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The Trump administration will do anything to rid this country of the slightest hint of anti-Semitism, unless anti-Semites have a million dollars available to bribe the president, of course.
50 Trump crypto dinner invitees hold tokens linked to alt-right symbols and racist language - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
Fifty of the $TRUMP memecoin dinner invitees hold crypto assets named for alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog as well as swastikas.
www.citizensforethics.org
May 22, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Trump administration will do anything to rid this country of the slightest hint of anti-Semitism, unless anti-Semites have a million dollars available to bribe the president, of course.
Damn.
In a cost-cutting move, the Treasury Department will soon stop minting new pennies. The one-cent coins will still be legal tender. There are more than 100 billion pennies in circulation but many are gathering dust in change jars and forgotten pockets.
No more pennies: In big change, Treasury will stop minting them
In a cost-cutting move, the Treasury Department will soon stop minting new pennies. The one-cent coins will still be legal tender. There are more than 100 billion pennies in circulation but many are ...
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Damn.
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Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on ...
www.propublica.org
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.
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In the days of Woodward and Bernstein, the Washington Post held the nation’s most powerful officials to account. Now it's facing an identity crisis.
Is Jeff Bezos Selling Out the Washington Post?
The Amazon founder was once thought to be the newspaper’s savior—now its journalists are fleeing for the exits. Clare Malone reports on how the paper that brought down Nixon is struggling to survive t...
www.newyorker.com
May 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
In the days of Woodward and Bernstein, the Washington Post held the nation’s most powerful officials to account. Now it's facing an identity crisis.
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After ProPublica’s @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social was diagnosed with cancer, he set out to understand why a single pill of his medication costs the same as a new iPhone.
David's covered high drug prices for years, but what he discovered shocked even him.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
David's covered high drug prices for years, but what he discovered shocked even him.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
Cancer Drug Revlimid Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 5:52 PM
After ProPublica’s @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social was diagnosed with cancer, he set out to understand why a single pill of his medication costs the same as a new iPhone.
David's covered high drug prices for years, but what he discovered shocked even him.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
David's covered high drug prices for years, but what he discovered shocked even him.
📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social
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Breaking News: A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.
Divided Supreme Court Rejects Bid for Religious Charter School in Oklahoma
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Breaking News: A divided Supreme Court rejected a plan to allow Oklahoma to use government money to run the nation’s first religious charter school.
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#ICYMI: After years of heightened scrutiny by GOP lawmakers, NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases could be overhauled or effectively dismantled under the incoming Trump administration.
By @annamaria.bsky.social
By @annamaria.bsky.social
The Second Trump White House Could Drastically Reshape Infectious Disease Research. Here’s What’s at Stake.
Donald Trump’s pick to lead the federal health agency has vowed to replace hundreds of staffers and shift research away from infectious diseases and vaccines. Such an overhaul could imperil the…
propub.li
January 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
#ICYMI: After years of heightened scrutiny by GOP lawmakers, NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases could be overhauled or effectively dismantled under the incoming Trump administration.
By @annamaria.bsky.social
By @annamaria.bsky.social
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The U.S. State Department office that funds the clearance of unexploded munitions around the world has asked humanitarian demining organizations funded by the department to cease operations “effective immediately,” according to a surprise announcement early Saturday.
State Dept. Halts Global Mine-Clearing Programs
Efforts to clear unexploded munitions in places like Iraq and Southeast Asia will stop for at least three months, according to a surprise announcement.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
The U.S. State Department office that funds the clearance of unexploded munitions around the world has asked humanitarian demining organizations funded by the department to cease operations “effective immediately,” according to a surprise announcement early Saturday.
And yet, folks want Dems to be more like these thieves.
The GOP is trying to overturn a closely watched North Carolina Supreme Court election where two recounts show Democratic Justice Allison Riggs holding on to her seat by 734 votes.
Ballots from Helene-damaged areas are among the 65,000 that Republicans want to throw out in North Carolina | CNN Politics
The GOP is trying to overturn a closely watched North Carolina Supreme Court election where two recounts show Democratic Justice Allison Riggs holding on to her seat by 734 votes.
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
And yet, folks want Dems to be more like these thieves.
As a journalist, it's heartbreaking to see media bend the knee to Trump. I get that they have to respect the office but that does not mean that you have to sanewash everything he does.
January 25, 2025 at 12:53 AM
As a journalist, it's heartbreaking to see media bend the knee to Trump. I get that they have to respect the office but that does not mean that you have to sanewash everything he does.
In their minds only.
The Gulf of Mexico is now officially known as the “Gulf of America,” at least according to the U.S. government. The Trump administration appears to have the authority to change the name, even though other countries do not have to go along with it. nyti.ms/3EbgOAS
January 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
In their minds only.
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A 15-year-old opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School.
A month later, a 17-year-old killed a classmate at Antioch High School.
According to researchers, both were active in the same online networks that glorify mass shooters.
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social, w/ @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social
A month later, a 17-year-old killed a classmate at Antioch High School.
According to researchers, both were active in the same online networks that glorify mass shooters.
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social, w/ @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social
Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities
A month after a student opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School, another killed a classmate at Antioch High School. Both were active in an internet subculture that glorifies mass shooters and en...
propub.li
January 25, 2025 at 12:47 AM
A 15-year-old opened fire at Abundant Life Christian School.
A month later, a 17-year-old killed a classmate at Antioch High School.
According to researchers, both were active in the same online networks that glorify mass shooters.
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social, w/ @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social
A month later, a 17-year-old killed a classmate at Antioch High School.
According to researchers, both were active in the same online networks that glorify mass shooters.
By @phoebepetrovic.bsky.social, w/ @wisconsinwatch.bsky.social
Let me get my membership
Costco shareholders voted strongly against a proposal requesting a report on the risks of maintaining its diversity and inclusion initiatives, the US company said, sending a message running counter to the intense scrutiny many such corporate policies face. cnn.it/3PQdvlo
January 25, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Let me get my membership
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He sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality.
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
Trump Voters Are in for a Rude Awakening
He sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality.
newrepublic.com
January 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He sold them countless, often conflicting fantasies. In 2025, he’ll face political reality.
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
newrepublic.com/article/1895...
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A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
A real photo and perfect metaphor heading into 2025.
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Super predictable.
Fox News has now retracted their earlier claim that the suspect in the New Orleans attack drove the truck across the border a couple days ago in Eagle Pass, Texas.
Fox News? Spreading misinformation so people think the suspect is an illegal immigrant? Color me shocked. 🙄
Fox News? Spreading misinformation so people think the suspect is an illegal immigrant? Color me shocked. 🙄
January 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Super predictable.
Happy New Year, folks
January 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Happy New Year, folks
Mane, some day, I get tired of crying.
November 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Mane, some day, I get tired of crying.
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Across the nation, more than half of the approximately 2,100 prisoners with death sentences are incarcerated in jurisdictions where executions are on hold, according to a Post analysis.
Many appear likely to die without seeing the inside of an execution chamber.
Many appear likely to die without seeing the inside of an execution chamber.
They were sentenced to death. Executions plummeted. What happens now?
More than 2,100 people sit on American death rows. Will most of them die there waiting to be executed?
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Across the nation, more than half of the approximately 2,100 prisoners with death sentences are incarcerated in jurisdictions where executions are on hold, according to a Post analysis.
Many appear likely to die without seeing the inside of an execution chamber.
Many appear likely to die without seeing the inside of an execution chamber.
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Since Russian strikes happen most often at night, they have been robbing millions of Ukrainians of proper sleep.
Sleep deprivation makes even minor dangers feel extreme, explains Nika Bielska, a sleep consultant and geneticist.
Sleep deprivation makes even minor dangers feel extreme, explains Nika Bielska, a sleep consultant and geneticist.
'We are exhausted' — how Ukrainians cope with nightly Russian drone attacks
Marharyta Koldanova was standing at a bus stop in a residential area in Kyiv when a sudden loud noise went off, prompting her to take out a tourniquet from her bag and prepare to quickly apply it in c...
kyivindependent.com
November 17, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Since Russian strikes happen most often at night, they have been robbing millions of Ukrainians of proper sleep.
Sleep deprivation makes even minor dangers feel extreme, explains Nika Bielska, a sleep consultant and geneticist.
Sleep deprivation makes even minor dangers feel extreme, explains Nika Bielska, a sleep consultant and geneticist.
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Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
November 15, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Just to be clear: the incoming Trump administration is going to war against their own Republican senate majority and the constitution's advice and consent provision so they can make a man investigated for ***sex trafficking a minor*** into the most powerful law enforcement officer in the country.
Every election, y'all do this post-mortem where you blame everybody but white people for why the Dems didn't meet expectations. This is how we all get played. This article is a playbook.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Inside the Republican false-flag effort to turn off Kamala Harris voters
A multi-pronged dark money effort by advisers to Elon Musk targeted liberals, Jews, Muslims and Black voters with ads that were not quite what they seemed.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Every election, y'all do this post-mortem where you blame everybody but white people for why the Dems didn't meet expectations. This is how we all get played. This article is a playbook.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
ESPN is crazy. They keep showing a hit that left a man with a concussion.
November 15, 2024 at 2:25 PM
ESPN is crazy. They keep showing a hit that left a man with a concussion.
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In case you missed it, here's our original investigation into how America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives.
Gun Companies Gave Customers’ Sensitive Personal Information to Political Operatives
At least 10 gun industry businesses, including Glock, Smith & Wesson, Remington and Mossberg, secretly handed over names, addresses and other data to lobbyists, who used the details to rally firearm o...
propub.li
November 15, 2024 at 2:10 PM
In case you missed it, here's our original investigation into how America’s most iconic gun-makers turned over sensitive personal information on hundreds of thousands of customers to political operatives.
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New: In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for political purposes.
Senator Slams Gun Industry’s “Invasive and Dangerous” Sharing of Customer Data With Political Operatives
In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for political purposes.
propub.li
November 15, 2024 at 2:10 PM
New: In response to a ProPublica investigation, Sen. Richard Blumenthal demanded answers from the gun industry about its “covert program” to collect information on gun owners for political purposes.