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With so much turbulence... Hold on to your hats!
Be kind.
Let your inner light shine, help someone when all around you seems dark! 🌞

If you're here from Xitter - welcome to the happy place!
Pls no DMs
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So the US just hijacked an oil tanker and the president casually says “I guess we keep the oil”

Is this not just theft
December 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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The Labour government is totally ignoring the Grangemouth site in Scotland, I am regularly told.

I therefore must be hallucinating this first government backed project that will act as a catalyst for future, clean, industrial uses for the site.

The project is for Scottish biotech company MiAlgae.
UK government backs first project at Grangemouth site
Grangemouth workers and the community will benefit from jobs and investment as UK government backs a new biotech project on the site.
www.gov.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Today is #HumanRightsDay.

What better day to remind everyone that either we all have human rights, or none of us really do.
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: CELEBRATING THE HUMAN RIGHTS ACT AND THE ECHR - Liberty
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Trump dag 325: Trump vraagt 5 jaar social media geschiedenis voor toegang VS, onderschept tanker bij Venezuela en ‘houdt de olie’, lanceert Gold Card van $1 miljoen; aanvraagkosten $15.000, dreigt ICC met sancties als ze niet beloven hem niet te vervolgen: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-32...
Trump dag 325: Trump vraagt 5 jaar social media geschiedenis voor toegang VS, onderschept tanker bij Venezuela en 'houdt de olie', lanceert Gold Card van $1 miljoen; aanvraagkosten $15.000, dreigt ICC...
Nieuwe besluiten van Trump en consorten, en nieuwe fallout. Een overzicht van dag 325. – De Trump-regering is van plan […]
reportersonline.nl
December 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Coming tomorrow!
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.

All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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NEW: We took a deep dive into ICE's data dragnet: the data brokers, biometrics tools, and license plate readers powering Trump's deportation effort. Some of the contracts are for tools previous administrations deemed too intrusive.
Trump’s immigration data dragnet
The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year
ig.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Ossoff: "She got her new insurance quote & it's $700 more per month than what she's paying now. She's diabetic. She had surgery a few months ago for something else. She told me she cried again bc she realized she's gonna have to cancel her insurance. She believes she might die bc of a policy choice"
December 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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First Russia, now AfD
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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Yesterday I argued in the Supreme Court to defend a 50 year old law that prevent corruption in our campaign finance system. Meanwhile, Republicans are attacking the 60 year old Voting Rights Act in SCOTUS as well. We won't let them gut democracy without a fight.
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Richest 1/1000th of world’s population controls 3 times more wealth than the poorest 50%. "The global wealth gap has become so staggering, and its impact on economies & democratic institutions so corrosive, that policymakers should treat it as an emergency..." www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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Immigrants ‘plucked out of line’ at citizenship ceremony at Faneuil Hall “the cradle of liberty”.

If you ever claimed you want immigrants to do it the right way, this should outrage you. On the other hand, If you think this was okay, you need to come to terms with your white nationalist views.
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Powell: "Inflation for goods has picked up, reflecting the effects of tariffs."
December 10, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Bernie’s right: if this is Trump’s “A+++ economy,” G-d help us when it hits a B. People don’t need his spin; they feel it in grocery aisles, rent bills, and college costs. When 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, that’s not strength. That’s the crisis Trump built.
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Just read this book on the ADA laws and the woman who worked to get the laws passed. (The Americans with Disabilities Act).

www.amazon.com/Being-Heuman...
Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Amazon.com: Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist: 9780807002803: Heumann, Judith, Joiner, Kristen: Books
www.amazon.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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The Trump administration is waging a redistricting war that would slash Democratic House seats in several states. It started in Texas, where a new map was passed in August, and now President Donald Trump is setting his sights on Indiana.
The Republicans fighting Trump’s latest redistricting plan
The president wants new congressional maps in Indiana. Its GOP state senators aren’t so sure.
voxdotcom.visitlink.me
December 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Independent journalist @annamatson.bsky.social filed two requests for records about a Michigan fire chief being placed on administrative leave.

The government told her she’d have to pay a combined $164,000 in labor costs — which is more than most people earn in two years.
Censorship by invoice: Public records cost $164,000 in Michigan township
A six-figure bill for public records is a good indicator that the government is hiding something
freedom.press
December 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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10 Dec 2025 @rikiwilchins.bsky.social -- Northern CA's biggest provider of GAC, Sutter Health is apparently bowing to administration pressure and ending its pediatric care program Dec 10th, leaving hundreds of parents and their kids across the Bay Area medically stranded.
NorCal’s largest hospital to end gender-affirming care for kids
Sutter is the latest clinic to bow to federal pressure and stop treatment, leaving Bay Area families in medical limbo.
sfstandard.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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FC Haka is one of Finland's most successful clubs, having won nine Finnish championships and 12 cup titles since its founding in 1934.
➡️ https://l.euronews.com/Fp5f
December 10, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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The son of Cuban immigrants, Malo and his band blended country, rock and roll, folk, jump blues, Latin music and Cajun rhythms into a distinct sound anchored by his unmistakable voice. n.pr/44NlYxm
Raul Malo, lead singer of The Mavericks, has died at 60
The son of Cuban immigrants, Malo and his band blended country, rock and roll, folk, jump blues, Latin music and Cajun rhythms into a distinct sound anchored by his unmistakable voice.
n.pr
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Botswana rewards Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo with a new three-bedroom home, celebrating his Paris 2024 triumph and reaffirming support…
Botswana hands Letsile Tebogo new home for his Olympic triumph
Botswana rewards Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo with a new three-bedroom home, celebrating his Paris 2024 triumph and reaffirming support...
www.thesouthafrican.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew released from ICE custody
Mother of Karoline Leavitt's nephew released from ICE custody
Bruna Ferreira was arrested and detained last month on the way to pick up her 11-year-old son from school.
www.motherjones.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM