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Maryland blocks an ICE detention center,
Elon's X' offices in France raided,
And calls to tax the rich coming from an unexpected place,
These stories and others now in the Why You Should Care Weekly(free to sign up!)⬇️⬇️⬇️
Elon's X' offices in France raided,
And calls to tax the rich coming from an unexpected place,
These stories and others now in the Why You Should Care Weekly(free to sign up!)⬇️⬇️⬇️
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February 6, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Maryland blocks an ICE detention center,
Elon's X' offices in France raided,
And calls to tax the rich coming from an unexpected place,
These stories and others now in the Why You Should Care Weekly(free to sign up!)⬇️⬇️⬇️
Elon's X' offices in France raided,
And calls to tax the rich coming from an unexpected place,
These stories and others now in the Why You Should Care Weekly(free to sign up!)⬇️⬇️⬇️
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“Drill baby drill” is a climate policy.
Gutting the EPA and FEMA is a climate policy.
Cutting access to climate and weather data is a climate policy.
Taxing renewables is a climate policy.
Defunding NSF, NOAA, and NASA is climate policy.
Watching families & communities grieve is a consequence.
Gutting the EPA and FEMA is a climate policy.
Cutting access to climate and weather data is a climate policy.
Taxing renewables is a climate policy.
Defunding NSF, NOAA, and NASA is climate policy.
Watching families & communities grieve is a consequence.
July 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“Drill baby drill” is a climate policy.
Gutting the EPA and FEMA is a climate policy.
Cutting access to climate and weather data is a climate policy.
Taxing renewables is a climate policy.
Defunding NSF, NOAA, and NASA is climate policy.
Watching families & communities grieve is a consequence.
Gutting the EPA and FEMA is a climate policy.
Cutting access to climate and weather data is a climate policy.
Taxing renewables is a climate policy.
Defunding NSF, NOAA, and NASA is climate policy.
Watching families & communities grieve is a consequence.
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Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
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Trump and the fascists are going to try to make this about law and order. That narrative is total bullshit. ICE are kidnappers. They have broken the law every day, and their immoral mission to break apart families and communities and hurt countless people is fundamentally wrong.
June 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Trump and the fascists are going to try to make this about law and order. That narrative is total bullshit. ICE are kidnappers. They have broken the law every day, and their immoral mission to break apart families and communities and hurt countless people is fundamentally wrong.
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Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
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If you’re a member of the National Guard or active-duty military & given orders forcing you to violate constitutional rights of citizens: you have options & you do not have to follow unlawful orders.
Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 for confidential guidance. Your conscience matters
Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 for confidential guidance. Your conscience matters
June 8, 2025 at 5:47 AM
If you’re a member of the National Guard or active-duty military & given orders forcing you to violate constitutional rights of citizens: you have options & you do not have to follow unlawful orders.
Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 for confidential guidance. Your conscience matters
Call the GI Rights Hotline at 1-877-447-4487 for confidential guidance. Your conscience matters
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Go out and cause some good trouble. Let's get back to our founding documents we must mutually pledge, it's not left or right its good or wrong
Madame President I yield the floor. - Corey Booker
Madame President I yield the floor. - Corey Booker
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Go out and cause some good trouble. Let's get back to our founding documents we must mutually pledge, it's not left or right its good or wrong
Madame President I yield the floor. - Corey Booker
Madame President I yield the floor. - Corey Booker
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"RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM DIDN'T BEAT THE NAZIS"
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
"RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM DIDN'T BEAT THE NAZIS"
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
Sen Corey Booker
And it won't do it this time, either
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Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.
Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.
Incredible.
Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.
Incredible.
April 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Thurmond was the same age as Booker when he set the record Senator Cory Booker just broke.
Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.
Incredible.
Thurmond was afforded a bathroom break and read from the encyclopedia. Booker held the floor the entire time and delivered a consistent, cogent speech for more than 24 hours.
Incredible.
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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
April 1, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
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Cory Booker has been filibustering on the Senate floor for 12 hours and still going, protesting Trump’s trampling of the constitution.
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Cory Booker Delivering Marathon Floor Speech to Protest Trump Administration
Booker filibustering in the Senate to stand up for a "country in crisis"
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April 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Cory Booker has been filibustering on the Senate floor for 12 hours and still going, protesting Trump’s trampling of the constitution.
meidasnews.com/news/cory-bo...
meidasnews.com/news/cory-bo...
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seems reasonable
February 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
seems reasonable
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Barney Brown was a true New York baseball icon.
He was a four-time Negro League All-Star.
His passion for baseball and his time in the New York Black Yankees helped shape the legacy of one of the most important teams in New York, leading the fight for equality in sports.
He was a four-time Negro League All-Star.
His passion for baseball and his time in the New York Black Yankees helped shape the legacy of one of the most important teams in New York, leading the fight for equality in sports.
February 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Barney Brown was a true New York baseball icon.
He was a four-time Negro League All-Star.
His passion for baseball and his time in the New York Black Yankees helped shape the legacy of one of the most important teams in New York, leading the fight for equality in sports.
He was a four-time Negro League All-Star.
His passion for baseball and his time in the New York Black Yankees helped shape the legacy of one of the most important teams in New York, leading the fight for equality in sports.
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I’m not saying we should all panic. But maybe the government shouldn’t shut down all the systems we have for monitoring this situation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Avian flu ‘would dwarf the COVID pandemic in terms of impact,’ researcher says
For scientist Dr. Richard Webby, the biggest ‘uh-oh’ moment was when the virus infected cows
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I’m not saying we should all panic. But maybe the government shouldn’t shut down all the systems we have for monitoring this situation. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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When it comes to current day politics, we need to keep our eye on what’s important - not just urgent.
February 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
When it comes to current day politics, we need to keep our eye on what’s important - not just urgent.
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It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It would be a shame to encourage folks to use banned book lists to do strange things like
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
-check them out regularly at the library
-request the library order them if they don’t have them
-buy them
-start or support banned book clubs
-organize a banned book kids story time
A real shame
Restaurant gave me a paper straw tonight, used it like the rebel I am… authorities are probably already on the way.
February 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Restaurant gave me a paper straw tonight, used it like the rebel I am… authorities are probably already on the way.
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko, nicknamed "Lady Death," murdered around 309 Nazis in 1942.
February 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Lyudmila Pavlichenko, nicknamed "Lady Death," murdered around 309 Nazis in 1942.
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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
February 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻
archive.org/details/2025...
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Don’t let what we are witnessing harden you.
Yes it’s heartbreaking.
Yes it’s devastating.
Yes it’s painful.
That very pain that you are still able to feel is an affirmation of your humanity.
Fight to hold on to it.
Fight to maintain it.
Fight to keep your heart soft.
Remain fiercely human.
Yes it’s heartbreaking.
Yes it’s devastating.
Yes it’s painful.
That very pain that you are still able to feel is an affirmation of your humanity.
Fight to hold on to it.
Fight to maintain it.
Fight to keep your heart soft.
Remain fiercely human.
January 30, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Don’t let what we are witnessing harden you.
Yes it’s heartbreaking.
Yes it’s devastating.
Yes it’s painful.
That very pain that you are still able to feel is an affirmation of your humanity.
Fight to hold on to it.
Fight to maintain it.
Fight to keep your heart soft.
Remain fiercely human.
Yes it’s heartbreaking.
Yes it’s devastating.
Yes it’s painful.
That very pain that you are still able to feel is an affirmation of your humanity.
Fight to hold on to it.
Fight to maintain it.
Fight to keep your heart soft.
Remain fiercely human.
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The following are the 7 senators to contact for a NO vote on confirming RFK Jr.
Get to work, these phones should be ringing nonstop.
Get to work, these phones should be ringing nonstop.
January 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The following are the 7 senators to contact for a NO vote on confirming RFK Jr.
Get to work, these phones should be ringing nonstop.
Get to work, these phones should be ringing nonstop.
Remember how when you bought a movie on bluray, it would come with a digital code? I want that, but for books… I need it on my shelf, but I’d also like the option to read it on kindle without buying it twice. 📚
January 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Remember how when you bought a movie on bluray, it would come with a digital code? I want that, but for books… I need it on my shelf, but I’d also like the option to read it on kindle without buying it twice. 📚
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people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙
November 13, 2024 at 5:24 PM
people who use goodreads: jeff bezos owns goodreads and if you want a better alternative there is a black woman owned company called storygraph that you can use to replace it. you can transfer all of your data from goodreads to storygraph and have your mind be free of trumpie jeff bezos! win win. 💙