Dee Reed
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Middle East upheaval comes at a bad time for the global economy | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/32cdd044-cf30-4888-83d9-1f037a5b34da
https://www.ft.com/content/32cdd044-cf30-4888-83d9-1f037a5b34da
Middle East upheaval comes at a bad time for the global economy | Opinion
This latest instability is stagflationary and may add to the erosion of the US-led economic order
www.ft.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Middle East upheaval comes at a bad time for the global economy | Opinion
https://www.ft.com/content/32cdd044-cf30-4888-83d9-1f037a5b34da
https://www.ft.com/content/32cdd044-cf30-4888-83d9-1f037a5b34da
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Photographer captures Sen. Alex Padilla's takedown at Homeland Security press conference
Photographer captures Sen. Alex Padilla's takedown at Homeland Security press conference
A photographer captured the moment authorities tackled and handcuffed Sen. Alex Padilla at a Department of Homeland Security press conference.
www.latimes.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Photographer captures Sen. Alex Padilla's takedown at Homeland Security press conference
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Donald Trump's inability to broker a continuing –– but tense –– peace between Israel and Iran has reportedly placed him on the outs with his MAGA base after Israel launched an attack that threatens a growing war in the region.
Trump is 'infuriating the MAGA base' as new global war threat looms: report
Donald Trump's inability to broker a continuing –– but tense –– peace between Israel and Iran has reportedly placed him on the outs with his MAGA base after Israel launched an attack that threatens a growing war in the region.According to a report from Politico's Rachel Bade, the "Operation Rising L...
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June 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Donald Trump's inability to broker a continuing –– but tense –– peace between Israel and Iran has reportedly placed him on the outs with his MAGA base after Israel launched an attack that threatens a growing war in the region.
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Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.
Late Night Reviews Trump’s Night at the Theater
Jimmy Kimmel said that Trump “going to see ‘Les Misérables’ right now is like Kanye going to ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’”
trib.al
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Here’s a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.
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Trump revoked Biden’s 2021 order that expanded voter registration through federal agencies. The move ends efforts aimed at reaching underrepresented voters. Advocates say it erases years of slow but meaningful progress.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
How Trump Upended Biden’s Successful Push For Federal Agencies to Register Voters
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump revoked Biden’s 2021 order that expanded voter registration through federal agencies. The move ends efforts aimed at reaching underrepresented voters. Advocates say it erases years of slow but meaningful progress.
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
www.democracydocket.com/analysis/how...
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💡 Why this matters: Arboviral diseases can cause serious illness, including brain infections. There are no vaccines or cures — so prevention is key.
✅ Use insect repellent
✅ Wear protective clothing
✅ Be aware of symptoms if you've been outdoors
✅ Screen blood and organ donors for arboviral diseases
✅ Use insect repellent
✅ Wear protective clothing
✅ Be aware of symptoms if you've been outdoors
✅ Screen blood and organ donors for arboviral diseases
June 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
💡 Why this matters: Arboviral diseases can cause serious illness, including brain infections. There are no vaccines or cures — so prevention is key.
✅ Use insect repellent
✅ Wear protective clothing
✅ Be aware of symptoms if you've been outdoors
✅ Screen blood and organ donors for arboviral diseases
✅ Use insect repellent
✅ Wear protective clothing
✅ Be aware of symptoms if you've been outdoors
✅ Screen blood and organ donors for arboviral diseases
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💡 This means that healthcare visits that are NOT centered around mental health are important lifelines for suicide prevention. Practitioners need tools to identify and support people at risk — even if they don’t ask for help.
June 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
💡 This means that healthcare visits that are NOT centered around mental health are important lifelines for suicide prevention. Practitioners need tools to identify and support people at risk — even if they don’t ask for help.
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Article 2: 🔫 Healthcare Visits before Firearm Suicide
Bottom Line Up Front: More than half of suicide deaths in AK, CO, and WA 2020–2022 were by firearms. People who died by firearm were less likely to have used mental health care than those that died by other means.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Bottom Line Up Front: More than half of suicide deaths in AK, CO, and WA 2020–2022 were by firearms. People who died by firearm were less likely to have used mental health care than those that died by other means.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
June 13, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Article 2: 🔫 Healthcare Visits before Firearm Suicide
Bottom Line Up Front: More than half of suicide deaths in AK, CO, and WA 2020–2022 were by firearms. People who died by firearm were less likely to have used mental health care than those that died by other means.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
Bottom Line Up Front: More than half of suicide deaths in AK, CO, and WA 2020–2022 were by firearms. People who died by firearm were less likely to have used mental health care than those that died by other means.
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
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🧵Over 6,000 doctors, nurses, researchers, and others released an open letter of warning against the administration’s destruction of public health, research, and Medicaid programs. “We are certain this will cost lives.”
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
June 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
🧵Over 6,000 doctors, nurses, researchers, and others released an open letter of warning against the administration’s destruction of public health, research, and Medicaid programs. “We are certain this will cost lives.”
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
This is the energy we need right now. Refuse to be silent. Lives depend on it.
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The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
June 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at immigration court on June 20.
(Via Christopher Hale)
(Via Christopher Hale)
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@[email protected], Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@[email protected], Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
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Luckily we've got a real A Team heading in to this part of the U.S. government right now... 😬
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
January 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Luckily we've got a real A Team heading in to this part of the U.S. government right now... 😬
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/h...
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"The free speech crisis hiding in plain sight isn’t about whether individuals can ever criticize powerful figures — it’s about whether institutions can withstand the pressure to self-censor in the face of legal and political intimidation..."
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The new free speech crisis hiding in plain sight
Through litigation and retaliation, the rich and powerful are waging a censorship campaign.
www.msnbc.com
January 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
"The free speech crisis hiding in plain sight isn’t about whether individuals can ever criticize powerful figures — it’s about whether institutions can withstand the pressure to self-censor in the face of legal and political intimidation..."
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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January 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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So much for focusing on meritocracy. Lol
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy sent a memo Thursday directing staffers to “give preference to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average” when implementing the Department of Transportation’s programs and policies.
Trump Admin Trashes DEI...Then Orders DEI For Trad Wives
A Transportation Department memo reveals a plan to “give preference... to communities with marriage and birth rates higher than the national average.”
www.thedailybeast.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:05 AM
So much for focusing on meritocracy. Lol
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This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.
January 31, 2025 at 5:07 AM
This is a reminder that no one can convince Trump voters to no longer support Trump, better than Trump can.
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The biggest mistake salespeople make is they keep on talking after they have closed the deal.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
January 31, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The biggest mistake salespeople make is they keep on talking after they have closed the deal.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
It doesn't take long for buyers remorse to set in.
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Fox News host Jessica Tarlov gave her colleagues a DEI wake-up call Thursday during a discussion of the tragic D.C. plane crash.
Fox Host Gives Her Colleagues a DEI Wake-Up Call
Trump “had a campaign rally in the middle of what should have been a somber occasion,” Jessica Tarlov said.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 31, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Fox News host Jessica Tarlov gave her colleagues a DEI wake-up call Thursday during a discussion of the tragic D.C. plane crash.
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Taylor Swift donates
$10 million
to LA relief
Elon Musk $0 to be very clear
So far, I haven’t heard that Mark Zuck, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, The Waltons, Kochs, or any other Uber Rich stepping up to help, but they donated 1 million each to Trump’s inauguration fund,except Taylor didn’t
$10 million
to LA relief
Elon Musk $0 to be very clear
So far, I haven’t heard that Mark Zuck, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, The Waltons, Kochs, or any other Uber Rich stepping up to help, but they donated 1 million each to Trump’s inauguration fund,except Taylor didn’t
January 15, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Taylor Swift donates
$10 million
to LA relief
Elon Musk $0 to be very clear
So far, I haven’t heard that Mark Zuck, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, The Waltons, Kochs, or any other Uber Rich stepping up to help, but they donated 1 million each to Trump’s inauguration fund,except Taylor didn’t
$10 million
to LA relief
Elon Musk $0 to be very clear
So far, I haven’t heard that Mark Zuck, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, The Waltons, Kochs, or any other Uber Rich stepping up to help, but they donated 1 million each to Trump’s inauguration fund,except Taylor didn’t
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I just issued an executive order barring opportunist speculators from taking advantage of LA firestorm victims with unsolicited cash offers to buy their properties.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
January 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
I just issued an executive order barring opportunist speculators from taking advantage of LA firestorm victims with unsolicited cash offers to buy their properties.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.
The last thing these victims need are greedy speculators taking advantage of their pain with low-ball offers.