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More than two dozen state and federal lawmakers took a 2½ hour tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday, arranged by the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). It came weeks after several Democratic state lawmakers were turned away at the gate.
Lawmakers tour Florida’s new detention center in the Everglades
Alligator Alcatraz was built into the Everglades just eight days and state officials said would cost $450 million to operate for one year.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
More than two dozen state and federal lawmakers took a 2½ hour tour of Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday, arranged by the office of Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). It came weeks after several Democratic state lawmakers were turned away at the gate.
Why isn’t this shooting in Minneapolis today being reported ?? A senator and a representative are shot obviously for being in the Democratic Party!
June 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Why isn’t this shooting in Minneapolis today being reported ?? A senator and a representative are shot obviously for being in the Democratic Party!
Here’s what to know about the shooting. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Here’s what to know about the shooting.
www.nytimes.com
June 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here’s what to know about the shooting. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Celebrate Barack today🩷
June 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Celebrate Barack today🩷
Did anyone else get this in their phone contacts???? I didn’t put it in 100% sure of that!
May 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Did anyone else get this in their phone contacts???? I didn’t put it in 100% sure of that!
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Despicable as always.
May 26, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Despicable as always.
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Sadly I did not know this for the first 55 years of my life. They do not teach you this. This is absolutely true. And we should honor all of them this Memorial Day and always 
May 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Sadly I did not know this for the first 55 years of my life. They do not teach you this. This is absolutely true. And we should honor all of them this Memorial Day and always 
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‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
May 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
‘They say, We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning.’ —Archibald MacLeish
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
Remembering the fallen this Memorial Day, we can consider our own duty to strive so that our lives and our country are worthy of the price they paid.
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Today, I honor Maj. Andreas O’Keeffe, a friend who was Killied in Action in Iraq in 2018.
Godspeed
Godspeed
May 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Today, I honor Maj. Andreas O’Keeffe, a friend who was Killied in Action in Iraq in 2018.
Godspeed
Godspeed
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To honor the memory of all veterans, we on E Street remember this live performance of "The Wall" — filmed in 2014 and dedicated to veterans, friends, inspirations and a bandmate lost too soon: Ray and Walter Cichon as well as The Castiles' drummer, Bart Haynes.
Bruce Springsteen- "The Wall" (Charlotte, NC 04/19/14)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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May 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
To honor the memory of all veterans, we on E Street remember this live performance of "The Wall" — filmed in 2014 and dedicated to veterans, friends, inspirations and a bandmate lost too soon: Ray and Walter Cichon as well as The Castiles' drummer, Bart Haynes.
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Breaking News: Charles Rangel, the former dean of New York’s congressional delegation who became the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, died at 94.
Charles B. Rangel, Longtime Harlem Congressman, Dies at 94
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May 26, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Breaking News: Charles Rangel, the former dean of New York’s congressional delegation who became the first Black chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, died at 94.
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On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.
May 26, 2025 at 2:36 PM
On Memorial Day, we remember the sacrifices that our men and women in uniform and their families have made to preserve our freedom. May we always strive to honor the strength and resolve they’ve shown our country.
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Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.
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From @suzannenuyen.bsky.social
This Memorial Day, NPR readers honor the ones they've lost
Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.
www.npr.org
May 26, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Memorial Day, observed on the last Monday in May, is a day to honor and mourn fallen military service members. NPR readers share stories of the loved ones they've lost.
From @suzannenuyen.bsky.social
From @suzannenuyen.bsky.social
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P.S. Full disclosure: I’m proud of my own association with Harvard. It is an imperfect institution, populated in its current staff & student bodies, & its alumni community (which includes me), by imperfect people. It’s also an outstanding one. A precious asset for the US & the world.
April 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
P.S. Full disclosure: I’m proud of my own association with Harvard. It is an imperfect institution, populated in its current staff & student bodies, & its alumni community (which includes me), by imperfect people. It’s also an outstanding one. A precious asset for the US & the world.
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From K-12 to Harvard, education is not valued in the Trump Era. Only obedience is.
April 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
From K-12 to Harvard, education is not valued in the Trump Era. Only obedience is.
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If authoritarian rule lasts a decade, Harvard has bigger problems.
Harvard Medical School’s “unrestricted funds would last only a decade if it decapitalized $300 million a year — the amount necessary to cover lost federal funding and the school’s annual deficit spending”
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Can Harvard Use Its Endowment To Make Up For Federal Cuts? It’s Possible, but Not That Simple. | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard’s endowment is not a $53.2 billion pile of cash. But as the University sits on the precipice of historic financial losses, it has increasingly faced calls to draw from endowment funds to make ...
www.thecrimson.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If authoritarian rule lasts a decade, Harvard has bigger problems.
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After blocking $2 billion in funding for Harvard for defying the fascist MAGA demands, Trump is making his minions from the IRS rescind the university's tax-exempt status. It's abuse of power and the Republican Members of Congress are not doing anything about it. #MOMSky
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...
IRS making plans to rescind Harvard’s tax-exempt status | CNN Politics
The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, according to two sources familiar with the matter, which would be an extraordinary step of retaliat...
www.cnn.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
After blocking $2 billion in funding for Harvard for defying the fascist MAGA demands, Trump is making his minions from the IRS rescind the university's tax-exempt status. It's abuse of power and the Republican Members of Congress are not doing anything about it. #MOMSky
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/p...
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HARVARD FINALLY HITS BACK HARD
“Finally, someone has guts! Harvard just went full ‘don’t test us’ mode. For months, they played nice…”
- Oval Offense
“Finally, someone has guts! Harvard just went full ‘don’t test us’ mode. For months, they played nice…”
- Oval Offense
April 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
HARVARD FINALLY HITS BACK HARD
“Finally, someone has guts! Harvard just went full ‘don’t test us’ mode. For months, they played nice…”
- Oval Offense
“Finally, someone has guts! Harvard just went full ‘don’t test us’ mode. For months, they played nice…”
- Oval Offense
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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt in a recent press conference: "Yes this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully."
April 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt in a recent press conference: "Yes this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully."
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Transgenic means that genes from 1 organism have been put into another. We make transgenic mice to understand how genes influence biological processes. We make transgenic plants to make them more nutrient rich. We make transgenic bacteria so they make medicine for us. It's wide-ranging & v. useful.
March 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Transgenic means that genes from 1 organism have been put into another. We make transgenic mice to understand how genes influence biological processes. We make transgenic plants to make them more nutrient rich. We make transgenic bacteria so they make medicine for us. It's wide-ranging & v. useful.
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Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
March 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Every time I read a story like this I recommit to be louder and more defiant.
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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl
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March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
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I want the t-shirts, the posters, the sepia prints, the velvet portrait, the trapper keepers, the lunch boxes, the I-phone covers.
Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.
Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.
March 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I want the t-shirts, the posters, the sepia prints, the velvet portrait, the trapper keepers, the lunch boxes, the I-phone covers.
Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.
Rep @algreen.house.gov is an American patriot.
