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René Holder-McClean-Ramirez
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Pronouns: They/Them
Refugees Welcome
Decrim Sex Work
Harm Reduction over Criminalisation
No Death Penalty
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Mental Health
Climate Action Now
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open.substack.com/pub/insideme... So they’re erasing whole groups of people from governmental history and consideration. Y’all see what’s happening, right?
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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NEW: At his Thursday Senate confirmation hearing, Robert Kennedy Jr. defended the discredited claim that vaccines are linked to autism, citing a recent study from a new medical journal.

We looked into the study and the journal. Strap in.

This is wild.
www.importantcontext.news/p/about-that...
About that Vaccine Study RFK Cited At His Confirmation Hearing
Kennedy used a study by a number of his allies to defend his discredited claims about vaccines and autism.
www.importantcontext.news
February 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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BREAKING: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will place 25% tariffs on $155 billion in U.S. imports in retaliation for President Donald Trump's tariffs.
Trump imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, spurring prospect of inflation and trade war
President Donald Trump has signed an order to impose stiff tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada and China, drawing swift retaliation from the U.S.’s North American neighbors in an emerging trade war...
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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BREAKING: Moments ago Justin Trudeau announced devastating tariffs against the United States—a 25% tariff on over $150 billion worth of American goods.
February 2, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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“This Week in Democracy – Week 2: Chaos, Crashes, Firings, and Funding Freezes”

Check out Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.

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This Week in Democracy – Week 2: Chaos, Crashes, Firings, and Funding Freezes
Zeteo's new project to document the ongoing, week-by-week growth of authoritarianism in the Trump second term.
zeteo.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Marshall Islands’ vanishing kit for a team under threat from climate crisis
Marshall Islands’ vanishing kit for a team under threat from climate crisis
The isolated Pacific nation is trying to build its first football team amid a battle for survival against rising sea levels The Marshall Islands, an isolated sprawl of atolls covering 750,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean but home to barely 42,000…
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of January 6 rioters was removed from the Department of Justice’s website.
Trump wiped January 6 convicts’ records clean. Now his DOJ is wiping evidence of rioters’ crimes from the internet | CNN Politics
As President Donald Trump this week sought to rewrite the history of his supporters’ attack on the US Capitol, a database detailing the vast array of criminal charges and successful convictions of Jan...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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These organizations need your help to continue providing aid to people in Gaza.
Here’s how you can continue to help people in Gaza.
With news coming in earlier today that Israel’s security cabinet has, after some delay, ratified the Gaza ceasefire agreement, it looks as if the carnage that has enveloped the strip for over…
lithub.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:00 PM
How Bluesky Grew From A Twitter Side Project To An X Competitor

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbk1...
How Bluesky Grew From A Twitter Side Project To An X Competitor
YouTube video by CNBC
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January 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Hamas has accused Israel of delaying the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire deal after Israeli forces shot at Palestinians trying to return to the north of the enclave, killing at least one person.

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January 26, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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UK haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans don’t go far enough | Anand Menon and Joël Reland
UK haunted by Johnson’s ‘botched Brexit deal’ and Labour’s plans don’t go far enough | Anand Menon and Joël Reland
Five years on, it’s unclear how a proposed UK-EU relationship reset would repair damage to the economy Five years since Brexit, the UK wants to reset the EU relationship. A simple question of sitting down with the EU and negotiating, surely? Sort of,…
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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This is what explains Musk’s recent obsession with backing the far right in Europe and going on about making Europe great again. This and the racism.

Everything else is noise.
EU asks X for internal documents about algorithms as it steps up investigation
Musk’s company has been accused of manipulating systems to give far-right posts and politicians greater visibility
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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TikTok users who procrastinated in saving their favorite videos have been doing some last-minute housecleaning with the app set to shut down.
TikTok users are scrambling to save memories ahead of Sunday’s ban | CNN Business
Some users are holding out hope that TikTok won’t be banned forever. Others are saving their videos and saying goodbye in the app’s final hours.
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:32 AM
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Unlike any other president, Donald Trump has tested the words and ideas in the literal text of the US Constitution, from the Preamble through the 27th Amendment.
Trump 2.0 vs. the US Constitution
How the 47th president-elect is pushing the boundaries of the founding document
www.cnn.com
January 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Why Banning Red No. 3 In America Took Decades | Ultra-Processed Life | @businessinsider.com

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Why Banning Red No. 3 In America Took Decades | Ultra-Processed Life | Business Insider
YouTube video by Business Insider
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January 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Thousands of people are expected in Washington and in cities across the country Saturday for the People’s March, a protest of President-elect Donald Trump and the GOP’s policy priorities, which organizers say will undermine the rights of women, immigrants and the LGBTQ+ community.
Thousands expected at People’s March in D.C. to protest Trump
Organizers hope that the march will inspire protesters to turn their passions, outrage and fears into collective opposition.
wapo.st
January 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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During the first phase of the ceasefire deal, 296 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences will be released, according to a statement from the Gaza-based Prisoners’ Media Office cited by the Palestinian Information Centre.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/dcziju
January 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s defence of Gaza war crimes allegations against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu comes amid delays over ceasefire ratification.

Read more: aje.io/jatjkh
January 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
President Biden Grants Clemency to Nearly 2,500 Drug War Victims in Final Days
www.lastprisonerproject.org/president-bi...
www.lastprisonerproject.org
January 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Top Foods To Try In Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 Ultimate Carnival Food Tour!! Foodie Nation x Achsah Henry
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Top Foods To Try In Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 Ultimate Carnival Food Tour!! Foodie Nation x Achsah Henry
YouTube video by Foodie Nation
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January 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.
Ancient Celtic tribe had women at its social center
Ancient DNA reveals that during the Iron Age, women in ancient Celtic societies were at the center of their social networks — unlike previous eras of prehistory.
www.npr.org
January 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Israel and Hamas have agreed to a phased ceasefire deal that includes boosting aid into Gaza + the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

Over the last 15 months, civilians have been targeted, attacked + killed at a scale unprecedented in the recent history of Israel and Palestine.
January 15, 2025 at 9:46 PM