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Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
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She was so young, this is heart breaking
If Trump and Hegseth had obeyed the judge's order from last Friday she would have been back home
If Trump and Hegseth had obeyed the judge's order from last Friday she would have been back home
Trump says Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard members shot in DC, has died.
She was 20 years old.
She was 20 years old.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
She was so young, this is heart breaking
If Trump and Hegseth had obeyed the judge's order from last Friday she would have been back home
If Trump and Hegseth had obeyed the judge's order from last Friday she would have been back home
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
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Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Few patients appeal a health insurance denial, but a little-known process that requires insurers and plans to seek an independent opinion can force insurers to pay for what can be lifesaving treatment.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
Here’s what experts say you need to know.
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While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
November 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
While the right lose their goddamn minds about a lone wolf doing something horrendous in DC today, let’s not forget that last week in the White House they all gushed over a genocidal, journalist murdering tyrant whose country financed 9/11.
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A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
A reminder: Trump 1.0 ordered the Afghanistan withdrawal, and Trump 2.0 granted the shooter asylum this past April. Trump 2.0 also dismantled the joint terrorism task force, and gutted our national security apparatus.
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Guaranteed survival tips.
How to Gaslight Your MAGA Relatives on Thanksgiving
Helpful tips!
www.borowitzreport.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Guaranteed survival tips.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Raskin is clearly demonstrating that being out of power does not mean powerless. That leadership is not a title but a responsibility to provide purpose direction clarity and accountability.
November 27, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Raskin is clearly demonstrating that being out of power does not mean powerless. That leadership is not a title but a responsibility to provide purpose direction clarity and accountability.
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Although Trump has the broad power to grant a pardon or commutation to Maxwell, Raskin’s resolution would “put House members on record opposing a pardon for Maxwell, adding pressure to the White House if the chamber votes overwhelming in favor”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A top House Democrat pushes to oppose Ghislaine Maxwell pardon
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Maryland) introduced a symbolic measure to put House members on the record opposing a pardon for Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Although Trump has the broad power to grant a pardon or commutation to Maxwell, Raskin’s resolution would “put House members on record opposing a pardon for Maxwell, adding pressure to the White House if the chamber votes overwhelming in favor”
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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"One of Tina Peters’ lawyers, Peter Ticktin, suggested on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s podcast this week that the military be used to free Peters from prison."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
Colorado's DOC says it won't pursue the transfer of Tina Peters, the Trump-supporting county clerked convicted for breaching voter equipment, as the federal government requested recently. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Colorado doesn’t plan to transfer imprisoned former county clerk to federal custody
Tina Peters’ situation has become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
www.politico.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
"One of Tina Peters’ lawyers, Peter Ticktin, suggested on Trump ally Steve Bannon’s podcast this week that the military be used to free Peters from prison."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
And that, my friends, is what we would call "an illegal order."
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“Hegseth and Trump have gone after the wrong guy with Mark Kelly--Arizona Senator, decorated Navy veteran, astronaut-- and they are only further demonstrating their hostility to our Constitution and their weak leadership.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-and-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Hegseth and Trump have gone after the wrong guy with Mark Kelly--Arizona Senator, decorated Navy veteran, astronaut-- and they are only further demonstrating their hostility to our Constitution and their weak leadership.“ www.americaamerica.news/p/trump-and-...
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Another wave of mega-fundraising shows how the Trump administration is selling proximity to the president for cash. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/trump-super-pac-fundraisers.html
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Another wave of mega-fundraising shows how the Trump administration is selling proximity to the president for cash. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/us/politics/trump-super-pac-fundraisers.html
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NEW: DOJ posted the exhibits involved in the Chicago protesters/press case, including Gregory Bovino's deposition.
He is a real charmer (before they even got to the substance of the case)!
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Bovino: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He is a real charmer (before they even got to the substance of the case)!
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Bovino: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 PM
NEW: DOJ posted the exhibits involved in the Chicago protesters/press case, including Gregory Bovino's deposition.
He is a real charmer (before they even got to the substance of the case)!
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Bovino: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
He is a real charmer (before they even got to the substance of the case)!
Notice: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Bovino: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
We live in WNC so I know the truth of this article. We lucked out and had very little damage, but major damage remains all around us. Biden had FEMA here and working hard, Trump has abandoned us. carolinaforward.org/blog/local-h...
carolinaforward.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We live in WNC so I know the truth of this article. We lucked out and had very little damage, but major damage remains all around us. Biden had FEMA here and working hard, Trump has abandoned us. carolinaforward.org/blog/local-h...
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Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.
The invasion, its aftermath, and what we do next. 💪
The invasion, its aftermath, and what we do next. 💪
November 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here's what happened this week in North Carolina politics.
The invasion, its aftermath, and what we do next. 💪
The invasion, its aftermath, and what we do next. 💪
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The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
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“Artificial intelligence, meet artificial accounting.” The guy who first pointed out Enron’s sketchy accounting is now scrutinizing AI accounting and it’s the same nonsense: www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
AI Meets Aggressive Accounting at Meta’s Gigantic New Data Center
Favorable treatment off the balance sheet hinges on some convenient assumptions.
www.wsj.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Artificial intelligence, meet artificial accounting.” The guy who first pointed out Enron’s sketchy accounting is now scrutinizing AI accounting and it’s the same nonsense: www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
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Surprise, surprise
Billionaires are buying elections to put people in power-Republicans-who will give them more tax breaks
Even if it comes at the expense of the poorest people in the country
Apparently, even though they have generational wealth for the next 1,000 years, there is never enough
Billionaires are buying elections to put people in power-Republicans-who will give them more tax breaks
Even if it comes at the expense of the poorest people in the country
Apparently, even though they have generational wealth for the next 1,000 years, there is never enough
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Surprise, surprise
Billionaires are buying elections to put people in power-Republicans-who will give them more tax breaks
Even if it comes at the expense of the poorest people in the country
Apparently, even though they have generational wealth for the next 1,000 years, there is never enough
Billionaires are buying elections to put people in power-Republicans-who will give them more tax breaks
Even if it comes at the expense of the poorest people in the country
Apparently, even though they have generational wealth for the next 1,000 years, there is never enough
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...