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Today is World AIDS Day. We honor and recognize the hard-fought struggles and loss of all affected.
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
AIDS in One City: The San Francisco Story
Conceived in 1987 and supported early on by a grant from the National Archives, the archive at UCSF specializes in the history of AIDS in San Francisco, where many early cases were discovered and key ...
www.neh.gov
December 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Today is World AIDS Day. We honor and recognize the hard-fought struggles and loss of all affected.
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
“AIDS is a global phenomenon, its ravages known everywhere.“
www.neh.gov/article/aids...
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So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So the order for the US military to launch these deadly Caribbean boat strikes was straightforwardly illegal under US and international law, immoral under long established standards, and on top of that, terrible strategy.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
Not maybe. Not got to check with a lawyer. Unambiguous. Blatant. Deliberate.
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...and no wonder Congressional Veterans reminded armed forces members to uphold their oath, by defying illegal orders...
The journalist who got this scoop and reported it is a former U.S. Army infantry soldier and Iraq War vet
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
...and no wonder Congressional Veterans reminded armed forces members to uphold their oath, by defying illegal orders...
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Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
1/ ⚠️ Breaking: At CDC, we've been told the US Government will not officially commemorate World AIDS Day this year. No explanation given.
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Please amplify, friends, and raise your voices. The world lost an entire generation to AIDS. Heads up @oneaid.bsky.social @friendsofusaid.bsky.social @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
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Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
Instead of cutting our benefits, we can afford to INCREASE Social Security if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!
Instead of cutting our benefits, we can afford to INCREASE Social Security if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.
Instead of cutting our benefits, we can afford to INCREASE Social Security if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!
Instead of cutting our benefits, we can afford to INCREASE Social Security if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!
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REMOVE THE REGIME rally in DC just now.
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 PM
REMOVE THE REGIME rally in DC just now.
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
Rep Al Green - “As your member of Congress, before we take the break for Christmas, I give you my assurance that there will be articles of impeachment filed against this president.”
This is the energy. #Resist
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Live look at MTG’s transition out of political life.
a man in a pirate costume is standing on a boat in the water
Alt: Jack Sparrow standing on the main mast of a sinking vessel and casually walks onto the dock as the vessel fully submerges
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Live look at MTG’s transition out of political life.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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To our USPHS colleagues deployed to ICE:
These missions are hard. We see you.
Keep providing the most compassionate care possible 💚
And if you see harm or neglect - SPEAK UP
Report it through the channels.
If they ignore you, leak it. (DM us; we can help)
Your duty is to protect human lives 💚
These missions are hard. We see you.
Keep providing the most compassionate care possible 💚
And if you see harm or neglect - SPEAK UP
Report it through the channels.
If they ignore you, leak it. (DM us; we can help)
Your duty is to protect human lives 💚
ICE is hiring dozens of health workers as lawsuits, deaths in custody mount
Nearly as many migrants have died in detention so far this year than over the four years of the Biden administration.
www.politico.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
To our USPHS colleagues deployed to ICE:
These missions are hard. We see you.
Keep providing the most compassionate care possible 💚
And if you see harm or neglect - SPEAK UP
Report it through the channels.
If they ignore you, leak it. (DM us; we can help)
Your duty is to protect human lives 💚
These missions are hard. We see you.
Keep providing the most compassionate care possible 💚
And if you see harm or neglect - SPEAK UP
Report it through the channels.
If they ignore you, leak it. (DM us; we can help)
Your duty is to protect human lives 💚
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While everyone is still digesting how it feels to not see a Sept jobs report until late November, remember this feeling the next time folks complain about monthly revisions and suggest publishing data with a 2 or 3 month lag.
November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
While everyone is still digesting how it feels to not see a Sept jobs report until late November, remember this feeling the next time folks complain about monthly revisions and suggest publishing data with a 2 or 3 month lag.
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With ICE activity ramping up across the country, it is helpful to include as much info as possible when sharing within your community.
S.A.L.U.T.E.
Size/Strength
Actions/Activity
Location & Direction
Uniform/Clothes
Time & Date of Observation
Equipment & Weapons
#SALUTEICE 🖕
S.A.L.U.T.E.
Size/Strength
Actions/Activity
Location & Direction
Uniform/Clothes
Time & Date of Observation
Equipment & Weapons
#SALUTEICE 🖕
November 18, 2025 at 1:47 PM
With ICE activity ramping up across the country, it is helpful to include as much info as possible when sharing within your community.
S.A.L.U.T.E.
Size/Strength
Actions/Activity
Location & Direction
Uniform/Clothes
Time & Date of Observation
Equipment & Weapons
#SALUTEICE 🖕
S.A.L.U.T.E.
Size/Strength
Actions/Activity
Location & Direction
Uniform/Clothes
Time & Date of Observation
Equipment & Weapons
#SALUTEICE 🖕
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Just a PSA to my friends who live in coastal communities:
The U.S. Tsunami warning system is slated to go offline Nov 30 thanks to the trump induced slashed funding.
The NOAA withdrew funding for nine crucial seismic stations in Alaska that serve as an early warning system for tsunamis threatening
The U.S. Tsunami warning system is slated to go offline Nov 30 thanks to the trump induced slashed funding.
The NOAA withdrew funding for nine crucial seismic stations in Alaska that serve as an early warning system for tsunamis threatening
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just a PSA to my friends who live in coastal communities:
The U.S. Tsunami warning system is slated to go offline Nov 30 thanks to the trump induced slashed funding.
The NOAA withdrew funding for nine crucial seismic stations in Alaska that serve as an early warning system for tsunamis threatening
The U.S. Tsunami warning system is slated to go offline Nov 30 thanks to the trump induced slashed funding.
The NOAA withdrew funding for nine crucial seismic stations in Alaska that serve as an early warning system for tsunamis threatening
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Thursday the Civil Servants Coalition released this press release in response to the passing of the continuing resolution (CR) that failed to meaningfully restrain the Trump Administration's lawlessness.
We invite you to read it & share it with your community & online.
#resistance #StandUp
1/4
We invite you to read it & share it with your community & online.
#resistance #StandUp
1/4
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thursday the Civil Servants Coalition released this press release in response to the passing of the continuing resolution (CR) that failed to meaningfully restrain the Trump Administration's lawlessness.
We invite you to read it & share it with your community & online.
#resistance #StandUp
1/4
We invite you to read it & share it with your community & online.
#resistance #StandUp
1/4
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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In no specific order, here are all the issues with this requirement that come to mind in like 2 minutes before my break ends:
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
1/?
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
1/?
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
The move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the nation’s largest anti-hunger program and get rid of “fraud.”
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
In no specific order, here are all the issues with this requirement that come to mind in like 2 minutes before my break ends:
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
1/?
1. Requiring all recipients to reapply will need to happen over time not all at once to have a chance at not crushing state office's. Watch closely how it plays out
1/?
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🚨🚨
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
The David J. Sencer CDC Museum: In Association with the Smithsonian
Free museum exhibiting public health topics and the history of CDC.
www.cdc.gov
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🚨🚨
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
🧵1/6 #FedFam, reporters - urgent help needed
🚨CDC Museum (a Smithsonian affiliate) is being shuttered🚨
Staff are being “un-RIFed” just to close the museum permanently — then RIFed again in Jan
This is bureaucratic cruelty & cultural vandalism
CDC Library is a national treasure
#SaveCDCLibrary
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Platkin: They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could eat. They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could afford their health care. But they sure as hell made sure they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on our backs based on some bogus theory of how they were harmed.
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Platkin: They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could eat. They didn’t go to the mat to make sure people could afford their health care. But they sure as hell made sure they could make hundreds of thousands of dollars on our backs based on some bogus theory of how they were harmed.
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CHILDREN CANNOT CONSENT (louder for the back)
Quick point of clarification for pundits, politicians, journalists, & any others commenting on the Epstein Trump files:
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
The victims were NOT "young women". They were CHILDREN.
As such, they were not capable of giving legal consent. Sex without consent is rape.
Words matter. Get them right.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
CHILDREN CANNOT CONSENT (louder for the back)
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The newly released Epstein files can be found here.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
Oversight Committee Releases Additional Epstein Estate Documents - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
oversight.house.gov
November 13, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The newly released Epstein files can be found here.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
You have the opportunity to read these documents yourself and understand why the Trump administration fought so hard to keep them from you.
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The house just passed the Senate bill with no amendments, meaning there will be no ACA subsidies and at 8 GOP members will get at least half a million dollars of our money.
Truly some robbing the poor to feed the rich type shit going on here.
Truly some robbing the poor to feed the rich type shit going on here.
a man with a crown on his head waving
ALT: a man with a crown on his head waving
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
The house just passed the Senate bill with no amendments, meaning there will be no ACA subsidies and at 8 GOP members will get at least half a million dollars of our money.
Truly some robbing the poor to feed the rich type shit going on here.
Truly some robbing the poor to feed the rich type shit going on here.
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Below I provide the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call these 8 Senate democrats who folded to Trump, & demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
8 Senate Dems Fold on Trump Shutdown
Chuck Schumer must resign and we must elect new leadership, because the American people deserve fighters, not folders
www.qasimrashid.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Below I provide the names, phone numbers, & a sample script to call these 8 Senate democrats who folded to Trump, & demand they reverse course and side with the American people.
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
81% of Dem voters want Senate Dems to stand firm. Let's make sure the Senate listens.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/8-senate-d...
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.