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Abbott says Turning Point USA will expand in Texas schools Republican officials in Oklahoma and Florida have also launched plans to expand the presence of the conservative youth organization founded by Charlie Kirk.

Sounds like indoctrination of children to me.

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Something @hcrichardson.bsky.social said the other day has really stuck with me. Abridged:

The U.S. is a fabulously wealthy country. But it's not just in bank accounts. Knowing you can get in your car and drive to the supermarket ... clean hot water ... electricity. That's wealth.

RFK Jr has suggested he wants to end access to mifeprostone; it's the MAHA war on women

>100 studies have examined the effectiveness/safety of the abortion pills mifepristone & misoprostol. "All conclude that the pills are a safe method for terminating a pregnancy" (www.nytimes.com/interactive/...)

“.. Trump is flooring the gas pedal at the very moment some of his most ardent MAGA backers are warning AI could destroy .. working-class Americans ..”

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The top issue for Americans is affordability--people literally can't afford groceries! Yet Trump is still focused on living The Great Gasby lifestyle at our expense as he did with his latest black tie celebrity event.

Episode Seven: Dirty Information Years before the police killing of Breonna Taylor brought “no-knock” raids into the national spotlight, the NYPD mistakenly raided Alberta Spruill’s home — and literally scared her to death.

New York narcotics officers raided Alberta Spruill’s home, shattering her door and detonating a flash grenade. Spruill, a 57-year-old city worker, went into cardiac arrest and died two hours later.

Supreme Court could topple yet another campaign finance limit The Supreme Court could continue its trend of striking down campaign finance rules as improper restrictions on speech. How far will they go?

In a challenge involving Vice President JD Vance, the court will consider on Dec. 9 the Republican Party’s argument for overturning a 2001 decision that upheld a rule aimed at preventing wealthy donors from bypassing limits on what they can give candidates.

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@ethicalstl.org

It’s all so exhausting but stay engaged even when the news feels like a migraine wearing a trench coat. Authoritarianism counts on exhaustion. Democracy depends on very boring persistence.

EXCLUSIVE: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban — Assigned In the midst of a lawsuit, a Georgia prison resumes gender affirming care for trans inmates.

In August, we got a bit of extra money from a generous donor, and I used it to expand into coverage of trans life in American prisons.

This piece, by incarcerated journalist B Speaks, describes the chaos Georgia's forced detransition regime, currently halted by the courts, wreaked in one prison.

Being Liberal (@beingliberal) “Chris Cuomo asked Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez how we pay for Medicare for All, tuition free college, and the green new deal. It gives people sticker shock. Her answer: People talk about the sticker s...

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Good for her.

MAGARapepublicans hate people who are smart and

kind and empathetic.

Cowards for a traitor.

Peace
MBM

This is what drives techno fascism. Raging anger at democracy, liberties, due process, women's progress - everything we have achieved in the past 4-5 centuries.

Simple explanation: it’s because of the dementia, so he doesn’t lose his way.

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Important PSA from incoming NYC mayor.

Robert Reich The Most Dangerous Corporation in America?

Palantir sells AI tools that help law enforcement agencies like ICE analyze massive amounts of personal data.

It's a big reason why it is quickly becoming the most dangerous corporation in America.https://youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?si=4Ptdx0tQBOBOUin1

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna: "BlackRock specifically owns a majority of these single-family homes and is pricing out people."

@crampell.bsky.social: "No. That's, you're thinking of Blackstone — not BlackRock. And they don't own a majority of housing."

“The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda.

It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.”

- Garry Kasparov

Every cent should come from the police union not from taxpayers

Sad that this regime has our allies saying this,but I totally understand it.

YouTube video by Democracy Now! "Alejandro Was Murdered": Colombian Fisherman's Family Files Claim Against U.S. over Boat Strike

Alejandro Was Murdered!!

A "FIFA Peace Prize" is tantamount to getting an "AutoZone Best Actor in a Dramatic Play" award.

And "I want to really save lives" is rich coming from the homicidal slob who is murdering people on fishing boats in the Caribbean.

100% THIS!!!!

EXACTLY HOW ICE SHOULD BE TREATED!!!! BASTA!!! FO!!!

7 deaths and hundreds of injuries are linked to faulty Abbott glucose monitors About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings.

About 3 million glucose monitoring sensors were potentially affected by a production error that caused incorrect low glucose readings. n.pr/4pQYNub

This Ohio county banned wind and solar. Now, residents are pushing back. • Ohio Capital Journal Restrictions on solar and wind farms are proliferating around the country, with scores of local governments going as far as to forbid large-scale clean-energy developments.

Restrictions on solar and wind farms are proliferating around the country, with scores of local governments going as far as to forbid large-scale clean-energy developments ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/12/05/t...