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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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Really needy. But so many pathetic moments to choose from.
This will be remembered as the most pathetic moment in American history. What a needy fool.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Really needy. But so many pathetic moments to choose from.
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In Sept., the IRS granted tax-exempt status to the Donald Trump Mount Rushmore Memorial Legacy
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November 24, 2025 at 1:22 AM
In Sept., the IRS granted tax-exempt status to the Donald Trump Mount Rushmore Memorial Legacy
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This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
This man, Rev. Michael Woolf, wrote this for us earlier this month: "It is up to us to keep our communities safe from this terror, and scripture tells us that God will meet us there—at the picket line, amid the tear gas." sojo.net/articles/opi...
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Something very powerful is happening in Voronezh
There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Something very powerful is happening in Voronezh
There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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There is a fire in the area of the Chemical Automation Design Bureau – one of the main centers of Russian rocket engineering, where engines for the "Soyuz", "Proton", and "Angara" rockets are tested.
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History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
What Comes Next After the 2025 Elections
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
History has taught us that this is precisely when Donald Trump is most dangerous — and when Republicans turn to voter suppression, election subversion and worse. With the 2026 midterm elections less than a year away, Trump is already plotting his next moves.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
Here’s what we all need to prepare for.
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“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
Will This Photo Define the Trump Years?
A Saturday Prompt
www.americaamerica.news
November 8, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“In this single moment, we got more visual evidence of Trump’s absence of compassion, indeed the indifference to the suffering of another human…What a tragedy that at a time of grave and great challenges a man like this occupies our White House.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
www.americaamerica.news/p/will-this-...
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From Manhattan to Manhattan Beach, we won’t stand for a mad king.
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 AM
From Manhattan to Manhattan Beach, we won’t stand for a mad king.
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Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
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$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
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The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The utter stupidity of pursuing a criminal trial against someone for throwing a sandwich that bounced off a bullet proof vest pissing away hundreds of thousands of dollars for this joke is the perfect encapsulation of this Administration.
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"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S.
“Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 AM
"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-leo-xiv...
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who could have predicted www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Some South Korea firms pulled projects after Hyundai immigration raid
Reluctance to do business in the U.S. after a massive Hyundai immigration raid could make it tougher for South Korea to fulfill its pledge of $350 billion in U.S. investments.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
who could have predicted www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is Adelita Grijalva. She was elected 43 days ago.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
Republicans still refuse to swear her in because she is the final vote needed to release the Epstein Files.
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
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We know the Liar hates being seen with anyone not up to his standards-- no injured, no wounded, no unattractive women, usually no minorities, etc.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Judge orders White House to restore sign language interpreters at briefings by Trump, Leavitt
U.S. District Judge Amir Ali said the White House’s decision to end ASL interpretation illegally excluded deaf Americans from crucial updates from the government.
www.politico.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We know the Liar hates being seen with anyone not up to his standards-- no injured, no wounded, no unattractive women, usually no minorities, etc.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
He has now gone to a new low. He does not like the image of sign language interpreters on stage with him and has chosen to break a law requiring it.
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"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment.
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"The agent grabbed Ms. Stagi by the hair, put her into a chokehold, dragged her through the street and threw her down a grassy embankment.
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
Ms. Stagi said, “I’m 5-2. I’m not assaulting him..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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NEW: Trump advisers Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort & Tony Fabrizio were paid a total of nearly $1.7 million over the course of less than 4 months by the party of the Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, who is sanctioned by the State Department for "significant corruption."
Trump Advisers Were Paid Over $1.6 Million by the Albanian Opposition
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
NEW: Trump advisers Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort & Tony Fabrizio were paid a total of nearly $1.7 million over the course of less than 4 months by the party of the Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha, who is sanctioned by the State Department for "significant corruption."
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FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
FWIW, social democracies like Norway, Sweden etc have big businesses. They have billionaires.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
They also have universal healthcare, quality free education & child care, and programs to curb poverty and food insecurity.
How?
Their billionaires pay taxes and don’t control the government.
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Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income.
They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive.
Wanna fix fraud and abuse?
Fix that.
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So, you know... good luck with your Healthcare and all that.
Really worth reading the entire 60 minutes interview transcript but admit this part got me laughing out loud.
November 4, 2025 at 4:16 AM
So, you know... good luck with your Healthcare and all that.
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Trump on Netanyahu: "I don't think they treat him very well. He's under trial for some things. We'll be involved in that to help him out a little bit because I think it's very unfair."
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump on Netanyahu: "I don't think they treat him very well. He's under trial for some things. We'll be involved in that to help him out a little bit because I think it's very unfair."
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Holy shit. Talk about a little too on the nose.
Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration
November 3, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Holy shit. Talk about a little too on the nose.
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At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.
November 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
At some point we might have to consider the fact that he might be mentally unstable.