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I know we’re all tired and fed up but please keep contacting your legislators often. If I can email Lindsey Graham every week, you can email yours!
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#Pushback #CallCongress
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📢 Educators: During National #NewsLiteracyWeek, join us for a FREE webinar on influencers, AI & credibility.
🗓️ Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4-5pm ET
ℹ️ @hannahcov.bsky.social will explore teaching strategies & resources to help students identify different kinds of content online.
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🗓️ Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4-5pm ET
ℹ️ @hannahcov.bsky.social will explore teaching strategies & resources to help students identify different kinds of content online.
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Influencers, AI, and Credibility: Teach Students About the Information Ecosystem - The News Literacy Project
Join the News Literacy Project’s Hannah Covington for this National News Literacy Week edWebinar to explore teaching strategies and resources to help students distinguish between different kinds of content on social media.
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December 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
📢 Educators: During National #NewsLiteracyWeek, join us for a FREE webinar on influencers, AI & credibility.
🗓️ Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4-5pm ET
ℹ️ @hannahcov.bsky.social will explore teaching strategies & resources to help students identify different kinds of content online.
🔗 go.newslit.org/Feb3NLP2026
🗓️ Tuesday, Feb. 3, 4-5pm ET
ℹ️ @hannahcov.bsky.social will explore teaching strategies & resources to help students identify different kinds of content online.
🔗 go.newslit.org/Feb3NLP2026
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Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
Border czar Tom Homan didn't receive a normal background check for his role while his bribery probe was still ongoing:
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Justice officials felt sure Homan would not be able to obtain a security clearance based on the evidence gathered. It remains unclear how Homan was eventually granted clearance.
Border czar Tom Homan didn’t receive normal background check during bribery probe
President-elect Trump initially balked at submitting names of likely nominees to the FBI for background checks, a basic step intended to flag possible financial conflicts or ethical problems.
www.ms.now
December 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Still mind-blowing that a top admin official was revealed to have taken $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from people looking for government favors, the reaction of the administration was "Whatever losers, this is how it works now" and bigshot news media said "If you say so, we'll forget about it"
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Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
These are concentration camps. No other way to describe them. Truly horrific, and none of it surprising in the least.
30 minutes. Some deportees described sexual assault. Detainee describes the guard sexually assaulting most detainees. Lights left on all day. Prisoners not given clean water.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
Now the DHS tour. Nobody spoke to the detainees. Noem's video was in a different area of the prison.
December 23, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes, CECOT is a concentration camp in the guise of a prison. The Venezuelans were the first people to *ever* be released from CECOT since Bukele opened the prison in January 2023. Seriously. The first.
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Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
ABC, CBS, NBC won't carry Obama
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama's speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-language Univision network is delaying its telecast of t...
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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This feels a little too on the nose:
Under Trump, America only wants people who don’t check facts
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Under Trump, America only wants people who don’t check facts
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
www.npr.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This feels a little too on the nose:
Under Trump, America only wants people who don’t check facts
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
Under Trump, America only wants people who don’t check facts
www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...
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The federal government cannot lawfully turn domestic air travel into a nationwide immigration checkpoint without explicit congressional authorization and as far as I am aware, Congress has never granted it.
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
The federal government cannot lawfully turn domestic air travel into a nationwide immigration checkpoint without explicit congressional authorization and as far as I am aware, Congress has never granted it.
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Wow! This can't possibly be legal. You cannot turn a security screening database for domestic (!!!!) flights into a general immigration dragnet!
The core problem is purpose-limited data collection being repurposed for immigration enforcement without statutory authority, suspicion, or due process.
The core problem is purpose-limited data collection being repurposed for immigration enforcement without statutory authority, suspicion, or due process.
SCOOP: The Trump administration is providing the names of all travelers passing through U.S. airports to immigration officials in search of people with deportation orders, a substantial expansion of government efforts to draw on data to hunt down immigrants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Wow! This can't possibly be legal. You cannot turn a security screening database for domestic (!!!!) flights into a general immigration dragnet!
The core problem is purpose-limited data collection being repurposed for immigration enforcement without statutory authority, suspicion, or due process.
The core problem is purpose-limited data collection being repurposed for immigration enforcement without statutory authority, suspicion, or due process.
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🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
December 4, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨 New in Nature+Science!🚨
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
AI chatbots can shift voter attitudes on candidates & policies, often by 10+pp
🔹Exps in US Canada Poland & UK
🔹More “facts”→more persuasion (not psych tricks)
🔹Increasing persuasiveness reduces "fact" accuracy
🔹Right-leaning bots=more inaccurate
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Freed from prison by Trump on his last day in office in 2021, a $200 million fraudster started a new Ponzi scheme within months.
*A Bloomberg Big Take*
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*A Bloomberg Big Take*
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Freed by Trump, a $200 Million Fraudster Started a New Scam
Eli Weinstein promised to reform — but after his release he took on an alias and started another Ponzi scheme.
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Freed from prison by Trump on his last day in office in 2021, a $200 million fraudster started a new Ponzi scheme within months.
*A Bloomberg Big Take*
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*A Bloomberg Big Take*
FREE Gift Link:
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A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 7:52 PM
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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The new face of CDC's public health emergency response is someone who:
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The new face of CDC's public health emergency response is someone who:
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
-- Promoted hydroxychloroquine & ivermectin as COVID-19 remedies
-- Eliminated vaccine promotion campaigns in Louisiana
-- Believes COVID-19 vaccines cause significant bodily injury
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/h...
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How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean and the number of civilians killed.
theintercept.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Boat Strikes?
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
The Intercept is keeping count of all publicly declared U.S. attacks on boats in the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean.
🧵🧵Mega-thread of coverage of the illegal extrajudicial killings below🧵🧵
theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.
(Published May)
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ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
Face Recognition and the ‘Trump Terror’: A Marriage Made in Hell | ACLU
ICE and CBP are smashing their way not only through car windows but also through any constraints on the use of face recognition
www.aclu.org
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
ICE is using a new app called Mobile Fortify to scan people's faces and determine their immigration status.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
The government's use of biased, unreliable facial recognition tech to supercharge its mass deportation campaign endangers all of our rights.
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In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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November 17, 2025 at 8:37 PM
In light of the assault on American science by its own government that launched in January this year, we published the Anti-Autocracy Handbook in June to provide some guidance to scholars about how to respond to an emerging autocracy. The handbook is available at: sks.to/autocracy. 1/n
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A 30 year trip to prison for an abortion??? Insane! Just say you have an inferiority complex and want to control women, for fuck's sakes.
Imprisoning women? Banning IUDs? South Carolina considers abortion bill that would be nation's strictest
A group of South Carolina senators plans to consider a proposal that could introduce the strictest abortion prohibitions and punishments in the nation.
www.latimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A 30 year trip to prison for an abortion??? Insane! Just say you have an inferiority complex and want to control women, for fuck's sakes.
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This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This should alarm everyone.
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
On Thursday, Florida, by unanimous vote, became the first state in the country to adopt “The Phoenix Declaration: An American Vision for Education.”
It was written by the Heritage Foundation, the same group behind Project 2025.
THIS IS INDOCTRINATION
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No, it’s not time for South Carolina Democrats to give up and start voting for Republicans.
November 16, 2025 at 10:12 PM
No, it’s not time for South Carolina Democrats to give up and start voting for Republicans.
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Women who have abortions would face decades in prison and IUDs would be banned under a South Carolina bill that state lawmakers will consider during a hearing on Tuesday.
It's the most extreme proposal any state has considered since the 2022 Dobbs ruling.
It's the most extreme proposal any state has considered since the 2022 Dobbs ruling.
Women Who Have Abortions Would Face Decades in Prison Under South Carolina Plan
Women who get abortions could spend decades in prison and IUDs would be outlawed under proposed legislation in South Carolina.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Women who have abortions would face decades in prison and IUDs would be banned under a South Carolina bill that state lawmakers will consider during a hearing on Tuesday.
It's the most extreme proposal any state has considered since the 2022 Dobbs ruling.
It's the most extreme proposal any state has considered since the 2022 Dobbs ruling.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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And another Epstein email about Donald’s finances
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From: jeffrey E. [jeevacation@gmail.com]
Sent: 1/6/2018 9:20:31 PM
To: Michael Wolff
Subject: Re:
It looks to me as you might have driven him over the edge. DJT: 'I do things proper !!/ " im really, like. smart.!! sounds like elizas father- donald dolittle... or dopey donald or demented donald. as I told you his
statement from camp david was laced with "he has made billions and billions of dollars. he is reportedly petrified that his bluff will be called.. His 100 million dollar plane he said be bought from paul
allen, is really a 1991 boeing 757 previously used by a mexican airline. repainted. His- ladder capital| finance 11c, - ladder capital 1 finance 11c, deutsche bank trust co americas. chicago unit acquistion. (
says "springing loan" over 50m -I never even heard of the term. as part of june 17 disclosure form he owes each more than 50 m apiece. but of course, not disclosed just -how much more.. declared the revenue
of his real estate as INCOME without deducting expenses or taxes. all a sham
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 4:00 PM, Michael Wolff <
> wrote:
I feel he truly must be
off his rocker. Could there be a strategy here?
On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 3:39 PM jeffrey E. wrote:
how does it feel to have the president of the united states. at camp david. focus on you.. ! . please note
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November 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
And another Epstein email about Donald’s finances
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I don’t know anything but it does occur to me that the Epstein Files will reveal quite a lot about Trump’s finances 👀
November 13, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I don’t know anything but it does occur to me that the Epstein Files will reveal quite a lot about Trump’s finances 👀
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New story about our law clinic's client, who was in the US legally and was cruelly deported "inadvertently" and separated from her young child, despite a Homeland Security spokesperson claiming ICE "does not separate families." (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
She Was Deported in Error. Her Child Was Left Behind.
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:54 PM
New story about our law clinic's client, who was in the US legally and was cruelly deported "inadvertently" and separated from her young child, despite a Homeland Security spokesperson claiming ICE "does not separate families." (Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
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Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Rhetoric taken directly from Nazi Twitter. I can tell you the precise accounts even