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The day after Ms. Grace was fired, local police officers mounted a quiet protest www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/n...
A Prosecutor Took on MS-13 and Violent Crime. Trump Fired Her Anyway.
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August 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/o...
Opinion | They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan.
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August 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why www.nytimes.com/2025/07/16/u...
Supreme Court Keeps Ruling in Trump’s Favor, but Doesn’t Say Why
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July 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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What Her Dad Gives Her www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/o...
Opinion | What My Dad Gave Me
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June 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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The Feel-Better About Dementia Approach www.nytimes.com/2025/06/14/o...
Opinion | We May Soon Be Telling a Very Different Kind of Story About Dementia
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June 15, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Local news still working to educate citizens about encroachments on their liberty. From Scarsdale NY ⬇️ scarsdale10583.com/section-tabl...
Village Board Unmoved by Public Outcry Over Surveillance
Scarsdale Residents Ask Why They Were Not Informed About New Surveillance System
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June 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/n...
Rough Night for Republican at Town Hall in N.Y. Swing District
Representative Mike Lawler faced shouts, groans and mockery at a high school auditorium in Rockland County.
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April 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
irvingsroost.bsky.social
Do David Hogg’s communications appear performative to other folks,
or am I just a worn down, overly negative cynic?
April 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Cory Doctorow Thursday read pluralistic.net/2025/04/24/h...
Pluralistic: Every complex ecosystem has parasites (24 Apr 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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April 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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….and we have our Madame Mao…. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/u...
After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council Officials
During the 30-minute meeting, the far-right activist excoriated National Security Council officials in front of the president and Michael Waltz, the national security adviser.
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April 4, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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too jacked up to sleep, too tired to work: a memoir
April 4, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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DoE Hands the Keys to Strategic Crude Oil Stockpile to New Firm | OilPrice.com
The Department of Energy has awarded a new $1.4 billion contract to Strategic Storage Partners, LLC—hardly a household name—to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
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April 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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NEW: Tufts files a declaration in support of Rümeysa Öztürk: "The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention." www.tufts.edu/president/sp...
4. With her consent, the University can confirm that Ms. Oztürk is a third-year doctoral student in good academic and administrative standing. Her research focuses on how young adults can use social media in positive, prosocial ways and she is described by her faculty as a hard-working student dedicated to her studies and the Tufts community. The University has no information to support the allegations that she was engaged in activities at Tufts that warrant her arrest and detention. The University has seen an outpouring of support for Ms. Öztürk over the last week from Tufts students, faculty and staff. These individuals have described Ms. Öztürk as a valued member of the community, dedicated to her academic pursuits and committed to her colleagues.
April 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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Why are we not surprised?
vanhollen.senate.gov Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · Apr 3
Remember when Elon Musk "accidentally" canceled Ebola prevention programs? That was pretty bad, but then he said those programs had been restored. Good news, right?
 
Wrong.
 
Turns out that was a bold-faced lie — Ebola prevention was never restored. Watch⬇️
WATCH: Elon Musk lied about Ebola prevention
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
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April 3, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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OMG. I was wondering that as the tariff numbers made no sense, but this is even dumber than I thought. I mean, this is "fail your econ 101 class and have to go meet with the professor" bad.
hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social hi, no thanks @hmmvryintrstng.bsky.social · Apr 2
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country

"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
Just figured out where these fake tariff rates come from. They didn't actually calculate tariff rates + non-tariff barriers, as they say they did. Instead, for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us. So we have a $17.9 billion trade deficit with Indonesia. Its exports to us are $28 billion. $17.9/$28 = 64%, which Trump claims is the tariff rate Indonesia charges us. What extraordinary nonsense this is.
April 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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NEW: Elon Musk's DOGE guys are dismantling the Wilson Center, a key foreign policy research group funded by private money and Congress. Its head, Mark Green, a former GOP Congressman, resigned after DOGE entered this week. Our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/u...
April 3, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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“[We]know better than to count on markets as a reliable source of corporate discipline. Even more important than market discipline is government discipline, in the form of regulation.” pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/c...
Pluralistic: Enshittification isn’t caused by venture capital (20 Jan 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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March 28, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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“It’s an enormous intellectual achievement to build something that could protect Europe, Ukraine and the world from what’s inside…And now the Russians have basically blown a hole in it, both physically and metaphorically.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/w...
How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s Steel Shield During the Ukraine War
The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned.
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March 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Mar. 24, 1942 | U.S. Government Begins Army-Directed Evictions of Japanese Americans
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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March 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Chief Rabbi of Orleans Assaulted Amid Surging Antisemitism in France
Chief Rabbi of Orleans Assaulted Amid Surging Antisemitism in France
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Sunday the "poison of antisemitism" following a shocking attack on the chief rabbi of the central city of Orleans The post Chief Rabbi of Orleans Assaulted Amid Surging Antisemitism in France appeared first on Breitbart.
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March 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the “poison of antisemitism” following a shocking attack on the chief rabbi of the central city of Orleans. French authorities are treating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime.
French president condemns antisemitism after attack on Orleans’ chief rabbi | CNN
French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Sunday the “poison of antisemitism” following a shocking attack on the chief rabbi of the central city of Orleans. French authorities are treating the incide...
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March 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Days after Anonymous put out an international travel warning urging all to avoid travel to the US, several countries including the UK, Denmark, and Germany have put out travel warnings to the United States due to the heightened danger towards foreign nationals by the Trump regime.
The United States is not safe for foreign nationals. Avoid all travel to the US if not necessary. If you are inside the United States plan a safe and immediate exit. Let others know your location at all times and do not travel without your documentation.
March 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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My family issued the following after Medgar Evers was partially removed from the Arlington National Cemetery website under the direction of the Department of the Army.

“It is a spit in the face to all who have served, honored, and fought for this country,” said Myrlie Evers.

Full statement below:
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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This shit really pisses me off.
March 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, warning that his foundation cannot step in to fill gaps, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters reut.rs/4hLzQM9
Exclusive: Gates warns White House he can't fill shortfalls in US global health funding
Bill Gates is personally lobbying Trump administration officials to keep funding health programs worldwide, from childhood vaccination to HIV treatment, and warning that his foundation cannot step in to fill gaps, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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March 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM