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The guy who had the Black Panthers classified as a terrorist organization? The one who ended state funding of higher education to keep Black folks out of school? The dude who created the AIDS epidemic to kill the queers? That guy?
December 17, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The guy who had the Black Panthers classified as a terrorist organization? The one who ended state funding of higher education to keep Black folks out of school? The dude who created the AIDS epidemic to kill the queers? That guy?
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Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
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Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
Donald Trump has instructed the entire FBI to prioritize finding ways to bring charges against anti-fascists and other activists. Any FBI agent who wants to advance his career now has an incentive to set up naïve kids for an entrapment case.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
Please read about entrapment and how to protect yourself.
December 16, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Reminder that if anyone is setting you up online to do some crime, THAT PERSON IS A COP.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
ALWAYS.
WITHOUT FAIL.
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
December 14, 2025 at 11:31 PM
ICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist.
They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed.
Another horrific story.
More details below.
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One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Immigration Agents Have Often Grabbed and Mistreated Citizens, Congressional Investigators Find
Prompted by ProPublica’s reporting, an investigation by Senate Democrats documented the experiences of nearly two dozen citizens wrongly detained by immigration agents, contradicting the Trump adminis...
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:30 AM
One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her.
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.”
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
December 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Bovino, the man overseeing mass deportations, publicly declared that we must all have our papers on us, at all times, or we could be stopped, harassed, kidnapped, and detained, as they did with the man in this case, who is a US citizen.
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YOU SIMPLY CANNOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP:
Sam Alito is complaining that the Citizens United ruling that he helped craft is being "unfairly maligned" and that it actually "leveled the playing field" in American politics.
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Sam Alito is complaining that the Citizens United ruling that he helped craft is being "unfairly maligned" and that it actually "leveled the playing field" in American politics.
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
December 10, 2025 at 6:16 PM
YOU SIMPLY CANNOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP:
Sam Alito is complaining that the Citizens United ruling that he helped craft is being "unfairly maligned" and that it actually "leveled the playing field" in American politics.
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
Sam Alito is complaining that the Citizens United ruling that he helped craft is being "unfairly maligned" and that it actually "leveled the playing field" in American politics.
www.supremecourt.gov/oral_argumen...
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The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
December 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
The Trump admin gave states an ultimatum: Cooperate with the immigration crackdown, or lose your federal funding.
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
Oregon and 19 other states fought back — and won.
Then officials logged in to the grant website to accept the money, only to find the button to do so was disabled: propub.li/4a4Bsk5
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Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Bad framing: ACIP voted to scrap the universal hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for newborns.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
Accurate framing: Anti-vax conspiracy theorists appointed to ACIP by Robert Kennedy Jr., who made a fortune as an anti-vax profiteer, voted to expose babies to a preventable, incurable, deadly illness.
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Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
Family of fisherman killed in U.S. strike files complaint, alleging murder
The family of 42-year-old Alejandro Carranza Medina, who was killed on Sept. 15, insisted he was a fisherman just doing his job on the open sea.
www.yahoo.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:54 PM
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
Trump and Hegseth murdered a 42 year old impoverished fisherman who left behind a wife, 4 children, father and mother. He has no record of drug trafficking. He simply went out to fish and never came home, courtesy of Donald and Pete
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
Code Yikes!
PIOMAS just posted their Arctic sea-ice volume data for September, October and November (catching up after the Gov't shutdown).
Here is the volume data, 1979 - 2025, showing a record low for both October and November:
psc.apl.uw.edu/research/pro...
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
www.propublica.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools:
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
“It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.”
(Published October 2025)
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I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I'm excited to announce this new study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, which explores public support for degrowth and ecosocialist transformation. The findings are quite surprising.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Let's be clear: the US govt *does not* care about the people of Venezuela. It cares about US hegemony and the interests of the US capitalist class. That is what this is about.
December 2, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Let's be clear: the US govt *does not* care about the people of Venezuela. It cares about US hegemony and the interests of the US capitalist class. That is what this is about.
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What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
The Night Raids
CIA-backed operations killed countless Afghan civilians, and the U.S. hasn't been held accountable. A reporter returns to investigate her past and unravel the legacy of the secretive Zero Units.
www.propublica.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
What were the CIA-backed "Zero Units" in Afghanistan?
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
For a deep dive, read reporter Lynzy Billing's award-winning piece from 2022:
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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Austerity 2.0. Attacks on disabled people. Arming genocide.
The Labour Party has turned a fundamental corner — and I don’t see it coming back.
Watch my full interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vw...
The Labour Party has turned a fundamental corner — and I don’t see it coming back.
Watch my full interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vw...
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Austerity 2.0. Attacks on disabled people. Arming genocide.
The Labour Party has turned a fundamental corner — and I don’t see it coming back.
Watch my full interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vw...
The Labour Party has turned a fundamental corner — and I don’t see it coming back.
Watch my full interview with @newstatesman1913.bsky.social here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4vw...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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This graphic predicts future temperatures, based on continued accelerated warming:
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This graphic predicts future temperatures, based on continued accelerated warming:
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
1.50°C by 2026
2.00°C by 2036
2.50°C by 2045
2.85°C by 2050
Of course, a lot of non-linearities are possible before 2050. Like a net-zero, carbon-free, sustainable vegan utopia. Or the other ...
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NEW: Larry Summers wrecked millions of lives & was rewarded with riches & status - teaching him there'd be no consequences to befriending Epstein.
Dick Cheney lied America into a war & is now valorized as a hero.
America's hidden system of elite impunity is now out in the open for all to see.
Dick Cheney lied America into a war & is now valorized as a hero.
America's hidden system of elite impunity is now out in the open for all to see.
Why Elites Like Larry Summers And Dick Cheney Never Really Die
Power brokers like Larry Summers and Dick Cheney operate without accountability — when they’re exiled, it’s just a matter of time before they come crawling back.
www.levernews.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NEW: Larry Summers wrecked millions of lives & was rewarded with riches & status - teaching him there'd be no consequences to befriending Epstein.
Dick Cheney lied America into a war & is now valorized as a hero.
America's hidden system of elite impunity is now out in the open for all to see.
Dick Cheney lied America into a war & is now valorized as a hero.
America's hidden system of elite impunity is now out in the open for all to see.
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Elon Musk, hypoethically the best terrorist of all time
November 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Elon Musk, hypoethically the best terrorist of all time
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We got our decision in August.
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
We got our decision in August.
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
The AG said Abbott's office must release some emails with Musk. About a month later, we got nearly 1,400 pages of emails.
I was stoked. Until I took a look at the records. They were almost completely redacted. www.kut.org/politics/202... #txlege #FOIA
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Thank you all so much. We are already over 15% of the initial goal.
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Thank you all so much. We are already over 15% of the initial goal.
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Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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Webb First to Show 4 Dust Shells 'Spiraling' Apep, Limits Long Orbit - NASA Science
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has delivered a first of its kind: a crisp mid-infrared image of a system of four serpentine spirals of dust, one expanding
science.nasa.gov
November 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Very excited to share the NASA/ESA/STScI press release of our team's work on Apep! It's a terrific writeup, complete with a brand new beautiful visualisation of the nebula geometry.
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
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science.nasa.gov/missions/web...