Civic Literacy
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Lady Liberty is in trouble without you🗽
Regularly call, write, visit your elected reps.
End Citizens United.
Volunteer. Push back. Act swiftly.
Regularly call, write, visit your elected reps.
End Citizens United.
Volunteer. Push back. Act swiftly.
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Climate denial didn’t spread on its own. Exxon paid to export it.
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South - Truthdig
With Brazil about to host COP30, evidence emerges of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.truthdig.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Climate denial didn’t spread on its own. Exxon paid to export it.
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every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
November 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
every time you think the new WaPo editorial board can't embarrass itself any more, they manage to find a way.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
Left: 'Texas gerrymandering is no big deal!', from August.
Right: 'Maryland gerrymandering is an affront to Western civilization!', from today.
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As Americans go hungry, Trump’s out golfing on your dime using your tax dollars. Don’t worry, it’s only about $3–4 million per trip.
November 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As Americans go hungry, Trump’s out golfing on your dime using your tax dollars. Don’t worry, it’s only about $3–4 million per trip.
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I missed this from @nbcnews.com @natashakorecki.bsky.social: Immigration agents tear gassed a 2-year old girl in Chicago. See the story below
“All of a sudden, my eyes were just burning and I couldn’t breathe,” a Chicago mom told @nbcnews.com
Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Then she heard her 2-year-old scream: “Mommy! Mommy! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!”
She realized immigration agents were in the neighborhood and deployed chemical agents.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Chicago residents say kids tear-gassed due to nearby immigration enforcement
A Chicago mother tells NBC News she and her 2-year-old were hit with a chemical agent. Many residents say the city wasn’t a “war zone”— until immigration agents swept through.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I missed this from @nbcnews.com @natashakorecki.bsky.social: Immigration agents tear gassed a 2-year old girl in Chicago. See the story below
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Government shutdown IS the plan.
November 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Government shutdown IS the plan.
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Conventicle Act 1664 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4)
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Conventicle Act 1664 (16 Cha. 2. c. 4)
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“This administration wants to hide its abusive, Orwellian behavior, but we are fighting back.”
Legal groups sue Trump admin over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Policing agencies are using military-grade tech to track, monitor, & target immigrants & activists.
Legal groups sue Trump admin over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Policing agencies are using military-grade tech to track, monitor, & target immigrants & activists.
Legal groups sue Trump administration over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants
Civil rights attorneys are seeking documents disclosing details on the extent of ICE’s use of invasive Israeli spyware to target immigrants
prismreports.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
“This administration wants to hide its abusive, Orwellian behavior, but we are fighting back.”
Legal groups sue Trump admin over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Policing agencies are using military-grade tech to track, monitor, & target immigrants & activists.
Legal groups sue Trump admin over use of Israeli spyware on immigrants, @alexmar.bsky.social reports. Policing agencies are using military-grade tech to track, monitor, & target immigrants & activists.
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Can’t stress enough that Hungary is relatively poor kleptocracy.
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Can’t stress enough that Hungary is relatively poor kleptocracy.
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I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.
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The AI build-out is truly staggering.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
November 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The AI build-out is truly staggering.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
Taiwanese exports of information & communication products (basically, semiconductors from TSMC) have risen from $10-11bn per month to $27bn in the space of a year. That's over $300bn annualised and roughly a fifth of total US equipment investment.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would ask Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to again consider terminating the New York City vehicle congestion fee, more than five months after a federal judge blocked the effort.
Trump renews push to end New York City vehicle congestion fee
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would ask Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to again consider terminating the New York City vehicle congestion fee, more than five months after a federal judge blocked the effort.
reut.rs
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he would ask Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy to again consider terminating the New York City vehicle congestion fee, more than five months after a federal judge blocked the effort.
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Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
The GOP’s top think tank just defended an open Nazi
Reasonable people can disagree about whether Hitler was good, says the Heritage Foundation.
www.vox.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Kevin Roberts' defense of Nick Fuentes is a watershed moment: the right has officially declared open, unabashed Hitlerism to be an acceptable position in their coalition
www.vox.com/politics/466...
www.vox.com/politics/466...
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I drove by a nursing home this morning and the residents were outside protesting. They couldn’t make it to No Kings but wanted to show their support.
Respect.
Respect.
October 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I drove by a nursing home this morning and the residents were outside protesting. They couldn’t make it to No Kings but wanted to show their support.
Respect.
Respect.
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General Mark Milley’s words ring true today: “We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator…We take an oath to the Constitution.”
October 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
General Mark Milley’s words ring true today: “We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen or a tyrant or a dictator. And we don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator…We take an oath to the Constitution.”
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They’re beyond unhinged
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Department of Justice is considering bringing charges after a now-fired Office Depot employee refused to print flyers advertising a vigil for Charlie Kirk.
The post Pam Bondi Threatens Charges Over Office Depot Employee Who Refused To Print Charlie Kirk Flyers: ‘We Can Prosecute You’ first appeared on Mediaite.
dlvr.it
September 16, 2025 at 2:10 AM
They’re beyond unhinged
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The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
September 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
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Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.
September 13, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Just thinking about how the right made up an entirely fictional left wing character that resulted in so many bomb threats and the like and nobody will face consequences. But people on the left who accurately clocked the victim’s life work lost jobs.
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The fact that the Trump administration is making an example out of arguably the most famous Jewish academic in the US right now should show how absurd it is to claim that this assault on higher education is really about protecting Jews.
UC Berkeley has given the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty, and staff as part of an investigation into antisemitism on campus. One of them is Judith Butler. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
UC Berkeley gives Trump administration 160 names in antisemitism probe
UC Berkeley gave the Trump administration the names of 160 students, faculty and staff and info about their “potential connection to reports of alleged antisemitism” — sparking due-process...
www.sfchronicle.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the Trump administration is making an example out of arguably the most famous Jewish academic in the US right now should show how absurd it is to claim that this assault on higher education is really about protecting Jews.
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Apple has taught its AI to adapt to the Trump era.
Two months after Trump’s inauguration, the tech giant updated guidelines on how its AI talks about diversity, elections and vaccines as well as its responses on Trump’s supporters and on Apple itself.
Two months after Trump’s inauguration, the tech giant updated guidelines on how its AI talks about diversity, elections and vaccines as well as its responses on Trump’s supporters and on Apple itself.
Revealed: Apple is teaching its AI to adapt to the Trump era
Apple policy documents enacted by a subcontractor show how the company shifted its approach to fine-tuning its AI in March, two months after the U.S. president was inaugurated.
www.politico.eu
September 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Apple has taught its AI to adapt to the Trump era.
Two months after Trump’s inauguration, the tech giant updated guidelines on how its AI talks about diversity, elections and vaccines as well as its responses on Trump’s supporters and on Apple itself.
Two months after Trump’s inauguration, the tech giant updated guidelines on how its AI talks about diversity, elections and vaccines as well as its responses on Trump’s supporters and on Apple itself.
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DeSantis has been clamoring for open carry despite pushback from local sheriffs.
Now, a Florida appeals court has thrown out the state's nearly 40-year-old prohibition on openly carrying guns, saying that it is unconstitutional due to recent Supreme Court rulings.
Now, a Florida appeals court has thrown out the state's nearly 40-year-old prohibition on openly carrying guns, saying that it is unconstitutional due to recent Supreme Court rulings.
Florida may soon allow open carry of guns after court strikes down ban
The decision by the 1st District Court of Appeal comes as Gov. Ron DeSantis clamors for open carry despite wide resistance from local sheriffs
www.politico.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
DeSantis has been clamoring for open carry despite pushback from local sheriffs.
Now, a Florida appeals court has thrown out the state's nearly 40-year-old prohibition on openly carrying guns, saying that it is unconstitutional due to recent Supreme Court rulings.
Now, a Florida appeals court has thrown out the state's nearly 40-year-old prohibition on openly carrying guns, saying that it is unconstitutional due to recent Supreme Court rulings.
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1,100 people killed on 9/11 in New York City have not had any of their remains identified by authorities. The medical examiner's office is using new technology to identify more people.
Inside the lab working to identify the remains of 9/11 victims
1,100 people killed on 9/11 in New York City have not had any of their remains identified by authorities. The medical examiner's office is using new technology to identify more people.
n.pr
September 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
1,100 people killed on 9/11 in New York City have not had any of their remains identified by authorities. The medical examiner's office is using new technology to identify more people.
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Given that claims are up and inflation is above target, do... we start talking about stagflation?
September 11, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Given that claims are up and inflation is above target, do... we start talking about stagflation?
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Trump has FIVE 9/11-specific scandals somehow as a private citizen. You have to be some kind of piece of shit to accumulate 2.
September 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Trump has FIVE 9/11-specific scandals somehow as a private citizen. You have to be some kind of piece of shit to accumulate 2.
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In case anyone is interested in Epstein's files
NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.
Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwell’s Secrets
A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwell’s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.
www.bloomberg.com
September 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In case anyone is interested in Epstein's files