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Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome x.com/repalgreen/s...
Congressman Al Green on X: "Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl" / X
Today, the House GOP censured me for speaking out for the American people against @POTUS’s plan to cut Medicaid. I accept the consequences of my actions, but I refuse to stay silent in the face of injustice. #WeShallOvercome https://t.co/sVklRmPCJl
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March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com
Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
kyivindependent.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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BAIER: Would the Palestinians have the right to return to Gaza?

TRUMP: No, they wouldn't
February 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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NEW: “A company owned by two of Donald Trump’s top mega-donors has routinely brought dozens of its workers from Mexico to staff its warehouses in Wisconsin and other locations even though they do not appear to have permission to work in the US.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Major Trump donors who complained of immigrant ‘invasion’ used Mexican workers illegally, sources allege
Exclusive: Experts believe the alleged ‘shuttle support’ program used by Uline – a company owned by billionaires Liz and Dick Uihlein – is likely illegal and exploitative of workers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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A man chased down and choked a journalist in Colorado, demanding to see their ID and berating them about their nationality

“Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect this country from people like you!,” he reportedly said
Suspect arrested on suspicion of bias-motivated assault of Grand Junction man: “This is Trump’s America now”
The victim told police that Egan rolled down his window and said, “Are you even a U.S. citizen? This is Trump’s America now! I’m a Marine, and I took an oath to protect this country from people lik…
www.denverpost.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.

Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?

#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
www.ajmc.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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Tim Walz just did 1st interview w/ MN media since the campaign

"Are there things you could've done differently? Since we lost, the answer is obviously yes... I did the best I could"

"I was a little surprised [we lost]. I thought we had a positive message & I thought the country was ready for that"
December 6, 2024 at 2:26 AM
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Rep. Tom Tiffany says he'd like to cut "mandatory spending" like food stamps
December 5, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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TODAY’S EPISODE OF:
WE F*CKING WARNED YOU

Pittsburgh steelworkers who supported Trump aren’t happy that he’s opposing the US Steel-Nippon deal.

“I am very frustrated with the news that came out last night…that was like a gut punch.” — United Steelworkers VP Jason Zugai
December 4, 2024 at 4:01 AM
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The Texas Maternal Mortality Committee is skipping review of maternal deaths after the Dobbs decision and not enough people are talking about it.

My latest with @meidastouch.bsky.social: meidasnews.com/news/texas-m...
Texas Maternal Mortality Committee Skips Reviewing Two Years Of Maternal Deaths
The deaths occurred in the two years following the Dobbs decision and the Texas state abortion ban
meidasnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 6:17 PM
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“People always say, ‘The news is too negative.’ Well, why don’t people click on and retweet and share our more positive stories? I think the answer Bluesky is giving us is that it was the algorithms."
-me
www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-...
Journalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'
Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2024 at 3:49 PM
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Canada's top military commander Jennie Carignan calls out the GOP for questioning women in combat: After 39 years as a combat arms officer and risking my life in many operations, I can’t believe that in 2024, we still have to justify women's contribution to defense and service in their country...
November 25, 2024 at 1:05 AM