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More than 1 in 4 people in the U.S. skip necessary medical care because of cost, and 68k Americans die each year because they can’t access the care they need. Donald Trump is purposely trying to make our healthcare crisis a lot worse.

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I will keep posting about this because I want people to know it continues, and it is a lot more than the individual cases we see in the news. >1000 students at 170+ universities across 43 states now. Thank you @insidehighered.com and @amowreader.com www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

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I had been doubtful that we were going to have a "this is the crisis moment" with Trump, as opposed to "everything about this is a destructive catastrophe." But the Abrego Garcia case is the crisis moment. 1/

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"Honestly, I don't care about 2028" -- Kristen Welker insists on asking Cory Booker a series of questions about 2028 speculation as he tries to talk about Trump's assault on the rule of law

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So all the White House political reporters are spending the weekend getting up to speed on the Abrego Garcia case and litigation related to the gulag in El Salvador so that they can prep good questions for Bukele’s visit on Monday, right? Right????????

submitted 2 days ago • 246 comments

It’s surreal how fast the United States has fallen into a dictatorial regime. Checks and balances are gone, the president disappears innocent people into foreign prison camps, words get banned, and the Overton window shifts at light speed. I honestly wonder these days when they will come for me.

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Who could be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act? ❌69M women who changed their name after marriage ❌21.3M Americans who don't readily have access to proof of citizenship documents ❌3.8M Americans who don't have proof of citizenship documents at all www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

submitted 3 days ago • 177 comments

Trump tried to bury this story on a Friday night, but it’s extremely important: He’s planning to take land on the border controlled by the Dept. of Interior and sign it over to Dept. of Defense so migrants “would have trespassed on a military installation,” resulting in harsher punishment.

submitted 3 days ago • 220 comments

Immigration agents turned away after trying to enter LA elementary schools. School district says DHS agents, seeking five students in first through sixth grades, were barred from entering. #MomSky #Voices4Victory www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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If your client or loved one has been disappeared by the US gov, whether to Guantánamo, a Salvadoran gulag, or some other incomunicado/unregistered ICE or CBP facility, I urge you to report it to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (thread): www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

submitted 22 days ago • 4 comments

In case you missed it. Six Pussy Riot members came to NYC with an important message for us

submitted 3 days ago • 38 comments

Tell Your Senators: Protect our Democracy, Vote NO on the SAVE Act actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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An estimated 15,000 people are at the Fighting Oligarchy rally with AOC and Bernie Sanders in Los Angeles today. Amazing!

submitted 2 days ago • 369 comments

I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.

submitted 3 days ago • 69 comments

Hey Trump voters... How's the Trump Administration's plan "own the libs" by purposely polluting the planet going to work out for your children and grandchildren?

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"To that end, I have twenty questions for Mr. Rubio, and I encourage all reporters covering him and the State Department to be candid in seeking clarification on what constitutes 'anti-Christian bias' under his new policy..." charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/questions-...

submitted 3 days ago • 171 comments

Just leaving the definition of enforced disappearance here for no particular reason.

submitted 4 days ago • 3 comments

When you are one hundred percent committed to battling anti-semitism:

submitted 3 days ago • 98 comments

World Pride, which is being held in DC this year, has just issued a travel advisory warning international trans visitors to avoid coming. www.nbcnews.com/video/worldp...

submitted 3 days ago • 25 comments

Do I have to purchase a Twitter premium checkmark and buy a Tesla to receive the social security I paid into?

submitted 3 days ago • 465 comments

🚨BREAKING: North Carolina Supreme Court rejects Republican effort to disqualify more than 60,000 votes in close judicial election. However, GOP dominated court rules 4-2 that several thousand other ballots must be "cured" to be counted. Democratic candidate will continue legal fight in Fed court.

submitted 3 days ago • 152 comments

Fuck this. No one, not a single goddamn person knows how to drive in the rain. Cars were a mistake. Replace all roads with tiny railroads run by kindly anthropomorphic cats in little uniforms

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3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

submitted 3 days ago • 875 comments

What more is there to say?

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#Happy50thBirthdayNOAA It was great having you, We will miss you 😘 😢 #HandsOff2025

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So, when the Supreme Court rules in Trump’s favor, the MAGAidiots tell me to “cry harder” because “the court has the final say”, but when they rule against him, they’ll still tell me to “cry harder” because “HE has the final say.” Do I have that just about right?

submitted 3 days ago • 217 comments

The statement by the team of Columbia University graduate and legal green card holder Mahmoud Khalil is heartbreaking. Anyone who cares about freedom of speech should be against the Louisiana judge ruling to deport him.

submitted 3 days ago • 63 comments

The Chairman of the FCC is proudly wearing his dear leader lapel pin. Funny how it looks similar to one of another countries dictator.

submitted 3 days ago • 45 comments

Posting this again ICYMI. Tariffs are bad for consumers and DJT just made it 125 times worse by playing his ridiculous tariff games with China.

submitted 4 days ago • 9 comments

ICYMI: #HandsOffOurVote #MomSky

submitted 3 days ago • 18 comments

‼️ My personal PSA‼️ There’s a lot going on. I just want to remind everyone of one very important thing…our mental health matters. I see you and I love you 💙

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Salon: The Supreme Court’s ruling demanding federal authorities “facilitate” the return of a mistakenly deported Maryland man marks a serious “rebuke” of the Trump administration. And when Trump tells SCOTUS to fuck off, then what? #ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice #FreeAbregoGarcia

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Both Elon Musk and Christian nationalists call empathy "toxic," "suicidal," and even "satanic." But what they're really worried about is that empathy is feminine. And in MAGA, a woman is the worst thing a person can be. An analysis. www.salon.com/2025/04/11/m...

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My God, the sheer cynicism of this. Forcing the poor and vulnerable to keep an account on your platform to receive the money that keeps them housed, fed, and alive. Digital serfdom

submitted 3 days ago • 27 comments

Say it with us: “constitutional crisis”

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NEWS: Consumer sentiment PLUNGED 11% this month to a preliminary reading of 50.8, the second-lowest reading on records going back to 1952. April’s reading was lower than anything seen during the Great Recession.

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Eleven foreign students at the University of Texas, El Paso have had their visas cancelled by the Department of Homeland Security. These cancellations are part of the nationwide attack on campus activism and international students studying in the. U.S. My story for the El Paso Times.

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Untrue - it’s Voter suppression. The SAVE ACT is 🚨 Unnecessary 🚨 Discriminatory 🚨 and Voter suppression Educate yourself - this is from tho Heritage Foundation

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Ask the married women in your district who took their husband's last name how they feel about this given that many are about to be disenfranchised.

submitted 4 days ago • 57 comments

1/9 🗯️ CAN U.S. BE TRUSTED⁉️ Today, the Danish Parliament holds the first reading of a bill which has taken on a rather different significance than it had when the bill’s foundation—the DEFENSE COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN DENMARK & THE UNITED STATES —was signed on December 21st, 2023 🇩🇰✍️🇺🇸

submitted 4 days ago • 6 comments