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In Chad, they're a key force in addressing the country's high rate of maternal mortality. But U.S. aid cuts have affected their salaries.
Why midwives are worried
In Chad, they're a key force in addressing the country's high rate of maternal mortality. But U.S. aid cuts have affected their salaries.
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May 5, 2025 at 5:18 PM
In Chad, they're a key force in addressing the country's high rate of maternal mortality. But U.S. aid cuts have affected their salaries.
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The job in November 2026 is to vote for every Democrat on the ballot. If you want to change those Dems the time to do that is in the primaries which are not in November 2026. Unless the goal is to keep maga in control of Congress.
May 5, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The job in November 2026 is to vote for every Democrat on the ballot. If you want to change those Dems the time to do that is in the primaries which are not in November 2026. Unless the goal is to keep maga in control of Congress.
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For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.
Trump cuts baby 'Safe to Sleep' team. Here's what parents should know
For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.
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May 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
For decades the NIH has led a public health campaign credited with saving thousands of babies from dying in their sleep. The administration's cuts come as sleep-related infant deaths have been rising.
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quick aside: in light of yesterday’s anniversary of the murder of 4 students protesting peacefully at Kent State in 1970, it’s worth remembering that the mass movements that have given us the rights we have as Americans today are often not popular in their own time.
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May 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
quick aside: in light of yesterday’s anniversary of the murder of 4 students protesting peacefully at Kent State in 1970, it’s worth remembering that the mass movements that have given us the rights we have as Americans today are often not popular in their own time.
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as the preeminent Milwaukee historian John Gurda explains:
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!["[The militia captain] began to approach the mill, and he said, 'Pick out your man and kill him' so that this was not just fire over their heads to scare them, yoy know. That this, this was shoot to kill.... They were sending a response basically that industrial property is of higher value than industrial workers, and that became a real point of resentment in the time that followed," says Gurda.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y7qza6tsh62nufdbhn4xnlkg/bafkreigann5zbp4juivtryfpdpyypce5nottpoczvxolqs65qpugixcp3q@jpeg)
May 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
as the preeminent Milwaukee historian John Gurda explains:
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Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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May 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Did you know the “weekend” and working only 8 hours per day used to be considered a radical, liberal idea?
139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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139 years ago today, in Bay View, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 7 workers (including a 13 yo) lost their lives to advance this revolutionary idea.
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From The Shitpost Calligrapher on Tumblr, I'm here for this energy.
May 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
From The Shitpost Calligrapher on Tumblr, I'm here for this energy.
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NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
May 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
NY17 Constituent and local social worker Emily Feiner was singled out and forcibly removed during Rep. Mike Lawler's town hall.
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The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
An exhibit honoring victims of gun violence is taken down at ATF headquarters
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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May 5, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The Faces of Gun Violence exhibit at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) headquarters showed the portraits of 120 people killed in gun violence in the U.S.
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As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.
May 4, 2025 at 2:10 AM
As we’ve said before now confirmed. FOIA requests reveal that DOGE employees are pulling in six-figure salaries, with many holding the title of “Expert,” a specific Office of Personnel Management (OPM) designation that pays around $190,000 a year.
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Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.
Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency
Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.
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May 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.
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Don't ever let these things happen in secret. Raise your voices as much as you can.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Don't ever let these things happen in secret. Raise your voices as much as you can.
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A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
Video: Visual Analysis Shows U.S. Likely Bombed Yemen Migrant Detention Center
Videos and photos reveal remnants of at least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of an April 28 attack. The strike killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that con...
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May 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.
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A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
May 3, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A few days ago, President Trump issued an executive order seeking to block all federal funding to NPR, the latest in a series of threats to media organizations across the country.
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The Constitution forbids bribery *3 separate times*.
So important to the Founders they included two emoluments clauses, and made it the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
The Constitution is clear on banning bribery. It's just that Congress and the courts decided to pretend otherwise.
So important to the Founders they included two emoluments clauses, and made it the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
The Constitution is clear on banning bribery. It's just that Congress and the courts decided to pretend otherwise.
I’m still baffled at how America took one of the basic principles of the presidency — the occupant shouldn’t be able to benefit financially from the office — and just said, nah, that just doesn’t count for this one guy.
An international trucking logistics firm is buying as much as *** $20 MILLION *** worth of President Donald Trump’s crypto coins to influence the administration’s trade policy.
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May 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Constitution forbids bribery *3 separate times*.
So important to the Founders they included two emoluments clauses, and made it the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
The Constitution is clear on banning bribery. It's just that Congress and the courts decided to pretend otherwise.
So important to the Founders they included two emoluments clauses, and made it the only named impeachable offense besides treason.
The Constitution is clear on banning bribery. It's just that Congress and the courts decided to pretend otherwise.
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BREAKING
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie violates the first, fifth, and sixth amendments and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it.
Full Story: bit.ly/44W2l7d
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie violates the first, fifth, and sixth amendments and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it.
Full Story: bit.ly/44W2l7d
May 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
BREAKING
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie violates the first, fifth, and sixth amendments and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it.
Full Story: bit.ly/44W2l7d
A federal judge ruled Friday that President Trump's executive order targeting the law firm Perkins Coie violates the first, fifth, and sixth amendments and permanently blocked the administration from enforcing it.
Full Story: bit.ly/44W2l7d
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Say it with me: Disabled people deserve to live even if they can’t work.
May 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Say it with me: Disabled people deserve to live even if they can’t work.
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As these dudes try to glorify factory work-May Day is a fight that we should be learning from. Here’s a quick reminder of the history of May Day and the fight for the 8 hour work day. Art by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/in...!
May 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As these dudes try to glorify factory work-May Day is a fight that we should be learning from. Here’s a quick reminder of the history of May Day and the fight for the 8 hour work day. Art by Ricardo Levins Morales. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/in...!
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I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
April 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I went to the Senate floor to tell a story about Trump’s first 100 days - a story of daily, norm shattering corruption.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
I laid out 40 different corrupt acts - each one alone could have taken down previous presidents.
1/ A 🧵 of my speech. People need to know this story.
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If you live in Oklahoma- GET YOUR KIDS OUT OF THAT STATE!
May 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
If you live in Oklahoma- GET YOUR KIDS OUT OF THAT STATE!
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Just a heads up that due to the tariff situation there are a lot of medical supply shortages right now. For example, a lot of the tubes that we use for laboratory testing - like any blood draws - are not made in the United States. Hopefully nobody needed any medical testing or treatment!
May 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Just a heads up that due to the tariff situation there are a lot of medical supply shortages right now. For example, a lot of the tubes that we use for laboratory testing - like any blood draws - are not made in the United States. Hopefully nobody needed any medical testing or treatment!
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Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
Education Department stops $1 billion in funding for school mental health
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
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May 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Congress created the grants in the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The goal was to help schools hire mental health professionals, including counselors and social workers.
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ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
Lawmakers demand answers after a Haitian woman dies at an ICE detention center
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
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May 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE says it is investigating the cause of death of 44-year-old Marie Ange Blaise in a Florida detention center on Friday. A local congresswoman says Blaise had complained of chest pains "for hours."
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April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.
April 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.