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A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21.
(Unlocked article below)
(Unlocked article below)
At Middlebury, She Hoped to Start Fresh. In Trump’s America, It Seemed Impossible.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21.
(Unlocked article below)
(Unlocked article below)
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We've been warning you that abortion bans will restrict overall access to ob/gyn care!!
Iowa Doesn't Have Enough OB-GYNs. The State’s Abortion Ban Might Be Making It Worse. - KFF Health News
Abortion bans like Iowa’s have put OB-GYNs under increasing strain and surveillance, complicating the standard medical treatments for miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, premature membrane rupture, and ot...
kffhealthnews.org
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
We've been warning you that abortion bans will restrict overall access to ob/gyn care!!
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Alice is flying into the new year.
Why can’t Congress be more like Alice?
#Dogs #BlueskyDogs
#USDemocracy #BlueStormMovement
Why can’t Congress be more like Alice?
#Dogs #BlueskyDogs
#USDemocracy #BlueStormMovement
January 5, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Alice is flying into the new year.
Why can’t Congress be more like Alice?
#Dogs #BlueskyDogs
#USDemocracy #BlueStormMovement
Why can’t Congress be more like Alice?
#Dogs #BlueskyDogs
#USDemocracy #BlueStormMovement
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we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
January 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
we've got some ICE shit going down in our little town today and it took like three minutes for a convoy of wine moms to start chasing them around town. normies hate this shit and are putting in the work
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⚡️Ukraine war latest live: Russian drones attack Dnipro, damage US-owned oil plant.
Ukraine war latest live updates: Russian drones attack Dnipro, damaging US-owned oil plant (8)
Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates, updated 8 times today. Russia attacked Dnipro with drones on Jan. 5, damaging an enterprise owned by a U.S. comp...
kyivindependent.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
⚡️Ukraine war latest live: Russian drones attack Dnipro, damage US-owned oil plant.
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Hello and welcome to the first full week of 2026.
It's Day 1412 of Russia's war of choice and you've found the start of the daily thread. Every single day, without fail, all the fact checked, analysed info, without the gratuitous gore.
It's Day 1412 of Russia's war of choice and you've found the start of the daily thread. Every single day, without fail, all the fact checked, analysed info, without the gratuitous gore.
January 5, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Hello and welcome to the first full week of 2026.
It's Day 1412 of Russia's war of choice and you've found the start of the daily thread. Every single day, without fail, all the fact checked, analysed info, without the gratuitous gore.
It's Day 1412 of Russia's war of choice and you've found the start of the daily thread. Every single day, without fail, all the fact checked, analysed info, without the gratuitous gore.
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In New Orleans, the newly elected sheriff may preside over the construction of a new psychiatric jail that community advocates fear could be commandeered by ICE: “Once a carceral facility is built, there’s no control over what bodies are put there.”
In New Orleans, a New Sheriff Will Take the Helm of a Jail Marred by Abuses
Michelle Woodfork unseated an outsider sheriff on Saturday, at a time when federal consent decrees barring ICE collaboration and lifting detention conditions may be ending.
boltsmag.org
January 4, 2026 at 2:00 PM
In New Orleans, the newly elected sheriff may preside over the construction of a new psychiatric jail that community advocates fear could be commandeered by ICE: “Once a carceral facility is built, there’s no control over what bodies are put there.”
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About those files…
Colombian President Petro commenting on the US;
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
About those files…
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Protest in New York ✊
January 3, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Protest in New York ✊
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January 3, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
January 4, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Insider trading on war crimes seems like peak criminality.
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Good morning on Day 1411 of Russia's war in Ukraine.
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
January 4, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Good morning on Day 1411 of Russia's war in Ukraine.
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
In exactly a week Putin's war will have been as long as their "Great Patriotic War" [WWII]
By this time in 1945 the Red Army had made it to Germany. Putin's current shambles are bogged down in Pokrovsk!
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A suspicious new user on the prediction market Polymarket just made bank on the Trump administration’s military strikes on Venezuela.The account, which was created on December 27, has only bet on t...
Was Someone Insider Trading Right Before Trump’s Attack on Venezuela?
A new account on Polymarket was very lucky with some perfectly timed Venezuela bets.
newrepublic.com
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 PM
A suspicious new user on the prediction market Polymarket just made bank on the Trump administration’s military strikes on Venezuela.The account, which was created on December 27, has only bet on t...
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Friendly reminder that W's Iraq invasion had 65% bipartisan approval when it started, even with debate about whether or not Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs. So the fact that this can't even crack 60% within the GOP is telling. 60% own-party support would typically kill a policy immediately.
Jan 3 poll of 1,902 U.S. adults (+/-2.8 points)
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
% who support | oppose the U.S. running Venezuela following the U.S. military's capture of President Nicolás Maduro
U.S. adults 34% | 41%
Democrats 16% | 64%
Independents 26% | 43%
Republicans 60% | 16%
today.yougov.com/topics/polit...
January 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Friendly reminder that W's Iraq invasion had 65% bipartisan approval when it started, even with debate about whether or not Saddam Hussein actually had WMDs. So the fact that this can't even crack 60% within the GOP is telling. 60% own-party support would typically kill a policy immediately.
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⚡️Ukrainian drones target Moscow, trigger airport closures, Russia says.
Ukrainian drones target Moscow, trigger airport closures, Russia says
Russian air defense systems shot down 132 Ukrainian drones overnight on Jan. 3-4, including 11 intercepted over Moscow Oblast, the Russian Defense Ministry has claimed.
kyivindependent.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:09 AM
⚡️Ukrainian drones target Moscow, trigger airport closures, Russia says.
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Okay.
This is 💯% projection & 💯% a heinous lie,
For some reason, he’s got a bee in his upside down bonnet about Tim Walz.
I’ve always believed EVIL is attracted to goodness…in order to destroy it.
Certainly have many examples from my own life.
This is 💯% projection & 💯% a heinous lie,
For some reason, he’s got a bee in his upside down bonnet about Tim Walz.
I’ve always believed EVIL is attracted to goodness…in order to destroy it.
Certainly have many examples from my own life.
Donald Trump is now reposting videos on Truth Social suggesting that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz had Melissa Hortman assassinated.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
This is objectively evil, and calling it out should not be political.
January 3, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Okay.
This is 💯% projection & 💯% a heinous lie,
For some reason, he’s got a bee in his upside down bonnet about Tim Walz.
I’ve always believed EVIL is attracted to goodness…in order to destroy it.
Certainly have many examples from my own life.
This is 💯% projection & 💯% a heinous lie,
For some reason, he’s got a bee in his upside down bonnet about Tim Walz.
I’ve always believed EVIL is attracted to goodness…in order to destroy it.
Certainly have many examples from my own life.
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Saturday 3 January, and it's Day 1410 of the war in Europe.
The Day the US removes one dictator at gunpoint (Venezuela) but continues to suck up to a far greater threat.
This is THE Ukraine thread, all the news (almost) all the time.
Every. Single. Day.
The Day the US removes one dictator at gunpoint (Venezuela) but continues to suck up to a far greater threat.
This is THE Ukraine thread, all the news (almost) all the time.
Every. Single. Day.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Saturday 3 January, and it's Day 1410 of the war in Europe.
The Day the US removes one dictator at gunpoint (Venezuela) but continues to suck up to a far greater threat.
This is THE Ukraine thread, all the news (almost) all the time.
Every. Single. Day.
The Day the US removes one dictator at gunpoint (Venezuela) but continues to suck up to a far greater threat.
This is THE Ukraine thread, all the news (almost) all the time.
Every. Single. Day.
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Trump running for office: ‘I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars’ www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
Trump: ‘I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars’
* * *
www.timesofisrael.com
January 3, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Trump running for office: ‘I’m not going to start wars, I’m going to stop wars’ www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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I am angry, embarrassed for us, and appalled.
We need to fire the President immediately.
We need to fire the President immediately.
The United States is a rogue actor throwing the world into disarray. It hosts war criminal Netanyahu, sanctions ICC and European officials, launches strikes around the world, and now kidnaps foreign leaders.
Western allies need to stop it if they truly believe in human rights and international law.
Western allies need to stop it if they truly believe in human rights and international law.
January 3, 2026 at 5:06 PM
I am angry, embarrassed for us, and appalled.
We need to fire the President immediately.
We need to fire the President immediately.
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So we have entered a 5th different year of all out Russian war in Europe.
It's Day 1408 and no let up from Putin's band of war criminals, as the new day and New Year began.
Still not a single day off. Let's get up to date..
It's Day 1408 and no let up from Putin's band of war criminals, as the new day and New Year began.
Still not a single day off. Let's get up to date..
January 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
So we have entered a 5th different year of all out Russian war in Europe.
It's Day 1408 and no let up from Putin's band of war criminals, as the new day and New Year began.
Still not a single day off. Let's get up to date..
It's Day 1408 and no let up from Putin's band of war criminals, as the new day and New Year began.
Still not a single day off. Let's get up to date..
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
where generators are singing,
St Nicholas drives by,
and snow is falling.
I love our spirit.
May the world see it.
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Slowly,
step by step,
life is moving forward.
Kyiv looks so cosy in winter.
step by step,
life is moving forward.
Kyiv looks so cosy in winter.
December 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Slowly,
step by step,
life is moving forward.
Kyiv looks so cosy in winter.
step by step,
life is moving forward.
Kyiv looks so cosy in winter.
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Hello again on Day 1407, but more significantly, New Year's Eve.
Tomorrow will be the 13th year in which Ukraine has experienced war since regaining its independence from Moscow 34 years ago.
The final thread of 2025 begins here with a plea to ensure we don't reward terrorism.
Tomorrow will be the 13th year in which Ukraine has experienced war since regaining its independence from Moscow 34 years ago.
The final thread of 2025 begins here with a plea to ensure we don't reward terrorism.
December 31, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hello again on Day 1407, but more significantly, New Year's Eve.
Tomorrow will be the 13th year in which Ukraine has experienced war since regaining its independence from Moscow 34 years ago.
The final thread of 2025 begins here with a plea to ensure we don't reward terrorism.
Tomorrow will be the 13th year in which Ukraine has experienced war since regaining its independence from Moscow 34 years ago.
The final thread of 2025 begins here with a plea to ensure we don't reward terrorism.
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John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 30, 2025 at 3:00 AM
John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”
Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: “Nobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”