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Lisa Alvarado
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Poet Chicana Italian Bi Jew Antifascist
What we choose to do matters.

Website: lisaalvarado.net
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Sostre laid a foundation for contemporary Black anarchism and prison abolition. A new biography finally tells his story.
Martin Sostre’s Life Teaches Us Revolutionary Moments Are Always Upon Us
Sostre laid a foundation for contemporary Black anarchism and prison abolition. A new biography finally tells his story.
buff.ly
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I told y’all Ken doesn’t play
Mockler: What would be your message to Elon Musk…

DNC Chair Martin: Go to hell…
March 5, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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This is unacceptable.
🚨 BREAKING: This is beyond outrageous. Elon Musk, his cranky mother Maye, and one of his young kids were chauffeured in Air Force One and Marine One—straight to the White House, where they’re apparently staying.

WTF is going on? It goes without saying, this is not normal. 🙄
March 3, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Universities that decried Trump’s “Muslim Ban” in 2017 are largely silent in the face of the president’s brazen executive order to revoke the visas of students involved in Palestine solidarity protests.
Trump Threatened to Revoke Visas of Students Who Dissent. Where’s the Pushback?
Universities that decried Trump’s “Muslim Ban” in 2017 are largely silent now as Trump bullies international students.
truthout.org
February 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Dark money groups funded by Elon Musk spending over $4 million to buy Wisconsin Supreme Court race

GOP-dominated courts on verge of overturning election of Democrat Allison Riggs in NC Supreme Court race

There's a constitutional crisis in the states as well

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Republicans and Elon Musk are also causing a constitutional crisis in the states
The GOP is going to unprecedented lengths to seize power over state courts in North Carolina and Wisconsin.
www.motherjones.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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So Marty Baron says it plain: “It was only weeks ago that The Post described itself as providing coverage for ‘all of America,’” Baron wrote in his statement. “Now its opinion pages will be open to only some of America, those who think exactly as he does.” www.thedailybeast.com//ex-wapo-edi...
Legendary Washington Post Editor Slams Bezos for ‘Betraying’ Paper with MAGA Makeover
Former executive editor Marty Baron told the Daily Beast there was “no doubt in my mind” that Bezos was prioritizing his business interests over The Washington Post.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Unconfirmed cabinet nominee Linda McMahon attended Trump’s Cabinet meeting.
February 26, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Fucking hell, this is how the dark ages sprang upon us. Read a damned history book people.
February 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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this is so deeply disturbing and tragic for the committed professionals in the fbi. 💔
Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of the FBI, President Trump said on Sunday night.
Right-Wing Commentator Named F.B.I. Deputy Director
The choice of Dan Bongino is a radical departure from the bureau’s history of having a veteran agent serve in the key role that oversees operations.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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The Texas Department of State Health Services confirmed at least 90 cases of measles in the South Plains region of the state. At least 90 confirmed cases of a rapidly growing outbreak — across seven counties. Only five of the 90 patients had been vaccinated. The outbreak has resulted in 16…
February 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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President Trump’s shrinking last week of the Internal Revenue Service during tax filing season “will only render our government less effective and less efficient,” write seven former IRS commissioners.
Opinion | Gutting the I.R.S. Is the Opposite of Fiscal Responsibility
The Trump administration’s decision to fire over 6,000 I.R.S. workers will make the government less effective and less efficient, not more.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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The military transported about 15 immigration detainees from Texas to the U.S. base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on Sunday, bringing in new migrants who have been designated for deportation days after it cleared the base of its first group of deportees.
Trump Administration Moves More Migrants to Guantánamo Bay
The base had been cleared of migrants since Thursday, after the government sent 177 to Venezuela and one back to the United States.
www.nytimes.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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From a doctor in Maryland who specializes in public health and infectious diseases:

"People travel across the country to participate in these trials, some lifesaving trials. The pause doesn’t just impact the researcher...it impacts the patients themselves, potentially life-threatening impacts."
February 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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NEW — “In the last few years, we have seen a change in City Council where we’re getting more progressives elected to office who are way more friendly to labor.

We’re able to pass things like Paid Time Off [ordinance] and One Fair Wage [ordinance].”

thetriibe.com/2025/02/chic...
Chicago alders discuss the importance of labor movement work with students • The TRiiBE
Four alders provide Malcolm X College students with a glimpse of what labor organizing means in City Hall.
thetriibe.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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Recirculating my and @mjsdc.bsky.social's scoop from last night. New AG Pam Bondi has sent out a directive to staff asking for options to criminally investigate specific companies for DEI initiatives. Memo is now available. Here's the relevant passage and from the EO: slate.com/news-and-pol...
February 6, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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At CommunityHealth, which serves a large immigration population, prescriptions have been left on shelves since President Donald Trump took office.
Amid deportation fears, hundreds of patients skip appointments at one Chicago health clinic
At CommunityHealth, which serves a large immigration population, prescriptions have been left on shelves since President Donald Trump took office.
buff.ly
February 5, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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John Lewis is proud of Jasmine Crockett... we all need to get in "good trouble" now!
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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They have to pay for the tax cuts for rich folks somehow.

I guess early childhood education for kids is as good a source as any…
February 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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“If we had the legal right to do it, I would do it in a heartbeat,” Trump told reporters of the idea of sending incarcerated people — including U.S. citizens — to a “megaprison” in El Salvador. His choice of words appeared to be an admission that the deal wouldn’t be legal.
Trump Would Send Incarcerated US Citizens to El Salvador “In a Heartbeat” if It Were Legal, He Says
Sending US citizens who are incarcerated to other countries’ prison systems would be illegal, experts say.
buff.ly
February 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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February 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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Well played, President Claudia Sheinbaum, for committing troops already at the border since 2021, knowing perfectly well President Man Baby would have no idea and take it as a win.
February 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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This is Acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll. Last Friday he refused Justice Department order to identify & assist in firing all agents involved in Jan. 6 riot cases, He is said to have pushed back forcefully.
Thank you Brian Driscoll!🇺🇸
February 4, 2025 at 1:11 AM