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Thanksgiving-Cyber Monday, my wallet's ignoring Target, Home Depot, & Amazon. I'm tired of corporations enabling this administration ditching DEI, allowing ICE to terrorize our communities, & chase tax breaks. Join me! #WeAintBuyingIt 🚫 app.sosha.ai/s/o4aEam1P
We Ain't Buying It - Target, Home Depot & Amazon
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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'Flatly false': Trump admin lied about Costa Rica accepting Abrego Garcia, filing says
Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia have accused the Trump administration of lying to a federal judge about his efforts to self-deport to Costa Rica.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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DOJ staffers who left under Trump issue warnings in resignation letters share.google/J7ilh8XLbywS...
"Fear is the tool of a tyrant": Exiting Justice Department workers sound alarms
The Justice Department has witnessed a mass employee exodus under Trump.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding prosecutor was unlawfully appointed
Lindsey Halligan was appointed after President Donald Trump urged Attorney General Pam Bondi to prosecute the former FBI director and New York attorney general.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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The Education Department gave another agency power to distribute its money. It hasn't gone well.
Critics say issues with accessing federal career and technical education funding could preview bigger problems when the Trump administration starts to outsource more of the Education Department’s resp...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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One-third of those arrested by Border Patrol in Charlotte were classified as criminals, internal document says
Fewer than one-third of those arrested by Border Patrol during the recent immigration crackdown in Charlotte were classified as criminals, a government document says.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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A groundswell of activism takes hold in the US: ‘We are a bridge to the future’
Everyday people from blue and red states alike are leading actions such as protests, boycotts and mutual aid
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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SMH...Texas & SCOTUS 🙄
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Alito pauses lower court ruling that would have blocked Texas redistricting
The state's emergency application comes after a lower court said "substantial evidence" indicated Texas' new map was an illegal racial gerrymander.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Senior citizens will pay a lot more for Medicare in 2026 | CNN Politics
Senior citizens are the latest group of Americans to face steep increases in their health insurance premiums for 2026.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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These people don't know the intense classes & training required to become a nurse 😲, along w/the oversight to insure the physician's plan of care is followed through, i.e., pharmaceutical related & how the patient reacts to treatment! Crazy 🤪
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Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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These people don't know the intense classes & training required to become a nurse 😲, along w/the oversight to insure the physician's plan of care is followed through, i.e., pharmaceutical related & how the patient reacts to treatment! Crazy 🤪
www.statesman.com/news/article...
Department of Education says nursing is no longer a professional degree
The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.
www.statesman.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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CDC backpedals on vaccines and autism, despite earlier assurances from RFK Jr.
The CDC, under the direction of an unqualified health secretary, is now promoting claims that flunk Logic 101.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Trump: Democrats' message to troops seditious behavior, punishable by death
Trump's comments came after a group of Democrats urged US service members to refuse unlawful commands.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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Appeals court blocks order to release immigrants arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown | CNN share.google/fKD664GgGHIE...
Appeals court blocks release of hundreds of migrants arrested in Illinois just a day before they could have left detention | CNN
A federal appeals court paused the release of hundreds of immigrants who were arrested during the Department of Homeland Security’s aggressive immigration actions in the Chicago area earlier this year...
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November 21, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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“You do not have the authority to unilaterally declare any Americans or American institutions terrorist groups, nor is there any basis..."
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Texas governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization
Texas Republican Gov_ Greg Abbott has signed a proclamation declaring the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the U_S_ a “foreign terrorist organization.”
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November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit challenging a New York law barring immigration agents from state courts
A judge has dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit challenging New York's policies that block immigration officials from making arrests at state courthouses. U.S.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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All this chaos & hardship? Do they really think they will get reelected?
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All SNAP recipients will have to reapply, USDA chief says
Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the move is an effort to weed out alleged fraud.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Jon Voight Calls on Trump to ‘Terminate’ Mamdani’s Mayoral Win Before He Turns New York Into ‘Socialist Crap City’
Actor Jon Voight called on President Donald Trump to "terminate" Zohran Mamdani's mayoral win in New York City before it becomes a "socialist crap city."
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November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining UC over alleged discrimination
The Trump administration demanded UCLA pay $1.2 billion to restore frozen research funding and ensure eligibility for future funding after accusing the school of allowing antisemitism on campus.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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🤔
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Justice Department quietly replaced 'identical' Trump signatures on recent pardons
President Donald Trump is facing new scrutiny over the use of a replicated signature on several recent pardons
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
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Here we go again 🙄
Fraud & waste allegations!

Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits - POLITICO share.google/fFkvhBqzMgE0...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
Food aid recipients are already required to recertify their information regularly. But the move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the program.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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Supreme Court extends stay of order requiring administration to pay full SNAP benefits for November
The Supreme Court has extended Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's stay of a lower court order that the administration complete payment of full SNAP benefits for November.
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November 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Wow, they still support trump and his minions 🙄
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I am Hindu. There's a message in how MAGA keeps biting Usha Vance, Patel, Ramaswamy | Opinion
The repressive Christian nationalist climate is intensifying. Usha Vance, the wife of Vice-President J.D. Vance, has not been safe from it.
www.dispatch.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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I applaud 👏 equal freedoms for all!!!
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Supreme Court declines to revisit gay marriage decision
The challenge to the court's 2015 ruling came from Kim Davis, the former Kentucky clerk who refused to issue same-sex licenses after the court's Obergefell v. Hodges decision, which recognized a const...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SNAP benefit ruling sparks division
The Supreme Court temporarily paused a lower-court order requiring the federal government to fully fund SNAP benefits.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM