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NEW: Last week, Utah GOP lawmakers voted to reject a court-ordered congressional map. While the move was largely ceremonial, it signals their intent to ask the state Supreme Court — and potentially SCOTUS — to uphold their recently rejected gerrymander.
Utah GOP Lawmakers Won’t Give Up on Their Gerrymander Plan
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
NEW: Last week, Utah GOP lawmakers voted to reject a court-ordered congressional map. While the move was largely ceremonial, it signals their intent to ask the state Supreme Court — and potentially SCOTUS — to uphold their recently rejected gerrymander.
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If you live near Pinellas County Florida there’s a used bookstore called the Book Rescuers 📚
werescuebooks.com
#books #bookrescuers
werescuebooks.com
#books #bookrescuers
a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
ALT: a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
media.tenor.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you live near Pinellas County Florida there’s a used bookstore called the Book Rescuers 📚
werescuebooks.com
#books #bookrescuers
werescuebooks.com
#books #bookrescuers
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They hate on our Black queens because they can’t handle their greatness.
December 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
They hate on our Black queens because they can’t handle their greatness.
This is important. When a once trusted institution like the CDC becomes an anti-science disinformation machine, we must pivot away from their advice & messaging to trusted sources. Ppl who know the science are provided science & fact-based information and guidance. Listen 2thm. 😷💉🥼🩺⚕️💊 🧼✋🏿✋🏻✋🏼✋🏽✋🏾
Brutal but effective public health messaging from New York Public Health.
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
The CDC is compromised. They’re no longer a reliable source of information.
They push anti-vaxx & anti-science grift.
Get your vaccines. Wear a respirator. Clean the air
Get public health advice from experts, not RFK Jr
December 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
This is important. When a once trusted institution like the CDC becomes an anti-science disinformation machine, we must pivot away from their advice & messaging to trusted sources. Ppl who know the science are provided science & fact-based information and guidance. Listen 2thm. 😷💉🥼🩺⚕️💊 🧼✋🏿✋🏻✋🏼✋🏽✋🏾
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NEW VIDEO: I explain the Republican Voter Suppression War Machine — a breakdown of the tactics, laws, and strategies that GOP is using to restrict voting access in the United States. youtu.be/di-eBOz4dRU?...
Trump's Plan to Steal the Election: What's Beneath the Surface?
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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December 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW VIDEO: I explain the Republican Voter Suppression War Machine — a breakdown of the tactics, laws, and strategies that GOP is using to restrict voting access in the United States. youtu.be/di-eBOz4dRU?...
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Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
June 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Mark and Melissa lie peacefully at the center of our state and our hearts today. Their memorial, guarded by service dogs and men and women in uniform, casts a momentary shadow over L'Étoile du Nord as we honor their life’s work to make Minnesota shine brighter for all.
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NEW: In a sweeping rebuke of President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against law firms that challenged his political agenda, a federal judge Friday struck down in its entirety an executive order issued by Trump that targeted a powerful law firm. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting Law Firm Susman Godfrey
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 27, 2025 at 11:15 PM
NEW: In a sweeping rebuke of President Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution against law firms that challenged his political agenda, a federal judge Friday struck down in its entirety an executive order issued by Trump that targeted a powerful law firm. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Right now, Senate Republicans are trying to pass their version of President Trump's budget plan. It's the same story. More attacks on Medicaid and health care, all to pay for tax cuts that benefit the wealthy.
June 28, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Right now, Senate Republicans are trying to pass their version of President Trump's budget plan. It's the same story. More attacks on Medicaid and health care, all to pay for tax cuts that benefit the wealthy.
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VETERAN: “This is why they can’t wear masks. Because people like this exist… if you want to snatch people off the streets, do it in uniform, and show your damn face.”
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
June 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
VETERAN: “This is why they can’t wear masks. Because people like this exist… if you want to snatch people off the streets, do it in uniform, and show your damn face.”
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
(@MarshaBlackburn’s Secret Police bill criminalizes transparency and threatens 5 years for naming an ICE agent)
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“They want everyone to believe what they believe. When Trump changes his mind about something, then you need to believe that, too. It’s functionally a totalitarian political view that says, ‘You’re allowed to think and say what I want you to think and say.’”
Adam Serwer on America's "new dark age"
"They see this as a long-term investment in a more ignorant population reliant on sources of information they can control."
www.publicnotice.co
June 7, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“They want everyone to believe what they believe. When Trump changes his mind about something, then you need to believe that, too. It’s functionally a totalitarian political view that says, ‘You’re allowed to think and say what I want you to think and say.’”
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MISSING SAILOR: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
21-year-old sailor Angelina Resendiz goes missing from Navy barracks in Virginia
Resendiz was last seen May 29 at at the Naval Station Norfolk, and officials say her disappearance "poses a credible threat to their health and safety."
www.nbcnews.com
June 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
MISSING SAILOR: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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June 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Coco Gauff becomes the first American player to win a singles title at the French Open since Serena Williams (2015) 🇺🇸
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June 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Coco Gauff becomes the first American player to win a singles title at the French Open since Serena Williams (2015) 🇺🇸
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North Carolina’s Supreme Court allowed a GOP-backed law to take effect after a lower court said it’s “unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.” The law strips the Democratic governor of power over elections and hands it over to a Republican.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
North Carolina Supreme Court Greenlights GOP Takeover of State Elections Board
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
North Carolina’s Supreme Court allowed a GOP-backed law to take effect after a lower court said it’s “unconstitutional beyond a reasonable doubt.” The law strips the Democratic governor of power over elections and hands it over to a Republican.
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Such hopeful news about HIV, thanks to mRNA technology which also gave us COVID-19 vaccines.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Breakthrough in search for HIV cure leaves researchers ‘overwhelmed’
Exclusive: Melbourne team demonstrates way to make the virus visible within white blood cells, paving the way to fully clear it from the body
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Such hopeful news about HIV, thanks to mRNA technology which also gave us COVID-19 vaccines.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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A number of lawsuits challenging the president’s lawbreaking spree are headed to the Supreme Court. It’s a big test for this ideological Court.
Will Courts Keep Checking the President?
The Supreme Court shouldn’t back down.
www.brennancenter.org
June 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A number of lawsuits challenging the president’s lawbreaking spree are headed to the Supreme Court. It’s a big test for this ideological Court.
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New details emerge from war against "surprisingly difficult foe," including cost ($1.5 billion in ordnance alone), scale (10% of all surface fleet deployed), evolving Houthi tactics (mixed drones + ballistic missiles in increasingly dense barrages), 12+ Predators lost, delayed carrier maintenance
How the Houthis Rattled the U.S. Navy—and Transformed Maritime War
Persistent bombardment in confined waters pushed sailors to the edge in a costly battle that ended in stalemate.
www.wsj.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
New details emerge from war against "surprisingly difficult foe," including cost ($1.5 billion in ordnance alone), scale (10% of all surface fleet deployed), evolving Houthi tactics (mixed drones + ballistic missiles in increasingly dense barrages), 12+ Predators lost, delayed carrier maintenance
This is why we walk gently through another human's pain.This why we honor lives lost because they're attached to others who cannot forget and ask us for at least one day to remember with them. Prayers and real thoughts for all who mourn today. #MemorialDayRemembrances 🙏🏿🕊️🪖🎖️🇺🇸
For those who sacrificed all, and the ones who will never forget them.
May 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is why we walk gently through another human's pain.This why we honor lives lost because they're attached to others who cannot forget and ask us for at least one day to remember with them. Prayers and real thoughts for all who mourn today. #MemorialDayRemembrances 🙏🏿🕊️🪖🎖️🇺🇸
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Despite some misinformation in recent headlines, the long-term trend is still downward for land ice in #Antarctica and #Greenland...
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
May 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Despite some misinformation in recent headlines, the long-term trend is still downward for land ice in #Antarctica and #Greenland...
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
My visualization can also be downloaded at zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i.... It was just updated for data through February 2025.
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“Tonight a woman is speaking to you.” During WWII, the Italian station Radio Bari became the voice of free Italy. Alba de Céspedes broadcast twice a week, addressing the women of Italy. Read three transcripts, translated into English for the first time.
Alba de Céspedes’s Broadcasts Against Fascism
During the Second World War, the Italian writer took to the radio, urging resistance to the pressures of tyranny.
www.newyorker.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“Tonight a woman is speaking to you.” During WWII, the Italian station Radio Bari became the voice of free Italy. Alba de Céspedes broadcast twice a week, addressing the women of Italy. Read three transcripts, translated into English for the first time.
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Earlier this month, the Kentucky Derby kicked off — but today, we’re tipping our hats to a history-making trailblazer who helped set it all in motion. 🧵
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May 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Earlier this month, the Kentucky Derby kicked off — but today, we’re tipping our hats to a history-making trailblazer who helped set it all in motion. 🧵
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Alondra Nelson has resigned from both the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council, citing a loss of institutional integrity and political interference. 🧵
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May 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Alondra Nelson has resigned from both the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council, citing a loss of institutional integrity and political interference. 🧵
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The U.S. Justice Department is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, despite its prior finding that police in both cities routinely violated the civil rights of Black people, a senior official said on Wednesday. 🧵
apple.news/AfyGXDOXuS8-...
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US abandons police reform accords sought over deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor — Reuters
The U.S. Justice Department is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, despite its prior finding that police in both cities routinely violated the civi...
apple.news
May 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
The U.S. Justice Department is abandoning efforts to secure court-approved settlements with Minneapolis and Louisville, despite its prior finding that police in both cities routinely violated the civil rights of Black people, a senior official said on Wednesday. 🧵
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apple.news/AfyGXDOXuS8-...
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Almost all of the 381 books that the Naval Academy removed from its libraries have been returned to shelves. 🧵
Navy reverses course on DEI book ban after Pentagon review
Almost all 381 books the Naval Academy removed from its libraries have been returned to shelves after new review using Pentagon's standardized DEI search terms.
abcnews.go.com
May 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Almost all of the 381 books that the Naval Academy removed from its libraries have been returned to shelves. 🧵