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A patriotic American Black senior citizen who was raised by 2 parents who believed in unions and the collective good for all Americans. A good citizen who raised good citizens. I know the cost of racial hatred and white hatred.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 7h
Immigration insights: Tears and action follow ICE raids in southwest Kansas | via @crazeywriter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Immigration insights: Tears and action follow ICE raids  in southwest Kansas • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived in southwest Kansas on Sept. 22 and departed three days later, leaving fear, uncertainty and anger. Meet some of the people affected by the raid...
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The Economist @economist.com · 6h
“Make Me Well” is an entertaining investigation into the unintended consequences of the wellness industry. The book may well wake consumers up to the marketing fluff that drives their purchases
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Why supplements need supplemental disclosures
A new book takes aim at the marketing and pseudoscience behind the wellness industry
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
NEW: In a win for Montana voters, a state court blocked a restrictive date of birth verification requirement for absentee voting. Advocates argued the law increased the likelihood that valid ballots cast by those with difficulties getting to a polling place would be rejected on technicalities.
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Montana court blocks onerous mail voting law that caused thousands of rejected absentee ballots last year
The mail voting measure led to nearly 3,000 mail ballots getting rejected in the Nov. 2025 election, in a state where 80% of voters vote absentee.
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The Mirror @mirror.co.uk · 6h
Gary Lineker has explained why he deliberately stepped away from working with FIFA after an awkward encounter threatened to put him in an uncomfortable position.
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Gary Lineker blacklisted FIFA after their 'uncomfortable' Vladimir Putin request
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Euronews @euronews.com · 6h
Thousands take to the streets across Spain as protesters call for a general strike after parliament rejects two government housing decrees #EuropeNews
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Nearly 500,000 people protest in Madrid over Spain's housing crisis
Thousands take to the streets across Spain as protesters call for a general strike after parliament rejects two government housing decrees
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 6h
‘It’s enraging’: lawmakers call for action after Guardian investigation into convenience store overcharges
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‘It’s enraging’: lawmakers call for action after Guardian investigation into convenience store overcharges
Congress members say pricing practices at 7-Eleven and Circle K stores underscore everyday Americans’ affordability struggles
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10/11 News @1011now.com · 6h
Woman accused of allowing doctor to sexually assault child at least 10 times in exchange for Adderall
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Woman accused of allowing doctor to sexually assault child at least 10 times in exchange for Adderall
A Texas woman allegedly took a child to a doctor, allowing him to sexually assault the child in exchange for Adderall, according to authorities.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 6h
BREAKING: Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced.
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Governor says Tennessee’s prisons chief is resigning after failed execution of Christa Pike
Pike was placed on a ventilator and remained unconscious in a hospital, her attorneys said in a court filing Friday.
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Baller Alert @balleralert.com · 6h
Nolan Wells’ Friends Say Their Families Are Now Getting Death Threats Over His Horn Island Death
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Nolan Wells’ Friends Say Their Families Are Now Getting Death Threats Over His Horn Island Death
Nolan Wells' friends say they and their families face thousands of death threats after a grand jury found no evidence of a crime in his death. The post Nolan Wells’ Friends Say Their Families Are Now Getting Death Threats Over His Horn Island Death appeared first on Baller Alert.
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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 6h
The inspector general warned that the agency doesn’t have effective ways to stop employees from peeking at data. on.wsj.com/4dU1SWP
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Dozens of IRS employees improperly viewed the tax records of celebrities, government officials and business leaders, according to an inspector general’s report
The inspector general warned that the agency doesn’t have effective ways to stop employees from peeking at data.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h
"Don't do what I did," implored the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, and wait to reveal "the dangerous truths that are being withheld by the government, at whatever cost to yourself."
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Daniel Ellsberg’s stories of courage and foreboding
The famous whistleblower's posthumous memoir recalls moments of triumph amid moral failure.
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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 6h
A former patient told The Tribune that Maurice Harker held her to the ground during therapy sessions, injuring her and at times covering her nose and mouth so she couldn’t breathe. “He’s a good person,” one of his supporters said at a hearing Thursday.
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A Utah licensing board wants to ban a former therapist for at least 5 years. His supporters rallied to his defense.
Maurice Harker pleaded no contest to charges involving a former patient. As supporters defended him, the former patient told a licensing board: “I’m not lying.”
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The Onion @theonion.com · 6h
Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
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Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future
ITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 6h
A top DOD official says the military has “no plan” to deploy troops to election sites this fall. But given the Trump administration’s track record of defying court orders, violating federal campaign laws, and embracing election denialism, the reassurance is limited.
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DOD tells senator it has ‘no plan’ for troops at polls. But she has ‘no idea what Trump will do’
“I take that as a positive sign,” Slotkin said. “[I] still have no idea what Trump will do."
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6h
A federal judge in Oklahoma said a police search of the license-plate-reader system Flock amounted to “indiscriminate mass surveillance.” The order reflects a growing distrust of Flock, and The Post has reported dozens of cases involving police misuse.
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A police search using Flock was a form of ‘mass surveillance,’ judge rules
A federal judge said that police conducted an “unconstitutional warrantless search” by using Flock cameras to reconstruct a woman’s travels without probable cause.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 6h
Our reporting found that in Arkansas, one private school continued to operate even though the founder served jail time for permitting child abuse. Join us Oct. 6 at 4 pm ET for a discussion about the changing private school landscape: events.propublica.org/wild-west-sch…
Virtual Event: The Wild West of School Vouchers. Join us to discuss how a surge in public funding is changing the private school landscape and what it means for families. Tuesday, Oct. 6. 4 p.m. EST. Illustration: A giant orange pencil points up and to the right. In the background is a pattern made up of gray school chairs.
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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 6h
A former Fox News host unloaded on President Donald Trump over his family's surging wealth, calling it corruption unlike anything the country has seen.
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Ex-Fox News host unloads on Trump over 'most outrageously corrupt situation' ever
A former Fox News host unloaded on President Donald Trump over his family's surging wealth, calling it corruption unlike anything the country has seen.Geraldo Rivera made the remarks Saturday during a panel discussion with CNN host Abby Phillip, arguing that Trump is "unapologetic" about the money h...
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The Economist @economist.com · 6h
At daily press briefings, White House reporters ask combative questions and spokespeople insult them. This is entertaining for political junkies but seldom advances the cause of truth. To learn why, register to read the full story (it’s free)
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Abolish the White House press corps
With his spitefulness to the press, Donald Trump is giving it the chance to reform how it covers the presidency
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Verite News @veritenews.org · 6h
A central function of The Black School is its design apprenticeship program, in which artists aged 14 to 24 are trained for six months in graphic design and other design disciplines. ow.ly/KRZY50ZU8Ok
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The Lever @levernews.com · 6h
READ: www.levernews.com/trumps-ai-de...
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Trump’s AI Deregulator Has A Billion-Dollar Side Bet
As David Sacks pushed Trump to reject AI safeguards, his venture capital firm invested in AI startups and is now raising a new $1 billion fund.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 6h
In the first few months of 2025, the Trump administration attempted to cancel around $267 million in federal spending on legal aid for migrants. For legal aid groups all over America, recovery from the tumultuous early months of the second Trump administration has been excruciating.
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First Trump came for immigrants. Then he came for their lawyers.
How legal aid groups survived the administration’s attacks—barely.
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 6h
OPINION: "Why? Because it’s an ad for sports betting. And who goes bankrupt from sports betting? Who loses their families because of sports betting? Who dies by suicide at higher rates, driven by debt and shame? Men do," Laura Norton-Cruz writes. buff.ly/8wCRYEx
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Opinion | That Sydney Sweeney Novig Ad: What Harms Women Is Bad for Men, Too
Laura Norton-Cruz writes about Sydney Sweeney’s gambling advertisement for Novig and the harm it represents to both women and men.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h
The Trump administration’s talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine have expanded to include a multibillion-dollar oil deal that would benefit Middle Eastern business executives with ties to the two main U.S. negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies
President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of interest.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 6h
A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school’s investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation.
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Woman told Cornell investigators she ‘felt like bait’ during alleged gang rape
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 5h
“Farish Street was the Mecca for Jackson, especially for the Black community,” Jackson resident Dorothy Davis said. “This is where all your Black millionaires used to live and had their practices and businesses, and the poor people, too. And so it was a one-stop.” buff.ly/aPa8Pxo
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Farish Street Green Marks Resolve to Revitalize Historic Jackson Neighborhood
The Farish Street Green opens on Monday, Oct. 5, bringing green infrastructure and cooling to Jackson’s historic Black district.
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Toronto Star @thestar.com · 5h
Khanak Rakshit’s parents say they were just steps away when the toddler "gently touched” a bedroom window in their 19th floor North York apartment. The glass broke. On the ground floor, neighbours were celebrating Mother’s Day when they heard the thud.
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A toddler fell to her death from a Toronto highrise. Tenants warned of flimsy windows, but the city gave the building a pass
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 8h
🚨NEW by me: New ICE facility for unaccompanied migrant kids is about to open in Louisiana. While ICE is sanitizing optics, calling it the "Alexandria Family Staging Center," lawmakers and child advocates are raising the roof warning of child trafficking risks. www.thequeenzone.com/new-ice-faci...
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New ICE Facility for Migrant Children Raises Alarm Over Trafficking Risks
A new ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) facility for unaccompanied children, families, and single women is set to...
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Alisha Grauso (She/Her) @alishagrauso.bsky.social · 7h
This isn't a story about rape. It's just a story about the countless everyday sexual assaults young girls and women face that make them think, "Oh, I'm lucky. It wasn't rape...I guess." When I was 20, I lived in FL for the summer.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can read Jamal’s work here. It was the honor of my life to have been his editor at the Washington Post. Rest in peace, Jamal. And I’m sorry the Washington Post opinions page ended up betraying what we both stood for. www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-...
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Opinion | Read Jamal Khashoggi’s columns for The Washington Post
Jamal Khashoggi, a veteran Saudi journalist who Turkish officials say was killed in Istanbul after walking into the consulate of Saudi Arabia, had been writing a column for The Post since last year.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h
ICE just kidnapped a woman at LAX airport Saturday Oct 3, 12:50AM. A community member was able to record when several ICE goons who refused to identify themselves grabbed the woman, put her into a van and then drove off.
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John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.social · 10h
We’re screwed www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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A Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?
Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity.
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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 7h
Making NYC safe and fun for everyone! If this is what DSA candidates have to offer, I am all in!
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Purge Palantir @purgepalantir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"What Palantir can’t do is stop government agencies from sharing information with each other, which Trump ordered them to do in March. ELITE, the app they created for ICE, sources its data from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, which manages Medicaid." via @kalwradio.bsky.social
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Nurses rally in San Francisco against Palantir’s work with ICE
Nurses marched in San Francisco on Wednesday to protest Palantir’s involvement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Rep. Adam Smith @adamsmith.house.gov · 02/10/2026
The nursing and allied health workforces face critical shortages, with up to 200,000 additional nurses needed each year. I’ve introduced the Immigrants in Nursing and Allied Health Act to help break down barriers to ensure immigrants can fill these positions and build our health care workforce.
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Pro-Democracy Indiana Resister 🇺🇸 🔄 🆘 🟦 @woodenstares.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The stock market seems to love every headline that is bad for the American people and the country. It doesn’t represent the economy anymore, it represents the strength of those who attack and oppress us.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is such shameless "journalism." Framing Donald Trump's unpopularity because of his obnoxious incompetence as a selfless, noble act? Newsweek is now just rubbish propaganda.
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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
WAKE THE FUCK UP
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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
He’s literally building a fortified bunker, now an arch that holds major weapons, and controls the military and nukes. He has zero plams to leave, people better wake tf up
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anita72.bsky.social @anita72.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If they're rigged, it's because they did the rigging. How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across government - www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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How Trump’s obsession with ‘rigged’ voting machines spread across US government
What began with a search for evidence inside a Puerto Rico voting machine grew into a vast quest involving intelligence agencies, election deniers and White House officials. It failed — but Trump dieh...
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EC @olderearl76.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Folks, we all must remember that Maga Republicans have called for a new Civil War so Jim Crow and white supremacy can find our country with the right wing Christian ideology replacing our laws for over 10 years. I'm surprised that no media mentioned this while maga runs out of control harming people
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On the afternoon of September 20, 2026, a group of right-wing agitators sprayed chemical irritants into a crowd of protesters outside of a bar in Northeast Portland, Oregon.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rare you get live visuals of state capture.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
So, evil is the new good? 👀
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Tech Billionaire Goes Viral For Bonkers Claim That Being Evil Can Actually Be 'Kind Of Good' In Cringey Viral Clip
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Sam Amico @amicohoops.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama says he won’t ever promote gambling: ‘Absolutely not’ hoopswire.com/spurs-victor...
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Spurs' Victor Wembanyama says he won't ever promote gambling: 'Absolutely not'
Victor Wembanyama is willing to sell some things, but sports gambling apparently won't be one of them. The Spurs star was asked whether he would ever promote a sports betting or prediction-market comp...
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Orange Dick Tater Hater @realbiscuitspaw.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Boom💥
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mariaevajarrous.bsky.social @mariaevajarrous.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We've paid enough for his illegal involvement in our government. Nobody wants this bastard in there. We have enough of them right now. Call your representatives.☎️
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Good on you Sister's 👏
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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A very poor performance even by Hollywood standards they are getting desperate. Keep trying Mileikowsky, the world has seen the truth because the script went horribly wrong on this Zionist movie !!! Not one of the Mossad’s best terrorist performances, A Steven Segal movie would be more convincing.
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