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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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If you listen to MAGA, they truly hate America and everything that makes it great. They hate democracy, free and fair elections, diversity, and the separation of church and state.

They should just leave. Go to Hungary, the country they love.
December 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
www.whitehouse.gov/articles/202...
A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips
The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,
www.whitehouse.gov
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.

Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map
December 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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NEWS: The Institute of Museum & Library Services has restored ALL previously canceled federal grants to libraries, following a ruling by a federal judge in Rhode Island last month.

This is a massive win for libraries & communities in every state & territory!

Learn more: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...
December 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Trump falsely claimed that all documents signed by Biden are now “invalid” because they were allegedly authorized using autopen. The president’s attack comes days after revelations that Trump himself has recently relied on mass-signature processes.
Trump Claims Former President Joe Biden’s Pardons Are Invalid
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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“The decision was made to exclude me from the filmed production of Swan Lake because I was told my brown skin would disrupt the aesthetic.” ~ Misty Copeland

When folks gripe about DEI, remind them who benefited from shutting out dancers like Copeland. That pattern runs through our whole history.
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Imagine if we could all agree that hungry people should be fed.

Homeless people should be housed.

Sick people should receive medical care.

If basic needs were guaranteed and taken care of, society would be healthier and happier.
December 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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By eroding trial by jury, the government is cementing its legacy as a bulldozer of our human rights.

This is the behaviour of authoritarian regimes!

The right to a jury trial is a fundamental tenet of democracy. We cannot let it be destroyed.
December 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Sounds like an incredible opportunity!
#BlackSky
I’m editing a collection 'Echoes of the Earth: Black Voices Reclaiming Ecology and Justice.' I’m looking for contribution from Black thinkers, scientists, writers and activists in climate and ecology from across the Black world. Please share with your network.

cassavarepublic.biz/echoes-of-th...
Echoes of the Earth Anthology Submissions
We welcome Black writers to submit essays on climate justice and ecology for the Echoes of the Earth anthology. Make your submissions today!
cassavarepublic.biz
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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My new series - Empire With David Olusoga - starts 9pm on BBC Two. Whole series on @bbciplayer.bsky.social from tonight.
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Today on Native American Heritage Day, we honor indigenous cultures whose influence and contributions are evident in communities across the country. Arizona is a special place, and the 22 tribes that call our state home are a big reason for it.
November 28, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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No one will stop me from defending our freedoms.
November 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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The White House says their peace plan didn’t come from Russia — the problem is it reads like Putin’s wishlist. We need a deal to end the war that actually protects Ukraine and doesn’t reward the war criminal who started this.
November 30, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are not serious people. I won't let them stop me from holding this Administration accountable.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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This latest Trump pardon of a Columbian drug king pin sentenced to 40
years in prison is just another in a string of pardons for big time drug traffickers

Law & Order, my ass!

War on drugs, my ass

Performative BS & Million Dollar Pardon$
Trump pardons drug kingpins even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
President Trump has promised to attack drug gangs and called for the death penalty for street dealers. But he has also pardoned more than 20 people serving time for serious drug crimes, some involving...
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Kelly: He runs around on stage talking about lethality and the warrior ethos.. That’s not the message that should be coming from the Secretary of Defense… He runs around on a stage like he’s a 12 year old playing army. It’s embarrassing.
December 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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In case you needed even more motivation to vote in the Midterm elections...

#AccountabilityIsComing
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Palantir has received billions to create a surveillance state.

www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...
ICE Wants to Go After Dissenters as well as Immigrants
The Trump administration is being open about its plans to violate Americans’ First and Fourth Amendment rights.
www.brennancenter.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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In case you’re in the mood for some good news . . .
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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ICE is STILL stuck inside the parking garage in lower Manhattan, and they seem pretty grumpy about it.
November 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.

Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM