alexis
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
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this is a form of theft.
the program "boosts literacy" by writing stories for students (?), with a veneer of social justice added to make the whole thing more grotesque. notably this is PG county, not Montgomery: it's always the poor kids who get AI fixes instead of actual investment in teaching
the program "boosts literacy" by writing stories for students (?), with a veneer of social justice added to make the whole thing more grotesque. notably this is PG county, not Montgomery: it's always the poor kids who get AI fixes instead of actual investment in teaching
Prince George’s County Public Schools plan to make a big investment in artificial intelligence in the coming years, and one of the programs it's starting with is an AI-powered story-telling platform backed by former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick.
marylandmatters.org/2025/12/09/p...
marylandmatters.org/2025/12/09/p...
Prince George's schools, Colin Kaepernick-backed AI firm partner for storytelling tech - Maryland Matters
Prince George’s County Public Schools plan to make a big investment in artificial intelligence in the coming years, and one of the programs it's starting with is an AI-powered story-telling platform b...
marylandmatters.org
December 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
this is a form of theft.
the program "boosts literacy" by writing stories for students (?), with a veneer of social justice added to make the whole thing more grotesque. notably this is PG county, not Montgomery: it's always the poor kids who get AI fixes instead of actual investment in teaching
the program "boosts literacy" by writing stories for students (?), with a veneer of social justice added to make the whole thing more grotesque. notably this is PG county, not Montgomery: it's always the poor kids who get AI fixes instead of actual investment in teaching
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This is disgraceful. They should be at home with their families. Instead, Trump is forcing them to walk around in the cold for his fascist national security theater. DC is absolutely dead this time of year. There’s nobody here to “terrorize.” Just pathetic all around.
National Guard wearing Santa hats while patrolling in DC.
December 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This is disgraceful. They should be at home with their families. Instead, Trump is forcing them to walk around in the cold for his fascist national security theater. DC is absolutely dead this time of year. There’s nobody here to “terrorize.” Just pathetic all around.
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The haters can't stand that I'm simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
December 24, 2024 at 4:17 PM
The haters can't stand that I'm simply having a wonderful Christmas time.
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The holiday vibes this year.
December 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The holiday vibes this year.
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jesus christ: “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
Jeffrey Epstein apparently wrote letter to Larry Nassar referencing Trump
Letter to former US gymnastics team doctor postmarked three days after Epstein’s death
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
jesus christ: “Our president also shares our love of young, nubile girls."
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Happy holidays!
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The Phone-Based Retirement Is Here
Do your parents have a screen-time problem?
www.theatlantic.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happy holidays!
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NEW: Yuanxin Zheng, the 6-year-old boy from Queens whose separation from his father drew outrage in New York City, has been deported to China with his dad. With @haleaziz.bsky.social
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Immigration Officials Deport Queens 6-Year-Old and Father Who Fled China
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December 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
NEW: Yuanxin Zheng, the 6-year-old boy from Queens whose separation from his father drew outrage in New York City, has been deported to China with his dad. With @haleaziz.bsky.social
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December 19, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
Her 1951 walkout helped end school segregation. Now her statue is in the U.S. Capitol
Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Barbara Rose Johns was 16 when she led a walkout at her high school, credited with helping end school segregation. Her statue replaces Robert E. Lee's, which was removed in 2020.
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A report from the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety analyzed data from local police departments on nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes from 2020 to 2024, including where they came from. n.pr/3XZuohy
Thousands of guns are found at crime scenes. What do they tell us?
A report from the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety analyzed data from local police departments on nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes from 2020 to 2024, including where they came from.
n.pr
December 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A report from the advocacy group Everytown For Gun Safety analyzed data from local police departments on nearly 350,000 guns used in crimes from 2020 to 2024, including where they came from. n.pr/3XZuohy
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him.
What to know about Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from immigration custody
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump's immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him.
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🚨New: Indiana Republicans ignored threats on their lives and rejected President Donald Trump’s demand that they gerrymander the state’s House map to help protect the party’s majority in next year’s midterms.
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨New: Indiana Republicans ignored threats on their lives and rejected President Donald Trump’s demand that they gerrymander the state’s House map to help protect the party’s majority in next year’s midterms.
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THIS WEDNESDAY: Join us for a winter fundraiser with some friends! ❄️🍷
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
THIS WEDNESDAY: Join us for a winter fundraiser with some friends! ❄️🍷
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
Enjoy some good food and drink, meet Aparna, chat about the campaign, and help us raise money for a Ward 1 and DC for all.
www.mobilize.us/aparnafordc/...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
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"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
Nature research paper: Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
go.nature.com/3YcD2ZS
Built environment disparities are amplified during extreme weather recovery - Nature
Higher-income neighbourhoods rebuild and improve after disasters while lower-income areas do not return to pre-disaster conditions.
go.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"Our analysis shows that in the aftermath of extreme weather events, lower-income neighbourhoods are less likely to rebuild and do not return to their pre-disaster state, whereas higher-income areas rebuild and tend to improve...highlighting increasing disparities in their built environments."
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The Indiana state House just passed a new congressional map that'd make the state's delegation all Republican (9-0, up from 7-2 now).
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
House passes Indiana redistricting bill 57-41; bill now moves to Senate
Indiana lawmakers pass bill to redraw congressional districts, splitting Marion County into four. Democrats criticize the move as diluting minority voices.
www.wishtv.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Indiana state House just passed a new congressional map that'd make the state's delegation all Republican (9-0, up from 7-2 now).
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
Now, up to the Senate, which has been resistant: They're taking it up Monday. www.wishtv.com/news/politic...
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More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
December 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
More than 50 contracts across our union include language that directly addresses artificial intelligence. Earlier this week, we released our demands #NewsNotSlop
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
➡️ www.newsnotslop.org/demands
We’re highlighting some of the best contract language enforcing these demands in the workplace here:
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U.S. job cuts have reach 1.17 million this year, the most since 2020.
December 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
U.S. job cuts have reach 1.17 million this year, the most since 2020.
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The fact that partisan gerrymandering is allowed is anti-democracy.
Everyone needs to know Nashville is a Dem stronghold. Has been for decades.
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The fact that partisan gerrymandering is allowed is anti-democracy.
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It’s official!
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It’s official!
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
Humbled to have so many friends, neighbors, and family by my side in the fight to put people first in DC.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 💜
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
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The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
The DC I know
YouTube video by Janeese for DC
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December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The DC I know is worth fighting for.
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM
I’m Janeese Lewis George, and I’m running for Mayor.
youtu.be/aOBD45c3wVM