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My costs through my employer are going up. Kaiser isn’t even an option now through either my employer or my husband’s. My children are going to have to leave the doctor they’ve been with for years and we’re going to have to pay more to do so. It all sucks.
People are going to notice their premium increases and no amount of talking about it is going to make them not notice because they're severe.
MIKE JOHNSON: Here's the false narrative -- Democrats are pretending as though this affects everybody in the country. It affects 7% of Americans, this extended subsidy
CNBC: But we are talking 22 to 24 million Americans
JOHNSON: We're going to help 100% of Americans reduce their premiums
CNBC: But we are talking 22 to 24 million Americans
JOHNSON: We're going to help 100% of Americans reduce their premiums
December 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
My costs through my employer are going up. Kaiser isn’t even an option now through either my employer or my husband’s. My children are going to have to leave the doctor they’ve been with for years and we’re going to have to pay more to do so. It all sucks.
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#OtD 17 Dec 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi, a young street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, set himself on fire in protest against the seizure of his goods by police. The next day, protests began which toppled the governmentt. The Arab Spring had begun stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8871...
December 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#OtD 17 Dec 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi, a young street vendor in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia, set himself on fire in protest against the seizure of his goods by police. The next day, protests began which toppled the governmentt. The Arab Spring had begun stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8871...
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Internal documents reveal how govt officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death in Kenya’s refugee camps. But for months nothing changed — despite Rubio’s public promises that food programs would be spared. www.propublica.org/article/keny...
After Trump Officials Cut Food Aid to Kenya, Children Starved to Death
“Brutal and traumatizing”: Interviews and a trove of internal documents show government officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death.
www.propublica.org
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Internal documents reveal how govt officials and aid workers desperately tried to warn Trump advisers about impending disaster and death in Kenya’s refugee camps. But for months nothing changed — despite Rubio’s public promises that food programs would be spared. www.propublica.org/article/keny...
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NEW: Inside the Trump administration’s man-made hunger crisis in the world’s third largest refugee camp.
After the U.S. failed to fund the World Food Program in Kenya, we went to the Kakuma refugee camp. This is what we found:
After the U.S. failed to fund the World Food Program in Kenya, we went to the Kakuma refugee camp. This is what we found:
December 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
NEW: Inside the Trump administration’s man-made hunger crisis in the world’s third largest refugee camp.
After the U.S. failed to fund the World Food Program in Kenya, we went to the Kakuma refugee camp. This is what we found:
After the U.S. failed to fund the World Food Program in Kenya, we went to the Kakuma refugee camp. This is what we found:
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December 17, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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The new travel ban takes family separation to an entirely new level. If a US citizen wants to adopt a Syrian baby, he or she will be unable to bring them home. If an American marries their loved one from Sudan, he or she will not be able to sponsor them for a visa.
The full text tells us that the following exceptions to the immigrant visa restrictions on the travel bans have now been eliminated:
- Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens
- International adoptions
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas
- Immediate relatives (children under 21, spouses, parents) of US citizens
- International adoptions
- Afghan Special Immigrant Visas
December 17, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The new travel ban takes family separation to an entirely new level. If a US citizen wants to adopt a Syrian baby, he or she will be unable to bring them home. If an American marries their loved one from Sudan, he or she will not be able to sponsor them for a visa.
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I cannot believe how effective you are at making me passionately hate you, you have a gift
The presidency once served as a reminder of our common humanity. Ronald Reagan described its purpose as building "a nation composed of good and decent people."
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I cannot believe how effective you are at making me passionately hate you, you have a gift
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
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Great. As someone with pretty naturally straight teeth, let’s go back to when I would have this as a competitive advantage in my attractiveness
December 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Great. As someone with pretty naturally straight teeth, let’s go back to when I would have this as a competitive advantage in my attractiveness
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At MPR now: Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make ICE agents' jobs as difficult as possible, and protect their immigrant neighbors.
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‘Tinted windows and out-of-state plates’: How ICE watchers look for agents in their neighborhoods
Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make their job as difficult as possible, and protect their immigrant neighbors.
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December 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
At MPR now: Across the Twin Cities, ICE agents and activists are playing a high stakes cat-and-mouse game. The goal is to make ICE agents' jobs as difficult as possible, and protect their immigrant neighbors.
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Watching Gilded Age it struck me that today’s billionaires are shielded from failure in a way even the robber barons weren’t. Those men actually ran the risk of losing it all but these men can lose insane amounts of money and it’s nothing to them
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Watching Gilded Age it struck me that today’s billionaires are shielded from failure in a way even the robber barons weren’t. Those men actually ran the risk of losing it all but these men can lose insane amounts of money and it’s nothing to them
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wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
wife got a timer for all of our christmas lights so obviously thinking of this
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ICE is kidnapping people on Thanksgiving.
If you think they can be reformed, ask your family how they would feel if they never saw you today.
If you think they can be reformed, ask your family how they would feel if they never saw you today.
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
ICE is kidnapping people on Thanksgiving.
If you think they can be reformed, ask your family how they would feel if they never saw you today.
If you think they can be reformed, ask your family how they would feel if they never saw you today.
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🔴 BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike has killed 11 people and injured 4 in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh in Saida. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, which reported the death toll, called it “the bloodiest massacre since the announcement of the ceasefire."
The Israeli army's Arabic...
The Israeli army's Arabic...
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
🔴 BREAKING: An Israeli airstrike has killed 11 people and injured 4 in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Helweh in Saida. Lebanon’s Ministry of Health, which reported the death toll, called it “the bloodiest massacre since the announcement of the ceasefire."
The Israeli army's Arabic...
The Israeli army's Arabic...
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"The beauty-industrial complex is working hard to brainwash women into viewing expensive and extreme beautification procedures as a mere extension of routine female grooming. Fillers, Botox, and and micro-needling are to be treated no differently than a haircut or manicure."
The Anti-Cosmetic Surgery Essay Every Woman Should Read
Long Live the Old Flesh
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November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
"The beauty-industrial complex is working hard to brainwash women into viewing expensive and extreme beautification procedures as a mere extension of routine female grooming. Fillers, Botox, and and micro-needling are to be treated no differently than a haircut or manicure."
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I may just be a simple country hooftrimming video watcher, but I think it's time we raise America's hoof, pare away the separated horn until we reach the infected area, spray it with a powerful cleansing agent, and place a salicylic acid wrap on the foot so we can begin to heal
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I may just be a simple country hooftrimming video watcher, but I think it's time we raise America's hoof, pare away the separated horn until we reach the infected area, spray it with a powerful cleansing agent, and place a salicylic acid wrap on the foot so we can begin to heal
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Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Here’s video of federal agents doing a drive by pepper spraying that hit a father and his one-year old on Saturday when the Feds were hitting Little Village and Cicero
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I am heartbroken! This is what our children are going through! This has to end!
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I am heartbroken! This is what our children are going through! This has to end!
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“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
if democrats are serious about winning they need to learn from tonight and convert to islam
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Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
November 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Virginia has elected Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s next lieutenant governor, making her the first Muslim woman ever elected to statewide office in the United States. 19thnews.org/2025/11/virg...
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Detained for nearly 15 months without charge, 63-year-old Palestinian Hussein Ghawadreh has become the 81st prisoner to die in Israeli custody since October 2023.
November 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Detained for nearly 15 months without charge, 63-year-old Palestinian Hussein Ghawadreh has become the 81st prisoner to die in Israeli custody since October 2023.