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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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Every bit of right wing violence since the Civil War has been a result of insufficiently destroying all remnants of the confederacy and hanging the people responsible. Not doing it then has laid the groundwork for every leader being unable/unwilling to do it since, and we continue to pay the price.
Obama and Biden both failed to do anything about right wing extremists and the big change we need is someone willing to use the state to confront and dismantle their networks, including using state force. For this to be successful it won’t look very “liberal.”
June 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Every bit of right wing violence since the Civil War has been a result of insufficiently destroying all remnants of the confederacy and hanging the people responsible. Not doing it then has laid the groundwork for every leader being unable/unwilling to do it since, and we continue to pay the price.
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Dallas turned out with at least 10,000 marching for #NoKingsDay
June 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dallas turned out with at least 10,000 marching for #NoKingsDay
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Increases in per-student funding for Texas public schools would be slashed in the Senate’s version of a finance overhaul compared to the House’s draft of the bill.
Texas Senate school finance plan slashes per-student bump, outlines teacher pay raises
Stark differences have emerged between the House and Senate school funding plans. The Senate incorporated numerous of its preferred policies in a plan that...
www.dallasnews.com
May 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Increases in per-student funding for Texas public schools would be slashed in the Senate’s version of a finance overhaul compared to the House’s draft of the bill.
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Congressional Dems: sponsor a bill banning officers from covering their faces during an arrest.
Go on a media tour promoting it with clip packages pulling the scariest moments from these gestapo ambushes. Make people confront the Trump/Vance Police State.
Go on a media tour promoting it with clip packages pulling the scariest moments from these gestapo ambushes. Make people confront the Trump/Vance Police State.
The more video I see of this kind of thing, the more I notice the utter unprofessionalism of the people doing the “arresting” and that makes me think that these are “deputies” who in the rest of their life are basically right wing losers
May 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Congressional Dems: sponsor a bill banning officers from covering their faces during an arrest.
Go on a media tour promoting it with clip packages pulling the scariest moments from these gestapo ambushes. Make people confront the Trump/Vance Police State.
Go on a media tour promoting it with clip packages pulling the scariest moments from these gestapo ambushes. Make people confront the Trump/Vance Police State.
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Disturbing thought: How long (assuming they aren’t already) before rapists just start putting on masks, grabbing random women off the street & throwing them into a van?
Apparently they just have to claim to be ICE and no one will bat an eye.
Apparently they just have to claim to be ICE and no one will bat an eye.
How are the masked ICE agents arresting people off the streets different from these guys I've filmed? Proud Boys, Blood Tribe, Patriot Front, Boogalo Boyz?
May 11, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Disturbing thought: How long (assuming they aren’t already) before rapists just start putting on masks, grabbing random women off the street & throwing them into a van?
Apparently they just have to claim to be ICE and no one will bat an eye.
Apparently they just have to claim to be ICE and no one will bat an eye.
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“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
“chicago pope” is one of the shows jack donaghy greenlit when he was tanking nbc
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NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
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US households will have to pay an estimated $4,000 more per year due to tariffs imposed by the US president.
How much will Trump’s tariffs cost US families?
US households will have to pay an estimated $4,000 more per year due to tariffs imposed by the US president.
bit.ly
May 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
US households will have to pay an estimated $4,000 more per year due to tariffs imposed by the US president.
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
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Things the president of the United States said on meet the press today:
He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution
He’s fine with a recession
Americans can do with less
Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”
He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution
He’s fine with a recession
Americans can do with less
Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”
May 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Things the president of the United States said on meet the press today:
He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution
He’s fine with a recession
Americans can do with less
Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”
He doesn’t know if he has to follow the constitution
He’s fine with a recession
Americans can do with less
Small businesses are just “a couple of little businesses”
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On his verified account, President Trump has posted an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope.
May 3, 2025 at 2:50 AM
On his verified account, President Trump has posted an AI-generated image of himself as the Pope.
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The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
May 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 created the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. I reread it today; nothing in the law allows a president to defund PBS and NPR. In fact, Congress specifically sought to insulate public media from political pressure.
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White House cancels program which reduced sudden infant deaths
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths. Exclusive via Ismael M. Belkoura for @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/04/30/n...
NIH cancels participation in Safe to Sleep campaign that decreased infant deaths
NIH has cancelled its participation in Safe to Sleep, a 30-year campaign to prevent babies from dying in their sleep
www.statnews.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
White House cancels program which reduced sudden infant deaths
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personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
personally would like to see every store show what part of the price increase is due to tariffs bc if these tariffs ever come down, i need to see that price go right back down
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Deporting an American toddler
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’ politi.co/42TgorF
Judge says 2-year-old US citizen appears to have been deported with ‘no meaningful process’
The girl was deported Friday with her mother to Honduras, despite her father’s efforts to keep her in the United States.
politi.co
April 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Deporting an American toddler
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A school choice program that will fundamentally change Texas education by sending public dollars toward private schools is headed to the governor’s desk.
The state Senate voted Thursday to send Senate Bill 2 to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has promised to swiftly sign the voucherlike proposal.
The state Senate voted Thursday to send Senate Bill 2 to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has promised to swiftly sign the voucherlike proposal.
‘School choice’ heads to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk
The Texas Senate sent "school choice" bill, Senate Bill 2, to Gov. Greg Abbott Thursday. Abbott is expected to sign the bill, which will send public dollars...
www.dallasnews.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
A school choice program that will fundamentally change Texas education by sending public dollars toward private schools is headed to the governor’s desk.
The state Senate voted Thursday to send Senate Bill 2 to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has promised to swiftly sign the voucherlike proposal.
The state Senate voted Thursday to send Senate Bill 2 to Gov. Greg Abbott, who has promised to swiftly sign the voucherlike proposal.
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In much better news: after our fury, HHS says “We are now working to fully restore funding to” the Women's Health Initiative.
Sharing the gift article. Reminding us all that we're in 'announcements about announcements' territory, but let's keep close eye on this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Sharing the gift article. Reminding us all that we're in 'announcements about announcements' territory, but let's keep close eye on this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
April 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In much better news: after our fury, HHS says “We are now working to fully restore funding to” the Women's Health Initiative.
Sharing the gift article. Reminding us all that we're in 'announcements about announcements' territory, but let's keep close eye on this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
Sharing the gift article. Reminding us all that we're in 'announcements about announcements' territory, but let's keep close eye on this.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/h...
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
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That fear you have, that maybe even small decision to limit what you say or where you go, even for US citizens, it means we’re living under authoritarianism.
We're going from "foreign tourists afraid to visit the US" to "US citizens afraid to go abroad because of what could happen when they return to their own country"
April 21, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Hard to imagine more of a “pocketbook issue” than possibly getting kidnapped and sent to a torture site in a country you’ve never been to because some neo-Nazis with badges had a quota of arrests to make
Retainers for lawyers are not cheap
Retainers for lawyers are not cheap
Dem leaders and operatives saying “focus on pocketbook issues,” completely miss that due process *is* a pocketbook issue.
Tourists, students, investors, citizens all depend on rule of law.
Just because lawlessness is state-sponsored, doesn’t mean it ain’t crime, and crime is bad for the economy.
Tourists, students, investors, citizens all depend on rule of law.
Just because lawlessness is state-sponsored, doesn’t mean it ain’t crime, and crime is bad for the economy.
April 21, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Hard to imagine more of a “pocketbook issue” than possibly getting kidnapped and sent to a torture site in a country you’ve never been to because some neo-Nazis with badges had a quota of arrests to make
Retainers for lawyers are not cheap
Retainers for lawyers are not cheap
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The Nasher Sculpture Center has appointed Carlos Basualdo its next director.
Nasher Sculpture Center names new director
Carlos Basualdo, a native Argentinian, will assume leadership of the downtown Dallas museum on May 12.
www.dallasnews.com
April 18, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Nasher Sculpture Center has appointed Carlos Basualdo its next director.