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I have slowly been unsubscribing from the hundreds of marketing emails I get a day, and WOOF, it is freeing.

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Ok I am completely broken by this. The Hague and UN need to see this. #Texas

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it really is astounding that a presidential administration crashed the growth trajectory of the wealthiest country on the planet in basically two months

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This is what a rigged economy looks like: In the 1970s, CEOs made 27 times more than the average worker. In the 1980s, CEOs made 48 times more than the average worker. This decade, CEOs are making 354 times more than the average worker. That has got to change.

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Some love from Virginia

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This administration is the death rattle of white s*premacy not its success. I will not lose hope. We cannot give up.

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God, it would be easier to understand that we’ve been overtaken by an evil leader if they weren’t so stupid. “How did you defeat the progressive society?!” “A combination of intentional malice, a large dose of stupidity, and a complete disregard for consequences or human life.”

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Sometimes my friends are looking out for me more than I’m looking out for myself. Had two friends send me job opportunities today. Applied for one!

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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.

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💥 BREAKING: Levi Strauss shareholders voted today to reject a proposal calling on the company to cease / abolish all DEI efforts (tally TBD). LEVI Board: “Diversity and inclusion principles are critical in ensuring that our products reflect and are relevant to our diverse global consumer base.”

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Helping lead our church's women's retreat and I think it's time to let them know my truest feelings about coffee. The deep obsession I keep bottled up until I find another coffee person. I am bringing my own coffee pot, and also my Chemex set up. One for the masses, and one for the snobs.

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My friend was able to get me in touch with someone at Meta. I'm really hoping he can help me get back into my accounts! Say a prayer.

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They DEPORTED a couple of German teenagers who showed up in Hawaii without hotel reservations. They were TOURISTS. This shit is INSANE. www.the-independent.com/news/world/a...

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We're in court in Colorado, New York, and Texas this week fighting the Trump administration’s efforts to use the Alien Enemies Act to deport people without due process. No one should be sent away to a brutal prison in El Salvador with no chance to make their case.

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I have anxiety around food borne illness (I am prone to tummy troubles). The cuts at the FDA are really spiking my anxiety around purchasing quality food.

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This #EarthDay, we must all commit to fighting Trump's unconscionable attacks to gut our country’s most fundamental environmental & public health protections. This is our planet, our power, and we will organize & fight for a safe, livable home for us all.

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Pope Francis was a remarkable man who lived with such clarity of the beauty of God’s creation and His love of humanity. Pope Francis called the church and the world to find comfort, peace and unity together. His speeches have been a beacon of hope for me, especially in these Trumpian times.

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Pope Francis’s "Urbi et Orbi" Easter speech: “How much contempt is stirred up at times towards the vulnerable, the marginalized and migrants...I appeal to all those in positions of political responsibility in our world not to yield to the logic of fear which only leads to isolation from others.”

submitted 10 days ago • 160 comments

can’t really be overstated how important it was that in an era where almost every single institution we have is being dragged towards fascism, one little old man devoted his life to shoving the world’s oldest institution towards more charity, grace and inclusivism.

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

Happy Easter to all who are celebrating today. This season of renewal invites us all to believe in the triumph of light over darkness, life over death, love over hate.

submitted 11 days ago • 461 comments

Personally, I think it should be front page news for at least a month if a sitting US President is using falsified evidence to try and deny due process to a man who has committed no crime, but that’s just me

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Today, all of you helped shift the narrative. You can see it clearly in the wave of MAGA comments trying to drown us out, they’re rattled. Small towns across the Heartland drawing record-breaking crowds? That’s not something we’ve seen before.

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“It was an administrative error that I ran you over with my car 16 times,” current administration claims after running over nation 61 times.

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“We have lived under the agony and darkness of Good Friday with the conviction that one day the heightened glow of Easter would emerge on the horizon. We have seen truth crucified and goodness buried, but we have kept going with the conviction that truth crushed to earth will rise again.” -MLK

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I invented a new phone to help save time in the morning

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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.

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It is at this point in my life that I realize most of my sense of humor was formed from reading the funny pages with my grandpa at the breakfast table.

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Today the church venerates a broken body. A body in pain. Today I feel Jesus in solidarity with my broken, painful body. It is a remarkable, awesome thing. #disabilitytheology

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The Trump Admin is trying to disappear almost 200 more people to El Salvador. This is a violation of due process. If we let Trump get away with disappearing immigrants under the Alien Enemies Act, there is nothing stopping him from disappearing U.S. citizens next. (1/2)

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Reason 6,724 why my allergist is the best doctor ever. I called at 4:22 with a clarification question that a nurse could easily have answered. I expected to hear back on Monday. Tell me why at 4:43, THE DR himself calls me to clarify 🥹 Honestly so so helpful.

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Why have we heard no updates on the conditions at Krome Detention Center?

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It feels like the pope survived out of spite to say this

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Pretty colors from my walk today

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At a GOP town hall last night, heckling from constituents was apparently too much to handle—so they used police force and even stun guns on their own constituents. What are they so afraid of? Someone disagreeing with their views?

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There will be more cases like Kilmar Abrego Garcia. More illegal deportations. More mistakes. And they’re laying the groundwork to deport American citizens - permanently - to El Salvador’s prisons. It’s not hypothetical. Republicans must join us & draw the line. Or watch our democracy disappear.

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BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for banning books and curricula about race and gender at schools on military bases around the world. This is a violation of students’ First Amendment rights.

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Undocumented immigrants paid an effective federal income tax rate of 5.27% in 2022. That means they paid a higher effective tax rate than 5 of the richest Americans…and a higher effective tax rate than 55 mega corporations. So let me ask you: who are the real freeloaders?

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It feels weird to be promoting my art right now but finding joy where I can. This spring has been absolutely beautiful! I ordered this print from my shop to show what the acrylic prints look like. It turned out really cool! paigelaurel.pixieset.com

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Our client Rümeysa Öztürk has not been charged with any crime. She is being held in ICE detention in retaliation for her political beliefs. Writing an op-ed is not a deportable offense.

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