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Spain and Portugal Battle Wildfires as Temperatures Are Expected to Rise Further Almost 2,700 firefighters battled Tuesday to contain forest blazes across Portugal that have led to almost the whole country being put on high alert for fires.

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Wildfire Smoke Pushes Toronto's AQI to Third-Worst Worldwide A special air quality statement warns of poor visibility, health risks for residents with forecasts predicting a drop form high to low risk later tonight.

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U.S. Highlighted on International Human Rights Watchlist The watchlist cited "sustained attacks on civil freedoms" during the first six months of Trump's second term.

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"Peaceful protests are confronted with military force, critics are treated as criminals, journalists are targeted, and support for civil society and international cooperation have been cut back,” said Mandeep Tiwana, Secretary General of CIVICUS.

Hospitals can charge patients hundreds of dollars in facility fees, even for routine outpatient appointments.

Some residents of Florida’s Treasure Coast have had enough.
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HARTFORD #visibilitybrigade this am! Rain won't stop us from getting the messages out!
@hcrichardson.bsky.social @maddow.msnbc.com @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @repjahanahayes.bsky.social @chrismurphyct.bsky.social @blumenthal.senate.gov

How Scientific Empires End And what it means for America

Trump burns everythng to the ground

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Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

Air quality alert for all of Minnesota through Saturday A northerly wind flow will send multiple waves of Canadian wildfire smoke into Minnesota for the next few days. Air quality will reach the unhealthy range for most of Minnesota.

What if… instead of dealing with toxic air every other week for the rest of our lives… we did something about this whole climate change thing?

I hate that my kids are growing up in a world literally & figuratively on fire.

They, and we, deserve better.

#MSPCycleCast

Bravo to this wonderful woman who is stepping up and using her voice. Let’s all be brave like her, shall we?

EU-US trade deal could add up to $19 billion in pharma industry costs, analysts say The European Union's trade deal with the United States could cost the pharmaceutical industry between $13 billion and $19 billion as branded medicines become subject to a tariff of 15%, analysts said on Monday.

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The manager for the Downey Animal Care Center, urges people who are in a position to adopt to stop by to visit dogs like Canela, a five-year-old Belgian Malinois. A total of 18 animals have been turned in due to the deportations.

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Hmm

Really devastated to share we have a sad update on this one. We heard last night the family was in fact deported.
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Sure, don't fire the overseas inspectors, but turns out if you fire the civil servants who arrange and process the travel, translate the documents, move the money, etc, the inspectors can't actually go do anything

Patriot by Navalny. Reading to understand why he returned to Russia. Transfixed by description of what it’s like to be drugged with a nerve agent.

Dual Threats From Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers - KFF Health News Understaffed nursing homes face a workforce crisis if President Donald Trump and Republicans further curtail immigration and cut Medicaid.

Trump is defunding nursing homes — and deporting their workers.

Seniors, people with disabilities, and their families will pay the price.

ICE Rolls Facial Recognition Tools Out to Officers' Phones Plus: US feds charge alleged masterminds behind infamous forum, Scattered Spider targets airlines, and hackers open a valve at a Norwegian dam.

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For weeks, I have been saying this is out of control.
#Pinks #ProudBlue

We really need to start asking why the ICE agents are such snowflakes that they need to hide their identities when they arrest gardeners and taco truck drivers? Hundreds of thousands of state and local cops don't feel the need to hide their faces and identities.

Estimated Budgetary Effects of an Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Relative to CBO's January 2025 Baseline As posted on the website of the Senate Committee on the Budget on June 27, 2025

NEW: Senate bill would mean a $3.3 trillion deficit increase over a decade, per CBO estimate www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Don't forget there are english speaking countries that are not having their health system destroyed from within. You can look up government health websites from Canada, U.K., Australia or New Zealand, that can provide sound and accurate medical advice in the absense of a working U.S. health system.

Heat wave: Dozens hospitalised as hot weather hits North America 150 people were sickened at outdoor graduation ceremonies in New Jersey due to the sweltering conditions.

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Senate Spending Package Proposes Selling Off 3.3 Million Acres of Public Land — Outdoor Alliance The Senate version of the spending package, just released, would sell off public lands roughly 4 times the size of Rhode Island. It’s time for the outdoor community to speak up.

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North Korea out there calling balls and strikes.

*Not quite on rt 7 (Waterfront Park)
Burlington showed up!!

18k out to march in Burlington Vermont. The whole city only has about 45k people!!

HONESTY. INTEGRITY. DECENCY.

#June14th-ObamaAppreciationDay

American Conversations: Senator Jon Tester YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

American Conversations: Senator Jon Tester on the Senate markup of the budget reconciliation bill, a committee added requirement that government sell about 3 MIL acres of public land. l'm worried that many people are missing this addition
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U.S. tourism operators offer exclusive deals for Canadians to try to convince them to return | CBC News Many U.S. tourism operators are offering special deals and discounts for Canadians to try to convince them to cross the border — just in time for the summer travel season.

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