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@annebefore.bsky.social
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Like most other folks, I assume, I was just trying to live a quiet life, volunteering in my community and enjoying long walks among trees.

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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 2h
THE BABIES LEFT BEHIND IN AMERICA The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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The Babies Left Behind in America
The United States is deporting parents without their children, creating a whole new family-separation crisis.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 2h
Vote Blue💙 Republican MAGA is running with this message:
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 2h
In case Americans getting ready to vote forgot about Operation Metro Surge, the Trump administration killing people, and all of the other governmental lawlessness, Todd Blanche wants you to remember.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 3h
Ex-WV police chief violently attacked a woman over an expired registration. Though innocent, she spent five days in jail before the charge was dismissed. He resigned and was decertified.
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 2h
PODCAST | Transformation of Auschwitz Listen about the process of turning Auschwitz concentration camp into a killing center for Jewish people from all over German-occupied Europe: www.auschwitz.org/en/education/e-le…
A two-story building with a sloping roof standing behind a barbed wire fence. A tall chimney protrudes from the outbuilding. The building of the gas chamber and crematorium III at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 4h
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 2h
Several people are mad about this so I will briefly clarify! No, I’m not saying a novel is comparable to a real-life assault in any way. No, I’m not saying the author is bad or responsible for bad things. I am saying I’ve seen real bad stuff come from “consensual” student-faculty relationships.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 12h
Violence against women in South Africa is national shame, president says reut.rs/4rE0ZHz
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Violence against women in South Africa is national shame, president says
Violence against women in South Africa is a national shame, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, after another woman's ​corpse was found dumped over the weekend.
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An 80-year-old man tried to sexually assault a 72-year-old woman, and when she rebuffed his advances, he beat her with a blackjack so badly he fractured her skull and caused two brain bleeds. It's all men. BEAR. www.wpri.com/news/local-n...
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Woman seriously injured in Exeter attack, 80-year-old suspect held without bail
Norman Landry, 80, is facing multiple charges, including assault with intent to murder and sexual assault.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 3h
Republicans have reacted with anger to state court rulings that shielded popular initiatives and stalled GOP gerrymanders. In Utah, the GOP expanded the state supreme court; in Missouri, conservatives threatened to impeach justices this month.
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To Protect Direct Democracy, Two States Mull a New Approach: Name It As a Right - Bolts
Ballot measures in Missouri and Montana would strengthen citizen-led initiatives. Democracy advocates in each state are going on the offense after facing years of attack.
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Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 18h
The most bizarre thing about this idiotic, embarrassing line of questioning by Eric Schmitt is that it’s totally irrelevant Even if Jack Smith went to a basketball game in Atlanta-he didn’t-there isn’t even a scintilla of proof that he met, much less conspired with Fani Willis 35 days
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Brian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 2h
So instead of Republicans passing legislation to regulate AI, Trump signed an EO that allows tech companies to police themselves. I’m with Rep Lieu (D-CA) Republicans need to get their asses back to DC to pass a law that has #GuardrailsForAI this is absurd.
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Michael Buckle, Ph.D. @drmikebuckle.bsky.social · 5h
Shot him in the back. The bullet was so close to his spine the hospital refused to remove it and at the urging of ICE goons, released him prematurely only to be placed in a gulag and made to sleep on the floor……in America.
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Butterfly Conservation Norfolk @norfolkbutterflies.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Reports received of Swallowtail caterpillars feeding on Fennel. These are likely to be the Continental Swallowtail (gorganus), not the British one (britannicus) which is found only in the Norfolk Broads. We would be interested to hear of any sightings of the Continental form.#savebutterflies
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Charlie Warzel @cwarzel.bsky.social · 4h
There is a moment at the very very end of Abdul El-Sayed's podcast with Ezra Klein (book recommendation section) where he talks about the idea of "speaking truth to pain" and this will be staying with me for an extremely long time. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/o...
But there’s also something about truth to pain. We talk a lot about truth to power, but I think it’s actually a lot harder to speak truth to pain. I say that as someone who went to medical school, realizing that in a lot of our politics right now, we’ve got to get a lot better at speaking truth to pain if we’re going to get through some of these challenges that we have.

What does “truth to pain” mean?

It’s one thing to look power in the eye and say: You’re wrong about this. But there’s a way in which pain is very difficult to reason with. Because when somebody is in their pain, they’re in their trauma. They see that pain, and they may not see what’s causing it.

I remember just very explicitly being in a trauma ward with a gunshot wound patient and watching this big guy with his hand on his gunshot wound. All the folks are trying to pull his hand off his pain, that point of his gunshot wound, this clear vulnerability.

And this emergency room doctor had the presence of mind to be like: Everyone, stop. And she looks him in the eyes, and she’s like: I get that really hurts, and I’m so sorry that you’re here. You don’t want to be here. We don’t want you to be here. But if you don’t let us fix this, you could die. So I’m going to take your hand, and I’m going to move it off, OK? Because I need to get there so that you can live.

She was speaking truth to pain. He understands he’s at the hospital, he needs care, but he also doesn’t want anybody to touch the wound. Which is a natural thing. And I think it is a really great metaphor for how we think about a lot of these challenges we talked about today.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4h
Maybe time for those who don't experience this directly to return to this thread (which I posted when PTSD was being weaponized to relieve Graham Platner of responsibility for his actions).
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4h
When federal agents fatally shot the US citizen protesters Alex Pretti and Renee Good in Minneapolis in January during the nation’s largest immigration-enforcement operation ever, it marked a turning point for the second Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign. 🧵
Children look at posters honoring Alex Pretti and Renee Nicole Good, who were fatally shot by federal immigration agents in separate incidents on January 24 and January 7, respectively, near the site of Pretti’s death, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S., January 31, 2026. 

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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4h
On August 1, the federal government ends its contract providing more than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant children with legal representation. At the same time, attorneys report that immigration judges are taking a “deport at all costs” approach to their young clients.
A migrant child seeking asylum waits to be processed by the US border patrol in Yuma, Arizona, on 3 May 2022. 

Photograph: Nicolo Filippo Rosso/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4h
In one 24-hour period, July 13 to 14, three people die in ICE-involved incidents. DHS briefly pauses most ICE traffic stops until Trump intervenes, posting online: “We CANNOT give up one of I.C.E.’s most important and effective Crime Fighting tools, THE TRAFFIC STOP!”
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Three deaths, three states, 24 hours: one day in ICE’s quiet but ‘gruesome’ surge
These men in Maine, Georgia and Florida shared no ties – until they became casualties in Trump’s anti-immigration campaign
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 4h
The DHS then “supercharged” efforts to deputize local and state officials to actively enforce immigration laws during regular police work. From January 2025 these deals grew from 142 to 2,315 nationwide, acting as a force multiplier for arrests while allowing federal agents to avoid the spotlight.
Oklahoma police shackle a man at the McIntosh county criminal justice center during an operation with ICE on 3 September 2026. 

Photograph: Nick Oxford for the Washington Post via Getty Images
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 4h
“I will continue fighting to defend the right to free speech and to stay in the country I have called home for more than three decades,” Sarsour said in a statement.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 4h
for speaking out against Israel and advocating for Palestinian rights. Sarsour called the ruling “deeply disappointing,” but said he intends to appeal.
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RoseMarie @rosesbloom24.bsky.social · 4h
The U.S. can deport the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque — an outspoken advocate of Palestinian rights — on the grounds that he is a threat to national security, an immigration judge ruled Wednesday. www.msn.com/en-ca/news/n...
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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 4h
"The show documents an incredibly important but little-known avenue through which people who are incarcerated make themselves known: prison newspapers, produced by and in solidarity with communities inside of prisons." chicagoreader.com/visual-arts/...
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Explore the rich culture of ‘Prison Papers’ - Chicago Reader
“Prison Papers: Organizing Inside/Outside Solidarity” documents an important avenue through which the incarcerated make themselves known.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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The Serfs (youtube.com/theserfstv) @theserfstv.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Michael Tracey is actively attempting to dox Jane Doe in the Cornell 7 rape case
Michael Tracey : If you happen to know who this Cornell "Jane Doe" is, get in touch and I would be happy to publish her name and identifying information. And yes -- this is 100% permitted under the First Amendment, whatever threats or emotional blackmail people might want to deploy"Report" me for what, exactly? Save your breath, scumbag. Sorry you hate the First Amendment so much. Her identity is obviously newsworthy at this point, and I will take extreme pleasure in reporting it. (Not "doxing" -- that's a total canard)
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The Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 4h
While there are no data sources on Long COVID in prison, experts suspect rates of the disease may be higher there than in the general population. They face high reinfection risks and poor access to medical care. Read more from @octoberk.bsky.social: thesicktimes.org/2026/09/29/i...
A graphic shows two images side by side. One are mobility devices, including many walkers, outside of prison cells. Another shows a red SARS-CoV-2 virus contrasted with a black background. The text reads, “The Sick Times. I interviewed five people with Long COVID in prison. They are invisible in the system. By October Krausch. Meanwhile, her cellmate, Wayland Scott, says he has frequently had problems breathing after COVID-19, and gets winded going up the stairs he must take to get to his cell. Even so, he has not been able to receive an inhaler, despite having one before Long COVID when he first came to prison. “There was a year that they had a big shortage of the albuterol. And when that happened, I got taken off of my inhaler and I’ve never been able to get it back,” he said.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h
Markwayne Mullin is clutching a stress ball while answering questions from reporters
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 19h
Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...
One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”
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Anne Trubek @atrubek.bsky.social · 4h
oh boy. Don't assume the studies about AI are correct even if you agree with their conclusions. Some of your fave researchers might have financial motives (or maybe not. but don't just assume)
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RT @aaronregunberg.bsky.social I wrote about data centers for @guardian. Billionaires have created a perfect opening to transform our politics against both Trump and the oligarchy that produced him in the first place. It’s a singular opportunity. But Dems could easily fuck it up.
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
The movement against datacenters is uniting Americans because they perfectly illustrate how a few individuals hold all the power to control decisions that affect our lives
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 4h
Shocker. The Trump admin’s story doesn’t match reality. not even close. Trump on Mesabi Metallics’ proposed $15 BILLION steel plant in Lee County, Iowa: “They’ve already started building.” REALITY: No permits, disclosed site, or major land purchase. Financial incentives still unresolved.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 4h
US prison agency must reinstate union bargaining contract, US judge rules reut.rs/47tLfO2
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US prison agency must reinstate union bargaining contract, US judge rules
A federal judge in Connecticut has ordered the US Federal Bureau of Prisons to reinstate a union contract ​covering 30,000 correctional officers and other federal prison employees, the ‌latest blow to efforts by President Donald Trump's administration to strip government workers of collective bargaining rights.
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@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 8h
This is very, very bad. Inflation will skyrocket. Supply Chains Will be disrupted. Store shelves will empty. Republicans have ruined the holidays. Prices will rise due to decreased supply. Do you need me to draw you a picture? VOTE BLUE. #Pinks #ProudBlue www.independent.co.uk/us/money/tru...
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16 American trucking companies file for bankruptcy as diesel costs soar
Rising costs in areas such as insurance and maintenance are pushing some trucking companies to the brink
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LiveSquawk @livesquawknews.bsky.social · 6h
FTC Opens Sweeping Probe Of Anthropic, OpenAI And Other Super Intelligence Models - NYP nypost.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Exclusive | FTC opens sweeping probe of Anthropic, OpenAI and other super intelligence models
FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson launched the investigation before one of the AI models went rogue during a test — in what’s since been dubbed the “Hugging Face incident” — but the ag…
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Rick Scott on AI: "Congress can't regulate this. We can't get election security passed or pass a budget, so we're not gonna be the ones to do it. It's gonna have to be done through the administration with talking to these AI companies."
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 8h
NEW: California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But that’s not what happened.
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6h
Fetterman is garbage. He betrays the people who fought for him when he was at his lowest point - and that fight is the only reason he’s in the senate. Now he’s actively working to raise money for Republican PACs.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h
Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails reut.rs/3VaLvPk
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Viruses run rampant across Havana as water, power fails
Cuban housewife Yuamilka Hechavarria was asleep last Tuesday when water rushed into the cistern of the crumbling tenement where she lives in old Havana.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 6h
New @wsj.com polling shows broad support for proactive government action to lower health and child care costs, take on corporate price-gouging, and ask more of the wealthiest earners to fund programs for the working majority. The days of rampant neoliberalism are over. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Bar chart displaying approval of various policies to aid Americans with cost of living and tax laws. Leading with 90% approval is banning surprise medical bills, followed by requiring health insurance companies to report reasons for denying claims at 87%. Capping prices of drugs negotiated by Medicare shows 87% support, and government negotiation of drug prices is at 84%. Raising taxes on large, profitable companies is favored by 76%. The least supported policy, reducing Social Security benefits if Congress can't agree, has 23% approval. Data source: Wall Street Journal poll, September 2026.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h
Burundi to take third-country deportees from US reut.rs/4rFrRag
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Burundi to take third-country deportees from US
Burundi has agreed to join a clutch of other African nations in receiving migrants from other ​countries deported from the US under President Donald ‌Trump's hardline immigration policy.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 6h
National Nurses United, btw, is a delightful edge case. They are not effing around. www.nationalnursesunited.org/artificial-i...
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A.I.’s impact on nursing and health care
Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is rapidly expanding in all workplaces, and hospitals are no exception. Without our collective action, A.I.’s expansion will accelerate the hospital industry’s race to t...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 8h
CODA: @mattgertz.bsky.social catches Rs revving up the old migrant caravan again. This makes it more urgent for Dems to speak to the fact that immigrants are getting viciously demonized and subjected to cruelty/injustice all around us. Let's not get inured to it: www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox...
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Fox News is running its midterms migrant caravan playbook again
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h
“.. Mr. Paxton responds: ‘So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers. Everybody’s numbers dropped. Right now, yeah, not good.’” @nytimes.com #TXsen www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 6h
Pete Hegseth removing tenure protections shows precisely why they are needed. He wants to silence dissent by being able to fire anyone who questions his vision of the military. www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
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Hegseth halts tenure appointments for civilian faculty at military academies
Military academies will no longer appoint civilian faculty to tenured positions as Hegseth says it can contribute to “academic stagnation.”
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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 6h
A prosecutor candidate in Washington says she decided to run after federal agents shot and killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti; a sheriff candidate in New York says he wants to “kick ICE out.” All over, local candidates say immigration matters to their bids.
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The 25 Sheriff and Prosecutor Races Set to Shape Criminal Justice and ICE Collaboration - Bolts
Voters face stark choices for offices with vast powers on policing and punishment. Bolts walks you through key contests to watch across a dozen states.
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Being Liberal ®🗽🏳️‍🌈 @beingliberal.bsky.social · 10h
Jack Smith: "Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation... rather than accept his defeat in the 2020 election, Trump engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results and prevent the lawful transfer of power"
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 6h
We speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his new memoir, "No Land to Stand On." It details his 104 days of detention inside a Louisiana ICE jail after he was targeted for arrest and deportation by the Trump administration over his pro-Palestine campus advocacy at Columbia University.
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“No Land to Stand On”: Mahmoud Khalil on His Memoir, Palestine, Fighting Deportation & Suing Columbia
We speak with Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil about his new memoir, No Land to Stand On: Notes from Detention. It details his 104 days of detention inside a Louisiana ICE jail after he was targete...
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