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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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Opinion | A Lesson in Defiance From Nazi Germany

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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Unions to Ask Court to Block Trump Layoffs During Shutdown

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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L.A. County Declares State of Emergency Over Immigration Raids

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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Meta Removes Facebook Group That Shared Information on ICE Agents

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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Live Updates: Supreme Court Weighing Role of Race in State Election Maps

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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Supreme Court Asks When Police Can Enter Without Warrant in Emergency

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 2h

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Who Are the Louisiana Voters Behind a Major Supreme Court Challenge?

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 3h

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Media including Fox News overwhelmingly reject Pentagon press policy

Fox News, along with ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN, said that the Pentagon policy violates their “core journalistic protections.”

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 3h

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Supreme Court reopens debate on key part of Voting Rights Act

The Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana redistricting case that could determine whether states are required to draw majority Black and Latino districts.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 15h

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Israel names 4 deceased hostages as Hamas hands over 4 more bodies

Here’s what to know about the hostages whose bodies have been returned to Israel — or who remain in Gaza as pressure mounts on Hamas to turn them over.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 15h

Delays at chaotic Egyptian summit led to substantive talks on postwar Gaza, Canadian official says

More than 20 world leaders were locked in a large conference room for hours and had genuine discussion instead of reading prepared statements

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15h

A judge issued a protective order against a Republican congressman from Florida on Tuesday, forbidding him to contact a former girlfriend who in court proceedings said he had threatened her with revenge porn after she broke up with him.

Woman Is Granted a Protective Order Against Representative Cory Mills

Representative Cory Mills’s former girlfriend, Lindsey Langston, the reigning Miss United States, told a judge that he had threatened to release sexually explicit videos of her.

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 15h

Onlookers ripped Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday after he agreed to join Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Amir Ohana in nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize.

'Grow up': Mike Johnson brutally mocked over 'embarrassing' Nobel Prize move

Onlookers ripped Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday after he agreed to join Speaker of the Israeli Knesset Amir Ohana in nominating President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Johnson said during a press conference that he was going to work with Ohana to "rally support from Speakers and Pr...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 15h

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Donald Trump threatens to pull World Cup matches from Boston

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he could consider relocating 2026 World Cup matches scheduled for the Boston area, citing public safety concerns and criticizing Mayor Michelle Wu.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15h

A Florida judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

Florida judge temporarily blocks transfer of downtown Miami land for Trump's presidential library

A Florida judge has temporarily blocked the planned transfer of prime downtown Miami land for Donald Trump’s future presidential library.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 15h

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ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 15h

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Jack Smith Speaks

You have choices about where you get your news and analysis.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 19h

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Trump Halts Billions in Grants for Democratic Districts During Shutdown

The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 21h

Read This: "Clarence Thomas Clerk Issues Dire Warning About Supreme Court’s Agenda"

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Read This: "Obama Torches Trump by Turning MAGA’s Favorite Gripe Against Him"

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CNN @cnn.com · 21h

The Red Cross is on its way to receive the remains of more deceased hostages in Gaza, Israel's military says.

Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4q1pInY

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 21h

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Obama: Trump’s troop deployment to American cities an effort ‘to weaken how we have understood democracy’

The former president accused the Trump administration of pursuing “a deliberate end-run” around the law.

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Catherine @cats75.bsky.social · 21h

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Arizona attorney general threatens legal action against Mike Johnson for failing to seat Adelita Grijalva

The Democrat accused Johnson of playing “political games” by delaying the swearing-in ceremony.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 21h

Los Angeles County officials will vote Tuesday on whether to declare a state of emergency that would give them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing federal immigration raids. https://to.pbs.org/4nRuvaj

Los Angeles County officials to vote on emergency declaration over ICE raids

Los Angeles County officials will vote Tuesday on whether to declare a state of emergency that would give them power to provide assistance for residents they say have suffered financially from ongoing...

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