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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Everyone involved in this process — including the Palantir employees — have to be investigated and probably go to jail.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
when your country's new accord on “super intelligence” misspells the country's name
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Truthout @truthout.org · 29/09/2026
An NFL official reportedly threatened to remove Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair from his game earlier this month unless he removed his memorial for an 8-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israel in Gaza.
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NFL Threatened to Ban Player From Game for Honoring Slain Palestinian Girl
Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair wrote Wafaa Akila, the name of an 8-year-old girl killed by Israel, on his face tape.
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
725 men, 151 women, and 16 children raped by russian soldiers in Ukraine. These are just “documented” cases by the UN. These real numbers are much worse.
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar www.motherjones.com/politics/202... This sounds like classic affinity fraud to me.
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The Gospel of high yields: Inside Tim Tebow's favorite wealth seminar
Life Surge pairs Christian celebs with hard-sell pitches. Some attendees ended up deep in debt.
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Mississippi Today @mississippitoday.org · 21/09/2026
ICE detainees and nonprofit denounce ‘inhumane conditions’ in Natchez facility The Workers Circle, a New York-based national social justice organization, coordinated a news conference. with immigration detainees at… mississippitoday.org/2026/09/21/ice…
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ICE detainees and nonprofit denounce ‘inhumane conditions’ in Natchez facility
The Workers Circle, a New York-based national social justice organization, coordinated a news conference. with immigration detainees at Adams County Detention Center and family members.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 21/09/2026
After 9/11, the US built a separate system of justice — a national security exception to the Constitution — that largely targeted Muslims. While non-Muslims were assured it would never apply to them, that assurance has expired. It is now being used to take aim at immigrants and the left.
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The National Security Exception Was Never Going to Stop at Prosecuting Muslims
For 25 years, the US ran a parallel legal system targeting Muslims. It now reaches activists, immigrants, and the left.
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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
ICE Beat Two US Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in the Marines. letsaddresstexas.substack.com/p/ice-beat-t...
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ICE Beat Two US Citizen Minors on Their Way to Enlist in the Marines.
"How are they supposed to serve a country that doesn't even uphold their basic rights?" Ochoa's mother asked.
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NPR @npr.org · 18/09/2026
This year's single-elimination tournament will see 16 competitors face off, compared to 12 in past years. Officials report more cubs in Katmai National Park than they've seen in recent memory. n.pr/4Aq90UI
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Alaska's salmon-feasting bears face off in biggest Fat Bear Week ever
This year's single-elimination tournament will see 16 competitors face off, compared to 12 in past years. Officials report more cubs in Katmai National Park than they've seen in recent memory.
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 18/09/2026
"Roberts’s writing about race suggests that America has fully transformed itself into a meritocracy that rewards all the strivers among us. It’s almost as if we were all the sons of steel executives from Long Beach, Indiana." Margaret Talbot for @newyorker.com
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The Delusions of John Roberts
The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.
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Techdirt @techdirt.com · 16/09/2026
Paramount Funds, ‘Leaks’ Dodgy Study Saying California Will Suffer If Its Merger Is Blocked Larry and David Ellison are desperate to get their unpopular $111 billion... www.techdirt.com/2026/09/16/paramou…
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Paramount Funds, ‘Leaks’ Dodgy Study Saying California Will Suffer If Its Merger Is Blocked
Larry and David Ellison are desperate to get their unpopular $111 billion merger between Paramount/CBS and Warner Brothers across the finish line. So they've been engaging in no shortage of dodgy behavior to try and derail the only thing left standing in their way: the 12-state antitrust lawsuit claiming that more media consolidation is anti-competitive...
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Truthout @truthout.org · 15/09/2026
"The escalation of ICE and CBP attacks in Minnesota, as well as Los Angeles, Memphis, New Orleans, and Chicago, was less about capturing undocumented workers than about generating terror within those cities. They targeted cities with either Black mayors or progressive Democratic mayors."
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Robin D. G. Kelley: What We’re Experiencing Right Now Is Fascism
Technologies from Israel have turbocharged surveillance by ICE, Border Patrol, and the Department of Homeland Security.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13/09/2026
Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Memphis has spent a year under federal occupation. ICE would rather you didn't notice.
Watch as these officers arrest an activist for documenting from a reasonable distance.
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Thank god it's under warranty, right? What attempt is this now, three or four? Story: www.jezebel.com/reflecting-p... #reflectingpool #donaldtrump #washington #DC #washingtondc #renovations
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maryhear.bsky.social @maryhear.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“I said that I was concerned about this unlawful detention. I was concerned that these heavy-handed enforcement tactics were impeding the orderly administration of justice,” Dillon said. “And then it was only 48 hours later when I was fired.” www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...
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SF judge says she was fired 48 hours after challenging ICE
"If you do something even small that they don't like, they're gonna fire you."
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Snopes @snopes.com · 10/09/2026
VoteSafe.org — not to be confused with the nonpartisan Vote.org — is funded by Elon Musk's America PAC. According to the website's privacy policy, it may collect and share users' personal information. www.snopes.com/fact-check/v...
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Vatnik Soup @vatniksoup.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In today’s Vatnik Soup, we’ll introduce the “Safeguard Swiss neutrality” ballot initiative, which goes to a nationwide vote in Switzerland on 27 September. Superficially, its promise can sound appealing: peace, sovereignty, and permanent armed neutrality. But most of that is a distraction:
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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Four years ago today, Ukraine liberated Izium. What was uncovered shocked the world: 447 graves, including 414 civilians and 5 children. Most died violently. This is what russian occupation leaves behind.
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Tony Perkins is a key figure in the rise of American Christian nationalism. At the Family Research Council, he has built a powerful network linking pastors, activists, and politicians while pushing an agenda targeting LGBTQ+ rights, abortion, and religious pluralism. Read his profile:
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Shepherd of the Far Right: The Long Rise of Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins has spent decades building the infrastructure of American Christian nationalism. From his early political career in Louisiana to his leadership of the Family Research Council, Perkins has...
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Global Project Against Hate and Extremism @globalextremism.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Kia Center in Orlando became a stage for a display of neo-Nazism. A crypto casino-sponsored event featured white supremacists, Nazi flags, and far-right influencers, all sold through Ticketmaster. The event was a dangerous example of how hate has moved from the margins into mainstream venues.
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Orlando’s Kia Center Hosts Crypto Casino-Sponsored Fighting Event Featuring White Supremacists
The Kia Center in Orlando became the stage for an open display of neo-Nazism. A crypto casino-sponsored boxing event featured a white supremacist, Nazi flags, and a gathering of far-right influencers,...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026
DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover. Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing. 👂 Listen to the full episode:
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The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m
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Ian Kremer @wolverinebear.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Prior authorization—which allows insurers to overrule physicians and deny coverage—acts as a “corporate care veto” that drains tens of billions of dollars each year that could go toward patients. www.commondreams.org/news/corpora... #health #insurance #medicine #Blues
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Advocates Call for End of Deadly Tactic Used by For-Profit Health Insurers to Deny Treatment | Common Dreams
The authors of a new report have called prior authorization---which allows insurers to overrule physicians to deny coverage---a "corporate care veto" and found it drains tens of billions of dollars ea...
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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 13/08/2026
The Department of Homeland Security surveilled protesters and pulled bank records for unions and a major climate group in a crackdown on “domestic terrorism.”
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Undercover Operation Targeted Minnesota ICE Protesters, Labor Unions
The Department of Homeland Security surveilled protesters and pulled bank records for unions and a major climate group in a crackdown on “domestic terrorism.”
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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Video of an ICE agent pulling a gun on a wife and mother, who is a US citizen born and raised in the area, near Bailey's Crossroads in Northern Virginia yesterday. Chillingly, they claimed she “almost ran them over” until she told them she had video proving that was a lie.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
👩‍⚖️✈️ The couple is suing United Airlines for negligence and false imprisonment for the airline’s role in her apprehension.
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United Airlines tricked passenger into ICE arrest, lawsuit claims
United Airlines summoned a Zimbabwean woman to her flight's gate counter at Sky Harbor. Seconds later, ICE swarmed her.
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Dr Karen Pinder 🇨🇦 🔬 @drkarenpinder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Yeppers. I am no longer going to conferences in the U.S. And I am not alone.
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Detentions of International Scholars at Airports Raise Alarm
A Johns Hopkins University researcher was detained at an airport by immigration officials and later released. Cases like hers make travel fraught for foreign scholars.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
“Our government has become the largest human trafficking organization in the world.”
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Prisons in the sky: Human trafficking at Hanscom airport fueled by complicity with ICE
Jared & Laurie Berezin, co-organizers of Bearing Witness @ ICE, August 2nd 2026
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
🧊✈️ TRIGGERED ‼️😄 🚌 A prison bus driver for La Salle Corrections waves to ICE flight observers Tuesday morning, after delivering chained humans for air transport from Love Field in Dallas 👀
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Nancy Lucía López @cybergata.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Cartoon by C Whisenhunt
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GCU Heresiarch @gcuheresiarch.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Visiting Russia a month before an election? Totally normal. 🤣🤣🤣 www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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FBI Director Kash Patel plans Russia trip
The plans come as the U.S. and Russia have failed to come to terms on ending the war in Ukraine.
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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
ICE Flight Monitor has launched a public interactive dashboard, offering viewers a more current snapshot of ICE Air flight patterns and historical trends. www.humanrightsfirst.org/ice-flight-m...
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The “American flag blue” reflecting pool in D.C. is now ... Confederate gray? #reflectingpool #lincolnmemorial #donaldtrump #vandalism www.jezebel.com/reflecting-p...
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The “American Flag Blue” Reflecting Pool Is Now ... Confederate Gray?
Good news, everyone: The "American flag blue" reflecting pool sealant we've paid at least $16 million for seems to have vanished entirely.
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(((Tendar))) @tendar.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
One of the struck Russian fuel tankers in the Azov Sea. This vessel will not deliver anything for a long time, if at all.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 12/07/2026
RSS is a secret trick to making the internet more usable. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Hate “The Algorithm?” RSS Is One of the Tools You’ve Been Looking For
Since at least the moment Facebook introduced (and apologized for) its News Feed, “the algorithm” has been shorthand for the ways the tech giants control what we see and when we see it. In the age of
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Black.Metronome 🇧🇧 🇧🇲 @blackmetronome.blacksky.app · 11/07/2026
Americans voted to violently shit their organs out because they like racism. Who needs regulations and government agencies that work to prevent parasites from infecting produce, right? As long as the Blacks are oppressed and the Browns are rounded up into camps, that's all that matter.
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L.A. TACO @lataco.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Sunday Taquitos #29: U-S-A! Art by @ivan-ehlers.bsky.social
A group of people wearing USA merch cheering while a group of people getting detained by ICE go unnoticed.

Text below reads “USA! USA! USA!”
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 03/07/2026
The telltale sign that Kohen Wiley was shot from the right side, Crump said, was visible in the “pseudo-stippling” on the child’s body.
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Independent Autopsy Shows Officer Shot 1-Year-Old Kohen Wiley From Side, Family Attorney Says
A preliminary autopsy review shows the bullet a police officer fired that killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley entered from the right side of his chest.
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RESIST | FIGHT™ @resistfight.com · 02/07/2026
ICE agents almost shot a man after an ICE agent dropped his gun and another yelled, “Gun.” 📍 This happened in Everett, Massachusetts. Witnesses had to shout that the detained man was unarmed. americansagainstice.org/subscribe
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ACLU @aclu.org · 28/06/2026
Automatic license plate readers track our every move and funnel our personal information into enormous databases that police can access to spy on us without a warrant. Surveillance company Flock Safety is the largest provider of these cameras — it's time we get all of them out of our communities.
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Get The Flock Out
Automatic license plate reader (ALPR) companies like Flock Safety are quietly trying to build a nationwide mass surveillance system. If there are Flock cameras in your city, they are tracking, logging, and sharing your movements without a warrant. But we're not powerless. More and more communities are rejecting these creepy cameras — and yours can be one of them!
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newmexicanextexan.bsky.social @newmexicanextexan.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Texas Sentenced Protestors to 100 Years and Let Child Molesters Walk in Six Months...And That Was Just Tuesday... open.substack.com/pub/letsaddr...
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Texas Sentenced Protestors to 100 Years and Let Child Molesters Walk in Six Months...And That Was Just Tuesday...
A week in review from Let’s Address Texas, and what to carry into next week.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 27/06/2026
The United Nations is calling for independent investigations after at least 50 people have died in ICE custody since President Trump began his second term. The death rate is higher than it's been in over a decade, and this year is already on track to be worse than 2025. This is unconscionable.
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UN Demands Probes Into US ICE Custody Deaths
The United Nations on Friday demanded independent investigations into dozens of deaths in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody since last year -- and swift action to prevent more peopl...
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
🧊🛩️ LOADING HUMAN CARGO ⛓️😲 ...in seven seconds 👀
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/06/2026
When a license plate is captured by an automated license plate reader (ALPR), it’s instantly compared against a list of vehicles that the police are actively looking for, known as a “hotlist.” EFF has learned that one of these hotlists targets immigrants on behalf of ICE. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Are Your Local Police Using Flock Safety ALPRs to Scan for Immigrants?
When a car passes an automated license plate reader (ALPR), its plate is captured and instantly compared against a list of vehicles that police are actively looking for or that police have identified
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 25/06/2026
The FCC’s proposal to require IDs for a phone plan will not decrease the amount of unwanted calls. All it will do is set up a data collection regime that harms everyday, law abiding Americans. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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The FCC’s Spam Call Proposal Is Just a Data Collection Scheme
The Federal Communications Commission wants to require telecommunications providers to collect vast amounts of personal information from every person who wants a phone number in the name of
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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 24/06/2026
On this day in 1943, white U.S. military police fired on Black U.S. soldiers stationed during World War II in the village of Bamber Bridge, England, killing a Black soldier named Private William Crossland.
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Jun. 24, 1943 | U.S. Military Police Open Fire on Black Soldiers Stationed in England
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
🧊✈️ GUATEMALA ⛓️🌎 😲 A GlobalX jet (tail: N316NV) departs Louisiana, trafficking chained humans to Guatemala City 🇬🇹
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Legacy Update @legacyupdate.net · 14/06/2026
Is the Microsoft Office Ribbon causing people to have fewer children? A provocative new working paper explores the persistent drop in birth rates since Office 2007 was introduced nearly two decades ago.
The top-left corner of Microsoft Word 2007, showing the ribbon.
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Splinter @splinternews.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
A law designed to protect the identity of crime victims is instead being used to hide police identities as they call themselves "victims." #police #justice #cops #MarsysLaw www.jezebel.com/marsys-law-o...
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A Law Designed to Protect the Identity of Crime Victims Is Instead Being Used to Hide Police Identities
All police have to do is claim that THEY are "victims," in order to keep their identities hidden after a fatal incident.
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Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
ICE shouldn't be at schools. Period. This is horrific, it's unacceptable. These parents should be immediately released and we must all collectively demand that ICE stay out of schools. www.thebanner.com/education/k-...
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ICE agents detain parents dropping off kids outside Baltimore school
ICE agents detained two adults on public school property Thursday in a chaotic scene caught on video.
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