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More people have died in ICE detention in 2025 than any year since 2004.

The government has a legal and moral obligation to provide people in its custody with medical care and livable conditions.
Four ICE detainee deaths in four days spark alarm as arrests grow
At least 30 detainees have died in 2025, prompting concerns about deteriorating conditions at facilities even as the agency has received an infusion of cash from Congress.
wapo.st
December 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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"A new chart showing month-to-month changes to the job market since November 2020, when Trump lost his reelection bid to Biden.

"The red columns show the months in which Trump was in the White House, while the blue columns reflect Biden’s term."

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
December 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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When an Omaha mother discovered high levels of lead in her son’s blood, she looked up EPA soil tests and discovered potentially harmful levels of the metal in her yard.

City officials said her home didn’t qualify for a government-funded cleanup.

With @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.
The Trump administration says it will speed cleanups, but residents of the largest residential lead Superfund site worry fewer properties will be remediated.
www.propublica.org
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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The Arctic last season was the hottest it has been in the past 125 years, according to NOAA.
Arctic is again the hottest it's been in 125 years, with record-low sea ice, NOAA report says
Although the Trump administration has taken steps to scuttle or downplay other reports about climate change, this one struck a similar tone to those from past years.
nbcnews.to
December 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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This is the most important political, legal and democracy story right now. Yet, it has garnered relatively little coverage from legacy media outlets. The outcome in these cases may decide whether we have free and fair elections in 2026. www.democracydocket.com/analysis/as-...
As DOJ Sues More States For Voter Rolls, Federal ‘Power Grab’ Comes into Focus
Read about the fight for democracy from activists, elected officials, legal experts and others.
www.democracydocket.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Winning
Trump put a known vaccine conspiracy theorist in charge of our public health.

Now we're here.
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
December 15, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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“It is all lunacy. Absolutely, it’s 100% nonsense,” said Joe Schwarcz, director of McGill University’s Office for Science and Society about the claims made in Kory's book that chlorine dioxide is a miracle treatment for a wide range of ailments.

By @megomatz.bsky.social
Senator Endorses Discredited Doctor’s Book on a Chemical He Claims Treats Everything From Autism to Cancer
Wisconsin's Ron Johnson has a history of spreading vaccine misinformation. Now he's giving credence to assertions about the therapeutic powers of chlorine dioxide, a disinfectant and deodorizer. “It i...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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“Action absorbs anxiety!” indeed!
Started handing out my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine this weekend! It includes shoutouts to @bkindivisible.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and SO MANY OTHER GREAT GROUPS!

Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
December 14, 2025 at 5:30 AM
December 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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December 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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"Many in El Paso have close ties to Fort Bliss...

On Saturday, area residents plan to hold a 'silent protest' at ICE offices near the Fort Bliss facility. Organizers ask demonstrators to wear black and hold signs that describe the conditions inside the camp..."

www.ktep.org/2025-12-12/h...
Human Rights groups warn immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss reaching “breaking point”
Human Rights groups are calling the immigration detention camp at Fort Bliss a human and civil rights disaster. They demand the federal government shut down the tent facility and warn living condition...
www.ktep.org
December 13, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Immigration advocates fear the Trump administration is conducting family separations far from the border for the same reasons as before: to deter new immigrants from coming and to terrify those who are here into leaving.
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
December 13, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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As long as Spotify is taking money from ICE, they don’t need or deserve free advertising for Spotify Wrapped.

Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop (and be on the lookout for Fascism Wrapped in Los Angeles, Austin, and NYC): indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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The deep cuts come as the Trump White House wants to slash the EPA budget and require states to do more pollution oversight.
Texas cut more from its environmental budget than nearly any state
The deep cuts come as the Trump White House wants to slash the EPA budget and require states to do more pollution oversight.
www.sacurrent.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Noem is perjuring herself before Congress. She is operating extra-legally and extra-constitutionally. She is violating people's human and civil rights. She needs to be detained and arrested immediately, tried, convicted, and held accountable.
December 11, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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At long last the frozen Russian assets might be used the way many of us have long advocated
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Ukraine prepares to present new peace plan for Trump after London talks
Sir Keir Starmer believes the release of £100 billion in frozen Russian funds is imminent as negotiations reach a ‘critical stage’
www.thetimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM