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A CALL TO ACTION: Submit “Media Bias” Tips The White House recently launched a Media Bias Portal as a service to truth and transparency. Its purpose is to combat the baseless lies,

The White House has launched a webpage to report "media bias" tips. It would be a pity if it were flooded with tips about every show on Fox News.
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Pastor Black: While I was in the middle of using the words of Jesus, they opened fire on me. It was so clear that they had been so poorly trained, or — the alternative — that they had been deliberately told to escalate violence against peaceful protesters.

Tell Congress: Support discharge petition to force vote on ACA tax credits Contact Congress today!

While Mike Johnson is running around trying to act like he’s not the most incompetent Speaker in US history, we’re pushing hard to extend the ACA tax credits for millions of Americans.

We’re almost there, and you can help!

Wow! The Supreme Court basically just said, if you want to do racial gerrymandering, have at it.

Let’s be clear, what Texas did was racial gerrymandering, plain and simple. SCOTUS just opened the floodgates.

VA must redistrict after the Supreme Court’s decision in the Texas case. The last excuse not to is gone.

Rep. Crockett’s Statement on the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Texas’s 2026 Map

In the Spirit of What? So so much going on

Hi all! After a short break, #Poet in #Mexico is back! This week, no Thanksgiving? Nope. Tubería. And yet? And? #Poetry festivals in #Oaxaca and #Cuernavaca! #Recovery! A poem for Dad! Olinka, Nanci, and John! Counting blessings every second. ¡Ándale!
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¡Feliz Día de la Revolución! Hi all—20 de Noviembre 1910 marked the beginning of the Mexican Revolution.

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Jack and Rudy In memory, blessings

This Poet in Mexico? A small tribute to two very good men. Hope you get a chance to understand my gratitude.

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I had a run in with ICE snatching a man out of his car while walking my children to school this morning in NW DC

I asked a neighbor to continue walking my kids to school and I turned back to document and confront the ICE agents.

I am in contact with @dcmigrantmutualaid.org with the full video.

Taking a Short Break (One Poem, a Saint, a Song) Martín de Porres Velázquez (1579-1639) was born in Peru to a Spanish noble and a freed slave of African and indigenous origins.

A shorter #Poet in #Mexico than usual this week—but full of good stuff—a single #poem, a single song, some poetry events in #Oaxaca and #Cuernavaca, and our local saint of social justice and racial equality! ¡Ándale!

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Many are comparing Mamdani to Obama, but you know who else pounded the pavement as a youthful Millennial candidate with a short resume, fantastic ground game, social media savvy, and no problematic donors? AOC!! Not a criticism, just an observation that Mamdani is not a fluke—there’s a playbook!!!

Senadoras impulsarán que abuso sexual sea un delito grave en el país; llaman a no replicar imágenes de acoso a Sheinbaum

🟥 Senadoras adelantaron que buscarán tipificar el abuso sexual como un delito grave tras la agresión contra la presidenta Claudia. Sheinbaum.

Agregaron que revisarán los pendientes legislativos en torno a la violencia de género.

YouTube video by NBC News Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum presses charges after being groped in street

Pres Scheinbaum’s prosecution of sexual assault case returns needed attention to broader structural issues of feminicide, sexual violence & gender inequality that permeate Mexican society, and that MORENA gov’ts & their predecessors have systematically failed to tackle
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Man @gavinnewsom’s team doesn’t mess around

Close up of a Chiricahua leopard frog. The frog is bright green with stripes on its legs and spots on its back. It is in a body of water, surrounded by small, dot-like aquatic plants.

Did you know that more than 1 billion pounds of pesticides are used in the US every year?

And they don't just disappear. They pollute the air, water, and soil long after they're applied.

Tell the EPA to ban #pesticides that other countries already consider too dangerous to use ➡️ bit.ly/4otOUCz

BIG NEWS buried amid the blue wave: @govwesmoore.bsky.social announces that Maryland is IN when it comes to redrawing maps for 2026. "Come next November in Maryland, we will have fair maps."

Scientists thought Great Barrier Reef doomed if global temperatures rise 1.5C – but a new study finds hope University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met

Scientists thought Great Barrier Reef doomed if global temperatures rise 1.5C – but a new study finds hope

University of Queensland modelling says reef will suffer ‘rapid coral decline’ in coming decades but could still recover if targets met

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Well, they’re almost right.

Republicans Point Fingers After Election Losses, but Not at Trump Casting around for culprits, leaders in the party blamed their candidates, the government shutdown and a weak economic message.

Casting around for culprits, leaders in the party blamed their candidates, the government shutdown and a weak economic message.

Zohran Mamdani ran on freezing the rent in NYC.

Abigail Spanberger ran on supporting fired federal workers and lowering the cost of living in VA.

Mikie Sherrill ran on lowering utility bills in NJ.

Ensuring people can afford to live a decent life is the path forward.

November 5, 2025 New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a member of both the Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America, began his victory speech last night with a nod to Eugene V.

November 5, 2025

Newsom’s social media team is on a level we’ve never seen before

Pope Leo calls for ‘deep reflection’ about treatment of detained migrants in U.S. “Many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now,” Chicago-born pope says.

"Pope Leo said Scripture emphasizes the question that will be posed at the end of the world:

'How did you receive the foreigner, did you receive him and welcome him, or not? I think there is a deep reflection that needs to be made about what is happening'..."

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Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

Zohran Mamdani: The no-yes option We do not need to agree on every important issue regarding the NYC election if we agree on the most important ones.

A terrific piece by Rabbi Jay Michaelson forward.com/opinion/7802...

It was the Lay’s Potato Chips post.