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Los Angeles residents were outraged after dozens of federal agents marched through MacArthur Park, in one of the city’s most immigrant-heavy neighborhoods. Homeland Security officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. trib.al/JYW5IsU
July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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LISTEN TO THIS SHIT: Mark Kelly didn’t name names—but he did say this:

One GOP Senator said Medicaid cuts were fine because “they’ll get over it.”
Another, told it would cost lives, said:
“We’re all gonna die anyway.”

And this party still dares to call itself pro-life.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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June 14, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Cat quilt
June 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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If we think air traffic control is dangerous now, don’t deliver responsibility to a company which fails repeatedly.
June 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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With this awful terror attack in Colorado, Congress needs to ask how many federal resources have been pulled from counterterrorism to deport Hispanics?
June 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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#BLM OTD 1863, Harriet Tubman planned & guided an armed raid (becoming the 1st woman to do so in the Civil War) against Confederate forces, supply depots & plantations along the Combahee River in coastal South Carolina. The raid freed nearly 800 people.
#BlackAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory
June 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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June 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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What Republicans call their “Big Beautiful Bill” includes $286B in SNAP cuts—the biggest attack ever on the program that helps millions of working families put food on the table.

There’s nothing “beautiful” about handing billions to the ultra-rich while working people go hungry.
House Republican Proposal Would Kick More People Off SNAP During Recessions While Pushing Additional Costs to States
The House Republican tax and budget bill would make states pay more to administer food assistance while ensuring it serves fewer people in need.
www.americanprogress.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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First Trump and RFK Jr. gutted research, silenced scientists, and blocked lifesaving public health guidance. Now it seems they may have used AI to cite fake studies in their so-called “MAHA Report.”
 
These people are unserious — but they pose a serious risk to Americans' health.
White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say
The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Buried in the Republicans’ “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a provision that shields Trump and his Admin from being held in contempt of court.

So it doesn’t just cut taxes for billionaires — it also undermines the courts and emboldens an already lawless presidency. We must stop it.
Opinion | The GOP’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ has an ugly way of protecting Trump
A short provision would further insulate the president from judicial accountability.
www.msnbc.com
May 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Violence and hate must have no refuge in America.

This is the second attack on the Jewish community in two weeks. As we pray for the victims in Boulder, we must redouble our efforts to fight antisemitism and hate in all its forms.

The perpetrator must be brought to justice.
June 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Maryland passed its ban on military-style assault weapons after the Sandy Hook massacre. It's the type of common-sense gun safety law that we need to save lives and prevent mass shootings.
 
SCOTUS should continue to allow lifesaving laws like Maryland's to remain in place.
Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to assault weapons bans
WASHINGTON — <a href="https://apnews.com/hub/us-supreme-court" rel="">The Supreme Court</a> declined on Monday to hear a challenge to a state ban on assault weapons, semiautomatic rifles that are popu...
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June 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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COOL!
June 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Good people who showed up today to protest against ICE, across from Avelo at Wilmington Airport here in Delaware. Due process is for everyone! Keep up the good work, democracy is at risk. #habeascorpus #resist #democracy #constitution
May 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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"It's coming back to life. We're going to make it." George Foote, lawyer for the U.S. Institute of Peace sounds a hopeful note as he describes how the group is putting the pieces back together after DOGE illegally took over and decimated their organization.
June 3, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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I'm not going to stop saying this. We need to stop calling it "deporting." It may not always be fair or humane, but deportation has a process. And it means you're sent back to where you came from. These people are being trafficked and sold to slave prisons. Not deported.
Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador
April 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Trump defenders are trying to spin the tariffs as an attempt to bring the middle-class economy back to the heyday of the 1960s. But Trump himself keeps saying his plan will return America back to the 1890s.
April 9, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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Michigan attorney Amir Makled was detained by federal agents on his way home from a spring break trip with his family. His only crime appears to be representing a student protestor.
youtube.com
April 9, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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78 million people voted for that asshole just to ‘own the libs.’ Instead, he’s fleecing America—and dragging them down with him.

Great job, folks.
April 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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⚡️Russia launches mass drone attack on Kharkiv, injures at least 1 person.

At least 15 explosions rocked Kharkiv late on April 8, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. One person was injured, according to preliminary information.
Russia launches mass drone attack on Kharkiv, injures at least 1 person
At least 15 explosions rocked Kharkiv late on April 8, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said. One person was injured, according to preliminary information.
kyivindependent.com
April 8, 2025 at 9:56 PM