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Feds are once again ruthlessly targeting ktown & adjacent areas. This is getting really intense. We need to do more.
November 5, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has issued a new memo instructing several agencies within the DOJ to aid in arresting and charging people with crimes if they protest or otherwise impede actions taken by ICE agents.
Bondi Issues Memo Establishing Task Force to “Protect” ICE From Protesters
The memo directs the US Attorney’s Office to “prosecute any individual” who “impedes or intimidates” ICE officers.
truthout.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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If you heard the leader of another nation threatening to unleash the military against his perceived political enemies, what would you call it?
September 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A look at the growing ‘disaster economy’ turning crisis into cash
Disasters are big business. These charts show just how big.

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#Economics #Disaster #Climate #Weather #Business #GreenSky #Nature #Environment
A look at the growing ‘disaster economy’ turning crisis into cash
Disasters are big business. These charts show just how big.
grist.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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The people behind America’s disaster recovery.

From cleanup crews to powerline techs, these are the workers called in after catastrophe.

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#Climate #Disaster #Weather #Workers #Labor #Politics #Policy #GreenSky #Solarpunk
The people behind America's disaster recovery
From cleanup crews to powerline techs, these are the workers called in after catastrophe.
grist.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Colorado juvenile detention staff violated strip-search policy 1,000 times in 9 months, watchdog finds trib.al/cVYEvjt
Colorado juvenile detention staff violated strip-search policy 1,000 times in 9 months, watchdog finds
There is no effective oversight to ensure strip searches at juvenile detention centers are justified and properly documented, the review found.
trib.al
September 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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The unusual ruling delivered a searing rebuke to the Trump administration on grounds of violating the First Amendment.
Judge Finds Rubio and Noem Intentionally Targeted Pro-Palestine Activists to Chill Speech
The unusual ruling considered the Trump administration’s targeting of students a clear violation of the First Amendment.
interc.pt
September 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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With his ban on military shaving waivers, Pete Hegseth knows damn well who he’s pushing out: Black troops.
If only Pete Hegseth's military shaving crusade was just stupid
Hegseth knows damn well who he's pushing out: Black troops.
www.motherjones.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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To insist that the soldiers of the 7th Cavalry “deserve those medals” is to frame the massacre at Wounded Knee as a moment of valor rather than atrocity. For Native communities, this declaration is not about honor, but erasure and cruelty that reopen and deepen a wound that has never healed.
With Wounded Knee Medals, Trump Admin Suggests There’s Valor in Genocide
The call to rescind those medals is not about erasing history, but about refusing to let lies and conquest define it.
truthout.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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A documentary about a Palestinian photographer was accepted into Cannes. The next day, she was killed. slate.trib.al/7HsNrT0
The Stories Behind Two New Movies Are Devastating. The Results Are Also Extraordinary.
It’s nearly impossible to get footage out of Gaza, but two new movies still demand to be seen.
slate.trib.al
September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Women are the fastest-growing population of incarcerated people.

And if Republicans get their way, more pregnant women will be joining their ranks.
Republicans Want More Pregnant Women in Prisons. A New Book Describes What It’s Like.
As pregnancy criminalization is on the rise, Birth Behind Bars offers a rare look at what it’s like to be pregnant behind bars.
www.motherjones.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I wrote about two stories of life and death in Gaza, and why it's so hard to turn the world's attention to a conflict it's not allowed to see. #TIFF
The Stories Behind Two New Movies Are Devastating. The Results Are Also Extraordinary.
It’s nearly impossible to get footage out of Gaza, but two new movies still demand to be seen.
slate.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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And beware of false flags and planted evidence with this FBI in charge. Skepticism is in order.
September 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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Despite the fact that the murderer of Charlie Kirk remains unidentified and still at large, Trump declared the “radical left” as “directly responsible” for the assassination in remarks from the White House — showing Trump is more than willing to exploit the killing for his own purposes.
Despite Kirk Shooter’s Unknown Identity, Trump Holds Left “Directly Responsible”
Critics say Trump is exploiting the killing for his own purposes while fueling more political violence.
truthout.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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People in a New York prison’s mental health unit are kept in their cells 24 hours a day, with the exception of an occasional “callout,” and denied therapeutic services, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
People in NY Prison’s Mental Health Unit Kept in Solitary Confinement, Suit Says
In recent months, at least two people on the unit have attempted suicide and at least three have gone on hunger strike.
truthout.org
September 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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We’ve been successful in eight federal courts, six districts, and two federal appellate circuits — and we’re doing the same in other cases across the country.
How The Intercept Fought to Reveal Key Evidence in Student Deportation Cases
In critical cases involving pro-Palestine speech, The Intercept convinced courts to make the full dockets public.
interc.pt
July 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The Fourteenth Amendment to our Constitution is clear: people born in the United States are citizens.

Today’s decision is a procedural loss, but we will continue fighting hard to preserve our Constitutional rights.
June 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Louder for the people in the back!
June 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM