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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — 20-year-old gunman at Florida State University was sheriff's deputy's son and service weapon found at scene, police say.

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🚨A U.S. born citizen was arrested in Florida for entering the state as an “unauthorized alien.” His mother and a community advocate showed his birth certificate during a hearing in Leon County. The judge said she had no authority to release him.

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Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.

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If you love your library, listen up…

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That’s what a good librarian can teach! Save the libraries.

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Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27

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Q: 60 Minutes found 75% of the migrants who were sent to El Salvador do not have criminal records. That true? BONDI: They're not Venezuelan migrants. They're illegal aliens from Venezuela who should not have been in our country Q: So you're confirming they didn't commit a crime? BONDI: leaves

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DeSantis and his wife Casey are playing extremely dirty with public money. Diverting $10M meant for public healthcare into her personal charity is a blatant illegal power grab, using taxpayer money to fund their own political ambitions while people suffer.

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That part.

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Not surprised.

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Terrible.

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Of course this is buried in the chaos that is US news

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By a 5-4 vote, the justices allowed the administration to freeze millions of dollars in grant funding for diversity and instructional programs at public and private universities.

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ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities. Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries #ForOurLibraries

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BREAKING: The Department of Health and Human Services has fired every single worker in its program that helps low-income Americans pay their energy bills. thehill.com/policy/energ...

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There are now more than 3,000 billionaires in the world, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the wealthiest people. They collectively hold about $16.1 trillion in wealth.

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Idk why I used my day off to go to the DMV …. Been here for 2 damn hours 😤😩

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"Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces “one by one” and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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But DEI is the problem.

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Pete Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a DHS liaison and senior adviser. Phil Hegseth's past experience includes founding his own podcast production company and working on social media and podcasts at The Hudson Institute. apnews.com/article/hegs...

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That likely means that they’re going to have to file the habeas lawsuit in Louisiana, unfortunately. Note that while it is easy to ascribe conspiratorial motives here, there are actually no ICE detention centers in MA that hold women (not that there is any good reason to detain her).

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Idk how we made it to this point where buying elections are okay.

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If you don't want to see this horrible garbage happen in every future high-stakes election, make sure it demonstrably fails in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race by helping elect Susan Crawford

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that is one ugly fuckin drag queen

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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.

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Must read: The Guardian spoke to nine children whose parents were members of the Black Panther Party — and explored how their lives were forever changed What happens when the United States declares war on your parents? The Black Panther cubs know

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Colorado evangelical church youth pastor, Josh Lucero, has been arrested for the rape of a child. www.denver7.com/news/front-r...

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Pete Hegseth being exposed as incompetent is giving me a special kind of pleasure considering he blamed the presence of Black people and women for compromising military readiness. But I’mma tell you the one thing that Black folks do without fail when added to a group chat — ask who all in there? 😂

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Hudson County Police Chief Robert Farley is being accused of assaulting and harassing his officers in a lengthy list of complaints that includes defecating on floors, exposing himself, attempting to drug coworkers and sticking a hypodermic needle into an officer’s penis.

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Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian producer of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” was attacked by a group of Jewish settlers in the West Bank and later arrested by the Israeli army, according to activists and a neighbor who spoke to The Post.

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MEMPHIS VS. MUSK: “There’s a silent takeover happening in MEMPHIS, and the people most affected by it are being left in the dark… Elon Musk claims XAI will create over 300 jobs, but only 37 listings exist and they’re mostly in California...”

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Read. What the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador experienced. "One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, 'I'm not a gang member. I'm gay. I'm a barber.' … "The man asked for his mother, then buried his face in his chained hands and cried as he was slapped again."

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Many Pentagon materials now labeled as "DEI" were a bit more like advertisements — aimed at recruits who have shown a willingness to serve, military experts tell NPR.

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Strangely conincidental? U.S. Reaches Lowest-Ever Ranking on World Happiness Report www.thedailybeast.com/us-reaches-l...

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NEW: Israel’s ceasefire-breaking carpet bombing this week has thrown Gaza’s barely functioning hospitals back into chaos — leaving them scrambling to save lives without enough medicine, water and power. Doctors recount the nightmare of Tuesday’s massacre:

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I truly believe they know this already and this was the plan.

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With cuts to nearly all the staff at the Department of Education's primary data agency, low-income and rural schools may not get the federal funds they rely on in coming years.

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Basically they got what they voted for.

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This is so incredibly stupid

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Minnesota state Senator Justin Eichorn resigned from jail on Thursday after being arrested earlier this week on charges of arranging to solicit a minor for prostitution.

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The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

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It can still go lower 🤗

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