Phoebe Bean
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Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota urging the state to hand over voters’ private data to “bring back law and order.” The idea of the federal government obtaining states’ private voter information has been long seen as an overreach. Here's what to know.
Why Is the Trump Administration Demanding Minnesota’s Voter Rolls?
The Justice Department has urged Minnesota to hand over voters’ private data. It is part of a national push that has raised concerns about the Trump administration’s motives.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota urging the state to hand over voters’ private data to “bring back law and order.” The idea of the federal government obtaining states’ private voter information has been long seen as an overreach. Here's what to know.
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"Immigrant families protested from inside a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy and his father were sent this week from Minnesota...
"Aerial photos showed children and parents at the facility holding signs that included 'Liberty for the kids'...”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/i...
"Aerial photos showed children and parents at the facility holding signs that included 'Liberty for the kids'...”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/i...
Detained immigrant families protest inside Texas facility
Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were detained in Minnesota in an incident that’s further inflamed tensions over the Trump administration’s hardline immigration enforcement.
www.texastribune.org
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
"Immigrant families protested from inside a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy and his father were sent this week from Minnesota...
"Aerial photos showed children and parents at the facility holding signs that included 'Liberty for the kids'...”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/i...
"Aerial photos showed children and parents at the facility holding signs that included 'Liberty for the kids'...”
www.texastribune.org/2026/01/24/i...
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Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
The 7 Democrats who voted to fund Homeland Security amid ICE crackdowns
www.the-independent.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Reminder. Here are the House Democrats who crossed party lines and voted to fund ICE.
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
House Democrats who voted to fund ICE:
- Tom Suozzi (D-NY)
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
- Don Davis (D-NC)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Laura Gillen (D-NY)
- Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
- Jared Golden (D-ME)
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Refugee advocates in Rhode Island are condemning both the shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan national and the “drastic and erratic” immigration changes that the Trump administration is pursuing in response.
R.I. refugee advocates decry National Guard shooting and Trump immigration crackdown - The Boston Globe
“We do not agree with Trump taking these drastic and erratic actions because of a single incident that does not represent the refugee and immigrant community,” Omar Bah said.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Refugee advocates in Rhode Island are condemning both the shooting of two National Guard members by an Afghan national and the “drastic and erratic” immigration changes that the Trump administration is pursuing in response.
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Spotify needs to remove the ICE recruitment ads. If you hear one, make sure to give it a thumbs down.
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Spotify needs to remove the ICE recruitment ads. If you hear one, make sure to give it a thumbs down.
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“This is a total shanda, and in Yiddish that means shame, disgrace, and embarrassment,” Rep. Mia Ackerman said. “The actions of the students were shameful, and the reaction of a few of the adult leaders in Smithfield School system was an embarrassment.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
Complaint filed with R.I. attorney general over antisemitic hazing on football team - The Boston Globe
Elected officials and faith leaders decried the incident, while the superintendent issued a statement without explaining why players were reinstated.
www.bostonglobe.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:22 PM
“This is a total shanda, and in Yiddish that means shame, disgrace, and embarrassment,” Rep. Mia Ackerman said. “The actions of the students were shameful, and the reaction of a few of the adult leaders in Smithfield School system was an embarrassment.”
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/31/m...
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RI school committee eyes review of how administration handled antisemitic hazing on football team. “We need transparency. We need accountability. The status quo is unacceptable right now,” said Adam Greenman of the Jewish Alliance of Greater RI
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...
R.I. school committee eyes review of how administration handled antisemitic hazing on football team - The Boston Globe
“We need transparency. We need accountability. The status quo is unacceptable right now,” said Adam Greenman, president and CEO of the Jewish Alliance of Greater RI
www.bostonglobe.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
RI school committee eyes review of how administration handled antisemitic hazing on football team. “We need transparency. We need accountability. The status quo is unacceptable right now,” said Adam Greenman of the Jewish Alliance of Greater RI
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/m...
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His work blended classic design with a loose ’60s-style energy, giving publications like Rolling Stone an identity that radiated with gravitas and personality. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/a...
Jim Parkinson, Logo Artist in Print’s Glory Days, Dies at 83
www.nytimes.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
His work blended classic design with a loose ’60s-style energy, giving publications like Rolling Stone an identity that radiated with gravitas and personality. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/a...
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We asked 16 mayors from across the U.S. about President Trump, the challenges facing their cities, what keeps them up at night and more. See what they told us here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We asked 16 mayors from across the U.S. about President Trump, the challenges facing their cities, what keeps them up at night and more. See what they told us here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Florida brings in over $127 billion a year from tourism, nearly 8% of its economy and it relies on your vacation dollars. Just like the Tesla boycott, withhold your money. Don’t fund cruelty.
July 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Florida brings in over $127 billion a year from tourism, nearly 8% of its economy and it relies on your vacation dollars. Just like the Tesla boycott, withhold your money. Don’t fund cruelty.
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Really proud of this piece,,, it’s something I’ve never done before and out some really TIME and thought into something real important.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
Why Flavor Flav says the US must ban firearms now | Opinion
The lack of U.S. gun laws has created a violence epidemic unlike anywhere else on Earth. This is domestic errorism
www.newsweek.com
July 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Really proud of this piece,,, it’s something I’ve never done before and out some really TIME and thought into something real important.
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
www.newsweek.com/2025/07/18/f...
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City officials encouraged New Yorkers to seek out cool, air-conditioned spaces — including their apartments, their friends’ apartments, and libraries and museums — to stay out of danger as the heat takes hold this week.
How to Stay Cool in New York City During Extreme Heat
Officials encourage residents to take advantage of cooling centers, and warn against operating air-conditioning at maximum capacity.
trib.al
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 AM
City officials encouraged New Yorkers to seek out cool, air-conditioned spaces — including their apartments, their friends’ apartments, and libraries and museums — to stay out of danger as the heat takes hold this week.
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In a new interview, the “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl discusses what a settlement with Donald Trump would mean for CBS News. swap.fm/l/tny-radiohour-pJlLyx
May 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In a new interview, the “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl discusses what a settlement with Donald Trump would mean for CBS News. swap.fm/l/tny-radiohour-pJlLyx
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Harvard University will relinquish its ownership of two haunting images of an enslaved father and his daughter after settling a six-year legal battle with a woman who says she is their descendant.
Harvard Relents After Protracted Fight Over Slave Photos
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Harvard University will relinquish its ownership of two haunting images of an enslaved father and his daughter after settling a six-year legal battle with a woman who says she is their descendant.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
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Flights headed to the busy Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed up to seven hours because too few air traffic controllers were available.
Newark Airport Had 3 Controllers on Duty When the Goal Is 14
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Flights headed to the busy Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed up to seven hours because too few air traffic controllers were available.
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People in the city of Chiclayo, Peru, where Pope Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own. See photos and videos of the event with dancers in devil costumes swirling on the steps of his former church.
Cheers, Chants and a ‘Dance of the Little Devils’ for Pope Leo in Peru
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
People in the city of Chiclayo, Peru, where Pope Leo XIV served as bishop for about eight years, gathered to celebrate a man they see as one of their own. See photos and videos of the event with dancers in devil costumes swirling on the steps of his former church.
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📡 Broadcasting a new signal
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
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On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
May 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
📡 Broadcasting a new signal
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
On the eve of #WorldPressFreedomDay, R.E.M. is proud to announce Radio Free Europe 2025—a five-track benefit EP saluting 75 years of RFE/RL’s fearless journalism. Watch the full Dispatch video + learn more about Jacknife Lee and Mitch Easter RFE remixes
ffm.to/remrfe2025
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Here’s the full clip of CBS Mornings Anthony Mason’s interview with @michaelstipe.bsky.social about Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe 25.
www.cbsnews.com/video/r-e-m-...
www.cbsnews.com/video/r-e-m-...
R.E.M. helps federally funded Radio Free Europe after Trump administration freeze
R.E.M. has given its first single "Radio Free Europe" a new remix. The song was named after the service that provides crucial, uncensored information in places with limited press freedom. Now, Radio F...
www.cbsnews.com
May 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here’s the full clip of CBS Mornings Anthony Mason’s interview with @michaelstipe.bsky.social about Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Europe 25.
www.cbsnews.com/video/r-e-m-...
www.cbsnews.com/video/r-e-m-...
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Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.
April 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Pope Francis lifted the world as he led the Church with his profound moral voice. As he returns to God, may his call to humility and concern for the least among us continue to resound.
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📚️ As we celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek, we mark 100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, first published #OTD in 1925. #Libraries keep books alive & accessible.
📖 Read it on the #InternetArchive ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...
#Gatsby #PublicDomain
📖 Read it on the #InternetArchive ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...
#Gatsby #PublicDomain
April 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📚️ As we celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek, we mark 100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald's THE GREAT GATSBY, first published #OTD in 1925. #Libraries keep books alive & accessible.
📖 Read it on the #InternetArchive ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...
#Gatsby #PublicDomain
📖 Read it on the #InternetArchive ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...
#Gatsby #PublicDomain
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More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists is fighting back.
The Volunteer Data Hoarders Resisting Trump’s Purge
Can librarians and guerrilla archivists save the country’s files from DOGE?
nyer.cm
April 6, 2025 at 10:10 PM
More than 130,000 government pages have gone dark in a purge that one scientist likened to a “digital book burning.” A group of librarians and archivists is fighting back.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Wisconsin! Judge Susan Crawford will work to protect your rights and freedoms. So get out there and vote today by 8pm. You can find your polling place at wisdems.org/vote.
If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.
If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.
Find Your Voting Locations | WISDEMS Voter Protection Team
This searchable map shows you early voting and dropbox info for hundreds of villages, towns, and cities across Wisconsin. Enter the address you're registered at and your options will pop up!
wisdems.org
April 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Wisconsin! Judge Susan Crawford will work to protect your rights and freedoms. So get out there and vote today by 8pm. You can find your polling place at wisdems.org/vote.
If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.
If you have any questions about voting, call or text the Voter Assistance Hotline at 608-336-3232.