FBI and police raid homes of Palestine activists in Michigan The FBI and other law enforcement agencies raided multiple homes in Michigan, reportedly targeting a number of student activists connected to Gaza solidarity protests at the University of Michigan.

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White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate the Head Start program, a move that would cut early education for some of the nation’s neediest children as part of drastic proposed cuts to fe...

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The Lager Beer Riot of 1855 One hundred seventy years ago, an uprising over beer changed policing as we know it in Chicago.

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BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules The judge said the Trump administration’s evidence – a two-page letter from Secretary of State Marco Rubio – is sufficient to deport Khalil under an obscure legal provision.

BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil Can Be Deported, Immigration Judge Rules
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How the VA shapes the future of health care for all

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Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies The walkouts, which included about a dozen schools on U.S. military bases in Europe, Asia and at least one stateside, represent the biggest collective action military children have taken since the sta...

Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Veterans Affairs backtracked on his cancer treatment. He blames DOGE. The VA says it's not scaling back care—but it doesn't look that way to Army vet Mark Puhl.

Veterans Affairs backtracked on his cancer treatment. He blames DOGE. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

AOC Calls Out Colleagues Over Suspicious Stock Market Activity Minutes Before Trump's Tariffs Pause Say it louder for the people in the back!

AOC Calls Out Colleagues Over Suspicious Stock Market Activity Minutes Before Trump's Tariffs Pause www.comicsands.com/aoc-insider-...

Trump plan to expand immigration detention centers faces hurdles in Illinois Illinois banned private immigration detention facilities during President Donald Trump's first term. Local governments are also not allowed to enter into contracts to house people facing deportation p...

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Join the June 6 D-Day Protest in Washington Veterans have warned, waited, and now we act. On June 6, we rally in D.C. to protect the VA, defend our jobs, and serve our country again. This is the first big one—and we need you with us.

Unite for Veterans, Unite for America: A Call to Action
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Common Defense joined 1,400+ protests nationwide to say: Hands Off! Trump, Musk, and their billionaire power grab are a threat to our rights and democracy.

This is people power. 💥

#HandsOff #WeAreCommonDefense #VeteransAgainstFascism

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.

Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/u...

WHAT THE F**K!

Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.

How tiny Lesotho ended up with the highest US tariffs in the world U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs have struck among others the small southern African kingdom of Lesotho, one of the world's poorest nations.

apnews.com/article/leso... tiny Lesotho ended up with the highest US tariffs in the world

Rand Paul Warns Trump Tariffs Will Lead To 'Political Decimation' Of GOP—And We Can't Wait Here's hoping.

We can only hope...

Yesterday, every single Republican & 30 Democrats supported Trump's $8.8 billion bomb shipment to help Netanyahu continue his annihilation of the Palestinian people.

That isn't what the American people want.

Below are my floor remarks to stop the sale.

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There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’

“There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’”

My myth-busting piece for The Guardian today arguing that it is factually inaccurate & totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ & are automatically ‘criminals’.

I bring receipts:

“They’re Forcing Us Out”: VA Doctors Warn of Sabotage and Mass Exodus Frontline VA physicians say they're being pushed out by chaos, retaliation, and political interference. Here’s what whistleblowers want you to know.

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Death of Veteran Found in Car at California VA Latest in String of Suicides A military veteran wanted by police was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside a parked vehicle this week at the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Veterans' Hospital in the latest of a...

Death of Veteran Found in Car at California VA Latest in String of Suicides www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Head Start: Administration firing of federal Head Start staff will hobble services for most at-risk children and families We learned early this morning that the Region V Office of Head Start was closed today and all of the federal staff were placed on administrative leave until June without any warning. The Region V Offi...

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WA Head Start staff locked out and let go due to Trump cuts All Office of Head Start employees in Seattle were let go Tuesday as the Trump administration closed regional offices in several cities.

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This office served programs with children attending them right now in WA, ID, AL, and OR. Headstart centers were not given any warning of this or even any guidance about what to do. Who does this to little children?

Mass layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday laid off scores of Health and Human Services employees, including many who ran the Head Start early education program.

apnews.com/article/head... layoffs rattle Head Start leaders already on edge over funding problems

Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Requiring Schools To Teach Students To Get Married And Have Kids Welcome to Gilead.

Tennessee Senate Passes Bill Requiring Schools To Teach Students To Get Married And Have Kids www.comicsands.com/tennessee-su...

Now We Know Why Elon Musk’s DOGE Seized That Independent Nonprofit The Department of Government Efficiency is trying to claim the multimillion-dollar real estate assets of the U.S. Institute of Peace.

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Trump Takes Aim at Smithsonian, Wading Into Race and Biology (Gift Article) His executive order faulted an exhibit which “promotes the view that race is not a biological reality but a social construct,” a widely held position in the scientific community.

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Elon Musk slams Marine Le Pen guilty verdict as arch-conservatives unite in fury Key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump signals he will make the French far-right standard-bearer a new cause célèbre.

Musk has so much to say about German and French and British and Ukrainian and South African internal politics but never a word about China or Russia.

Strange, right? 🤔

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Federal Workers Walk Into Chaos Amid Return to Office (Gift Article) President Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit.

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After DOGE Targeted V.A., an Iraq Veteran Faced Uncertainty and Crisis (Gift Article) A veteran who returned from Iraq injured and transformed, Joy Marver is now facing a crisis at home.

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YouTube video by Middle East Eye ‘We break our fast with grief’: A Gaza child’s plea for justice this Eid

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