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I'm just here looking to add to my understanding of the world from my little blue dot in Texas.

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They were hitting him in the head with the can of pepper spray, then shot him multiple times. Don't look away.

24.01.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump's ICE Arrested a Whistleblower Who Exposed Sexual Assault in Detention. Now, He’s Left the Country. Douglas Menjivar is a survivor and activist. He’s also married to a U.S. citizen, but he was caught up in the president’s mass deportation agenda anyway.

Featured story: His wife visited him in ICE detention on his 50th birthday. She couldn’t even bring him the card she’d made. They could only speak through a phone, divided by a thick pane of glass. It was one of few times she’d ever seen him cry.

01.11.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)

04.10.2025 01:13 πŸ‘ 8162 πŸ” 3793 πŸ’¬ 265 πŸ“Œ 452
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A question of intent: Is what's happening in Gaza genocide? As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.

As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.

26.09.2025 02:54 πŸ‘ 341 πŸ” 93 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 7
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I completely missed that this was just WEEKS before ICE tried to deport up to 300 South Koreans 😳

21.09.2025 06:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A Far-Right Faction Took Power in Odessa. Then It Had to Govern. After hard-liners purged the civil workforce, they found it difficult to provide standard city services.

This is happening on a national level.

18.09.2025 02:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In case you were wondering why the incorrect rumor of β€œtrans activist” and β€œfascist symbols” on ammo started, it’s because arrows and initials are common ways manufacturers stamp ammo.

Including β€œTRN” the ironsight and a direction broad arrow:

11.09.2025 23:57 πŸ‘ 3102 πŸ” 1084 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 288

Sometimes you don't see it until it's in red.

Hopefully, we can stop this before it moves on to be more than just ink. #SouthernFuckingNazis

22.08.2025 03:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

TACO uses a lot of hollow words.

15.08.2025 15:02 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Talarico owns Will Cain so hard that he has to tap out of their interview based on "time"

12.08.2025 20:56 πŸ‘ 18511 πŸ” 4616 πŸ’¬ 873 πŸ“Œ 386

Judith Zaffirini and Chuy Hinojosa are finding out how Germans let Hitler happen - by one cowardly choice after another.

Winston Churchill β€” 'You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.'

13.08.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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No, you did not give those of us who happened to look like the people who bombed Pearl Harbor any due process. And that was profoundly wrong. It destroyed our lives.

08.08.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 13966 πŸ” 3953 πŸ’¬ 604 πŸ“Œ 211
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For those who’s till think these guys can be reasoned with... talkingpointsmemo.com/live-blog/co...

08.08.2025 19:48 πŸ‘ 469 πŸ” 152 πŸ’¬ 67 πŸ“Œ 14
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Companies that support DEI βœ… Impactivize Employers of the Dayβ„’ Suggest a Company View Criteria A growing list of corporations that have publicly stated their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. These emp...

400+ corporations state their commitments to diversity, equity and inclusion -- DEI or by any name. The U.S. government is siccing its rabid dogs on people of color. Any employer standing strong on DEI is engaged in an act of courage and resistance.

www.impactivize.org/dei-employer...

24.07.2025 18:46 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 28 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Trump is gutting the police that stop corporations from looting β€” the EPA, IRS, SEC, Labor Department, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Consumer Product Safety Commission, FDA, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Be warned.

24.07.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 2610 πŸ” 967 πŸ’¬ 83 πŸ“Œ 30
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I’m A FEMA Responder. Here's What No One Is Telling You About The Tragic Texas Floods. "In church, I’ve heard people say 'God is in control' to dismiss the crisis – but my faith calls me to speak up, gently but firmly."

"As an emergency health care worker, FEMA responder and proud woman of faith, I know this tragedy stems from years of climate denialism and reckless cuts to science, preparedness and infrastructure."

--Powerful words from Dr. Nathalie Beasnael, writing in HuffPost.

14.07.2025 14:54 πŸ‘ 486 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4
Orbit diagram of interstellar object A11pl3Z

Orbit diagram of interstellar object A11pl3Z

FACT THREAD on New Interstellar Object #A11pl3Z

This story unfolded pretty fast yesterday for a few reasons. The object was discovered on July 1st UTC by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System, or ATLAS team. A #NASA funded survey at the University of Hawaii. atlas.fallingstar.com πŸ”­πŸ§ͺ

02.07.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 323 πŸ” 156 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0
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Critical hurricane forecast tool abruptly terminated On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts.

And this shit in the middle of hurricane season. Pure Cruelty.

www.local10.com/weather/hurr...

27.06.2025 03:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Critical hurricane forecast tool abruptly terminated On Monday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced it would immediately stop ingesting, processing, and transmitting data essential to most hurricane forecasts.

Gotta cover the cost of bombing Iran. Pure cruelty.

"U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday it would no longer process and deliver data essential to most hurricane forecasts"

www.local10.com/weather/hurr...

27.06.2025 03:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Allergic reaction"

19.06.2025 00:03 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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ProPublica obtained records showing how a DOGE software engineer with no health care or government experience created an AI model to identify contracts to kill at the VA.

@bxroberts.org‬ takes us through what we learned when we asked experts to review the model’s underlying instructions and code ‡️

19.06.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 836 πŸ” 360 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 31

We've now gotten to the point of having to state which side your community stands on - support the Constitution and Bill of Rights or support Trump. πŸ€”βš–οΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ

www.kxan.com/news/local/t...

18.06.2025 03:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Extremely disturbing and unethical’: new rules allow VA doctors to refuse to treat Democrats, unmarried veterans Trump order allows VA staff to decline providing healthcare to patients based on political affiliation or marital status

This also applies to psychologists.

"Caplan said the rules opened the door to doctors questioning patients about whether they attended a Trump rally or declining to provide healthcare to a veteran because they wore a button critical of JD Vance or voiced support for gay rights."

17.06.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you condemn Russia’s β€˜preventive’ attacks on Ukrainian cities, including hospitals & journalists, but don’t condemn Israel’s β€˜preventive’ attacks on Iranian cities, including hospitals & journalists, then you’re not actually opposed to Russia’s attacks.

You’re just a partisan.

16.06.2025 21:00 πŸ‘ 2504 πŸ” 427 πŸ’¬ 88 πŸ“Œ 13

They gotta do something to attract new talent to make up for all the fascism taking over the school... do we need a Dan Patrick center to recruit more brown shirts? Pfft.

16.06.2025 21:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Over 250 Photos From Around the Nation and the World From the Historic β€œNo Kings Day” Protests Almost no one showed up to Donald Trump’s surprisingly timid, depressing, and generally lackluster birthday party in Washington, but protests against him were bursting at the seams across the globe.

(πŸ“£) UPDATE: Hi all, I’ve now added so much new content to this. Many new photos from new locations (see the top of the archive); improved photos for existing locations; a very long and critical Coda at the end of the report; a new sidebar (on right-wing violence) in the first section; and much more.

16.06.2025 03:15 πŸ‘ 857 πŸ” 269 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 6

Veteran photographer Michael Nigro was shot in the head with a non-lethal bullet while covering anti-ICE protests in LA. "It felt very very intentional," Nigro tells NPR, "a chilling effect to convince us to go away."

Other reporters say they have been targeted too.

My story below:

16.06.2025 11:57 πŸ‘ 1722 πŸ” 747 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 33
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You seriously cant make this shit up

A law enforcement officer points a taser at a person wearing a hot dog costume during a protest Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

15.06.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 2150 πŸ” 476 πŸ’¬ 85 πŸ“Œ 161
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The fact that this is barely an exaggeration...

03.06.2025 16:44 πŸ‘ 1358 πŸ” 276 πŸ’¬ 62 πŸ“Œ 32