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Facing potential FDA rollbacks, US-based abortion seekers can count on global telehealth provider "Abortion Pills in Private," which is pledging uninterrupted access to abortion pills for Americans. @plancpills.bsky.social
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International Telehealth Provider ‘Abortion Pills in Private’ Ready to Ramp Up if FDA Restricts Mifepristone
International Telehealth Provider ‘Abortion Pills in Private’ Ready to Ramp Up if FDA, Trump or Kennedy Restrict Mifepristone
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December 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Facing potential FDA rollbacks, US-based abortion seekers can count on global telehealth provider "Abortion Pills in Private," which is pledging uninterrupted access to abortion pills for Americans. @plancpills.bsky.social
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Republicans are trying to expand the Hyde Amendment, btw.
ACA tax credits are set to expire on December 31st, but Republicans are using this expiration date to try to further limit federal funds for abortion. Read more: msmagazine.com/2025/12/08/r...
ACA tax credits are set to expire on December 31st, but Republicans are using this expiration date to try to further limit federal funds for abortion. Read more: msmagazine.com/2025/12/08/r...
Republicans' 'National Backdoor Abortion Ban'
Congress may extend ACA tax credits expiring Dec. 31. Republicans use the debate to pursue a national abortion ban via the Hyde Amendment.
msmagazine.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Republicans are trying to expand the Hyde Amendment, btw.
ACA tax credits are set to expire on December 31st, but Republicans are using this expiration date to try to further limit federal funds for abortion. Read more: msmagazine.com/2025/12/08/r...
ACA tax credits are set to expire on December 31st, but Republicans are using this expiration date to try to further limit federal funds for abortion. Read more: msmagazine.com/2025/12/08/r...
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Join us tonight at 7:00 p.m. (ET) for our first ever Traditions and Techniques workshop, where you’ll learn how to preserve your books at home and how to make your very own zine.
Details:
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Details:
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December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Join us tonight at 7:00 p.m. (ET) for our first ever Traditions and Techniques workshop, where you’ll learn how to preserve your books at home and how to make your very own zine.
Details:
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
Details:
www.canada.ca/en/library-a...
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MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
December 9, 2025 at 4:24 PM
MEDIA-OPOLY
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
This cartoon aired only once during the original live broadcast on April 4, 1998, and was later cut from reruns and most official online versions due to legal concerns or simply being a sensitive topic for a major media corporation like NBC, which is now part of Comcast.
#ProudBlue
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Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
December 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Israeli ambassador to the United Nations calls occupied Quneitra, a province capital of Syria, part of the territory of the Israeli state
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That look of surprise when the leopard eats your face
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I sent those deaths threats directly to him in a text message & informed him of what his name calling & words were doing - it was a direct assassination threat on my son. And he was extremely - I won't repeat what he said - but it was extremely unkind. No sympathy. No care"
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
That look of surprise when the leopard eats your face
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the true believers around nixon genuinely saw him as some kind of embodiment of the people and thought that congressional attempts to corral his authority were illegitimate on that basis. straight line from them to the executive power fetishists on the supreme court.
it is incredible that legalizing watergate has been the overriding ideological project of the american right for fifty years
December 8, 2025 at 9:27 PM
the true believers around nixon genuinely saw him as some kind of embodiment of the people and thought that congressional attempts to corral his authority were illegitimate on that basis. straight line from them to the executive power fetishists on the supreme court.
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Inflation has gotten so bad that even Fox has no choice but to tell the truth
But then, Newsmax is basically just Trump propaganda-so Leavitt can go there and lie with impunity
But then, Newsmax is basically just Trump propaganda-so Leavitt can go there and lie with impunity
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Inflation has gotten so bad that even Fox has no choice but to tell the truth
But then, Newsmax is basically just Trump propaganda-so Leavitt can go there and lie with impunity
But then, Newsmax is basically just Trump propaganda-so Leavitt can go there and lie with impunity
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this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
It’s a Bidding War: Paramount Attempts Hostile Offer for Warner Bros.
David Ellison calls Netflix's $82.7 billion deal value an "inferior proposal" and tells Warners shareholders that his coalition promises $18 billion more in cash.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:53 PM
this pretty much guarantees months and months of performative bullshit by Trump and Ellison and right wing media about how Netflix ownership would be a woke antitrust nightmare, but letting Larry and his nepobaby son dominate U.S. media would be a delightful, populist spritzer
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
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Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
December 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW: Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will, with minimal prompting, provide residential addresses of everyday Americans.
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
Prompts as simple as "[name] address" immediately returned accurate home addresses of private citizens — alongside other personal info we didn't ask for.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
December 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
once again, "the supreme court will act as a bunch of partisan republican hacks" is the single most accurate heuristic for predicting its behavior, putting any coherent legal theory to shame
because fuck you, that's why
because fuck you, that's why
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Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT REVIVES REDRAWN PRO-REPUBLICAN TEXAS VOTING MAP INTENDED TO HELP TRUMP'S PARTY KEEP CONTROL OF CONGRESS
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Scathing dissent from Justice Kagan:
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
"[T]his Court reverses that judgment based on its perusal, over a holiday weekend, of a cold paper record. We are a higher court than the District Court, but we are not a better one when it comes to making such a fact-based decision."
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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
Was voting for the budget a mistake? (feat. Elizabeth May)
YouTube video by Rachel Gilmore
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December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🚨 LIVE TOMORROW AT 11:00amET 🚨
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was the lone opposition MP who voted to support Mark Carney’s government in a recent budget vote.
Now, she says that was a 'mistake.'
That's why I've been dying to talk to her. Tomorrow, she's obliging me.
Get notified:
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It’s miles ahead of NPR’s “remarks that some say were bigoted”
The headline is milquetoast but the actual editorial is very much a full-throated condemnation of White House racism
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
It’s miles ahead of NPR’s “remarks that some say were bigoted”
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1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
December 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
1. BREAKING
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
President Trump says he is granting a pardon to Democratic Congressman Henry Cuellar and his wife Imelda.
Federal prosecutors said they accepted around $600,000 from an oil-and-gas company wholly owned and controlled by the government of Azerbaijan and a bank in Mexico.
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Pete Hegseth blames “the fog of war” for blowing up 2 survivors clinging to the wreckage of a “suspected” boat carrying drug.
Aside from the fact that the boat could have been a fishing vessel, as no proof has ever been shown to the public.
Can we be sure it’s not the fog of tequila? #USDemocracy
Aside from the fact that the boat could have been a fishing vessel, as no proof has ever been shown to the public.
Can we be sure it’s not the fog of tequila? #USDemocracy
December 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Pete Hegseth blames “the fog of war” for blowing up 2 survivors clinging to the wreckage of a “suspected” boat carrying drug.
Aside from the fact that the boat could have been a fishing vessel, as no proof has ever been shown to the public.
Can we be sure it’s not the fog of tequila? #USDemocracy
Aside from the fact that the boat could have been a fishing vessel, as no proof has ever been shown to the public.
Can we be sure it’s not the fog of tequila? #USDemocracy
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We have a white supremacist government determined to terrorize and disenfranchise people of color. It's obvious. We need to say it, and we need to stop it.
BERMAN: How many of the 40,000 people born in Somalia living in Minnesota do you consider to be garbage?
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
McLAUGHLIN: We're really looking at the data
BERMAN: All of them?
McLAUGHLIN: This is not about politics. This is about public safety. We saw the terrorist attack against us last week.
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
We have a white supremacist government determined to terrorize and disenfranchise people of color. It's obvious. We need to say it, and we need to stop it.
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The Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
The Trump Administration Wants Immigrants to Self-Deport. It’s a Shit Show
The Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible.
www.wired.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The Trump administration has been virtually begging immigrants in the US to self-deport, even offering money. But some immigrants say it’s been nearly impossible. www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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I'm sympathetic to the idea that progressives need to rethink procedural barriers to getting things done, and that this a crucial moment for American government. But we are witnessing a shift to authoritarianism right now. American needs not just a theory of power but also theory of accountability.
December 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm sympathetic to the idea that progressives need to rethink procedural barriers to getting things done, and that this a crucial moment for American government. But we are witnessing a shift to authoritarianism right now. American needs not just a theory of power but also theory of accountability.
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My hot take is that I don't give a fuck if someone without disabilities gets an accommodation. They get a slightly better grade on a test? Tests are just part of a grade or portfolio and also, who FUCKING CARES. I care that a disabled person isn't *penalized* for needing more time.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My hot take is that I don't give a fuck if someone without disabilities gets an accommodation. They get a slightly better grade on a test? Tests are just part of a grade or portfolio and also, who FUCKING CARES. I care that a disabled person isn't *penalized* for needing more time.
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For anyone who knows anything about genocides and the incitement of genocidal violence, this is the kind of hair-raising stuff you find in transcripts of testimony before special tribunals.
Tom Emmer pushes racist lies on Fox: "80% of the crimes being committed in the Twin Cities and Minnesota are being committed by Somalis"
December 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
For anyone who knows anything about genocides and the incitement of genocidal violence, this is the kind of hair-raising stuff you find in transcripts of testimony before special tribunals.
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“Last January, Trump gave a full pardon to…Ross Ulbricht, who played a central role in the digitalization of the international drug trade ***According to news accounts, from 2011-2013, Ulbricht facilitated more than $200M in transactions for weapons, stolen credit cards, & mostly illicit drugs.” 1/
Trump is killing suspected drug-runners while pardoning those enabling the trade: T. Nelson Thompson
President Trump, arguably, has made drug trafficking easier, rather than harder. Cryptocurrencies have become the lifeblood of the narcotics economy. The modern drug trafficker operates in a digital e...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
“Last January, Trump gave a full pardon to…Ross Ulbricht, who played a central role in the digitalization of the international drug trade ***According to news accounts, from 2011-2013, Ulbricht facilitated more than $200M in transactions for weapons, stolen credit cards, & mostly illicit drugs.” 1/
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