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A Mill Town Lost Its Mill. What Is It Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
A Mill Town Lost Its Mill. What Is It Now?
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July 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
A Mill Town Lost Its Mill. What Is It Now? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/21/u...
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🇺🇸 A quick message from Pete Buttigieg following our #VoteVetsTownHall in Cedar Rapids.
May 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
🇺🇸 A quick message from Pete Buttigieg following our #VoteVetsTownHall in Cedar Rapids.
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Justice Allison Riggs won her NC Supreme Court election in November, but wasn’t sworn in until Tuesday morning.
After she took the oath of office, Riggs thanked supporters but also warned that future losing candidates may follow Jefferson Griffin’s playbook.
After she took the oath of office, Riggs thanked supporters but also warned that future losing candidates may follow Jefferson Griffin’s playbook.
May 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Justice Allison Riggs won her NC Supreme Court election in November, but wasn’t sworn in until Tuesday morning.
After she took the oath of office, Riggs thanked supporters but also warned that future losing candidates may follow Jefferson Griffin’s playbook.
After she took the oath of office, Riggs thanked supporters but also warned that future losing candidates may follow Jefferson Griffin’s playbook.
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Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns.
Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.
It’s been the plan for decades.
Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.
It’s been the plan for decades.
March 27, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Closing rural post offices will do the same thing that closing rural schools has done: Empty out rural towns.
Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.
It’s been the plan for decades.
Why? To sell off farmland for rock bottom prices to the oligarchs. Water and mineral rights and CAFOs polluting with impunity.
It’s been the plan for decades.
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I'm looking forward to catching up LIVE with Stephen Colbert tonight. Feels like there will be plenty to discuss!
Tune in to the Late Show at 11:35 pm ET.
Tune in to the Late Show at 11:35 pm ET.
March 4, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I'm looking forward to catching up LIVE with Stephen Colbert tonight. Feels like there will be plenty to discuss!
Tune in to the Late Show at 11:35 pm ET.
Tune in to the Late Show at 11:35 pm ET.
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In North Carolina, some overseas voters whose ballots are now being challenged by the losing candidate in the state Supreme Court race are pushing back. "You cannot move the goal post after the game has started," one voter said.
North Carolina Voters Oppose Bid to Throw Out 60,000 Ballots in State Supreme Court Race
Overseas voters and the Brennan Center are asking a court to deny a losing candidate’s effort to rewrite election rules after ballots were legally cast.
www.brennancenter.org
March 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In North Carolina, some overseas voters whose ballots are now being challenged by the losing candidate in the state Supreme Court race are pushing back. "You cannot move the goal post after the game has started," one voter said.
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NEW: The Elias Law Group filed paperwork Thursday seeking permission for the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, VoteVets Action Fund, and three individual voters to intervene in Appeals Court proceedings. The same groups have been taking part in the case in federal court.
Griffin-Riggs case attracts Elias, left-of-center activists, former county elections directors
Left-of-center activist groups working with Democratic operative Marc Elias’ law firm hope to take part in the state Court of Appeals’ consideration of an election dispute involving a seat on the stat...
www.carolinajournal.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: The Elias Law Group filed paperwork Thursday seeking permission for the North Carolina Alliance for Retired Americans, VoteVets Action Fund, and three individual voters to intervene in Appeals Court proceedings. The same groups have been taking part in the case in federal court.
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Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.
February 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Leadership is doubling down, but GOP members are getting nervous about the budget’s extreme unpopularity.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
You can call your Representative now at 202-224-3121.
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Math doesn’t math.
February 20, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Math doesn’t math.
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PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”
February 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
PETE: “What we have to do now is make clear we do want government to work differently and better than it has, but burning it to the ground won’t do that for anyone.”
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The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
February 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The flying public needs answers. How many FAA personnel were just fired? What positions? And why?
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Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
February 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Incompetence in Washington puts every American at risk, no matter how you voted. No one should be happy that the DOGE team - the same folks who randomly published classified U.S. security information online today - wants access to your bank account & Social Security numbers.
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In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.
February 12, 2025 at 7:52 PM
In the three weeks Elon Musk has been in charge of unilaterally slashing government spending, the U.S. government has paid one of his companies, SpaceX, more than $43 million.
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You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
February 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.
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Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
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The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children
I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...
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“Four years after America survived a brazen attempt to overturn an election, we must again stand firm, protect every ballot and demand that the will of the people prevails,” writes Eric Holder Jr., a former attorney general of the United States.
Opinion | The Courts Must Stop This Judge From Stealing an Election
North Carolinians — all Americans — should be watching closely to ensure that justice is done.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Four years after America survived a brazen attempt to overturn an election, we must again stand firm, protect every ballot and demand that the will of the people prevails,” writes Eric Holder Jr., a former attorney general of the United States.
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Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
February 1, 2025 at 10:31 AM
#Tuberculosis - or TB - is caused by bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mainly affects the lungs.
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
Common symptoms incl.:
❗️ Cough
❗️ Chest pains
❗️ Weight loss
❗️ Fever
❗️ Night sweats
Learn more about TB bit.ly/3Vo428E
#EndTB
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New York AG Letitia James says she'll take legal action against the Trump admin for freezing federal aid.
"My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration's unconstitutional pause on federal funding."
"We won't sit idly by while this administration harms our families."
"My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration's unconstitutional pause on federal funding."
"We won't sit idly by while this administration harms our families."
January 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New York AG Letitia James says she'll take legal action against the Trump admin for freezing federal aid.
"My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration's unconstitutional pause on federal funding."
"We won't sit idly by while this administration harms our families."
"My office will be taking imminent legal action against this administration's unconstitutional pause on federal funding."
"We won't sit idly by while this administration harms our families."
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🚨BREAKING: North Carolina trial court DENIES Republican Party motion to throw out 60,000 votes cast in the November 2024. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
🚨 Kivett v. North Carolina State Board of Elections II
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:35 PM
🚨BREAKING: North Carolina trial court DENIES Republican Party motion to throw out 60,000 votes cast in the November 2024. www.democracydocket.com/cases/north-...
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Democrats passed all this populist legislation, but weren’t able to transmit these accomplishments to the Voting public.
Starting today, Medicare beneficiaries will have their annual out-of-pocket drug costs capped at $2,000 as a result of the Inflation Reduction Act.
www.kff.org/medicare/iss...
www.kff.org/medicare/iss...
Millions of People with Medicare Will Benefit from the New Out-of-Pocket Drug Spending Cap Over Time | KFF
In 2025, Medicare beneficiaries will pay no more than $2,000 out of pocket for prescription drugs covered under Part D, Medicare’s outpatient drug benefit, due to a provision in the Inflation Reductio...
www.kff.org
January 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Democrats passed all this populist legislation, but weren’t able to transmit these accomplishments to the Voting public.
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In the 19th Century, 40-50% of all children in the UK and US did not live past the age of 5.
The introduction of pasteurization, vaccinations and antibiotics helped bring the percentage down to 1% where it now stands.
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The introduction of pasteurization, vaccinations and antibiotics helped bring the percentage down to 1% where it now stands.
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How infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — Popular Science
This article was originally featured on The Conversation.
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December 19, 2024 at 10:15 PM
In the 19th Century, 40-50% of all children in the UK and US did not live past the age of 5.
The introduction of pasteurization, vaccinations and antibiotics helped bring the percentage down to 1% where it now stands.
apple.news/Amrlyr0ziTba...
The introduction of pasteurization, vaccinations and antibiotics helped bring the percentage down to 1% where it now stands.
apple.news/Amrlyr0ziTba...