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A human who can hypnotize frogs. Assoc. Director, UConn-AAUP. Posts are my own. He/Him

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'Don't die': the two words that sum up our lives in Tehran now | Anonymous In a park overlooking the city, I ran into a group of young people chatting and joking. As the bombs fall, fragments of life remain, writes an anonymous Tehran resident

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Good riddance to Kristi Noem. Her replacement won’t be an improvement | Moira Donegan The former homeland security chief was an incompetent figurehead of cruelty. Her departure reflects Trump’s political weakness

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06.03.2026 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Kamala Harris might run for president again in 2028. Please, no | Arwa Mahdawi Harris’s 2024 campaign lacked authenticity and conviction. We can’t afford to repeat the mistakes of the past

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As measles spreads in South Carolina, RFK Jr’s allies work to gut vaccine laws Activists who dispute safety of vaccines are pushing to limit immunization requirements in schools

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ICE Brings the War Home Last month, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers pulled over several cars in Eagle County, Colorado.Β They took the people away in handcuffs, according to a witness, and left the cars idling at...

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ICE’s Warehouse Purchases Herald New Model for Immigration Detention - American Immigration Council ICE is purchasing commercial warehouses and retrofitting them into a national network of immigration detention centers.

β€œ2026 was always shaping up to be a transformational year for immigration detention, but few people anticipated this level of change… The system of detention which has existed for generations may be fundamentally transformed into something even more sinister and more prone to abuses than ever.”

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I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day | Anonymous Objectification, hate, rape threats: the politicians debating online abuse mean well, but to truly understand, they need to see what I see

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Phil Ochs’ Sharp, Satirical Protest Songs Still Resonate Today Fifty years after his death, the protest singer’s music is more relevant than ever.

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Why are so many academics in the Epstein files? It’s not just about money | Christopher Marquis In a university ecosystem that breeds hunger for status, Epstein made scholars feel like celebrities

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21.02.2026 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Someone let the penguins of the Heard and McDonald Islands know that their long ordeal is coming to an end.

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Honestly, WTF is wrong with men who do shit like this? Is it so damn hard not to assault women?

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Blanca Osmilda, Arrested at 60 in Gang-Free Community, Died after Two Years in Prison Socorro JurΓ­dico Humanitario records 94,844 arrests and 470 deaths in prison under the state of exception in El Salvador. One of them was Blanca Osmilda Castro Quijada, who lived in a community…

Socorro JurΓ­dico Humanitario records 94,844 arrests and 470 deaths in prison under the state of exception in El Salvador. One was Blanca Osmilda Castro Quijada, who lived in a community without gangs but was arrested on accusations of illicit association.
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18.02.2026 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

First senior member of the British Royal family to be arrested in nearly 400 years.

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Jesse Jackson shifted Black politics from the margins of the Democratic party to its center The civil rights icon, who died on Tuesday, used his progressivism as rebellion

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Long Covid is still here. I know – my life came to a stop because of it With more than 200 possible symptoms, long Covid isn’t easy to treat and diagnose. Rolled-back federal funding has led longhaulers to ask: is this all in my head?

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Opinion | Why has Maga lost its mind over Bad Bunny? β€” Guardian US It’s not virtue signaling. It’s vitriol signaling about their own perceived persecution

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β€˜He’s not the same’: Father of Liam Conejo Ramos says 5-year-old continues to suffer Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Super Bowl viewers Sunday speculated that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos appeared in the halftime show. In fact, he has been in hiding with his family.

β€œHe can’t sleep well at night. He wakes up three or four times a night screaming, β€˜Daddy, Daddy,’” Liam's father Adrian Conejo Arias, said.

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Here's CBP's recent cocaine seizures, including this new data.

5 months and now 129 deaths into the "lethal boat strikes" operation: I can't see how they've moved the needle on the amount of cocaine being detected.

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State violence against Black Americans laid the groundwork for fascism | Jason Stanley Fascism feeds on the arbitrary killings that have long plagued the US. Ending the horror starts with abolishing ICE

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Senate Republicans call for CT teachers union president to resign over ICE post β€œThe statement is 100% false, wrong, irresponsible and blatant fear-mongering,” Republicans said in a release.

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A well oiled machine. A joy to watch.

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Imagine having Summers as your parent. Ugly and bad, very, very bad.

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Thank you.

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America’s contract to protect white women has always been tenuous | Saida Grundy ICE’s killing of Renee Good has revealed how the state will only defend those who uphold a white racial order. A 1915 film points to the origins of this social pact

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Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Lies Begin: On the Execution of Alex Pretti Here’s what I saw after watching multiple videos of the execution of Alexi Pretti: VA nurse Alex Pretti, whom Gregory Bovino said wanted to do β€œmaximum damage,” was trying to protect a woman who was b...

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Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived

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