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As Fannie Lou Hamer said: "That flag is drenched in our blood". Two enslaved BW helped stitch the 1st flag. One is unknown. The other is Grace Wisher. For Erin Jackson to carry that flag in front of a racist JD Vance was powerful. Our excellence cannot be reduced. #WinterOlympics #TeamUSA
February 7, 2026 at 1:13 AM
As Fannie Lou Hamer said: "That flag is drenched in our blood". Two enslaved BW helped stitch the 1st flag. One is unknown. The other is Grace Wisher. For Erin Jackson to carry that flag in front of a racist JD Vance was powerful. Our excellence cannot be reduced. #WinterOlympics #TeamUSA
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To all of you waking up today to Trump's racism, it's about time. The birther/secret Muslim smear was apparently too subtle. As was the, "good people on both sides" of the Nazi rally in Charlottesville. Who can forget the Muslim ban and the "shithole countries?"
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
To all of you waking up today to Trump's racism, it's about time. The birther/secret Muslim smear was apparently too subtle. As was the, "good people on both sides" of the Nazi rally in Charlottesville. Who can forget the Muslim ban and the "shithole countries?"
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How about banning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, targeting Black federal employees for illegal layoffs, & turning all civil rights enforcement on the federal level into a question solely about so-called reverse racism against white people? Depicting the Obamas as apes did the trick. Good to know.
February 7, 2026 at 12:04 AM
How about banning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, targeting Black federal employees for illegal layoffs, & turning all civil rights enforcement on the federal level into a question solely about so-called reverse racism against white people? Depicting the Obamas as apes did the trick. Good to know.
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It's not like the Nixon Administration didn't sue him and the Trump Organization for racial discrimination in 1973 for refusing to rent to Blackfolks. Trump's racism ain't new, beloved. It's vintage.
February 7, 2026 at 12:20 AM
It's not like the Nixon Administration didn't sue him and the Trump Organization for racial discrimination in 1973 for refusing to rent to Blackfolks. Trump's racism ain't new, beloved. It's vintage.
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Waymo is currently considered the autonomous driving gold standard, and even their "self-driving" isn't really self-driving.
As Musk pushes for his Optimus horseshit in the coming year, we're going to learn "autonomous" really means "poor people in telepresence gear."
As Musk pushes for his Optimus horseshit in the coming year, we're going to learn "autonomous" really means "poor people in telepresence gear."
It Turns Out Waymos Are Being Controlled by Workers in the Philippines
During a Congressional hearing, Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, was grilled over the company's reliance on overseas workers.
futurism.com
February 6, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Waymo is currently considered the autonomous driving gold standard, and even their "self-driving" isn't really self-driving.
As Musk pushes for his Optimus horseshit in the coming year, we're going to learn "autonomous" really means "poor people in telepresence gear."
As Musk pushes for his Optimus horseshit in the coming year, we're going to learn "autonomous" really means "poor people in telepresence gear."
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If you can separate American athletes from the actions of their government but won't give the same grace to Israeli athletes, you're just an antisemite.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 AM
If you can separate American athletes from the actions of their government but won't give the same grace to Israeli athletes, you're just an antisemite.
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NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:21 AM
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
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Like clockwork.
NEW: Insurrectionist pardoned by Trump has been arrested for child sex crimes. www.texastribune.org/2025/02/06/a...
Houston man pardoned by Trump arrested on child sex charge - The Texas Tribune
Andrew Taake received a six-year sentence for assaulting officers on Jan. 6. He was arrested Thursday on an outstanding charge of soliciting a minor.
www.texastribune.org
February 7, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Like clockwork.
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Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Children trapped in Texas immigration facility recount nightmares, inedible food, no school
A photo of Liam Conejo Ramos, a scared 5-year-old, drew attention to a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Advocates say his experience reflects what hundreds of children have endured out of public vie...
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Maria is one of hundreds of children, who — like Liam Ramos — have been held at a Texas detention facility where parents say children languish as they’re served contaminated food, receive little education and struggle to obtain basic medical care.
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
Here's our attempt at telling their stories. 2/
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you know it's bad when they would rather us think that a rando staffer has unfettered access to the social media accounts of the President of the United States, where we also now know that world leaders direct message him
BREAKING: President Trump's racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash. The White House had defended it but now blames staffer.
Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates in a jungle
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
bit.ly
February 6, 2026 at 11:33 PM
you know it's bad when they would rather us think that a rando staffer has unfettered access to the social media accounts of the President of the United States, where we also now know that world leaders direct message him
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Stop what you are doing and please IMMEDIATELY call you senators to vote NO on HJR 140! This bill will destroy the boundary waters and threaten all public lands! While they are terrorizing #minnesotans on the streets they are trying to gut our natural resources. CALL NOW!
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Stop what you are doing and please IMMEDIATELY call you senators to vote NO on HJR 140! This bill will destroy the boundary waters and threaten all public lands! While they are terrorizing #minnesotans on the streets they are trying to gut our natural resources. CALL NOW!
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A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Elon Musk Will Be Deposed Over What He Did With DOGE
The former DOGE head will have to answer for what happened at USAID.
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:05 PM
A federal court cleared way for us @democracydefendersfund.org to depose Elon Musk over the unconstitutional shutdown of USAID
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
Our case now moves into discovery
As our Legal Director Tianna Mays explains: accountability starts w/ facts👇 - TN
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Yup.
White People want you to think that D.E.I. is taking away jobs from more qualified White People, but the reality is exactly the opposite: it helps keep qualified black, brown, female, LGBTQ+ people from losing positions to mediocre or less qualified White People. It evens the playing field.
White People want you to think that D.E.I. is taking away jobs from more qualified White People, but the reality is exactly the opposite: it helps keep qualified black, brown, female, LGBTQ+ people from losing positions to mediocre or less qualified White People. It evens the playing field.
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Yup.
White People want you to think that D.E.I. is taking away jobs from more qualified White People, but the reality is exactly the opposite: it helps keep qualified black, brown, female, LGBTQ+ people from losing positions to mediocre or less qualified White People. It evens the playing field.
White People want you to think that D.E.I. is taking away jobs from more qualified White People, but the reality is exactly the opposite: it helps keep qualified black, brown, female, LGBTQ+ people from losing positions to mediocre or less qualified White People. It evens the playing field.
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“A Maricopa County Superior Court has permanently blocked multiple anti-abortion laws, ruling that they violate the constitutional right to the procedure voters adopted two years ago.”
apple.news/Ach6x1akKQZ6...
apple.news/Ach6x1akKQZ6...
Judge: Arizona abortion laws are unconstitutional after 2024 amendment — Arizona Mirror
A Maricopa County Superior Court has permanently blocked multiple anti-abortion laws, ruling that they violate the constitutional right to the procedure voters adopted two years ago.
apple.news
February 6, 2026 at 11:41 PM
“A Maricopa County Superior Court has permanently blocked multiple anti-abortion laws, ruling that they violate the constitutional right to the procedure voters adopted two years ago.”
apple.news/Ach6x1akKQZ6...
apple.news/Ach6x1akKQZ6...
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Utah Senate President Blames ‘Gender Identity’ Twitter Joke On Intern talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/uta...
Utah Senate President Blames ‘Gender Identity’ Twitter Joke On Intern
Utah State Senate President Wayne Niederhauser (R) disavowed a message posted to...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Utah Senate President Blames ‘Gender Identity’ Twitter Joke On Intern talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/uta...
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Raising children to be kind, thoughtful, and empathetic. Raising children to feel loved, affirmed, and proud despite what is being told to them by some of the country's most powerful people is something generations of Black Americans have had to do. And still, it came at a cost to them too.
February 6, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Raising children to be kind, thoughtful, and empathetic. Raising children to feel loved, affirmed, and proud despite what is being told to them by some of the country's most powerful people is something generations of Black Americans have had to do. And still, it came at a cost to them too.
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Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
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A perfect mom-and-pop affordable housing provider 🤗 story in 3 images
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A perfect mom-and-pop affordable housing provider 🤗 story in 3 images
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Ciji Graham’s is the seventh case ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman died after she was unable to access standard care in a state that has significantly restricted abortion.
Read her story: https://propub.li/4r4VQr4
Read her story: https://propub.li/4r4VQr4
February 7, 2026 at 12:01 AM
Ciji Graham’s is the seventh case ProPublica has investigated in which a pregnant woman died after she was unable to access standard care in a state that has significantly restricted abortion.
Read her story: https://propub.li/4r4VQr4
Read her story: https://propub.li/4r4VQr4
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"They bought or inherited aging apartment buildings, hoping to bring home a little extra cash"
... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
In a city packed with mighty real estate titans, they are the small ones.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
New York landlords say they are at their breaking point as Mayor Zohran Mamdani begins to implement even more aggressive tenant-friendly policies.
NYC’s small landlords say they won’t survive Mamdani plan to freeze rent
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has criticized landlords and vowed to freeze what tenants in rent-stabilized apartments pay monthly.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
"They bought or inherited aging apartment buildings, hoping to bring home a little extra cash"
... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
... bought, or inherited, whole ass apartment buildings
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Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?
GTFOH
GTFOH
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Trump posted more than 60 times on Truth Social last night, but he handed his phone to an “unknown staffer” when the video depicting the Obamas as apes was posted?
GTFOH
GTFOH
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After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions...
After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions
The course includes examples of when abortion is permitted to protect the life of the patient, but many experts say the complications women face in pregnancy are impossible to capture in a brief…
www.propublica.org
February 7, 2026 at 12:05 AM
After Years of Silence, Texas Medical Board Issues Training for Doctors on How to Legally Provide Abortions...
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If you ban politics then you aren‘t running an art competition. Art is supposed to be uncomfortable.
‘Ice Out for Good’: Art and censorship in the Minnesota snow
A new snow sculpture in Minneapolis features the face of Renee Macklin Good with a blindfold that says “ICE OUT,” and it references two snow sculptures that were disqualified from competitions last mo...
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
If you ban politics then you aren‘t running an art competition. Art is supposed to be uncomfortable.
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The government has withheld details of the investigation of Renee Good's killing—but an unrelated case involving the ICE agent who shot her could force new revelations. www.wired.com/story/jonath...
ICE Agent's ‘Dragging’ Case May Help Expose Evidence in Renee Good Shooting
The government has withheld details of the investigation of Renee Good's killing—but an unrelated case involving the ICE agent who shot her could force new revelations.
www.wired.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:21 PM
The government has withheld details of the investigation of Renee Good's killing—but an unrelated case involving the ICE agent who shot her could force new revelations. www.wired.com/story/jonath...
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Many of the most famous photographs of figures from the Civil Rights Movement are in black and white, which is one of the reasons we love these colorful images of Rosa Parks' 1990 birthday gala, found in her papers at the Library of Congress. Parks was born on this day in 1913.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
February 4, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Many of the most famous photographs of figures from the Civil Rights Movement are in black and white, which is one of the reasons we love these colorful images of Rosa Parks' 1990 birthday gala, found in her papers at the Library of Congress. Parks was born on this day in 1913.
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth