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Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
October 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.
It failed 48-51.
Murkowski and Paul voted yes.
Fetterman voted no.
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The cruelty is Hitlerian.
Family who crossed border legally to seek asylum and was granted the right to stay pending a judgement was snatched in court by gun thugs and has been locked up in Texas by ICE for many weeks - including a 6-yo with leukemia who is being denied medical care, suit says.
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — have sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children und...
www.tpr.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The cruelty is Hitlerian.
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Still can't get over how it's all been normalized that a dog's cremains were at a state funeral for the assassin's victims & a woman who shot her own dog was laughing in a concentration camp for Latinos.
July 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Still can't get over how it's all been normalized that a dog's cremains were at a state funeral for the assassin's victims & a woman who shot her own dog was laughing in a concentration camp for Latinos.
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New: Two novel challenges to the Trump administration have been filed in LA, highlighting the tactics of federal officers in Southern California that immigrant rights groups and ordinary citizens say have been excessive, sometimes brutal and often unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
Legal Actions in L.A. Highlight Harsh Tactics of Immigration Crackdown
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
New: Two novel challenges to the Trump administration have been filed in LA, highlighting the tactics of federal officers in Southern California that immigrant rights groups and ordinary citizens say have been excessive, sometimes brutal and often unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...
The cruelty is Hitlerian.
Family who crossed border legally to seek asylum and was granted the right to stay pending a judgement was snatched in court by gun thugs and has been locked up in Texas by ICE for many weeks - including a 6-yo with leukemia who is being denied medical care, suit says.
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
www.tpr.org/border-immig...
ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing
A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — have sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children und...
www.tpr.org
June 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The cruelty is Hitlerian.
Of course he did.
Rep. Andy Ogles, a Republican from Tennessee, has sent a letter to Pam Bondi calling for Zohran Mamdani to be stripped of his citizenship and deported.
June 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Of course he did.
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From @theathletic.bsky.social: Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon fell short in her bid to become the first woman to break the four-minute mile. Kipyegon ran 4:06.92, the fastest time over the distance recorded by a woman, breaking her own world record. nyti.ms/44AXZll
June 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
From @theathletic.bsky.social: Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon fell short in her bid to become the first woman to break the four-minute mile. Kipyegon ran 4:06.92, the fastest time over the distance recorded by a woman, breaking her own world record. nyti.ms/44AXZll
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New Jerseyans statewide are encouraged to follow water conservation practices.
NJ Rainfall totals this week
Approximately 0.25-2.25" inches of rain were observed between last weeks Drinking Water Supply Indicators (6/15/25) and this weeks (6/22/25).
NJ Rainfall totals this week
Approximately 0.25-2.25" inches of rain were observed between last weeks Drinking Water Supply Indicators (6/15/25) and this weeks (6/22/25).
June 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New Jerseyans statewide are encouraged to follow water conservation practices.
NJ Rainfall totals this week
Approximately 0.25-2.25" inches of rain were observed between last weeks Drinking Water Supply Indicators (6/15/25) and this weeks (6/22/25).
NJ Rainfall totals this week
Approximately 0.25-2.25" inches of rain were observed between last weeks Drinking Water Supply Indicators (6/15/25) and this weeks (6/22/25).
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"“As multiple medical experts and medical associations have noted, placing individuals who are pregnant, postpartum, or nursing in detention is simply not a safe practice,” Cho adds, “particularly in light of poor nutrition and medical care in detention settings"
June 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"“As multiple medical experts and medical associations have noted, placing individuals who are pregnant, postpartum, or nursing in detention is simply not a safe practice,” Cho adds, “particularly in light of poor nutrition and medical care in detention settings"
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The new KKK is in the White House.
June 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The new KKK is in the White House.
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Pam Bondi: "We're gonna lock them up forever, and if not we're gonna send them back to El Salvador. And they need to be in a horrible prison where they're never gonna get out."
May 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Pam Bondi: "We're gonna lock them up forever, and if not we're gonna send them back to El Salvador. And they need to be in a horrible prison where they're never gonna get out."
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'He can't even produce math that maths': House Dem torches Elon Musk & DOGE youtu.be/3kSmVepmZu8?...
May 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
'He can't even produce math that maths': House Dem torches Elon Musk & DOGE youtu.be/3kSmVepmZu8?...
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BREAKING: Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan arrested by the FBI for obstructing ICE arrest
April 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
BREAKING: Wisconsin judge Hannah Dugan arrested by the FBI for obstructing ICE arrest
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In just over two weeks, three former presidents have taken to the public stage to sound the alarm against President Donald Trump, despite the tradition that former presidents generally refrain from publicly criticizing their successors.
Three ex-presidents denounce the current one in a two-week stretch
While presidents have been at odds before, there is often a sort of camaraderie among the small club of individuals who have served in the highest office in the land.
wapo.st
April 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In just over two weeks, three former presidents have taken to the public stage to sound the alarm against President Donald Trump, despite the tradition that former presidents generally refrain from publicly criticizing their successors.
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This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
UMass faculty calls on land grant universities to join in fight against Trump administration; McGovern, AG also weigh in
AMHERST — Faculty at the University of Massachusetts are calling on Chancellor Javier Reyes and President Martin Meehan to form a compact with the 250 land grant and public universities across the cou...
www.gazettenet.com
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is how you do it.
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
The "Mutual Academic Defense Compact".
The moral imperative may be to fight...
but the strategic imperative is to not fight alone:
www.gazettenet.com/UMass-Amhers...
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This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
April 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
This is an obvious point, but cannot overstated. There is an enormous difference between deporting someone - where they get off a plane as a free citizen in their home country AND FUNNELING THEM INTO A BRUTAL PRISON FROM WHICH THEY HAVE NO CHANCE OF EVER EMERGING!!!
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Protesters rallied around the US against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, seeking to defend the country from an administration they say threatens basic civil rights
Protesters Assail Trump, Musk in ‘Hands Off’ Rallies Around US
Protesters rallied around the US against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, seeking to defend the country from an administration they say threatens basic civil rights and calling for a halt to effo...
www.bloomberg.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Protesters rallied around the US against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, seeking to defend the country from an administration they say threatens basic civil rights
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Katherine Clark: "What they are doing here is wrecking the infrastructure of Social Security so they can rob the benefit ... it is an outrageous ripoff of the American taxpayer that we are seeing from this administration."
April 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Katherine Clark: "What they are doing here is wrecking the infrastructure of Social Security so they can rob the benefit ... it is an outrageous ripoff of the American taxpayer that we are seeing from this administration."
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In the President Harris timeline, we all have fun plans for the weekend that don’t include hoarding coffee or medicine.
April 5, 2025 at 12:43 AM
In the President Harris timeline, we all have fun plans for the weekend that don’t include hoarding coffee or medicine.
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RFK Jr. said he will rehire thousands of people he mistakenly fired — and claimed the erroneous cuts were "always the plan."
RFK Jr. Says He’s Rehiring Thousands Of People He Mistakenly Fired
The cuts were a mistake he’d always planned to make, Kennedy said in head-scratching remarks.
www.huffpost.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:06 AM
RFK Jr. said he will rehire thousands of people he mistakenly fired — and claimed the erroneous cuts were "always the plan."
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Video showed that before 15 aid workers were killed by Israeli forces, they had their emergency signal lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims.
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency ...
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Video showed that before 15 aid workers were killed by Israeli forces, they had their emergency signal lights on, contradicting Israel’s claims.
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The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
…U.S. soldiers were honored by Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausada, as well as other dignitaries, during a dignified departure ceremony from Lithuania.
"We consider US soldiers in Lithuania as our own. The farewell ceremony once again demonstrated our society's solidarity, respect, and…
"We consider US soldiers in Lithuania as our own. The farewell ceremony once again demonstrated our society's solidarity, respect, and…
April 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
The Lithuanian president showed up to honor dead American soldiers as their remains departed his country.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.
The American president did not show up to receive their remains as they arrived in the US.
He had a golf tournament to get to.