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Your weird, old English teacher - the one with the snacks. I like public schools, my stinky children, and city walking (in the direction of food). Help my class: https://tinyurl.com/Belldonors
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
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December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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Surveillance pricing is a term that sounds right out of some dystopia, but that’s exactly what instacart’s “smart rounding” is.
It’s more than inflation, imagine pretty soon having surge pricing for shopping at the grocery store
It’s more than inflation, imagine pretty soon having surge pricing for shopping at the grocery store
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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December 21, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Surveillance pricing is a term that sounds right out of some dystopia, but that’s exactly what instacart’s “smart rounding” is.
It’s more than inflation, imagine pretty soon having surge pricing for shopping at the grocery store
It’s more than inflation, imagine pretty soon having surge pricing for shopping at the grocery store
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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In its complaint against D.C., DOJ voting lawyer Brittany Bennett — who was previously involved in a lawsuit seeking to ban Dominion voting machines in Georgia — appears to have accidentally left annotation comments on the filing.
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In its complaint against D.C., DOJ voting lawyer Brittany Bennett — who was previously involved in a lawsuit seeking to ban Dominion voting machines in Georgia — appears to have accidentally left annotation comments on the filing.
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NEW: The DOJ sues Georgia, Illinois and D.C. over unfettered access to their voter rolls, which includes sensitive personal data like social security numbers and birthdates — information it is sharing with DHS for citizenship verification.
DOJ Sues Georgia, Illinois and DC, Expanding Campaign of Voter Data Lawsuits to 21
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
NEW: The DOJ sues Georgia, Illinois and D.C. over unfettered access to their voter rolls, which includes sensitive personal data like social security numbers and birthdates — information it is sharing with DHS for citizenship verification.
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Our "try and stop me" Vandal-in-Chief who jackhammered the Bonwit Teller friezes after promising to save them bypasses the GSA to fast-track demolition of 4 DC buildings that would destroy irreplaceable murals from Shahn, Guston and others.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
Can the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal” Be Saved From Trump?
Precious murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and others are even more endangered than we knew.
newrepublic.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Our "try and stop me" Vandal-in-Chief who jackhammered the Bonwit Teller friezes after promising to save them bypasses the GSA to fast-track demolition of 4 DC buildings that would destroy irreplaceable murals from Shahn, Guston and others.
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
newrepublic.com/article/2042...
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
OpenAI Staffer Quits, Alleging Company’s Economic Research Is Drifting Into AI Advocacy
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
wrd.cm
December 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Four sources close to the situation claim OpenAI has become hesitant to publish research on the negative impact of AI. The company says it has only expanded the economic research team’s scope.
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Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along
Some civil servants and senior officials in the Trump Administration are experiencing bouts of conscience.
www.newyorker.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Anyone still serving in the Trump Administration must reckon with the reality that, when the government has previously perpetrated egregious miscarriages of justice, history has not been forgiving to those who’ve gone along, however reluctantly. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
I'm dubious about Amazon's commitment to keeping pre-existing conditions a thing of the past.
December 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.
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"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Stop the Cuts at the New School
The restructuring proposed by the New School’s upper administration will harm faculty, students and the larger New School community. Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the univ...
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December 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"Faculty and staff—who have given decades of their lives to the university—have been given less than two weeks to accept insulting “offers” and pack up as early as January 2, 2026."
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
Please support our colleagues at @newschoolaaup.bsky.social
actionnetwork.org/letters/stop...
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🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
December 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🎯 CIVIL RIGHTS LAWYER @oliverma2026.bsky.social: “The detention centers are run by private prison companies (like @CoreCivic) — they make millions PER PERSON… that’s why they’re looking for anybody brown, so they can keep stealing from taxpayers.”
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
*THIS IS NOT TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH*
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Tennessean reporter Vivian Jones pointing out the inherent hypocrisy in the @SenJohnson @MarshaBlackburn TP USA announcement
Trying to imagine the reaction if Dems used the Capitol to announce a government-backed plan to put DSA chapters in every high school
Trying to imagine the reaction if Dems used the Capitol to announce a government-backed plan to put DSA chapters in every high school
December 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Tennessean reporter Vivian Jones pointing out the inherent hypocrisy in the @SenJohnson @MarshaBlackburn TP USA announcement
Trying to imagine the reaction if Dems used the Capitol to announce a government-backed plan to put DSA chapters in every high school
Trying to imagine the reaction if Dems used the Capitol to announce a government-backed plan to put DSA chapters in every high school
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Amazon Kindle is trending.
Please #boycottAmazon
Amazon makes millions of dollars each year selling cloud computing services to ICE. In fact, ICE depends on Amazon to carry out its work.
freedcproject.org/amazon
Please #boycottAmazon
Amazon makes millions of dollars each year selling cloud computing services to ICE. In fact, ICE depends on Amazon to carry out its work.
freedcproject.org/amazon
DC wants Amazon to stop powering ICE — Free DC
freedcproject.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Amazon Kindle is trending.
Please #boycottAmazon
Amazon makes millions of dollars each year selling cloud computing services to ICE. In fact, ICE depends on Amazon to carry out its work.
freedcproject.org/amazon
Please #boycottAmazon
Amazon makes millions of dollars each year selling cloud computing services to ICE. In fact, ICE depends on Amazon to carry out its work.
freedcproject.org/amazon
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The U.S. Department of Education has announced a proposed agreement that would permanently axe an income-driven student loan repayment plan in which more than 7 million student loan borrowers are enrolled.
Trump Admin Moves to Officially Scrap Biden-Era Student Loan Forgiveness Program
The initiative sought to provide lower monthly loan payments and forgive remaining debt after a certain period of time.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The U.S. Department of Education has announced a proposed agreement that would permanently axe an income-driven student loan repayment plan in which more than 7 million student loan borrowers are enrolled.
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Tacitly pretending that the Kirks did not gain wealth and power through deft marketing of hate is an epic journalistic fail. This illiterate grifter played the NYT's Andrew Sorkin like a violin.
Video: "New York Times Erica Kirk interview" share.google/GY5gXtzZgdGU....
Video: "New York Times Erica Kirk interview" share.google/GY5gXtzZgdGU....
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December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Tacitly pretending that the Kirks did not gain wealth and power through deft marketing of hate is an epic journalistic fail. This illiterate grifter played the NYT's Andrew Sorkin like a violin.
Video: "New York Times Erica Kirk interview" share.google/GY5gXtzZgdGU....
Video: "New York Times Erica Kirk interview" share.google/GY5gXtzZgdGU....
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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*cracks knuckles* I was born for this moment. Dartmouth was the inspiration for Animal House and there are too many relevant gifs 1/∞
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
*cracks knuckles* I was born for this moment. Dartmouth was the inspiration for Animal House and there are too many relevant gifs 1/∞
Really truly love that People magazine is my new favorite source of political news.
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Really truly love that People magazine is my new favorite source of political news.
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Redefining professional degree programs will make it tougher for people from working families to afford getting a nursing degree, strain our health care system and make America’s health care crisis even worse. https://bit.ly/4pkovHM
Health care professionals warn about nursing degrees degraded by Trump’s DOE
Changes from President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will make it harder for students to obtain nursing and other advanced degrees.
keystonenewsroom.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Redefining professional degree programs will make it tougher for people from working families to afford getting a nursing degree, strain our health care system and make America’s health care crisis even worse. https://bit.ly/4pkovHM
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Universities can't function if they're constantly running scared of an online cancel factory and spineless politicians who won't push back. Should this student have received a bad grade? Don't know. Should the governor of the state be commenting on it? Absolutely not. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
OU puts graduate instructor on leave after student claims discrimination on Bible-based essay grade
OU placed a graduate student instructor on leave after a student publicly contested a grade and filed an illegal discrimination claim after she received a failing grade on an essay
www.oudaily.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Universities can't function if they're constantly running scared of an online cancel factory and spineless politicians who won't push back. Should this student have received a bad grade? Don't know. Should the governor of the state be commenting on it? Absolutely not. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-stat...
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It’s exhausting to keep demanding better from establishment Dems too beholden to capital to ever challenge the billionaire elite’s GOP puppets. We’re wasting time as our democracy crumbles into dust.
Instead, we should vote them out & replace them with reps who WILL vote to impeach Hegseth
Instead, we should vote them out & replace them with reps who WILL vote to impeach Hegseth
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:55 AM
It’s exhausting to keep demanding better from establishment Dems too beholden to capital to ever challenge the billionaire elite’s GOP puppets. We’re wasting time as our democracy crumbles into dust.
Instead, we should vote them out & replace them with reps who WILL vote to impeach Hegseth
Instead, we should vote them out & replace them with reps who WILL vote to impeach Hegseth
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The strikes are both a violation of international law but also the US Constitution - incredibly telling that Democrats refuse to stand up for either
If crimes against humanity are not an impeachable offense, what’s the point? www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes
"Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.
www.axios.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The strikes are both a violation of international law but also the US Constitution - incredibly telling that Democrats refuse to stand up for either