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“It’s so uplifting to see people whose paths might not otherwise have crossed, united in shared purpose, in a belief in our common humanity,” said Noelle Damico, Workers Circle Director of Social Justice, in a new piece from The Guardian. Read it here: shorturl.at/xy315
The protesters showing up every week to shut down ‘Alligator Alcatraz’: ‘We will end this’
Every Sunday, protesters from Florida and beyond go to the notorious immigration jail and advocate for its closure
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December 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
“It’s so uplifting to see people whose paths might not otherwise have crossed, united in shared purpose, in a belief in our common humanity,” said Noelle Damico, Workers Circle Director of Social Justice, in a new piece from The Guardian. Read it here: shorturl.at/xy315
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Massive Layoffs at the Dept of #Education Erode Its #CivilRights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Massive Layoffs at the Department of Education Erode Its Civil Rights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org
December 14, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Massive Layoffs at the Dept of #Education Erode Its #CivilRights Division
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve #discrimination complaints.
www.propublica.org/article/educ...
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A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat
A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A recent study concludes that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live.
(Published July 2025)
(Published July 2025)
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The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
Opinion | Banning Abortion a Hallmark of Authoritarian Regimes
Seda Saluk writes about how U.S. policy on abortion rights has started to mirror patterns seen in authoritarian regimes around the world.
www.mississippifreepress.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The U.S. is mirroring a pattern that has happened in authoritarian regimes around the world. When a government erects barriers to reproductive care, it doesn’t just cause death and suffering for women and their families. Such policies are often a first step in the gradual decline of democracies.
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No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
December 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5
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People looking for signs of change often assume the change that matters most, the watershed, the rubicon, the turning point will be a dramatic event. But a case can be made that the changes that matter most happen in minds and hearts, and the events follow from that.
Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins)
Everything changed in the last few weeks. The Republicans, assumed by themselves and too many others, to be unstoppable got stopped again and again. Public opinion manifested in many ways: as an elect...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People looking for signs of change often assume the change that matters most, the watershed, the rubicon, the turning point will be a dramatic event. But a case can be made that the changes that matter most happen in minds and hearts, and the events follow from that.
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The president can’t quite suppress his sinister goal of withholding benefits from hungry Americans, even as the White House insists otherwise.
Trump sure seems eager to starve the poor
The president can't quite suppress his sinister goal of withholding benefits from hungry Americans, even as the White House insists otherwise.
www.motherjones.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The president can’t quite suppress his sinister goal of withholding benefits from hungry Americans, even as the White House insists otherwise.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Private prison executives casually discussed the "3,000 arrests per day" quota in earnings calls—despite the Department of Justice previously denying any quota exists. This is fueling immigration raids nationwide while companies rake in record profits.
In Earnings Calls, Private Prison Executives Revel in Profiting Off ICE Arrests
“Our business is perfectly aligned with the demands of this moment,” CoreCivic CEO Damon Hininger said on the call.
truthout.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Private prison executives casually discussed the "3,000 arrests per day" quota in earnings calls—despite the Department of Justice previously denying any quota exists. This is fueling immigration raids nationwide while companies rake in record profits.
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Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
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Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan has opened a door for Democrats to amend their shameful failure to end the Gaza genocide. But it requires doing something few Democrats have been willing to do: support Palestinian rights.
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/demo...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/demo...
#Palestine #Israel
Democrats finally seem ready to address the Gaza genocide, but it won’t matter if they don’t support Palestinian rights
Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan has opened a door for Democrats to amend their shameful failure to end the Gaza genocide. But it requires doing something few Democrats have been willing to do: support...
mondoweiss.net
October 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Trump’s flawed ceasefire plan has opened a door for Democrats to amend their shameful failure to end the Gaza genocide. But it requires doing something few Democrats have been willing to do: support Palestinian rights.
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/demo...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/10/demo...
#Palestine #Israel
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We help people fight health insurance denials.
Over the years, we've won 92% of our cases, while taking on uphill battles others avoid. We've overturned $593k, securing coverage for cancer treatments, emergency care, and critical pain treatment.
Our services are free. People over profit, always.
Over the years, we've won 92% of our cases, while taking on uphill battles others avoid. We've overturned $593k, securing coverage for cancer treatments, emergency care, and critical pain treatment.
Our services are free. People over profit, always.
October 11, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We help people fight health insurance denials.
Over the years, we've won 92% of our cases, while taking on uphill battles others avoid. We've overturned $593k, securing coverage for cancer treatments, emergency care, and critical pain treatment.
Our services are free. People over profit, always.
Over the years, we've won 92% of our cases, while taking on uphill battles others avoid. We've overturned $593k, securing coverage for cancer treatments, emergency care, and critical pain treatment.
Our services are free. People over profit, always.
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An actual opposition party sure would be useful at a time like this
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
An actual opposition party sure would be useful at a time like this
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Scoop: Trump fired a U.S. Attorney in Sacramento less than six hours after she told his California border patrol chief to abide by court orders and the Constitution while conducting his immigration raids.
With @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
With @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
Trump Fired a U.S. Attorney Who Insisted on Following a Court Order
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Scoop: Trump fired a U.S. Attorney in Sacramento less than six hours after she told his California border patrol chief to abide by court orders and the Constitution while conducting his immigration raids.
With @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
With @haleaziz.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/u...
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"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause
By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.
www.vanityfair.com
September 16, 2025 at 9:26 PM
"Can they truly be so ignorant to the words of a man they have so rushed to memorialize? I don’t know. But the most telling detail in Klein’s column was that, for all his praise, there was not a single word in the piece from Kirk himself."
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
Ta-Nehisi Coates, with receipts.
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A new report reveals nearly 100 instances of anti-abortion censorship across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn.
www.jezebel.com/crucial-info...
www.jezebel.com/crucial-info...
Crucial Information About Abortion Access Is Getting Censored on Social Media
A new report reveals nearly 100 instances of anti-abortion censorship across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn.
www.jezebel.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A new report reveals nearly 100 instances of anti-abortion censorship across TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn.
www.jezebel.com/crucial-info...
www.jezebel.com/crucial-info...
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"why people are mad about Abundance" in meme form to save me time in the future
September 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"why people are mad about Abundance" in meme form to save me time in the future
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'Not persuaded': The US judge who blocked the ouster of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined the growing chorus of her lower court colleagues to reject the idea that the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket orders bind her to side with the Trump administration
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Judge Blocking Lisa Cook’s Ouster Not Deterred by Rulings on Past Trump Firings
The US judge who blocked the ouster of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined the growing chorus of her lower court colleagues to reject the idea that the Supreme Court’s recent actions bind her…
www.bloomberg.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
'Not persuaded': The US judge who blocked the ouster of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook joined the growing chorus of her lower court colleagues to reject the idea that the Supreme Court’s recent emergency docket orders bind her to side with the Trump administration
buff.ly/KXGzsyk
buff.ly/KXGzsyk
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this whole fraud is going to be really funny years from now, in hindsight, but it's mostly just infuriating now
Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn.
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...
There Is No AI Revolution
Soundtrack: Mack Glocky - Chasing Cars
Last week, I spent a great deal of time and words framing the generative AI industry as a cynical con where OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei hav...
www.wheresyoured.at
February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
this whole fraud is going to be really funny years from now, in hindsight, but it's mostly just infuriating now
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If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Newsom launches statewide task force to clear homeless encampments
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday announced the creation of a statewide task force aimed at dismantling homeless encampments on state property and expanding access to shelter and services. The State Acti…
ktla.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you are okay with this, if you think this is justified, if you think people living on the street have brought this upon themselves, if you think this is good leadership, you may be able to fool yourself that you care about others but you don’t fool me
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I don't have any special knowledge but wow this by @espiers.bsky.social feels right. www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
Why Dems Keep Screwing Up Media Efforts
Wired has a story by Taylor Lorenz about Chorus, which is a Dem backed influencer agency, attempting to recruit influencers with $8000 a month retainers and contracts that stipulate that they not disc...
www.elizabethspiers.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I don't have any special knowledge but wow this by @espiers.bsky.social feels right. www.elizabethspiers.com/why-dems-kee...
All even mildly leftist social media right now
August 28, 2025 at 10:38 PM
All even mildly leftist social media right now
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I wish newspapers wouldn't treat all these executive orders as though they all have teeth and power and stuff. Lots of them are just the fulminations of a geriatric clown and mean nothing or will be overturned in court or are just distractions from what Trump wants to hide about his Epstein crimes.
August 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I wish newspapers wouldn't treat all these executive orders as though they all have teeth and power and stuff. Lots of them are just the fulminations of a geriatric clown and mean nothing or will be overturned in court or are just distractions from what Trump wants to hide about his Epstein crimes.
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Just to be clear: these rising rates have nothing to do w RFK nixing boosters (though that's very bad), they're because both Democrats and Republicans have dismantled public health and no one is masking and taking airborne disease precautions.
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation. It comes as California students, for example, return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC’s recommendation that they receive booster shots.
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
www.latimes.com/science/stor...
COVID surges nationwide with highest rates in Southwest as students return to school
COVID-19 rates in the Southwestern United States reached 12.5% — the highest in the nation. It comes as California students return to the classroom after RFK Jr. nixed the CDC's recommendation that th...
www.latimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just to be clear: these rising rates have nothing to do w RFK nixing boosters (though that's very bad), they're because both Democrats and Republicans have dismantled public health and no one is masking and taking airborne disease precautions.
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
Our current vaccines don't stop transmission, MASK UP!!
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We must refuse to allow the U.S. government and the media to normalize mass censorship in response to a manufactured moral panic about technology and social media.
The UK's Online Safety Act is a licence for censorship – and the rest of the world is following suit | Taylor Lorenz
From the US and Australia to France and Italy, those seeking to obliterate privacy and restrict content are on the move, says technology journalist Taylor Lorenz
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We must refuse to allow the U.S. government and the media to normalize mass censorship in response to a manufactured moral panic about technology and social media.