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"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable."
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
December 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Every single act of gun violence is 100% preventable."
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
Brown University student Mia Tretta talks about the fear and uncertainty of living through Saturday's mass shooting on campus. It was her second school shooting after she survived being shot in the stomach at age 15.
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A judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention.
Judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention
A federal judge in Maryland has ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia freed from immigration detention while his legal challenge against his deportation moves forward. U.S.
bit.ly
December 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia to be immediately released from immigration detention.
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At The Gentle Barn, this flock of turkeys isn't going to end up on your plate, but they might cuddle up in your lap.
At The Gentle Barn, turkeys are for snuggling, not stuffing at Thanksgiving
At The Gentle Barn, this flock of turkeys isn't going to end up on your plate, but they might cuddle up in your lap.
bit.ly
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
At The Gentle Barn, this flock of turkeys isn't going to end up on your plate, but they might cuddle up in your lap.
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Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
“One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This”: Omar El Akkad on Gaza & Western Complicity
We speak with the award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, whose new book about the war on Gaza is titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book expands on a viral tw...
www.democracynow.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Author Omar El Akkad has just won a National Book Award for "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" about Israel's genocide in Gaza and Western double standards on human rights.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
Watch our two-part interview with El Akkad from earlier this year.
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Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” shows America’s 20th President, James Garfield, like you’ve never seen him before. Meredith Blake offers an insightful review of the “four fast-paced and darkly funny episodes.”
Who Knew James Garfield was This Interesting?
The Netflix series 'Death by Lightning' sheds light on a forgotten president—and America's long history of political vio
contrarian.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Netflix’s “Death by Lightning” shows America’s 20th President, James Garfield, like you’ve never seen him before. Meredith Blake offers an insightful review of the “four fast-paced and darkly funny episodes.”
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“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.”
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“There are many who do not know they are fascists but will find it out when the time comes.”
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
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BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
November 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BREAKING: Book banning extremist group “Moms For Liberty” LOST ALL 31 of their races.
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
Moms for Liberty is now 0-59 in contested school board races since 2023.
This is what happens when communities have had enough and say NO to book bans!
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Zohran Mamdani had a message for President Trump on Tuesday after his win in the New York mayoral election: "New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Zohran Mamdani had a message for President Trump on Tuesday after his win in the New York mayoral election: "New York will remain a city of immigrants: a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants and, as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Zohran wins! Full statement here: www.dsausa.org/statements/z...
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Zohran wins! Full statement here: www.dsausa.org/statements/z...
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I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
I hope the centrists learned a hard lesson last night. No more reaching across the aisle to people who have been spitting in our faces for decades. Run young people, run socialists, run on actionable ideas that seek to make our lives better.
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The idea of ‘saving’ daylight time goes against indigenous wisdom about nature – and reflects how capitalism separates humans from nature
buff.ly/4ju2Gxg #FallBack
buff.ly/4ju2Gxg #FallBack
An Indigenous approach shows how changing the clocks for daylight saving time runs counter to human nature – and nature itself
While the rest of nature rises and slumbers to lunar and solar cycles, humans work and sleep to the resetting of their artificial clocks.
theconversation.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The idea of ‘saving’ daylight time goes against indigenous wisdom about nature – and reflects how capitalism separates humans from nature
buff.ly/4ju2Gxg #FallBack
buff.ly/4ju2Gxg #FallBack
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“The Trump regime’s cruelty knows no bounds, whether in pursuit of short-term advantage in the shutdown or in the big, ugly bill’s despicable trade-off (taking away healthcare insurance and food from millions to partially pay for tax cuts for the rich),” writes Jen Rubin in her latest.
MAGA Uses Hunger as a Political Weapon
Starving children is a new low
contrarian.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“The Trump regime’s cruelty knows no bounds, whether in pursuit of short-term advantage in the shutdown or in the big, ugly bill’s despicable trade-off (taking away healthcare insurance and food from millions to partially pay for tax cuts for the rich),” writes Jen Rubin in her latest.
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Kathryn Bigelow responds to Pentagon criticism of her film, "A House of Dynamite": “I Just State the Truth." Read exclusively in THR: bit.ly/3WtoVPa
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Kathryn Bigelow responds to Pentagon criticism of her film, "A House of Dynamite": “I Just State the Truth." Read exclusively in THR: bit.ly/3WtoVPa
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As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:00 AM
As the single most important news story this year, I can't wait to see the detailed and central coverage this will get in every media outlet we have
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Trump screws his voters again: He just denied disaster aid to Maryland (while giving it to red states). But I took a look and it turns out the suffering Maryland counties are in Appalachia and backed him by 40 and 54 points.
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
Trump Nixing of Dem State Disaster Aid Backfires, Screwing MAGA Voters
After Trump’s handling of disasters boomerangs on MAGA country, the author of a piece on his retribution against blue America explains how this saga reveals MAGA ideology’s deepest depravities.
newrepublic.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Trump screws his voters again: He just denied disaster aid to Maryland (while giving it to red states). But I took a look and it turns out the suffering Maryland counties are in Appalachia and backed him by 40 and 54 points.
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
On the pod, @stevebenen.com and I discuss:
newrepublic.com/article/2022...
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ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
October 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
ABC News pulled the satellite imagery of the White House comparing Sept. 26 to today.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
abcnews.go.com/Politics/new...
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom. Latest from @errinhaines.bsky.social and @amandabecker.bsky.social for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/10/east...
First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom.
The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House.
19thnews.org
October 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump’s ballroom. Latest from @errinhaines.bsky.social and @amandabecker.bsky.social for @19thnews.org: 19thnews.org/2025/10/east...
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MAGA dimwit Chip Roy raged that No Kings protesters are godless terrorists. But in his red district, ordinary Americans turned out in force, bucking MAGA slurs with a powerful display of patriotism.
On the pod, @anamariecox.bsky.social describes the scene. Wrenching:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
On the pod, @anamariecox.bsky.social describes the scene. Wrenching:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
Deep in Texas Trump Country, a “No Kings” Display Brutally Shames MAGA
A New Republic writer who covered a “No Kings” protest in MAGA congressman Chip Roy’s Texas district recounts what she saw—and explains why it amounted to a powerful repudiation of Trumpism.
newrepublic.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
MAGA dimwit Chip Roy raged that No Kings protesters are godless terrorists. But in his red district, ordinary Americans turned out in force, bucking MAGA slurs with a powerful display of patriotism.
On the pod, @anamariecox.bsky.social describes the scene. Wrenching:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
On the pod, @anamariecox.bsky.social describes the scene. Wrenching:
newrepublic.com/article/2020...
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I dug into the backstory of that horrific apartment raid in Chicago—a lot more to this story than meets the eye www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
To understand that horrific Chicago apartment raid, go back in time—to Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott's political stunts kicked off a crisis that left immigrant families in a lurch.
www.motherjones.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I dug into the backstory of that horrific apartment raid in Chicago—a lot more to this story than meets the eye www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:
ICE took a 13-year-old they said had a gun. Local cops say he didn’t.
Now he's detained 500 miles away from his Massachusetts home.
www.thehandbasket.co
October 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart: