Lori Lovern
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Staff used tight metal enclosures to confine a total of 79 people for periods of time ranging from a few minutes to up to two hours.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
A new DHS report proves Alligator Alcatraz detainees were right all along
The inspector general's findings match what advocates and families had been reporting since last summer.
www.motherjones.com
September 15, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Staff used tight metal enclosures to confine a total of 79 people for periods of time ranging from a few minutes to up to two hours.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
The metal mesh enclosures, roughly the size of a phone booth, measured about 4 feet by 4 feet and were nearly 8 feet tall.
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NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards.
The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
September 14, 2026 at 3:53 PM
NEW: DHS's Inspector General releases a scathing report about the Everglades detention camp known as "Alligator Alcatraz." The OIG finds that the now-closed camp, violated multiple ICE standards.
The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
The OIG also confirms detainees were punished with placement in a metal cage in the Florida heat.🧵
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There is no such thing as “conservative-based” science. If you’re not doing evidence-based science, you are making up fairy tales.
In a 2023 interview, Trump’s new FDA pick laid out a vision for ‘conservative-based’ science
President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Food and Drug Administration previously called on conservatives to create new academic journals and to fund science that would explicitly back right-wing p...
www.yahoo.com
August 25, 2026 at 11:48 PM
There is no such thing as “conservative-based” science. If you’re not doing evidence-based science, you are making up fairy tales.
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BREAKING:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
August 21, 2026 at 7:26 PM
BREAKING:
WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
WASHINGTON (AP) - Editor of Stars and Stripes says he is being fired for insubordination after saying any censorship is a 'red line.'
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And these are the folks who are all about “meritocracy”
WATCH: With just one week until South Carolina’s GOP Senate runoff, candidate Darline Graham stumbled on a foreign policy question, admitting she’s “not that informed on national security.”
‘National security is not my thing’: GOP Senate candidate’s STUNNING debate answer
YouTube video by MS NOW
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August 20, 2026 at 1:05 AM
And these are the folks who are all about “meritocracy”
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Vaccines are among the most thoroughly studied,effective tools we have to protect children from serious vaccine-preventable diseases ... Altering a proven vaccination schedule without credible evidence risks weakening public confidence & putting kid’s health at risk. spr.ly/63320B1KUUq
August 10, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Vaccines are among the most thoroughly studied,effective tools we have to protect children from serious vaccine-preventable diseases ... Altering a proven vaccination schedule without credible evidence risks weakening public confidence & putting kid’s health at risk. spr.ly/63320B1KUUq
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Federal agencies are rushing to move hundreds of workers into new buildings. Employees say the moves are significantly disrupting their work.
Bedbugs, bad Wi-Fi: Federal workers say forced summer relocations have been chaos
Federal agencies are rushing to move hundreds of workers into new buildings. Employees say the moves are significantly disrupting their work.
n.pr
August 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Federal agencies are rushing to move hundreds of workers into new buildings. Employees say the moves are significantly disrupting their work.
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One Omaha mother believes lead in her yard is partially responsible for the lead in her daughter’s blood.
The EPA remediated her property in 2012, but we found that contamination levels are even higher now than they were before.
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The EPA remediated her property in 2012, but we found that contamination levels are even higher now than they were before.
with @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA Spent Millions Cleaning Up a Massive Superfund Site. Our Tests Found Toxic Levels of Lead in Many Yards.
The agency spent hundreds of millions on lead remediation in Omaha, Nebraska, home of the nation’s largest residential Superfund site. New soil tests by the Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica show th...
www.propublica.org
August 8, 2026 at 9:00 PM
One Omaha mother believes lead in her yard is partially responsible for the lead in her daughter’s blood.
The EPA remediated her property in 2012, but we found that contamination levels are even higher now than they were before.
with @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
The EPA remediated her property in 2012, but we found that contamination levels are even higher now than they were before.
with @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social
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Happy Market Manipulation Monday - brought to you by the most corrupt family in American history.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
Why Wall Street Firms Are Paying $100,000 a Month for a Fast Track to Trump Posts
Traders who already monitor the president’s pronouncements with automated systems can pay for an ultrafast feed. At least five firms have signed up.
www.wsj.com
August 3, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Happy Market Manipulation Monday - brought to you by the most corrupt family in American history.
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...
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In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.
Under the second Trump administration, inspections became their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Under the second Trump administration, inspections became their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
July 15, 2026 at 3:01 AM
In recent years, FDA inspectors have uncovered disturbing lapses in facilities producing food bound for American supermarkets.
Under the second Trump administration, inspections became their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
(Published Nov. 2025)
Under the second Trump administration, inspections became their lowest since 2011, excluding the pandemic.
(Published Nov. 2025)
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Most Americans aren’t consumed by the outrage of the day. They’re wondering how they’ll pay for a prescription, a doctor’s visit, or care for a loved one.
Healthcare isn’t a political talking point. It’s daily life.
cc: @aliciamenendez.bsky.social
Healthcare isn’t a political talking point. It’s daily life.
cc: @aliciamenendez.bsky.social
June 23, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Most Americans aren’t consumed by the outrage of the day. They’re wondering how they’ll pay for a prescription, a doctor’s visit, or care for a loved one.
Healthcare isn’t a political talking point. It’s daily life.
cc: @aliciamenendez.bsky.social
Healthcare isn’t a political talking point. It’s daily life.
cc: @aliciamenendez.bsky.social
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A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's order to remove some exhibits at national parks. One historic site targeted by that order faces an uncertain future. n.pr/4os3Odb
Fate of historic slavery exhibit targeted by Trump hangs in the balance
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's order to remove some exhibits at national parks. One historic site targeted by that order faces an uncertain future.
n.pr
June 15, 2026 at 12:44 AM
A federal judge has temporarily blocked President Trump's order to remove some exhibits at national parks. One historic site targeted by that order faces an uncertain future. n.pr/4os3Odb
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Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
(Published April 2023)
(Published April 2023)
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
www.propublica.org
June 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.
(Published April 2023)
(Published April 2023)
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COMMENTARY: For as long as West Virginia has existed, the abundant natural resources beneath our feet have created wealth for outsiders, from the timber that built our nation’s railroads to the coal and natural gas that powered America, while poverty has plagued our own people, writes Kelly Allen.
The same old extraction and disinvestment won’t bring West Virginia’s revival
westvirginiawatch.com
May 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM
COMMENTARY: For as long as West Virginia has existed, the abundant natural resources beneath our feet have created wealth for outsiders, from the timber that built our nation’s railroads to the coal and natural gas that powered America, while poverty has plagued our own people, writes Kelly Allen.
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Warnock on SCOTUS:
No one elected this Court—to decide what kind of remedies we need in this moment. It’s really not up to the Supreme Court to say, “Well, we have reached the threshold where this issue around race and inclusion is no longer necessary.” That is not the job of the Court.
No one elected this Court—to decide what kind of remedies we need in this moment. It’s really not up to the Supreme Court to say, “Well, we have reached the threshold where this issue around race and inclusion is no longer necessary.” That is not the job of the Court.
April 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
Warnock on SCOTUS:
No one elected this Court—to decide what kind of remedies we need in this moment. It’s really not up to the Supreme Court to say, “Well, we have reached the threshold where this issue around race and inclusion is no longer necessary.” That is not the job of the Court.
No one elected this Court—to decide what kind of remedies we need in this moment. It’s really not up to the Supreme Court to say, “Well, we have reached the threshold where this issue around race and inclusion is no longer necessary.” That is not the job of the Court.
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No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk.
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@allinwithchris.bsky.social
April 30, 2026 at 3:13 AM
No sugar-coating the Court’s decision today. Real talk.
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
@allinwithchris.bsky.social
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Texas redistricts without a vote, Republicans cheer.
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
April 22, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Texas redistricts without a vote, Republicans cheer.
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
Dems in Virginia respond by putting it UP FOR A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, it passes, Republican cry foul.
Oh well. Good job Virginia!!
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This is how Democrats say Oversight Republicans are trying to squash the Epstein investigation
This is how Democrats say Oversight Republicans are trying to squash the Epstein investigation
The committee chair has started hosting frequent “roundtables,” where his members can’t force subpoena votes.
dlvr.it
April 21, 2026 at 8:51 AM
This is how Democrats say Oversight Republicans are trying to squash the Epstein investigation
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Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill.
But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028.
The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent.
Funny how that works.
But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028.
The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent.
Funny how that works.
April 14, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Trump is touting the no tax on tips provision in his budget bill.
But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028.
The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent.
Funny how that works.
But many tipped workers won't benefit because their earnings are so low. And the provision expires in 2028.
The estate tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich? Those were made permanent.
Funny how that works.
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Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.
The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane
Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”
Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”
April 5, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Journalistic malpractice and democratic betrayal.
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I understand the impulse not to let this guy's statements dictate the news cycle but the fact that he can say shit like this and it barely causes a ripple in the media is a key to his ability to maintain power. Constantly pushing the bar of normality downwards, no pressure to take responsibility.
April 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I understand the impulse not to let this guy's statements dictate the news cycle but the fact that he can say shit like this and it barely causes a ripple in the media is a key to his ability to maintain power. Constantly pushing the bar of normality downwards, no pressure to take responsibility.
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We are spending an estimated $1B per day on the war on Iran.
Now Trump and Co want an extra $200B from Congress to fund the war.
But healthcare? Cut.
Food stamps? Cut.
Education? Cut.
Cancer research? Cut.
Environmental protections? Cut.
And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut.
It's obscene.
Now Trump and Co want an extra $200B from Congress to fund the war.
But healthcare? Cut.
Food stamps? Cut.
Education? Cut.
Cancer research? Cut.
Environmental protections? Cut.
And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut.
It's obscene.
March 19, 2026 at 8:45 PM
We are spending an estimated $1B per day on the war on Iran.
Now Trump and Co want an extra $200B from Congress to fund the war.
But healthcare? Cut.
Food stamps? Cut.
Education? Cut.
Cancer research? Cut.
Environmental protections? Cut.
And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut.
It's obscene.
Now Trump and Co want an extra $200B from Congress to fund the war.
But healthcare? Cut.
Food stamps? Cut.
Education? Cut.
Cancer research? Cut.
Environmental protections? Cut.
And of course, taxes on the rich? Cut.
It's obscene.
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Imagine that everything he promised his base turning out to be a lie. Shocking. Just shocking.
March 15, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Imagine that everything he promised his base turning out to be a lie. Shocking. Just shocking.
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March 9, 2026 at 5:22 PM