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Number 1 most evil thing in America...Faux media broadcasting. It's like having our very own Hanoi Hannah spewing propaganda at Americans every hour of every day. #TakeFoxOffTheAir #FoxLies #LockUpMurdoch

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HHS leaders could teach a masterclass in demoralization. First: haphazard, sweeping cuts that left Americans more exposed to health threats than ever. Now: withholding bonuses from top-performing feds who held the line. Public health workers deserve better than this.

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Our president claims that America’s gun violence crisis is a mental health issue, and then slashed ONE BILLION DOLLARS in school mental health resources. @gabbygiffords.bsky.social was on the hill today urging members of Congress to stand against this dangerous agenda.

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We’re 8 hours in, the sun has set, and we’re still here and ready for more. 🕯️ #ProtectMedicaid. Now. Always. See you in the livestream. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBo0...

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Monday’s protest at UW marked the first significant pro-Palestine on-campus demonstration since Donald Trump took office and began targeting, detaining, and deporting international students involved in last spring’s protest encampments.

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Before October 7th, 2023, people rarely moved away from Gaza. For 23 years, the poet @mosababutoha.bsky.social had the same neighbors, trees, schools, clubs, cafés, and graffiti-covered walls. “There was this tender relationship between us and things.”

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Elon Musk to blame for world’s poorest kids dying, says Bill Gates.

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PROTECT MEDICAID 📢 Join us TODAY at 1PM for a 24-hour vigil at the U.S. Capitol! 🕯️ Medicaid is a lifeline for millions—we can't let Congress cut it! Share your story, tune in, and let’s #ProtectMedicaid! 🎥 Livestream: bit.ly/4k4ofJN #CareCantWait

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The Salt Lake City Public Library is home to the first union of public library workers in Utah. AFSCME Local 1004 welcomes the new union. www.afscme.org/blog/salt-la...

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A commenter on the MeidasTouch YouTube channel has a suggestion

submitted 5 days ago • 759 comments

Your School House Rock moment......

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When the President of the United States says he doesn’t know if he should uphold the Constitution, it should be a searing red line for every American. If you let him ignore ANY aspect of the Constitution you embolden him to ignore more of it, including the parts that secure YOUR freedoms & rights.

submitted 6 days ago • 739 comments

Moscow's four international airports closed for hours overnight following an attack by Ukrainian drones on the capital that spread to other Russian cities and airports.

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Freight Technologies Inc., a North American shipping company, is buying up to $20 million of Trump’s meme coin, $TRUMP, in the hopes of influencing his tariff policy.

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MASSIVE VIOLENT CRIME WAVE HITS RUSSIA TRIGGERED BY RETURNING SOLDIERS A huge increase in violent crime - approaching 650,000 cases in the past year - has been reported by Moscow. The reason, largely a mix of PTSD affected soldiers going home with no healthcare support. Equally to blame the policy

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In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet. Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.

submitted 6 days ago • 586 comments

He is stupid. He is incompetent. He is cruel. He is sinister. And people will die because of what he’s done.

submitted 7 days ago • 34 comments

BREAKING NEWS FROM PIMA COUNTY ATTORNEYS OFFICE:

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Some expected. Some surprises. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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“I urge you to keep going, keep doing what is right for our country, and I do believe that history will vindicate your service," Jackson told fellow judges.

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Budgets are a statement of values. On chopping block: healthcare, school lunches, science grants, the arts, foreign aid. These people are moral monsters.

submitted 8 days ago • 30 comments

Federal workers forced out of their jobs by Trump and Musk spoke out today on a live town hall — “100 Days of Trump: Forced Out Federal Workers.” See workers from CDC, NPS, VA, Commerce, and Ed talk about their experiences and what these actions mean for all Americans. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/...

submitted 9 days ago • 15 comments

Farage and Reform whip up people’s prejudices, then offer to get rid of what they hate.Their power feeds off ignorance and hatred. They make people angrier about the stuff they fear, then promise to fix it. Of course they won’t. But they know who to tell you to blame when they fail. (Letters, Times)

submitted 9 days ago • 63 comments

🎨 Every week, the world's political cartoonists draw their take on the stories that have people talking around the globe.⁠ ⁠ And every week, we round up the best one 👇

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Top officials of the Donald Trump administration have lashed out at Germany after the country’s domestic intelligence agency classified the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as a 'proven right-wing extremist organization.'

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It’s been just over 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Listen more in the latest @revealnews.org episode in collaboration with @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social

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The North Carolina Court of Appeals is allowing a GOP power-grab law affecting the state Board of Elections to go into effect. Gov. Josh Stein (D) is asking the state Supreme Court to intervene. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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A LOT of people do not want to hear it but in the United States at least, food has never been safer to eat, not to mention tastier

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The U.K. parliament is set to consider decriminalizing abortion in England and Wales this summer, two people with knowledge of the plans have told POLITICO.

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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

submitted 11 days ago • 1037 comments

National Law Day of Action -- May 1st Lawyers, law firms, bar associations, the general public lawdayofaction.org

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Federal judge slams Border Patrol: 'You can't just walk up to people with brown skin' www.rawstory.com/border-patro...

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Leaving this here without comment

submitted 11 days ago • 1484 comments

Good Night World

submitted 11 days ago • 482 comments

This from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social is very worrying and also important

submitted 12 days ago • 226 comments

While you highlight it, please note is the product of local journalism, which has been carrying a lot of the burden in an environment where national outlets simply can't cover everything everywhere all at once. Support your local journalists!

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