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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/07/2025
A senior State Department official who was fired as a White House speechwriter during the first Trump administration for attending a gathering of white supremacists has been appointed acting president of the U.S. Institute of Peace, according to the State Department.
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Fired Speechwriter From First Trump Term Appointed to Lead the Institute of Peace
In 2018, the White House fired Darren Beattie for attending a gathering of white supremacists. Mr. Beattie will head the institute while keeping his senior State Department position.
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Liz Ahern 🌈🇲🇽🏳️‍⚧️☮️ @austinmermaid.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10/07/2025
Oh my God. “Even as Texas rescue crews raced to save lives, Noem didn’t authorize FEMA’s deployment of Search and Rescue teams until more than 72 hours after the flooding began.”
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In Texas flood response, FEMA slowed by Noem’s cost controls | CNN Politics
As monstrous floodwaters surged across central Texas late last week, officials at the Federal Emergency Management Agency leapt into action, preparing to deploy critical search and rescue teams and li...
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Bec @becny.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
What choice do we have? It’s either Zohran or a pervert, a fraudster, or a guy who hasn’t changed his clothes in 40 years and has 20 cats in a studio apartment.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Mayor Brandon Scott has reduced crime in Baltimore by 62%, and now has the lowest homicide rate in Baltimore history. How did he do it? NOT be spending more on police. He did it by MAJOR investment in afterschool and literacy programs. Socialism works
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
If you’re an elected Democrat (rightly) complaining about the GOP kicking 17 million people off of Medicaid, now is a good and credible time to critique the entire broken work-based non-universal US healthcare system. Now is the time to call for universal healthcare, for Medicare for All.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 26/06/2025
This should go well for him.
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Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
"Also at the rally was former state Sen. Malcolm Smith, a Democrat who served seven years in prison for trying to bribe his way onto the Republican line for mayor in 2013." gothamist.com/news/flanked...
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Joined by aides raided by FBI, Mayor Adams launches re-election bid
Adams touted his record and criticized Zohran Mamdani as a "Twitter politician."
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doomandgloom 💙📚🚀🌈🌴🌞🏝🎶🌹🐈‍⬛🌹💐🦋 🌻🇺🇦🇵🇸🇳🇫🇨🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @doomandgloom1951.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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‘Ticking time bomb’: Ice detainee dies in transit as experts say more deaths likely
Guardian reporting reveals confusing and contradictory events surrounding death of Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado
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David Rothkopf @djrothkopf.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Correct.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A lot of you on here love this guy even though he voted with Trump more than 90% of the time and continues to have a war boner against Muslims. DNC would rather invite him to speak than a single Palestinian. None of this is lost on the rest of us.
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Jay @pescado70.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
latimes.com
Rhode Island lawmakers pass bill to ban sales of assault weapons
Rhode Island’s Democratic-controlled state House has advanced legislation that would ban sales of certain semiautomatic rifles.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 20/06/2025
‘We see you’: Canton engraves names of enslaved people on new historical marker
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Canton engraves names of enslaved people on historical marker
A new historical marker was unveiled at an event in Canton on Thursday.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 20/06/2025
Hygiene product maker Unicharm and trading house Toyota Tsusho will set up a joint venture in Kenya that will make and sell sanitary goods: "We hope to contribute to the advancement of women in society."
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Unicharm and Toyota Tsusho to set up sanitary goods joint venture in Kenya
The two companies aim to launch the new company, Sofy East Africa, in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in December.
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Senator Scott Wiener @scottwiener.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Just some creepy armed Mad Max guys trying to gain entry to Dodgers Stadium. ICE says it wasn’t them. DHS says they were Border Patrol. But honestly who the hell knows? They’ve given permission for any psycho to put on a ski mask, point a gun, grab people & throw them into an unmarked vehicle.
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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 19/06/2025
Every time! There is zero benefit to caving, every time!
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Every Bite Counts @sandybeach805.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
The ladies have hit the runway at the Kennedy Center. FOTUS must be pissed! It’s Le Miserable time 🤗
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Trixie 🌸🇨🇦 @trixie57.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
The LA Unified School District will now be setting up perimeters around schools during graduations and other events, to prevent ICE from kidnapping people and traumatizing children during the ceremonies and celebrations. How fucking sad is that? All this because of a reality TV show conman.
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Los Angeles population is roughly 4M+ people. It’s a massive city, folks. The combined 4700 National Guard and Marines have been sent to about a 3-block area to aggressively eat lunch and watch peaceful protestors sing and dance. 👇🏽 💃🏽🎶🕺🏼 So now you know. Keep lifting the veil, LA fam!
A map of protests and deployed National Guard troops in Los Angeles, on June 9,2025.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10/06/2025
The New York City Council requested that the city watchdog open an inquiry into how the NYPD under Mayor Eric Adams is sharing information with federal authorities amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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N.Y.P.D’s Cooperation With ICE Must Be Investigated, City Council Says
The Council made reference to concerns about whether the police had violated New York’s sanctuary laws by sharing information with federal authorities.
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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 10/06/2025
Zelenskyy cleverly and very successfully attacked Russian military airbases with drones; Putin bombs a Ukrainian maternity hospital; Trump can’t figure out who the bad guy is. Trump/Russia is real.
washingtonpost.com
Attack leaves Kyiv choked in smoke, hits Odessa maternity hospital
The escalation in aerial attacks comes as Russia begins a summer push on the 620-mile front line in the country’s east.
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Bill Walter @billwalter.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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James Hughes @dystopian-fashion.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 11/05/2025
"There's a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people." - Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Trump has revoked guidance that directed hospitals to provide emergency abortions to women when necessary to stabilize their medical condition — eg when women are experiencing medical emergencies and need abortion to prevent organ loss or severe hemorrhaging, among other serious complications
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Trump administration revokes guidance requiring hospitals to provide emergency abortions
The Trump administration said that it would revoke guidance to the nation's hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical cond...
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NOH8 Campaign @noh8campaign.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court authorizes nonbinary identifier on birth certificates in landmark decision #NOH8
Puerto Rico’s Supreme Court authorizes nonbinary identifier on birth certificates in landmark decision #NOH8
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Drew Webb 🏳️‍🌈 @archeryfan93.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
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nowhere 🏳️‍🌈 @nowhere.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Gift link, if anyone needs it www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/w...
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White House Health Report Included Fake Citations
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Michelle @michelleroy78.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
So do we just call him Raf now?
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Kye @gxldsociety.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
MUST WATCH: ICE kidnapped a disabled American citizen. Her name is Alma Bowman. Born in the Philippines while her dad served in the U.S. Navy. She’s lived here 48 years. They crashed her wheelchair, denied meds, cut her off from her lawyer—and jailed her. She. Is. A. Citizen.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 29/05/2025
I'm Dr. Annie Andrews. I’m a pediatrician, not a politician. But either way I know how to handle people who are full of sh*t. Today I am announcing my campaign for US Senate to replace Lindsey Graham. Share this if you're with me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8wM...
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Annie Andrews Launch Video: "Unafraid"
YouTube video by Annie Andrews
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Joe G @eastendjoe.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
I see what the issue is. Do you?
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 28/05/2025
BREAKING: The Tate brothers have been charged in the UK with rape, bodily harm, human trafficking, & controlling prostitution for gain. A European arrest warrant was issued for the two last year and Romanian courts have issued an order to extradite the two to the U.K. apnews.com/article/tate...
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Tate brothers face rape and trafficking charges in the UK
British prosecutors say influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate have been charged with rape and other crimes.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 27/05/2025
A legal resident of New Hampshire was “violently interrogated” for hours, stripped naked, and forced into a cold shower. Given little food or water and prevented from taking medication, he collapsed and was hospitalized.
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No One Is Safe From America’s Abusive Immigration Authorities Anymore
Even legal residents and tourists are being terrorized by Trump-emboldened officers at ICE and CBP.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
More than two years ago, Utah Republicans commissioned a study on gender-affirming care for youth. It just came back, and the conclusion is unambiguous: full recommendation in support of gender-affirming care. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Utah study on trans youth care extremely inconvenient for politicians who ordered it
The state's ban on gender-affirming pediatric care "cannot be justified" by science, a two-year review concluded.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
The number of people killed by the police has risen every year since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis officer in 2020. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...
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Since George Floyd’s Murder, Police Killings Keep Rising, Not Falling
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
❗️When the whole world calls for an end to the killings, Putin gives orders for more strikes, attacks, and the killing of children, - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Sybiha
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GrouchyMarkx @grouchymarkx.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
The Ethicist | We pretended to be foreign to game our son's way into Harvard. How do we reveal that we're American so he can stay enrolled?
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
If it was a “personal” and not a “presidential” meeting, why the presidential seal?
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 22/05/2025
This is absolutely terrible news. With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately. h/t @merz.bsky.social
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Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Please, tell me more about “weaponization of government”: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...
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Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
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TrumpsTaxes @trumpstaxes.com · 22/05/2025
The Medicaid cuts are rightfully getting the most attention in the GOP's cruel bill, but let's not forget that SNAP food benefits are being cut as well. Here are some of the local headlines from around the country about the impacts on food banks. In Ohio: www.publicnewsservice.org/2025-05-21/b...
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Ohio leaders warn SNAP cuts could overwhelm state budget, food banks
Ohio advocates said proposed federal cuts to SNAP could force the state to absorb hundreds of millions in costs, threatening food access for families, seniors, and veterans. The House Agriculture Com...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 20/05/2025
Joe Biden's prostate cancer diagnosis has baffled some Americans, who wonder why it wasn’t caught sooner. Guidelines advise no screening after age 70, and doctors say that even men who test diligently may develop an aggressive cancer after none was found at a checkup.
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Prostate Experts See Familiar Scenario in Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 19/05/2025
The Rules Committee meets at 1 AM on Tuesday night/ Wednesday morning to ram through this disastrous bill. Why? Because they don't want you to see them ripping healthcare from millions of Americans. You do not hold a hearing for a bill at 1 AM unless you're completely ashamed of it.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
New post at CAMPAIGN TRAILS about the real litmus test of the 2028 Democratic presidential primary campaign. campaign-trails.ghost.io/cloud-yells-...
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Cloud Yells At Old Man
This past week, the corporate media apparently met in a secret conclave and emerged with a new decree for the American electorate – Joe Biden was old. Politico announced that "the first litmus test o...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
"The report in question was neither peer-reviewed nor published in a medical journal..." www.nbcnews.com/health/women...
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How shoddy science is fueling a charge to restrict abortion pill access
The FDA has been tasked with re-evaluating the safety of mifepristone after a flawed report claimed it has a high rate of serious complications.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/05/2025
Breaking News: Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News, said she would resign. McMahon had allied herself with Bill Owens, the “60 Minutes” executive producer who recently resigned. It’s the latest in a showdown between the news division and President Trump.
nytimes.com
Head of CBS News to Depart Amid Tensions With Trump
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
My painting SPRING RIDE
A colorful acrylic painting by Jim Musil depicting a woman riding her bike through blossoming pink trees. The grass is a bright yellow green for Spring.
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