Sjonia Harper
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Musings of a woman looking for a different social media experience.
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Bill would hold data centers responsible for energy costs and environmental protections
Bill would hold data centers responsible for energy costs and environmental protections
The proposal would increase local accountability by setting water and electricity reporting requirements and water efficiency standards, and ensure community engagement.
trib.al
February 13, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Bill would hold data centers responsible for energy costs and environmental protections
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With tax season in full swing, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free
Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
With tax season in full swing, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free.
(Published 2019)
(Published 2019)
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Hum and Sway? James Carville said Black voters are stupid with his whole chest. Black people are the most strategic voters because we constantly have to navigate overt and covert racism in order to make progress. We care about policy, not vibes. FOH
youtube.com/shorts/Q_68T...
youtube.com/shorts/Q_68T...
James Carville on the 2028 Election
YouTube video by Raymond Arroyo
youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Hum and Sway? James Carville said Black voters are stupid with his whole chest. Black people are the most strategic voters because we constantly have to navigate overt and covert racism in order to make progress. We care about policy, not vibes. FOH
youtube.com/shorts/Q_68T...
youtube.com/shorts/Q_68T...
These predators move in flocks #EpsteinFiles
February 3, 2026 at 3:22 PM
These predators move in flocks #EpsteinFiles
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Leopards eating faces
Junior Pena, whose Instagram boasts almost half a million followers, immigrated to the U.S. in 2009 and openly identifies as an immigrant on social media. He has also been outspoken in his support for Donald Trump.
The Brazilian influencer was arrested by ICE on Saturday. trib.al/L7m6xJb
The Brazilian influencer was arrested by ICE on Saturday. trib.al/L7m6xJb
February 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Leopards eating faces
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An agency that is kidnapping children, shooting innocent people in the streets, and terrorizing our communities can’t be reformed. We need to abolish ICE.
February 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
An agency that is kidnapping children, shooting innocent people in the streets, and terrorizing our communities can’t be reformed. We need to abolish ICE.
This is a must read
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Inside Kash Patel’s F.B.I.: Meltdowns, Chaos, Vendettas (Gift Article)
Forty-five current and former employees on the changes they say are undermining the agency and making America less safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:11 PM
This is a must read
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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“She will fail for a simple reason: She doesn’t actually understand the network she’s running. Or, for that matter, journalism.”
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
What Bari Weiss Doesn’t Get About CBS News
Her plan to focus on “scoops of ideas” will only make the news network’s offerings more like (pretty much) everything else in media.
newrepublic.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:45 PM
“She will fail for a simple reason: She doesn’t actually understand the network she’s running. Or, for that matter, journalism.”
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
newrepublic.com/article/2059...
Is every man on this show a clown? #ReadyToLove
January 31, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Is every man on this show a clown? #ReadyToLove
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Activists unveiled a giant portrait of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Barcelona on the second anniversary of her killing.
Hind was trapped in a car and targeted at close range by Israeli forces in Gaza after they had killed her relatives.
Hind was trapped in a car and targeted at close range by Israeli forces in Gaza after they had killed her relatives.
January 30, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Activists unveiled a giant portrait of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Barcelona on the second anniversary of her killing.
Hind was trapped in a car and targeted at close range by Israeli forces in Gaza after they had killed her relatives.
Hind was trapped in a car and targeted at close range by Israeli forces in Gaza after they had killed her relatives.
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“Agents are at my door right now”
In addition to Don Lemon the Trump regime also Arrested Georgia Fort👇🏽 for covering the church protest (where an ICE field director is a pastor)
In addition to Don Lemon the Trump regime also Arrested Georgia Fort👇🏽 for covering the church protest (where an ICE field director is a pastor)
January 30, 2026 at 2:07 PM
“Agents are at my door right now”
In addition to Don Lemon the Trump regime also Arrested Georgia Fort👇🏽 for covering the church protest (where an ICE field director is a pastor)
In addition to Don Lemon the Trump regime also Arrested Georgia Fort👇🏽 for covering the church protest (where an ICE field director is a pastor)
This cannot stand #FreeDonLemon
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:47 PM
This cannot stand #FreeDonLemon
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Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
January 29, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Apple & Google removed ICE tracking apps in their app stores.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
TikTok reportedly suppressed videos criticizing ICE & the shooting of Alex Pretti.
Meta blocked Facebook groups tracking ICE & links to a database of agents that the government wants to keep secret.
Big Tech is enabling Trump's regime.
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Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
ICE agents shatter window, leave 1-month-old baby, mother in car after Portland arrest
Video shows federal immigration agents leaving behind an infant and broken glass after detaining a Guinean immigrant with no known criminal history.
www.pressherald.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history.
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
“There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.”
My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
From Minnesota to Georgia, Trump’s plans to interfere in the midterms are becoming more dangerous
The seizure of ballots in Fulton County, Georgia follows the DOJ’s demands for voter data in Minnesota.
www.motherjones.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Trump’s efforts to interfere in midterms becoming clearer & more dangerous every day:
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
-using ICE to terrorize blue states & cities
-seizing ballots in heavily Dem counties
-prosecuting 2020 enemies
-extorting states for sensitive voter data
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“TikTok deleted my account. I had 1.4 Million followers.”
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 PM
“TikTok deleted my account. I had 1.4 Million followers.”
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
🇵🇸 Journalist Bisan Owda loses her TikTok Account to platform censorship — which she points out Netanyahu openly said would come.
Why is the TikTok discourse ignoring this part?🤔
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Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
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Two years ago, our cooking columnist Yewande Komolafe woke from a coma and soon learned her body would be profoundly altered.
"I learned that both my legs would not survive, and neither would my fingers."
She recounts her journey back to the kitchen, and to herself. nyti.ms/3LXvjfN
"I learned that both my legs would not survive, and neither would my fingers."
She recounts her journey back to the kitchen, and to herself. nyti.ms/3LXvjfN
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Two years ago, our cooking columnist Yewande Komolafe woke from a coma and soon learned her body would be profoundly altered.
"I learned that both my legs would not survive, and neither would my fingers."
She recounts her journey back to the kitchen, and to herself. nyti.ms/3LXvjfN
"I learned that both my legs would not survive, and neither would my fingers."
She recounts her journey back to the kitchen, and to herself. nyti.ms/3LXvjfN
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Not to be that person but yep. And none of it is accidental or only about profit.
TikTok was sold overnight and the algorithm immediately became trash.
January 27, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Not to be that person but yep. And none of it is accidental or only about profit.
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Don't worry, guys
The streets of Minneapolis are about to be flooded with "pro-life" protesters waving "Don't Tread On Me" flags chanting "All Lives Matter."
I'm sure they're on the way, right?
Right?
The streets of Minneapolis are about to be flooded with "pro-life" protesters waving "Don't Tread On Me" flags chanting "All Lives Matter."
I'm sure they're on the way, right?
Right?
January 24, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Don't worry, guys
The streets of Minneapolis are about to be flooded with "pro-life" protesters waving "Don't Tread On Me" flags chanting "All Lives Matter."
I'm sure they're on the way, right?
Right?
The streets of Minneapolis are about to be flooded with "pro-life" protesters waving "Don't Tread On Me" flags chanting "All Lives Matter."
I'm sure they're on the way, right?
Right?
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