GrandRisingBiskit
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Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said
He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Reggie Williams was walking to a corner store when armed authorities aggressively asked him if he was from Ethiopia or Ghana, he said
He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
He and other Black Memphis residents have been reporting harassment by Trump’s police task force: "I don't feel safe"
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Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.
A gun violence 'action plan' calls for a new emphasis on prevention
Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.
n.pr
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Dozens of leaders in medicine, criminal justice and more issued an urgent call for collective action to tackle the gun violence crisis in the U.S.
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The administration said it could cover “50% of eligible households current allotments” through November with the $4.65 billion in a contingency fund.
SNAP Will Stay Partially Funded Through November—But Benefits Could Be Significantly Cut
The administration said it could cover “50% of eligible households current allotments” through November with the $4.65 billion in a contingency fund.
www.forbes.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The administration said it could cover “50% of eligible households current allotments” through November with the $4.65 billion in a contingency fund.
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A partial publication of Treasury docs has confirmed Trump’s fears and disproved his administration’s claim: within the just six pages are the names of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Bill Gates.
The shutdown halts the investigation and prevents the US Treasury from delivering any more records.
The shutdown halts the investigation and prevents the US Treasury from delivering any more records.
SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records
The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.
www.beltway.news
October 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
A partial publication of Treasury docs has confirmed Trump’s fears and disproved his administration’s claim: within the just six pages are the names of Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Bill Gates.
The shutdown halts the investigation and prevents the US Treasury from delivering any more records.
The shutdown halts the investigation and prevents the US Treasury from delivering any more records.
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Sometimes I think of how only two generations of us were even allowed to attend these settler colonial ass universities in tiny, awkward handfuls, and how even that was too much
August 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Sometimes I think of how only two generations of us were even allowed to attend these settler colonial ass universities in tiny, awkward handfuls, and how even that was too much
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The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain regulatory agencies.
Supreme Court allows Trump to fire 3 Democrats on consumer safety panel
The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain regulatory agencies.
n.pr
July 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The decision further limits a 90-year-old high-court precedent that was aimed at protecting the independence of certain regulatory agencies.
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It can be challenging to connect climate change to people’s everyday lives. But there’s nothing abstract about heat waves and vanishing beaches. https://trib.al/RRyeY2z
This Might Be the Climate Wake-Up Call We’ve Been Waiting For
It can be challenging to connect climate change to people’s everyday lives. But there’s nothing abstract about heat waves and vanishing beaches.
trib.al
July 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
It can be challenging to connect climate change to people’s everyday lives. But there’s nothing abstract about heat waves and vanishing beaches. https://trib.al/RRyeY2z
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This is utterly unacceptable.
"The Texas county where nearly 100 people were killed and more than 160 remain missing had the technology to turn every cellphone in the river valley into a blaring alarm but local officials did not do so...as river levels rose to record heights...a Washington Post examination found."
Kerr County did not use its most far-reaching alert system in deadly Texas floods
Local officials used the system more than two days after the recorded height of the floods.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 12, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is utterly unacceptable.
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whenever i see grok screenshots i remember how it's running on methane-gas generators in a black neighborhood in memphis www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
'How come I can’t breathe?': Musk's data company draws a backlash in Memphis
The company’s turbines — enough to power 280,000 homes — run without emission controls in an area that leads Tennessee in asthma hospitalizations.
www.politico.com
July 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
whenever i see grok screenshots i remember how it's running on methane-gas generators in a black neighborhood in memphis www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
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It's the:
"You can't trust experts, scholars, people with degrees, and the *overly educated*"
for me.
And the fact that that language is effective
"You can't trust experts, scholars, people with degrees, and the *overly educated*"
for me.
And the fact that that language is effective
July 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It's the:
"You can't trust experts, scholars, people with degrees, and the *overly educated*"
for me.
And the fact that that language is effective
"You can't trust experts, scholars, people with degrees, and the *overly educated*"
for me.
And the fact that that language is effective
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Appeals court temporarily blocks federal judge's ruling to return control of National Guard to California.
June 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Appeals court temporarily blocks federal judge's ruling to return control of National Guard to California.
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The demand for the measles vaccine is so high in Texas that they are now RUNNING OUT of them. I have always said it would come to this. Science will always exist. Politics will never usurp it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Texas cities run short of MMR vaccine as measles outbreak drives demand
Pharmacies are struggling with supplies as fatal outbreak expands and health secretary sows disinformation
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The demand for the measles vaccine is so high in Texas that they are now RUNNING OUT of them. I have always said it would come to this. Science will always exist. Politics will never usurp it.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Protestors lined up outside of a Tesla dealership on Route 35 in Eatontown NJ, a town sitting inside cherry red district 4, represented by congress’s longest serving Republican, Chris Smith
March 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Protestors lined up outside of a Tesla dealership on Route 35 in Eatontown NJ, a town sitting inside cherry red district 4, represented by congress’s longest serving Republican, Chris Smith
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"There is no appeasing a political force like the Trumpian right," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social. interc.pt/41sdUzy
March 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
"There is no appeasing a political force like the Trumpian right," writes @natashalennard.bsky.social. interc.pt/41sdUzy
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
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WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
February 22, 2025 at 5:18 AM
WYOMING:
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
“Thank you, Madam chairman.”
“I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.”
“Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”
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i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
January 31, 2025 at 3:15 AM
i just cannot get over how much the administration’s response to the crash shows a profound disrespect for the lives of the people they are supposed to serve
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In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK, Jr., a "predator" ahead of his confirmation hearings
In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
www.npr.org
January 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.
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Usually teach Lord of the Flies at the end of the year but decided to move it up to February because, yeah, I dunno, felt like a good time to explore fascism and masculinity as brutality.
January 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Usually teach Lord of the Flies at the end of the year but decided to move it up to February because, yeah, I dunno, felt like a good time to explore fascism and masculinity as brutality.
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Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
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The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
January 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
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UnitedHealth found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
UnitedHealth, employer of slain exec Brian Thompson, found to have overcharged cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
The report is the latest indictment of America’s broken healthcare system.
fortune.com
January 17, 2025 at 3:20 AM
UnitedHealth found to have overcharged some cancer patients for drugs by over 1,000%
Did this Jackasss Screw Mohammeds Scan so she can save her boo!! Omg
a man in a suit and tie is saying she hooked
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is saying she hooked
media.tenor.com
January 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Did this Jackasss Screw Mohammeds Scan so she can save her boo!! Omg
Watching the Pete Hegseth hearing and people are protesting!!! As they should! His nomination is ABSOLUTE HORSESHIT! This man is only qualified to run his mouth!
January 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Watching the Pete Hegseth hearing and people are protesting!!! As they should! His nomination is ABSOLUTE HORSESHIT! This man is only qualified to run his mouth!
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“Our results show that floods were associated with higher death rates for most major causes of death, even for rain- and snow-related floods that are less likely to generate rapid emergency responses”
Flooding’s Hidden Killers Include Heart Attacks and Infections
A new study found that flood deaths can rise by 25 percent three months after a disaster
buff.ly
January 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“Our results show that floods were associated with higher death rates for most major causes of death, even for rain- and snow-related floods that are less likely to generate rapid emergency responses”