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I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS Greensboro” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Greensboro · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** Our peaceful movement is only getting bigger and stronger. “NO KINGS” is more than just a slogan—it’s the foundation our nation was built upon. Bo...
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September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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The next days and months and years will demand from all of us great courage — and solidarity. Be prepared.
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Investors are staking a claim in the dental industry, to the potential detriment of patients.
www.levernews.com/private-equi...
Private Equity Wants Your Teeth
Investors are staking an aggressive claim in the dental industry, to the detriment of patients.
www.levernews.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'm attending Bull City Indivisible NC's event, “A conversation about the Voting Rights Act with Heather Cox Richardson and Justice Anit www.mobilize.us/bullcityindi...
A conversation about the Voting Rights Act with Heather Cox Richardson and Justice Anita Earls · Bull City Indivisible NC
Facilitated by Kate Barr with Can’t Win Victory Fund, this will be a conversation about the Voting Rights Act with historian Heather Cox Richardson and Justice Anita Earls, a civil rights lawyer and t...
www.mobilize.us
July 16, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) was indicted on felony charges stemming from an incident stemming from an oversight visit she made to an ICE detention facility last month. McIver called the charges “purely political.”

www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Grand Jury Indicts Rep. McIver Over ICE Confrontation
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Amid the fear, chaos, and violence playing out on the streets, the protections promised by neoliberalism are nowhere to be found.
www.levernews.com/amid-trumps-...
Amid Trump’s Immigration Onslaught, There Is No Sanctuary
Amid the fear, chaos, and violence playing out on the streets, the protections promised by neoliberalism are nowhere to be found.
www.levernews.com
June 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
UnitedHealth Group’s investors were profiting from its high denial rates. Now, they’re suing to ensure that doesn’t change.
www.levernews.com/wall-street-...
Wall Street To Insurers: Keep Denying Care
UnitedHealth Group’s investors were profiting from its high denial rates. Now, they’re suing to ensure that doesn’t change.
www.levernews.com
June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Carl Sagan in 1986 on the problems with media and science literacy.
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Maryland Governor Wes Moore just approved a new carveout exempting predatory payday lenders from state regulations.
www.levernews.com/a-democratic...
A Democratic Governor Lends A Hand To Loan Sharks
Maryland Governor Wes Moore just approved a new carveout exempting predatory payday lenders from state regulations.
www.levernews.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The budget reconciliation bill includes an environmentally devastating natural resources giveaway to a Chilean billionaire with close ties to the Trump family.
www.levernews.com/a-chilean-bi...
A Chilean Billionaire Strikes Gold In The Budget Bill
The budget reconciliation bill includes an environmentally devastating natural resources giveaway to a Chilean billionaire with close ties to the Trump family.
www.levernews.com
June 3, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.
www.levernews.com/get-ready-to...
Get Ready To Pay In ZuckBucks
The GENIUS Act isn’t just a crypto giveaway — it could turn tech giants into unregulated banks.
www.levernews.com
May 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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NEW: Records show that senior State Department officials in both D.C. and Gambia coordinated with Starlink execs to coax, lobby and browbeat Gambian government ministers to help Musk. One official said Gambia is under “maximum pressure” to yield.
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Just got word that Secretary Noem is asking for an addition to her budget - a new private Gulfstream 5 jet for her personal national photo op tour. She's already got a private plane but wants a tricked out new one.

All while she supports kicking 13 million people off Medicaid.
May 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS High Point” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS High Point · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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May 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Soil health hinges more on how agricultural land is managed than whether the farming system is organic or conventional, according to a new Science study showing that farms with more intensive management have lower overall soil functionality. scim.ag/44nEI7m
Conventional and organic farms with more intensive management have lower soil functionality
Organic farming is often considered to be more sustainable than conventional farming. However, both farming systems comprise highly variable management practices. In this study, we show that in organi...
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May 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.
www.levernews.com/trump-taps-r...
Trump Taps Refugee Fund To Welcome White South Africans Within Days
Amid a near-total asylum ban, government sources say Trump officials are planning to use funds for at-risk refugees to facilitate imminent Afrikaner resettlement.
www.levernews.com
May 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Trump is destroying America’s key economic edge - that the smartest people in the world want to come here to innovate and start businesses.
May 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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The Trump family's crypto business just got a huge $2 billion investment from a UAE government-backed firm.

We are witnessing a foreign government effectively bribe the President of the United States — right out in the open.

Hello?
Trump Crypto Corruption Intensifies as Abu Dhabi Firm Invests $2 Billion
President Donald Trump and his family are deeply involved in the world of cryptocurrency as his administration seeks to
www.rollingstone.com
May 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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This story explains a LOT of things: ChatGPT appears to be rooting on sociopathic mental illness by validating every delusion of grandeur.

It also explains, in part, the hype cycle around AI: rich people, addicted to praise, invented a Compliment Machine.

www.garbageday.email/p/this-is-wh...
May 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The last 100 days have been an unprecedented assault on American science. Our scientists. Our institutions. And the people around the world who rely on it. We must stand united and speak up. Our collective future depends on it. #ScienceMatters www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlu... savesciencenow.org
You Need Science. Now Science Needs You.
YouTube video by Union of Concerned Scientists
www.youtube.com
May 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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May 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM