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Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.

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Young people in NYC absolutely showed out and there should be 1000 articles and profiles about this. Because we have had to put up with 1000 MAGA diner stories for years now.

Nick Pettigrew @Nick_Pettigrew Polio was eradicated because Jonas Salk chose not to patent the vaccine, if you want a perfect example of a socialist act. Quote Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63 · Jun 24 Socialism is like polio, it comes back when people forget about the horrible damage it did last time.

REMINDER: A socialist act by a New Yorker was a major reason why polio was eliminated in the US.

Social approbation MATTERS to people. That means that if you publicly deride people, they will HATE it.

Look at how elites have lost their shit because regular people on social media clowned them and did not bow down to their 'supreme amazingness'.

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

Dear media and OMG, lawmakers: Stop using ‘illegal immigrant.’

It’s inaccurate, dehumanizing, and lazy.

People aren’t illegal.

Crossing a border without papers doesn’t erase your humanity.

Let’s call them what they are: undocumented immigrants.

Language shapes perception.

Let’s get it right!

Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.

NEW: In May, a Texas police department said they used the powerful Flock surveillance network against a woman who had an abortion "for her safety"

Newly obtained court records show it was a 'death investigation,' and they considered charging her with a crime

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Zinn education and while you might not be in NY, the NYPL has great resources and archives to look through. The worksheets can serve as models for other non-NY history too.

It’s damn near 2026 and the federal minimum wage is STILL $7.25 per hour.

Technically, the CEO joined the board 😮‍💨 they think moving people around would make people forget

The World’s Oceans Are Hurtling Toward Breaking Point Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study.

Climate change, pollution, and fishing are pushing oceans closer to their limits at an unprecedented rate. The pressure of that human impact is expected to double by 2050, according to a new study. www.wired.com/story/human-...

A new mural by elusive street artist Banksy showing a judge beating an unarmed protester with a gavel will be removed from a wall outside one of London’s most iconic courts /AP

Breaking: Democrat Catelin Drey just won an Iowa Senate district that Trump won by double digits last year, flipping the seat blue.

Republican just lost their supermajority in the chamber.

The Indigenous Artist Making Dazzling Labubu Regalia Tlingit artist Lily Hope dresses the collectible toy monsters in outfits inspired by traditional Ravenstail and Chilkat weaving practices passed on by her elders.

The Tlingit Indigenous Artist Making Dazzling Labubu Regalia. hyperallergic.com/1036741/the-...

Japan Post has ceased all mail delivery to the US for packages valued over $100. To get around this, a Japanese denim company tells me they'll ship components to US customers one-by-one — fabric, buttons, rivets, a sewing needle, and thread. You then assemble the jeans at home like IKEA furniture.

a cat with its paws up in front of a purple background that says the more you know Alt: a cat with its paws up in front of a purple background that says the more you know

I took a workshop with a beekeeper a couple months ago.

By now most people know there is a bee population crisis and want to help by keeping bees. The beekeeper told me a much easier way to help bees is by planting flowers.

Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts.

But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy.

In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states.

This is why unions are vital.

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday recommended that all young children get vaccinated against COVID-19, differing from federal policy that no longer recommends routine vaccination for healthy children.

US pediatric group breaks with federal policy, recommends COVID vaccines for young children…
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Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford.

It’s about priorities.

I just saw a kindergarten mom in tears on TikTok because her child’s classroom wasn’t filled with rugs and lamps and bins full of fun things...

It’s important to understand what a state-funded classroom looks like versus a teacher-funded classroom. Your beef is with the state, not the teacher.

Developmentally, a 13 or even a 14 year old is not the same as an 18 year old. You don't need a law saying that to understand it's not okay. A 13 year old is literally barely entering puberty. An 18 year old is graduating h.s. Most 13 year olds are not even in HS in the US but in middle school ffs

You just gave cringe flashbacks 🥲

As of today the federal minimum wage has now been $7.25 for 16 years.

Cuomo: I am now running on affordability.

Also Cuomo: there is no “real answer” on affordability.

This administration is saying that "people should have to prove that they deserve health care" as justification for kicking millions off Medicaid. That's eugenics.

Health care is a human right, and everyone deserves access to health care no matter who they are, what they do, or how they live.

The Supreme Court said it was unlawful for the Biden administration to forgive student loans because it lacked congressional authority but has no problem with the Trump administration gutting the entire Department of Education without congressional approval. This is a lawless court.

They'll probably move to less people more software for verification as well, so it'll be a nightmare

ICYMI: 9,000 Philadelphia city workers are on strike for the first time in 40 years as they fight for better pay, benefits, and more.

These workers provide essential services for their communities day in and day out. Philadelphia doesn’t run without them.

Solidarity!