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Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:51 PM
'Absurd Yet Predictable': US Close to Losing Measles Elimination Status Under RFK Jr. www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-mea...
'Absurd Yet Predictable': US Close to Losing Measles Elimination Status Under RFK Jr. | Common Dreams
"The CDC is now completely compromised after Trump and RFK Jr. ousted or drove out real, well-intentioned, and intelligent scientists," said one physician.
www.commondreams.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
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Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way. @dgraham.bsky.social reports on the coming election mayhem:
The Coming Election Mayhem
Donald Trump’s plans to throw the 2026 midterms into chaos are already under way.
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Who Will Save Our Children?
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Who Will Save Our Children?
Given a recent post on Truth Social, it's not likely to be President Trump.
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October 28, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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Trump is again using the White House as a personal piggy bank trib.al/K7EXD1d

A Florida-based drone manufacturer, which Don Trump Jr. joined as an adviser in November 2024 (around when his father was elected president), just received its largest-ever contract to supply parts to the Pentagon
Trump’s DOD Gives Massive Contract to Company With Ties to His Son
Donald Trump Jr. joined the company as an adviser in November 2024, right around when his father was elected president.
trib.al
October 26, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Arizona police agencies are largely rejecting an ICE program that lets officers act as deportation agents, citing the experience of the state’s largest sheriff’s office where the program ended after a federal judge found civil rights violations.

With @azluminaria.org
Arizona Police Agencies Were Once at the Forefront of Local Immigration Enforcement. Now Most Are Avoiding It.
In January, the Trump administration launched a national recruitment campaign to deploy local officers as deportation agents. It has added more than 900 agencies, but only four in Arizona have signed ...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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We’ve received a lot of questions about Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing.

Here’s how the process is supposed to work:
October 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Speaker of the Empty House
Mike Johnson has given the house a very very very very very very very very very long vacation because he’s worried about the Epstein files
October 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Why Saturday's No Kings Protest Could Actually Matter This Time
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Why Saturday's No Kings Protest Could Actually Matter This Time
About those 7 million Americans hit the streets Saturday for the No Kings protests.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Amazon controls over a third of the global cloud computing market.

Its customers include Capital One, United Airlines, and the US Army.

Today's outage should be a wakeup call: Dependence on a handful of powerful corporations is a threat to economic and national security.
BREAKING: Amazon Web Services

A massive AWS outage early this morning sent major websites and apps down for several hours

Tracking site Downdetector has received over 8 million reports around the globe
October 20, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works

(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Whose house is this?! What gives him the right?
October 21, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This is why it is so important that we elect Jay Jones as our next Attorney General!! open.substack.com/pub/grassroo...
Frontline Defense - Democratic Attorneys General vs. Authoritarianism
As authoritarian threats rise, Democratic Attorneys General safeguard democracy, First Amendment rights, and the rule of law.
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October 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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EXCLUSIVE: Embattled Trump nominee Paul Ingrassia told Republicans that the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday should be “tossed into the seventh circle of hell” and that he has “a Nazi streak,” according to a group chat viewed by POLITICO.
Trump nominee says he has a ‘Nazi streak,’ bashes MLK Jr. Day, according to texts
Paul Ingrassia’s bid to lead a whistleblower agency is set for a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
www.politico.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
What Should We Do NOW?
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What Can We Do Now?
What comes next, after No Kings 2.0
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October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Not an expert but pretty sure this isn’t how ceasefires are supposed to work.
Israel says it will return to ceasefire hours after carrying out strikes on Gaza - live updates
Hamas and Israel accuse each other of violations, as hospital sources in Gaza say death toll reaches 44 and IDF says two soldiers killed.
www.bbc.com
October 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
They Thought They Could Control Him:
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They Thought They Could Control Him:
They Wanted to Save Germany. Instead They Destroyed It
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October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM