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What's so awful about The Handmaid's Tale that prisons and school libraries (and other libraries) are so eager to ban it? The list here is pathetic, incidentally.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:52 PM
What's so awful about The Handmaid's Tale that prisons and school libraries (and other libraries) are so eager to ban it? The list here is pathetic, incidentally.
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They're messing with the vaccines again!
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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CDC committee drops hep B vaccine for newborns over objections from health officials
A CDC advisory panel voted Friday to stop recommending the hepatitis B vaccine for newborns, potentially putting the preventative measure out of reach for millions of poor families.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
They're messing with the vaccines again!
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The Golden Age.
December 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Golden Age.
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Are there any US medical professionals looking to escape to a common sense country? British Columbia Canada is hiring. Get your fresh start here, we have resources to help you come to Canada. applicants.healthmatchbc.org/JobsBoard/HM...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Are there any US medical professionals looking to escape to a common sense country? British Columbia Canada is hiring. Get your fresh start here, we have resources to help you come to Canada. applicants.healthmatchbc.org/JobsBoard/HM...
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
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BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
They’re questioning how 31,000 additional votes appeared with 99.4% votes counted - and that's not all.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
BREAKING: Election Advocates Demand Recount in Tennessee
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Russian President Putin reiterated his commitment to his original war aims from 2021 and 2022 and unwillingness to compromise – likely as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to shape the international information space during the ongoing negotiations. More here: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
December 5, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Russian President Putin reiterated his commitment to his original war aims from 2021 and 2022 and unwillingness to compromise – likely as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to shape the international information space during the ongoing negotiations. More here: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/rus...
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The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Citizens United decision has corrupted our government and is destroying our democracy. Here's a way to get rid of it. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get...
President for the Rich and Powerful
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President for the Rich and Powerful
Trump proves that stopping the drug trade means nothing when there's a chance to pardon a dirty politician who made millions by helping to bring 400 tons of cocaine into the U.S.
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December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
President for the Rich and Powerful
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THIS IS BOTH AMUSING AND ALARMING.
NOTHING IN THIS COUNTRY IS DONE BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION, YET EVERY TIME HE DOES THIS, CONGRESS BENDS OVER AND MAKES IT SO.
NOTHING IN THIS COUNTRY IS DONE BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION, YET EVERY TIME HE DOES THIS, CONGRESS BENDS OVER AND MAKES IT SO.
December 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
THIS IS BOTH AMUSING AND ALARMING.
NOTHING IN THIS COUNTRY IS DONE BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION, YET EVERY TIME HE DOES THIS, CONGRESS BENDS OVER AND MAKES IT SO.
NOTHING IN THIS COUNTRY IS DONE BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION, YET EVERY TIME HE DOES THIS, CONGRESS BENDS OVER AND MAKES IT SO.
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Alabama officials cut off funding for a public library that refused to bar access to the "The Handmaid's Tale" and other books they deemed sexually explicit to anyone under 18.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
Fairhope Public Library accepts donations to cover withheld state…
The Fairhope Public Library was presented with over $42,000 in donations from EveryLibrary during its regular meeting Monday. The funds were raised after…
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December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Alabama officials cut off funding for a public library that refused to bar access to the "The Handmaid's Tale" and other books they deemed sexually explicit to anyone under 18.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
Thankfully, @everylibrary.bsky.social has stepped up to provide funding to allow the library to remain open for now.
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Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Well done! A Massachusetts church displayed an “ICE was here” sign in its Nativity scene.
Dead Fishermen Ruin The Narrative
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Dead Fishermen Ruin The Narrative
When truth is inconvenient, this administration buries it; along with the innocent people its recklessness kills. Their lies crumble the moment real bodies wash up against their fake storyline.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Dead Fishermen Ruin The Narrative
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We need to raise our voices and make NOISE about this!!!!!!!
Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire” truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire” truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire”
For us here in Gaza, this “ceasefire” is a fiction. The bombing has continued as Israel moves its Yellow Line.
truthout.org
December 4, 2025 at 10:20 PM
We need to raise our voices and make NOISE about this!!!!!!!
Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire” truthout.org/articles/isr...
Israel Is Quietly Expanding Its Occupation of Gaza Under Cover of “Ceasefire” truthout.org/articles/isr...
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Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Conway: This is a criminal government. Unless you are willing to say that, you’re basically fighting on their terms. They get to lie, and they win that battle because people say, “We shouldn’t use that kind of language.”
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
But you get to use that language when it’s fucking true.
Definitely worth reading, friends.
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred
A barrage of bad economic news has spurred Trump to unleash his hate-infested id on any nonwhite target that flits through his overtaxed brainpan.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Definitely worth reading, friends.
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...
A Desperate Trump Is Stirring Up Race Hatred open.substack.com/pub/thenatio...
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This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
UPDATE: Trump Jr.-backed startup receives $620 million Pentagon loan
In October, Popular Information reported that the Pentagon awarded a contract to Unusual Machines, an obscure drone company that President Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., joined as an advisor in Novemb...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This is a million times worse than anything Hunter Biden was accused of doing in even the most fevered right-wing conspiracy dream
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More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
More than 2,500 Starbucks workers are on strike. They’re demanding dignity: fair pay, safe conditions, a contract that respects their labor.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
It’s time their voices are heard at the same volume as CEOs earning millions.
apnews.com/article/trum... knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
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December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
apnews.com/article/trum... knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
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Last week, the United Nations reported more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7, 2023. Violence in the West Bank and Gaza is “directed toward getting Palestinians to leave,” says Bashi.
December 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Last week, the United Nations reported more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since October 7, 2023. Violence in the West Bank and Gaza is “directed toward getting Palestinians to leave,” says Bashi.