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ProPublica asked Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice what percentage of kids she’d like to see in public schools: “I hope to get to zero,” she said.
Some at the Education Department agree — and are dismantling the agency from within.
Some at the Education Department agree — and are dismantling the agency from within.
Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education
Education Secretary Linda McMahon is bringing about a new era in education — and perhaps the end of public schools as we know them.
www.propublica.org
January 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ProPublica asked Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice what percentage of kids she’d like to see in public schools: “I hope to get to zero,” she said.
Some at the Education Department agree — and are dismantling the agency from within.
Some at the Education Department agree — and are dismantling the agency from within.
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As our PBS News Weekend team signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W
Highlights from PBS News Weekend as show goes off the air
This Sunday is the final broadcast of PBS News Weekend, at least for the foreseeable future. PBS cancelled the show due to the loss of federal funding for public media. As our team signs off the air, ...
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January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
As our PBS News Weekend team signs off the air, anchor John Yang looks back at some of our top stories and highlights over the years. https://to.pbs.org/4pxYe7W
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A new study suggests that pigment loss results from damaged stem cells entering a protective shutdown, highlighting a trade-off between hair color and cancer defense, and offering new insights into the biology of aging and tissue maintenance.
Hair Graying Suggests Cellular Mechanisms Against Cancer - Profolus
Hair graying could reflect a cellular defense mechanism against cancer.
www.profolus.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A new study suggests that pigment loss results from damaged stem cells entering a protective shutdown, highlighting a trade-off between hair color and cancer defense, and offering new insights into the biology of aging and tissue maintenance.
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If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If you’re looking for something to do, start working on overturning citizens united in your state. States control the power corporations have. Take their political power away with a ballot initiative. Here’s how: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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🚨There’s a measles outbreak in South Carolina involving Spartanburg County with 111 cases reported to date. The outbreak has been ongoing since October but has recently seen an increase in new cases with 27 reported yesterday.
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
2025 Measles Outbreak | South Carolina Department of Public Health
dph.sc.gov
December 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🚨There’s a measles outbreak in South Carolina involving Spartanburg County with 111 cases reported to date. The outbreak has been ongoing since October but has recently seen an increase in new cases with 27 reported yesterday.
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
dph.sc.gov/diseases-con...
Today, Trump tried to blackmail ICC
Demands rewrite of the ROME statute exempting Trump/cabinet, Netanyahu
**and a shut down IRAQ/Afghanistan investigation started way back..maybe why Bush refused to co-sign?🤔
Not gonna happen:)👇👍
m.youtube.com/watch?v=btqd...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
Demands rewrite of the ROME statute exempting Trump/cabinet, Netanyahu
**and a shut down IRAQ/Afghanistan investigation started way back..maybe why Bush refused to co-sign?🤔
Not gonna happen:)👇👍
m.youtube.com/watch?v=btqd...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
US Threatens ICC With More Sanctions to Prevent Future Prosecution of Trump: Report | Common Dreams
"Amending the Rome Statute to exclude non-state parties will never happen," said one professor of international law.
www.commondreams.org
December 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Today, Trump tried to blackmail ICC
Demands rewrite of the ROME statute exempting Trump/cabinet, Netanyahu
**and a shut down IRAQ/Afghanistan investigation started way back..maybe why Bush refused to co-sign?🤔
Not gonna happen:)👇👍
m.youtube.com/watch?v=btqd...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
Demands rewrite of the ROME statute exempting Trump/cabinet, Netanyahu
**and a shut down IRAQ/Afghanistan investigation started way back..maybe why Bush refused to co-sign?🤔
Not gonna happen:)👇👍
m.youtube.com/watch?v=btqd...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
The three European leaders plan to meet in Berlin on Dec. 15 to formulate a joint proposal to counterbalance the overtly pro-Russian U.S. peace plan.
english.nv.ua/nation/starm...
english.nv.ua/nation/starm...
Starmer, Merz, Macron back Ukraine in call with Trump
European leaders held a joint call with U.S. President
Donald Trump on Dec. 10 to discuss U.S. mediation efforts aimed at ending the
war in Ukraine, Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform reported.
english.nv.ua
December 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The three European leaders plan to meet in Berlin on Dec. 15 to formulate a joint proposal to counterbalance the overtly pro-Russian U.S. peace plan.
english.nv.ua/nation/starm...
english.nv.ua/nation/starm...
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Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder
Painted figures haunt an empty building. A boy leaning on a pair of crutches. A father and son wandering a barren railroad track. A nuclear family at a picnic table. These poignant scenes were painted...
www.alternet.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Trump admin selling off historic public art to the highest bidder. "It is a tragic irony that murals meant to represent the contract between the government and its citizens would be sold to the highest bidder rather than preserved for posterity." www.alternet.org/trump-destro...
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“If the government can coerce the richest school in America without due process, it can crush a community college—or a civil-liberties nonprofit—without batting an eyelid,” writes Greg Lukianoff:
Trump’s Attacks Threaten Much More Than Harvard
If the government succeeds in bullying the richest university into submission, what institutions will be safe?
bit.ly
June 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
“If the government can coerce the richest school in America without due process, it can crush a community college—or a civil-liberties nonprofit—without batting an eyelid,” writes Greg Lukianoff:
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Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121
May 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121
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BREAKING: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least nine people and injured more than 70.
Zelenskyy cuts short South African trip after massive Russian strike on Kyiv kills 9
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least nine people and injured more than 70.
bit.ly
April 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
BREAKING: Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is cutting short his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv killed at least nine people and injured more than 70.
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Syrians mark 14th anniversary of civil war uprising by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad
https://www.europesays.com/2016742/
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark…
https://www.europesays.com/2016742/
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark…
Syrians mark 14th anniversary of civil war uprising by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad - EUROPE SAYS
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark the 14th anniversary of the start of the country’s
www.europesays.com
April 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Syrians mark 14th anniversary of civil war uprising by celebrating the ouster of Bashar Assad
https://www.europesays.com/2016742/
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark…
https://www.europesays.com/2016742/
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of Syrians poured into the streets and public squares on Saturday to mark…
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The USA is no longer a quasi democracy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump’s already skirting due process. Now he’s musing about deporting citizens | Moira Donegan
Amid a series of sadistic expulsions, the White House says Trump has reflected kicking Americans out of the country
www.theguardian.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The USA is no longer a quasi democracy.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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People are promised work but end up held against their will at compounds in Myanmar. It’s a scam underworld that cheats people around the world
Global scam industry evolving at ‘unprecedented scale’ despite recent crackdown | CNN
Hundreds of men and women stand in rows, divided by nationality, in the courtyard of a white-walled compound, flanked by armed guards in fatigues.
www.cnn.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:00 AM
People are promised work but end up held against their will at compounds in Myanmar. It’s a scam underworld that cheats people around the world
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The WH Rose Garden when the Kennedy family occupied the White House
Trump regime says it will be paved
Trump regime says it will be paved
March 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The WH Rose Garden when the Kennedy family occupied the White House
Trump regime says it will be paved
Trump regime says it will be paved
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Boycott any company that sponsors. Let make sure it’s just Balance of nature, my pillow and relief factor and whatever else Foxnews one
March 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Boycott any company that sponsors. Let make sure it’s just Balance of nature, my pillow and relief factor and whatever else Foxnews one
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NEW IDSG! @danielharper.bsky.social & I are joined by @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social of the podcast '15 Minutes of Fascism' to talk about his new book 'How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism'. idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/128-how-to-t...
I Don't Speak German: 128: How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism, with Craig A. Johnson
Jack and Daniel welcome to the show Craig A. Johnson - academic, researcher, antifascist, and host of the (excellent) podcast 15 Minutes of Fascism - to chat about his (excellent) new book How to Talk...
idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com
March 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
NEW IDSG! @danielharper.bsky.social & I are joined by @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social of the podcast '15 Minutes of Fascism' to talk about his new book 'How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism'. idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/128-how-to-t...
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If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
We Can’t Give In to Fear
From Marc | No one wants to speak up. Everyone wants to hide or lay low.
www.democracydocket.com
March 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
If I could speak to the heads of big law firms, I would ask: Is the risk of losing some clients worth betraying your oath to the rule of law?
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
To everyone nodding but refusing to take a stand, I say: You are ignoring Martin Niemöller’s message. It is you that Martin Luther King Jr. was condemning.
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March 23, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Innocent people — undesirables, political dissidents — are being sent to camps here and abroad. A scapegoated minority is being persecuted, made an example of. Wrongthink is being stricken from government institutions and civil society. There is no more "if" authoritarianism arrives. It's here.
“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Innocent people — undesirables, political dissidents — are being sent to camps here and abroad. A scapegoated minority is being persecuted, made an example of. Wrongthink is being stricken from government institutions and civil society. There is no more "if" authoritarianism arrives. It's here.
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i really don’t want to hear another word about why we’re yelling at democrats.
March 23, 2025 at 5:11 AM
i really don’t want to hear another word about why we’re yelling at democrats.
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
freedom.press
March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.