@suzvz.bsky.social
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DHS claims that an accused murderer was released from a Charlotte jail and was “back onto North Carolina’s streets because of sanctuary policies.”
The local paper reported that was false.
So DHS quietly removed that statement—and never admitted they lied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
The local paper reported that was false.
So DHS quietly removed that statement—and never admitted they lied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
DHS quietly corrects inaccurate information after Charlotte Observer report
As Border Patrol arrived in Charlotte, DHS falsely said a Honduran man charged with murder was released under NC’s “sanctuary policies.”
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
DHS claims that an accused murderer was released from a Charlotte jail and was “back onto North Carolina’s streets because of sanctuary policies.”
The local paper reported that was false.
So DHS quietly removed that statement—and never admitted they lied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
The local paper reported that was false.
So DHS quietly removed that statement—and never admitted they lied. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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My pitch at COP in Belem:
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My pitch at COP in Belem:
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
1. Trump doesn't speak for our country on climate; he's the agent of fossil fuel - indeed, the corrupt agent. He speaks for them, his big donors, not for Americans.
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Sarah Kendzior has some interesting tidbits in The Last American Road Trip about Garland and his boss/mentor in the 1990's.
November 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Sarah Kendzior has some interesting tidbits in The Last American Road Trip about Garland and his boss/mentor in the 1990's.
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WOW: "Covid-19 vaccines... set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center & the University of Florida."
NEW STUDY PUBLISHED IN NATURE: People who got an mRNA COVID vaccine within ~3 months before or after starting immunotherapy for cancer lived longer overall than those who didn’t get the vaccine.
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
October 23, 2025 at 11:54 PM
WOW: "Covid-19 vaccines... set off a powerful alarm that rallies the human immune system against cancer and nearly doubles the median survival length of patients, according to a new retrospective study by researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center & the University of Florida."
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NEW: North Carolina is the latest state to join the nationwide redistricting battle, as state lawmakers are set to vote next week on redrawing the state's congressional map. The move follows Trump's call for red legislatures to "fix" their maps before 2026.
North Carolina Is Latest GOP-Controlled State To Announce a Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
NEW: North Carolina is the latest state to join the nationwide redistricting battle, as state lawmakers are set to vote next week on redrawing the state's congressional map. The move follows Trump's call for red legislatures to "fix" their maps before 2026.
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Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation
Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.
www.cbsnews.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
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Prose both elegant and elegiac from the incomparable @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
"There is no longer 'news' in the US: only speculation, propaganda in oligarch-run newspapers, dark money posts disguised as articles, the occasional well-researched but paywalled piece, and independent reporting blocked by algorithms."
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/tunnel-vis...
Tunnel Vision
Do you remember September 9?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Prose both elegant and elegiac from the incomparable @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
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STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
STEWART: “Comedy doesn’t change the world, but it’s a bellwether— we’re the banana peel in the coal mine… authoritarians are the threat to comedy, music, art, thought… progress.”
Nailed it.
Nailed it.
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Even Grok is calling the shooter a groyper. Lmao
September 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Even Grok is calling the shooter a groyper. Lmao
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We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.
Let’s Not Forget Who Charlie Kirk Really Was
The right-wing influencer did not deserve to die, and we shouldn’t forget the many despicable things he said and did.
www.thenation.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We can be morally outraged by an assassination and at the same time acknowledge that Charlie Kirk’s racism and misogyny were immoral. Whitewashing his behavior and beliefs betrays the collective by masking how we got to this place in America.
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A strong statement from Sen. Thom Tillis.
September 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A strong statement from Sen. Thom Tillis.
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This was great and was glad it offered an audio version! @thenation.com @rodriquese.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...
James Baldwin’s Radical Politics of Love
While Baldwin was persecuted in part because of whom he loved, it was love that impelled him to bring about a more utopian future in which such persecution was not possible.
www.thenation.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This was great and was glad it offered an audio version! @thenation.com @rodriquese.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/cult...
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Hi. I’m the executive director of the organization that had the honor of hosting the FEMA Katrina Declaration and I can confirm this is a lie.
NICE TRY, KRISTI!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
NICE TRY, KRISTI!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
O'Keefe to Noem: "At least 20 people who signed this letter were current FEMA employees & they've been placed on administrative leave. Is it now the policy of DHS that anytime an employee puts their name on something criticizing you or POTUS, they should anticipate being put on leave or fired?"
August 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Hi. I’m the executive director of the organization that had the honor of hosting the FEMA Katrina Declaration and I can confirm this is a lie.
NICE TRY, KRISTI!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
NICE TRY, KRISTI!
@standupforscience.bsky.social
@atrupar.com
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"I mean, how many beekeepers have you met over the years? Yet alone Black beekeepers?" sojo.net/articles/let...
Let God Be(e) God: Lessons From Stewarding a Hive
My journey started when I played The Sims 4, which has a beekeeping feature. “I can do this,” I thought.
sojo.net
August 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
"I mean, how many beekeepers have you met over the years? Yet alone Black beekeepers?" sojo.net/articles/let...
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NEW: “It is a famine. Everyone owns this.”
UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza.
The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes.
(🎥 BBC News)
UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza.
The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes.
(🎥 BBC News)
August 22, 2025 at 10:05 AM
NEW: “It is a famine. Everyone owns this.”
UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza.
The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes.
(🎥 BBC News)
UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza.
The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes.
(🎥 BBC News)
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Always a floor, sometimes more.
August 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Always a floor, sometimes more.
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"A song written by AI isn't a song any more than dust is skin."
This is what you need to read today.
This is what you need to read today.
In 1990, Kyrgyz writer Chinghiz Aitmatov popularized the term "mankurt": a former human with an enslaved mind.
Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
Big Tech wants to make us mankurts and AI is their weapon.
sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/soul-strip...
August 9, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"A song written by AI isn't a song any more than dust is skin."
This is what you need to read today.
This is what you need to read today.
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Someone working for minimum wage in Iowa would need to put two hours of work to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and gravy for their family.
July 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Someone working for minimum wage in Iowa would need to put two hours of work to make meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and gravy for their family.
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Some folks haven’t spent decades fighting a GOP-dominated government and it shows…
The GOP always lies. They are corrupted by big donors. They cover up both lies and corruption. They never admit to any wrongdoing. They project their illegal activity on to the other side.
Rinse. Repeat.
The GOP always lies. They are corrupted by big donors. They cover up both lies and corruption. They never admit to any wrongdoing. They project their illegal activity on to the other side.
Rinse. Repeat.
July 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Some folks haven’t spent decades fighting a GOP-dominated government and it shows…
The GOP always lies. They are corrupted by big donors. They cover up both lies and corruption. They never admit to any wrongdoing. They project their illegal activity on to the other side.
Rinse. Repeat.
The GOP always lies. They are corrupted by big donors. They cover up both lies and corruption. They never admit to any wrongdoing. They project their illegal activity on to the other side.
Rinse. Repeat.
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Beit Hanoun used to be home to more than 50k people.
July 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Beit Hanoun used to be home to more than 50k people.
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Secretary of Homeland Security on racial profiling by ICE:
“That is not true… Don’t you dare ever say that again.”
Who the f*ck does Kristi Noem think she is, addressing a legitimate question like that? It is true. Tom Homan admitted it. Noem is a liar.
“That is not true… Don’t you dare ever say that again.”
Who the f*ck does Kristi Noem think she is, addressing a legitimate question like that? It is true. Tom Homan admitted it. Noem is a liar.
July 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Secretary of Homeland Security on racial profiling by ICE:
“That is not true… Don’t you dare ever say that again.”
Who the f*ck does Kristi Noem think she is, addressing a legitimate question like that? It is true. Tom Homan admitted it. Noem is a liar.
“That is not true… Don’t you dare ever say that again.”
Who the f*ck does Kristi Noem think she is, addressing a legitimate question like that? It is true. Tom Homan admitted it. Noem is a liar.
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Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."
h/t @msnbc.com
h/t @msnbc.com