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Witkoff discussing the. “Russia-Ukraine thing” as if it were just another business deal. This has nothing to do with brokering a meaningful peace. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Witkoff discussing the. “Russia-Ukraine thing” as if it were just another business deal. This has nothing to do with brokering a meaningful peace. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Who Attended Trump’s Dinner for the Saudi Crown Prince? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
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To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 19 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing more than 75 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
All the U.S. military strikes against alleged drug boats
The U.S. military has killed dozens of people in targeted strikes on small vessels in waters off South America since early September.
www.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
To date, the Trump administration has acknowledged at least 19 strikes against boats suspected of transporting narcotics, killing more than 75 people.
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
https://to.pbs.org/4hCqmoj
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Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Seems like a good time for the Speaker of the House to swear in Rep. Grijalva.
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On C-SPAN tonight, the host and a call-in listener had this exchange about next year’s midterms:
Host: Do you want to see more Mamdanis, or more candidates like Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger?
Voter: I want someone who cares. And all three of these people seem to care.
Host: Do you want to see more Mamdanis, or more candidates like Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger?
Voter: I want someone who cares. And all three of these people seem to care.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
On C-SPAN tonight, the host and a call-in listener had this exchange about next year’s midterms:
Host: Do you want to see more Mamdanis, or more candidates like Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger?
Voter: I want someone who cares. And all three of these people seem to care.
Host: Do you want to see more Mamdanis, or more candidates like Mikie Sherrill and Abigail Spanberger?
Voter: I want someone who cares. And all three of these people seem to care.
The Affordable Act didn’t just expand individual coverage for people who couldn’t get insurance through an employer. It made changes to the health insurance industry itself, including private plans. Here are just some of the ways the ACA has improved health coverage for all of us. 🧵
November 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Affordable Act didn’t just expand individual coverage for people who couldn’t get insurance through an employer. It made changes to the health insurance industry itself, including private plans. Here are just some of the ways the ACA has improved health coverage for all of us. 🧵
Release the Epstein files.
Release the SNAP contingency funds.
Release the SNAP contingency funds.
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Release the Epstein files.
Release the SNAP contingency funds.
Release the SNAP contingency funds.
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · No Kings
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
www.mobilize.us
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
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The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.
October 11, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The shameless GOP lying about the No Kings gatherings scheduled for next Saturday reveals how deeply hostile much of the Republican Party is to “the right of the people peaceably to assemble.” I look forward to our local No Kings event, and urge my fellow Americans to attend in their communities.
After the uproar over Hegseth’s announcement about Qatar and Idaho, I decided to Google. I found this article from January 2022, and now my head hurts. www.stripes.com/branches/air...
$12 billion deal may bring hundreds of Qatar, US Air Force members to Idaho base
www.stripes.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:28 AM
After the uproar over Hegseth’s announcement about Qatar and Idaho, I decided to Google. I found this article from January 2022, and now my head hurts. www.stripes.com/branches/air...
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Things to consider:
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
October 5, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Things to consider:
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter
Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed
You are a witness.
Expose it.
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Some of you are saying that because of NSPM-7, you're blanking out your social media accounts and going to ground.
Has it occurred to you that \the intent behind issuing this gigantic, unconstitutional, and unenforceable thing was to get you to do exactly that?
Has it occurred to you that \the intent behind issuing this gigantic, unconstitutional, and unenforceable thing was to get you to do exactly that?
October 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Some of you are saying that because of NSPM-7, you're blanking out your social media accounts and going to ground.
Has it occurred to you that \the intent behind issuing this gigantic, unconstitutional, and unenforceable thing was to get you to do exactly that?
Has it occurred to you that \the intent behind issuing this gigantic, unconstitutional, and unenforceable thing was to get you to do exactly that?
“At the top of these frantic
intradepartmental efforts sat Stephen Miller (…) who personally supplied several names for key targets, as he worked the phones with other government officials to stress to them that the administration was now ‘at war.’” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
intradepartmental efforts sat Stephen Miller (…) who personally supplied several names for key targets, as he worked the phones with other government officials to stress to them that the administration was now ‘at war.’” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
'They Need to Suffer': Inside Trump's War on Dissent
Donald Trump, Stephen Miller, and the rest of the administration are waging a furious crackdown on dissent following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.rollingstone.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
“At the top of these frantic
intradepartmental efforts sat Stephen Miller (…) who personally supplied several names for key targets, as he worked the phones with other government officials to stress to them that the administration was now ‘at war.’” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
intradepartmental efforts sat Stephen Miller (…) who personally supplied several names for key targets, as he worked the phones with other government officials to stress to them that the administration was now ‘at war.’” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Sen. Alex Padilla: "This isn't about one comedian or one television personality or any one network. It's about whether we as Americans still have the freedom to laugh at those in power, to question authority, and to tell the truth without fear of retribution."
September 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla: "This isn't about one comedian or one television personality or any one network. It's about whether we as Americans still have the freedom to laugh at those in power, to question authority, and to tell the truth without fear of retribution."
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This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
It’s starting to smell like McCarthyism, with a whiff of the Great Cultural Revolution.
A truly great and powerful leader doesn’t need to silence or blackball his opponents and perceived enemies.
A truly great and powerful leader doesn’t need to silence or blackball his opponents and perceived enemies.
September 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
It’s starting to smell like McCarthyism, with a whiff of the Great Cultural Revolution.
A truly great and powerful leader doesn’t need to silence or blackball his opponents and perceived enemies.
A truly great and powerful leader doesn’t need to silence or blackball his opponents and perceived enemies.
Epstein Won’t Break Trump’s Coalition, but the Fissures Are Starting to Show www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Opinion | Epstein Won’t Break Trump’s Coalition, but the Fissures Are Starting to Show
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Epstein Won’t Break Trump’s Coalition, but the Fissures Are Starting to Show www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
A Small but Telling Moment in Kennedy’s Hearing www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Opinion | A Small but Telling Moment in Kennedy’s Hearing
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:15 AM
A Small but Telling Moment in Kennedy’s Hearing www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
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"This amounts to a very dark moment for public health. . . The department needs leadership that respects evidence and allows CDC to operate free from political interference. Without that, it is hard to see how the agency can recover."
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
CDC's crisis marks a dark moment for public health
“The firing of Susan Monarez, the first Senate-confirmed CDC director in history, was more than just unprecedented,” writes Ashish K. Jha.
www.statnews.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:03 PM
"This amounts to a very dark moment for public health. . . The department needs leadership that respects evidence and allows CDC to operate free from political interference. Without that, it is hard to see how the agency can recover."
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
Read more from Dean @ashishkjha.bsky.social in @statnews.com⤵️
Here’s a group that benefits from mail-in voting: 🗳️
Aging parents and other older adults who may have mobility issues and/or live in assisted living facilities or nursing homes.
Aging parents and other older adults who may have mobility issues and/or live in assisted living facilities or nursing homes.
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Here’s a group that benefits from mail-in voting: 🗳️
Aging parents and other older adults who may have mobility issues and/or live in assisted living facilities or nursing homes.
Aging parents and other older adults who may have mobility issues and/or live in assisted living facilities or nursing homes.
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While Trump is claiming tonight that crime in Washington D.C. is "totally out of control" as he effectively seizes the city, Washington's crime rates, including violent crime, thefts and burglaries, has been falling significantly.
August 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
While Trump is claiming tonight that crime in Washington D.C. is "totally out of control" as he effectively seizes the city, Washington's crime rates, including violent crime, thefts and burglaries, has been falling significantly.
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The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
Nearly 2 million Americans on unemployment, highest since pandemic era
Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The number of Americans receiving unemployment benefits for at least a week rose to the highest level since late 2021, according to Labor Department data.
mRNA technology could also help breast cancer patients. NIH paper from 2023: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Junior is a public health hazard. He’s got to go.
Junior is a public health hazard. He’s got to go.
August 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
mRNA technology could also help breast cancer patients. NIH paper from 2023: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Junior is a public health hazard. He’s got to go.
Junior is a public health hazard. He’s got to go.