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“It’s about more than water,” one resident said. “We’re still Hurricane Betsy survivors. Still Katrina survivors. But who’s going to survive the next storm?”
How a $5 Billion Federal Project Could Sink the Lower Ninth Ward Forever
Decades after Betsy and Katrina, the community faces another threat — a canal proposal promising “progress” that could threaten its survival.
capitalbnews.org
September 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
“It’s about more than water,” one resident said. “We’re still Hurricane Betsy survivors. Still Katrina survivors. But who’s going to survive the next storm?”
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“Sinclair announced its ABC affiliates will preempt Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show starting Tuesday with news programming.“
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
September 23, 2025 at 4:52 AM
“Sinclair announced its ABC affiliates will preempt Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show starting Tuesday with news programming.“
thehill.com/homenews/med...
thehill.com/homenews/med...
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is this not just kidnapping?
September 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
is this not just kidnapping?
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Looks like I posted this a day too early.
And it says, here
That we can only stop the rot
With a large dose of law and order
And a touch of the short sharp shock
If this does not reflect your view you should understand
That those who own the papers also own this land
That we can only stop the rot
With a large dose of law and order
And a touch of the short sharp shock
If this does not reflect your view you should understand
That those who own the papers also own this land
It Says Here - Billy Bragg on Breakfast TV
YouTube video by Billy Bragg
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Looks like I posted this a day too early.
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Gonna draw so much when I wake up.
September 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Gonna draw so much when I wake up.
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“The last straw was an action so outrageously offensive... that I could not bear to spend one more second on their subscription rolls. They fired their last remaining Black opinion writer and the newsroom’s moral beacon, Karen Attiah.” — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch
The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.
inquirer.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
“The last straw was an action so outrageously offensive... that I could not bear to spend one more second on their subscription rolls. They fired their last remaining Black opinion writer and the newsroom’s moral beacon, Karen Attiah.” — Inquirer columnist Will Bunch
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The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than ‘touch grass’ to revive them.
grist.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The words we use to talk about nature are disappearing. Here’s why that matters.
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
We’ll need to do more than "touch grass" to revive them.
grist.org/language/nat...
#Climate #Language #Words #Dictionary #Environment #Culture #Librarians
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We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
‘Radicalized’ Evergreen High School shooter appeared to hold antisemitic, violent views in online accounts
Armed with a revolver, the 16-year-old shooter systematically reloaded and fired as he wandered the school, trying to find new targets, police say.
www.denverpost.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:34 AM
We don't yet have any idea what the ideology of the Kirk shooter was.
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
But we do know that the Denver school shooter was a far-right white supremacist.
www.denverpost.com/2025/09/11/e...
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Wow! Listen to this list of acts of political violence. It’s not even complete, but sobering AF.
Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.
Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.
September 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Wow! Listen to this list of acts of political violence. It’s not even complete, but sobering AF.
Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.
Now, Charlie Kirk was shot and killed in front of a crowd, and the video is all over social media. This needs to stop.
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ABC: “Abrego Garcia's attorneys sent an email to ICE notifying the agency that Abrego Garcia also "expresses a fear of torture and persecution upon removal to Eswatini." abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
September 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
ABC: “Abrego Garcia's attorneys sent an email to ICE notifying the agency that Abrego Garcia also "expresses a fear of torture and persecution upon removal to Eswatini." abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
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Memorial Blood Centers reported a 44% increase in blood donations in the week following the Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church which left two children dead and 21 others injured.
Blood donations up 44% the week of the Annunciation shooting • Minnesota Reformer
“The reason we were able to supply the hospitals that needed the blood to help their patients, the victims, is because of the people who donated the week prior,” Bianchi-Rossi said.
minnesotareformer.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Memorial Blood Centers reported a 44% increase in blood donations in the week following the Aug. 27 mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church which left two children dead and 21 others injured.
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OPINION: "Across states, legislators are still manipulating district lines to dilute minority power.," Malone writes. "What Mamie exposed in 1955—the systematic devaluing of Black life—persists in today’s efforts to devalue Black votes."
Opinion | America Still Faces the Mirror 70 Years After Till
Dr. Duvalier Malone writes on the 70th anniversary of Emmett Till and the drawbacks of progression since then, primarily in education.
buff.ly
September 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
OPINION: "Across states, legislators are still manipulating district lines to dilute minority power.," Malone writes. "What Mamie exposed in 1955—the systematic devaluing of Black life—persists in today’s efforts to devalue Black votes."
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SNL has a chance to recreate the glory of the sketch where Ronald Reagan is actually the tireless mastermind coordinator behind Iran Contra
Noted do-gooder, secret-keeper and humble, crime-averse person Donald Trump. Yes, of course I believe he was an FBI informant of good character who never blew his cover. It makes *perfect* sense.
September 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
SNL has a chance to recreate the glory of the sketch where Ronald Reagan is actually the tireless mastermind coordinator behind Iran Contra
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After SEPTA Service Cuts Were Challenged in Court as Discriminatory, Judge Orders Agency to Restore Routes | Students and commuters have talked of needing to get up earlier to make time for longer commutes, unusually crowded buses and skipped stops.
After SEPTA Service Cuts Were Challenged in Court as Discriminatory, Judge Orders Agency to Restore Routes - Bucks County Beacon
Students and commuters have talked of needing to get up earlier to make time for longer commutes, unusually crowded buses and skipped stops.
buckscountybeacon.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
After SEPTA Service Cuts Were Challenged in Court as Discriminatory, Judge Orders Agency to Restore Routes | Students and commuters have talked of needing to get up earlier to make time for longer commutes, unusually crowded buses and skipped stops.
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Trump Administration Plans to Remove Nearly 700 Unaccompanied Migrant Children, Senator Says | The removals would violate the Office of Refugee Resettlement's “child welfare mandate and this country’s long-established obligation to these children,” said Oregon Senator Ron Wyden.
Trump Administration Plans to Remove Nearly 700 Unaccompanied Migrant Children, Senator Says - Bucks County Beacon
The removals would violate the Office of Refugee Resettlement's “child welfare mandate and this country’s long-established obligation to these children,” said Oregon Senator Ron Wyden.
buckscountybeacon.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trump Administration Plans to Remove Nearly 700 Unaccompanied Migrant Children, Senator Says | The removals would violate the Office of Refugee Resettlement's “child welfare mandate and this country’s long-established obligation to these children,” said Oregon Senator Ron Wyden.
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I’m getting a lot of responses from people who say we need the names of everyone at DHS to hold them accountable on the other side of this. And I mostly agree. But I’m also not getting my hopes up that accountability is inevitable.
Everyone involved in this (from 2019) is still walking around free:
Everyone involved in this (from 2019) is still walking around free:
U.S. Government Says It's Not Required to Provide Migrant Kids in Custody With Toothpaste and Soap
The U.S. Justice Department argued in federal court this week that government agencies like Customs and Border Protection have no responsibility to
gizmodo.com
August 26, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I’m getting a lot of responses from people who say we need the names of everyone at DHS to hold them accountable on the other side of this. And I mostly agree. But I’m also not getting my hopes up that accountability is inevitable.
Everyone involved in this (from 2019) is still walking around free:
Everyone involved in this (from 2019) is still walking around free:
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The AP & Reuters write a letter to Israel demanding answers about the multiple strikes on a hospital that first killed journalists, then the rescue workers - live on tv.
Netanyahu called it a “tragic mishap”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
Netanyahu called it a “tragic mishap”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
August 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The AP & Reuters write a letter to Israel demanding answers about the multiple strikes on a hospital that first killed journalists, then the rescue workers - live on tv.
Netanyahu called it a “tragic mishap”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
Netanyahu called it a “tragic mishap”
www.ap.org/the-definiti...
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"[B]anks are not communicating with each other ... Fraudsters know it."
The Bank Secrecy Act requires financial institutions to maintain programs to know their customers and detect suspicious activity. But it is up to banks to design those programs.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
The regulations don’t even require that the programs be effective.
How Foreign Scammers Use U.S. Banks to Fleece Americans
Asian crime syndicates’ online scams have reached industrial proportions, cheating victims around the world out of more than $44 billion a year. U.S. banks have been unable to stop them.
www.propublica.org
August 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
"[B]anks are not communicating with each other ... Fraudsters know it."
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Trump’s America is starting to look a lot like Mao’s China.
August 26, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Trump’s America is starting to look a lot like Mao’s China.
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wrote this back in may!
August 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
wrote this back in may!
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Everything the rich have ever wanted is being delivered, a further weakened labor movement, a gutted regulatory regime, a public sector being strangled in a puddle. The rest was hokum invented by academic scribblers searching for a logical rationale for the rich to be more dominant.
I'm totally baffled abt the markets. Where is Capital? Trump is messing w/ govt data; imposing tariffs; flirting w/ default; meddling in corporate management.
Where are the CEO complaints? The bond vigilantes? Where are billionaire hedge funders who trade on good data? Was Capital's power a mirage?
Where are the CEO complaints? The bond vigilantes? Where are billionaire hedge funders who trade on good data? Was Capital's power a mirage?
"Antoni is the chief economist at the Heritage Foundation. He has been a relentless booster of Trump’s policies on social media. And he has demonstrated time and again that he does not understand economic statistics." With embarrassing examples from trade, employment, LFP, UI.... [Dominic Pino, NRO]
August 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Everything the rich have ever wanted is being delivered, a further weakened labor movement, a gutted regulatory regime, a public sector being strangled in a puddle. The rest was hokum invented by academic scribblers searching for a logical rationale for the rich to be more dominant.
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"So now, instead of living fairly close to one another, we were all spread apart as a result of it. So we don’t have those traditions anymore, but we tried to hold on to them for as long as we could. But post-Katrina, it just became really too difficult."
What Was Lost: Stories From Hurricane Katrina
Amy Stelly remembers her family celebrations and how they were forever changed by the storm.
capitalbnews.org
August 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
"So now, instead of living fairly close to one another, we were all spread apart as a result of it. So we don’t have those traditions anymore, but we tried to hold on to them for as long as we could. But post-Katrina, it just became really too difficult."
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"Republicans Aren’t Gunning for 5 House Seats. They’re Aiming to Steal 42"
Texas is just the start, writes Peter Rothpletz for Zeteo. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever.
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Texas is just the start, writes Peter Rothpletz for Zeteo. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever.
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Republicans Aren’t Gunning for 5 House Seats. They’re Aiming to Steal 42
Texas is just the start. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever.
zeteo.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
"Republicans Aren’t Gunning for 5 House Seats. They’re Aiming to Steal 42"
Texas is just the start, writes Peter Rothpletz for Zeteo. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever.
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Texas is just the start, writes Peter Rothpletz for Zeteo. The MAGA right’s newest scheme involves a three-pronged strategy to lock Democrats out of political power, perhaps forever.
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