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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 1h
Historians have long treated Thomas Jefferson’s paternity of Sally Hemings’ children as established. Now a scientific investigation is offering what researchers say is the most conclusive answer yet. to.pbs.org/4AwgGo7
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Lock of hair settles questions about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
Researchers say they have the most conclusive proof of Thomas Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemings’ children. A strand of hair found in Jefferson’s Bible launched an investigation involving DNA scie...
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 19h
U.S government regulators are accusing some telehealth companies of deceptive, unethical business practices, including disclosing their customers’ health data, signing them up for hard-to-cancel subscriptions and bypassing real-time consultations with doctors. Here's what you need to know.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pennsylvania’s reported measles cases are almost at 1,000 for the year.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 03/10/2026
Utahns “should not acquiesce in any legislative attempt to dilute their own political power,” The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board writes. “Vote no on Amendment B.”
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Tribune editorial: Utahns should not undermine their own political power. Vote down Amendment B.
Utahns “should not acquiesce in any legislative attempt to dilute their own political power,” The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board writes. “Vote no on Amendment B.”
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/10/2026
Emily Marris bought raw milk from a farm recommended to her on Facebook. After her 17-month-old drank it, the toddler contracted E. coli and nearly died. Despite knowing this, the farmer continued advertising “raw goat milk from a clean tested herd.”
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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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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed one of the most restrictive book-banning laws in the country. But it definitely doesn't apply to his own new book. "He doesn’t understand irony at all," one Utah bookseller said.
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Book-banning GOP governor wants you to buy his book
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is promoting himself as a "peacemaker."
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Many of you are asking how you can help me. My only ask is this: Spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. Tell everyone to subscribe to Democracy Docket and share its content. demdock.com/4w6emld
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/10/2026
After inspectors turned the lens back on him, the Federal Housing Finance Agency head moved to slash their budget.
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Bill Pulte said he was cracking down on fraud. Now he’s firing the investigators.
After inspectors turned the lens back on him, the Federal Housing Finance Agency head moved to slash their budget.
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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 03/10/2026
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Rights, Freedom, Equality are on the ballot in Virginia. This can change everything.
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NPR @npr.org · 01/10/2026
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030. trib.al/m96Iu6U
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COMIC: How the census gives your state power (and what Trump wants to change)
The census is used to determine how much say your state has in Congress and the Electoral College. President Trump failed to alter it during his first term, but he's trying again ahead of 2030.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/09/2026
How the Dobbs decision gave rise to legions of pill smugglers and abortion abolitionists
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Life after Roe
How the Dobbs decision gave rise to legions of pill smugglers and abortion abolitionists.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/09/2026
A new poll from The 19th News shows faltering Republican support for gender-affirming care bans for trans youth. It also shows that anti-trans ads might be backfiring, with respondents increasingly saying Republicans are talking about trans people too much. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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New Poll From The 19th News Shows Public Turning Against Republican Anti-Trans Healthcare Bans
The poll even shows faltering Republican support for such bans.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FREE LIVE STREAM: Join me at 6:30ET for an urgent update on how Trump and his DOJ are now attacking free and fair elections and what we are doing to fight back. www.youtube.com/live/269vb3e...
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ALERT: Trump's DOJ Is Now Taunting Judges to Rule Against Them
YouTube video by Democracy Docket
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 29/09/2026
“You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” How ChatGPT fueled the violent fantasies of the Tumbler Ridge school shooter, according to our new investigation. www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026
Sean Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle to a low-security correctional facility in southern New Jersey, sources said.
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Diddy’s pampered life in prison: Massages, nude photos, Hennessy
Sean Combs has spent thousands of dollars a month to bring his lifestyle to a low-security correctional facility in southern New Jersey, sources said.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/09/2026
DoorDash isn't shy about using their lobbying power to get what they want, but when it comes to their drivers being gunned down by ICE, they're silent. Join us in demanding DoorDash speak out against ICE violence and push for Wilber's immediate release: share.indvs.org/tool...
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 30/09/2026
The Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump's administration continue deporting people to countries other than their own for now, while the justices consider whether the policy is legal. to.pbs.org/4yj4UvV
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Supreme Court lets Trump continue deporting people to 3rd countries while justices consider policy
Under a series of often-secret agreements, the Trump administration has deported some 25,000 people to more than two dozen countries, including Liberia and Guyana.
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Join the No Kings coalition for this EP 201 training to prepare for engaging in sustained mobilization & results protection work depending on opposition response to election results. ❌👑 Vote Early: Election Protection 201 📆 Thursday, October 1 ⏰ 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT 🔗 mobilize.us/nokings/event/1014737
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LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 29/09/2026
Remember when JK Rowling urged the boycott of a store for having trans employees? - buff.ly/6qYPyTm
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 29/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV says that concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously, insisting that safety issues raised by AI experts should be discussed and acted on.
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Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns aren’t ‘fake news’
Pope Leo had identified AI as one of the biggest challenges to humanity within days of his election and took the unusual step of personally launching his own encyclical alongside one of Anthropic’s co-founders at a Vatican event in May.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 29/09/2026
A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond for a third man charged in the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in August.
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Judge sets $5M bond for third man charged in death of Black woman whose body was later hung in tree
A Mississippi judge set a $5 million bond for a third man charged in the death of a Black woman whose body was found hanging from a tree in August.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29/09/2026
Almost immediately after his second term began, Trump started taking steps to try to control elections. “This is his fixation,” Marc Elias says. “This is the unifying force that holds the MAGA movement together.” They're betting you'll stop paying attention. Don't: demdock.com/3T3Owjg
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
ICE BEHIND THE MASKS HAVE NAMES 2 masked agents threatened to arrest Robert Peck for legally observing them. He sued. “And now, because of a lawsuit, the (ICE) agents have names.” A Hylton 📌Nicholas Lapointe 📌Christopher Semler I hope more people take ICE to court when their rights are violated.
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Their punishment was to write essays.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Wait, a man who drove his wife to suicide by proving how popular he is with the ladies stole money from black kids for their health to fund an entourage to prove how important he is? It's *almost* as if RFK, Jr. is a truly horrible, insecure person!
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Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 25/09/2026
The Chinese Communist Party got access to sensitive components of U.S. F-35 stealth fighters. The U.S. got 2 pandas.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 26/09/2026
Instead of standing up to Trump’s deportation and death machine that has brutalized their workers, DoorDash is lobbying for the regime’s legislative priorities — including a bill to weaken DC home rule. Delete your account and app until DoorDash speaks out against ICE’s brutality and violence.
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Delete DoorDash: our demands
Our demands for DoorDash on ICE raids, H.R. 9720, and the DC task force. How to close your account until it answers.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court GRANTS People Not Politicians stay application, ordering the 2022 map to be in effect for the midterms! A victory for Elias Law Group, our clients People Not Politicians and Richard von Glahn, and the people of Missouri. www.democracydocket.com/cases/missou...
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🚨Onder v. Missouri
Learn more here.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 26/09/2026
🎉ICYMI: SCOTUS reaffirmed Friday that Missouri cannot use their Trump-backed map for this year’s midterm elections. The court in the unsigned opinion blasted Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) for creating unnecessary confusion about which map was in effect for the 2026 elections.
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In a win for voters, Supreme Court blocks Missouri’s gerrymandered map for midterms
The Supreme Court’s ruling, which is a victory for pro-voting groups, comes after Missouri has already sent ballots for the upcoming election to overseas and absentee voters.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens — the latest snafu in the department’s attempts to uncover illegal voters across the country. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DHS noncitizen voter claims unravel in Nevada as state confirms flagged voters are citizens
Nevada election officials said Thursday that 185 voters in the state who the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) identified as noncitizens were all, in fact, citizens.
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In an effort to protect the GOP’s gerrymander, Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins (R) argued that changing congressional maps after the primary would plunge the state into electoral chaos. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Supreme Court smacks down Denny Hoskins for creating Missouri’s redistricting mess
The finding is an especially rough ending to a redistricting saga in which Hoskins repeatedly tried to preserve Missouri Republicans’ 2025 congressional gerrymander — only to be rebuked by the state S...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target losing gamblers. This is yet another example of how online behavioral advertising hurts real people.
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DraftKings Is Using AI to Supercharge the Harms of Online Behavioral Advertising
Online sports betting company DraftKings is using AI to target customers who are most likely to place losing bets and respond to gambling promotions. This kind of targeting is a form of online behavio...
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Trump-endorsed congressional candidate exaggerated his military record multiple times in campaign ads over the last three years.
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MAGA Candidate Busted Lying About His Military Record
The former Air Force officer stretched the truth about one of his service awards.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
🎥 NEW: Democrats just sued to block Trump from deploying armed federal agents to polling places, even though federal law says it's a crime. Marc Elias breaks down the lawsuit and explains how the threat intimidates and discourages voters from showing up to cast their ballots👇
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BREAKING: Democrats Sue to Stop What Trump Has Planned for Election Day
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NO FLUID was found in Nolan Wells' lungs or airways, per the autopsy report by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner. How do you die by "accidental drowning" if there is no water in your lungs?
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 24/09/2026
A few practical tips, combined with a cautious outlook, can help you avoid many phishing attacks. ssd.eff.org/module/how-...
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How to: Avoid Phishing Attacks
On your path to improving your digital security, you may encounter bad actors who attempt to undermine your security goals. We call these bad actors adversaries. When an adversary sends an email (or text message or message in an app) or link that looks innocent, but is actually malicious it’s...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 24/09/2026
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the first Trump presidency. (Published July)
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These Immigrant Kids Were Once Protected. Under Trump, Their Deportations Have Tripled.
A first-of-its-kind ProPublica analysis found that children who entered the U.S. by themselves are being detained and removed at about three times the rate they were during the final years of the firs...
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) said Thursday that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) will face “legal consequences” after the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled that his seizure of roughly 650,000 ballots violated state law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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California Attorney General vows ‘legal consequences’ for GOP sheriff who seized ballots
The ballot seizure case highlights the risks to democracy when election deniers in positions of authority abuse their power to interfere with vote counting. Bianco seized an estimated 650,000 ballots ...
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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 24/09/2026
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New bill would create federal investigative body for AI-driven hacks
Sen. Ed Markey proposed a bill to create a federal board investigating AI-driven cyberattacks and oversight failures at companies like OpenAI.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
NEW: Tens of thousands of voters in Texas are not on county rolls because the state incorrectly processed their voter registration applications. Now, county election officials are left with the burdensome task of updating voter rolls until Oct. 19, when early voting begins in the state.
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Texas election workers scramble after registration snafu leaves thousands of voters off rolls
“I don’t know if they feel confident. Some counties are more confident than others,” Chris McGinn, executive director of the Texas Association of County Elections Officials, said. “Right now what we’r...
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The culture warrior head of CBS News has been caught in an embarrassing new leak, awkwardly fawning over yet another billionaire.
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MAGA-Curious CBS Boss Gushes Over Sinister Far-Right Guru
Bari Weiss fawned over the broligarch.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 24/09/2026
“I wanted to know if you agree that an IUD is an abortifacient,” Washington Democrat Patty Murray asked Dr. Heidi Overton, Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next head of the FDA. Overton not only refused to answer, but her response even suggested that the FDA could change its stance.
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Trump’s FDA pick refuses to say IUDs don’t cause abortions
Dr. Heidi Overton also tells senators she's also open investigating abortion pill manufacturers.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
🗺️ Missouri Republicans are using the state’s top court as a scapegoat over their bid to reinstate a gerrymandered map just weeks before Election Day. But their arguments leave out key facts about Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins’ delay tactics: demdock.com/4zhLLuH
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The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The MAGA sheriff is the latest Republican to concede that Trump’s signature policy has brought ugly consequences.
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JD Vance’s Ultra-Trumpy Hometown Sheriff Turns on MAGA
The MAGA sheriff is the latest Republican to concede that Trump’s signature policy has brought ugly consequences.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 24/09/2026
🚨BREAKING: The California Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R) must return the roughly 650,000 ballots he seized in 2025. This ruling means that law enforcement CANNOT seize ballots beyond California's existing election procedures.
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ACLU of Massachusetts @aclum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In New Bedford and Fall River, ICE has ripped apart families, disrupted schools and businesses, and deliberately created a climate of fear. It’s reckless and it does nothing to keep our communities safe. We will continue to protect immigrant rights and hold ICE to account.
Legal resources if you have been detained by ICE
MACI hotline: (508) 505-4588 

Legal Representation Fund: (617) 637-8195 (for detainees) or (617) 396-7143 (hotline for family and friends) 

Habeas Project: immigrationhabeasproject@gmail.com (for Massachusetts residents currently detained in New England)
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Center for Biological Diversity @biologicaldiversity.org · 24/09/2026
Because of well-documented health concerns, #atrazine has been banned in more than 60 countries. Yet the EPA is in the process of reapproving the use of this dangerous #pesticide in the US for at least another 15 years. Learn more ➡️ bit.ly/4huL3CX
Image of a shallow, rocky river bed. Text centered over the image reads: "More than 70 million pounds of atrazine are sprayed on crops each year and it is the most widely detected pesticide contaminant in
U.S. rivers, streams and below-ground water supplies. It is a known hormone-disrupting pesticide linked to birth defects, multiple cancers, and fertility problems."
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