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Man wrongfully deported to CECOT: The conditions were awful. We slept in a metal can. There were 2 water troughs with pipes that carried waste. And we had to basically eat on top of them. The water that we used for bathing was the same water for drinking. We endured physical and psychological abuse
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Former BLS Commissioner: The BLS is not a politicized place at all. I saw no evidence that the staff is doing any anything else except their highly professional job. I'm very familiar with the processes behind this report, and I saw no evidence whatsoever that the numbers were unexpected
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Fox: Let's talk about today's jobs number. The more you drill down on ot, the uglier it gets. One thing that leaps out to me, 360,000 fewer full-time jobs. What gives?

Trump economic advisor: What was really important is that Trump got the One Big Beautiful Bill in place.
September 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Fox: We expected to see job creation of 75,000 last month. Instead, just 22,000 jobs were added. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3%. That is a 4 year high. Investors dug a bit deeper into the numbers and saw things they clearly did not like. The S&P down 31 points, NASDAQ down 52.
September 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Your Kid's Art Class is Paying for This Parade
open.substack.com/pub/rebeccam...
Your Kid's Art Class is Paying for This Parade
So is your favorite lit mag
open.substack.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Trump’s Tax Scam will kick nearly 14 million Americans off their healthcare to give billionaires even more tax cuts. If you’ve got a GOP senator, call and demand that they stand up for the families they were elected to serve: act.indivisible.org/...
May 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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This guy stole $10 million from the employees of his nursing home to buy himself a luxury yacht and Cartier watches. He PLED GUILTY.

And because his Mom gave Trump $1 million, he just got a pardon.

And this story barely makes the news today. WTF. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...
Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner
www.nytimes.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Calling all SinC Members! It's time for the summer scrawl!

This Summer Scrawl starts June 1 and is for SinC members only. If you're a member, sign in to register.

Not a Member? Join today and join the scrawl!
#SinCScrawl #writingcommunity #booksky

www.sistersincrime.org/events/Event...
May 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
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THIS THIS THIS THIS
Andor nails it — Many of Nazism's earliest supporters ended up in the camps. The man who wrote 'First They Came For' was an anti-communist Minister who cheered the incarceration of socialists. The poem is a warning about the dangers of supporting authoritarianism that you think works for you.
May 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Are you a writer looking for a supportive community?

Interested in podcasts of writers talking about writing?

Do you like informative webinars and classes featuring brilliant crime fiction writers?

Join SinC today! sistersincrime.org/join-now

#writingcommunity #crimewriters #booksky
May 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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What's in a membership?

Sisters in Crime is a great collection of writers - both published and not yet published - who love cheering each other on, supporting other writers, and sharing knowledge.

Visit sistersincrime.org/join-now to join today!

#writingcommunity #crimefiction #booksky
May 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.

As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Avoid the Tuesday slump by joining in on a #writein! We will have sessions at 8 am, 11 am, 3 pm, 6pm, and 9 pm ET.

Whether you are brainstorming, plotting, writing, or editing, we would love to have you!
March 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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It's International Read to Me Day! Grab your child, pet, or partner and tell them a story.

Who will you read to today?

#WhereWritersBelong #InternationalReadToMeDay
March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Avoid the Tuesday slump by joining in on a #writein! We will have sessions at 8 am, 11 am, 3 pm, 6pm, and 9 pm ET.

Whether you are brainstorming, plotting, writing, or editing, we would love to have you!
March 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Starting this week, we’ll all pay more at the store because of the Trump tariffs, even while he’s finalizing a multi-trillion-dollar tax cut for the wealthy.

All the bluster is meant to get us talking about literally anything else.
March 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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yuuuuuuup
This list is so long and taking up so much real estate in his speech it’s almost like they want to distract from their massive cuts to Medicaid
March 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
A 40-day Target boycott starts today. It couldn’t come at a worse time for the company | CNN Business
Target is facing a 40-day consumer boycott starting Wednesday over the company’s shift away from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies.
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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What happens when schools lose funding?
🚨 Fewer teachers
🚨 Larger class sizes
🚨 Less support for struggling kids.

Call Congress: 202-224-3121 & ask them to put kids before billionaires & reject education cuts.
#DontDefundPublicSchools social.demcast.com/s/HcWNvLkF
March 3, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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As others have pointed out (and as I clocked myself) it’s extremely disconcerting to see Nazis write about a “final” anything.
NEW—Dept of Ed staff received an email from Sec. McMahon tonight with the subject, “Our Department’s Final Mission.”

McMahon writes that plan is, “to send education back to the states.” Notably doesn’t mention executive order like earlier draft, but some think it’s still coming.

Full text:
March 4, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I’m not going to the Joint Address. I will be live posting and chatting with you all here instead. Then going on IG Live after.
March 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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What a coincidence!
So weird how everything Trump is doing seems to benefit the rich and powerful (and corrupt) www.icij.org/inside-icij/...
March 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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The concentration of private wealth and political power in so few hands with so few guardrails could pave the way for Trump’s campaign backers and allies to reap massive financial benefits on a scale not seen since the Gilded Age.
Uncovering Conflicts of Interest and Self-Dealing in the Executive Branch
The new administration could use federal contracts, tariffs, regulations, taxes, and other levers of government to benefit campaign donors, high-level officials, and the president himself.
www.brennancenter.org
March 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We already have enough chickens in the White House
Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.
March 4, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Can’t have global warming if we shut off all the climate data

Can’t have a pandemic if we shut down all the public health monitoring systems

Can’t have a recession if we stop tracking economic indicators

A+ plan, nothing can possibly go wrong
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM