Karen Starr
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Rep. Jacob Rosecrants is in touch with State Rep. Jared Deck (Norman) and Rep. Tom Cole (Repub). The office of U.S. Sen. James Lankford (Repub) has been made aware.
They can't find Dr. Abedini's location. Important for several reasons including filing habeas corpus docs.
URL: x.com/jacobrosecra...
They can't find Dr. Abedini's location. Important for several reasons including filing habeas corpus docs.
URL: x.com/jacobrosecra...
![Rep. Jacob Rosecrants 🌩️
@jacobrosecrants
I’m aware of this awful situation, shared by my constituent Dr. Landis. Nobody seems to know where Dr. Abedini is being held, tho he has contacted family. Rep. Deck reached out to Rep. Cole & Sen. Lankford’s office is looped in. Here to be a squeaky wheel & help however I can.
[screenshot of Prof. Landis' tweet about Dr. Abedini being seized by ICE]
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November 25, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Rep. Jacob Rosecrants is in touch with State Rep. Jared Deck (Norman) and Rep. Tom Cole (Repub). The office of U.S. Sen. James Lankford (Repub) has been made aware.
They can't find Dr. Abedini's location. Important for several reasons including filing habeas corpus docs.
URL: x.com/jacobrosecra...
They can't find Dr. Abedini's location. Important for several reasons including filing habeas corpus docs.
URL: x.com/jacobrosecra...
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Tonight, I was virtually present for an in-person launch event for Read This When Things Fall Apart at Bookwoman in Austin, TX. I was grateful to be in conversation with my bestie Red Schulte (who is also a Read This contributor) and organizer Jenny Espino. Thank you for joining the convo, Austin! ❤️
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tonight, I was virtually present for an in-person launch event for Read This When Things Fall Apart at Bookwoman in Austin, TX. I was grateful to be in conversation with my bestie Red Schulte (who is also a Read This contributor) and organizer Jenny Espino. Thank you for joining the convo, Austin! ❤️
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😡😡😡😡😡😡😡👇
The EPA will approve two new pesticides containing “forever chemicals” and relax a reporting rule for companies who make products with forever chemicals.
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
The moves come after a $60 million lobbying blitz from the forever chemical industry.
Where is the MAHA outcry?
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 AM
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡👇
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This isn't even internally coherent. Piker, Carlson, and Fuentes have built their own audiences without the help of mainstream media, so it's not like CBS News could sideline them.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 3:46 AM
This isn't even internally coherent. Piker, Carlson, and Fuentes have built their own audiences without the help of mainstream media, so it's not like CBS News could sideline them.
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This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story.
‘The Evergreen’: Indigenous youth make history on a changed Klamath River
This week, we hear how the removal of four dams has changed the Klamath River, and what the journey meant to the Indigenous youth carrying on their ancestors’ work.
www.opb.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This summer, young Indigenous kayakers made history on the first source-to-sea descent of the Klamath River since the removal of four dams. But this isn’t just a kayak adventure story.
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NEW: The RNC has filed a sweeping new lawsuit in Michigan aiming to strike down a state law that protects voting access for U.S. citizens abroad — the GOP’s second attempt in under two years, and a far broader challenge than the one they lost in 2024.
Republicans Launch Major New Attack on Michigan-Based Overseas Voters
Read more here.
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
NEW: The RNC has filed a sweeping new lawsuit in Michigan aiming to strike down a state law that protects voting access for U.S. citizens abroad — the GOP’s second attempt in under two years, and a far broader challenge than the one they lost in 2024.
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It's a testament to the widespread incompetence of the Trump administration that the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is preoccupied with what passengers wear on planes rather than how many air traffic controllers there are to keep them safe, even if not in bespoke suits.
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's a testament to the widespread incompetence of the Trump administration that the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is preoccupied with what passengers wear on planes rather than how many air traffic controllers there are to keep them safe, even if not in bespoke suits.
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This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This plaque is posted at West Point. Alcoholic TV talk show chatterbox Pete Hegseth wants to court-martial Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for repeating what is written on it.
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Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Abolishing ICE is only the beginning. Have you looked at your local cops?
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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According to mappingpoliceviolence.us, police kill at least three people per day; from a meta analysis published in NYT, we now know the number could be six or even more.
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We can hardly believe it: less than 12 hours after Nasalot introduced her new baby to us on Saturday, Mutara came calling with a brand new baby boy! We named him Mango.
We rescued Mutara back in 2009. Her eldest son, the spectacularly spoiled Mambo, now gets to experience big brother life!
We rescued Mutara back in 2009. Her eldest son, the spectacularly spoiled Mambo, now gets to experience big brother life!
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
We can hardly believe it: less than 12 hours after Nasalot introduced her new baby to us on Saturday, Mutara came calling with a brand new baby boy! We named him Mango.
We rescued Mutara back in 2009. Her eldest son, the spectacularly spoiled Mambo, now gets to experience big brother life!
We rescued Mutara back in 2009. Her eldest son, the spectacularly spoiled Mambo, now gets to experience big brother life!
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"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
“I Don’t Care”: ICE Detains High Schooler After He Says He’s a Citizen
ICE agents violently arrested a high school student on his lunch break—even though he was American.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter."
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
--Brett Kavanaugh, Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
newrepublic.com/post/203600/...
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Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Moments ago: tenants of the South Shore apartment building that federal immigration agents raided at the end of September held a presser to announce they're forming a tenants union.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
They're demanding, among other things, sewage removal and heat and electricity restroration.
More updates TK.
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FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Federal Agents Repeatedly Lied About What They Did During Aggressive Immigration Raids: Judge
U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis used a blistering 233-page ruling to painstakingly detail how agents falsely asserted in court and in official reports that they had been confronted with unrelenti...
news.wttw.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
FULL STORY: Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino, and the agents who led a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and its suburbs, falsely depicted ordinary Chicagoans as professional agitators determined to mount a violent resistance, a federal judge determined. @wttw.bsky.social
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CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
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Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
November 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi: "Try as much as you can to save democracy and freedom of the press and speech in America. Do not be a copy of a Middle East dictatorship. We look to you as a role model of Western civilization—please maintain it."
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Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.
November 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Since ICE invaded Raleigh, NC, walkouts and protests have broken out, and more than 600 volunteers have signed up to help keep residents safe in the city.
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To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
To everyone saying that people in our military already know not to follow unlawful orders, how do you explain almost 100 civilians murdered on fishing boats in the Caribbean so far?
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Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike at corporate stores across the country, fighting for a fair contract and to stop Starbucks’ union-busting.
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Starbucks @sbworkersunited.org baristas are on strike at corporate stores across the country, fighting for a fair contract and to stop Starbucks’ union-busting.
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
America’s unions stand in solidarity with Starbucks baristas nationwide! #NoContractNoCoffee
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Q: “The DOJ statement earlier this year saying that the Epstein files would not be released mentioned the fact that the review of the documents and the evidence did not suggest that any additional investigation of third parties was warranted. What changed since that you launched this investigation?”
November 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Q: “The DOJ statement earlier this year saying that the Epstein files would not be released mentioned the fact that the review of the documents and the evidence did not suggest that any additional investigation of third parties was warranted. What changed since that you launched this investigation?”
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Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Abortion bans have killed another woman in Texas.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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A Ponzi schemer stole roughly $35M from dozens who believed they were investing in Covid-19 masks, baby formula, & first aid kits for Ukraine. trib.al/tqfJ6y4
For whatever reason, Trump decided to include him in the whopping 143-person pardon issued the day before he left office in 2021.
For whatever reason, Trump decided to include him in the whopping 143-person pardon issued the day before he left office in 2021.
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
A Ponzi schemer stole roughly $35M from dozens who believed they were investing in Covid-19 masks, baby formula, & first aid kits for Ukraine. trib.al/tqfJ6y4
For whatever reason, Trump decided to include him in the whopping 143-person pardon issued the day before he left office in 2021.
For whatever reason, Trump decided to include him in the whopping 143-person pardon issued the day before he left office in 2021.
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NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
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The sight of Mohammed bin Salman sitting in the Oval Office should make all Americans want to vomit. It sure does for me.
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The sight of Mohammed bin Salman sitting in the Oval Office should make all Americans want to vomit. It sure does for me.
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I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I'm old enough to remember when "armed agents of the federal government raiding churches on Christmas" was not, in fact, a cornerstone of the Republican Party's agenda.
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Trump tells MBS, who was complicit in the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it’s an “honor to be your friend” during a WH visit. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...
Saudi Crown Prince Is Held Responsible for Khashoggi Killing in U.S. Report (Published 2021)
www.nytimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trump tells MBS, who was complicit in the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi, it’s an “honor to be your friend” during a WH visit. www.nytimes.com/2021/02/26/u...