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I’m just happy to be here.
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The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film "No Other Land" Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewitnesses said.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank | CNN
The Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and taken away by Israeli soldiers, his colleagues and eyewi...
www.cnn.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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President-elect Trump is stacking his cabinet with billionaires and centi-millionaires, whose financial entanglements pose conflict of interest challenges.
Trump has assembled an uber-wealthy Cabinet, raising risks of ethics conflicts
President-elect Trump is stacking his cabinet with billionaires and centi-millionaires, whose financial entanglements pose conflict of interest challenges.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2024 at 9:05 PM
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A thing that happened during Enrique Tarrio’s testimony today was that he was like “here, I’ll be honest,” positioning honesty as a departure from the rest of his testimony, which generally stretched credulity. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Ex-Proud Boys Leader dodges questions at trial of officer charged with feeding him intel
Enrique Tarrio took the stand at the trial of Shane Lamond, the former police intelligence official charged with tipping Tarrio off about a warrant out for his arrest before Jan. 6.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:28 AM
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I took this photo of deported U.S. military veteran Ruben Robles in March 2016. He was deported for 26 years, but today he got to come home.
Deported veteran
Ruben Robles, United States Army veteran and deportee, stands next to his name on the wall that separates Mexico and the US.
www.flickr.com
December 6, 2024 at 1:37 AM
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When people of a marginalized identity are sharing their experiences, and you don't share that identity, it's totally okay to not jump into the conversation, but just listen or read. It's more than ok, it's the best. Please more of that instead of "well EYE experience..." this is not about you.
December 3, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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⚠️ BREAKING:

UK 🇬🇧 Orders 5 Million Vaccine Doses in Urgent Preparation for Potential H5N1 Pandemic

Vaccines are being stockpiled in case the H5N1 virus mutates and starts spreading between humans.
December 3, 2024 at 12:40 PM
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"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 3, 2024 at 6:22 AM
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“Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump’s pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers.”

Seems like an ideal candidate to head up the largest bureaucracy in the world
Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell NBC News
Ten current and former Fox employees say Trump’s pick for defense secretary drank in ways that concerned his co-workers. A Trump transition team spokesperson called the claims "completely unfounded an...
www.nbcnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 11:09 PM
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Heard a Fox News reporter describe the proposed tariffs on Canadian imports as being paid 100% by companies there.

Kids: Study economics.
December 3, 2024 at 4:05 PM
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Here’s a good article explaining why the GOP will only have a one-seat edge in the House until April and why North Carolina’s 3-seat gerrymander cost the Dems control: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
December 4, 2024 at 2:18 AM
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.
December 3, 2024 at 4:55 PM
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They routinely smelled liquor on his breath before he went on the air FOR A SHOW THAT STARTED AT 6 AM
SCOOP -- Pete Hegseth's drinking worried colleagues at Fox News, sources tell @nbcnews.com

www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
December 3, 2024 at 10:32 PM
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I've said it before, I'll say it again:

We are not a 50/50 country. We are a gerrymandered and voter suppressed country. Should we ever resolve those issues (...), then, perhaps, we'll know the actual extent of our political divisions.
The final House results have now landed as 220-215 for the GOP. That means the House majority came down to the 3 NC seats the GOP flipped thanks to its brand new gerrymander.

And that gerrymander hinged on NC's supreme court flipping in 2022.

I wrote this last month: boltsmag.org/state-suprem...
December 4, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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So the Taliban are closing nursing and midwifery schools in Afghanistan.

They are treating women less than livestock.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afghanistan: Women suspended from midwife and nurse training
Women at training colleges across the country were told they are not allowed to return to class.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2024 at 3:52 AM
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You can get sent to jail for stealing toilet paper but if you hire a dozen children to work overnight shifts at your slaughter house your company pays a fine
Children Worked Dangerous Shifts at Iowa Slaughterhouse, Inquiry Finds
Qvest Sanitation was ordered to pay nearly $172,000 after the Labor Department found it had employed 11 children to clean equipment on overnight shifts at a pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa.
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2024 at 12:43 AM
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Kash Patel apparently runs a "America First" clothing line.

"Tired of seeing your money go overseas?" reads a product page. "Support your fellow Americans by purchasing a Protect Our People t-shirt."

Shirt appears to be made on Next Level blanks ... which are made in Central America and Haiti.
December 3, 2024 at 6:38 AM
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"Trump spent the campaign pretending the deeply unpopular Project 2025 agenda was not the blueprint for his second term. So it’s pretty rich now for Republicans to claim that a vote for Trump was a vote for him to implement Project 2025 policies."
Trump hoodwinked voters about his worst policy commitments
They signed up for Project 2025 whether they knew it or not.
www.publicnotice.co
November 25, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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A sickening abdication of the rule of law. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
November 25, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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*scratches head*
".. During a radio interview Saturday .., Bessent said 'tariffs can’t be inflationary because if the price of one thing goes up -- unless you give people more money -- then they have less money to spend on the other thing, so there is no inflation.'"

@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/b...
‘Huge relief.’ CEOs exhale after Trump taps Scott Bessent to lead Treasury | CNN Business
Hedge fund executive Scott Bessent survived an internal squabble over the role of Treasury secretary, a key position that will face almost immediate deadlines and pressures.
www.cnn.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:14 PM
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Hey, should we be, like, downloading the Library of Congress or something?
November 25, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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It’s worth remembering that Abbott’s redundant secondary inspections that turned up no drugs and cost Texas billions and was really just a big f-u to the Biden admin faced such intense backlash w/in his state and internationally that he backed down after nine days: www.dallasnews.com/business/eco...
Economist says Abbott’s border inspections lost Texas $4.2 billion and equivalent of 36,000 jobs
Long wait lines for trucks at the border after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered increased inspections cost Texas more than $4.2 billion in gross domestic product and...
www.dallasnews.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:28 AM