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Kate
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Immigrant women are overrepresented in jobs that have a higher exposure to chemicals that cause breast cancer, according to a new study by the Silent Spring Institute, a research organization focused on uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer. https://bit.ly/4huUeTj
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We just filed a motion to enjoin these suspicionless stops.

In it, we explain how they’re not happening the way Justice Kavanaugh described.
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Adelita Grijalva has now waited the longest to be sworn in of any winner of congressional special election. GOP Speaker Johnson's refusal to swear her in is the latest reminder of the GOP's rejection of democracy. My article: deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gops-refus...
GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
The GOP is anti-democracy party
deanobeidallah.substack.com
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this is like a horse seizing and devouring a pegasus
Talk about an in-flight meal.

For the first time, researchers have captured rats hunting bats by grabbing them from the sky. Learn more: https://scim.ag/3Jqldmn
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Quite a world when a federal judge has to call in a federal official to specifically tell him he can't use tear gas on children in Halloween costumes
I’m not going to click on it because it doesn’t look like art I will like but this small image totally vibes like a modern version of The Garden of Earthly Delights.
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if you’re still looking for a Halloween costume, someone made a ready-to-print version of the heisted Louvre jewels

💍💎👑

www.etsy.com/listing/4392...
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We have official LANDFALL near New Hope, Jamaica

#Melissa officially ties the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane as the most intense Atlantic hurricane landfall on record

Min pressure 892mb
Max sustained winds 185mph
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It's really intense that a lot of the kids are going to be dressed up as KPop Demon Hunters while being pursued by...well, actual demons, pretty much
It really says something that a judge has to order federal agents to not hunt down children on Halloween
Ellis: Agents should stay far away from children on Halloween.

"Know that it is day where people will be out and about."

"I am simply asking that they keep the day in mind and keep it in context."

Lawyers for the government: "Understood, your honor."
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i am absolutely going to buy a pair of these
And they're fucking dope. No reason for them to go this hard.
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Heather’s thread here is a portrait of a law enforcement agency that is out to terrorize ordinary law-abiding Americans:
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We have hit “very concerned” on the Susan Collins Concern Meter.
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Cover Reveal! AN EXPANSE OF BLUE by Kauakanilehua Mahoe Adams, art by JT Ojerio (Heartdrum, 2026). Powerful, romantic debut novel-in-verse about a Native Hawaiian girl's fight to find belonging in a fracturing family. #BookSky @epicreads.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social
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"Despite the government shutdown, the SNAP program isn’t out of money. It has $5 billion in contingency funds, intended to be tapped in emergencies." Food stamps are "most important to overwhelmingly white rural counties that strongly supported Trump."

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
open.substack.com
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Stillbirths: many are unexpected, & systemic racism is still an issue.

🔹️Stillbirths in the US "are far more common than previously reported" & "a significant number of them [strike] without warning."

🔹️A new study of nearly 2.8 million pregnancies found...

www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
A sweeping study found thousands of stillbirths occur without clear warning signs
A study led by researchers at Harvard and Mass General Brigham shows stark socioeconomic divides and thousands of unexplained losses, even in seemingly healthy pregnancies.
www.washingtonpost.com
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God, or whatever you believe in, help the people of Jamaica. Worst landfall on record just occurred, according to @capitalweather.bsky.social. Graphic below is from them. Sustained winds of 185MPH and gusts of 252(!) MPH at land level.
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Looking forward to reporting on the extent of the bread lines…from my place on the bread line, lmao

If my writing takes on a bit of a Thompson-esque flair, full of disgust and wit, you’ll know why
Roughly 42 million Americans rely on food stamps that arrive every month on their electronic benefit transfer cards. On Nov. 1, that aid is set to abruptly stop amid the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, potentially leaving households scrambling to figure out how to put food on the table.
With food stamps set to dry up Nov. 1, SNAP recipients say they fear what's next
"Now we'll have to prioritize which bills we can pay and which can wait," said one mother of two about a looming freeze in food aid.
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Ooh, something fun on this gorgeously spooky October day. A cover reveal for THE PRINCESS IN BLACK #12! And a bonus interview with me, Dean, and Uyen. This book is so fun I truly can't wait for you all to see Uyen's art in this one. www.thechildrensbookreview.com/the-princess...
The Princess in Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble | Cover Reveal
We’re beyond excited to celebrate the latest addition to the beloved Princess in Black series—The Princess in Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble!
www.thechildrensbookreview.com
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The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown.
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit alongside 25 states to restore SNAP food assistance during the federal shutdown.

141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.

We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
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The states say suspending SNAP "is both contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act," and "irreparably harming their states."

"A harm that increases every day SNAP benefits are delayed."
Reuters: DEMOCRATIC-LED STATES FILE LAWSUIT TO BLOCK TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROM SUSPENDING SNAP BENEFITS DURING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN
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Minimum wage in Boston, for example, is $15, but living wage for a single person would be $30: