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An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
April 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.
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Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
March 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Tonight an unbelievable **34,000 people** gathered for our Denver rally to take on billionaires and win our country back.
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
This was the largest political gathering in Denver since Obama in 2008.
Also bigger than the 2024 DNC.
And the largest ever rally in Bernie’s career (and obviously, mine too).
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Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
March 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Medicare for All isn't radical.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
What's radical is that we are the only major country not to guarantee health care as a human right. Every other major country figured out years ago how to provide health care to all at a much lower cost.
Please don't tell me we can't do the same.
A reminder that to fund their billionaire tax break for the wealthiest Americans, the GOP has called for $880 billion in cuts that would target Medicaid - healthcare that low-income Americans rely on.
STRESS KILLS.
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, struggling every day to keep their families going.
The result: working class people die 7 years earlier than the rich.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the few.
60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, struggling every day to keep their families going.
The result: working class people die 7 years earlier than the rich.
We need an economy that works for all, not just the few.
March 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
A reminder that to fund their billionaire tax break for the wealthiest Americans, the GOP has called for $880 billion in cuts that would target Medicaid - healthcare that low-income Americans rely on.
They are now trying to gut US agencies focused on global media, homelessness, and museums and libraries.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump’s next agency cuts include US-backed global media, library and museum grants
On the list is the U.S. Agency for Global Media, which oversees Voice of America and Radio Free Asia, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
www.politico.com
March 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
They are now trying to gut US agencies focused on global media, homelessness, and museums and libraries.
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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Here’s Elon cutting pediatric brain cancer research 👇🏻
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Here’s Elon cutting pediatric brain cancer research 👇🏻
This is so dumb.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US turns to Denmark as it hunts for eggs despite Trump’s threat over Greenland
Danish Egg Association says US asked if it could export eggs as prices surge despite president’s promise to lower them
www.theguardian.com
March 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This is so dumb.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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I'm guessing that many research institutions outside the U.S. will recruit talented scientists currently based in the U.S.
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille University ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université
In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...
www.univ-amu.fr
March 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm guessing that many research institutions outside the U.S. will recruit talented scientists currently based in the U.S.
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
Is anyone aware of organized recruitment efforts? The only one I've seen was this one from a French university.
www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...
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Congo is a major source of tin and tungsten, alongside tantalum—the so-called three Ts extracted and used in the world’s laptops and smartphones. Read more in this week’s Africa Brief:
Why Congo Is Suing Apple
Kinshasa has accused the tech giant of tainting supply chains with tin, tungsten, tantalum, and gold smuggled by Rwanda.
foreignpolicy.com
March 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Congo is a major source of tin and tungsten, alongside tantalum—the so-called three Ts extracted and used in the world’s laptops and smartphones. Read more in this week’s Africa Brief:
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I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
March 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes.
Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason.
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🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
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The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
NIH cuts funding for vaccine hesitancy research and and may target mRNA research too
The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
www.npr.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.
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No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
No, Mr. President, you cannot illegally arrest and detain legal US residents because of their political views or opinions.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
In America, we have a little something called the First Amendment.
Throwing protesters in jail is yet another step on the path to authoritarianism.
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Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
Blood tests on migratory chicks fed plastics by their parents show neurodegeneration, as well as cell rupture and stomach lining decay
Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study –…
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Plastic pollution leaves seabirds with brain damage similar to Alzheimer’s, study shows
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We are supposed to be a democracy.
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
March 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We are supposed to be a democracy.
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
Elected officials are supposed to listen to the vast majority of the American people when they say:
NO tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy
NO cuts to Medicaid
NO more billionaires buying elections
Why won't the #Republicans stop actions that are hurting Americans (including their constituents)? www.reuters.com/world/us/hou...
House Republicans block Congress' ability to challenge Trump tariffs
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to block the ability of Congress to quickly challenge tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump that have rattled financial markets.
www.reuters.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Why won't the #Republicans stop actions that are hurting Americans (including their constituents)? www.reuters.com/world/us/hou...
"“One of the transformations caused by American fossil fuels was destroying our previously well-balanced climate and plunging some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Africa into a life dealing with extreme weather and lost homes and livelihoods,” said Mohamed Adow "
Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas
Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas
The US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coal
Donald Trump’s repeated mantra of “drill, baby, drill” demands that more oil and gas be extracted in the United States, but the president has…
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 11:33 AM
"“One of the transformations caused by American fossil fuels was destroying our previously well-balanced climate and plunging some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in Africa into a life dealing with extreme weather and lost homes and livelihoods,” said Mohamed Adow "
Canada's incoming PM Carney: “My government will ensure our response has maximum impact in the U.S. and minimal impact here in Canada, while supporting the workers impacted." www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Donald Trump says he’ll hike tariffs to 50% on all Canadian steel and aluminum effective Wednesday
Trump expressed fury at the move by Ontario to make electricity more expensive — a move that retaliated against the pending U.S. tariffs, and doubled his own penalty on Canadian metals.
www.thestar.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Canada's incoming PM Carney: “My government will ensure our response has maximum impact in the U.S. and minimal impact here in Canada, while supporting the workers impacted." www.thestar.com/politics/fed...
Make America healthy they said.
Healthy food from local farmers for kids being cut by Trump and Musk seems on brand www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
USDA cancels $1B in local food purchasing for schools, food banks
States have been notified that they will not receive 2025 funding for schools to buy food from nearby farms.
www.politico.com
March 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Make America healthy they said.
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"President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress. Medical school faculty who helped treat him are facing potentially devastating federal funding cuts..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Trump honored a cancer survivor. The boy's doctors now face his budget cuts.
President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress amid proposing vast cuts to medical research.
www.usatoday.com
March 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"President Donald Trump honored a child cancer survivor during his joint address to Congress. Medical school faculty who helped treat him are facing potentially devastating federal funding cuts..."
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
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The US has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.
US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms
Civicus, an international non-profit, puts country alongside Democratic Republic of Congo, Italy, Pakistan and Serbia
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The US has been added to the Civicus Monitor Watchlist, which identifies countries that the global civil rights watchdog believes are currently experiencing a rapid decline in civic freedoms.
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Cutting off humanitarian aid to millions of civilians is a war crime. That is exactly what the extremist Netanyahu government is doing now to Palestinians in Gaza.
I’ve introduced resolutions to block billions in offensive arms sales to Israel & will demand votes on these bills.
I’ve introduced resolutions to block billions in offensive arms sales to Israel & will demand votes on these bills.
March 10, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Cutting off humanitarian aid to millions of civilians is a war crime. That is exactly what the extremist Netanyahu government is doing now to Palestinians in Gaza.
I’ve introduced resolutions to block billions in offensive arms sales to Israel & will demand votes on these bills.
I’ve introduced resolutions to block billions in offensive arms sales to Israel & will demand votes on these bills.
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How should Americans meet today’s challenges to civil rights and democracy? That question percolates among activists as the Trump administration wages an intense, wide-ranging war on America’s anti-discrimination policies.
Sixty years after Bloody Sunday, civil rights leaders in Selma continue fight
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
How should Americans meet today’s challenges to civil rights and democracy? That question percolates among activists as the Trump administration wages an intense, wide-ranging war on America’s anti-discrimination policies.
Trump’s cuts to USAID health projects have stopped:
Ebola containment
HIV/Aids treatment/funding
Malaria prevention
Maternal/child health and nutrition programs
Reproductive health care
And so much more.
It may now lead to treatment-resistant TB. This administration is killing people.
Ebola containment
HIV/Aids treatment/funding
Malaria prevention
Maternal/child health and nutrition programs
Reproductive health care
And so much more.
It may now lead to treatment-resistant TB. This administration is killing people.
US aid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’
US aid cuts could create untreatable TB bug ‘resistant to everything we have’
Projects to detect, treat and research new ways to fight TB among those disrupted by sudden funding freeze
Dangerous new forms of tuberculosis (TB) for which there is no treatment could emerge as a result of US aid cuts, a top doctor has warned.
Dr…
www.theguardian.com
March 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Trump’s cuts to USAID health projects have stopped:
Ebola containment
HIV/Aids treatment/funding
Malaria prevention
Maternal/child health and nutrition programs
Reproductive health care
And so much more.
It may now lead to treatment-resistant TB. This administration is killing people.
Ebola containment
HIV/Aids treatment/funding
Malaria prevention
Maternal/child health and nutrition programs
Reproductive health care
And so much more.
It may now lead to treatment-resistant TB. This administration is killing people.
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JD Vance should visit Bucha, where the horrors of war reveal a truth far greater than any political rhetoric: this is a battle between good and evil, writes David Junk in his op-ed.
Come to Bucha, JD Vance
During a heated exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, U.S. Vice President JD Vance accused the Ukrainian president of leading “propaganda tours” of Russia...
kyivindependent.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:00 AM
JD Vance should visit Bucha, where the horrors of war reveal a truth far greater than any political rhetoric: this is a battle between good and evil, writes David Junk in his op-ed.