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Study Links Oil And Gas Pollution With 90,000 Premature Deaths, 10,000 Preterm Births Annually Residents of California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are hit the hardest.

Residents of California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are hit the hardest.

Public commenters overwhelmingly oppose EPA’s plan to curtail key climate protections The question is, does it matter?

Experts and members of the public voiced overwhelming opposition to the US EPA’s plan to rescind its key greenhouse gas “endangerment finding” and vehicle emissions standards.

The Win: The Court ordered Louisiana to draw maps reflecting its Black population—about 1/3 of the state. Still Pending: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a separate case claiming the map violates the 14th & 15th Amendments. We are all watching. @lwvus.bsky.social @lwvlouisiana.bsky.social

Judge strikes down key parts of Florida law that led to book removal from libraries A federal judge has struck down key parts of a Florida law that allowed parents to remove books they found objectionable from public school libraries

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US citizen says he was jailed for three days after California immigration raid A U.S. citizen and Army veteran who works as a security guard at a California cannabis farm said on Wednesday that U.S. officials arrested him during an immigration raid last week and held him for three days without explanation.

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U.S. citizen and Army veteran who works as a security guard at a California cannabis farm said on Wednesday that U.S. officials arrested him during an immigration raid last week and held him for three days without explanation.

Restricted-Access Federal Facility, Effective July 7, 2025 Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.

We don’t know exactly what this means, but if it means what it seems like it means, it's very bad.
"Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need..."
www.archives.gov/college-park

Migrant deported to El Salvador after DPS labeled him a member of Tren de Aragua without evidence, lawyer says Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.

28-year-old Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo, who has no known criminal record, was accused by Texas police of being in a Venezuelan gang because they found a photo of him posing with another man with tattoos, his lawyers say.

From ProPublica partner @texastribune.org:

Fulbright Board Quits, Accusing Trump Administration of Political Interference (Gift Article) The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.

The Fulbright Scholarship board resigned due to political interference from the Trump administration. The State Department, led by Marco Rubio, is canceling scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers based on their research topics, which include climate change, gender, and race.

#PedsICU please feel free to add your name too! 👇

NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin The letter is modeled after the NIH director’s controversial “Great Barrington Declaration.”…

.@chrismurphyct.bsky.social I’m told you’re not planning on showing up tomorrow for NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya’s hearing tomorrow after NIH researchers published this public declaration abt gutting NIH? Is that true? arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

Tech moguls want to build a crypto paradise on a Native American reservation And hope to gobble up some land near you.

Tech Moguls Want to Build a Crypto Paradise on a Native American Reservation...

...And hope to gobble up some land near you.

@kieraevebutler.bsky.social of @motherjones.com exposes yet another #NetworkState project.
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On Sunday night,Russia directed over 150 drones on Kyiv region

In Vasylkiv,27-yr-old Anna covered her 4-yr-old son Mark to protect him.Anna was killed,Mark was injured in the face.Doctors are fighting to save his eyesight.His grandma&grandpa were also injured

Deepest condolences to the family.

In New York, ICE detained a busload of farmworkers that were actively involved in a union drive.

In Washington state, ICE dragged a farmworkers’ rights activist and leader out of his car to detain him.

Be warned: attacking unions is a hallmark of fascism.

RFK Jr. says autism database will use Medicare and Medicaid info The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

The National Institutes of Health will partner with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid to create a database of Americans with autism, using insurance claims, medical records and smartwatch data.

‘It brings us back to our roots’: Teams gathered in Shakopee for Dakota language competition The Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community recently hosted its third Dakota language bowl. Over 30 teams put their knowledge to the test in the daylong competition.

Over 30 teams recently put their knowledge to the test in the day-long Dakota language bowl hosted by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community.

“It brings us back to our roots and connects us to our ancestors,” competitor Onyx Young said.

Do not mess with librarians. The inner strength required to meticulously care for history's greatest works of literature and then just let total strangers borrow them willy-nilly is Jedi level stuff.

#Booksky

Amazing

I’m grateful @governor.pa.gov and his family are safe after a terrible attack — which was particularly horrific for a Jewish family on the first night of Passover. Hate and violence have no place in our country.

MTG is caught “buying the dip” as AOC renews call to ban members’ insider trades. So, as the economy tanked, some members of Congress were most focused on making themselves rich.

MTG Caught. AOC Renews Call to Ban Members’ Trades

Don’t worry—getting social security checks will work just as well as X support

"The effort hinges on a surprising new tactic: repurposing Social Security’s “death master file,” which for years has been used to track dead people..., to include the names of living people who the government believes should be treated as if they are dead. [Immigrants] would be blacklisted"

Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.

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Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.

Utterly outrageous.

FYI: Since the inception of Medicare (1960), our healthcare spend has INCREASED 17,900%

But physician reimbursement (since 1960) has DECREASED by 26% (inflation adjusted)

Yes, you read it right.

It’s a game - and physicians are just the pawns.

@rasushrestha.bsky.social

The Secretary of Health and Human Services doesn’t know about massive cuts to health programs?

What.

For all the little old ladies (and men) using walkers, canes, and wheel chairs to join the protests to make their voices heard, I salute you! 💙👍⬇️

Trump administration fires staff of program that helps low-income homes pay for heat The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps low-income households nationwide pay for heat

The Trump administration has laid off the entire staff of a $4.1 billion program that helps millions of low-income households pay for heat during the winter.
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Attorney General Pam Bondi downplays need for DOJ probe of Signal chat She seemed to foreclose the possibility of a Justice Department investigation into officials’ use of Signal to discuss attacks on Yemen.

I continue to call for a special counsel to do an independent investigation of #Signalgate. I do NOT trust this administration to investigate itself! Important story by @jeremyrroebuck.bsky.social: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... (1/2)

The image is a screenshot of a tweet from Brandon Bradford (@BrandonLBradfor ). The tweet reads: "Deporting Americans without due process then saying they no longer get due process because they aren’t in America means no one has rights, FYI. Nightmare scenario."

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.

Trump to big oil executives a year ago from Mar-a-Lago: "If you give me a billion dollars, I'll help you out."