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Democrats’ struggles could be partly because they’re just too old, says Obama
Democrats’ struggles could be partly because they’re just too old, says Obama
“There is an element of, at some point, you age out,” the former president said.
dlvr.it
February 15, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Democrats’ struggles could be partly because they’re just too old, says Obama
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Trade groups for the U.S. travel industry and major airlines nonetheless warned that the longer DHS appropriations are lapsed, the longer security lines at the nation's commercial airports could get. https://to.pbs.org/3Ok8aFi
How the Homeland Security shutdown is impacting travel in the U.S.
Transportation Security Administration officers are expected to work without pay while lawmakers remain without an agreement on DHS' annual funding.
to.pbs.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Trade groups for the U.S. travel industry and major airlines nonetheless warned that the longer DHS appropriations are lapsed, the longer security lines at the nation's commercial airports could get. https://to.pbs.org/3Ok8aFi
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New York State Young Republicans disbanded by state GOP leaders after our reporting on a Young Republican group chat filled with racist and antisemitic rhetoric.
New York State Young Republicans disbanded after racist group chat
State GOP leaders say suspending the group makes for a fresh start.
www.politico.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
New York State Young Republicans disbanded by state GOP leaders after our reporting on a Young Republican group chat filled with racist and antisemitic rhetoric.
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NO KINGS Canton · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.**
Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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September 12, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Fired FBI leaders allege rampant politicization by Trump allies in a new lawsuit.
The complaint claims Trump loyalists executed political vendettas, lacked a basic understanding of FBI management and were beholden to the whims of White House aides.
The complaint claims Trump loyalists executed political vendettas, lacked a basic understanding of FBI management and were beholden to the whims of White House aides.
In new lawsuit, fired FBI leaders allege rampant politicization by Trump allies
The lawsuit portray the early days of Trump’s second term as a chaotic crusade to punish the president’s adversaries.
www.politico.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Fired FBI leaders allege rampant politicization by Trump allies in a new lawsuit.
The complaint claims Trump loyalists executed political vendettas, lacked a basic understanding of FBI management and were beholden to the whims of White House aides.
The complaint claims Trump loyalists executed political vendettas, lacked a basic understanding of FBI management and were beholden to the whims of White House aides.
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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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NEW: Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
Programs for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss Harmed by Trump’s Anti-Diversity Push
Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advoc...
www.propublica.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW: Federal funding for organizations that help students with hearing and vision loss across eight states will stop at the end of the month, according to letters sent by a top Education Dept. official and obtained by ProPublica.
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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Missouri’s Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional districts so that Republicans could win an additional seat in the closely divided chamber. https://to.pbs.org/4mWxCwT
Missouri Republicans advance Trump-backed plan to redraw U.S. House districts
The plan approved Tuesday now moves to the state Senate and could give Republicans a shot at winning almost all of Missouri's U.S. House seats. The mid-decade redistricting is part of an emerging nati...
to.pbs.org
September 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Missouri’s Republican-led House turned aside Democratic objections Tuesday and passed a plan backed by President Donald Trump to redraw the state’s congressional districts so that Republicans could win an additional seat in the closely divided chamber. https://to.pbs.org/4mWxCwT
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Support independent journalist.
“There will come a time when the rich own all the media, and it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion.
Albert Einstein
Support independent journalist.
“There will come a time when the rich own all the media, and it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion.
Albert Einstein
July 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Good night 💤
Support independent journalist.
“There will come a time when the rich own all the media, and it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion.
Albert Einstein
Support independent journalist.
“There will come a time when the rich own all the media, and it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion.
Albert Einstein
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As part of the $200 million deal Columbia made with the Trump administration, an outside monitor will assure the school complies. To critics, this represents an unprecedented governmental intrusion into the affairs of a private university.
Columbia agreed to a monitor, stoking fears about independence
An agreement between Columbia University and the White House this week is an unprecedented intrusion that could erode the independence of universities, observers say
www.washingtonpost.com
July 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As part of the $200 million deal Columbia made with the Trump administration, an outside monitor will assure the school complies. To critics, this represents an unprecedented governmental intrusion into the affairs of a private university.
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This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.
direction.
July 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is the consequences when we chose the wrong
direction.
direction.
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This is domestic terrorism by the government against its own citizens. For what?!???
Damn‼️ Federal agents blew a door off for this?
Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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Federal agents blasted their way into an LA home where Jenny Ramirez lives with her boyfriend and two kids.
She heard the blast while checking on her 6-year-old, with her 1-year-old in her arms.
Ramirez says everyone in the home is a U.S. citizen.
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June 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
This is domestic terrorism by the government against its own citizens. For what?!???
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AG Bondi's testimony today was riddled with broad, false claims that contradict reality.
She said the Administration would go after people who so much as "spit on law enforcement," yet the President pardoned people who literally beat Capitol Police with American flags on January 6.
She said the Administration would go after people who so much as "spit on law enforcement," yet the President pardoned people who literally beat Capitol Police with American flags on January 6.
June 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
AG Bondi's testimony today was riddled with broad, false claims that contradict reality.
She said the Administration would go after people who so much as "spit on law enforcement," yet the President pardoned people who literally beat Capitol Police with American flags on January 6.
She said the Administration would go after people who so much as "spit on law enforcement," yet the President pardoned people who literally beat Capitol Police with American flags on January 6.
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The agenda of mass deportations is hurting communities across the country - our hardworking neighbors who are simply trying to provide for their families.
The labor movement is committed to making sure all working people are protected - at work and at home.
The labor movement is committed to making sure all working people are protected - at work and at home.
Immigration
One in five workers in America wasn’t born here. Immigrants are America’s workers, vital to the fabric of our communities, our economy and our labor movement.
deptofpeoplewhowork.org
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
The agenda of mass deportations is hurting communities across the country - our hardworking neighbors who are simply trying to provide for their families.
The labor movement is committed to making sure all working people are protected - at work and at home.
The labor movement is committed to making sure all working people are protected - at work and at home.
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"I think that makes a lot of military members uncomfortable, because that’s not what they signed up for."
@peter-berger.bsky.social talked to a veteran and military law expert on “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier in Los Angeles.
@peter-berger.bsky.social talked to a veteran and military law expert on “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier in Los Angeles.
The Marines did not sign up to police LA
A veteran and military law expert on "being used against your neighbor" as a soldier.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"I think that makes a lot of military members uncomfortable, because that’s not what they signed up for."
@peter-berger.bsky.social talked to a veteran and military law expert on “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier in Los Angeles.
@peter-berger.bsky.social talked to a veteran and military law expert on “being used against your neighbor” as a soldier in Los Angeles.
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This “big, ugly bill” is dangerous and will destroy rural health care. In Kentucky alone, 35 hospitals are under the threat of closing, stripping care from families, cutting jobs and crippling local economies. 1/2
June 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This “big, ugly bill” is dangerous and will destroy rural health care. In Kentucky alone, 35 hospitals are under the threat of closing, stripping care from families, cutting jobs and crippling local economies. 1/2
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Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
The extraordinary effort to create a parallel system of recommending and perhaps even providing vaccines faces major challenges.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Health groups are mobilizing behind the scenes to preserve access for vaccines as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. works to upend the nation’s decades-old vaccine system, according to public health experts.
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Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
Criminalizing pregnancy: A record number of women were prosecuted the year after Dobbs
They were targeted for substance use, miscarriages, and stillbirths, largely driven by fetal personhood laws.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
What's happened since?
A record number of women have been prosecuted. Pregnancy loss is now considered extremely suspicious, even when it has nothing to do with abortion.
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At 10, he ran away from his parents’ home to escape a difficult childhood. He was homeless as a child.
Now, he’s a dad of six and has fostered 47 children since 2017, as a single father.
Now, he’s a dad of six and has fostered 47 children since 2017, as a single father.
He was homeless as a child. He’s now fostered 47 children.
Peter Mutabazi has adopted three children and is in the process of adopting three more.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
At 10, he ran away from his parents’ home to escape a difficult childhood. He was homeless as a child.
Now, he’s a dad of six and has fostered 47 children since 2017, as a single father.
Now, he’s a dad of six and has fostered 47 children since 2017, as a single father.
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Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD
June 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Protesters filled plazas, streets and parks across the U.S. on Saturday, gathering at demonstrations to call for protecting American democracy from President Trump. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4e3BIzD
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Pope Leo XIV will address a packed baseball stadium in Chicago on Saturday, greeting a U.S. audience directly for the first time and offering a glimpse of the potential impact of the first American papacy.
At Chicago baseball stadium, Pope Leo makes his first pitch to America
Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his historic path.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Pope Leo XIV will address a packed baseball stadium in Chicago on Saturday, greeting a U.S. audience directly for the first time and offering a glimpse of the potential impact of the first American papacy.