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NASHVILLE Senator Charlane Oliver: “With 6 days until election day… An onslaught of right-wing attack ads by dark money groups shows cracks in the Tennessee Republican supermajority stronghold. Even Trump is panicking. I’m giddy about it TBH.” open.substack.com/pub/charlane...
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Riddle me this, how in the fuck is this making our communities any safer? This ICE agent sprays this disabled woman directly in the face in St Paul, Minnesota with pepper spray and then throws her to the ground. I hope she sues the hell out of ICE for this‼️#Abolish 🧊🧊🧊
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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A video surfaced showing the brutalization of community members by ICE and the St. Paul, Minnesota PD after ICE abducted two of their neighbors. As a result of the chemical munitions and police beatings, eight people, including a journalist, were hospitalized. 11/25/25
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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INBOX: WILLIAMSON COUNTY TN-7 LINE

A holler follerer sent us this pic of the line to vote in Wilco, as polls show a tightening race in what was supposed to be a Republican stronghold 👀
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
AI is coming for your toddler's bedtime story
Artificial intelligence poses an increasingly real threat to children’s literature—and children’s learning.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-det...

On Nov. 16, the government figures show, ICE was holding 65,135 people in detention facilities throughout the U.S., the highest level ever publicly reported by the agency, which was created in 2003 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. #ICE
Detainees without criminal records arrested by ICE make up fastest-growing group in immigration custody, data shows
The number of immigration detainees without criminal records held in detention after getting arrested by ICE has increased by over 2,000% since the start of the second Trump administration.
www.cbsnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers raid Palestinian town in West Bank
Israeli military and security service say ‘broad counter-terrorism operation’ in Tubas to continue for several days
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Last April, police used a heavy hand to stop the Palestine Congress, pulling the plug soon after the forum started.
Pro-Palestine conference leaders sue Berlin officials who shut down event
Last April, police used a heavy hand to stop the Palestine Congress, pulling the plug soon after the forum started.
bit.ly
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback.

Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”

By @natlash.bsky.social
What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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Historian Rutger Bregman is a well-respected proponent of a universal basic income. The Guardian has called him “the Dutch wunderkind of new ideas.”

The BBC invited Bregman to give this year’s Reith Lecture series.

Before airing, the BBC removed one sentence from his lecture, “A Time of Monsters.”
November 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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@vanhollen.senate.gov is correct.
Data centers are important for many reasons BUT consumers should NOT have to pay higher bills to facilitate the huge amounts of electricity they eat up.

The richest companies on the planet are building these centers and they should bear the costs — not you.
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Israeli Assault Has Plunged Gaza Into Worst Economic Collapse Ever Recorded: UN Report www.commondreams.org/news/israel-...
Israeli Assault Has Plunged Gaza Into Worst Economic Collapse Ever Recorded: UN Report | Common Dreams
UN report reveals Israel's war in Gaza caused worst economic crisis ever recorded, with 2.3 million living in poverty. Gaza faces long road to recovery.
www.commondreams.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Just 5 days are left for you to submit a public comment on Baltimore City DPW’s latest plan to implement the sewer consent decree - which ignores a key requirement related to preventing sewer backups.

Comments are due on Monday 12/1, so don’t delay! Click here to submit your comment:
Tell Baltimore City: make a plan to eliminate sewage backups!
In a plan out for public comment this month, Baltimore City DPW is sidestepping its requirements to analyze and prevent sewage backups into people's homes in Baltimore. Submit your public comment agai...
cleanwater.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Christmas Foodbank Appeal – YesCymru Penybont, Pontyclun and Rhondda Groups

"We’re joining forces this year to support our local foodbanks to help families across our communities during the festive season."

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £500 to support the community – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support the community. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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"Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial."
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump, Feeling Emboldened, Pushes Agenda Into Higher Gear
Recent moves by the president reflect a commander in chief who has seemingly faced little resistance to his agenda.
www.wsj.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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New research shows Brexit has cost UK up to £90bn per year in lost tax revenue, Lib Dems say – UK politics live
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
New research shows Brexit has cost UK up to £90bn per year in lost tax revenue, Lib Dems say – UK politics live
A new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research suggests the impact of Brexit has been worse than critics feared at the time
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:10 PM