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In the middle of his victory tour overseas, where he is touting his success at getting Israeli hostages released as part of the Gaza ceasefire, Donald Trump took time off to rage about how a recent magazine photograph captured his hair.

'They disappeared my hair': Trump flips out over 'worst of all time' magazine photo

In the middle of his victory tour overseas, where he is touting his success at getting Israeli hostages released as part of the Gaza ceasefire, Donald Trump took time off to rage about how a recent magazine photograph captured his hair.The culprit is a photo on the cover of Time magazine, shot at a ...

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Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1h

The decision by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to keep the House out of session for yet another week is not doing furloughed government workers or Donald Trump any favors, a columnist wrote Tuesday.

'White House is hiding something': Speaker fans 'deepening suspicions' about Trump

The decision by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to keep the House out of session for yet another week is not doing furloughed government workers or Donald Trump any favors, a columnist wrote Tuesday.James Downie wrote for MSNBC that the Louisiana Republican has no plan to negotiate with Democrats ...

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 1h

“With no reporters able to ask questions, it seems the Pentagon leadership will continue to rely on slick social media posts, carefully orchestrated short videos and interviews with partisan commentators and podcasters.

No one should think that's good enough.”

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

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League of Women Voters of Williamsburg Area @lwvwilliamsburg.org · 3h

The League of Women Voters is an official partner for this day of mobilization. We stand in solidarity with our partners. We stand against hate and authoritarianism. We defend democracy. BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvva.bsky.social

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1h

Mike Johnson's plan to keep the House closed is backfiring

In recent months, the House speaker has kept the chamber closed to an unprecedented degree.
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Opinion | Mike Johnson's plan to keep the House away from D.C. is backfiring

In recent months, the House speaker has kept the chamber closed to an unprecedented degree.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

New in PN: Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

"Miller’s contention about ICE officers 'having to street battle against antifa every night' is objectively absurd. Courts cannot possibly be required to accept anything Trump says, no matter how disconnected from reality."

Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"

This is not how the Constitution works.

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 1h

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation by @andrewrsorkin.bsky.social
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1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History-and How It Shattered a Nation [Sorkin, Andrew Ross] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History-and How It Shattered a Nation

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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 1h

"While the drilling location isn’t in line with the map revealed during an Aug. 7 pitch to Music City Center officials, the company has previously expressed interest in expanding to other parts of the city..."

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The Boring Co. breaks ground near Vanderbilt for 'exploratory borings'

The Boring Co. also drilled for exploratory purposes earlier this month along Broadway.

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 1h

Inside the historic Promise Land School in Dickson County
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1h

🤔seems when you’re the richest man in the world you can drill holes wherever you want in @GovBillLee’s Tennessee

“While the location isn’t in line with the Tesla tunnel map… Musk’s company expressed interest in expanding to other parts of Nashville…” www.tennessean.com/story/money/...

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 2h

Four People Charged for Teaching Black People to Read in Wheeling, West Virginia
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Oct. 14, 1834 | Four People Charged for Teaching Black People to Read in Wheeling, West Virginia

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 2h

Our denaturalization webinar is TODAY at 6pm ET! There's still time to register!
Register: https://ow.ly/rBKQ50X75ls

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 2h

Fort Pickett, Virginia eji.org/news/fort-pi...

Fort Pickett, Virginia

Pickett did not believe Black people could be equal to white people.

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 11h

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Civil War and Reconstruction
by Eric Gardner
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Civil War and Reconstruction

Amazon.com: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's Civil War and Reconstruction: 9780197804490: Gardner, Eric: Books

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 11h

Maddow on her new documentary exploring the life and legacy of "Andrew Young" a Civil Rights Icon.
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Maddow on her new documentary exploring the life and legacy of a Civil Rights Icon

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 14h

There are hard questions we need to ask ourselves right now. But no matter what this administration is planning, we know who we are—we love democracy & plan to fight (peacefully) for it. In a moment where knowledge is power, here is what you need to know. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

Are We the Nazis Now?

How do we meet this moment?

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Ms. Delishia Danielle (She/Her) @delishiafornash.bsky.social · 14h

This is heartbreaking but I pray it offers some peace and closure to her family. May she rest in peace. 🙏🏽

"Continued follow up on a missing persons investigation led to a piece of closure for the family of 20-year-old TSU student and mother, Alice Mae Sullivan, 39 years after she went missing.

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 14h

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen. https://to.pbs.org/3KVlkXz

WATCH: Johnson responds to critics on why he won't call House back for shutdown negotiations

Johnson says he “won't negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen the government.

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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 14h

The longest federal government shutdown so far came during Trump’s first term - lasting 35 days.

As the Republicans continue to blame Democrats for the shutdown, remember that.

Shutting down the federal government is one of the Trump Party’s favorite moves.

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Shutdown 'barreling toward' one of the longest ever, GOP leader says

Lawmakers on both sides braced for a longer shutdown as the Senate prepares for another vote Tuesday to reopen the government.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 13h

I can’t help but think today about how many young people were savaged on social media, branded as anti-semites and abandoned by their schools for daring to call for a ceasefire. I remember saying that it was the first time I can remember that calling for ceasefire was regarded as a hostile demand.

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historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social · 11h

Last night on #PoliticsNation, I was joined by my friend and colleague Rachel Maddow for an honest conversation about this dangerous new era of government retribution, and her powerful new documentary, Andrew Young:

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 13h

A Republican attack on a core provision of the Voting Rights Act that is designed to protect racial minorities comes to the Supreme Court this week, more than a decade after the justices knocked out another pillar of the 60-year-old law.
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LISTEN LIVE: SCOTUS hears redistricting case that could reduce representation for Black voters

In arguments Wednesday, lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the justices to wipe away the state's second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder, if not impossible, to take account of race in red...

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo says that American bishops need to be more vocal and support migrant communities from being abducted by ICE in US cities

"Important that we as church give a message of hope in the midst of these horrible struggles, what's going on in some cities in the US"

"The church cannot be silent"

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 12h

Thank you, Ambassador!

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 12h

NEW

Former Vice-President Kamala Harris’ statement on the ceasefire deal.

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