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Israel Deliberately Blocked Humanitarian Aid to Gaza, Two Government Bodies Concluded. Antony Blinken Rejected Them. Blinken told Congress, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting” aid, even though the U.S. Agency for International Development and others had…

By spring 2024, the UN had already declared a famine in parts of Gaza. And USAID sent a memo to the Secretary of State that described Israeli interference with aid efforts, including killing aid workers, bombing hospitals and turning away trucks full of food and medicine.

From our Sept. 2024 story:

Trans intersex US citizen Ezra Hulett, 24, brutally detained, then dies in a Dominican Republic immigration camp - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents In June 23, 2025, a 24-year-old American citizen was found dead in custody of an immigration detention center in the Dominican Republic. Ezra Hulett identified as an intersex transgender person. He…

Trans intersex US citizen Ezra Hulett, 24, brutally detained, then dies in a Dominican Republic immigration camp - Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump. “The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

Extremists are trying to take away the last tool the Supreme Court has not fully dissolved to stop the gross manipulation of elections: Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. It is the dividing line b/w democracy and our Jim Crow past—and we will defend it. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Raskin: "What we have is the Trump Justice Department organizing itself not around the interests of the survivors -- the people who were victimized by Maxwell and Epstein -- but rather organizing itself around protecting the perpetrators."

The CFPB has returned more than $21 billion directly to consumers who got ripped off. Republicans in Congress have seen it work for families across the country – but they’re trying to kill the agency anyway.

I know a lot of you have already heard or read about BDS Movement's call against Microsoft, and felt weird and bad about it all, but decided to move forward as normal because of some degree of ambiguity.

"What service is Microsoft providing?"

Here it is, clear as day. A direct line to death.

Sign the Petition to Free Xóchitl! DACA Recipient Detained at Texas Airport URGENT: Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, a beloved community member, DACA recipient and long-time community organizer, was detained by Border Patrol on Sunday August 3, 2025 at an airport in El Paso, TX. ...

URGENT: Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, a beloved community member, DACA recipient and long-time community organizer, was detained by Border Patrol on Sunday August 3, 2025 at an airport in El Paso, TX.

Sign this petition: www.freecata.com

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Today we learned Andrew Cuomo is directly coordinating with Donald Trump, even as this President sends masked agents to rip our neighbors off the streets and guts the social services so many New Yorkers rely on.

It’s disqualifying and a betrayal of our city.

Despite RFK’s funding block, mRNA vaccines are too impressive to ignore Scientists fear decision may increase vaccine hesitancy, but other countries are still willing to invest in research

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Rep. Delia Ramirez’s lived experiences and heritage strengthen her commitment and ability to represent us all in Congress.

It’s no surprise bad actors will twist her words and try to further divide us.

I am proud to stand with my friend and colleague.

Remember when a woman filed a lawsuit in 2016 against Trump alleging she was raped by him when she was 13 years old in 1994, at Jeffrey Epstein's home?!

This was years before Epstein was investigated and arrested again in 2019 and the M.O. lines right up.

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The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein It’s not what you think it is.

re-upping: Katie Johnson's testimony (transcribed by Kate Manne):
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only the women. they will forcibly examine women athletes.

The Actual Conspiracy Theory Surrounding Trump and Epstein It’s not what you think it is.

re-uping: Katie Johnson was only 13. read her testimony about his sexual violence here (transcribed by Kate Manne). katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...

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Featuring the future of “cop city,” Pittsburgh’s rotting historical sites, East End Food Co-op’s potential divestment, all about Pittsburgh Disaster Solidarity, this week’s top events, and more!

UN experts call for immediate dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation 05 August 2025

41 UN experts call to immediately dismantle the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation."

Says it's "an utterly disturbing example of how humanitarian relief can be exploited for covert military and geopolitical agendas in serious breach of international law."

Calls to hold it & the executives accountable.

Study shows impact of immigration enforcement on California’s overall workforce The study from UC Merced shows that the decline in labor participation during a week of aggressive enforcement was similar to the first month of the Great Recession.

"The economic impact of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign on the California workforce is comparable to the start of the Great Recession, according to a new study from the UC Merced Community and Labor Center."

"She says each tent had eight large cages, which hold 35 to 38 inmates, which means each tent holds close to 300 detainees."

...Like “an oversized kennel.”

How the Prison Industry Became a Booming Business CoreCivic’s CEO called the Trump administration “one of the most exciting periods” of his career.

#OpEd: "We must recognize the prison industry for what it is: an industry built on the human suffering of crime victims, incarcerated people, their families, and still others." Read the full story on how the prison industry became worth over $80 billion a year.

US citizens jailed in LA Ice raids speak out: ‘They came ready to attack’ Exclusive: Andrea Velez and Adrian Martinez recount their capture by immigration officers and its effects on their lives

NEW: Two US citizens jailed in LA ICE raids speak out. Andrea Velez + Adrian Martinez were both grabbed outside their workplaces + say agents refused to believe they were citizens.

Andrea was unsure the masked men were officers as they dragged her into their car: “I thought they were kidnapping me”

Trump Is Going After Abortion Access for Veterans The administration appears to be using the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement its first nationwide abortion ban.

The administration appears to be using the Department of Veterans Affairs to implement its first nationwide abortion ban.
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A Friend’s Death to Mourn, and to Serve Time for An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.

NEW in Bolts: An Alabama teen was shot alongside his friend, then prosecuted for his killing. His case highlights a particularly harsh doctrine in American criminal punishment: felony murder.

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Wildfires and heatwaves grip southern Europe as evacuations ordered Deadly blaze in France and mass evacuations in Spain and Portugal as extreme temperatures fuel fire risk

Deadly blaze in France and mass evacuations in Spain and Portugal as extreme temperatures fuel fire risk

A Legal Analysis of the Trump EPA's Plan to Revoke the Endangerment Finding The EPA's proposal rejects mainstream science and misunderstands the law.

The Trump Environmental Protection Agency wants to revoke the Endangerment Finding, claiming greenhouse gases shouldn’t be regulated. Their proposal relies on fringe science, misinterpretations of the law and recent cases, and tortured cost analysis. Earthjustice experts explain what this means.

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year Fight to Stop Americans From Filing Their Taxes for Free Using lobbying, the revolving door and “dark pattern” customer tricks, Intuit fended off the government’s attempts to make tax filing free and easy, and created its multi-billion-dollar franchise.

With IRS commissioner Billy Long saying the Direct File program is "gone," revisit our 2019 story about how TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free:

this is the way rich people think about health insurance

"The marks of deep suffering and hunger were visible on the faces of families and children. Over 18,000 children have been killed in Gaza ... That's an average of 28 children a day, the size of a classroom, gone. Children have lost loved ones, they are hungry and scared, and they are traumatized."

Please don't just boost--make a note of the number, and call.

Be polite, be patient, be firm.

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NLRB approves union election by nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital UPMC must allow nurses working at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital to hold a union election, the regional National Labor Relations Board ruled Friday. Nurses at the Oakland hospital in May announced they wa...

"UPMC must allow nurses working at UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital to hold a union election, the regional National Labor Relations Board ruled Friday."
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