Helen Athan
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
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The MAGA-fication of sports is not just about influencing voters, but also about pushing our collective boundaries, Sally Jenkins argues:
The MAGA-fication of Sports Continues
Donald Trump’s partnership with the UFC takes his desire to identify with winners to snarling new heights.
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October 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The MAGA-fication of sports is not just about influencing voters, but also about pushing our collective boundaries, Sally Jenkins argues:
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"The bill forces sale of at least 2 MILLION acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in 11 Western states... gives Secs. of Interior and Ag broad discretion to choose which"
OH HELL NO
OH HELL NO
This would be the largest public lands sell-off in modern U.S. history and it's happening with no hearings, no debate, and no public input.
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
See what public lands would be available for sale:
www.wilderness.org/articles/med...
120 million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR budget reconciliation package
The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 120 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...
www.wilderness.org
June 17, 2025 at 3:10 AM
"The bill forces sale of at least 2 MILLION acres of Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management lands in 11 Western states... gives Secs. of Interior and Ag broad discretion to choose which"
OH HELL NO
OH HELL NO
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RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there
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RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said one of his picks for a crucial vaccine advisory panel is a professor at George Washington University. But News4 found the doctor hasn’t w...
www.nbcwashington.com
June 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
RFK Jr. says his new vaccine panel has a GW University professor. The school says he doesn't work there
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/r...
www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/r...
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In America, we have no Kings, no Queens, no nobles, no dictators, and no emperors. We have no slaves, no serfs and no subjects.
Just us—‘We the People.’
Just us—‘We the People.’
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In America, we have no Kings, no Queens, no nobles, no dictators, and no emperors. We have no slaves, no serfs and no subjects.
Just us—‘We the People.’
Just us—‘We the People.’
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Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
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Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
May 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Musk should be asked about this in every interview he does now and forever. To ignore it is a dereliction of duty.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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🚨BREAKING: U.S Department of Justice files voter suppression lawsuit targeting North Carolina voter registration. The weaponization of DOJ for political gain is here. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
May 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
🚨BREAKING: U.S Department of Justice files voter suppression lawsuit targeting North Carolina voter registration. The weaponization of DOJ for political gain is here. Subscribe to Democracy Docket to stay informed. hubs.ly/Q03jcjqP0
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When King Charles takes the throne in the Canadian parliament today — the first time a British monarch will open proceedings since 1977 — it will be a “big symbolic move to come to the defense of Canada,” Dasha Burns says on today’s #playbookpod.
Listen to the ep now: pod.link/1169056746
Listen to the ep now: pod.link/1169056746
May 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
When King Charles takes the throne in the Canadian parliament today — the first time a British monarch will open proceedings since 1977 — it will be a “big symbolic move to come to the defense of Canada,” Dasha Burns says on today’s #playbookpod.
Listen to the ep now: pod.link/1169056746
Listen to the ep now: pod.link/1169056746
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So let me get this straight: the "party of the working class" is kicking millions of people off health care to fund tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich?
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
So let me get this straight: the "party of the working class" is kicking millions of people off health care to fund tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the rich?
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Moskowitz: They have no brakes. They’re drunk with power. And the only way we’re going to send a message to them—the only way we’re going to be able to put brakes on this and stop it—is to make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker.
May 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Moskowitz: They have no brakes. They’re drunk with power. And the only way we’re going to send a message to them—the only way we’re going to be able to put brakes on this and stop it—is to make Hakeem Jeffries Speaker.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." #FDR #PrayForAmerica
May 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." #FDR #PrayForAmerica
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Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
Justice Department cuts to public safety grants leave police and nonprofits scrambling
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
www.npr.org
May 24, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Hundreds of public safety grants cut, worth $500 million, funded initiatives like drug treatment and gun violence prevention programs.
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Just to be clear, when/if someone says the reconciliation bill the GOP has been debating in the dark of night won’t add to the debt and deficit, that’s a knowing lie.
May 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Just to be clear, when/if someone says the reconciliation bill the GOP has been debating in the dark of night won’t add to the debt and deficit, that’s a knowing lie.
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No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
May 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
No one experiencing the tragedy of a miscarriage should be arrested, much less abandoned in jail for 5 months with a $100k bond. But that’s exactly what happened to Mallori Patrice Strait in Texas. Women, particularly women of color, in this country are no longer allowed dignity even in extreme loss
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The Constitution says that Congress must approve gifts to the president and his family from foreign potentates, but apparently the Constitution is mostly decorative these days.
May 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The Constitution says that Congress must approve gifts to the president and his family from foreign potentates, but apparently the Constitution is mostly decorative these days.
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Olszewski: We’re still learning in real time what this bill even includes. Taking out fees on gun silencers? Making tanning easier—while they’re gutting food benefits and taking away healthcare from people. They’re turning their backs on veterans. It also adds trillions to the deficit.
May 21, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Olszewski: We’re still learning in real time what this bill even includes. Taking out fees on gun silencers? Making tanning easier—while they’re gutting food benefits and taking away healthcare from people. They’re turning their backs on veterans. It also adds trillions to the deficit.
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Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Lawyer for U-M protester detained at airport after spring break trip with family
Dearborn lawyer says feds tried to seize his cellphone at Detroit Metro Airport as he returned from spring break trip with his family.
www.freep.com
April 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Deeply concerning: US citizen lawyer getting detained and his phone searched on reentering the U.S. at Customs. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
April 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
“They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
~The Great Gatsby
~The Great Gatsby
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here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
here’s a curse word free version of “look it up” as requested by countless teachers and librarians 🥰😘
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SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit.
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
April 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
SpaceX just landed a $5.92B contract with the Pentagon for Space Force rocket launches — the largest contract among the three firms who secured deals to send satellites into orbit.
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
While DOGE cuts essential services for you, Musk is getting a taxpayer-funded windfall.
Hello?
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"The suspension of USAID monies for humanitarian relief is moral theft for the poorest and most desperate men, women and children in our world today...It is unconscionable through any prism of Catholic thought." #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForAmerica
March 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
"The suspension of USAID monies for humanitarian relief is moral theft for the poorest and most desperate men, women and children in our world today...It is unconscionable through any prism of Catholic thought." #CardinalMcElroy #PrayForAmerica