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This land return and tule elk reintroduction is a significant milestone in California's relationship with the Tule River Indian Tribe.

We're taking critical steps to confront the historical wrongs committed by the state against the Native people of this land.
October 29, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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“I was afraid to go over there,” he said. “I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back. ... These are Americans who know what freedom is — we’re being invaded by strangers.”

chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'
A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses say they didn't get any warning Sunday afterno...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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More CDC Cuts 💣💥

Gone is the Employee Assistance Program. They help staff deal with many things, among them coping with the trauma of being the victim of a terrorist attack 2 months ago.

Also gone, every policy and communications role left, eliminating any communication function at CDC.
October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
October 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The ACLU of Illinois, joined by other Chicago immigration advocates, filed a lawsuit against DHS and ICE in March, alleging that the January arrests of 26 individuals across the Midwest violated a 2022 consent decree that bars ICE from detaining people without a warrant or probable cause.
22 People Arrested in ICE Raids Announce Federal Court Action Challenging Unlawful Warrantless ICE Arrests Under New Trump Administration
Twenty-two people, including a U.S. citizen from Chicago, subjected to unlawful arrests and detention by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the early weeks of the second Trump
www.aclu-il.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Heroines with a gaval. You’re not going to use the military…federalise the national guard, to invade Portland Oregon. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Judge issues new broader order barring any National Guard from relocating to Oregon
Judge asked federal government lawyer: 'Do you believe this is an appropriate way to deal with a judge’s order that you disagree with?'
www.oregonlive.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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That's some good advice.

#ResistTrump
September 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Chainsaws Over Science: Trump’s Forest Policy in One Hearing

A must read!
Chainsaws Over Science: Trump’s Forest Policy in One Hearing
USFS Chief showcases his old school incompetence
www.lovelyparkspeople.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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"Harvard can't use race as a factor in admissions, but ICE can use race as a factor in detentions" is a retrenchment essentially to a pre-Civil War understanding of the Constitution. It's vanishingly few steps removed from "Latinos have no rights which the white man is bound to respect."
September 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Our Supreme Court is a wreck, now they’re okay with racial profiling. The Court has lifted restrictions on immigration-related stops by federal agents in the Los Angeles area, which amounts to blatant racial profiling. Agents have been stopping people solely based on their appearance,
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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"Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year."

It's going to be used for education and transportation.

See? Equitable taxation benefits everyone.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...
Millionaires tax revenue reaches $1.8 billion, on pace to double estimates
Massachusetts has collected about $1.8 billion from a voter-approved surtax on the state's highest earners through the first nine months of the fiscal year, the Department of Revenue said Monday in a ...
www.wgbh.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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California didn't start the redistricting fight. But we're going to win it.
August 21, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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A dozen or more transgender members of the U.S. Air Force who had sought early retirement to avoid being discharged for their gender identity have had those retirements canceled. Each has served between 15 and 18 years.
August 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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San Diego #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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This is a direct result of the hate and intolerance that Trump spews and encourages among his cult followers - it's truly disgusting 👇

Read more here: bit.ly/3Y1jt7h

#ResistTrump
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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February 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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This is Nazi shit
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The end result of this is trans people can't travel to the USA without the risk of being permanently banned from entering the USA on grounds of "gender fraud".

Already know trans folks in high tech fields who will be cancelling plans to give talks in America.
US threatens permanent visa bans on trans athletes based on sex markers
Exclusive: State department memo directs officers to bar those deemed to misrepresent birth sex on applications
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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Maine has a law that bars discrimination based on gender identity and continues to allow trans girls to compete in high school athletics.

“You'd better comply,” Trump demanded. “Otherwise, you’re not getting any federal funding.”

“We’ll see you in court,” Mills responded.

More: bit.ly/4k9p9Wp
February 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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February 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Are you bored tonight? Send your five accomplishments, maybe your shopping list, or your five thoughts on Elon from the past week to OPM at [email protected].
February 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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“What part of diversity, equity, and inclusion do you have a problem with?”
www.science.org/content/arti...
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
www.science.org
February 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM