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The Trump administration plans to incinerate $9.7 million in birth control pills and other contraceptives stored in Belgium after U.S.A.I.D. was abruptly shut down. -New York Times

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
The U.S. is destroying $9.7 million in contraceptives. Is there another option?
This planned destruction of birth control devices is part of the dismantling of USAID services — and is linked to allegations by the government that cite abortion. Critics are speaking out.
www.npr.org
August 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The firing of Library of Congress head Librarian since 2016, Chris Hayden, for promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, is just another politically motivated move to control what we know and who knows it.
August 7, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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July 1, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I just called my reps to Oppose H.R. 1: the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - Final Senate Vote TODAY (UPDATED 7/1) — you should too: 5calls.org/issue/hr1-on...
Oppose H.R. 1: the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" - Final Senate Vote TODAY (UPDATED 7/1) ⭑ 5 Calls
Updates July 1, 2025: The Senate is expected to hold the final passage vote for H.R. 1 today, Tuesday July 1st. June 28, 2025: The Senate has voted …
5calls.org
July 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Women's March

Here are the details:
Clearwater Free America Weekend
Friday, July 4, 2025 from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM EDT

2605 Enterprise Rd E, Clearwater, FL 33759, USA

action.womensmarch.com/events/clear...
Clearwater Free America Weekend
CELEBRATE FREEDOM. IGNITE YOUR REBELLION Independence Day is about the fight for freedom. The American Revolution was a stand against tyranny and kings. That same spirit has lived on—from the Boston T...
action.womensmarch.com
June 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Trump’s Birthdays parade was a flop compared to NOKINGS.

WOW!!
June 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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May 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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It's not depicting South Africa at all.
Trump Claimed This Photo Proved 'Genocide' Of White South Africans, But There's 1 Big Problem
It's not depicting South Africa at all.
www.huffpost.com
May 21, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Planning And Promoting Your No Kings Event” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Planning And Promoting Your No Kings Event · No Kings
Join the organizers of the NO KINGS mobilization to learn more about how to prepare for your event. Get insights and tips on how to message and promote your mobilization, bring in volunteers, and get ...
www.mobilize.us
May 21, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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May 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Death Toll Estimates Related to Trump Administration Policies
April 30, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I'm attending Pinellas County Democrats's event, “🌊 May Meeting – Largo Mid-Pinellas Democratic Club ft. Fmr. Rep. David Jolly” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
🌊 May Meeting – Largo Mid-Pinellas Democratic Club ft. Fmr. Rep. David Jolly · Mobilize
**Event Name:** 🌊 May Meeting – Largo Mid-Pinellas Democratic Club ft. Rep. David Jolly **Date & Time:** 🗓 Monday, May 19, 2025 🕡 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EDT **Location:** 📍 Banquet Masters 1335...
www.mobilize.us
April 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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38 of the 43.

"38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic.

"The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..."

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
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 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"The Trump administration is reportedly planning to cut NASA’s science budget in half, eliminating future space telescope and other astrobiology projects. If that happens, Krissansen-Totton said, “the search for life elsewhere would basically stop” such as K2-18b, oceanlike life forms are evident.
April 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
So he's ending or at least threatening to end pharmaceutical tariffs BUT entertains corporate leaders to woo him for exemptions. How is that helping Americans.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
April 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
April 8, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Fear has a way of being contagious.

But courage is also contagious.
April 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
April 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Here's an intriguing fine detail: @premthakker.bsky.social reports that university officials have discovered that the Trump administration has been revoking not only visas but also the student "status" (based on, e.g., maintaining required course load) that universities usually control
SCOOP: The Trump admin appears to be going into a visa database to quietly change students' immigration status. It's coming entirely by surprise — setting students up to be detained without warning.

It's Mahmoud Khalil & Rumeysa Ozturk — on a wider scale.
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
zeteo.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Rubio accuses Ozturk of "causing a ruckus" right after revoking her student visa.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/03...
Rubio confirms he revoked Tufts student's visa, says he pulls visas 'every day'
A Tufts University doctoral student arrested by immigration enforcement agents Tuesday was sent to a detention center in Louisiana before a judge ordered the government to keep her in Massachusetts, f...
www.wbur.org
March 28, 2025 at 3:41 AM