h. biff bowie
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· Oct 14
Help deliver life-saving food, healthcare, and protection to the families who have endured unimaginable hardship in Gaza and the West Bank.
A pause in fighting has brought a desperately needed opening for relief for the families in Gaza.
Conditions remain catastrophic.
A pause in fighting has brought a desperately needed opening for relief for the families in Gaza.
Conditions remain catastrophic.
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ICE placing kids in shelters, though, when they have parents or guardians to care for them, echoes the widely condemned policy of separating families at the border in Trump’s first term attorneys said: “They are creating unaccompanied children this way.” 8/ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
www.propublica.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 PM
ICE placing kids in shelters, though, when they have parents or guardians to care for them, echoes the widely condemned policy of separating families at the border in Trump’s first term attorneys said: “They are creating unaccompanied children this way.” 8/ www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
Breaking News: The last pending criminal prosecution against President Trump was dismissed by a judge in Georgia, effectively ending efforts to hold Trump criminally responsible for attempts to overturn the 2020 election. trib.al/EnJu57H
November 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
wild that this happened within 24 hours of bolsanaro going to prison. will be a timeless textbook example of what works to save a democracy and what doesn’t
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Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance About Vaccines, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy
A Harvard study found that the children of women who contracted COVID-19 while pregnant may be at an increased risk for autism and other diagnoses, raising new concerns about the CDC’s decision to sto...
www.propublica.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Amid Confusing CDC Guidance, Study Highlights New Risk of COVID-19 During Pregnancy — ProPublica www.propublica.org/article/covi...
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The strikes came as heavy rains flooded the tents of displaced Palestinians, who’ve been forced to shelter outdoors after Israel’s assault left some 90% of Gaza’s buildings damaged or destroyed.
November 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
The strikes came as heavy rains flooded the tents of displaced Palestinians, who’ve been forced to shelter outdoors after Israel’s assault left some 90% of Gaza’s buildings damaged or destroyed.
turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer...volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of people who volunteered the equivalent of 1 to 4 hours a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated with decelerated epigenetic aging, with the most pronounced effects among retired people.
Turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer
Retirees are mobilizing to defend democracy—and the benefits literally show up in their DNA.
www.motherjones.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
turns out fighting fascism helps you live longer...volunteering slows down aging in retirees: the DNA of people who volunteered the equivalent of 1 to 4 hours a week showed distinctive biomarkers associated with decelerated epigenetic aging, with the most pronounced effects among retired people.
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The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn’t been filed — to redraw maps that haven’t been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 PM
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn’t been filed — to redraw maps that haven’t been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
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This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.
November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is called “chain refoulment” and it’s illegal under both U.S. and international law. And the State Department and ICE know very well what Ghana is doing and simply don’t care.
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Anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to overturn the FDA’s 23-year approval of mifepristone—a drug safer than Tylenol or penicillin. This is not about safety. It’s about control.
📞 Call your reps: (202) 224-3121
#HoosierSky #Mifepristone #ReproRights #BansOff #GTC
📞 Call your reps: (202) 224-3121
#HoosierSky #Mifepristone #ReproRights #BansOff #GTC
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Anti-abortion lawmakers are trying to overturn the FDA’s 23-year approval of mifepristone—a drug safer than Tylenol or penicillin. This is not about safety. It’s about control.
📞 Call your reps: (202) 224-3121
#HoosierSky #Mifepristone #ReproRights #BansOff #GTC
📞 Call your reps: (202) 224-3121
#HoosierSky #Mifepristone #ReproRights #BansOff #GTC
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
November 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The House announced just days before a major holiday that they will vote next week on a bill that hasn't been filed — to redraw maps that haven't been released. This is bad governance in the extreme. Hoosiers deserve fair maps. And they deserve transparency.
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Welp. Looks like the cheaters might get their way in Indiana after all.
This Congressional redistricting nonsense is an act of desperation by a flailing, deeply unpopular President and a failing, lackey Governor.
This Congressional redistricting nonsense is an act of desperation by a flailing, deeply unpopular President and a failing, lackey Governor.
Indiana House returning next week to address redistricting; Senate to join Dec. 8 • Indiana Capital Chronicle
Indiana House members will return to the Statehouse next week in an apparent attempt to force action on President Donald Trump’s demands for congressional redistricting in the state.
indianacapitalchronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Welp. Looks like the cheaters might get their way in Indiana after all.
This Congressional redistricting nonsense is an act of desperation by a flailing, deeply unpopular President and a failing, lackey Governor.
This Congressional redistricting nonsense is an act of desperation by a flailing, deeply unpopular President and a failing, lackey Governor.
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Gender-affirming care saves lives
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Gender-affirming care saves lives
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Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Today, after months of requests, I toured the Broadview ICE Processing Facility. I want to share what I saw.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
The facility has no food vendor, no medical care, and detainees have to use toilets in the middle of shared cells. These are in no way suitable conditions to be holding anyone — period.
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This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
Trump Admin planning a rule to re-decide whether *every* refugee who entered under Biden meets their criteria for a refugee. That’s 230,000 people! And no appeals!
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is heartbreakingly cruel and hypocritical. The same admin that has redefined refugee status to cover white South Africans is now going to drown thousands of refugees already approved for their status in red tape, potentially even seeking to strip some of their status and deport them.
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they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a controversial U.S.- and Israel-backed company that provided aid to Gaza, said Monday it would shutter operations.
US-backed aid company in Gaza shutters operations
The U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, set up to distribute aid to Gaza as an alternative to the United Nations but which Palestinians said endangered the lives of civilians as they tried to get food, has said it will shutter operations.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
they were "controversial" for murdering palestinians at their food distribution sites.
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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This is power sector emissions only but still that is A LOT
Still sort of mind-boggled by a climate person who recently dismissed this as a "rounding error"
If you're rounding to the nearest ten gigatonnes, I guess??? Or if you're using teratonnes????
Still sort of mind-boggled by a climate person who recently dismissed this as a "rounding error"
If you're rounding to the nearest ten gigatonnes, I guess??? Or if you're using teratonnes????
BNEF: global CO2 emissions "are expected to be 3.5 gigatons greater over the next ten years because of the additional fossil-fuel power generation required by data centers. That’s the equivalent of 10% of today’s total global emissions." www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Why So Much Is Riding on the Data Center Boom
In pursuit of revolutionary advances in AI, tech companies are plowing billions of dollars into massive new facilities. The projects are straining power grids, environmental resources and, potentially...
www.bloomberg.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is power sector emissions only but still that is A LOT
Still sort of mind-boggled by a climate person who recently dismissed this as a "rounding error"
If you're rounding to the nearest ten gigatonnes, I guess??? Or if you're using teratonnes????
Still sort of mind-boggled by a climate person who recently dismissed this as a "rounding error"
If you're rounding to the nearest ten gigatonnes, I guess??? Or if you're using teratonnes????
The WI Family Keys pilot is technically over; state funding ended in June. The 3 counties found the savings were so large; they could sustain the most impactful parts on their own. Even Marathon Co., which initially shot the idea down, passed a resolution to find budget flexibility to keep it going.
No one should have their kid taken from them just because they are poor. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
This Is How the Child Welfare System Becomes Less Traumatizing
Wisconsin has shown that it’s cost-effective and completely possible to keep families together by stabilizing their housing. That’s not the only promising development in the field.
www.thenation.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The WI Family Keys pilot is technically over; state funding ended in June. The 3 counties found the savings were so large; they could sustain the most impactful parts on their own. Even Marathon Co., which initially shot the idea down, passed a resolution to find budget flexibility to keep it going.
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No one should have their kid taken from them just because they are poor. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
This Is How the Child Welfare System Becomes Less Traumatizing
Wisconsin has shown that it’s cost-effective and completely possible to keep families together by stabilizing their housing. That’s not the only promising development in the field.
www.thenation.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
No one should have their kid taken from them just because they are poor. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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This is good and seems important given the 15% threshold for securing delegates.
Redistribute the votes until everyone left has at least 15%. Avoid wasted votes.
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Redistribute the votes until everyone left has at least 15%. Avoid wasted votes.
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Scoop: Democrats eye ranked-choice voting for 2028 primaries
It's a tool that drew national attention when it propelled New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to a decisive primary win.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is good and seems important given the 15% threshold for securing delegates.
Redistribute the votes until everyone left has at least 15%. Avoid wasted votes.
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
Redistribute the votes until everyone left has at least 15%. Avoid wasted votes.
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/d...
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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I went to immigration court in Seattle to observe the kids docket. These children, some as young as three years old, are expected to understand complex legal processes and represent themselves in court.
That’s not due process.
That’s not due process.
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I went to immigration court in Seattle to observe the kids docket. These children, some as young as three years old, are expected to understand complex legal processes and represent themselves in court.
That’s not due process.
That’s not due process.
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These are the people that study mad cow disease (BSE) which leads to Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans (don't google if you don't want to freak yourself out), or the Chronic Wasting Disease deer have in the US.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
During the government shutdown, CDC's National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases Prion and Public Health Office staff were illegally RIFed, and the group is at risk of being eliminated permanently
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
www.cidrap.umn.edu/chronic-wast...
While no one was watching: Tenuous status of CDC prion unit, risk of CWD to people worry scientists
www.cidrap.umn.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
These are the people that study mad cow disease (BSE) which leads to Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease in humans (don't google if you don't want to freak yourself out), or the Chronic Wasting Disease deer have in the US.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.
It's insane to stop research on these conditions.