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Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
www.propublica.org
December 29, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Expectant mothers were left so hungry after the U.S. cut foreign food aid that one woman ate clay and charcoal.
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
Her baby struggled to gain weight after being born prematurely.
By @annamaria.bsky.social, photos by @storitellah.com & illustrations by Phoebe Ouma
The kind of thing I used to share on Twitter back in 2008 when it first started.
December 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The kind of thing I used to share on Twitter back in 2008 when it first started.
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The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
CANCELLED 60 MINUTES CECOT DOC
YouTube video by eoin higgins
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
The CBS 60 Minutes Doc confirms what we knew: The U.S. is currently using our tax dollars to imprison brown people with no criminal record in torture camps overseas.
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
It’s no wonder administration shill Bari Weiss pulled this off the air: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjY7...
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This WaPo piece weaves together an incredibly powerful story about the way Trump has devastated government and the dedicated people who wake up every day to serve the public. wapo.st/4b14KAy
The year Trump broke the federal government
How DOGE and the White House carried out a once-unthinkable transformation of the nation’s sprawling bureaucracy.
wapo.st
December 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This WaPo piece weaves together an incredibly powerful story about the way Trump has devastated government and the dedicated people who wake up every day to serve the public. wapo.st/4b14KAy
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Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
December 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Have you ever heard someone go off, and their words are so perfectly chosen, so well said in that moment, that you’re in awe? You think, “There’s nothing to add here,” and you applaud in your head.
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
That’s exactly this. Pure perfection. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Now Trump Is Threatening Naturalized Americans
He’s not just bashing refugees and illegal immigrants. He’s going after U.S. citizens born in other countries.
open.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"First, Trump targeted illegal immigrants. Then he went after legal immigrants. Now, he’s attacking naturalized Americans, citizens who were born elsewhere...He’s trying to turn white against nonwhite Americans...The U.S. government now openly stands for bigotry."
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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💡If approached by ICE, people should hold up this card below.
💡Please tell your family/friends to “DESIGNATE A STANDBY GUARDIAN” in an emergency for minors in case parents detained/unable to be reached.
💡Please tell your family/friends to “DESIGNATE A STANDBY GUARDIAN” in an emergency for minors in case parents detained/unable to be reached.
March 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
💡If approached by ICE, people should hold up this card below.
💡Please tell your family/friends to “DESIGNATE A STANDBY GUARDIAN” in an emergency for minors in case parents detained/unable to be reached.
💡Please tell your family/friends to “DESIGNATE A STANDBY GUARDIAN” in an emergency for minors in case parents detained/unable to be reached.
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The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.
Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔
Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔
March 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The FAA approved another launch before the last crash investigation was completed — and it ended in another disaster.
Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔
Why is SpaceX getting a free pass from DOGE cuts? 🤔
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congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit
March 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM
congrats democrats, you got played like chumps. but at least you're respecting the office or some bullshit
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Is this what they meant by a Red Wave?
March 4, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Is this what they meant by a Red Wave?
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"The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former IRS officials warned that losing such a large number of employees could disrupt Americans’ ability to easily file taxes this year, even if the layoffs are not supposed to affect those deemed 'critical'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
I.R.S. to Begin Laying Off Roughly 6,000 Employees on Thursday
The terminations will target relatively recent hires at the I.R.S., which the Biden administration had attempted to revitalize.
www.nytimes.com
February 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
"The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former IRS officials warned that losing such a large number of employees could disrupt Americans’ ability to easily file taxes this year, even if the layoffs are not supposed to affect those deemed 'critical'...”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...
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Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
February 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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CFPB, the agency to help the little guy fight rich banks, is dead… murdered by the richest man on Earth and his oligarchs.
February 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
CFPB, the agency to help the little guy fight rich banks, is dead… murdered by the richest man on Earth and his oligarchs.
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Absolutely. Grind it to a halt.
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
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Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
Opinion | There Is No Going Back
The president’s opponents, whoever they are, cannot expect a return to the Constitution as it was.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Yeah so the Constitution isn’t really in effect right now
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Trump WH has ordered CDC scientists to retract all papers under submission to medical journals containing banned terms— must be scrubbed from manuscripts, including even basic words like “gender”. Retraction even applies to accepted papers in press for imminent publication.
February 4, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Trump WH has ordered CDC scientists to retract all papers under submission to medical journals containing banned terms— must be scrubbed from manuscripts, including even basic words like “gender”. Retraction even applies to accepted papers in press for imminent publication.
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As people are protesting at Treasury, and as people are calling on and protesting at Senate offices, Dem Senators were voting for ANOTHER Trump nominee.
They are outside Treasury yelling "Fight!" and inside the Capitol capitulating. They are not taking this or us seriously.
They are outside Treasury yelling "Fight!" and inside the Capitol capitulating. They are not taking this or us seriously.
February 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
As people are protesting at Treasury, and as people are calling on and protesting at Senate offices, Dem Senators were voting for ANOTHER Trump nominee.
They are outside Treasury yelling "Fight!" and inside the Capitol capitulating. They are not taking this or us seriously.
They are outside Treasury yelling "Fight!" and inside the Capitol capitulating. They are not taking this or us seriously.
Seesh. The demanding of classified information from the US aid organization. Feels like a spook hunt.
Are they going to Valerie Plame the hell out of many good people, and use that as a further justification for shutting down the agench.
Are they going to Valerie Plame the hell out of many good people, and use that as a further justification for shutting down the agench.
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Seesh. The demanding of classified information from the US aid organization. Feels like a spook hunt.
Are they going to Valerie Plame the hell out of many good people, and use that as a further justification for shutting down the agench.
Are they going to Valerie Plame the hell out of many good people, and use that as a further justification for shutting down the agench.
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.