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As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.

A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.

People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, according to preliminary research being reported in the journal Nature. https://cnn.it/4nZbrqx

First ladies made history in the East Wing. It was razed for Trump's ballroom. The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women's visibility in the White House.

The East Wing is home to the Office of the First Lady and has played a key role in women’s visibility in the White House. This week, bulldozers began to tear it down to clear the way for President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom.

after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.

Women across the US are facing criminal charges for miscarrying—this is what "fetal personhood" looks like.

How to Get Your Smart TV to Stop Spying on You Smart TVs can track and catalog everything you watch. Here’s what you need to know — and how to turn off the function.

No, it’s not a conspiracy theory: Your TV is probably spying on you. So is your fridge. Your doorbell, your security system, and your thermostat, too. The good news: You can turn that data collection off.

Let’s go Highland Park, IL
#nokingshighlandparkil

George Santos leaves prison after Trump commutes sentence Trump’s commutation also gets Santos out of paying more than $370,000 in restitution to his victims.

The lesson is clear: There is one set of laws for the president’s supporters, and another one for those who have run afoul of him.

#nokingshighlandpark

WTH

Maryland judge again asks government to return man wrongly deported to El Salvador A federal judge in Maryland wants the government to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. after the Supreme Court largely upheld her original order.

A federal judge in Maryland wants the government to "facilitate" Abrego Garcia's return to the U.S. after the Supreme Court largely upheld her original order.

The Daily Reid: Cory Booker and winning by leading By breaking a segregationist's filibuster record, Senator Cory Booker stepped into Chuck Schumer's moral vacuum to become the moral leader of the opposition

My latest piece: on Cory Booker’s moral leadership, and Democrats’ big win in Wisconsin open.substack.com/pub/joyannre...

New lawsuit challenges the Trump administration's devastating research cancellations Researchers allege the NIH has canceled billions in grants without legal or scientific basis to carry out Trump's marching orders.

NEW @motherjones.com: Researchers just filed a federal lawsuit arguing the NIH’s cancellation of billions of $ in grants was illegal.

I spoke to plaintiff @britshmit.bsky.social, who had 5 NIH grants cancelled & has to close her new Harvard LGBTQ research center
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Leading with Compassion.

My March 2025 blog

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Reinstate Black History Month, Pride Month, and other cultural events! Google’s quiet removal of cultural events from their calendars last year is part of a broader trend of tech companies and businesses catering to far-right and extreme groups by rolling back inclusivit...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/re...

Opinion | Bird Flu in Dairy Cows Is a Slow-Motion Disaster for Public Health The country’s poor public health response to the outbreak is rooted in the inability to bring in dairy farmers as partners.

“Unless something changes, the specter of bird flu’s devastation will hang over the United States indefinitely — as will the threat of other emerging diseases,” Maryn McKenna writes.

Firings at FDA Decimated Teams Reviewing AI and Food Safety Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.

Though the FDA is believed to have lost about 700 of its 18,000 employees following President Trump's mass firings, some cuts hit small teams so deeply that staff members believe the safety of some medical devices could be compromised. Here's what to know.

Greenlanders don’t want to be Americans. Although they're nervous about President Trump's intentions, they hope the attention will deliver what they have long yearned for: independence. nyti.ms/4hPZwYU

Los Angeles Mayor Removes Fire Chief, Blaming Her for Lack of Preparation Mayor Karen Bass criticized Kristin Crowley for sending firefighters home before a blaze devastated the Pacific Palisades neighborhood.

Breaking News: Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles removed Kristin Crowley, the city’s fire chief, and blamed her for sending firefighters home before the Pacific Palisades wildfire last month.

The Atlantic writer Anne Applebaum says President Trump's dismantling of the U.S. civil service system, and his attacks on judges and his opponents, are part of a playbook on undermining democracy. 🎧 tinyurl.com/3w32xujf

Opinion | Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To What will DOGE do with access to personal data on almost all Americans?

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Elon Musk is “exploiting vulnerabilities that are built into the nation’s technological systems, operating as what cybersecurity experts call an insider threat,” our columnist Zeynep Tufekci writes.

Pete Hegseth Fires Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Navy’s Top Officer Adm. Lisa Franchetti spent roughly half of her 40-year career at sea, commanding a destroyer, two carrier strike groups and the U.S. Sixth Fleet.

Admiral Franchetti became the 33rd Chief of Naval Operations on Nov. 2, 2023, making her the first woman to have a permanent seat as a member of the Joint Chiefs www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/u...

What a beautiful surprise bloom this morning.

So let go smash the #WhiteCisMalePatriarchy

This is insane

CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’

Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”

Thankful for a night of my reclaimed youth through music

#TearsforFears Amazing.
Still so relevant
And sounding so strong ❤️🎤🎸

After 14 years. Bye-Bye Sam’s club.

Diversity and inclusion matter to me.

#DEI

Hello Costco

Conflicting signals from Trump could disrupt HIV meds. What's the impact? A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean.

A series of orders from the Trump administration have the potential to disrupt the delivery of life-saving medications to HIV positive people. Here's what a disruption of this drug regimen would mean.

Rumination and catastrophizing
Can be a result of the way your brain
Processes difficult information
And triggers.

You aren’t alone.
You aren’t broken.

You are holding space and love for some many in your heart and mind ❤️🌿🧠