Sheila O’Shannon
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An argument that I keep seeing the right make is that poverty is a choice. And honestly, it makes me wish a horse would kick their teeth out.
June 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
An argument that I keep seeing the right make is that poverty is a choice. And honestly, it makes me wish a horse would kick their teeth out.
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If you’re reading this, push your tongue to the roof of your mouth to unclench your jaw…
This is going to be a long fight.
This is going to be a long fight.
June 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
If you’re reading this, push your tongue to the roof of your mouth to unclench your jaw…
This is going to be a long fight.
This is going to be a long fight.
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Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
June 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Undocumented immigrants pay almost $100 billion in taxes each year.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
The top 1% evade $163 billion in taxes each year.
Stop pretending that immigrants are the ones taking advantage of taxpayers.
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The ultimate water sausage compilation:
June 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The ultimate water sausage compilation:
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The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
April 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The FBI just arrested a sitting judge.
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I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
April 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I want a president who is tougher on Putin than he is on Harvard.
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Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.
April 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Is Kilmar Abrego Garcia alive? Because the amount of resistance to addressing his being trafficked gives the distinct impression that either he is dead or what they have done to him is so unspeakable that they cannot afford for him to be freed, seen, or spoken with.
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
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Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
April 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Many products sold in the U.S. are made in El Salvador. In response to the El Salvador president’s statements today, we’re calling for an immediate boycott of all Salvadoran-made goods. Please help by listing any products or brands made in El Salvador in the comments below.
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The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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U.S. won't say whether it's facilitating return of Maryland man from El Salvador prison
The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador. But the government's…
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April 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Trump administration confirmed to a federal judge Saturday that a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported last month remains confined in a notorious prison in El Salvador.
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Domestic violence support groups are warning that looming cuts to federal grants, coupled with a dwindling federal workforce, are likely to gut resources for survivors seeking to escape abusers.
Domestic Violence Services Are in Jeopardy, Providers Say
The Trump administration’s push to cut federal grants has domestic violence groups considering layoffs, reduced hours, and shelter closures.
www.thetrace.org
April 10, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Domestic violence support groups are warning that looming cuts to federal grants, coupled with a dwindling federal workforce, are likely to gut resources for survivors seeking to escape abusers.
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Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
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April 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
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The relegation of these protests to footnotes is more than just an editorial failure—it’s part of a broader pattern where establishment media normalizes extreme policies while marginalizing opposition.
Print Media to Mass Protests: “Please Turn to Page 18”
Here’s how newspapers across America minimized one of the largest demonstrations since Trump’s return to power.
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April 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The relegation of these protests to footnotes is more than just an editorial failure—it’s part of a broader pattern where establishment media normalizes extreme policies while marginalizing opposition.
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Two stories coming in the newsletter tonight:
- North Carolina is proposing a total abortion ban (just two years after passing their 12-week 'compromise')
- The new solicitor general believes that some kinds of contraception are 'abortifacients'
- North Carolina is proposing a total abortion ban (just two years after passing their 12-week 'compromise')
- The new solicitor general believes that some kinds of contraception are 'abortifacients'
April 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Two stories coming in the newsletter tonight:
- North Carolina is proposing a total abortion ban (just two years after passing their 12-week 'compromise')
- The new solicitor general believes that some kinds of contraception are 'abortifacients'
- North Carolina is proposing a total abortion ban (just two years after passing their 12-week 'compromise')
- The new solicitor general believes that some kinds of contraception are 'abortifacients'
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No tariffs on Russia. Huh?
April 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
No tariffs on Russia. Huh?
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I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
Her Fetus Has No Heartbeat—They Still Won't Give Her An Abortion
South Carolina's ban is torturing a 31-year-old mom *right now*
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April 2, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I spoke to a South Carolina woman today who is miscarrying - her fetus has no heartbeat - but the state's ban is preventing doctors from taking action.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
She has to walk around with a dead fetus for another week so she can get a FOURTH ultrasound.
This is what bans do.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
March 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I want us to study the history of resistance to slave catchers right now. I want us to study how slave catchers worked, how they were sanctioned, who paid them, and why they did what they did, right now. I want us to study the hyperlocal and networked ways slave catchers were impeded. Right now.
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
March 18, 2025 at 4:51 AM
People need to be crystal clear about something: The requirement that the government ANSWER to a court on the legal basis for detaining someone is literally the core liberty right (habeas corpus). If the government says they don’t have to do that bc “national security,” YOU can be disappeared.
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There is no rule of law if the president can make up the law and is not bound by the law.
March 17, 2025 at 9:39 PM
There is no rule of law if the president can make up the law and is not bound by the law.
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Congress works for you. Demand a town hall from your senators and representative: indivisible.org/muskorus
March 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Congress works for you. Demand a town hall from your senators and representative: indivisible.org/muskorus
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Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
March 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Can’t emphasize this enough: if you’re feeling overwhelmed by the debased assault on our country, the antidote is connecting with other people in the flesh who are feeling the same way. There are millions of us.
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March 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM