Tyson
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Omfg…distract me with something smart please
The Border Is Invading America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Is Invading America
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August 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Trump war on information, education, arts, science, media youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s
Why Does Trump Hate Sesame Street?
YouTube video by Robert Reich
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July 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Trump war on information, education, arts, science, media youtu.be/rEH7sF6pA4s
US ARMY combat veteran self deports for fear of ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Purple heart army veteran self-deports after 50 years from ‘country I fought for’
Green card holder Sae Joon Park left for South Korea after saying he was being targeted by Trump administration
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June 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
US ARMY combat veteran self deports for fear of ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names
The move would reverse a yearslong effort to remove names and symbols honoring the Confederacy from the military.
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June 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Trump Says Army Bases Will Revert to Confederate Names www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/u...
Video of ICE agents cooperating with Tennessee state troopers to intimidate, harass, and detain immigrants.
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Video: ICE Agents and State Troopers Team Up in Nashville Operation
In early May, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were spotted alongside Tennessee State Highway Patrol troopers in areas of Nashville, partnering up for a weeklong operation that turned routin...
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May 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Video of ICE agents cooperating with Tennessee state troopers to intimidate, harass, and detain immigrants.
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A big time pro athlete like Joel Embiid—who’s originally from Cameroon) should step up and demonstrate resistance in this moment. He should oppose these Trump maneuvers publicly. It would go a very long way.
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Trump Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians
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May 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A big time pro athlete like Joel Embiid—who’s originally from Cameroon) should step up and demonstrate resistance in this moment. He should oppose these Trump maneuvers publicly. It would go a very long way.
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the bold, unbridled support for white supremacy by this Trump republican admin...
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Video: Inside Trump’s Exception for White South African Refugees
The Trump administration has welcomed white South Africans as refugees, even after suspending the refugee program for nearly all other groups. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, White House correspondent for The New...
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May 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
the bold, unbridled support for white supremacy by this Trump republican admin...
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✈️👀The US Government chartered OMNI Air plane below is bringing the 49 Afrikaner refugees claiming refugee status based on being white at a time when others in need are shut out. Story by @jeligon of NYT breaking now. Fuel stop in Senegal the Dulles in DC around Noon Monday.
May 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
✈️👀The US Government chartered OMNI Air plane below is bringing the 49 Afrikaner refugees claiming refugee status based on being white at a time when others in need are shut out. Story by @jeligon of NYT breaking now. Fuel stop in Senegal the Dulles in DC around Noon Monday.
The corruption has no limits…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/auction-to-dine-with-trump-creates-foreign-influence-opportunity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Auction to Dine With Trump Creates Foreign Influence Opportunity
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May 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The corruption has no limits…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/us/politics/auction-to-dine-with-trump-creates-foreign-influence-opportunity.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Today, U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting on defaulted student loans.
It sounds hard to believe, but college used to be free.
This is the real story behind skyrocketing student debt. (Spoiler: It has a lot to do with Ronald Reagan)
It sounds hard to believe, but college used to be free.
This is the real story behind skyrocketing student debt. (Spoiler: It has a lot to do with Ronald Reagan)
The Real Story Behind Skyrocketing Student Debt | Robert Reich
Heather McGhee, Co-Chair of Color of Change, and Ian Haney Lopez, author of "Dog Whistle Politics", explain how racism h
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May 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today, U.S. Department of Education will resume collecting on defaulted student loans.
It sounds hard to believe, but college used to be free.
This is the real story behind skyrocketing student debt. (Spoiler: It has a lot to do with Ronald Reagan)
It sounds hard to believe, but college used to be free.
This is the real story behind skyrocketing student debt. (Spoiler: It has a lot to do with Ronald Reagan)
‘Can’t sit back’: U.S. Department of Defense employees in Philly protest Trump effort to strip union rights from federal workers www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
‘Can’t sit back’: U.S. Department of Defense employees in Philly protest Trump effort to strip union rights from federal workers
The Trump administration on March 27 announced it was attempting to remove union rights for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
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April 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
‘Can’t sit back’: U.S. Department of Defense employees in Philly protest Trump effort to strip union rights from federal workers www.inquirer.com/business/phi...
Omfg anyone working at a big university with an endowment will love this “our commitment to you” satire. Hats off to you, Cora Frazier. This was perfect.
April 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Omfg anyone working at a big university with an endowment will love this “our commitment to you” satire. Hats off to you, Cora Frazier. This was perfect.
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I don't think it gets more Second Gilded Age than this.
April 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I don't think it gets more Second Gilded Age than this.
No matter what DOGE believes, the humanities aren’t waste. They are us. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
The humanities aren’t waste. They are us. | Opinion
Federal funding is the largest source of support for the state’s cultural sector. Take that away, and you don’t just harm nonprofits, you harm communities and local economies.
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April 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
No matter what DOGE believes, the humanities aren’t waste. They are us. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...
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“That’s our job right now, to keep hammering at the wall of injustice.” @heathercmcghee.bsky.social gives Jon, and the rest of us, a little taste of hope.
April 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“That’s our job right now, to keep hammering at the wall of injustice.” @heathercmcghee.bsky.social gives Jon, and the rest of us, a little taste of hope.
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army
Israeli settlers have beaten up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land."
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March 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
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Mark Klein, who died March 8, showed enormous bravery in exposing the largest U.S. government domestic spying operation in history. "I'm just devastated that we weren't able to get Mark justice during his lifetime,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @theregister.com.
RIP Mark Klein, the engineer who exposed US domestic spying
: AT&T engineer, and the Deep Throat of the network age, dies at 79
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March 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mark Klein, who died March 8, showed enormous bravery in exposing the largest U.S. government domestic spying operation in history. "I'm just devastated that we weren't able to get Mark justice during his lifetime,” EFF’s Cindy Cohn told @theregister.com.
Nursing homes and the AMA, once Medicaid defenders, hang back as GOP mulls big cuts www.inquirer.com/wires/mct/am...
Nursing homes and the AMA, once Medicaid defenders, hang back as GOP mulls big cuts
Medicaid, a state-federal insurance plan that together with the related Children's Health Insurance Program covers about 80 million Americans, is in the crosshairs as GOP hashes out tax cuts.
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March 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Nursing homes and the AMA, once Medicaid defenders, hang back as GOP mulls big cuts www.inquirer.com/wires/mct/am...
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Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
March 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Democratic Senator Chris Murphy on Mahmoud Khalil.
Far too many people are behind bars who should have been released a long time ago. Especially in Pennsylvania. This story is another example of egregious (but less visible) forms of injustice. Release Mechie Scott.
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She was sentenced to life in prison for murder at 19. Now 71 and with cancer, she faces roadblocks to early release.
Marie Scott has been a model inmate for the last 40 years, her attorneys said. Now 71 with cancer, she continues to face roadblocks in requesting early release from the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Far too many people are behind bars who should have been released a long time ago. Especially in Pennsylvania. This story is another example of egregious (but less visible) forms of injustice. Release Mechie Scott.
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