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7th Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony
YouTube video by Combatants for Peace
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The most beautiful musical performance: Nour Darwish and Luai Khleif performing the great Samih al-Qasim's poetry set to music. Within an extraordinarily moving ceremony, which everybody should watch to see our hope for humanity amidst unimaginable heartbreak and horror.
youtube.com/live/KMmmK6n...
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I remember when this was supposed to be a hoax. Life was better then...
June 1, 2026 at 2:18 AM
I remember when this was supposed to be a hoax. Life was better then...
The most beautiful musical performance: Nour Darwish and Luai Khleif performing the great Samih al-Qasim's poetry set to music. Within an extraordinarily moving ceremony, which everybody should watch to see our hope for humanity amidst unimaginable heartbreak and horror.
youtube.com/live/KMmmK6n...
youtube.com/live/KMmmK6n...
7th Joint Nakba Remembrance Ceremony
YouTube video by Combatants for Peace
youtube.com
May 27, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The most beautiful musical performance: Nour Darwish and Luai Khleif performing the great Samih al-Qasim's poetry set to music. Within an extraordinarily moving ceremony, which everybody should watch to see our hope for humanity amidst unimaginable heartbreak and horror.
youtube.com/live/KMmmK6n...
youtube.com/live/KMmmK6n...
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There are ways to get around SCOTUS anti-democracy rulings. Hawaii, for example just found a work-around against Citizens United, and now people are finding a way to mitigate attacks on the Voting rights Act.
Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation
A new generation of civil rights leaders is rallying against efforts to dismantle the Voting Rights Act.
apnews.com
May 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
There are ways to get around SCOTUS anti-democracy rulings. Hawaii, for example just found a work-around against Citizens United, and now people are finding a way to mitigate attacks on the Voting rights Act.
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BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii.
This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
New Hawaii law targets corporate influence in politics after Citizens United ruling
Hawaii's Democratic governor has signed a bill to curb corporate and "dark money" influence in politics. This move comes after the 2010 U.S.
apnews.com
May 15, 2026 at 2:55 PM
BREAKING: SB 2471 has been signed into law! It’s the first of its kind in the nation and renders the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision irrelevant in Hawaii.
This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
This is a win for the movement to get big money, especially dark money, out of politics.
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Hawai’i just passed a bill that undermine Citizens United.
The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections.
The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.
The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections.
The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.
May 15, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Hawai’i just passed a bill that undermine Citizens United.
The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections.
The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.
The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections.
The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.
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Juniper Blessing was only 19 years old when she was brutally murdered.
Stabbed 40 times.
Stabbed in her hands as she desperately tried to defend herself.
This was a hate crime.
Every person pushing anti trans rhetoric contributed to this.
Shame on all of them.
Stabbed 40 times.
Stabbed in her hands as she desperately tried to defend herself.
This was a hate crime.
Every person pushing anti trans rhetoric contributed to this.
Shame on all of them.
Slain Trans UW Student Identified as Juniper Blessing: “The Most Amazing Human Being”
The family of the 19-year-old atmospheric and climate science major released a statement on Thursday.
www.them.us
May 15, 2026 at 6:28 AM
Juniper Blessing was only 19 years old when she was brutally murdered.
Stabbed 40 times.
Stabbed in her hands as she desperately tried to defend herself.
This was a hate crime.
Every person pushing anti trans rhetoric contributed to this.
Shame on all of them.
Stabbed 40 times.
Stabbed in her hands as she desperately tried to defend herself.
This was a hate crime.
Every person pushing anti trans rhetoric contributed to this.
Shame on all of them.
What people switched to generic ADHD meds have known for years
NEW: We just launched a new podcast! It’s called “Paper Trail,” and for our first episode, we’re taking you behind the scenes of a Pulitzer finalist investigation.
This is what the FDA won’t tell you about the generic drugs in your medicine cabinet. Listen now 👇
This is what the FDA won’t tell you about the generic drugs in your medicine cabinet. Listen now 👇
What the FDA Won’t Tell You About Your Medications
For years, the FDA said generics are just as safe as brand-name medications. ProPublica found that this isn’t always true.
propub.li
May 15, 2026 at 5:53 AM
What people switched to generic ADHD meds have known for years
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Has anybody tried putting traffic cones on them?
www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1...
www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1...
Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars
Self-driving cars have flooded San Francisco's streets, and not everyone is happy. Street activists have been using a low-tech solution to incapacitate the vehicles.
www.npr.org
May 15, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Has anybody tried putting traffic cones on them?
www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1...
www.npr.org/2023/08/26/1...
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Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
May 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Speak your truth, fight and believe.
Why is @apnews.com reporting this as if the accusations of vague "fraud", with zero evidence, have any basis in reality and are anything other than psychopathic political extortion?
apnews.com/article/medi...
apnews.com/article/medi...
Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud
The Trump administration is expanding its fraud-busting initiative in federal health programs. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday announced a $1.3 billion deferral of Medicaid funding to California,...
apnews.com
May 14, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Why is @apnews.com reporting this as if the accusations of vague "fraud", with zero evidence, have any basis in reality and are anything other than psychopathic political extortion?
apnews.com/article/medi...
apnews.com/article/medi...
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This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
May 14, 2026 at 1:05 AM
This video on the rise of Russ Vought is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
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🚨BREAKING: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called for lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps for 2028, adding Georgia to the growing list of southern states poised to wipe out majority-Black districts before the next presidential election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Georgia governor calls for Republicans to gerrymander maps ahead of 2028 elections
Kemp is term-limited as governor, acting now could help Georgia Republicans avoid the possibility that a Democratic governor elected this fall could veto new maps next year.
www.democracydocket.com
May 13, 2026 at 9:18 PM
🚨BREAKING: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp called for lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative maps for 2028, adding Georgia to the growing list of southern states poised to wipe out majority-Black districts before the next presidential election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Thomas Stockett's Baltimore Afro-American cartoon on the Voting Rights Act, August 1965.
May 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Thomas Stockett's Baltimore Afro-American cartoon on the Voting Rights Act, August 1965.
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Voter suppression is treason. It is treason in a government based on the will of the people. Period.
May 13, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Voter suppression is treason. It is treason in a government based on the will of the people. Period.
Timeline cleanse
New York subway rule: dogs can only travel if they go "in a bag."
New Yorkers took it very seriously... and became incredibly creative. 🐶
New Yorkers took it very seriously... and became incredibly creative. 🐶
May 14, 2026 at 1:19 AM
Timeline cleanse
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May 14, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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🚨 Hawai’i formally joins other states in the fight against ICE collusion, REFUSING cooperation with federal immigration enforcement🚨
“They’re targeting all of us. We have to protect Hawaiʻi. And in the process, we protect the country.”
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www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/with...
“They’re targeting all of us. We have to protect Hawaiʻi. And in the process, we protect the country.”
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www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/with...
Immigrant Bills Move Hawaiʻi To Forefront Of Anti-ICE States
While fears of retaliation blocked similar bills last year, reaction to national events and realities of local enforcement eased passage of immigrant legislation in 2026.
https://www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/with-immigrant-protection-bills-hawaiʻi-joins-states-resisting-ice-crackdown/
May 12, 2026 at 9:21 PM
🚨 Hawai’i formally joins other states in the fight against ICE collusion, REFUSING cooperation with federal immigration enforcement🚨
“They’re targeting all of us. We have to protect Hawaiʻi. And in the process, we protect the country.”
🔗
www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/with...
“They’re targeting all of us. We have to protect Hawaiʻi. And in the process, we protect the country.”
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www.civilbeat.org/2026/05/with...
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Explore the data: 10,000 rulings against Trump in ICE cases
Explore the data: 10,000 rulings against Trump in ICE cases
Here’s POLITICO’s database of how the courts have ruled on Trump’s mass detention policy.
dlvr.it
May 13, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Explore the data: 10,000 rulings against Trump in ICE cases
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When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero.
And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing.
Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing.
Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
May 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero.
And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing.
Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing.
Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
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The new voting maps that politicians across the South are proposing harken back to the Jim Crow era where Black voters were methodically drawn out of the democratic process so that we couldn’t elect people who represent our communities.
Our vote is our power and our right.
Our vote is our power and our right.
May 12, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The new voting maps that politicians across the South are proposing harken back to the Jim Crow era where Black voters were methodically drawn out of the democratic process so that we couldn’t elect people who represent our communities.
Our vote is our power and our right.
Our vote is our power and our right.
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"Foreign actors exploiting Alberta separatist debate to stoke discord, researchers say"
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Foreign actors exploiting Alberta separatist debate to stoke discord, researchers say
Activities range from covert influence campaigns to deliberately misleading AI-generated content
www.theglobeandmail.com
May 10, 2026 at 6:11 PM
"Foreign actors exploiting Alberta separatist debate to stoke discord, researchers say"
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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