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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.

This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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The human cost of Trump's gutting of USAID: By the time Tor Top’s mother was sick with cholera, the nearby clinic had been shuttered for weeks. He bundled her into a canoe & paddled toward the nearest hospital, 8 hours away. Less than halfway into the journey, his mother died.

New, @propublica.org
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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if these kids were conservative influencers, it would not have been "things can happen"
Trump on the shooting at Brown University: “Things can happen”
December 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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WOW. @haleaziz.bsky.social with a new scoop: ICE now gets a running list of every person who is going to be taking a domestic flight inside the United States from the TSA and runs it through their database looking for targets. This explains the Babson College student's arrest.
Immigration Agents Are Using Air Passenger Data for Deportation Effort
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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China is authoritarian and Americans need to pay attention!

apnews.com/article/whis...
A Chinese official exposed his boss. Now in Texas, he’s hunted by Beijing - with help from US tech
Retired Chinese official Li Chuanliang fled to the U.S. seeking asylum, fearing persecution from the Chinese government.
apnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Two peace deals that Trump took credit for appear to be unraveling at the same time:

Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed "agreements".
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Two peace deals Trump took credit for appear to unravel at the same time
Fighting has not abated in the Democratic Republic of Congo or between Cambodia and Thailand in the wake of Trump-backed agreements.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Elections have consequences. A man like this never belonged near the levers of power. Not the first time. And certainly not this second time when everything was knowable. We are trapped in a tragedy and must fight our way out.
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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erika kirk looking dead at the camera talking about “he was a human being”

okay fair enough, go post a photo of george floyd on one of her posts and see the response
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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uglay and pusay
December 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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During the Eisenhower administration, 73% of Americans trusted their government. During the Kennedy administration, 75% of Americans trusted their government.

Today, in Trump's second administration, just 17% of Americans trust the government.
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Hundreds of immigrant children across the nation were detained for longer than the legal limit this summer, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has admitted in a court filing, alarming legal advocates who say the government is failing to safeguard children.
About 400 immigrant children were detained longer than the recommended limit, ICE admits
Legal advocates concerned over the prolonged detention of immigrant children in federal custody are sounding the alarm before the federal court. U.S.
bit.ly
December 10, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Voting rights coalition submits more than 300,000 signatures to force ballot referendum on gerrymandered congressional map in Missouri, blocking it once measure certified until voters can weigh in. Big victory for fair representation missouriindependent.com/2025/12/09/m...
Campaign to put gerrymandered Missouri map on the ballot turns in 300,000 signatures • Missouri Independent
Roughly 300,000 signatures demanding Missouri’s gerrymandered congressional map be placed on the 2026 ballot were submitted.
missouriindependent.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Must the military disobey unlawful orders? Pam Bondi has said yes.

As a lawyer for a conservative think tank, Bondi filed a Supreme Court brief last year saying service members who followed such orders were committing crimes.

"Military officers are required not to carry out unlawful orders."
Must the Military Disobey Unlawful Orders? Pam Bondi Has Said Yes.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
You will be visited by 3 spirits
December 9, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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WATCH: Advocates for political violence among those welcomed to conference at Tennessee state park www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
Advocates for political violence among those welcomed to conference at Tennessee state park
For years, the guest list for an annual white nationalist gathering at Tennessee’s Montgomery Bell State Park has been a closely guarded secret.
www.newschannel5.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett has made it official. She's running for the US Senate in Texas – while former Rep. Colin Allred ends his own campaign for the US Senate nomination in favor of attempting a House comeback bid.
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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Thank you, Sean Duffy! You continue to deliver for the people!
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Where the left and right disagree is human rights and racism.
December 8, 2025 at 4:16 AM
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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“A massive crisis”

Again: Making a broken system less bad is not enough. #MedicareForAllNOW

www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM