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Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
January 16, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Pictured: Someone who actually won a Nobel Peace Prize
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.
November 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If you're the parent of a disabled kid, I just want to tell you I know it's hard and I know you feel like you're failing constantly, but you're doing it and you're doing the best you can and your kid absolutely loves you for it.
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I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I wanted to share probably the most important sermon I’ve given and it’s while I’m being arrested. It’s torture pure and simple what happens at #Broadview. I’m ok, though I was thrown to the ground and choked with my pectoral cross. A review of the video shows I was peaceful - did I deserve this?
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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President Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people. https://to.pbs.org/3LtvAqj
Trump admin tries to stop SNAP food aid payments amid court order
U.S. District Judge John J. McConnell Jr. had given Trump’s administration until Friday to make the payments through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. But Trump’s administration asked the...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
President Trump’s administration asked a federal appeals court Friday to block a judge’s order that it distribute November’s full monthly SNAP benefits amid a U.S. government shutdown, even as at least some states said they were moving quickly to get the money to people. https://to.pbs.org/3LtvAqj
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This is the perfect picture metaphor for America under Trump and MAGA
November 6, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is the perfect picture metaphor for America under Trump and MAGA
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“We’re here peacefully protesting, looking as ridiculous as we can, just so maybe we appeal to the president because he’s a ridiculous leader that is normalizing abuse of power. And we cannot stand and act like nothing is happening.” 🦄
October 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“We’re here peacefully protesting, looking as ridiculous as we can, just so maybe we appeal to the president because he’s a ridiculous leader that is normalizing abuse of power. And we cannot stand and act like nothing is happening.” 🦄
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…
ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building newrepublic.com/post/201258/... via @newrepublic.com
ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building
ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.
newrepublic.com
October 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated…
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
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Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Let's continue to build solidarity by peacefully opposing our tyrant-in-chief at No Kings Day 2.0 on October 18. There are currently over 2,000 events planned nationwide. More details here: https://www.nokings.org
I Learned a Whitewashed Version of Texas History in School. Journalism Taught Me the Stories That Got Left Out. thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/16/j...
I Learned a Whitewashed Version of Texas History in School. Journalism Taught Me the Stories That Got Left Out.
As a Latina and a child of immigrants, a college journalism class taught me there was more to being Texan than the myths we tell ourselves.
thebarbedwire.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I Learned a Whitewashed Version of Texas History in School. Journalism Taught Me the Stories That Got Left Out. thebarbedwire.com/2025/09/16/j...
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Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa?
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Government Wants to See Your Papers
And the Supreme Court decides that the Fourth Amendment might not be for everyone.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa?
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language.
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Federal agents detained a man who was in a car with his wife and two children on Monday night in D.C.
The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.
The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.
September 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Federal agents detained a man who was in a car with his wife and two children on Monday night in D.C.
The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.
The man said he didn't know why he had been pulled over.
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“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent,” Justice Sotomayor wrote. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court lifts limits on roving immigration patrols in Los Angeles area
The decision prompted liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor to say in dissent that she would not "stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost."
www.nbcnews.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent,” Justice Sotomayor wrote. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
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Jacob Buck
Nowhere Man | shooters shoot | Marine Biologist | Nature, Wildlife, and Adventure Photographer
At this very moment, somewhere on the planet, sea otters are floating together, beyond the break; clouds are gently drifting above, and the rivers are greeting the sea.
Nowhere Man | shooters shoot | Marine Biologist | Nature, Wildlife, and Adventure Photographer
At this very moment, somewhere on the planet, sea otters are floating together, beyond the break; clouds are gently drifting above, and the rivers are greeting the sea.
August 13, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Jacob Buck
Nowhere Man | shooters shoot | Marine Biologist | Nature, Wildlife, and Adventure Photographer
At this very moment, somewhere on the planet, sea otters are floating together, beyond the break; clouds are gently drifting above, and the rivers are greeting the sea.
Nowhere Man | shooters shoot | Marine Biologist | Nature, Wildlife, and Adventure Photographer
At this very moment, somewhere on the planet, sea otters are floating together, beyond the break; clouds are gently drifting above, and the rivers are greeting the sea.
