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A shout out to all the people who put their bodies on the line to protect our immigrant community & our rights.
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Chicago) was checking on someone injured by #ICELawlessness (with a broken leg), when ICE agents demanded then shoved, handcuffed & arrested her.
Speak out!
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Chicago) was checking on someone injured by #ICELawlessness (with a broken leg), when ICE agents demanded then shoved, handcuffed & arrested her.
Speak out!
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A shout out to all the people who put their bodies on the line to protect our immigrant community & our rights.
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Chicago) was checking on someone injured by #ICELawlessness (with a broken leg), when ICE agents demanded then shoved, handcuffed & arrested her.
Speak out!
Ald. Jessie Fuentes (26th Chicago) was checking on someone injured by #ICELawlessness (with a broken leg), when ICE agents demanded then shoved, handcuffed & arrested her.
Speak out!
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Powerful story from @calmatters.org. 5,825 Californians aged 70+ died by gun suicide between 2009 and 2023 — especially in places like rural Douglas City.
Reporting by @ab-ibarra.bsky.social & Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett, with an assist from the Gun Violence Data Hub
calmatters.org/health/2025/...
Reporting by @ab-ibarra.bsky.social & Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett, with an assist from the Gun Violence Data Hub
calmatters.org/health/2025/...
Older men in rural California are dying by suicide. How officials are trying to save lives
In Trinity County, isolation, pain, and limited healthcare drive gun suicides among seniors. Health officials plan prevention programs to address the crisis.
calmatters.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Powerful story from @calmatters.org. 5,825 Californians aged 70+ died by gun suicide between 2009 and 2023 — especially in places like rural Douglas City.
Reporting by @ab-ibarra.bsky.social & Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett, with an assist from the Gun Violence Data Hub
calmatters.org/health/2025/...
Reporting by @ab-ibarra.bsky.social & Natasha Uzcátegui-Liggett, with an assist from the Gun Violence Data Hub
calmatters.org/health/2025/...
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Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
December 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Pope Leo: “Creation is crying. But many powerful people do not hear this cry: the wealth of the earth is in the hands of a few, very few, increasingly concentrated – unjustly – in the hands of those who often do not want to hear the groaning of the earth and the poor.” www.vatican.va/content/leo-...
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KANEW: “To hear Chris say the system is broken — he has a front row seat to how broken it is. When people slip through the cracks, they end up at RAM… The people who say we can’t afford MEDICARE FOR ALL are lying to you. We can’t afford NOT to do this.” 🏥
December 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
KANEW: “To hear Chris say the system is broken — he has a front row seat to how broken it is. When people slip through the cracks, they end up at RAM… The people who say we can’t afford MEDICARE FOR ALL are lying to you. We can’t afford NOT to do this.” 🏥
The Case For Prayer, Even If You're an Atheist
open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
The Case For Prayer, Even If You're an Atheist
On the science of hope and hopelessness
open.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Case For Prayer, Even If You're an Atheist
open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
open.substack.com/pub/derektho...
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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To all marveling at photos of NYT columnist David Brooks dining with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 years after Epstein finished his sentence for procuring a child for prostitution, here's what it was: the 2011 "Edge Billionaire's Dinner". Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were there too. 1/
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
To all marveling at photos of NYT columnist David Brooks dining with Jeffrey Epstein, 2 years after Epstein finished his sentence for procuring a child for prostitution, here's what it was: the 2011 "Edge Billionaire's Dinner". Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were there too. 1/
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
www.edge.org/event/the-ed...
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Exactly zero veterans think the problem with the VA health care system is that there are *too many* staff providing care.
But Trump's VA has now decided it won't fill thousands of open positions.
We need answers about what this will mean for veterans.
But Trump's VA has now decided it won't fill thousands of open positions.
We need answers about what this will mean for veterans.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Exactly zero veterans think the problem with the VA health care system is that there are *too many* staff providing care.
But Trump's VA has now decided it won't fill thousands of open positions.
We need answers about what this will mean for veterans.
But Trump's VA has now decided it won't fill thousands of open positions.
We need answers about what this will mean for veterans.
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On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
On October 10th, 2025, Dayanne was assaulted and kidnapped by masked ICE agents. They gave no reason why.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
She is beyond brave for sharing her story and reliving her trauma, in hopes that someone will listen—that there will be change. Do not turn a blind eye to her pain.
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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." - Aristotle
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When a billionaire with major government contracts & ties to authoritarian governments calls to "Abolish the EU," it is not an ordinary political opinion. It is a foreign state actor hostile to European democracy, pushing terrorist rhetoric, and destabilizing regional security.
December 7, 2025 at 3:07 AM
When a billionaire with major government contracts & ties to authoritarian governments calls to "Abolish the EU," it is not an ordinary political opinion. It is a foreign state actor hostile to European democracy, pushing terrorist rhetoric, and destabilizing regional security.
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Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Power match made. Dionne and Burt Bacharach ❤️🎶
As everyone knows I'm proud to brag that I was born in 1960. I grew up with the greatest music!
Dionne Warwick was one of my favs!
I didn't understand the depth of her songs (I was 4 when this came out) her voice, her beauty - enchanting
"Walk On By"
youtu.be/bpoBISzUP4o?...
Dionne Warwick was one of my favs!
I didn't understand the depth of her songs (I was 4 when this came out) her voice, her beauty - enchanting
"Walk On By"
youtu.be/bpoBISzUP4o?...
Dionne Warwick 'Walk On By' really live in 1964. Impeccable!
YouTube video by Gazely Gaze
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Power match made. Dionne and Burt Bacharach ❤️🎶
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They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
NEW: The commutation Trump issued to David Gentile wipes away all further fines & restitution.
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
Gentile had been sentenced to 7 years for his role in a $1.6B scheme that defrauded thousands of investors.
Prosecutors had been seeking $15.5M in forfeiture.
www.justice.gov/pardon/media...
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They are beating people who maybe once had a broken taillight and sending them to foreign slave prisons while freeing the worst fraudsters and every corrupt pol. The juxtaposition is so stark and appalling.
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Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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On Trump's 'Energy Dominance' agenda:
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
How Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Agenda Is Dominating You With Dirty Energy
Raising costs, killing the climate, helping China — it’s a Trump trifecta
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On Trump's 'Energy Dominance' agenda:
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
"Trump is giving fossil-fuel producers a license to dominate American consumers, leaving them with less choice, higher energy bills, and an overheating climate --even as it clears a path for China to dominate the next generation of energy production."
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It's a good time for professionals of all stripes to get involved with their licensing and certification bodies. A lot of them have been taken over or targeted by right wing nutobs as well.
December 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
It's a good time for professionals of all stripes to get involved with their licensing and certification bodies. A lot of them have been taken over or targeted by right wing nutobs as well.
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The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025
The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions.
understandingwar.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The Ukrainian front is not about to collapse. But the Russians want you to think that
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
understandingwar.org/research/rus...
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Everyone but the insurance industry would be better off.
November 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Everyone but the insurance industry would be better off.
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I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
A Babson College student wanted to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. - The Boston Globe
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was at Logan to catch a flight to Texas when immigration authorities detained her as she was about to board the plane.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I feel much safer today knowing that we deported a Babson College student back to a country where she hasn't lived since childhood.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
She wasn't even flying internationally. She was flying to Texas.
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The interviews themselves are authoritarian intimidation
Abuse of power extending beyond Senator Kelly
"FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic U.S. lawmakers."
DOJ official "said the interviews were to determine 'if there's any wrongdoing and then go from there.'"
Note: For video accurately stating military law
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
"FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic U.S. lawmakers."
DOJ official "said the interviews were to determine 'if there's any wrongdoing and then go from there.'"
Note: For video accurately stating military law
www.reuters.com/world/us/fbi...
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The interviews themselves are authoritarian intimidation
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The US is turning into Russia
Big, yearlong investigation from @NBCNews.com landed today:
"Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
"Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors."
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The US is turning into Russia
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...