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We’re basically just paying for these people to have vacations and do horrible morally reprehensible things to people who don’t look like them
July 29, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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No major headlines to report for today [Jul 28].

If you're able, pls consider donating to orgs fighting the man-made famine currently gripping parts of Sudan.

For Darfur: DHRN
www.paypal.com/donate/?host...

For South Kordofan: HRRDS
reframe.network/donate-now.p...

#KeepEyesOnSudan
Today's quick update [Jul 27]:

- North Darfur Governor sounds alarm on the critical humanitarian situation in Elfashir, announcing there is now a shortage in the animal feed, which residents of the city have resorted to eating in absence of food.

#KeepEyesOnSudan #LiftTheSiege
July 29, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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As a German political scientist who used to live in the US I cannot say how deeply disturbing it is to see these masked ICE goons dragging people off the streets, and the GOP building up this massive secret police force. What a shameful moment in history this is.
July 12, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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This is literally the definition of a white nationalist police state.
Homan: "People need to understand ICE officers and Border Patrol don't need probable cause to walk up to somebody, briefly detain them, and question them ... based on their physical appearance."
July 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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I've known and admired J.B. Pritzker for years. He is a true warrior for democracy. I think you will enjoy watching this conversation as much as I did recording it. youtu.be/wwxFVHCTvAA
"People Are Going to Die Because of This Bill" | Gov. JB Pritzker on Democracy, the GOP's Budget
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
July 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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-A living wage
-Guaranteed healthcare
-The right to join a union
-The right to vote
-The right to choose when, how, and with whom you start a family
-The right for you and your family to live free from gun violence

These are the foundations of real freedom.
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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These are the very worst people the US has ever produced: Trump, Miller, DeSantis.

No one deserves this and especially not the people ICE is sweeping up.
It's not just a nickname.
July 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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July 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.

When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.
July 1, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage www.propublica.org/article/texa...
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Just heard Bill Kristol, former chief of staff for Dan Quayle, say he thinks ICE should be defunded and that the entire DHS should probably be disbanded, which puts him to the left of maybe the majority of elected Democrats. Truly wild times we’re living in.
July 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Putting on my historian "hat," the descent into fascism comes into sharp relief. And, as with past episodes of this same kind of process, most people are sleep walking right into it. Many believe we can just hold on til the next election. But there may not be a next free election! #history #fascism
Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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This! ⬇️
Where it starts is never where it starts. The news that DOJ is prioritizing denaturalizations, combined with very vague explanations of who they will prioritize, is deeply concerning. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
July 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Make no mistake, Evil wants all the extra money for ICE and defense in his obscene budget bill to attract and enlist more militia and thugs to fill out this counter military that will serve as a personal army loyal to him, unlike a military that might challenge his unlawfulness. Tell your reps, No.
July 1, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Border Czar Tom Homan says that once Congress passes Trump's budget bill, he'll have more money than ever to carry out arrests and deportations: "You think we're arresting people now? You wait 'til we get the funding to do what we gotta do."
July 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Dems should start airing commercials of ICE kidnappings. Just videos of masked thugs grabbing people off the street, family members weeping with text at the end asking people if they want their tax dollars to pay for this.
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Before states banned abortion, one of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage could easily be avoided: Doctors could offer a dilation and curettage procedure, which quickly empties the uterus and allows it to close, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage.
NEW: More women have nearly bled to death during miscarriage under Texas’ abortion ban.

Experts say the trend paints a troubling picture of the harms of unnecessary delays in care. “This is striking,” one doctor said. “The trend is very clear.”
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Let’s get ahead of this; puppy Bailey is on the At Risk of Euthanasia list, tomorrow or several days from now he could be on the we’re going to kill you in the next few days list. He needs a foster who can help him grow up and overcome his fears.

Please repost so he can find his hero 🙏
Bailey is 7mths old and listed to be killed @nycacc.bsky.social dog and stranger reactive so needs an experienced foster! nycacc.app/browse/229768. Please repost Bailey! nycacc.app/browse/229768 reposts save lives!!
July 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Is the plan to turn everything over to Elon, with his terrific record of explosions?
The details are not yet finalized, but the budget bill would devastate NASA science and the future of US exploration in space and astronomy. Among many other things. 🔭🧪

www.planetary.org/articles/nas...
June 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning.

Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
June 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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The Trump admin in a nutshell; in order to justify their own mistake, they’re going to release a violent felon with five deportations so he can testify against the guy with no criminal record they mistakenly deported.

In other words, the story is always more important than the principle.
The Trump admin has freed Jose Hernandez Reyes because he can testify against Abrego Garcia.

Hernandez, who has been deported 5 times, has also been arrested for:

—DUI w/ a handgun;
—cocaine possession;
—illegally transporting migrants; and
—drunkenly firing a gun.

Free link: wapo.st/40i4Ttt
Star witness against Kilmar Abrego García was due to be deported. Now he’s being freed.
Jose Ramon Hernandez Reyes is a three-time felon released early from federal prison to a halfway house in exchange for testifying against Kilmar Abrego García.
wapo.st
June 29, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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NYC Comptroller Brad Lander: "I don't think the line for the [Democratic] party right now is between progressives and moderates; I think it's between fighters and folders."
June 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Yet another ICE impersonator caught. How many are they not catching?

As @MarshaBlackburn @SenJohnson & Sexton try to protect masked unidentified vigilantes with legislation— we should be banning this dangerous insanity instead.
June 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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This decision is yet another step toward allowing those with religious objections to opt out of recognizing LGBTQ+ people and families as equal participants in our shared community,” said Karen Loewy, Senior Counsel + Director of Constitutional Law Practice, Lambda Legal.

Read our full statement:
Civil Rights Organizations React to Supreme Court Ruling in Mahmoud v. Taylor
The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that not allowing parents to opt their children out of reading storybooks that are part of an LGBTQ+ inclusive literacy curriculum in the Montgomery County Public Sc...
lambdalegal.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Today, the Supreme Court issued its ruling in Braidwood v. Kennedy, upholding essential protections for preventive services for HIV and other medical conditions and affirming that prevention and early detection of diseases save lives, improve health outcomes, and reduce long-term health outcomes.
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM