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Don’t fall for the distractions—while the headlines scream about Iran, the real threat is hidden in plain sight: the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill.” Stay alert. #EyesOnThePrize #America #Americans
June 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

What's happened since?

A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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How much have US wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan cost?

Read more: aje.io/nq6qjl
June 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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"After nearly five hours, he and his wife were released. They are now pursuing legal action.

"It's not about the immigrants," his sister, told NBC10 Boston. "It's coming to us Americans, and it's going to go after all of us."

www.nbcboston.com/news/politic...
‘Treated like a criminal': US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada
Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont
www.nbcboston.com
April 15, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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@vanhollen.senate.gov plans to go to El Salvador THIS WEEK to meet with Bukele or other govt officials to check on Kilmar Abrego Garcia's condition & discuss his release.

Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-FL & Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz may accompany Van Hollen on the trip.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
April 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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BREAKING: Florida is considering rolling child labor laws to fill jobs left vacant by undocumented immigrants, Gabbard and Ratcliffe refuse to answer questions about the Signal chat, and the Admin is sued over use of Signal for official communications violates the Federal Records Act.
Florida Considers Rolling Back Child Labor Laws to Fill Jobs Vacated by Undocumented Immigrants
Florida is considering rolling child labor laws to fill jobs left vacant by undocumented immigrants, Tulsi Gabbard and John Ratcliffe refuse to answer questions about the Signal chat debacle, and more
open.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Kudos to Jeffrey Goldberg from the Atlantic for reporting on this signal exchange rather than waiting to write a book about it.
March 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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🚨 CBS News has received an internal NSA bulletin from Feb 2025 warning staff NOT to use Signal app for sensitive info, citing vulnerabilities to Russian hackers. These docs were sent pre-Houthi chat scandal with Jeffrey Goldberg.
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
The National Security Agency sent a bulletin in February warning of Russian hackers trying to access encrypted conversations on Signal.
www.cbsnews.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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I needed this today
March 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
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March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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I STAND WITH UKRAINE. Trump is a national embarrassment.

Who’s with me?
How You Can Have Zelenskyy's Back Online
Don't let the right wingers drive the narrative on the Oval Office disaster from Friday.
www.digitaldrumbeat.com
March 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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The GOP has their SMALLEST majority since 1932! There's 2 special elections happening RIGHT NOW and if they go blue, power in the house shifts!

President Musk and VP Trump are scared, let's pitch in $5, $10, or whatever you can to send a message! Let's go!

secure.actblue.com/donate/speci...
Save America, Flip Florida!
Special elections in Florida's 1st and 6th Congressional Districts!
secure.actblue.com
March 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.

More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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Today the US House is debating Medicaid and Medicare as well as funding to the Chip Act. Which created jobs in Texas and a 1.6 billion dollar investment. Call your congressman at call (202) 224-3121 natlawreview.com/article/heal...
Healthcare Preview for the Week of: February 24, 2025 [Podcast]
Can the House Pass a Budget Resolution This Week? The House is back from recess, so both chambers of Congress are in session this week (although the House is out again on Friday). With 18 days left to...
natlawreview.com
February 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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February 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Our German supporters made us realize we made a mistake, and we want to acknowledge it. Germany, you’re in our thoughts. While we’re relieved that AfD was defeated, we understand this is not a moment for celebration. There is still much work ahead, and we stand in solidarity with you.
February 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Amanda Zurawski, one of the Texas women who nearly died due to the states abortion ban, has been named one of Time’s Women of the Year.
February 20, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This is really something
February 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Amanda Zurawski has been named one of TIME magazine’s Women of the Year.

Amanda’s Story:

Citing the state’s abortion laws, Texas doctors denied Amanda Zurawski emergency medical care when her water broke at only 18 weeks of pregnancy.

It was September of 2021, and Amanda was miscarrying. Her…
February 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion in 2021, ProPublica found in a first-of-its-kind data analysis.
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.
www.propublica.org
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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A lot of folks have asked me what they can do to fight back. One way is to support candidates in special elections like this one in New York.
The special election in New York’s 21st Congressional is coming up fast, and I am running to replace Elise Stefanik in Congress. Please help spread the word and chip in, and together we will get the job done. secure.actblue.com/donate/gende...
Donate to Blake Gendebien Today
Let's send a dairy farmer to Congress!
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February 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

https://propub.li/43487Tj
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
February 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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February 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM