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Kirk's tragic killing should not be glorified as "assassination." He did not die in service to his country, in the line of duty, nor while performing a heroic act.
It was a horrible school shooting, like all the others, due to gun violence.
What about the children? #LALO
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
It was a horrible school shooting, like all the others, due to gun violence.
What about the children? #LALO
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
September 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Kirk's tragic killing should not be glorified as "assassination." He did not die in service to his country, in the line of duty, nor while performing a heroic act.
It was a horrible school shooting, like all the others, due to gun violence.
What about the children? #LALO
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
It was a horrible school shooting, like all the others, due to gun violence.
What about the children? #LALO
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory
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“What is alarming today is the emerging pattern of shadowy deportations of people who have not had access to a court or any meaningful form of due process — removals that bear the hallmarks of forced disappearances under international law."
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
“What is alarming today is the emerging pattern of shadowy deportations of people who have not had access to a court or any meaningful form of due process — removals that bear the hallmarks of forced disappearances under international law."
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Story: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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My next read…..
August 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
My next read…..
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You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
August 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
You just gotta LOVE MAD MAGAZINE!!!
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For all the naysayers who thought Trump would throw our national security and every citizen under the bus just to protect his own pedophile rapist ass, I just want you to know that you were completely correct.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Tulsi Gabbard declassified documents over CIA objections, sources say
Some former intelligence officers said they were alarmed at the detail revealed in the declassified document about Russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election.
www.nbcnews.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:49 AM
For all the naysayers who thought Trump would throw our national security and every citizen under the bus just to protect his own pedophile rapist ass, I just want you to know that you were completely correct.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Let’s not forget the 600 million to develop a bird flu vaccine that he canceled already.
August 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Let’s not forget the 600 million to develop a bird flu vaccine that he canceled already.
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A dozen or more transgender members of the U.S. Air Force who had sought early retirement to avoid being discharged for their gender identity have had those retirements canceled. Each has served between 15 and 18 years.
August 8, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A dozen or more transgender members of the U.S. Air Force who had sought early retirement to avoid being discharged for their gender identity have had those retirements canceled. Each has served between 15 and 18 years.
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department’s response to the Texas floods in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” disputing a New York Times report that FEMA failed to answer thousands of disaster assistance calls.
July 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem defended her department’s response to the Texas floods in an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” disputing a New York Times report that FEMA failed to answer thousands of disaster assistance calls.
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Facing a report citing documents showing that thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered following the Texas floods, Kristi Noem deployed a favored strategy among Trump and his cronies: cry fake news.
Documents Show FEMA Calls Went Unanswered. Kristi Noem Claims It's Fake News
Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem denied that Texas flood victims could not contact FEMA's call centers in the days following the disaster.
www.rollingstone.com
July 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Facing a report citing documents showing that thousands of calls to FEMA went unanswered following the Texas floods, Kristi Noem deployed a favored strategy among Trump and his cronies: cry fake news.
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Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens
The dramatic shift in policy could result in thousands of immigrants being deported to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Breaking news: Federal immigration officers may deport immigrants with as little as six hours’ notice to countries other than their own, even without assurances that the arrivals will be safe from persecution or torture, a top official said.
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Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
July 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Mural of Statue of Liberty in shame unveiled in France the day before 4th of July
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Sorry for the typo “Alligator Auschwitz”.
July 2, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Sorry for the typo “Alligator Auschwitz”.
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June 26, 2025
June 26, 2025
This morning’s press conference with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth featured an apparently angry Hegseth yelling at the media for contradicting President Donald Trump’s claim that last weekend’s strik...
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June 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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This interpreter saved lives in Afghanistan and fled when he had a target on his back from the Taliban. His brother was granted asylum a few months ago with nearly identical documentation. ICE is fulfilling quotas, humanity be damned
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
June 20, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This interpreter saved lives in Afghanistan and fled when he had a target on his back from the Taliban. His brother was granted asylum a few months ago with nearly identical documentation. ICE is fulfilling quotas, humanity be damned
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
www.npr.org/2025/06/19/n...
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If everyone has impostor syndrome, does it exist at all?
Why Everyone Feels Like They’re Faking It
The concept of Impostor Syndrome has become ubiquitous. Critics, and even the idea’s originators, question its value.
nyer.cm
June 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If everyone has impostor syndrome, does it exist at all?
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GOP Rep Jim Jordan is once again in the spotlight with the release of the documentary on Ohio State Doctor Strauss’ no sexual abuse of athletes.
Wrestlers and a referee claim they told Jordan about the abuse and he shrugged it off.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
Wrestlers and a referee claim they told Jordan about the abuse and he shrugged it off.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
Congressman Jim Jordan plays key role in 'Surviving Ohio State' doc on Richard Strauss scandal
Rep. Jim Jordan is accused in a new HBO documentary of knowing about abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss at Ohio State.
www.dispatch.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
GOP Rep Jim Jordan is once again in the spotlight with the release of the documentary on Ohio State Doctor Strauss’ no sexual abuse of athletes.
Wrestlers and a referee claim they told Jordan about the abuse and he shrugged it off.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
Wrestlers and a referee claim they told Jordan about the abuse and he shrugged it off.
#ProudBlue#Voices4Victory
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
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Richard is a metastatic cancer patient whose life could be saved by a custom cell therapy — one that is currently sitting unused in a freezer because of Trump's NIH cuts.
Yet another example of the real impacts of the Trump Admin's attacks on science and our federal workforce.
Yet another example of the real impacts of the Trump Admin's attacks on science and our federal workforce.
His custom cancer therapy is in an NIH freezer. He may not get it in time.
The purge of probationary federal workers included skilled lab personnel who would have finalized a customized cell immunotherapy for cancer patients.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Richard is a metastatic cancer patient whose life could be saved by a custom cell therapy — one that is currently sitting unused in a freezer because of Trump's NIH cuts.
Yet another example of the real impacts of the Trump Admin's attacks on science and our federal workforce.
Yet another example of the real impacts of the Trump Admin's attacks on science and our federal workforce.
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The New York Times covers trans issues the way Fox News covers ICE protests.
Both lead the country to believe there is a conflagration by highlighting a few fires over and over, while ignoring the fact that most people just want to live their lives without the government in their faces.
Both lead the country to believe there is a conflagration by highlighting a few fires over and over, while ignoring the fact that most people just want to live their lives without the government in their faces.
June 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The New York Times covers trans issues the way Fox News covers ICE protests.
Both lead the country to believe there is a conflagration by highlighting a few fires over and over, while ignoring the fact that most people just want to live their lives without the government in their faces.
Both lead the country to believe there is a conflagration by highlighting a few fires over and over, while ignoring the fact that most people just want to live their lives without the government in their faces.