Pepper Mint
@peppymints.bsky.social
More of a lurker and collector of memes and news snippets. Therapist. Advocate.
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Tear off the masks when they show up. Take their photos. Get them on video. Expose them. Out them. Name them.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
May 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Tear off the masks when they show up. Take their photos. Get them on video. Expose them. Out them. Name them.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
They need to be made into pariahs where decent people gather.
We cannot allow them to terrorize us.
Eyes open. Phones on.
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NEW: The Trump administration is looking into suspending people’s right to challenge their incarceration in court, to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, White House aide Stephen Miller said Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Trump ‘Looking At’ Suspending Habeas Corpus, Stephen Miller Says
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
May 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM
NEW: The Trump administration is looking into suspending people’s right to challenge their incarceration in court, to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation efforts, White House aide Stephen Miller said Friday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.”
$1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company.
www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
$1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company.
www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
Baraka Arrested for 'Trespassing' at Controversial Immigrant Detention Facility - Insider NJ
Authorities with Homeland Securities Investigations at the ICE detention facility Delaney Hall this afternoon arrested Newark Mayor Ras Baraka
www.insidernj.com
May 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“The controversial 1,000-bed facility is owned by the private prison company GEO Group, which entered into a 15-year, $1 billion contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in February.”
$1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company.
www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
$1 BILLION dollars lining the pockets of a private prison company.
www.insidernj.com/baraka-arres...
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You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism.
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NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support.
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May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
You and millions of other people rely on the NPR Network for trustworthy journalism.
NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support.
Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR
NPR’s editorial integrity and independence are non-negotiable. It’s a promise we make to you – a promise we will fight to keep. Now, we need your support.
Donate today: n.pr/3EYClNR
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A gift to the NRA.
May 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A gift to the NRA.
Donated to my local @npr.org affiliate today for the first time. I wish I could afford more, but I did what I could. I hope anyone else reading this will do the same. Their local programming is some of the best.
May 3, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Donated to my local @npr.org affiliate today for the first time. I wish I could afford more, but I did what I could. I hope anyone else reading this will do the same. Their local programming is some of the best.
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With nearly 40 years of legal practice, lawyer Abbe Lowell has represented many powerful people. Now he's starting a new law firm to represent those who have drawn the ire of President Trump.
By @carriejohnson.bsky.social
By @carriejohnson.bsky.social
Legal veteran starts new firm to defend targets of Trump actions
With nearly 40 years of legal practice, lawyer Abbe Lowell has represented many powerful people. Now he's starting a new law firm to represent those who have drawn the ire of President Trump.
www.npr.org
May 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
With nearly 40 years of legal practice, lawyer Abbe Lowell has represented many powerful people. Now he's starting a new law firm to represent those who have drawn the ire of President Trump.
By @carriejohnson.bsky.social
By @carriejohnson.bsky.social
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
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NEW: Crowd now growing at the Capitol where Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the steps.
Is this building into something?
If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support.
#Resist
(📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)
Is this building into something?
If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support.
#Resist
(📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)
April 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
NEW: Crowd now growing at the Capitol where Cory Booker and Hakeem Jeffries are staging a sit-in on the steps.
Is this building into something?
If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support.
#Resist
(📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)
Is this building into something?
If you’re in DC, they’re encouraging folk to come down there & support.
#Resist
(📸 Sen. Brian Schatz)
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At least three medical journals have received letters from U.S. Department of Justice that questioned their editorial practices and standards, prompting several journals to push back and assert their independence.
Medical journals complain of 'harassment' from Department of Justice
Multiple scientific publications have now received letters from the Trump administration questioning their editorial practices and standards.
nbcnews.to
April 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
At least three medical journals have received letters from U.S. Department of Justice that questioned their editorial practices and standards, prompting several journals to push back and assert their independence.
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Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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No meat inspection
No milk inspection
No keeping track of child/domestic abuse
No keeping track of women dying in childbirth
No funding of head start
No childhood cancer research
No vaccines
No affordable housing
Minimum wage 7.25
LETS HAVE A BABY!
No milk inspection
No keeping track of child/domestic abuse
No keeping track of women dying in childbirth
No funding of head start
No childhood cancer research
No vaccines
No affordable housing
Minimum wage 7.25
LETS HAVE A BABY!
April 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
No meat inspection
No milk inspection
No keeping track of child/domestic abuse
No keeping track of women dying in childbirth
No funding of head start
No childhood cancer research
No vaccines
No affordable housing
Minimum wage 7.25
LETS HAVE A BABY!
No milk inspection
No keeping track of child/domestic abuse
No keeping track of women dying in childbirth
No funding of head start
No childhood cancer research
No vaccines
No affordable housing
Minimum wage 7.25
LETS HAVE A BABY!
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ICE is unlawfully detaining Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk over a thousand miles away from their families and communities, simply for their political advocacy.
We went to Louisiana with members of Congress to demand answers.
We went to Louisiana with members of Congress to demand answers.
Congressional delegation visits Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk in Louisiana detention centers | CNN
A delegation of congressional members traveled to Louisiana Tuesday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil and Rumeysa Ozturk and inspect conditions at the two Immigration and Customs Enforcement det...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
ICE is unlawfully detaining Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa Öztürk over a thousand miles away from their families and communities, simply for their political advocacy.
We went to Louisiana with members of Congress to demand answers.
We went to Louisiana with members of Congress to demand answers.
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they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
US FDA suspends milk quality tests amid workforce cuts
The Food and Drug Administration is suspending a quality control program for testing of fluid milk and other dairy products due to reduced capacity in its food safety and nutrition division, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
they want you sick and preferably dead www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.
Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
April 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Carl Sagan explains how the ancient Greeks knew the Earth was round and calculated its circumference over 2,000 years ago.
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😳🤬"A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it: The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure."😳🤬
A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it
The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure.
www.nbcnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
😳🤬"A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it: The outbreak linked to romaine lettuce killed one person and sickened at least 88 more, including a 9-year-old boy who nearly died of kidney failure."😳🤬
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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards
Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.
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This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason
April 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is the kind of thing that, if true, leads to life sentences for treason
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I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
Headed to El Salvador to meet with government officials and discuss return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I’m about to board my flight to El Salvador, where I hope to meet with senior government officials to discuss the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
I also hope to see Kilmar and check on his condition — and remind him that we won’t stop fighting until he’s home.
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
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I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
April 15, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want to tell you why the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia should matter to you.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
The one power you cannot give the executive is the ability to imprison or expel anyone regardless of their legal rights. That is our key check against autocracy. And we are watching it disappear.
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Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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April 14, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Trump orders government to stop tracking cancers in U.S. firefighters.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
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Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...
Bukele’s Offense Against the American People
Here’s how I look at today’s White House spectacle. I don’t really...
talkingpointsmemo.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Any Democratic politician who doesn't understand Nayib Bukele's grave offense against the sovereignty of the American people and constitutional order and say as much publicly should have no future in elected office. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bukel...