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Because of course
Millions of dollars worth of contraceptives destined for low-income countries were destroyed at the direction of the Trump administration.
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
The birth control pills, IUDs and hormonal implants were purchased by U.S.A.I.D. for women in low-income countries. They had been in limbo in a Belgian warehouse after the U.S. cut much of its foreign aid.
nyti.ms
September 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Because of course
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Three years after Texas prosecutors charged a woman with murder for inducing her own abortion, the local district attorney is accused of paying for an abortion while having an affair decades ago.
Read the full story here: bit.ly/45qZzFK
Read the full story here: bit.ly/45qZzFK
August 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Three years after Texas prosecutors charged a woman with murder for inducing her own abortion, the local district attorney is accused of paying for an abortion while having an affair decades ago.
Read the full story here: bit.ly/45qZzFK
Read the full story here: bit.ly/45qZzFK
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This is not unrelated to my essay of today: “Crack-pot science-conspiracy theorists who have grown up in the most peaceful, prosperous, and healthy age in human history [are] undo[ing] some of the most magnanimous things humans have ever done for one another.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...
August 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not unrelated to my essay of today: “Crack-pot science-conspiracy theorists who have grown up in the most peaceful, prosperous, and healthy age in human history [are] undo[ing] some of the most magnanimous things humans have ever done for one another.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/what-we-lo...
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“VOTE ZOHRAN: I don’t drop everything when a billionaire comes calling.”
Sincerely hope this guy meets with Cuomo and Adams instead, to complete the ad.
Sincerely hope this guy meets with Cuomo and Adams instead, to complete the ad.
Canadian billionaire Kevin O’Leary thinks he should be entitled to a meeting with Zohran Mamdani
August 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“VOTE ZOHRAN: I don’t drop everything when a billionaire comes calling.”
Sincerely hope this guy meets with Cuomo and Adams instead, to complete the ad.
Sincerely hope this guy meets with Cuomo and Adams instead, to complete the ad.
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Here’s video of the Kerr County, Texas meeting where they discussed the ARPA funds they could have used to pay for a flood warning system:
www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...
www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...
July 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Here’s video of the Kerr County, Texas meeting where they discussed the ARPA funds they could have used to pay for a flood warning system:
www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...
www.reddit.com/r/texas/comm...
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Imagine this is you.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
July 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Imagine this is you.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
You’re locked in a cell thousands of miles from home. No one knows where you are. No charges. No trial. No end in sight.
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“The Democratic establishment, I see them take a lot from progressives but they don’t give a lot back,” said @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social . “That’s why we have Donald Trump in the White House and that’s how we keep recycling people like Andrew Cuomo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
Mamdani Helped a Rival Candidate. She Isn’t Returning the Favor.
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“The Democratic establishment, I see them take a lot from progressives but they don’t give a lot back,” said @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social . “That’s why we have Donald Trump in the White House and that’s how we keep recycling people like Andrew Cuomo.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/n...
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ICE agents arrest mother of two, wife of Marine at New Orleans hearing
She was breastfeeeding when they arrested her.
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She was breastfeeeding when they arrested her.
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June 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
ICE agents arrest mother of two, wife of Marine at New Orleans hearing
She was breastfeeeding when they arrested her.
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She was breastfeeeding when they arrested her.
vm.tiktok.com/ZMSyNca17/
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Somehow, and I don’t know how yet, we will be informed that the whole Trump-Musk feud is Joe Biden’s fault.
June 6, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Somehow, and I don’t know how yet, we will be informed that the whole Trump-Musk feud is Joe Biden’s fault.
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Worth reading. Scott Pelley’s Commencement speech at Wake Forest commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
2025: Scott Pelley - Commencement News Archive
Good morning, everybody. What a beautiful day. What a beautiful North Carolina day for a graduation. Incredible. Thank you, President Wente, Provost Gillespie, members of the Board of Trustees and Kat...
commencement.news.wfu.edu
May 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Worth reading. Scott Pelley’s Commencement speech at Wake Forest commencement.news.wfu.edu/2020s/c2025/...
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Obama turned down a *book* to comply with ethics rules surrounding gifts.
Trump is accepting a jet.
That’s the difference.
Trump is accepting a jet.
That’s the difference.
May 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Obama turned down a *book* to comply with ethics rules surrounding gifts.
Trump is accepting a jet.
That’s the difference.
Trump is accepting a jet.
That’s the difference.
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Eliminating a famous program that cost just $32 million but delivers an estimated $40 billion in annual savings on utility bills just as our nation faces increasing costs & soaring demands has to be one of the dumbest public policy choices on a very competitive list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Shut Down the Energy Star Program
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Eliminating a famous program that cost just $32 million but delivers an estimated $40 billion in annual savings on utility bills just as our nation faces increasing costs & soaring demands has to be one of the dumbest public policy choices on a very competitive list.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/c...
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Let it sink in that a student with a legal visa was detained for six weeks just for writing an editorial. In America.
May 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Let it sink in that a student with a legal visa was detained for six weeks just for writing an editorial. In America.
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The first charge, I believe
One of the charges against Nixon in the articles of impeachment was using the IRS to go after his enemies. A half-century later, Trump is now threatening to use it against organizations he does not favor. @aduehren.bsky.social Alan Rappeport @russbuettner.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
With Harvard Threat, Trump Tries to Bend the I.R.S. to His Will
Since the post-Nixon era, the Internal Revenue Service has had a degree of independence from the White House. President Trump is seeking to change that.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The first charge, I believe
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More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.
So You Want to Be a Dissident?
A practical guide to courage in Trump’s age of fear.
www.newyorker.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:27 PM
More people who never aspired to be activists but oppose the new order are finding that they must traverse a labyrinth of novel choices, calculations, and personal risks. Here’s a practical guide to help.
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Centrally planned economy; official lists of banned terms; ideological orthodoxy imposed on museums and universities; arrest and disappearance of dissidents; rubber-stamp legislative body; judiciary expected to approve all executive actions…
What does this remind me of
What does this remind me of
March 28, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Centrally planned economy; official lists of banned terms; ideological orthodoxy imposed on museums and universities; arrest and disappearance of dissidents; rubber-stamp legislative body; judiciary expected to approve all executive actions…
What does this remind me of
What does this remind me of
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The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
Breaking News: The Pentagon is set to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s closely guarded plan for any potential war with China, officials said.
Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War With China
Giving Elon Musk access to some of the nation’s most closely guarded military secrets is a major expansion of his role as an adviser to President Trump and highlights his conflicts of interest.
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 12:48 AM
The wealthiest man in the world has fully purchased the federal government of the United States. This is one of the most extraordinary crises in the history of this country and you need to ask whether your elected representatives are acting like it.
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What would you say if you saw it in another country? Happening right now
abducted by masked agents of the state in the streets of the capital and slated for deportation for the offense of being linked to views
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
March 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
What would you say if you saw it in another country? Happening right now