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We are kidding ourselves if we think redactions are the issue. The DOJ has had the files long enough to make wholesale cuts and revisions that would protect the guilty, smear the innocent and render them valueless.
November 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We are kidding ourselves if we think redactions are the issue. The DOJ has had the files long enough to make wholesale cuts and revisions that would protect the guilty, smear the innocent and render them valueless.
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If I was a Republican member of Congress watching the results tonight, I’d ask myself if I really wanted my legacy to be: Guy who helped an aging pedophile suspend the constitution so he could enrich himself and his friends.
November 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
If I was a Republican member of Congress watching the results tonight, I’d ask myself if I really wanted my legacy to be: Guy who helped an aging pedophile suspend the constitution so he could enrich himself and his friends.
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Speaker Johnson needs to stop being on vacation, admit that Americans need healthcare assistance, strike the draconian health cuts from the ugly budget bill, and get back to work so he can swear in Arizona's newly elected Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
October 30, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Speaker Johnson needs to stop being on vacation, admit that Americans need healthcare assistance, strike the draconian health cuts from the ugly budget bill, and get back to work so he can swear in Arizona's newly elected Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva.
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In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.
October 30, 2025 at 11:47 PM
In Virginia, the governor and attorney general races are especially important. In Pennsylvania, remember to vote YES on the retention of the Supreme Court justices on the ballot. In California, vote YES on Proposition 50.
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Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,
October 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Trump has explicitly stated that he is terminating federal employees based on political affiliation. Data is currently being collected, but layoff notices have already gone out to employees at the Departments of Commerce, Education, Energy,
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Wow, Florida at it again… planning to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, even for schoolkids. Don’t let the facts of decades of preventing outbreaks and protecting public health get in the way.
DeSantis administration pushes to eliminate all vaccine mandates in Florida • Florida Phoenix
School children, college students, and even nursing home residents would no longer have to be vaccinated against infectious diseases and viruses if Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his boss, ...
floridaphoenix.com
September 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Wow, Florida at it again… planning to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, even for schoolkids. Don’t let the facts of decades of preventing outbreaks and protecting public health get in the way.
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Every channel is showing the press conference of the Epstein victim, except FOX.
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Every channel is showing the press conference of the Epstein victim, except FOX.
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NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
www.propublica.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:34 AM
NEW: After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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The Supreme Court ruled today to allow the Trump administration’s reductions to National Institutes of Health funding, a move tied to the federal government’s broader effort to attack diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Supreme Court lets Trump administration cut $783 million of research funding in anti-DEI push
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to slash hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of research funding in its push to cut federal diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.
apnews.com
August 21, 2025 at 10:36 PM
The Supreme Court ruled today to allow the Trump administration’s reductions to National Institutes of Health funding, a move tied to the federal government’s broader effort to attack diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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Jayne Converse
@jayneconverse3.bsky.social
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August 9, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Jayne Converse
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Oh… well this should be interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, just asked the Supreme Court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, while her attorney is also reaching out to Trump.
Ghislaine Maxwell asks US supreme court to overturn conviction
Maxwell, sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking, says 2007 plea deal negotiated by Epstein should have protected her
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Oh… well this should be interesting. Ghislaine Maxwell, longtime accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein, just asked the Supreme Court to overturn her sex trafficking conviction, while her attorney is also reaching out to Trump.
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A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
Scientist on green card detained for a week without explanation, lawyer says
A Korean citizen studying in Texas on a green card was detained in San Francisco after a trip overseas. His lawyer says authorities won’t give a reason.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
A Korean-born researcher and longtime U.S. legal permanent resident has spent the past week detained by immigration officials at the San Francisco International Airport without explanation and has been denied access to an attorney, according to his lawyer.
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Jacob Hoopes, a nonviolent pacifist Quaker, was arrested by 20 agents with assault rifles and no warrant, who handcuffed everyone in the house.
This is not police action, nor about justice. It's spectacle and intimidation. It's TERRORISM, FASCISM. They can come for anyone. And they will.
RESIST NOW!
This is not police action, nor about justice. It's spectacle and intimidation. It's TERRORISM, FASCISM. They can come for anyone. And they will.
RESIST NOW!
July 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Jacob Hoopes, a nonviolent pacifist Quaker, was arrested by 20 agents with assault rifles and no warrant, who handcuffed everyone in the house.
This is not police action, nor about justice. It's spectacle and intimidation. It's TERRORISM, FASCISM. They can come for anyone. And they will.
RESIST NOW!
This is not police action, nor about justice. It's spectacle and intimidation. It's TERRORISM, FASCISM. They can come for anyone. And they will.
RESIST NOW!
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Cruelty doesn’t seem like a byproduct, it’s the goal. The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of contraceptives instead of sending them to women in need overseas.
July 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Cruelty doesn’t seem like a byproduct, it’s the goal. The Trump administration is set to destroy $9.7 million worth of contraceptives instead of sending them to women in need overseas.
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The Trump admin just exempted over 100 chemical plants, sterilizers & coal facilities from Clean Air Act rules, rolling back protections that would’ve cut cancer risk by up to 96% for nearby communities.
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Chemical Manufacturing Security
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation 1. The United States relies on a strong chemical manufacturing sector to support
www.whitehouse.gov
July 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The Trump admin just exempted over 100 chemical plants, sterilizers & coal facilities from Clean Air Act rules, rolling back protections that would’ve cut cancer risk by up to 96% for nearby communities.
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America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
May 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.
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"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant
Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Funded by your tax dollars.
June 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Funded by your tax dollars.