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Midcoast, Maine.
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In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...
www.propublica.org
December 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.
(Published Jan. 2024)
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"Big man on campus." Herblock, February 1967. In 1966 Reagan promised that, if elected California governor, he would set up a commission to investigate why “the campus has become a rallying point for Communism and a center of sexual misconduct.”
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Big man on campus." Herblock, February 1967. In 1966 Reagan promised that, if elected California governor, he would set up a commission to investigate why “the campus has become a rallying point for Communism and a center of sexual misconduct.”
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It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It remains wild to me that during the first trump administration there was a long debate over terminology after AOC (correctly) called border internment "concentration camps" and now having concentration camps is a core domestic policy.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
The purpose of that stupid debate was to normalize the idea.
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Even people living above 400% of the poverty line will be affected—particularly older enrollees and those living in higher-premium locations—as they will lose their credits entirely. Around half of those who would lose eligibility are between the ages of 50 and 64. trib.al/qfg8R8v
Here’s What Happens Now That We’re Going Over the Obamacare Cliff
ACA marketplace enrollees are set to see their health insurance costs spike. But when premium tax credits expire, profound systemic shocks will be felt well beyond individual customers.
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December 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Even people living above 400% of the poverty line will be affected—particularly older enrollees and those living in higher-premium locations—as they will lose their credits entirely. Around half of those who would lose eligibility are between the ages of 50 and 64. trib.al/qfg8R8v
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DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
The official voice of the US government is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us?
Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.
www.motherjones.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
DHS shared an AI-generated video of Santa working for ICE, proving yet again that the official voice of the US government is still cruel, gross, and weird.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
December 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
You don't necessarily need to say "image of" in your alt text for users to know it's an image. Screen readers will announce that it's an image. But it can help readers to specify if it's a hand-drawn image, Polaroid, infographic, screenshot, chart, map, diagram, or so on.
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This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
Congrats to Australia, this is really cool!
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
report.cervicalcancercontrol.org.au
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is fantastic news, a triumph of medicine! And the overall cervical cancer rate in Oz is dropping, too, almost certainly due to HPV vaccinations.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
And exactly the sort of progress RFK Jr. is trying to kill. Along with killing our citizens.
Fantastic results! Hope this work can be extended to other oceans in need of kelp restoration!
Giant kelp restoration increases primary production far beyond Ecklonia reefs. New modelling using Tasmanian field data shows ~40× higher production, increasing energy flow to abalone, reef fish and lobsters. Paper: Predicting the Impact of Giant Kelp Restoration on Food Webs & Fisheries Production.
December 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Fantastic results! Hope this work can be extended to other oceans in need of kelp restoration!
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1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.
December 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
1. First, let's talk about the elephant in the room that he doesn't mention explicitly but haunts the whole piece: climate change is real, we've overshot the goal and the only way to turn the corner is to leave fossil fuel in the ground. To ignore that is to talk about rocketry and ignore gravity.
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When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
The horns and whistles work
What it's like to watch community activists stand up to a Border Patrol raid.
www.motherjones.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:00 PM
When Customs and Border Protection and Commander Gregory Bovino move into town, so does Whistlemania.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
Activists create and distribute thousands of 3D-printed whistles, and their piercing cries are used to signal that immigration agents are nearby.
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When the official policy of the government has become “ this must be fake, you’re too brown to be American” it’s time to stop pretending that this will all just go back to normal
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
When the official policy of the government has become “ this must be fake, you’re too brown to be American” it’s time to stop pretending that this will all just go back to normal
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Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Mass shootings in the US, per Gun Violence Archive:
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
2015: 332
2016: 383
2017: 347
2018: 335
2019: 414
2020: 611
2021: 689
2022: 644
2023: 659
2024: 503
So far in 2025...392 mass shootings in 349 days.
We do not have to keep living like this.
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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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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Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
Happy Hanukkah to our friends who celebrate. Rachel Posner, a rabbi’s wife in Kiel, Germany, took this photograph in 1931 -- a potent reminder that fascism must be fought in every generation, even if it's wrapped in an American flag and a red hat.
December 14, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Steve isn’t here anymore, but he always posted this picture on Hanukkah so I thought we could carry on his tradition and remember him.
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The welfare queens thing is so bizarrely nonsensical. The average taxpayer pays $36 for Snap, and there are 41 million Americans using the program. Let’s assume that 1 million people are defrauding the system, an insane assumption. That means you’re paying less than $1 per year to fraudsters.
REP. @jamestalarico.bsky.social : “The biggest ‘welfare queens’ in 🇺🇸 are corporations that don’t pay a penny in federal taxes, and CEOs who get a tax deduction for flying on a private jet — not hungry kids, or working parents who work multiple jobs.”
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The welfare queens thing is so bizarrely nonsensical. The average taxpayer pays $36 for Snap, and there are 41 million Americans using the program. Let’s assume that 1 million people are defrauding the system, an insane assumption. That means you’re paying less than $1 per year to fraudsters.
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Each year, @giffords.org grades gun laws in all 50 states. And each year, the data shows states with effective gun laws have fewer gun deaths.
We know how to save lives and prevent gun violence in our communities. It's time to act.
We know how to save lives and prevent gun violence in our communities. It's time to act.
NEW: Our 2025 Gun Law Scorecard is LIVE!
Our experts analyzed and graded all 50 states on the strength of their gun laws, and like always, the data is clear: Gun laws save lives.
giffords.org/scorecard
Our experts analyzed and graded all 50 states on the strength of their gun laws, and like always, the data is clear: Gun laws save lives.
giffords.org/scorecard
GIFFORDS Law Center's Annual Gun Law Scorecard
For 15 years, we've ranked and graded state gun laws. Every time, we conclude that states with strong gun safety laws have fewer gun deaths.
giffords.org
December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Each year, @giffords.org grades gun laws in all 50 states. And each year, the data shows states with effective gun laws have fewer gun deaths.
We know how to save lives and prevent gun violence in our communities. It's time to act.
We know how to save lives and prevent gun violence in our communities. It's time to act.
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Thoughts and prayers are worthless but stats show the assault weapons ban was working.
December 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Thoughts and prayers are worthless but stats show the assault weapons ban was working.
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if you or someone you know is spending the holidays alone, or just feels alone this time of year, I wrote a book called How To Be Alone that talks about spending holidays alone, grieving "not being like everyone else," and how to survive this time of year🖤May it find you just in time.🦋
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
if you or someone you know is spending the holidays alone, or just feels alone this time of year, I wrote a book called How To Be Alone that talks about spending holidays alone, grieving "not being like everyone else," and how to survive this time of year🖤May it find you just in time.🦋
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Not a “good guy with a gun” — a brave soul who *took* a gun from a murdering fool who may imagine *he’s* the “good guy with a gun,” and then the real hero did not use it for more killing but *put the gun down.* Let’s put the fucking guns down. Every last idiot bang bang stick in the world.
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
WATCH: Bystander disarms active shooter at Bondi Beach in Sydney
December 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not a “good guy with a gun” — a brave soul who *took* a gun from a murdering fool who may imagine *he’s* the “good guy with a gun,” and then the real hero did not use it for more killing but *put the gun down.* Let’s put the fucking guns down. Every last idiot bang bang stick in the world.
Every time business pushes back on regulations and oversight as “undue burden” it makes me wonder what they think an “appropriate level of burden” [to society, to people] actually is. And I think we all know what they’d say. (Spoiler: it’s zero.)
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
December 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Every time business pushes back on regulations and oversight as “undue burden” it makes me wonder what they think an “appropriate level of burden” [to society, to people] actually is. And I think we all know what they’d say. (Spoiler: it’s zero.)
I am disgusted, sickened by what this administration is perpetrating in my name. I did not vote for the incumbent, his appointees, or his policies. Just horrifying stuff in every sector of the lives of anyone here on this soil. I’ll be doubling down on actions I can take to change things.
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I am disgusted, sickened by what this administration is perpetrating in my name. I did not vote for the incumbent, his appointees, or his policies. Just horrifying stuff in every sector of the lives of anyone here on this soil. I’ll be doubling down on actions I can take to change things.
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I lived through the mass shooting at UVA three years ago and am more than happy to talk to anyone at Brown who wants to talk to someone that understands what y'all are going through tonight.
I lived through the mass shooting at UVA three years ago and am more than happy to talk to anyone at Brown who wants to talk to someone that understands what y'all are going through tonight.
December 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
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I lived through the mass shooting at UVA three years ago and am more than happy to talk to anyone at Brown who wants to talk to someone that understands what y'all are going through tonight.
I lived through the mass shooting at UVA three years ago and am more than happy to talk to anyone at Brown who wants to talk to someone that understands what y'all are going through tonight.