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CJCrain
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A brother's keeper in my heart and profession. Pursuer of joy and escapes into the wilderness. OrgCode.com
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The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose 29%.

(Published May)
Why Hospital Policies Matter in States That Ban Abortion
Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...
www.propublica.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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October 28, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers.

"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.

"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.

Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him
Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.
www.miamiherald.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆
October 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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People of Illinois, we need your help.

Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors.

We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.
September 30, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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ICE brutally detains U.S. citizen just for filming—knocking her unconscious.

"Agents took her to a side alley, beat her up, then called an ambulance," witness said.

"Then they kidnapped her from the hospital—without a formal discharge—and took her to Downtown LA Detention Center."
September 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I woke up to discover that the morons in charge are dead set to ensure the housing sector crashes sooner rather than later.

1. Most of HUD will be fired since our programs are subject to appropriations and closes during shutdowns. But also the government would owe $ if to those they RIF so…
September 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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NEW: Reuters asked the Michigan Tax Authority whether Lisa Cook violated any mortgage tax rules for her home in Ann Arbor. They said no. That's in addition to Reuters earlier reporting that nothing was wrong with the documents for her home in Atlanta. www.reuters.com/world/us/no-...
Exclusive: No evidence of primary residence violation by Fed Gov Lisa Cook, says Michigan official
The property tax authority in Ann Arbor, Michigan, said that Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook hasn’t broken rules for tax breaks on a home there that Cook declared her primary residence.
www.reuters.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.

(Published April)
White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
September 7, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned.

Today, we’re publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
The FDA Let Substandard Factories Ship These Medications to the U.S.
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013. Our list provides the names of the drugs or ingredients and their manufacturers, many of which are no longe...
www.propublica.org
August 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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The America First geniuses managed to send hairdressers and soccer players into a gulag and *import* a triple murderer into the US. Nice work.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Convicted Murderer Released by Trump From Venezuelan Prison Is Free in U.S.
www.nytimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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We cannot overstate the cruelty of this horrifying EO.

When will our “leaders” take meaningful action? It is obvious they have learned NOTHING from history. It is no longer party politics flitting about. This is humanity and morality, and we are failing.
This is an executive order that lays the groundwork for sending homeless people and people with mental illness to concentration camps to be "civilly committed." It was never going to stop with immigrants.

This is horrifying beyond words.

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.  Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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The summary is that they are trying to criminalize every aspect of homelessness so they can arrest & forcibly commit unhoused people. Currently(/before), there are not enough mental health & substance use treatment beds/facilities, and this does not add anything, which only leaves imprisoning people
July 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Republicans in Congress have structured the most painful benefit cuts in their budget bill to kick in AFTER the 2026 midterms. 

But the tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy? Those begin immediately.

Remember this.
July 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The list of past NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows is a who's who in terms of leading scientists. This is such a shortsighted decision.
As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc
NOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System ScienceNOAA Climate & Global Change (C&GC) Postdoctoral Program | Cooperative Progra...
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July 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Susan Collins voted for every Senate confirmable person responsible for this disaster #mepolitics
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Hundreds of companies are profiting from ICE's mass detention, deportation, and surveillance of our neighbors. Here are a few to consider as you audit your spending and investing.

To learn about ICE contractors in your area, visit bit.ly/3TgUZEq
July 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
July 1, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🚨The GOP provision to DEFUND Planned Parenthood is staying in the Big Ugly bill. Clinics will shutter. Women will lose access to cancer screenings, birth control, and basic care.

I will be forcing a vote to try to strip it out.

Fight like hell. We need to kill this bill.
June 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM