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“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders:
PolitiFact names 2025 the Year of the Lies
“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from…
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December 22, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“It’s time to revisit the basics of why it’s important to call out lies. They’re more than just words. Lies harm livelihoods and families.” Read why PolitiFact named 2025 the Year of the Lies, from Editor-in-Chief Katie Sanders:
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CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
Deported and Imprisoned Archives
A case-by-case investigation that examines the Trump administration’s claims that these immigrants are all “sick criminals” and “terrorists” and that shows what they suffered during months in one of t...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
CBS didn't run the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but over here at @propublica.org we've been working on the story since March, including finding out who each and every man sent to that maximum security prison was.
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
You can see our reporting here: www.propublica.org/series/depor...
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California is strengthening security and urging heightened vigilance among faith leaders and houses of worship during the holiday season.
We're acting with urgency to ensure that every family can gather, worship, and celebrate without fear.
We're acting with urgency to ensure that every family can gather, worship, and celebrate without fear.
December 22, 2025 at 5:09 PM
California is strengthening security and urging heightened vigilance among faith leaders and houses of worship during the holiday season.
We're acting with urgency to ensure that every family can gather, worship, and celebrate without fear.
We're acting with urgency to ensure that every family can gather, worship, and celebrate without fear.
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CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
“An American Nightmare”: Three Men Deported to CECOT and Their Families Reflect on Their Monthslong Ordeal
For months, Carmen, Lina and Doris awaited news about their loved ones, who were sent to a maximum-security Salvadoran prison by the Trump administration. Now that the families have been reunited, the...
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December 22, 2025 at 3:46 PM
CBS News may not want you to see its CECOT reporting, but I'm happy to share this powerful video that our team produced this year.
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It's hard to ignore that this happened just as Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. was slipping away, with Kushner pulling out of the financing and Trump bad-mouthing CBS. Time to please the king again
Hours before 60 Minutes was set to air a story on deportees who were sent by the Trump administration to prison in El Salvador, describing “brutal and torturous conditions,” 60 Minutes announced that it has pulled the segment and will air it in the future.
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
It's hard to ignore that this happened just as Paramount's hostile bid for Warner Bros. was slipping away, with Kushner pulling out of the financing and Trump bad-mouthing CBS. Time to please the king again
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The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.
Russia wants to drain Europe's security resources with sabotage campaign, officials say
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.
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December 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Associated Press has tracked 145 cases of sabotage and disruption that Western officials blame on Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They say Moscow wants to drain Europe’s investigative resources.
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Only in America are young people forced to endure multiple school shootings. This level of violence should be unfathomable, but for students like Mia, it’s a nightmarish reality.
December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Only in America are young people forced to endure multiple school shootings. This level of violence should be unfathomable, but for students like Mia, it’s a nightmarish reality.
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Princess Diana made front page news when she shook the hand of a man with AIDS.
Not only did she help to dispel fears about HIV, she also showed allyship with gay men, just a month after the UK Government had introduced Section 28, banning the ‘promotion of homosexuality’.
Not only did she help to dispel fears about HIV, she also showed allyship with gay men, just a month after the UK Government had introduced Section 28, banning the ‘promotion of homosexuality’.
August 31, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Princess Diana made front page news when she shook the hand of a man with AIDS.
Not only did she help to dispel fears about HIV, she also showed allyship with gay men, just a month after the UK Government had introduced Section 28, banning the ‘promotion of homosexuality’.
Not only did she help to dispel fears about HIV, she also showed allyship with gay men, just a month after the UK Government had introduced Section 28, banning the ‘promotion of homosexuality’.
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In April 1987, Princess Diana opened the UK's first purpose built HIV/Aids unit that exclusively cared for patients infected with the virus.
She shook hands with a man suffering from the virus ungloved, publicly challenging the notion HIV/AIDS was passed by touch.
#WorldAIDSDay
She shook hands with a man suffering from the virus ungloved, publicly challenging the notion HIV/AIDS was passed by touch.
#WorldAIDSDay
December 1, 2024 at 2:31 PM
In April 1987, Princess Diana opened the UK's first purpose built HIV/Aids unit that exclusively cared for patients infected with the virus.
She shook hands with a man suffering from the virus ungloved, publicly challenging the notion HIV/AIDS was passed by touch.
#WorldAIDSDay
She shook hands with a man suffering from the virus ungloved, publicly challenging the notion HIV/AIDS was passed by touch.
#WorldAIDSDay
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Princess Diana shakes hands with an AIDS patient without gloves. This was a profound gesture at the time, 1991, and changed attitudes around the world towards people living with HIV/AIDS. #worldaidsday2025
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Princess Diana shakes hands with an AIDS patient without gloves. This was a profound gesture at the time, 1991, and changed attitudes around the world towards people living with HIV/AIDS. #worldaidsday2025
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📍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃, 𝐖𝐀:
Elaine Miles, a Native American actor, says she was stopped by ICE while walking to a bus stop — agents dismissed her legally issued tribal ID as “fake,” refused to verify it, tried to take her phone, and only released her after she was detained. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Elaine Miles, a Native American actor, says she was stopped by ICE while walking to a bus stop — agents dismissed her legally issued tribal ID as “fake,” refused to verify it, tried to take her phone, and only released her after she was detained. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Native American actor says she was detained by ICE officers who said tribal ID ‘looked fake’
Elaine Miles of Northern Exposure was stopped by four masked men in Seattle while walking to bus stop
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December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
📍 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐃, 𝐖𝐀:
Elaine Miles, a Native American actor, says she was stopped by ICE while walking to a bus stop — agents dismissed her legally issued tribal ID as “fake,” refused to verify it, tried to take her phone, and only released her after she was detained. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
Elaine Miles, a Native American actor, says she was stopped by ICE while walking to a bus stop — agents dismissed her legally issued tribal ID as “fake,” refused to verify it, tried to take her phone, and only released her after she was detained. #AbuseOfPowerWatch
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President Donald Trump recently wrote, “I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’” The opposite is true: His best poll numbers came when he began his second term, and they’ve fallen to near career lows.
Trump doesn’t have the highest poll numbers of his career
President Donald Trump recently wrote, “I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’” The opposite is true: His best poll numbers came when he began his second term, and…
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December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
President Donald Trump recently wrote, “I have just gotten the highest poll numbers of my ‘political career.’” The opposite is true: His best poll numbers came when he began his second term, and they’ve fallen to near career lows.
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Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Pastor Jorge Bautista was telling a Border Patrol agent "we come in peace" when the agent fired toxic powder at him, leaving him struggling to breathe.
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
“No one should be assaulted for being out there protesting,” he says.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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Meet our Transition Co-chairs: Grace Bonilla, Lina Khan, Maria Torres-Springer and Melanie Hartzog.
Each is a remarkable, innovative and principled leader with a deep commitment to public service. It’s an honor to have them on our team that will deliver our affordability agenda.
Each is a remarkable, innovative and principled leader with a deep commitment to public service. It’s an honor to have them on our team that will deliver our affordability agenda.
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Meet our Transition Co-chairs: Grace Bonilla, Lina Khan, Maria Torres-Springer and Melanie Hartzog.
Each is a remarkable, innovative and principled leader with a deep commitment to public service. It’s an honor to have them on our team that will deliver our affordability agenda.
Each is a remarkable, innovative and principled leader with a deep commitment to public service. It’s an honor to have them on our team that will deliver our affordability agenda.
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Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Billie Eilish asked an important question: "If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?"
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
There are FIVE ways to accumulate a billion dollars:
1) Profiting from a monopoly
2) Insider-trading
3) Political payoffs
4) Fraud
5) Inheritance
Billionaires are the result of a failed system.
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A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump, but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
Tennessee judge blocks Trump's use of National Guard in Memphis but gives time for government appeal
A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of the National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A Tennessee judge has blocked the use of National Guard in Memphis under a crimefighting operation by President Donald Trump, but also put the order on hold, giving the government five days to appeal.
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Far too many people in America have had their lives forever changed by senseless acts of gun violence. Our hearts are with Kris and his loved ones at this difficult time.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Far too many people in America have had their lives forever changed by senseless acts of gun violence. Our hearts are with Kris and his loved ones at this difficult time.
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In announcing a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said 1 in 25 women who take abortion pills are hospitalized. That’s inaccurate.
Fact-checking Florida AG on abortion pill hospitalizations
In announcing a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said 1 in 25 women who take abortion pills are hospitalized. That’s inaccurate.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
In announcing a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said 1 in 25 women who take abortion pills are hospitalized. That’s inaccurate.
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SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for workers in low-wage jobs.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
Meanwhile, CEOs are paid 280x as much as the typical worker.
Don’t be angry at workers for using food stamps.
Be angry at the corporations paying them so little that they need them.
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Join CARB and @capublichealth.bsky.social California Climate Action Team - Public Health Workgroup meeting to learn about the intersection of climate change and chronic diseases
📆Nov. 19, 2025
⏰10:00 a.m.
Register: cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateChange #ChronicDiseases
📆Nov. 19, 2025
⏰10:00 a.m.
Register: cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateChange #ChronicDiseases
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Join CARB and @capublichealth.bsky.social California Climate Action Team - Public Health Workgroup meeting to learn about the intersection of climate change and chronic diseases
📆Nov. 19, 2025
⏰10:00 a.m.
Register: cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateChange #ChronicDiseases
📆Nov. 19, 2025
⏰10:00 a.m.
Register: cdph-ca-gov.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#ClimateChange #ChronicDiseases
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SPJ supports full transparency in the prosecution of the suspect in commentator Charlie Kirk’s killing. Open court proceedings are a cornerstone of accountability, accuracy and public trust.
🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/4nRRK30
🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/4nRRK30
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
SPJ supports full transparency in the prosecution of the suspect in commentator Charlie Kirk’s killing. Open court proceedings are a cornerstone of accountability, accuracy and public trust.
🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/4nRRK30
🔗Read the full statement: bit.ly/4nRRK30
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One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
Is Your Medication Made in a Contaminated Factory? The FDA Won’t Tell You.
The agency’s decision to conceal drug names on inspection reports has prevented doctors, pharmacists and patients from knowing whether medications made overseas are tainted by manufacturing failures t...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One of the most widely prescribed drugs in the U.S. is the generic version of Lipitor.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
FDA inspectors have found safety and quality violations at about half of the plants approved to produce it, records show.
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President Donald Trump shared a claim that former President Barack Obama received millions in Obamacare-related royalties before Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency stepped in to stop it. That claim originated from satire.
Obama is not getting royalties from Obamacare. That’s satire
President Donald Trump shared a claim that former President Barack Obama received millions in Obamacare-related royalties before Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency stepped in to stop it.…
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November 11, 2025 at 1:10 AM
President Donald Trump shared a claim that former President Barack Obama received millions in Obamacare-related royalties before Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency stepped in to stop it. That claim originated from satire.
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Prices since Trump took office:
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Prices since Trump took office:
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
-Groceries: ⬆️ 2.7%
-Utilities: ⬆️ 11%
-ACA premiums: ⬆️ 26%
-Overall consumer prices: ⬆️ 3%
Trump: “I don't want to hear about the affordability.”
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Happy almost weekend. Someone you know or someone you know might know someone who might know something! 👋
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November 7, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Happy almost weekend. Someone you know or someone you know might know someone who might know something! 👋
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