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Photos from Grand Mesa Natl Park. Keep public lands public!
July 17, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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🚨The SPLC's 2024 #YearInHate & Extremism report tracked 1,371 U.S. hate and antigovernment extremist groups 🔗: www.splcenter.org/yihe2024

Some used tactics like violence and propaganda to manipulate our political system — causing division, demoralizing people and dismantling democracy. 🧵#YIHE24
May 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
He has no authority to "fire" him.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jul 16
President Trump said it was "highly unlikely" he would fire Jerome Powell, but also said he discussed the idea with Republican lawmakers who expressed support.
Trump floats firing the Federal Reserve chair as White House criticism boils
President Trump said it was "highly unlikely" he would fire Jerome Powell, but also said he discussed the idea with Republican lawmakers who expressed support.
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July 17, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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GOP members of US Senate protest Trump freeze of $6.8B in school funding | #ksleg #ksed via Shauneen Miranda kansasreflector.com/2025/07/16/r...
GOP members of US Senate protest Trump freeze of $6.8B in school funding • Kansas Reflector
Republican members of the U.S. Senate called on Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought in a letter Wednesday to release the $6.8 billion in funds for K-12 schools that the Trump administ...
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July 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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NEW: A coalition of legal groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration, arguing that arrests in immigration courts are unlawful and unconstitutional.

Filed in DC federal district court on behalf of 12 migrants arrested by ICE.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/n...
Immigrants File Class-Action Lawsuit to Stop ICE Courthouse Arrests
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Photos from Colorado Monument National Park. Glad we have National Parks!
July 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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'Baker is as meticulous in his search for the perfect sentence as he is for the perfect beat.' Irvine Welsh

Looking for the Perfect Beat: Remixing and Reshaping Hip-Hop, Rock and Rhythms, the memoir from the legendary American record producer and remixer Arthur Baker, is out on the 22 May 🎶
May 4, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.
DOGE-mandated cuts targeted staff at a Native American college. A lawsuit fights back
Federal layoffs at Haskell Indian Nations University disrupted classes, financial aid and the women's basketball team. Now, tribes and students have sued, saying the cuts broke treaty obligations.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Last month, the House passed its version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act.

In an op-ed published in the Orlando Sentinel this week, SPLC President and CEO Margaret Huang wrote that the SAVE Act would upend voter registration as we know it.

Read more: https://bit.ly/44kqQuA
May 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court's most junior justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson, just became its loudest voice pushing back against Trump & his allies' attacks on federal judges who've blocked many of his policy moves www.politico.com/news/2025/05... #SCOTUS
Ketanji Brown Jackson sharply condemns Trump’s attacks on judges
The Supreme Court justice said it was time to address "the elephant in the room": the "threats and harassment" that judges have received from Trump and his allies.
www.politico.com
May 2, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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This #TeacherAppreciationWeek, turn appreciation into action.

This year, teachers don't just need gift cards and kind words—teachers need your support to keep the Department of Education intact and to keep schools funded.
May 5, 2025 at 2:05 PM