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'Making sure that history is not rewritten': Cops ask federal judge to 'compel' Capitol architect to 'follow the law' and install years-delayed Jan. 6 memorial plaque | Law & Crime lawandcrime.com/high-profile...
Cops ask judge to 'compel' Capitol architect to install Jan. 6 memorial plaque
"If the government finally acknowledges Plaintiffs’ sacrifice, the psychic injuries caused by the government’s failure to follow the law will be lessened."
lawandcrime.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Here’s the highest-quality upload of the 60 minutes CECOT segment I’ve found so far:

www.dailymotion.com/video/x9w8gyi
Banned 60 minutes segment on CECOT
Dailymotion video by fond_.mhb423
www.dailymotion.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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Every trans person--including every trans child--deserves the chance to be fully themselves. I'm so sick of seeing trans folks harmed repeatedly and unrelentingly, against all reason and scientific precedent. To my trans friends--I'm so sorry the world keeps trying to dim your light.
December 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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The science behind gender-affirming care has been endorsed by every major medical organization. This isn't about science or medicine. It's about the discomfort many non-trans people feel over the *existence* of trans people.
December 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Last night, President Trump bombed another civilian boat in international waters, killing 4 more people and bringing the death toll of his illegal boat strikes to 99.

These murders violate U.S. and international law and must be stopped.
US strikes another boat in eastern Pacific, killing 4 | CNN Politics
The US military conducted a strike against another alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, killing 4 people, according to US Southern Command.
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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📍 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘, 𝐔𝐓:

A father of a 4-year-old was taken by ICE mid-interview, the first time his attorney has ever seen a client arrested inside a USCIS appointment.

Jair Celis is a longtime Utah resident with no criminal record and is married to a U.S. citizen. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
A Utah soccer coach was ‘following exactly’ process to get legal status — but ICE arrested him anyway
A 29-year-old Utah father and soccer coach was arrested at what should have been his final interview before being granted permanent residency, his attorney said.
www.sltrib.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Why do so many goods feel pricier and more extractive than they used to?

In “Bad Company,” @greenwell.bsky.social brings people who are harmed by private equity squarely into focus through real stories of people whose local newspapers got gutted, whose jobs suddenly disappeared, and more.
December 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.

And trans lives are grounded in reality.

We see y'all. No matter what.

www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office

the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center construction
Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office
The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers.
www.wired.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Critical minerals currently being stockpiled by the Pentagon for weapons could be used to decarbonize the economy instead– at a time when our shrinking climate window demands decisive action.

Read our Global Systems and Policy Manager in @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/42ab...
Critical minerals should not be stockpiled for military use
The US is funnelling materials such as cobalt and graphite into national defence rather than new climate technologies
www.ft.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Unbelievable. This would be a terrible blow to American science, writ large. It would decimate not only climate research, but also the kind of weather, wildfire, and disaster research that has underpinned half a century of progress in prediction, early warning, and increased resilience.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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SCOOP

Harvey Risch is a Yale epidemiologist who has speculated about links between "turbo cancer" and COVID vaccines, while working for a company whose customers use ivermectin as a cancer treatment

Trump just appointed him to oversee the US national cancer program

www.wired.com/story/risch-...
New Head of Trump's Cancer Panel Questioned Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has speculated about a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.
www.wired.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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The media needs to stop writing headlines like “The CDC changes course on vaccines and autism” and “The CDC defends measles response”.

NONE of this is coming from legitimate scientists at the CDC.

ALL of it is coming from RFK Jr.

Every such headline is causing further harm to public health.
December 17, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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“But I know one reporter who mastered a new skill they don’t teach in journalism school...While his hands are behind him in zip ties, he can pull out his phone and still type out emergency messages asking for help. I’ve been on the receiving end of quite a few of those."

Yeah...been there
From LA to Chicago, press arrests were used to silence protest coverage across the country in 2025.

Each arrest signaled a shift in how authorities police information and those who gather it.

Read @pressfreedomtracker.us's new report by @stephaniesugars.bsky.social:
Press arrests used to silence protest coverage in 2025
More than 30 journalists detained, nearly all released without charges or with them quickly dropped
pressfreedomtracker.us
December 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Marta Russell on this very topic:
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Noticing that Democrats are passing “right to die” laws before passing “right to housing” or “right to healthcare” laws www.nprillinois.org/government-p...
Gov. JB Pritzker signs 'right-to-die' legislation for terminally ill people to end their lives in Illinois
The new law, which takes effect next September, opens the door for people 18 or older with a terminal diagnosis to be prescribed a fatal drug.
www.nprillinois.org
December 14, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Just a reminder that ICE didn't exist until 2002. It's not some longstanding institution that must be maintained. It was created as a knee-jerk reaction to 9/11, and it could be gotten rid of as easily as it was created.
December 12, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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The clear takeaway from today is that Donald Trump is not unstoppable and you are not powerless.
December 12, 2025 at 1:58 AM
"When patients reject vaccines today, they are rejecting one of the most powerful tools we have to keep them safe, not because the science has changed, but because the information ecosystem has.

"That should terrify us."
A powerful piece describing how anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric impacts the doctor patient relationship.

“In my clinic, I can feel it before I even speak. With approximately half of my patients, when I bring up vaccines, a tension settles into the room.”

www.statnews.com/2025/12/10/a...
Rise of anti-science rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between doctors and patients
“The rise of anti-science and anti-vaccine rhetoric has fundamentally changed the relationship between clinicians and patients.”
www.statnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Banned words list has real consequences.
A Head Start program operated by a tribe on a Native American reservation was told not to prioritize tribal kids, in clear violation of Head Start Act. The program director also can’t do training on trauma-informed instruction, or to support kids with autism.
December 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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The richest 0.001% now have three times as much wealth as the poorer half of humanity combined.

www.commondreams.org/news/world-i...
Richest 0.001% Now Own Three Times More Wealth Than Poorest Half of Humanity Combined | Common Dreams
A landmark report on global inequality shows that the chasm between the richest slice of humanity and everyone else continued to expand this year
www.commondreams.org
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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RESOURCE: There's been a lot of hype and greenwash about how AI is going to help the #climate so it's great that the upcoming 4th edition of @hoodwinkedhothouse.bsky.social takes it on directly as a "false solution" in a short overview piece written by @scanthehorizon.bsky.social #ClimateSky 🔌💡
Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Hoodwinked in the Hothouse
The Hoodwinked Collaborative is proud to unveil a preview chapter from the forthcoming Fourth Edition of Hoodwinked in the Hothouse. Download the PDF version
climatefalsesolutions.org
December 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM