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Herbariums are plant libraries filled with fragile specimens that have been carefully documented and stored away.
In today's episode, we get a sneak peek into the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University.
Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284
In today's episode, we get a sneak peek into the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University.
Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284
May 6, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Herbariums are plant libraries filled with fragile specimens that have been carefully documented and stored away.
In today's episode, we get a sneak peek into the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University.
Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284
In today's episode, we get a sneak peek into the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University.
Listen here 🎧: pod.link/73329284
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NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
“Riots Raging”: The Misleading Story Fox News Told About Portland Before Trump Sent Troops
After reviewing coverage from the network and hours of social media videos that preceded Trump’s decision, ProPublica found that Fox’s portrayal of “Portland rioters” routinely instigating violence was misleading.
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.
www.nextavenue.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)
So much for obeying a court order, even if begrudgingly and with manufactured delay.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
November 4, 2025
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This is an excellent idea!!!
November 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
This is an excellent idea!!!
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Here’s @rawstory.com picking up on our post about Fox News falling for a racist AI video about SNAP recipients… then trying to turn it into a story about AI videos: www.rawstory.com/snap-2674256...
Not journalism.
Not journalism.
November 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Here’s @rawstory.com picking up on our post about Fox News falling for a racist AI video about SNAP recipients… then trying to turn it into a story about AI videos: www.rawstory.com/snap-2674256...
Not journalism.
Not journalism.
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Keystone Kash needed a distraction from the story that he took another private govt jet to watch his girlfriend sing. apnews.com/article/detr...
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Keystone Kash needed a distraction from the story that he took another private govt jet to watch his girlfriend sing. apnews.com/article/detr...
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A conversation from the Convocation Unscripted:
Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year
You'll be surprised by the relevance of this discussion to these hard days.
open.substack.com/pub/convocat...
Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year
You'll be surprised by the relevance of this discussion to these hard days.
open.substack.com/pub/convocat...
Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year
Grab your copy of Diana's new book!
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A conversation from the Convocation Unscripted:
Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year
You'll be surprised by the relevance of this discussion to these hard days.
open.substack.com/pub/convocat...
Finding Beauty in the Liturgical Year
You'll be surprised by the relevance of this discussion to these hard days.
open.substack.com/pub/convocat...
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Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Trump is holding a Great Gatsby/Roaring 20s-themed party at his private club in Palm Beach tonight as he tries to withhold SNAP and health care subsidies from millions of Americans. (via Kellie Meyer)
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FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
October 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
FBI: "We didn't zip tie children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
REPORTER: "Here's a photo of a zip tied 14 year old."
FBI" "OK, we didn't zip tie YOUNG children."
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October 31, 2025
October 31, 2025
Yesterday a reporter asked Representative Joe Neguse, a Democrat of Colorado, about the administration’s withholding of reserve funds Congress intended would fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM
October 31, 2025
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
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California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
October 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections.
Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.
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Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
October 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cost to fund SNAP and keep 42 million people from starving:
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
$100 billion
Cost of lost revenue due to tax cuts for the richest Americans in the top 1%:
$100 billion
One is decried as "welfare." One is not.
Why?
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A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.
October 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
A long-deranged and deeply depraved man with a pronouncedly and acceleratingly deteriorating mind announces that he intends to play with the large arsenal of nuclear weapons he controls.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.
But it's okay, because he's not seeking a third term.
Really great podcast www.nextavenue.org/anderson-coo...
www.nextavenue.org
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Really great podcast www.nextavenue.org/anderson-coo...
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Heavily-armed federal agents came to a Chicago neighborhood and fired tear gas near children getting ready for a Halloween parade.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
Border Patrol agents under fire for allegedly disrupting children's Halloween parade in Chicago
The U.S. Border Patrol is coming under criticism from Chicago residents who claim federal agents disrupted a children's Halloween parade over the weekend.
abcnews.go.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Heavily-armed federal agents came to a Chicago neighborhood and fired tear gas near children getting ready for a Halloween parade.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
This once again shows that the Trump administration's deportation campaign is not about "safety," it's about sowing fear and exerting control.
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Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
October 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Today, Mike Johnson will keep the House adjourned for the 85th day out of the last 97.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
12 days of work in over 3 months.
With full pay and benefits.
The senate has been working, so this is not about the shutdown.
It is about avoiding a vote to release the Epstein files.
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Nothing to see here, folks 🤫🤔
October 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Nothing to see here, folks 🤫🤔
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October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S. n.pr/47wcmYo
Camouflaging cars and swapping license plates: How agents make immigration arrests
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S.
n.pr
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Immigration enforcement officers are sometimes forgoing license plates or otherwise masking their cars while apprehending migrants across the U.S. n.pr/47wcmYo