Brooke
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However small my part, I will stand for decency, equality, and the preservation of our democracy.
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This is too much.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is too much.
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Rice growers across the Mississippi River Basin are flooding fields in winter to host migrating ducks and geese, a practice that boosts bird habitat while cutting fertiliser use and improving soil health. buff.ly/j3ddSGp
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Migratory Birds and Rice Farmers Are Helping Each Other Soar
Across the U.S., farmers are welcoming migrating birds onto their land — and getting healthier fields and hardier harvests in return.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Rice growers across the Mississippi River Basin are flooding fields in winter to host migrating ducks and geese, a practice that boosts bird habitat while cutting fertiliser use and improving soil health. buff.ly/j3ddSGp
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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Same folks calling college kids lazy and entitled are now telling them to suck it up and accept that the market doesn't have any new opportunities for them.
Kevin Hassett: "I think there could be a little bit of an almost quiet time in the labor market, because firms are finding that AI is making their workers so productive that they don't necessarily have to hire the new kids out of college and so on."
November 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Same folks calling college kids lazy and entitled are now telling them to suck it up and accept that the market doesn't have any new opportunities for them.
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November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Johnson: This is not a bellwether of things to come. Blue states and blue cities went blue. That was no surprise to anyone.
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Johnson: This is not a bellwether of things to come. Blue states and blue cities went blue. That was no surprise to anyone.
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DEMs need to prepare legislation to protect every citizen's rights regarding the scanning of people's faces. See what Denmark is doing. IA techs will scream but so be it.
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 PM
DEMs need to prepare legislation to protect every citizen's rights regarding the scanning of people's faces. See what Denmark is doing. IA techs will scream but so be it.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Pete Hegseth stripped Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship and ordered reviews of ships named for Harriet Tubman, Cesar Chavez, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All were proudly built by our San Diego shipbuilders. This is about political retaliation, not patriotic service. Hegseth’s conduct is disgraceful.
Pentagon Strips Harvey Milk’s Name From Navy Vessel
www.nytimes.com
June 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Pete Hegseth stripped Harvey Milk’s name from a Navy ship and ordered reviews of ships named for Harriet Tubman, Cesar Chavez, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. All were proudly built by our San Diego shipbuilders. This is about political retaliation, not patriotic service. Hegseth’s conduct is disgraceful.
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Lisa Murkowski cuts a last minute deal solely to benefit Alaska, exempting it from some of the more odious parts of the bill to secure her vote and sell out the rest of the US. Yeah this stuff sucks and hurts a lot of people, but I got Alaskans exempted so the hell with you.
June 29, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Lisa Murkowski cuts a last minute deal solely to benefit Alaska, exempting it from some of the more odious parts of the bill to secure her vote and sell out the rest of the US. Yeah this stuff sucks and hurts a lot of people, but I got Alaskans exempted so the hell with you.
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Reminder: Afghan interpreters helped US troops, some were executed. For their invaluable services, they were given Special Immigrant Visas and invited to live in the USA. Now Trump’s DHS is threatening to deport them. Does the USA keep our promises anymore?
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amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/...
Afghanistan: Taliban beheaded Afghan interpreter for US military. Others fear they will be hunted down | CNN
Sohail Pardis was driving from his home in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul to nearby Khost province to pick up his sister for the upcoming Eid holiday celebrations to mark the end of Ramadan.
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June 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Reminder: Afghan interpreters helped US troops, some were executed. For their invaluable services, they were given Special Immigrant Visas and invited to live in the USA. Now Trump’s DHS is threatening to deport them. Does the USA keep our promises anymore?
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/...
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“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
Abandoning trans people is 'fascist logic', says leading feminist philosopher
Leading feminist philosopher Judith Butler has declared that abandoning trans people or any minority is operating within 'fascist logic'.
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December 18, 2024 at 8:04 PM
“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic,” they said. “That means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice and a third, a fourth. Then what happens?”
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Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
June 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Sayed Naser served as a U.S. military interpreter in Afghanistan. Now he’s being deported.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
The Taliban assassinated his brother and kidnapped his father. All because he helped us.
Why are the feds trying to deport him, even though his asylum case is still pending?
Not justice, it’s a betrayal.
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Selling the country out for parts
June 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Selling the country out for parts
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Juneteenth sponsors are pulling out, just like they did with Pride events. This sends a clear message that support for Black communities & LGBTQ people is conditional, transactional & expendable.
This is more than backlash against (DEI) it's a stamp of approval on bigotry.
This is more than backlash against (DEI) it's a stamp of approval on bigotry.
Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull support
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, equity and inclusion initia...
apnews.com
June 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Juneteenth sponsors are pulling out, just like they did with Pride events. This sends a clear message that support for Black communities & LGBTQ people is conditional, transactional & expendable.
This is more than backlash against (DEI) it's a stamp of approval on bigotry.
This is more than backlash against (DEI) it's a stamp of approval on bigotry.
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The bill includes a legal definition of male and female that doesn't match any scientific or medical standard for those terms, and attempts to define trans people out of existence.
June 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The bill includes a legal definition of male and female that doesn't match any scientific or medical standard for those terms, and attempts to define trans people out of existence.
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More of this please
June 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
More of this please
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Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
June 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Truth-tellers, not rioters. Protect these two men at all costs.
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
“You feel tough with your assault rifles and your sticks. You should be standing here with us. You’re on the wrong side of history.”
“John Lewis said make good trouble… that means make trouble on behalf of democracy.”
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
June 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Gov. Newsom is inarguably cooking on the socials
June 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Gov. Newsom is inarguably cooking on the socials
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BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
June 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
BREAKING: Federal agents in plain clothes and unmarked cars tried to snatch 1st graders from LA elementary schools—told staff they had “parental consent.”
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
They lied. When pressed, they HID THEIR IDS. DHS admits they sent them. This wasn’t a welfare check. It was a test run for a police state.
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In another attack on science and public health, RFK has abruptly fired the entire independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which makes recommendations on who receive certain vaccines and when.
This is a deadly move that every Republican should denounce. #FireRFK
This is a deadly move that every Republican should denounce. #FireRFK
RFK Jr. purges every vaccine adviser on CDC panel; will pick replacements
Kennedy said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, a group of experts who recommend vaccines, has been "plagued with persistent conflicts of interest."
www.washingtonpost.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In another attack on science and public health, RFK has abruptly fired the entire independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which makes recommendations on who receive certain vaccines and when.
This is a deadly move that every Republican should denounce. #FireRFK
This is a deadly move that every Republican should denounce. #FireRFK