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🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
August 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🔥 STEWART: “This is the lie they tell you — that all this money flowing towards corporate interests is actually for YOUR benefit…. That government intervention for corporations is our ‘FREE MARKET’, but government intervention for workers is ‘SOCIALISM’.
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Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
RFK Jr. Wants to Overhaul a Vital System That Supports Childhood Immunization
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program stabilizes the nation’s childhood immunization system while paying those harmed by rare side effects. If the program topples, it could threaten access to vaccin...
www.propublica.org
July 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dramatic changes to the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program could drive drugmakers from the market, threatening access to shots, experts say.
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
“If (Kennedy’s) unstated goal is to basically destroy the vaccine industry, that could do it.”
By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social
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We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names.
None of the names of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees the Trump administration sent to CECOT matched those on the lists.
(Published May)
None of the names of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees the Trump administration sent to CECOT matched those on the lists.
(Published May)
Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes
Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
www.propublica.org
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names.
None of the names of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees the Trump administration sent to CECOT matched those on the lists.
(Published May)
None of the names of the 230+ Venezuelan deportees the Trump administration sent to CECOT matched those on the lists.
(Published May)
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Trump plans to tour Alligator Auschwitz tomorrow, an open-air interment camp in the middle of the Florida Everglades, for people who have never been convicted of a crime, kidnapped off the street by masked men, and trafficked to third world countries
Living in tents in 100°F during hurricane season
Living in tents in 100°F during hurricane season
June 30, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Trump plans to tour Alligator Auschwitz tomorrow, an open-air interment camp in the middle of the Florida Everglades, for people who have never been convicted of a crime, kidnapped off the street by masked men, and trafficked to third world countries
Living in tents in 100°F during hurricane season
Living in tents in 100°F during hurricane season
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June 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
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Since it is Juneteenth, I will share a lil something...
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
June 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Since it is Juneteenth, I will share a lil something...
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
My ancestors were slaves in Texas & were freed on June 19, 1865. They came together to meet with other ex-slaves & formed the Limestone County 19th of June Organization. They bought 30 acres of land on Lake Mexia.
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🚨BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN four State Election Board rules concerning certification and hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters and a stinging defeat for the RNC and election deniers. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
🚨 Eternal Vigilance Action v. State of Georgia
Learn more.
www.democracydocket.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Georgia Supreme Court STRIKES DOWN four State Election Board rules concerning certification and hand counting ballots last year. A big victory for GA voters and a stinging defeat for the RNC and election deniers. www.democracydocket.com/cases/georgi...
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John Williams stood alone, watching himself in the mirror.
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice.
By all appearances, he was now an enthusiastic right-wing militia member.
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice.
By all appearances, he was now an enthusiastic right-wing militia member.
The Militia and the Mole
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or…
www.propublica.org
May 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
John Williams stood alone, watching himself in the mirror.
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice.
By all appearances, he was now an enthusiastic right-wing militia member.
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
“I’m tall.”
“I’m Dave.”
He tried to focus on his mannerisms, on the intonation of his voice.
By all appearances, he was now an enthusiastic right-wing militia member.
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47 years ago today
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
April 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
47 years ago today
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
The Clash: Rock Against Racism London 1978
#punkrock #theclash #fightracism #fucknazis #history #punkrockhistory #otd
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A better copy!
April 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
A better copy!
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Last October, ProPublica and @documented.net published secret recordings of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," he said.
"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," he said.
“We Want the Bureaucrats to Be Traumatically Affected”
ProPublica and Documented obtained videos of two speeches delivered during invitation-only annual gatherings for the Center for Renewing America, a pro-Trump...
www.youtube.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Last October, ProPublica and @documented.net published secret recordings of Project 2025 architect Russell Vought discussing plans to eviscerate entire agencies and decimate the morale of federal workers if Trump won a second term.
"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," he said.
"We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected," he said.
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A beautiful night to end our run at the Somerville Theatre and the @brattletheatre.bsky.social ☁️🌙
April 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
A beautiful night to end our run at the Somerville Theatre and the @brattletheatre.bsky.social ☁️🌙
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NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
By slashing teams that gather critical data, the administration has left the federal government with no way of understanding if policies are working — and created a black hole of information whose con...
www.propublica.org
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 PM
NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies.
By @alecmac.bsky.social
By @alecmac.bsky.social
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Previously, the arrests of pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses would’ve drawn instant attention from the DHS civil rights office’s First Amendment watchdogs, attorneys in the compliance branch said. That guardrail is gone.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights
The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS…
www.propublica.org
April 13, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Previously, the arrests of pro-Palestinian voices on university campuses would’ve drawn instant attention from the DHS civil rights office’s First Amendment watchdogs, attorneys in the compliance branch said. That guardrail is gone.
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @davidmcswane.bsky.social & @hannahallam.bsky.social
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Let’s send food safety inspectors to the coal mines’
April 13, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Let’s send food safety inspectors to the coal mines’
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One flight attendant recalled being told: “‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’”
By @mckenziefunk.com
By @mckenziefunk.com
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…
propub.li
April 6, 2025 at 3:00 AM
One flight attendant recalled being told: “‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’”
By @mckenziefunk.com
By @mckenziefunk.com
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Why the VOA closed in one sentence
“Founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, VOA now reaches 360 million people a week”
Can’t be against nazis these days, can you? apple.news/AwFDP4P0wRI6...
“Founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, VOA now reaches 360 million people a week”
Can’t be against nazis these days, can you? apple.news/AwFDP4P0wRI6...
Voice of America staff put on leave, Trump ally says agency 'not salvageable' — Reuters
More than 1,300 Voice of America employees were placed on leave on Saturday and funding for two U.S. news services that broadcast to authoritarian regimes was terminated, one day after President Donal...
apple.news
March 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Why the VOA closed in one sentence
“Founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, VOA now reaches 360 million people a week”
Can’t be against nazis these days, can you? apple.news/AwFDP4P0wRI6...
“Founded in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, VOA now reaches 360 million people a week”
Can’t be against nazis these days, can you? apple.news/AwFDP4P0wRI6...
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Over the past several weeks, ProPublica has identified dozens of people who worked for DOGE.
#ICYMI: We just added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66.
#ICYMI: We just added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66.
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
propub.li
March 17, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Over the past several weeks, ProPublica has identified dozens of people who worked for DOGE.
#ICYMI: We just added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66.
#ICYMI: We just added 20 names to our tracker, bringing the total to 66.
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Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos…
propub.li
March 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Tuberculosis, the deadliest infectious disease on the planet, kills more than 1.25M people a year. New infections are expected to surge by 30% as a result of closing USAID, a memo says. The increase will inevitably lead to cases in the U.S.
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Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
www.npr.org
March 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.
Refuting MAGA from the Scriptures: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/chr...
The Apostle Peter's MAGA Moment by Didja Get That?!
From Gethsemane to 1 Peter. The nature of Jesus' Kingdom.
creators.spotify.com
February 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Refuting MAGA from the Scriptures: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/chr...
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After the Brown v. Board decision, white people across the South opened hundreds of private schools. 70 years later, most of the ones still open in Alabama’s Black Belt remain overwhelmingly white.
In this town, one school keeps kids divided.
(Published May 2024)
In this town, one school keeps kids divided.
(Published May 2024)
Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools.
Seventy years after Brown v. Board, Black and white residents, in Camden, Alabama, say they would like to see their children schooled together. But after so long apart, they aren’t sure how to make…
propub.li
February 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
After the Brown v. Board decision, white people across the South opened hundreds of private schools. 70 years later, most of the ones still open in Alabama’s Black Belt remain overwhelmingly white.
In this town, one school keeps kids divided.
(Published May 2024)
In this town, one school keeps kids divided.
(Published May 2024)
It's really about the song...
February 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It's really about the song...
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In the past weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security.
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
Trump’s Pardons and Purges Revive Old Question: Who Counts as a Terrorist?
The president’s sweeping clemency for Capitol rioters and his administration’s ongoing removal of career national security specialists foretell a permissive new climate for extremist movements, say…
propub.li
February 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In the past weeks, the Trump administration has purged federal law enforcement agencies of prosecutors and investigators who’d been pursuing white supremacist groups that had been listed among the most dangerous threats to national security.
By @hannahallam.bsky.social
By @hannahallam.bsky.social