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“I told everybody: ‘I’m retired, I sit home all day. If we get any reports of ICE in the neighborhood, somebody text me, and I’ll run over on my scooter and go yell at them.’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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As Alaska ignores requests to fund school repairs, its Indigenous children suffer most because rural schools serve predominantly Alaska Native students — a population that was long forced to attend separate and unequal schools.

By @emilyschwing.bsky.social
A Rural Alaska School Asked the State to Fund a Repair. Nearly Two Decades Later, the Building Is About to Collapse.
Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primari...
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The draft offshore leasing plan includes the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska and other areas important to the fishing industry.
New offshore drilling plan opens almost all federal water off Alaska
The draft plan calls for lease sales in Cook Inlet and the Arctic, as well as the Bering Sea and other regions important to the fishing industry.
akpub.io
November 21, 2025 at 9:20 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, 1937
May 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”
Civil rights lawyers leave en masse as Justice Dept. mission shifts
Civil rights director Harmeet K. Dhillon redirected her staff to focus on combating antisemitism, anti-Christian bias and what she calls “woke ideology.”
www.washingtonpost.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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“The scientists I know … are terrified."
RFK Jr.'s Assault on America's Health Is Worse Than We Ever Imagined
Rep. Rosa DeLauro breaks down the terrifying pace at which Robert F. Kennedy's Jr. is dismantling America's health systems.
www.rollingstone.com
April 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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This is what courage looks like. Kudos to the team at 60 Minutes.
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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The Social Security Administration added the names and Social Security numbers of over 6,000 mostly Latino immigrants into a database it uses to track dead people, effectively erasing their ability to receive benefits or work in the U.S.
Social Security classifies thousands of immigrants as dead, as part of Trump crackdown
The tactic is aimed at putting pressure on undocumented immigrants to leave the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off."
Nationwide 'Hands Off!' protests erupt against Trump and Musk
Demonstrations took place across the country, uniting a myriad of criticisms of the Trump administration under one message: "Hands off!"
www.npr.org
April 6, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Since President Donald Trump took office, the Park Service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow.
Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
wapo.st
April 6, 2025 at 4:09 PM