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Chicago’s ICE Raids Aren't Just About Crime or Even Immigration

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 4h

Chicago’s ICE Raids Aren't Just About Crime or Even Immigration www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

It should be obvious by now that President Donald Trump’s deliberately aggressive incursions into blue cities are not about curbing crime, but about exercising raw power. Militarizing Immigration and ...

Inside FDA, career staffers describe how political pressure is influencing their work

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Lizzy Lawrence @lizzylawrence.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: How political pressure is shaping the work of the FDA, from searching for autism treatments to heavily focusing on Covid-19 vaccine adverse events. Read for more details on how the leucovorin decision came about, in particular:
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Current and former FDA staff said the level of involvement of political officials in nitty-gritty regulatory matters is unprecedented.

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 22h

Facebook Removes ICE-Tracking Group Under Pressure From Trump Regime gizmodo.com/facebook-rem...

Facebook Removes ICE-Tracking Group Under Pressure From Trump Regime

It's against Facebook's terms of service to reveal the identity of secret police.

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U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 23h

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 1d

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 1d

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/m...

Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 1d

The AI Future You Want Depends on These Questions

The decisions the US, China and Europe make today will shape the AI world of tomorrow.

D'Angelo, Soul's Modern Visionary, Dead at 51

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 1d

😢 D’Angelo, Soul’s Modern Visionary, Dead at 51 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

D'Angelo, the soul and R&B great whose three albums — 'Brown Sugar,' 'Voodoo,' and 'Black Messiah' — are all revered as modern classics, has died.

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 1d

I took @Opinion.bloomberg.com’s AI-dentity quiz. My AI-dentity is the Pro-Human Idealist. What’s yours? www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

Quiz: What’s Your AI-dentity?

Are you an AI Doomer, an Accelerationist or somewhere in between? Answer these questions to find out.

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court rejects Alex Jones' appeal of $1.4 billion judgment for calling Sandy Hook school shooting a hoax.

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 2d

The E.P.A. Followed Up on an Unusual Request About Abortion Pills www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

A New Gene Therapy for Deafness Looks Promising

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 2d

A New Gene Therapy for Deafness Looks Promising
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On her mother’s instruction, a toddler gives her pink stuffed horse, Snap Snap, a big cuddle. Then, as told, she plants a kiss on his soft fur and, because he’s hungry, feeds him a pretend bowl of foo...

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 3d

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

Our Faces No Longer Belong to Us - The Wall Street Journal

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

How a Hospital Takeover Changed How We Treat Addiction in America www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

How a Hospital Takeover Changed How We Treat Addiction in America

These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors.

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

These Students Are Scared. Friends and Teachers Are Their Protectors. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/n...

Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’

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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 4d

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door.   It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 3d

As Trump Moves Toward Autocracy, Top Aide Stephen Miller Is Way Ahead Of Him

Trump’s chief propagandist accuses opponents of “insurrection” and attempting a “coup” — while declaring Trump has “plenary authority.”

As Trump Moves Toward Autocracy, Top Aide Stephen Miller Is Way Ahead Of Him

The president’s chief propagandist accuses opponents of “insurrection” and attempting a “coup” — while declaring Trump has “plenary authority.”

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 4d

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

Bill Belichick Is Learning College Football Isn’t the NFL www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Bill Belichick Is Learning College Football Isn’t the NFL

Bill Belichick, in his first season as the head football coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, spent the opening six weeks of the season making news for all the wrong reasons. This week...

This Flu Season Doesn’t Have to Be as Deadly as the Last

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

This Flu Season Doesn’t Have to Be as Deadly as the Last www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100...

How The Twilight Zone Smuggled Controversial Ideas Past TV Censors

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

How The Twilight Zone Smuggled Controversial Ideas Past TV Censors

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Hundreds of fans gathered in Rod Serling’s hometown to celebrate The Twilight Zone creator who turned science fiction into bold social commentary.

Opinion | ‘They’re Not Avoiding the Things They Don’t Know’

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Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

‘They’re Not Avoiding the Things They Don’t Know’ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79

Victoria @victoriabenning.bsky.social · 3d

Diane Keaton, a Star of ‘Annie Hall’ and ‘First Wives Club,’ Dies at 79 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/m...