CynthiaGonzoJohnston
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 3: Earl Manigault
When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro.
There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.
When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro.
There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.
October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 3: Earl Manigault
When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro.
There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.
When he stepped onto the court, the world watched. No one dunked harder or jumped higher. But the GOAT never made it pro.
There are countless NYC stories like his. Brilliant talents lost to drugs or crime. It doesn’t have to be this way.
America's prison system is an obscenity and a sin, nay... a crime, against humanity.
A group of New Jersey lawmakers are condemning the treatment of visitors to Delaney Hall, after reports found that visitors have been made to wait outside, sometimes in temperatures nearing 100 degrees, for seven to 12 hours, and are then still not allowed to visit their loved ones.
New Jersey Lawmakers Condemn “Inhumane” Conditions for Visitors to ICE Jail
In September, visitors were forced to wait outside during thunderstorms, that included torrential rain and lightning.
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October 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
America's prison system is an obscenity and a sin, nay... a crime, against humanity.
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Halligan may have obtained the indictment the president wanted, but it...one thing to get a grand jury to indict. Getting a conviction is an entirely different matter. New from me for @brennancenter.org A discussion of the flawed Comey indictment. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
Comey Indictment Shows Danger of Subservient Prosecutors
The political prosecution of a presidential enemy has left the government with a seemingly unwinnable case — and a justice system tainted by politics.
www.brennancenter.org
October 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Halligan may have obtained the indictment the president wanted, but it...one thing to get a grand jury to indict. Getting a conviction is an entirely different matter. New from me for @brennancenter.org A discussion of the flawed Comey indictment. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...
I'm attending Healthcare Not Authoritarianism's event, “Healthcare not Authoritarianism: Shutdown Showdown Rally” - sign up now www.mobilize.us/healthcareno...
Healthcare not Authoritarianism: Shutdown Showdown Rally · Healthcare Not Authoritarianism
Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have spent the past nine months selling out working families in order to give tax breaks to their billionaire friends. Now they’re taking us into a governmen...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Longmont Labor Day Strong · May Day Strong
The billionaires continue to wage a cruel war on working people, with their cronies in the administration, ICE and law enforcement backing up their attacks. This Labor Day we will continue to stand st...
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August 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Make it stop!
The Israeli military operates a special unit known as the “Legitimization Cell” that exists to create propaganda justifying the military’s targeting of civilians, particularly journalists, in order to ensure that Israel maintains its legitimacy.
Report: Israeli Military Has a Special Unit That Exists to Justify Journalist, Hospital Attacks
The unit aims to give the military leeway “so countries like America wouldn’t stop supplying weapons,” one source said.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Make it stop!
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The DC Attorney General has sued to block Pam Bondi from taking over the US capital city’s police department. The suit also aims to block Trump’s DEA administrator from becoming the police force’s “interim commissioner.”
DC Attorney General Sues Bondi to Block Trump Takeover of DC Police
The lawsuit also sought to block Trump’s DEA administrator from becoming the police force’s “interim commissioner.”…
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August 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The DC Attorney General has sued to block Pam Bondi from taking over the US capital city’s police department. The suit also aims to block Trump’s DEA administrator from becoming the police force’s “interim commissioner.”
I don't have an extra 3 hundies for this.
An analysis of Trump’s tariffs as announced last week shows that they will cost the average family an additional $3,800 per year, or just over $300 in additional spending per month.
Trump Tries to Justify Tariffs Claiming Prices Are Down and “NO INFLATION” Will Happen
An analysis of Trump’s tariffs shows they will cost the typical US family around $3,800 in extra spending per year.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I don't have an extra 3 hundies for this.
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Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.
April 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Justice Sotomayor, writing in today's deportation case. How many times must she write, "With fear for our democracy, I dissent," before Republicans get the point? Perhaps only when, as the poem goes, they come for them.
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The case could have consequences for people across the country—You don't see people challenging men leaving a state where gambling is illegal to go to Nevada for a bachelor party, a point the judge made. But women & their rights are under fire. It's time to pay attention. joycevance.substack.com
Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance | Substack
Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism. Click to read Civil Discourse with Joyce Vanc...
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April 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The case could have consequences for people across the country—You don't see people challenging men leaving a state where gambling is illegal to go to Nevada for a bachelor party, a point the judge made. But women & their rights are under fire. It's time to pay attention. joycevance.substack.com
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A fed'l Judge in Alabama ruled in the Yellowhammer Fund's favor. The case isn't about abortion; not really. It’s about whether helpers can help people go to states where abortion is still legal & whether women are free to travel elsewhere to do things that are not legal in their home state.
April 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A fed'l Judge in Alabama ruled in the Yellowhammer Fund's favor. The case isn't about abortion; not really. It’s about whether helpers can help people go to states where abortion is still legal & whether women are free to travel elsewhere to do things that are not legal in their home state.
I pray you're right.
3/Absent further intervention by a court, this order still goes into effect in under two hours (unless I've missed something, which is like in all the hullabaloo, so please correct me if I'm wrong).
April 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I pray you're right.
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2/Judge Bredar previously entered a nationwide TRO, but his current order applies only in the 19 states that sued (sorry red state federal employees, you're out of luck). SCOTUS' stay in the other case was because organizational plaintiffs lacked standing. This case was brought by the named states.
April 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2/Judge Bredar previously entered a nationwide TRO, but his current order applies only in the 19 states that sued (sorry red state federal employees, you're out of luck). SCOTUS' stay in the other case was because organizational plaintiffs lacked standing. This case was brought by the named states.
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“Spending $1 trillion on the Pentagon while hollowing out resources for diplomacy and launching a global trade war is a recipe for international conflict and American decline.”
April 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“Spending $1 trillion on the Pentagon while hollowing out resources for diplomacy and launching a global trade war is a recipe for international conflict and American decline.”
Use something else.
Much of the cardboard and paper goods strewn about our homes are sold by a single private company, with its name, Uline, stamped on the bottom.
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
Few Americans know that a multibillion-dollar fortune made on those ubiquitous products fuels far-right candidates across the country.
(Published 2022)
That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial
A previously unreported boom in profits for the shipping supply giant Uline has provided the funds for a deeply conservative Midwestern family to bankroll anti-democracy causes around the country.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Use something else.
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Maine is pulling more than its fair share of the heavy lifting here
The State of Maine sued the Agriculture Department on Monday, arguing that the agency violated the law when it froze funding to Maine last week and that the freeze threatened school meal programs.
Maine Sues U.S.D.A. Over Title IX Funding for School Lunches
The federal lawsuit is the latest escalation of Gov. Janet Mills’s standoff with the Trump administration over the issue of transgender athletes.
www.nytimes.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Maine is pulling more than its fair share of the heavy lifting here
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Amer Mohammed Saada Rabee, a 14-year-old boy originally from Saddle Brook, New Jersey, was shot and killed by Israel soldiers on Sunday in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya. After shooting him, Israeli soldiers blocked an ambulance from reaching him for more than 30 minutes.
Israeli Military Kills Palestinian American Child Living in the West Bank
After shooting 14-year-old Amer Rabee, Israeli soldiers blocked an ambulance from reaching him for more than 30 minutes.
truthout.org
April 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Amer Mohammed Saada Rabee, a 14-year-old boy originally from Saddle Brook, New Jersey, was shot and killed by Israel soldiers on Sunday in the West Bank village of Turmus Ayya. After shooting him, Israeli soldiers blocked an ambulance from reaching him for more than 30 minutes.
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Cities and states fighting a historic measles outbreak find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation. A second unvaccinated child died of measles in West Texas last week.
Trump Cuts to Federal Health Funding Thwart Cities’ and States’ Measles Response
As of this week, cases were nearing 650 in 22 states, on track to reach a 34-year high.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Cities and states fighting a historic measles outbreak find themselves undermined by the Trump administration as they struggle to provide crucial vaccinations and overcome disinformation. A second unvaccinated child died of measles in West Texas last week.
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Trump promised a “Golden Age” in his speech to Congress but reinforced tariffs that experts warn could spark an economic downturn. Economists caution that his policies may push the U.S. toward another Great Depression rather than prosperity.
Trump’s Speech Vowed a New “Golden Age,” But His Policies Drive Us Into the Dust
In his speech to Congress, Trump doubled down on the tariffs that economists say may trigger another Great Depression.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Trump promised a “Golden Age” in his speech to Congress but reinforced tariffs that experts warn could spark an economic downturn. Economists caution that his policies may push the U.S. toward another Great Depression rather than prosperity.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Trump for spreading falsehoods about Social Security, calling it an “outrageous lie” aimed at justifying future cuts. Sanders warned that Trump’s rhetoric is laying the groundwork to undermine the critical anti-poverty program.
Sanders Calls Out Trump’s “Outrageous Lie” on Social Security in Scathing Speech
Trump is repeating lies about the crucial anti-poverty program to lay the groundwork for cuts, the senator said.
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March 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders slammed Trump for spreading falsehoods about Social Security, calling it an “outrageous lie” aimed at justifying future cuts. Sanders warned that Trump’s rhetoric is laying the groundwork to undermine the critical anti-poverty program.
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March 5, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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"Trump’s taxes on imports (tariffs) from Canada, Mexico, and China will cost people in the United States somewhere around $400 billion a year, or around $3,000 a household."
Trump’s Tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China Will Cost the US $3,000 a Household
Trump is hiking taxes on the working class, and he is doing it in a way that doesn’t require congressional approval.
truthout.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"Trump’s taxes on imports (tariffs) from Canada, Mexico, and China will cost people in the United States somewhere around $400 billion a year, or around $3,000 a household."
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Trump: DOGE, which is headed by Elon Musk...
DOJ lawyers, who've said that's not the case in court, 🤯
DOJ lawyers, who've said that's not the case in court, 🤯
March 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Trump: DOGE, which is headed by Elon Musk...
DOJ lawyers, who've said that's not the case in court, 🤯
DOJ lawyers, who've said that's not the case in court, 🤯