am having to publish this anonymously in a country that has the right to free speech written into our Constitution is an indictment of what is happening. Like all federal employees in the US, I took an oath to the Constitution, not to a president…” 🧪 www.bmj.com/content/388/...

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Yes, and this is super-important. People don’t know what’s happening. Most of the country has no idea that American science — cancer cures — are being shredded. They really don’t know! The job of all scientists 🧪 in this moment should be to get the word out.

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🧪Now that many PhDs are looking at a future working at Home Depot, if you're lucky, maybe now is the time to say "We told you so." and get you to start paying attention to and speaking out against right wing pseudoscience. www.nytimes.com/shared/comme...

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Maybe someone else can help me understand this point of view from @saleemali.bsky.social ? 🧪 #scipol @michaelemann.bsky.social ⤵️

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You can say that again! #bluecrew #resist

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The gene therapy Zolgensma helped children born with spinal muscular atrophy grow up to run and play. But the cost was stunning: $2M per dose. While taxpayers and small charities funded the drug’s early development, executives, venture-capital backers and a pharma giant have reaped the profits.

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“If it is too good to be true, it’s too good to be true. And if somebody mentions crypto, and you don’t know who this person is, just run.” - Detective Chris Keyser

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Last night, we broke the news that the top US election security watchdog has frozen all of its election security work and is reviewing everything it has done to help state and local officials secure their elections for the past eight years. https://wrd.cm/3QkfGh3

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Donald Trump forgets to mention Melania in V-Day post

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External Affairs Minister #SJaishankar has expressed optimism over the direction of #India's democracy and stressed that India's democracy has delivered. www.thehindu.com/news/nationa...

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Rep. Trevor Lee's bill would ban pride flags in any government building and on any government property, but allow for the flying of Confederate and Nazi flags "temporarily" for "educational purposes."

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Conflict of interest? The State Department’s procurement forecast lists Tesla as the recipient of the largest expected contract, with Marco Rubio’s department planning to purchase $400 million worth of “Armored Tesla” vehicles.