Brittany
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I'm sure a million other people have made this meme but I've been thinking about it for years and was finally compelled to make it.
August 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'm sure a million other people have made this meme but I've been thinking about it for years and was finally compelled to make it.
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Israeli-Palestinian human rights group B’Tselem declares Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in its latest report.
Israeli human rights group: Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Israeli-Palestinian human rights group B’Tselem declares Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in its latest report.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Israeli-Palestinian human rights group B’Tselem declares Israel’s actions in Gaza as genocide in its latest report.
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“What we're seeing in LA right now can't be understood w/o recognizing impact of how organizers responded during the fires in Jan...the student intifada, the 2020 uprising.. expansive mutual aid efforts, & tenant organizing spearheaded by LA Tenants Union”
To Live and Fight in LA: People’s City Council on the Growing Mobilization in the Streets Against ICE
In early June, demonstrations exploded after ICE carried out militarized raids in working-class communities and workplaces in Los Angeles, CA, leading to large confrontations between ICE, the LAPD, an...
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July 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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I talked with ProPublica about the rise in severe morbidity among people diagnosed with pregnancy loss at TX hospitals. Check out their important reporting about the increase in blood transfusions: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
A “Striking” Trend: After Texas Banned Abortion, More Women Nearly Bled to Death During Miscarriage
A new ProPublica data analysis adds to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of first-trimester miscarriage far more dangerous.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I talked with ProPublica about the rise in severe morbidity among people diagnosed with pregnancy loss at TX hospitals. Check out their important reporting about the increase in blood transfusions: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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A UN report names companies complicit in Israel’s war and genocide on Gaza, including US giants and firms from China to Mexico.
Who are they? aje.io/6sq25k
Who are they? aje.io/6sq25k
July 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A UN report names companies complicit in Israel’s war and genocide on Gaza, including US giants and firms from China to Mexico.
Who are they? aje.io/6sq25k
Who are they? aje.io/6sq25k
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The so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that passed the Senate today is a giant leap backward for people living with kidney disease. NKF urges Congress to reject these harmful provisions. www.kidney.org/press-room/b...
Big Beautiful Bill is Downright Ugly for Kidney Patients
Tune in for the latest research and perspectives on kidney health from NKF.
www.kidney.org
July 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The so-called ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ that passed the Senate today is a giant leap backward for people living with kidney disease. NKF urges Congress to reject these harmful provisions. www.kidney.org/press-room/b...
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July 1st, 2025 ❧ Current Affairs News Briefing
🦩 The IDF shoots hungry civilians
🦩 A shady Congo peace deal
🦩 Ohio legislators try to re-criminalize abortion
And much more!
currentaffairs.org/briefing
🦩 The IDF shoots hungry civilians
🦩 A shady Congo peace deal
🦩 Ohio legislators try to re-criminalize abortion
And much more!
currentaffairs.org/briefing
July 1, 2025 at 10:39 PM
July 1st, 2025 ❧ Current Affairs News Briefing
🦩 The IDF shoots hungry civilians
🦩 A shady Congo peace deal
🦩 Ohio legislators try to re-criminalize abortion
And much more!
currentaffairs.org/briefing
🦩 The IDF shoots hungry civilians
🦩 A shady Congo peace deal
🦩 Ohio legislators try to re-criminalize abortion
And much more!
currentaffairs.org/briefing
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One of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage used to be easily avoided: Doctors could offer a D&C procedure, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage. But because the procedures are also used to end pregnancies, they are now caught up in anti-abortion laws.
Abortion Bans Make the Common Experience of Miscarriage Far More Dangerous
Blood transfusions during emergency room visits for first-trimester miscarriages in Texas rose by 54 percent since 2022.
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July 1, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One of the gravest outcomes of early miscarriage used to be easily avoided: Doctors could offer a D&C procedure, protecting against a life-threatening hemorrhage. But because the procedures are also used to end pregnancies, they are now caught up in anti-abortion laws.
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One recent @policyalternatives.ca report pegged the [#Ontario] provincial funding shortfall to the OCDSB over the last seven years at $338.4 million...[also] noting its per-student funding has dropped by $560 from the 2018-19 school year and the 2025-26 school year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Province's takeover of OCDSB, other school boards slammed as 'power grab' | CBC News
Supervisors have been appointed to oversee four Ontario school boards including the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, over concerns about deficits and mismanagement. But one board trustee and an ...
www.cbc.ca
June 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One recent @policyalternatives.ca report pegged the [#Ontario] provincial funding shortfall to the OCDSB over the last seven years at $338.4 million...[also] noting its per-student funding has dropped by $560 from the 2018-19 school year and the 2025-26 school year. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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#Measles can lead to severe, long-term complications and can even cause your immune system to forget how to resist infections.
🔸Brain damage
🔸Severe diarrhoea and dehydration
🔸Deafness
🔸Blindness
🔸Pneumonia
🔸Brain damage
🔸Severe diarrhoea and dehydration
🔸Deafness
🔸Blindness
🔸Pneumonia
June 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
#Measles can lead to severe, long-term complications and can even cause your immune system to forget how to resist infections.
🔸Brain damage
🔸Severe diarrhoea and dehydration
🔸Deafness
🔸Blindness
🔸Pneumonia
🔸Brain damage
🔸Severe diarrhoea and dehydration
🔸Deafness
🔸Blindness
🔸Pneumonia
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June 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Palestinian children struggle with the same trauma their mother felt growing up in the occupied West Bank where the constant threat of land grabs and demolitions plagues daily life.
Watch Rooted in the West Bank: aje.io/Rooted
Watch Rooted in the West Bank: aje.io/Rooted
June 25, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Palestinian children struggle with the same trauma their mother felt growing up in the occupied West Bank where the constant threat of land grabs and demolitions plagues daily life.
Watch Rooted in the West Bank: aje.io/Rooted
Watch Rooted in the West Bank: aje.io/Rooted
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New, @propublica.org:
“You won’t have neutral prosecutors weighing the facts and making decisions about who to investigate,” said Adam W. Cohen, who led the DOJ office that coordinates interagency organized crime probes, about Stephen Miller's plan.
“The White House will be able to decide.”
“You won’t have neutral prosecutors weighing the facts and making decisions about who to investigate,” said Adam W. Cohen, who led the DOJ office that coordinates interagency organized crime probes, about Stephen Miller's plan.
“The White House will be able to decide.”
A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime
Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.
www.propublica.org
June 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
New, @propublica.org:
“You won’t have neutral prosecutors weighing the facts and making decisions about who to investigate,” said Adam W. Cohen, who led the DOJ office that coordinates interagency organized crime probes, about Stephen Miller's plan.
“The White House will be able to decide.”
“You won’t have neutral prosecutors weighing the facts and making decisions about who to investigate,” said Adam W. Cohen, who led the DOJ office that coordinates interagency organized crime probes, about Stephen Miller's plan.
“The White House will be able to decide.”
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Journalist Antoinette Lattouf had been fired in December 2023 for expressing views supporting Palestine.
Court says Australian broadcaster ABC wrongfully dismissed journalist
Journalist Antoinette Lattouf had been fired in December 2023 for expressing views supporting Palestine.
bit.ly
June 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Journalist Antoinette Lattouf had been fired in December 2023 for expressing views supporting Palestine.
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Instead of placing homeless families in shelters, where they receive food, help finding housing and sometimes child care, New York social service agencies park them in hotels, where they receive no such support. Important story:
How Hotels, Once a Last Resort, Became New York’s Default Answer to Homelessness
Statewide spending on hotels has more than tripled in recent years. The shift away from shelters has prevented families from accessing services like child care and help finding housing.
www.propublica.org
June 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Instead of placing homeless families in shelters, where they receive food, help finding housing and sometimes child care, New York social service agencies park them in hotels, where they receive no such support. Important story:
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Adriana Smith, who was forcibly kept alive by the State of Georgia — against her family’s wishes — because she was nine weeks pregnant, was taken off life support on June 17 this year after her fetus was delivered via C-section. This is a direct result of the Dobbs decision.
3 Years in, Horrors Wrought by Anti-Abortion “Dobbs” Ruling Are Apparent to All
We live in a country that has used machines to turn a dying person into a fetus incubator against the family’s wishes.
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June 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Adriana Smith, who was forcibly kept alive by the State of Georgia — against her family’s wishes — because she was nine weeks pregnant, was taken off life support on June 17 this year after her fetus was delivered via C-section. This is a direct result of the Dobbs decision.
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"Investors must stop treating climate just as a risk to manage— and start working to mitigate it. Avoiding climate breakdown is in investors’ best interest, even when it conflicts with some companies’ short-term incentives. It’s time for more investors to confront that reality— and act accordingly"
When a resolution urges a high-emitting company to present a credible decarbonisation plan, the litmus test for too many investors is: “Will this maximise the company’s value?” But the more consequential question is: “Will this reduce systemic risk and strengthen long-term portfolio performance?”
"Climate change doesn’t just threaten the profits of individual firms— it threatens the foundations of the entire economy and market stability.
Treating climate change as just another firm-level risk misses the far greater financial threat it poses to investors"...
Treating climate change as just another firm-level risk misses the far greater financial threat it poses to investors"...
June 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
"Investors must stop treating climate just as a risk to manage— and start working to mitigate it. Avoiding climate breakdown is in investors’ best interest, even when it conflicts with some companies’ short-term incentives. It’s time for more investors to confront that reality— and act accordingly"
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Every morning, a new story about how many Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops while looking for food. But we’re supposed to believe Iran is the big bad.
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
bit.ly
June 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Every morning, a new story about how many Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops while looking for food. But we’re supposed to believe Iran is the big bad.
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“If Republicans move this extreme MAGA proposal forward, millions will lose coverage, hospitals will close, and safety nets could collapse under the weight,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
GOP Proposals for Tax Restrictions May Defund States’ Medicaid Programs
The loss of revenue could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people.
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June 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“If Republicans move this extreme MAGA proposal forward, millions will lose coverage, hospitals will close, and safety nets could collapse under the weight,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said.
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People in Venice are protesting Jeff Bezos' upcoming gala wedding there, pointing out his history of tax avoidance.
As @propublica.org showed in 2021, Bezos has TWICE paid $0 in federal income tax.
One year, he claimed & received a $4k tax CREDIT for his kids.
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
As @propublica.org showed in 2021, Bezos has TWICE paid $0 in federal income tax.
One year, he claimed & received a $4k tax CREDIT for his kids.
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
June 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
People in Venice are protesting Jeff Bezos' upcoming gala wedding there, pointing out his history of tax avoidance.
As @propublica.org showed in 2021, Bezos has TWICE paid $0 in federal income tax.
One year, he claimed & received a $4k tax CREDIT for his kids.
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
As @propublica.org showed in 2021, Bezos has TWICE paid $0 in federal income tax.
One year, he claimed & received a $4k tax CREDIT for his kids.
www.propublica.org/article/the-...
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Popular assemblies offer a space for anti-fascist and progressive forces to coordinate, strategize, and make decisions together to build power that can be leveraged against the U.S. government.
Grassroots Assemblies Empower People to Fight Back Against Trump’s Agenda
People’s assemblies across the country are committed to building people’s power beyond the electoral system.
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June 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Popular assemblies offer a space for anti-fascist and progressive forces to coordinate, strategize, and make decisions together to build power that can be leveraged against the U.S. government.
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Disappearing them. You mean Disappearing them. You cannot deport someone to a country they have never been.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to rapidly deport undocumented immigrants to countries where they have no ties.
Supreme Court OKs rapid deportations to countries where immigrants have no ties
The high court’s majority offered no explanation for its ruling.
www.politico.com
June 23, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Disappearing them. You mean Disappearing them. You cannot deport someone to a country they have never been.
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Not that it’s surprising, but the lack of any clear moral line from the most powerful people in the country is truly stunning. Migrants can now be rounded up and sent to torture camps in random countries for the crime of … coming to the US to build a better life.
DISASTROUS. This means they will send people to horrific situations with no due process — in direct violation of promises the Solicitor General made to the Court in previous cases.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
This greenlights sending people to be enslaved in Libya or tortured in any random foreign country.
June 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not that it’s surprising, but the lack of any clear moral line from the most powerful people in the country is truly stunning. Migrants can now be rounded up and sent to torture camps in random countries for the crime of … coming to the US to build a better life.
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“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Red State Voters Approved Progressive Measures. GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Undermine Them.
In the wake of ballot measures that increased abortion access and improved sick leave for workers, a coordinated effort is unfolding across the country to restrict direct democracy — and shift power…
www.propublica.org
June 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“This is very much connected to the rise of authoritarianism that we’ve seen across the country,” said the executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. “They can’t win fairly, so they’re trying to rewrite the rules to get their way.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social