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Michael Cook
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MLB Draft and prospect nerd. Former draft writer for @MinorLeagueBall. I share my draft prospect thoughts at: https://mlbdrafthq.wordpress.com. Like to share thoughts on baseball draft prospects, the Hall of Fame, and leftist politics.
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It’s written in stone at cemeteries.

Vaccines work.

#MomSky
Go to a cemetery. See all the baby graves before the 1950’s and 1960’s? After that, hardly any. That’s when people started vaccinating children against deadly childhood diseases. If you’re unsure what to do to protect your kids, it’s written in stone.
March 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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jeremyscahill.com
Today, Israel killed our colleague Hossam Shabat, who reported for @dropsitenews.com from northern Gaza. Witnesses say it was a targeted strike on his car. This is our statement:

www.dropsitenews.com/p/statement-...
Statement from Drop Site News on Israel’s Murder of Our Colleague Hossam Shabat: We Hold Both Israel and the U.S. Government Responsible
Today, March 24, 2025, Israel killed journalist Hossam Shabat, a reporter for Al Jazeera Mubasher and a contributing reporter to Drop Site News, in what witnesses described as a targeted strike.
www.dropsitenews.com
March 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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premthakker.bsky.social
27 pages. Of babies. Whose entire understanding of what Earth sounded like was bombs dropping & people screaming at the sky
Tweet from Sharif Kouddous: "The health ministry has released a 1,516–page document listing the names of over 50,000 Palestinians confirmed killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023. There are a total of 474 pages listing 15,600+ children’s names. The first 27 pages the age is listed as 0 — children under 1 year old"
March 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Brian Kilmeade calls for the end of due process: "It's not practical to think we can do due process on 8 million people ... if we're gonna give every one of these guys a day in a court and a lawyer, we can't do it. They don't deserve it."
March 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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yasharali.bsky.social
BREAKING

Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, was accidentally included in a Signal group chat with top Trump administration officials, where top-secret war plans related to Yemen were shared.

Full Story: bit.ly/4c4hqW2
JD Vance @Pete Hegseth if you think we should do it let's go. I just hate bailing Europe out again. 8:45 AM O Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here. And if there are things we can do upfront to minimize risk to Saudi oil facilities we should do it. 8:46 AM O Pete Hegseth VP: I fully share your loathing of く Pete Hegseth VP: I fully share your loathing of European free-loading. It's PATHETIC. But Mike is correct, we are the only ones on the planet (on our side of the ledger) who can do this. Nobody else even close. Question is timing. I feel like now is as good a time as any, given POTUS directive to reopen shipping lanes. I think we should go; but POTUS still retains 24 hours of decision space. 8:49 AM O SM SM As I heard it, the president was clear: green light, but we soon make clear to Egypt and Europe what we expect in return. We also need to figure out how to enforce such a requirement. EG, if Europe doesn't remunerate, then what? If the US successfully restores freedom of navigation at great cost there needs to be some further economic gain extracted in return.
March 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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breakify.bsky.social
In danger of becoming? This is what the US has been like for everyone that isn’t affluent and white for a long, long time. We’re literally carrying this out abroad. Do you think we just invented these inhumane and torturous procedures in the last three months?
joycewhitevance.bsky.social Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · Mar 23
The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced
Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.
time.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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propublica.org
[Content warning: violence]

Led by Mayor Eric Adams' longtime allies, this secretive NYPD unit is ridden with abuses.

One man died after officers in the unit swerved their unmarked police car into his motorcycle.

📽️: @carissaqmb.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Two GOP Senators, Grassley and Tillis, just joined a *very* harsh letter from Dems calling on Rubio to reinstate contract tracking abducted Ukrainian children.

"It must remain the policy of the US to pursue accountability for the Russian Federation’s atrocities in Ukraine."
March 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy.

"Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
March 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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very-simple.com
They’re not workaholics. They’re occupying these offices like a Bundy militia and are worried that if they leave to do normal things like sleep or eat they will be barred from re-entry.
annabower.bsky.social Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · Mar 8
DOGE cut off payments for the electricity, cell phone, and internet service of U.S. government employees who work in a high-risk area in Central America.

Meanwhile, DOGE apparently plans to spend $25,000 to install a washer and dryer for their own personal use in a federal office building in DC.
Because DOGE has shut down USAID's payment system (Phoenix), our housing electricity and the electricity in our USAID building have not been paid for. Mission leadership has informed us that the only reason our electricity is on is because we've asked for an extension from the electric company. The Mission asked for a waiver but because our payment system is down, the Treasury has no way to issue money to USAID and State Department representatives here are hesitant to make payments on our behalf for fear of not being reimbursed. 7. Once the electricity goes out in our homes, we lose access to our security cameras and radios. Again, I live in a high-risk post, so access to security systems is very important to me. 8. I have been told by Mission leadership that the cell phone and internet bills are due this week with no way to pay them. This is despite the so-called "waiver" process that has been allegedly implemented to preserve such access. 9. Our cell phones and radios are also the only way to communicate with the Regional Security Office about security threats. We have access to no other USAID security systems. The agency is also considering spending about $25,000 to install a washer and dryer on the building’s 6th floor, according to a Feb. 25 invoice obtained by POLITICO. There is also a child’s play area decorated with a stuffed animal and toys, according to a photo of the room shared with POLITICO. “People are definitely … sleeping there,” said one GSA staffer.
March 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
cookiedabookie.bsky.social
Good news. Now let's see if the Supreme Court affirms this decision
Appeals court blocks Ohio's ban on gender-affirming care for minors
A three-judge panel has ruled that Ohio’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors is unconstitutional and ordered it permanently blocked by a trial court.
apnews.com
March 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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picardonhealth.bsky.social
I was pleased to join Ben Mulroney on his podcast to discuss my latest Globe and Mail column:
Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill
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Opinion: Transit systems shouldn’t operate as shelters for the unhoused and mentally ill
Montreal’s transit authority, while being painted as the bad guy for wanting to clean up the metro system, has actually been too tolerant
www.theglobeandmail.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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My name is Mahmoud Khalil

inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
inthesetimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Screenshot of a tweet from Hampton Institute that says: Revolutionaries throughout history have recognized one of the most important elements to creating a population capable of overthrowing its oppressors is literacy. It's no coincidence that the US population has become increasingly illiterate. This is by design & serves a purpose.
March 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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March 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...
Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support
Changes could break the system, former officials say.
www.axios.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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There should be 10 million+ people descending on Washington DC. Remove the treasonous fascist criminals.
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 15
Extraordinary scenes in Serbia’s capital Belgrade right now.

Around 500,000 people are on the streets in what may be the biggest protest in Serbian history. All demanding the resignation of President Vučić & his government.

What began as a student protest is now a full democratic uprising.
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March 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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The #ElectoralCollege is #DEI for #RedStates
March 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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'Fight Nazis, not students!' Protesters occupy Trump Tower over detained activist

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'Fight Nazis, not students!' Protesters occupy Trump Tower over detained activist
Demonstrators occupied Trump Tower in New York City to demand the release of pro-Palestinian organizer Mahmoud Khalil, a legal permanent resident of the U.S. and graduate student at Columbia Universit...
www.rawstory.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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America is about to show all of us brutality on a scale that is almost unimaginable.
March 13, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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The DHS is going to be conducting lie detector tests. They claim this is being done in order to root out anyone leaking information to the press about DHS operations as ICE raids fail to meet expected deportation numbers. #immigration #massdeportation #politics
March 10, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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aljazeera.com
Israel’s Energy Minister Eli Cohen has ordered the complete cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza, threatening the functioning of the enclave’s desalination plants amid an ongoing aid shortage in the holy month of Ramadan.
Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza as new truce talks set to resume
The electricity cut threatens desalination plants as Palestinians suffer amid an ongoing aid blockade during Ramadan.
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March 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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JD Vance claimed on X that “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed him & shouted at his daughter.

Guess he didn’t realize it was caught on camera. No one yelled at his kid, and they didn’t follow them.

Vance & Musk need to quit using children as shields. The public isn’t backing down—we want answers.
March 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM