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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 28/05/2026
The head of the world’s largest humanitarian organization is stepping down. Cindy McCain has led the World Food Programme for three tumultuous years, through unprecedented humanitarian crises and global funding cuts. to.pbs.org/3PMAT6E
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'Food security is national security,' McCain warns as WFP faces funding pressure
This week, the head of the world’s largest humanitarian organization is stepping down. Cindy McCain has led the World Food Programme for three tumultuous years, through unprecedented humanitarian cris...
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/05/2026
Trump tore down nearly half the White House, without approval, then told you this ballroom would not cost any taxpayer money. Now, Republicans are requesting $1 Billion of your money for security features related to it. #ballroominflation bit.ly/4tdZaAg
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Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom
The president has insisted his vanity project would be funded by wealthy donors.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/05/2026
Janelle Monáe, in Christian Siriano, looks as if "she is nature being eaten by the machines," our fashion critic writes. "I suspect there is a message in there." Read more of our live coverage of the 2026 Met Gala here. nyti.ms/4nbGNdW
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aumshanti.bsky.social @aumshanti.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Sure, what could go wrong?!?! 😑
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 16/04/2026
Before the United States was founded, the idea of volunteering was well underway in the colonies. Now, Americans consistently donate more of their time than citizens of any other country. to.pbs.org/41Bilc0
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Why the spirit of volunteering is a defining part of America's identity
Before the United States was founded, the idea of volunteering was well underway in the colonies. Now, Americans consistently donate more of their time than citizens of any other country. Judy Woodruf...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
In his first 100 days, Zohran Mamdani has: -Delivered millions in restitution for workers cheated by gig companies -Cracked down on predatory landlords -Launched the first stage of a universal childcare program -Fixed thousands of potholes in NYC streets This is what leadership looks like.
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 02/11/2025
Only a few thousand Sudanese have reached the nearest camp for displaced people in the days since Sudan’s paramilitary forces seized el-Fasher city, raising fears over tens of thousands who might still be trapped, an aid group said Sunday. to.pbs.org/4nvSudV
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Fears grow for thousands trapped in Sudan's el-Fasher as few residents reach safety
Only a few thousand Sudanese have reached the nearest camp for displaced people in the days since Sudan’s paramilitary forces seized el-Fasher city, raising fears over tens of thousands who might stil...
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
NEW: In 2018, Paul Atkins was paid $1,450/hour by Devon Archer's defense team as it fought charges that Archer defrauded victims out of $60m. Last week, the Atkins-led Securities & Exchange Commission dismissed a case that could have recouped the victims' money. The SEC says Atkins recused himself
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The S.E.C. Dropped a Complaint Against Its Chairman’s Former Client
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/08/2025
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “It’s clear that the nation’s leading public health official does not have any real interest in — or possibly any real understanding of — public health,” Jeneen Interlandi writes of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Opinion | Kennedy Ousted the C.D.C. Director. If Only That Were the End of It.
The firing of the C.D.C. director is the latest in a series of questionable decisions.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 13/08/2025
The woman petitioning SCOTUS to overturn marriage equality in the name of the sanctity of marriage is on her fourth husband.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 12/08/2025
"We’re creating something even more dangerous to the country: A masked monster of a law enforcement agency, one uniquely unsuited for its new power, authority, reach, and funding levels."
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Spending $200 billion on ICE is a terrible idea
I've covered federal law enforcement for two decades. Here are the things that worry me most.
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Cheesles @cheesles.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
"And if you thought this was unimportant to you, remember BLS calculates the CPI used for Social Security COLAs, as well as the headline CPI used to calculate TIPS yields. Oh, also the inflation adjustments to the marginal tax rate thresholds…" #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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August 1, 2025: A Day that Will Live in Statistical Infamy | Econbrowser
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Leigh, Abolish ICE, Orca 2028, Free Luigi @frecklered.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/08/2025
President Trump’s firing of the top data collector has few U.S. precedents. When other world leaders took similar steps, it rarely ended well. Economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy.
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Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.
Economists say unbiased data is essential for policymaking, and for democracy.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2025
A group of global civil society organizations have placed the US on a watchlist for urgent concern over the health of its civic society, alongside Turkey, Serbia, El Salvador, Indonesia and Kenya.
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Larry Colvin @larrycolvin.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
SHARE if you agree with Maya Wiley that we are NOT going back. #RestoreTheVRA
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate. The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns. Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care. The list goes on and on. Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
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Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting @pcgvr.org · 09/07/2025
"American youth were 15 times more likely to die from firearms than children in other wealthy countries... The rise in firearm deaths — which became the leading cause of death among American children and youth in 2020 — reflects policy failures around gun safety."
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Why Are More American Kids Dying Than Peers Abroad? CHOP Study Reveals Stark Reality
A major new JAMA study reveals that American children are dying at rates up to 80% higher than kids in other wealthy countries, with chronic illness, gun deaths, and mental health issues driving the c...
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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Zohran Mamdani’s plan to tax the rich is a 2% tax on income over $1 million. If you make $1.1 million, you’d pay an extra $2,000. Watching working class conservatives and politicians completely meltdown about this is wild.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 17/06/2025
“Ten years of lies ranked above law. Ten years of hate placed above humanity. Ten years where truth became treason and decency became weakness. Ten years of corruption and corrosion in the White House.” -Rick Wilson therickwilson.substack.com/p/ten-years-...
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Ten Years of Evil (and Redemption)
How I spent the last decade.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/06/2025
WE HAVE QUESTIONS… This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they? ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants. How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?
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Mike Elk @mikeelk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
On Thursday, immigrant workers plan to walk out in hundreds of cities across the United States. The mainstream media is ignoring this movement. Help us cover it! paydayreport.com/as-media-ign...
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As Media Ignores May Day Walkouts, Help Us Cover Them
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♥️♠️Pam♦️♣️ @pam.sheshed.rocks · 18/04/2025
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AmericaWeNeedToTalk @americaneedstotalk.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Just a friendly reminder that this is the party that wants to take away all regulations for our air and water, but suddenly they need to test for BC and mifepristone, this is all about control.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?
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Deeds Not Words @nodderuf.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
How much of Project 2025 has been implemented? Enough to break us beyond repair. | Opinion flip.it/OhJtfK
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How much of Project 2025 has been implemented? Enough to break us beyond repair. | Opinion
I could tell you the five weirdest parts of Project 2025, but that wouldn't convey the depth of the destruction embedded in this plan.
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GIFFORDS @giffords.org · 03/04/2025
More guns in public = more violence. 77% of NC residents oppose weakened permit requirements. Concealed carry laws have been proven to ensure safety by requiring training and vetting. We can't afford to weaken these safeguards.
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Newly released polls: Most in NC oppose repealing permit requirement for carrying concealed handguns • NC Newsline
Polls find a significant majority of North Carolina residents oppose laws that would allow people to carry concealed handguns without a permit
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AmericaWeNeedToTalk @americaneedstotalk.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
He’s going after the law firms intentionally, the bigger law firms have deeper pockets. If he’s on retainer with all of these free billable hours, they can’t represent the American people and fight back.
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aumshanti.bsky.social @aumshanti.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
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The General Strike
The General strike -the people united shall never be stopped. If we strike together we can make true real change. Sign the strike card today.
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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 28/03/2025
In case you missed it with everything else going on: yesterday Senate Republicans voted to bring back overdraft fees. Everything Republicans do is to make corporations and banks richer at your expense.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/03/2025
Breaking News: Sweeping U.S. tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China went into effect. Shortly after, China announced retaliatory measures on U.S. food imports. Follow live updates.
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China Retaliates After Trump Announces Steep Tariffs: Live Updates
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 03/03/2025
Your tax dollars are paying for the richest man in the world to fly around when he has his own jets.
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Lisa the Leftist @lisatellstruth.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
From United Humanists on FB
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
This is how it’s done.
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Ken Armstrong @bykenarmstrong.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
The Dep't of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies, including the FDA and CDC. Those laid off included people who evaluate the safety of medical devices. @rachelcohrs.bsky.social @bloomberg.com Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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US Health Department Layoffs Expand to Medicare, FDA
The Department of Health and Human Services laid off employees Saturday evening across some of its biggest agencies — the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Food and Drug Administration, ...
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
1. OSHA has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an email obtained by Popular Information. The email says the publications have been removed from the web and tells staff that physical copies should be "disposed of or recycled"
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In botched DEI purge, OSHA trashes workplace safety guidelines
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has ordered the digital and physical destruction of 18 publications on workplace safety practices, according to an internal February 7 email ob...
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 16/02/2025
it was bad when the worst poster on my favorite website bought that website and made it terrible but it has been worse having that person also buy my country that i live in
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
"Daddy says he owns you. Can you get me an ice cream?"
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aumshanti.bsky.social @aumshanti.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Where does it go from here? Is he above the law?
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Dittie @dittie.sheshed.rocks · 10/02/2025
The FAA and SpaceX hid the fact that they list yet another rocket this month. Not only that, but the FAA is not going to investigate either. And there’s your reason for forcing out the head of the FAA.
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SpaceX Silently Loses Another Rocket To Space - FAA Rules Out Investigation
SpaceX might have lost another second stage Falcon 9 rocket launched at the start of this month shows data from the satellite tracking website Celes Track. The Falcon 9 rocket launched from the Vanden...
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altNOAA 🇺🇸 @altnoaa.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The World Organization for Animal Health, a France based NGO, has discovered a new H5N9 bird flu strain at a duck farm in Merced County, California. Additionally, they also found H5N1 at the same farm.
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 24/01/2025
Social media is evolving fast, and platforms like TikTok and X are quickly becoming breeding grounds of hate. Worse, these companies are bending the knee to Trump. Propaganda will be everywhere. Watch @TheRickWilson explain on the latest episode of the LP Podcast: youtube.com/watch?v=i4wy64…
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aumshanti.bsky.social @aumshanti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
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aumshanti.bsky.social @aumshanti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Grateful for family 💕
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aumshanti.bsky.social @aumshanti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Chinese Lantern Festival
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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Um. What the fuck? “Elon was very effective. He knows those computers better than anybody. Those vote counting computers. And we ended up winning Pennsylvania like in a landslide. It was pretty good. Thank you to Elon.” Did Donald Trump just admit he cheated in Pennsylvania?
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ktforest7.bsky.social @ktforest7.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Why in the hell would you rescind lowering drug cost for seniors as one of your first executive orders? It tells you everything you need to know.
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Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 10/01/2025
In 2024, only 30% of the global humanitarian aid needed for over 186 million people in 73 countries had been funded, leaving a $34.5 billion shortfall. Gaps in humanitarian funding result in immense human suffering.
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