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Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to p
www.propublica.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Arnoldo Bazan, a 16-year-old U.S. citizen, was put in a chokehold by ICE agents.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
Agents took his phone, which he tracked to a used electronics vending machine near an ICE detention center.
Yes: ICE is stealing and selling people’s things after brutalizing them. There are no words.
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Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site, including 19 superfund sites on tribal lands, reports ray levy uyeda. When Indigenous communities shoulder disproportionate effects of environmental contamination, what does it really mean to “clean” the land?
Does the Superfund program clean up polluted lands?
Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site, including 19 Superfund sites on tribal lands
prismreports.org
January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Over 400,000 Indigenous peoples live within three miles of a heavily contaminated site, including 19 superfund sites on tribal lands, reports ray levy uyeda. When Indigenous communities shoulder disproportionate effects of environmental contamination, what does it really mean to “clean” the land?
Talk about "shrinking" packages
January 15, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Talk about "shrinking" packages
#BudgetCuts Are SO #Wealthy Can Get #TaxBreaks
#Shameful #Rich Don't #Love #America Enough to #Pay Their #Taxes #NIH #LayOffs #Firings
#Shameful #Rich Don't #Love #America Enough to #Pay Their #Taxes #NIH #LayOffs #Firings
👇🏻🆘😔 “When people ask me how bad all this is, our answer is usually ‘It’s worse than you think’”
Yes, pretty accurate situation
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Yes, pretty accurate situation
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New story: Abrupt policy shift on foreign awards
‘destroys NIH reputation’
from Research Professional News in the UK
Link to pdf here
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
‘destroys NIH reputation’
from Research Professional News in the UK
Link to pdf here
jeremymberg.github.io/jeremyberg.g...
May 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
May 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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I will not soft-pedal my rhetoric or stop saying what I think. We need truth-telling, not cowardice and capitulation. We need informed communities and independent media. I hope you’ll join us and subscribe (free or paid). www.americaamerica.news
America, America | Steven Beschloss | Substack
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www.americaamerica.news
May 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I will not soft-pedal my rhetoric or stop saying what I think. We need truth-telling, not cowardice and capitulation. We need informed communities and independent media. I hope you’ll join us and subscribe (free or paid). www.americaamerica.news
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🇸🇰 Slovak PM Fico is furious after Estonia blocked his flight to Moscow for the May 9 parade.
“This is clearly a deliberate attempt to ruin my visit,” he ranted, complaining the delay wrecks his schedule.
His team is now scrambling to find another route.
“This is clearly a deliberate attempt to ruin my visit,” he ranted, complaining the delay wrecks his schedule.
His team is now scrambling to find another route.
May 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.
Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
From Globe Magazine: As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong.
As a health reporter, I thought I could navigate the system. My miscarriage proved me wrong. - The Boston Globe
The ER was the last place I wanted to get the treatment I needed. But it was my only option.
www.bostonglobe.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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We're at the very end of the dry season here in this part of Costa Rica and there are #butterflies everywhere at @tapirvalley.bsky.social
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
May 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
We're at the very end of the dry season here in this part of Costa Rica and there are #butterflies everywhere at @tapirvalley.bsky.social
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
This is a Deep-Blue Eyed-Metalmark, a less-common and beautiful butterfly here.
#costarica #bugsky 🌿
Lieutenant of the AFU, call sign "Alex," reports: No ceasefire on the Pokrovsk front. Infantry assaults continue relentlessly, with no breaks in between. The fight is ongoing.
May 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Abrego Garcia’s lawyers filed a motion today and it could lead to a deposition in the White House. Read about it here and be up to date. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
A Subpoena for the White House?
On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S.
open.substack.com
May 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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May 8, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
Former CDC staff warn of "a five alarm fire"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has laid off thousands of workers since January. Current and former CDC staff are grappling with uncertainty about both their futures and public health.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
Medicaid payments barely keep hospital mental health units afloat. Federal cuts could sink them
Patients seeking mental health care are more likely to be on Medicaid than patients in more profitable areas of care, such as cancer or cardiac treatment.
www.npr.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: Columbia University has agreed to a $750M settlement with nearly 600 patients of Robert Hadden, a former doctor who sexually abused them while working at the school.
A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
A 2023 ProPublica investigation revealed how the school shielded the OB-GYN for decades.
Columbia Will Pay Survivors of Abusive Doctor $750 Million After ProPublica Revealed University’s Failures
The sweeping deal means the Ivy League school’s settlements will total more than $1 billion for over 1,000 claims of sexual abuse by former patients of OB-GYN Robert Hadden, who worked at the universi...
www.propublica.org
May 8, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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We must keep fighting to make sure every Social Security check goes out in full and on time, just as they have for the past 90 years.
May 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
We must keep fighting to make sure every Social Security check goes out in full and on time, just as they have for the past 90 years.
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A planetary nebula glows—a dying star’s expelled breath, forged into a ring by our gaze. Its light sparks where gas meets cosmic dust, while at its heart, a white dwarf smolders, fuel spent, fading across trillions of years.
May 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A planetary nebula glows—a dying star’s expelled breath, forged into a ring by our gaze. Its light sparks where gas meets cosmic dust, while at its heart, a white dwarf smolders, fuel spent, fading across trillions of years.
