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Gas prices are “temporarily” high, says the president. That’s because Republicans are temporarily in power. Vote.

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The extremists in this administration are trying to keep their anti-abortion agenda hush-hush until after you vote, so we need to make sure everyone understands abortion rights are at stake right now. VOTE.

Holy moly did Aaron Sorkin write this or is this real life?? Treat yourself and watch the whole thing. I want to watch these kinds of interactions for the next 6 years on the national stage. We've got to do our part to help get Abdul to the Senate.

Sky News journalist James Matthews confronted US Defense Secretary and Trump loyalist Pete Hegseth: “Mr. Secretary, are you Vladimir Putin’s puppet on Ukraine?”

MAGA is so desperately homoerotic.

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After a 71-day protest, the last of the 100-plus-year-old trees was cut down southeast of Tucson.

Nation Horrified To Think Sexual Assault Could Happen On College Campus

A lot of us have been saying this whole time: the threat is not AI. The threat has always been men. Greedy arrogant men with tons of ambition and no moral compass.

Here's footage of Jack Smith at the Iowa vs. Maryland game on February 3rd, 2024 btw

A group of Nobel Prize-winning economists are supporting California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax, Prop 40. They’re right to support it — and Gavin Newsom is wrong to oppose it. Here’s why.

The Trump DOJ is defending a deal that would let churches endorse political candidates from the pulpit without risking their tax-exempt status. Churches shouldn’t get to operate as tax-exempt campaign arms. If you want to play politics, pay taxes. www.christianpost.com/news/doj-sid...

🚨"I've Been Shot!" DoorDash driver Wilber Perez told his wife after ICE shot him in Austin, TX. A local cop—not ICE —provided medical care, finding a "deep hole between his shoulder blades.” His wife was then blocked from the hospital. READ MORE: www.statuscoupsubstack.com/p/breaking-i...

Trump Admin Starts Border Wall Construction in Texas’s Big Bend Region

“What I try to do at Stella is really show people that you really don’t have to sacrifice anything for sustainability and for not killing animals, “All of the faux leather on that runway, nobody can tell anymore.” - Stella McCartney

Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor launch their new book, "End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World" on Democracy Now! It examines how wealthy elites are preparing for “the end of the world,” even as they contribute to growing inequality, political instability and the climate crisis.

The study also found that meat-free diets are “broadly comparable” to meat-based ones in terms of digestibility, but with a significantly reduced environmental impact. Read more on the Plant Based News website 🧑‍💻

A building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed suddenly in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people. Over one-fifth of buildings in Gaza assessed by a refugee council in March were not structurally sound, but residents said they had nowhere else to go. https://wapo.st/46YipoO

"These wars were not paid for through taxes like previous wars — they were paid for by borrowing."

Dr. Sloan shares her personal story as abortion meds face another court challenge: A miscarriage is not a political event for women experiencing it… It’s a medical event, often an emotionally devastating one. Been there. I’ve had two miscarriages, and this medication potentially saved my life.

Republicans are forcing women to carry non-viable pregnancies—and it is literally killing them. Banning abortion was never about saving lives; it is about controlling women. We ALL need to speak with our voices and our votes to stop Republicans’ anti-woman crusade.

Thousands of immigrants did the hard, dirty work of clearing rubble and toxic dust and debris from Ground Zero. Many were undocumented laborers sent to work every day with no special PPE, and got cancer as a result. Now some of those same people are living in fear of ICE. www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...

Twenty-five years after September 11, 2001, more people are believed to have died from cancer, respiratory and other illnesses due to exposure to the airborne toxins than the nearly 3,000 people killed in the attacks on the World Trade Center.

The future of science doesn't have to rely on animal testing. New Approach Methodologies (NAMs) use human-relevant technologies to study disease and evaluate drug safety, helping build research that is more predictive, more efficient, and free from harming animals.

Standing Rock increased division in North Dakota between Indigenous communities and nearby non-Indigenous communities. Propaganda made it worse. buff.ly/oJYJj3I

How long will it take for the connection to be made? Even if you are only realising this now - better late than never 🍼🐮

Hundreds marched to Peter Thiel's house to read him an “eviction notice”, calling for him to leave Argentina and close his businesses. They cited water use & land purchases for AI infrastructure, Palantir, and the Súper RIGI bill, which they said is written to facilitate AI data-centre projects.

Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026

From 2024. It's happening.

George Clooney on the current state of the country… youtube.com/shorts/N8UMt...

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There's no forgiving this. No living it down. It's a stain on our humanity. When all this is over, the monsters who did this should be pariahs. And the soulless thugs who cheered it on while dehumanizing Haitian immigrants should be reminded of what they did every day of their lives.

New reporting from @publiccitizen.bsky.social finds Trump has made at least $1.4B from his crypto ventures. Meanwhile, his investors have been saddled with $4.7B in losses. The conman-in-chief's grifts are making him even richer — and endangering our entire financial system in the process.

The Trump administration delighted to show black people in chains.

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman telescope, set to launch as early as Aug. 30, holds the promise of uncovering new planets, detecting exploding stars, and helping to explain major questions about the universe, including the mysterious force called dark energy.

I think now is a good time to remind folks outside of the United States that when you boycott American products, you are showing solidarity with the American resistance. Thank you.

“It is the job of thinking people not to be on the side of the executioner.” -Howard Zinn

Kamala sought out Abdul. He didn’t court her endorsement and didn’t change his platform to secure it. I’m absolutely flabbergasted at the desire of some of this community to reheat 2024 rhetoric. Do we refuse to learn how to coalition build??

NEW: I just signed a discharge petition to fast track a vote on the Right to Contraception Act. 8 in 10 Americans—of both parties—support protecting access to birth control. But a few extremist lawmakers could threaten this critical health care.  I'm taking action.

Blame the Republican Party, who laid down and let DOGE and Trump completely demolish the one solution we had to the screwworm plague.

Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil died after being trapped in a building hit by Israeli airstrikes. A Post reconstruction of Khalil’s final hours found that Israel denied rescuers access to her during a key period when she was still alive. https://wapo.st/43omgty

We are just gonna leave this here 🔫 🍆 You can read a full paper entitled: Plant-Based Diet and Erectile Dysfunction: A Narrative Review, Mariana del Carmen Fernández-Fígares Jiménez

Still have zero answers about this 24 hours later. Is there just no recourse for people wrongfully banned on this platform?