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In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Few answers have emerged, and the U.S. has not claimed responsibility. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.
They Fled War in Ethiopia. Then American Bombs Found Them.
www.nytimes.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
In April, U.S.-made bombs destroyed a detention facility that held Ethiopian migrants in Yemen, crushing bodies and shredding limbs. Few answers have emerged, and the U.S. has not claimed responsibility. Amid official silence, the survivors are left wondering why.
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They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
June 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
They were supposed to be deporting “gang members” and “criminals.”
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
So far, they have kidnapped people working their day jobs and folks lawfully showing up for their immigration court appearances…
It was always a lie.
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The GOP is trying to kill nearly 800 clean energy projects, including many right here in Washington.
That means fewer jobs, higher energy costs, and more pollution.
They’re pulling the plug on a cleaner and more sustainable future.
That means fewer jobs, higher energy costs, and more pollution.
They’re pulling the plug on a cleaner and more sustainable future.
‘Throwing us off a cliff’: Megabill could derail hundreds of planned clean energy projects
A POLITICO analysis identified 794 planned clean electricity generation facilities — mostly in GOP districts — that could lose subsidies under the House bill. The Senate is debating changes.
www.politico.com
June 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The GOP is trying to kill nearly 800 clean energy projects, including many right here in Washington.
That means fewer jobs, higher energy costs, and more pollution.
They’re pulling the plug on a cleaner and more sustainable future.
That means fewer jobs, higher energy costs, and more pollution.
They’re pulling the plug on a cleaner and more sustainable future.
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The GOP budget: brought to you by the phrase “stop hitting yourself.”
May 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The GOP budget: brought to you by the phrase “stop hitting yourself.”
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Learned from a newspaper ad woman in upstate NY and a bookshop owner in Montreal what this trade war could do to words. Much or most newsprint comes from Canada, soon subject to U.S. tariffs. & Canada is putting 25% on U.S. books. Which includes, get this, Handmaid’s Tale.
March 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Learned from a newspaper ad woman in upstate NY and a bookshop owner in Montreal what this trade war could do to words. Much or most newsprint comes from Canada, soon subject to U.S. tariffs. & Canada is putting 25% on U.S. books. Which includes, get this, Handmaid’s Tale.
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imagine having enough money to where you could part with and donate this much money to sway the entire political ecosystem. pure evil
March 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
imagine having enough money to where you could part with and donate this much money to sway the entire political ecosystem. pure evil
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Hey, I've got an aces idea! Let's dismantle the FBI, put a Kremlin asset in charge of the DNI, and then bomb Iran! What could possibly go wrong?
March 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Hey, I've got an aces idea! Let's dismantle the FBI, put a Kremlin asset in charge of the DNI, and then bomb Iran! What could possibly go wrong?
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Every Californian with an email address and an internet connection can now visit California’s Bookshelf and access more than 300,000 ebooks and audiobooks.
www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...
www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...
March 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every Californian with an email address and an internet connection can now visit California’s Bookshelf and access more than 300,000 ebooks and audiobooks.
www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...
www.library.ca.gov/uploads/2025...
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March 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge
For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...
www.post-gazette.com
March 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
www.post-gazette.com/business/pow...
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I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
March 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.
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Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...
EPA Considers Giving Oil and Gas Companies More ‘Flexibility’ to Dispose of Highly Toxic Wastewater - Inside Climate News
Technology to treat produced water has advanced. But critics warn against relaxing protections for disposal “of what is very hazardous material.”
insideclimatenews.org
March 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oil and gas industry wants to be able to dump highly toxic fracking wastewater—full of benzene and heavy metals, often radioactive—with more abandon, including in rivers and streams, and White House is open to that.
insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/2003202...
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The Environmental Protection Agency will now only protect the bottom lines of polluting corporations.
E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk (Gift Article)
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will curtail efforts to cut pollution in poorer areas.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The Environmental Protection Agency will now only protect the bottom lines of polluting corporations.
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"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
Opinion | What Autocrats Want From Academics: Servility
In 1931, Italian scholars were made to take loyalty oaths. Will that happen to us?
www.chronicle.com
March 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"On October 8, 1931, a law went into effect requiring every Italian university professor to sign an oath pledging their loyalty to the government of Benito Mussolini. Out of over 1,200 professors in the country, only 12 refused. All of them were immediately fired." www.chronicle.com/article/what...
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If you’ve ever paused to listen during the midday organ performance, visited the Christmas light show, or told someone “Meet me at the eagle,” this one is for you.
🔗 inquirer.com/columnists/m...
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March 22, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If you’ve ever paused to listen during the midday organ performance, visited the Christmas light show, or told someone “Meet me at the eagle,” this one is for you.
🔗 inquirer.com/columnists/m...
🔗 inquirer.com/columnists/m...
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$10-per-Day Child Care Plan Already Boosting Canada’s Economy.
centreforfuturework.ca/2024/11/24/1...
#cdnpoli #peipoli
centreforfuturework.ca/2024/11/24/1...
#cdnpoli #peipoli
$10-per-Day Child Care Plan Already Boosting Canada’s Economy - Centre for Future Work
In 2021, Canada’s federal government announced a new $10-per-day national early learning and child care (ELCC) program, which began rolling out in 2022. It has increased the number of regulated child ...
centreforfuturework.ca
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM
$10-per-Day Child Care Plan Already Boosting Canada’s Economy.
centreforfuturework.ca/2024/11/24/1...
#cdnpoli #peipoli
centreforfuturework.ca/2024/11/24/1...
#cdnpoli #peipoli
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It's not about the clothes you wear.
November 22, 2024 at 10:42 PM
It's not about the clothes you wear.
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A government run by billionaires will never be for the people.
November 23, 2024 at 2:44 PM
A government run by billionaires will never be for the people.
Yet another example of Republican hypocrisy
November 23, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Yet another example of Republican hypocrisy
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