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A number of students at VCU were informed 2 days before graduation that their degrees are going to be withheld, because they held a non violent protest/picnic in a public space

Faculty members are circulating this letter
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Faculty letter
Subject: Faculty Concern Regarding Withholding of Diplomas May 9, 2025 Gabe Willis Dean of Student Advocacy Office 901 Floyd Avenue, 1st Floor Box 843017 Richmond, VA 23284 Kristie Filipchuk Associa...
docs.google.com
May 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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People are NOT understanding what empty cargo ships from China means.

It means no work for dock workers. No work for truck drivers, no work for retailers, fewer dollars circulating. The cascade effect is just mind boggling.
April 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Sen Lisa Murkowski could switch parties. She could oppose every nominee. She could use her status in the majority party to hold Donald Trump accountable. Instead, during his first term, she voted with Trump 73% of the time. This term, she’s voted for 20 of Trump’s cabinet nominees.
April 18, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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This is a WILD list of data to disappear. I was braced for climate stuff, but not, like, shoreline maps and coastal bathymetry
April 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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BREAKING: In the North Carolina Supreme Court election challenge, the state's highest court rules to protect over 60k ballots. However, approximately 5k military and overseas voters are required to cure their ballots within 30 days. More to come.
🚨 Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of Elections (II)
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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NEW VIDEO: The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions of eligible voters and badly undermine democracy.

Paige and I break it down. youtu.be/XS8aePRgFU4?...
BREAKING: House Passes SAVE Act, Major Voting Suppression Bill
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
youtu.be
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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The House Democratswho voted in support:
Jared Golden - D-ME, 3rd
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez - D-WA, 3rd
Henry Cuellar - D-TX, 28th
Ed Case - D-HI, 1st
April 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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This NOAA person ensures hatchery fish are produced correctly. She’s gone, but the laws are still there—ESA, treaties, etc. Nobody knows if you can release the fish w/o a NOAA OK. Or if you do, what you can do w/ them. Decisions gotta be made now, 'cause hatcheries need to release fish on time. 7/14
April 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. This number can connect you to both the House of Representatives and the Senate offices.
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The congressional switchboard number is (202) 224-3121. This number can connect you to both the House of Representatives and the Senate offices.
April 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Lawmakers from both parties teamed up to force a House vote on a measure allowing new parents to vote by proxy for 12 weeks, but House Speaker Mike Johnson opposes it on Constitutional grounds.
GOP leaders accused of making threats to block bill to let new moms vote remotely
Lawmakers from both parties teamed up to force a House vote on a measure allowing new parents to vote by proxy for 12 weeks, but House Speaker Mike Johnson opposes it on Constitutional grounds.
www.npr.org
March 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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H5N1 Bird Flu Mutates to Better Hijack Human Cells, New UNC Charlotte Study Shows | Newswise www.newswise.com/articles/h5n...
H5N1 Bird Flu Mutates to Better Hijack Human Cells, New UNC Charlotte Study Shows | Newswise
The latest CIPHER research on H5N1 viral lineages could have major implications for vaccine development.
www.newswise.com
March 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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BREAKING: We obtained an email confirming the Trump admin is shutting down HHS's Office of Long Covid.

RFK Jr. pledged in his confirmation hearing to support LC research, and prioritize tackling chronic diseases.

20m people have Long Covid and there's no cure.

www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump administration shuttering long Covid office
The move comes as part of the administration’s reorganization of HHS, according to an internal email seen by POLITICO.
www.politico.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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“Our disengagement is destroying the country,” author and authoritarianism expert @andreapitzer.bsky.social told an SRO crowd of Trump/Musk protesters in Roanoke today. “We’re not watching a reality show…we’re in it.”
March 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
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You know all that money you have put into Social Security from every paycheck you ever received? Trump and Elon Musk are trying to take it away from you.

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Acting Social Security head consults with Justice Dept. on threat to close agency
Leland Dudek argues that a ruling blocking Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team from access to sensitive taxpayer data could apply to all employees.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!”

@USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?”

NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY*

(not sure this went quite as he planned 😬)
March 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Just got off the phone with Senator Kaine's DC office. His staffer could not give me a firm decision on cloture yet. So if you live in Virginia, keep calling to tell him to vote NO on cloture and NO on the bill. (202) 224-4024
March 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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!!!!
guys they're going to stop feeding TSA's bomb-sniffing dogs, per Fox News nat security correspondent:
March 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN.

☎️: (202) 224-3121

Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid.

The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING.

Call retiring Senators too!
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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In which the Department of Homeland Security struggles to answer a very simple question: "Is any criticism of the United States government a deportable offense?"

(From NPR here: www.npr.org/2025/03/13/n...)
March 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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Yeah
March 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Think about that 60-some-year-old South Korean senator who was literally climbing over walls to vote for impeachment as martial law was imposed in the country and then looking at…. Chuck Schumer.
March 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Concerned about DOGE stealing your personal information? File a FOIA request to find out what they've done with your data.

To do that, here's a letter you can fill out, sign, and send. Courtesy of Congressman Jamie Raskin.
s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/ak-raskin/im...
March 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM