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A 21-year-old Navy sailor on the USS Fort Lauderdale died by suicide after an extended deployment for the Trump administration's so-called "drug boat" operations.
September 30, 2026 at 4:29 PM
A 21-year-old Navy sailor on the USS Fort Lauderdale died by suicide after an extended deployment for the Trump administration's so-called "drug boat" operations.
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Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger."
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
In Texas, Something Seismic Is Happening—and It’s All Trump’s Fault
Thanks to the economy and ICE, Trump has lost Texas Latinos. And James Talarico is developing a humane pro-immigrant message that’s resonating—even in this ultra-Trumpy state.
newrepublic.com
September 30, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Something remarkable is happening: James Talarico is running an expansively pro-immigrant campaign in Texas, a state Trump won by 14 points, speaking in Biblical terms about our duty to "the stranger."
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
And it's resonating. That's seismic. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2160...
A documentary reminder of what happened on "9/12". 912film.com
Discover 9/12: From Chaos to Community, a documentary about the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
9/12: From Chaos to Community is a 60-minute character-driven documentary about a community of people that grew out of the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in New York City after the World Trade Center...
912film.com
September 11, 2026 at 1:53 PM
A documentary reminder of what happened on "9/12". 912film.com
A documentary about Community. 912film.com
Discover 9/12: From Chaos to Community, a documentary about the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks.
9/12: From Chaos to Community is a 60-minute character-driven documentary about a community of people that grew out of the volunteer effort at Ground Zero in New York City after the World Trade Center...
912film.com
September 10, 2026 at 10:53 PM
A documentary about Community. 912film.com
September 7, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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recapping the night:
—Dems flip school board of Sarasota County, FL (a stronghold of M4L).
—Dems flip school board chair seat in Orange County, FL.
—Dems flip at-large city council seat in Jacksonville.
—Dems lead in a red Pennsylvania state House seat (all precincts in, though no AP call).
—Dems flip school board of Sarasota County, FL (a stronghold of M4L).
—Dems flip school board chair seat in Orange County, FL.
—Dems flip at-large city council seat in Jacksonville.
—Dems lead in a red Pennsylvania state House seat (all precincts in, though no AP call).
August 19, 2026 at 2:47 AM
recapping the night:
—Dems flip school board of Sarasota County, FL (a stronghold of M4L).
—Dems flip school board chair seat in Orange County, FL.
—Dems flip at-large city council seat in Jacksonville.
—Dems lead in a red Pennsylvania state House seat (all precincts in, though no AP call).
—Dems flip school board of Sarasota County, FL (a stronghold of M4L).
—Dems flip school board chair seat in Orange County, FL.
—Dems flip at-large city council seat in Jacksonville.
—Dems lead in a red Pennsylvania state House seat (all precincts in, though no AP call).
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The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-is-bulldozing-big-bend-hes
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Trump Wants to Bulldoze Big Bend. He’s Already Looted the Rest of the Park System.
The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point.
www.lincolnsquare.media
August 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
The national park barely sees any border crossings. But that's not the point.
https://www.lincolnsquare.media/p/trump-is-bulldozing-big-bend-hes
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God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains.
We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors.
We don't need to desecrate this sacred land.
We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors.
We don't need to desecrate this sacred land.
We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
August 9, 2026 at 11:04 PM
God already built a wall through Big Bend — it's called the Chisos Mountains.
We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors.
We don't need to desecrate this sacred land.
We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
We don't need to give billions of our tax dollars to out of state vendors.
We don't need to desecrate this sacred land.
We don't need this useless, disgraceful, corrupt Big Bend border wall.
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Published Tuesday; living it Sunday: aqi is so bad thanks to a local fire I have to close all the windows in a high-desert house with no air conditioning. "...the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.
We launched a war on nature. Now we are in a climate warzone | Rebecca Solnit
Summer is not what it once was. We have been robbed of one of life’s great joys
www.theguardian.com
August 10, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Published Tuesday; living it Sunday: aqi is so bad thanks to a local fire I have to close all the windows in a high-desert house with no air conditioning. "...the smoke, dangerous to breathe, hangs in the air, dimming the view, changing the very color of sunlight into something grimly unsettling.
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This week marks one year of Trump’s military occupation of D.C. A backward look at what happened is essential to understanding where we are: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
The Week Ahead
August 9, 2026
joycevance.substack.com
August 10, 2026 at 3:34 AM
This week marks one year of Trump’s military occupation of D.C. A backward look at what happened is essential to understanding where we are: joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...
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Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. https://to.pbs.org/4zaPI52
Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles
The record follows a winter that produced the worst snowpack on record in the Colorado River Basin.
to.pbs.org
August 8, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system. https://to.pbs.org/4zaPI52
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1/ Last summer, @acleek.bsky.social and I started getting emails from staffers of a company called American Healthcare Systems. They told us that their hospitals were in financial chaos and that they were struggling to care for patients. So we started digging: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A for-profit hospital slashed costs. Then a patient froze to death on its roof.
A little-known company grew on promises to save distressed hospitals. Instead, it sunk them into financial chaos.
www.motherjones.com
July 28, 2026 at 9:39 PM
1/ Last summer, @acleek.bsky.social and I started getting emails from staffers of a company called American Healthcare Systems. They told us that their hospitals were in financial chaos and that they were struggling to care for patients. So we started digging: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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He's not just another person killed by ICE.
His name is Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and he should still be here with his family and friends.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
His name is Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and he should still be here with his family and friends.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
July 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM
He's not just another person killed by ICE.
His name is Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and he should still be here with his family and friends.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
His name is Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and he should still be here with his family and friends.
@joycewhitevance.bsky.social
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Juan Proano of LULAC just confirmed our story on a call with reporters, saying the three men in the van are facing pressure to self deport.
"We have great concern that DHS is trying to move these witnesses out of the country. They may be the only eyewitnesses as to what happened."
"We have great concern that DHS is trying to move these witnesses out of the country. They may be the only eyewitnesses as to what happened."
An "unspeakable tragedy" in Texas.
National reporters need to focus and work on getting "the full, horrifying story."
National reporters need to focus and work on getting "the full, horrifying story."
July 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Juan Proano of LULAC just confirmed our story on a call with reporters, saying the three men in the van are facing pressure to self deport.
"We have great concern that DHS is trying to move these witnesses out of the country. They may be the only eyewitnesses as to what happened."
"We have great concern that DHS is trying to move these witnesses out of the country. They may be the only eyewitnesses as to what happened."
@votemama.bsky.social is a great (and important) organization: Check out this article from USA TODAY:
She used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit.
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
She used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit.
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
She used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit.
Liuba Grechen Shirley was the first mom to use campaign funds to pay for child care. She's starting a movement – and helping put more moms in office.
www.usatoday.com
July 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
@votemama.bsky.social is a great (and important) organization: Check out this article from USA TODAY:
She used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit.
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
She used campaign funds to pay for child care. Other political moms are following suit.
www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...
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Iran has officially become Forever War 3.0, and Major Gen. Paul Eaton has a simple message for Republicans: Do your job. End this conflict NOW because Americans are fed up.
July 8, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Iran has officially become Forever War 3.0, and Major Gen. Paul Eaton has a simple message for Republicans: Do your job. End this conflict NOW because Americans are fed up.
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Today, the Epstein survivors launched their website. They put a lot of time and effort into putting their stories together for the general public. They deserve our support. Please check it out if you have the mental capacity, and please share widely. ❤️
Survivor Sisters
Survivor Sisters of Epstein & Maxwell
survivorsisters.org
June 30, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Today, the Epstein survivors launched their website. They put a lot of time and effort into putting their stories together for the general public. They deserve our support. Please check it out if you have the mental capacity, and please share widely. ❤️
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You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out.
There is still time to comment.
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
There is still time to comment.
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
The war against ‘woke’ could end US science as we know it
“Everyone will be affected, not just scientists. Every community in the country.“
bit.ly
June 29, 2026 at 1:17 PM
You may have heard about the OMB rule change that will put politics over federal grants. However bad you think it is? It's probably worse. Thanks to @theverge.com for letting me report this one out.
There is still time to comment.
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
There is still time to comment.
bit.ly/4v2X4nQ
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UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
How UnitedHealth’s Playbook for Limiting Mental Health Coverage Puts Countless Americans’ Treatment at Risk
United used an algorithm system to identify patients who it determined were getting too much therapy and then limited coverage. It was deemed illegal in three states, but similar practices persist due...
www.propublica.org
June 25, 2026 at 3:10 AM
UnitedHealth is the nation’s largest health insurance conglomerate.
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)
ProPublica obtained what is effectively the company’s internal playbook for limiting and cutting therapy costs.
Here’s what we found.
(Published Nov. 2024)