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Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
Betty Reid Soskin, Oldest U.S. Park Ranger and Trailblazing Historian, Dies at 104 | KQED
Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest National Park Service ranger and a pioneering historian at Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park, devoted her life to preserving Black histo...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service’s oldest ranger, has died. She was 104.
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Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
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How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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December 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Data is beginning to reveal the devastating cumulative effects of the Trump administration’s policies for workers of color.
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Ugh.
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Ugh.
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MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
MORE from Jack Smith:
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
"Our investigation also developed powerful evidence that showed President Trump willfully retained highly classified documents after he left office in January 2021 ... He then repeatedly tried to obstruct justice to conceal his continued retention of those documents."
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"Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is back in Chicago today."
"[R]apid response teams sounded the alarm on agent sightings on the Southeast Side and in suburban Cicero."
"[T]hreatening people who film with pepper ball and tear gas dispensers."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Courts
"[R]apid response teams sounded the alarm on agent sightings on the Southeast Side and in suburban Cicero."
"[T]hreatening people who film with pepper ball and tear gas dispensers."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Courts
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is back in Chicago; reported sightings on Southwest Side and abduction at Walmart in Cicero
Gov. JB Pritzker: "We don't know how long they'll stay."
thetriibe.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
"Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino is back in Chicago today."
"[R]apid response teams sounded the alarm on agent sightings on the Southeast Side and in suburban Cicero."
"[T]hreatening people who film with pepper ball and tear gas dispensers."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Courts
"[R]apid response teams sounded the alarm on agent sightings on the Southeast Side and in suburban Cicero."
"[T]hreatening people who film with pepper ball and tear gas dispensers."
#Illinois #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing #Courts
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Tinpot Dome
DHS gave a $1 billion contract to a politically-connected donor whose company had never received a federal contract before, in a process led by a political appointee to DHS who had held a senior position at a MAGA-linked org (the American First Policy Institute) which gave the guy an award in 2024.
DHS fast-tracked $1 billion contract to pro-Trump donor’s company
A DHS official leading the process previously worked at the America First Policy Institute, a pro-Trump nonprofit where the contractor’s CEO was a donor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Tinpot Dome
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indeed
BREAKING on MS NOW:
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
Jack Smith, in his opening statement to House Judiciary, says:
"Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power."
December 17, 2025 at 5:04 PM
indeed
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National Guard troops under Trump's command leave L.A before court's deadline
National Guard troops under Trump's command leave L.A before court's deadline
The remaining California National Guard soldiers under federal command were ordered out of L.A., but appellate courts are still weighing the challenge to Trump's authority.
www.latimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:07 PM
National Guard troops under Trump's command leave L.A before court's deadline
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In case you have never seen this.
December 13, 2025 at 10:38 PM
In case you have never seen this.
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Ella Baker knew that grassroots activism by ordinary people was the way to make lasting social change.
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f6q66tfr_E8?...
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f6q66tfr_E8?...
Ella Baker | Episode 9, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Ella Baker knew that grassroots activism by ordinary people was the way to make lasting social change.
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f6q66tfr_E8?...
She was a leader whose absolute dedication to participatory democracy held the country accountable to its higher ideals. #WomenInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social
youtu.be/f6q66tfr_E8?...
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December 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Adm Holsey retires today.
"It’s an almost incredibly honorable course of conduct for Holsey to have declined to capitulate to Hegseth’s bullying & instead to honor his oath to the Constitution by quietly giving up the job most Naval officers can only dream about."
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"It’s an almost incredibly honorable course of conduct for Holsey to have declined to capitulate to Hegseth’s bullying & instead to honor his oath to the Constitution by quietly giving up the job most Naval officers can only dream about."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
A 21-Gun Salute to Admiral Alvin Holsey
His principled resignation reminds us of the good in government
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Adm Holsey retires today.
"It’s an almost incredibly honorable course of conduct for Holsey to have declined to capitulate to Hegseth’s bullying & instead to honor his oath to the Constitution by quietly giving up the job most Naval officers can only dream about."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
"It’s an almost incredibly honorable course of conduct for Holsey to have declined to capitulate to Hegseth’s bullying & instead to honor his oath to the Constitution by quietly giving up the job most Naval officers can only dream about."
open.substack.com/pub/harrylit...
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BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
NEW: A federal judge ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia — the Maryland man who was wrongly removed from the U.S. and sent to El Salvador without due process by the Trump administration — to be released from an ICE detention center, ruling his detention unlawful.
Judge Orders Abrego Garcia's Immediate Release from Immigration Custody
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
BREAKING: Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been released.
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December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Senate Intel Vice Chair Mark Warner on the Signalgate report: "Hegseth endangered the lives of American pilots based aboard the USS Harry S. Truman as they prepared to launch a mission against terrorist targets."
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
He is calling for Hegseth to resign.
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CARTOON OF THE DAY
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 PM
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
FYI @bookshop.org has a sale on Ebooks for less than $4, including @scalzi.com's Kaiju Preservation Society (drm free), Hiding in Plain Sight by @sarahkendzior.bsky.social, Somebody's Daughter by @smashfizzle.bsky.social and lots of other great fiction, romance, etc.
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Ebook Deals: Less than $4
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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We try our best to be ethical consumers, but falling into the traps of daily convenience is all too easy. During the holiday season, we hope to help you avoid that with this year’s gift guide full of Chicago small businesses and local nonprofits to donate to. https://bit.ly/4rnNUld
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
We try our best to be ethical consumers, but falling into the traps of daily convenience is all too easy. During the holiday season, we hope to help you avoid that with this year’s gift guide full of Chicago small businesses and local nonprofits to donate to. https://bit.ly/4rnNUld
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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Anne Frank & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were born in 1929. Viola Fletcher, who just died this week, was already 15 when they were born.
But while we were just with Ms. Fletcher days ago, Anne Frank & Dr King are portrayed as ancient history.
Remember, "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
But while we were just with Ms. Fletcher days ago, Anne Frank & Dr King are portrayed as ancient history.
Remember, "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Anne Frank & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were born in 1929. Viola Fletcher, who just died this week, was already 15 when they were born.
But while we were just with Ms. Fletcher days ago, Anne Frank & Dr King are portrayed as ancient history.
Remember, "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
But while we were just with Ms. Fletcher days ago, Anne Frank & Dr King are portrayed as ancient history.
Remember, "The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
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For 4 more days, you can stream Louis Massiah's brilliant documentary "TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING" through the DocNYC film fest! www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING - DOC NYC
NYC PREMIERE The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing celebrates the life of the dynamic author, editor, and activist. From her Harlem roots to her role
www.docnyc.net
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 PM
For 4 more days, you can stream Louis Massiah's brilliant documentary "TCB: THE TONI CADE BAMBARA SCHOOL OF ORGANIZING" through the DocNYC film fest! www.docnyc.net/film/tcb-the...
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A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.
Boycott Campaign Targets Companies Tied to ICE Ahead of Black Friday
The Not With My Dollars campaign takes aim at Amazon, Whole Foods, Dell, Microsoft, Home Depot, Spotify, and Target.
truthout.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Gen Z-led advocacy group announced a boycott campaign targeting major corporations “that enable, profit from, or directly collaborate with ICE.” Beyond the Ballot launched “Not With My Dollars: ICE Out of My Wallet” just days before Black Friday kicks off.