Larissa Bennett Bortz
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This is monstrous.
250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.
Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns
Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.
www.miamiherald.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is monstrous.
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This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort
Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.
www.politico.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
www.politico.com/news/2025/06...
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Senators are pushing for a fire sale of over 3 million acres of public lands—that’s an area larger than Connecticut. Families would lose access to some of their favorite trails and parks close to home. Once the land is sold and the no-trespassing signs go up, there is no going back.
June 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Senators are pushing for a fire sale of over 3 million acres of public lands—that’s an area larger than Connecticut. Families would lose access to some of their favorite trails and parks close to home. Once the land is sold and the no-trespassing signs go up, there is no going back.
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Just a reminder that Republicans in Congress could put a stop to this at any time.
June 21, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Just a reminder that Republicans in Congress could put a stop to this at any time.
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A federal judge ruled that Trump must return control of the CA National Guard to the Governor of CA. This is a victory for the rule of law and against Trump’s authoritarianism.
June 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
A federal judge ruled that Trump must return control of the CA National Guard to the Governor of CA. This is a victory for the rule of law and against Trump’s authoritarianism.
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The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects.
We the People.
We the People.
June 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects.
We the People.
We the People.
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If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
If this is how this administration responds to a Senator with a question, you can only imagine what they're doing to farmworkers, to cooks, and to day laborers throughout California and across the country.
We will hold this administration accountable.
We will hold this administration accountable.
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Believe me, I couldn’t be more excited to return to critiquing him on policy someday.
But right now, in this exact moment, Gavin Newsom, is the de facto leader of the free world.
Listen to this speech in its entirety: youtu.be/pXQQNUeb4Sw?... @governor.ca.gov
But right now, in this exact moment, Gavin Newsom, is the de facto leader of the free world.
Listen to this speech in its entirety: youtu.be/pXQQNUeb4Sw?... @governor.ca.gov
Governor Newsom Delivers Major Address to Californians
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Believe me, I couldn’t be more excited to return to critiquing him on policy someday.
But right now, in this exact moment, Gavin Newsom, is the de facto leader of the free world.
Listen to this speech in its entirety: youtu.be/pXQQNUeb4Sw?... @governor.ca.gov
But right now, in this exact moment, Gavin Newsom, is the de facto leader of the free world.
Listen to this speech in its entirety: youtu.be/pXQQNUeb4Sw?... @governor.ca.gov
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in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling
June 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
in my city which is apparently in a state of extended military occupation due to extreme and widespread unrest a really kind sanitation worker saw me sitting out front with my kids and gave them free toy trash cans and we talked about recycling
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He stood in front of our troops today and gave a mean spirited, partisan speech.
He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name.
He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans.
Never become desensitized to this.
He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name.
He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans.
Never become desensitized to this.
June 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
He stood in front of our troops today and gave a mean spirited, partisan speech.
He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name.
He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans.
Never become desensitized to this.
He stood in front of our troops today and attacked Americans by name.
He stood in front of our troops today and goaded them into booing their fellow Americans.
Never become desensitized to this.
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Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
Kennedy Removes All C.D.C. Vaccine Panel Experts
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Not a doctor. Not a scientist. No. A longtime heroin addict and current steroid enthusiast who perjured himself in confirmation hearings in order to pursue a twisted agenda that will kill more Americans than Osama Bin Laden.
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What more do you need to see? The President of the United States wants his Immigration czar to arrest the Governor of one of the most populous states in the country.
"I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great" -- Trump endorses the arrest of Gov. Gavin Newsom
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
What more do you need to see? The President of the United States wants his Immigration czar to arrest the Governor of one of the most populous states in the country.
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🚨 Armed agents in tactical gear. Flash-bang grenades. So-called 'less-lethal' weapons".
All used on peaceful protesters in LA demanding dignity for immigrants.
This is what a police state looks like. This is what happens when cruelty becomes policy.
We must speak out.
All used on peaceful protesters in LA demanding dignity for immigrants.
This is what a police state looks like. This is what happens when cruelty becomes policy.
We must speak out.
June 7, 2025 at 3:24 AM
🚨 Armed agents in tactical gear. Flash-bang grenades. So-called 'less-lethal' weapons".
All used on peaceful protesters in LA demanding dignity for immigrants.
This is what a police state looks like. This is what happens when cruelty becomes policy.
We must speak out.
All used on peaceful protesters in LA demanding dignity for immigrants.
This is what a police state looks like. This is what happens when cruelty becomes policy.
We must speak out.
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Trump and Musk are feuding.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't know what was in the bill she voted for.
Joni Ernst is walking through cemeteries and saying we’re all going to die.
Would be funny if they weren’t kicking 16 million Americans off their health care.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't know what was in the bill she voted for.
Joni Ernst is walking through cemeteries and saying we’re all going to die.
Would be funny if they weren’t kicking 16 million Americans off their health care.
June 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Trump and Musk are feuding.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't know what was in the bill she voted for.
Joni Ernst is walking through cemeteries and saying we’re all going to die.
Would be funny if they weren’t kicking 16 million Americans off their health care.
Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't know what was in the bill she voted for.
Joni Ernst is walking through cemeteries and saying we’re all going to die.
Would be funny if they weren’t kicking 16 million Americans off their health care.
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I’ve released a report on 130 potential acts of corruption that benefit Elon Musk or his companies—one for every day he was a “Special Government Employee” in the Trump administration.
These examples fit the Trump agenda: billionaires win, families lose.
These examples fit the Trump agenda: billionaires win, families lose.
Elon Musk's Reign of Corruption Chronicled in Elizabeth Warren Report
Warren’s report is focused on Musk’s misuse of political power for personal gain as Donald Trump’s DOGE chief.
www.rollingstone.com
June 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I’ve released a report on 130 potential acts of corruption that benefit Elon Musk or his companies—one for every day he was a “Special Government Employee” in the Trump administration.
These examples fit the Trump agenda: billionaires win, families lose.
These examples fit the Trump agenda: billionaires win, families lose.
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Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
June 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
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I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
www.youtube.com
May 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t.
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes told NOTUS .. “We’ve certainly done research on this topic, but did not publish a paper in JAMA Pediatrics on this topic .. or with that title.”
@notusreports.bsky.social
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@notusreports.bsky.social
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The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
“The paper cited is not a real paper that I or my colleagues were involved with,” Keyes told NOTUS .. “We’ve certainly done research on this topic, but did not publish a paper in JAMA Pediatrics on this topic .. or with that title.”
@notusreports.bsky.social
www.notus.org/health-scien...
@notusreports.bsky.social
www.notus.org/health-scien...
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When we add to this the Cato Institute report showing how many migrants sent to El Salvador had in fact entered the country legally, THIS is the top story of the night.
The U.S. is sending people to horrors in foreign prisons. People who have had no due process.
An actual nightmare.
The U.S. is sending people to horrors in foreign prisons. People who have had no due process.
An actual nightmare.
This is catastrophe.
🚨According to litigators, ICE just put a dozen men on a flight (which may have already taken off) to SOUTH SUDAN, a country on the brink of civil war, in direct defiance of a court order requiring ICE to give people an opportunity to raise objections before being sent to a country not their own.
May 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
When we add to this the Cato Institute report showing how many migrants sent to El Salvador had in fact entered the country legally, THIS is the top story of the night.
The U.S. is sending people to horrors in foreign prisons. People who have had no due process.
An actual nightmare.
The U.S. is sending people to horrors in foreign prisons. People who have had no due process.
An actual nightmare.
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For our new @propublica.org story on Hurricane Helene's unheard warnings, we used gsap to control satellite imagery + mapbox gl to walk you through the Cane River communities. Also, for the first time, we have an option for a text-only version of the story! www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
Helene’s Unheard Warnings
As Hurricane Helene barreled toward Yancey County in North Carolina, communities along the Cane River in the Black Mountains were particularly vulnerable. But there were no evacuation orders, and few ...
www.propublica.org
May 19, 2025 at 2:56 PM
For our new @propublica.org story on Hurricane Helene's unheard warnings, we used gsap to control satellite imagery + mapbox gl to walk you through the Cane River communities. Also, for the first time, we have an option for a text-only version of the story! www.propublica.org/article/hurr...
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If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
May 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.
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The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.
How to get to Sesame Street? Kids can now head to Netflix as well as PBS
The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.
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Sotomayor’s support for the aggressive pro-democracy movement is so important at this critical time. She understands that while we must bring difficult cases and be willing to lose, we must always fight to win. And by lending her voice she affirmed that it is “our time to stand up and be heard.”
Justice Sotomayor’s Message to Lawyers: Stand Up, Fight and Win
In an era when judges are often assessed by their commitment to democracy, Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands as a stalwart in the pro-democracy camp.
www.democracydocket.com
May 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Sotomayor’s support for the aggressive pro-democracy movement is so important at this critical time. She understands that while we must bring difficult cases and be willing to lose, we must always fight to win. And by lending her voice she affirmed that it is “our time to stand up and be heard.”