Former South Korean president receives life sentence for imposing martial law in 2024 Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition.

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Paediatricians’ blood used to make new treatments for RSV and colds Antibodies harvested from the blood of paediatricians are up to 25 times better at protecting against the common respiratory infection RSV than existing antibody therapies, and are now being developed...

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She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power & privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice may finally have its day.

I'm convinced we're only turning off our displays. I think it's still mining data.

Do NOT forget Rubio’s part in this.

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The Pres. of the Association of Classical Christian Schools, is now calling it a “sin” to send your kids to public school.

Public schools are one of the last shared institutions where kids of different backgrounds still learn together. Calling them a “sin” is a warning about their agenda.

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“...he's fine, they threw him in a dumpster.” Trump/Epstein and Associated Criminal Enterprises: Victim Interviews: GT

Georges Tonks was trafficked, drugged, tortured & sexually assaulted by Leslie Wexner & Alan Krammer during late 1970s until 1980s. George was 12 years old when he first met Wexner & Krammer. George was 18 or 19 years years old, when he escaped from ring.

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RFK JR. ONE MONTH AGO: “I believe glyphosate causes cancer.”

TODAY: Trump signs EO unleashing the use of glyphosate. 🤔

MAHA folks are feeling betrayed, as they should be, and as many knew they would.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested.

South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.

Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.

USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

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Philadelphia’s slavery exhibit is being restored at President’s House Site The panels depict the lives of nine people enslaved by George Washington while he was president.

Workers have begun restoring the slavery exhibit in Philadelphia that was removed by the Trump administration

More of this, please. The folks in this grassroots group are heroes.

Haven Watch lives by the promise, “No One Walks Alone.” Day or night, they show up. When people are released from ICE detention, volunteers meet them in the cold, disoriented, and exhausted.

Beautiful and devastating all at once.

NEW: DOJ told a judge in New Jersey that it had violated court orders about 54 times between Dec. 5 and this week — the latest accounting of a phenomenon that used to be rare and is now rampant. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

NEWS: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection tied to his 2024 martial law declaration that triggered a constitutional crisis and military raid on the National Assembly.

Vintage black-and-white portrait of a woman wearing a sweater and a pendant necklace.

19 February 1919 | Czech Jewish woman, Felicitas Löwiová, was born in Prague.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 September 1943. She did not survive.

ICE drawdown? Indications point to steady enforcement activity outside the Twin Cities Some people who observe ICE activity are skeptical about a large scale drawdown of agents in the state. There are indications that activity has decreased in the Twin Cities, but has continued outside ...

Two female ICE agents popped the hood of their car and knocked on the door of a mechanic born in Mexico. He went out to help.

“A bunch of agents jump out and tackle him, essentially restraining him, and take him away...His six kids are now without their father." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...

Not a fan of draining resources to create this nonsense. Is it cool? I guess. Is it worth the resources? Absolutely not. Heat some homes.

US EPA plans to loosen mercury rules for coal plants this week, NYT reports The Trump administration plans to loosen restrictions on coal-burning power plants this week, allowing them to emit more hazardous pollutants including mercury, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

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The Mexican restaurant in downtown Brainerd, Minn., that closed after an ICE raid last month is now up for sale.

El Potro closed after federal agents, assisted by Crow Wing County sheriff's deputies, detained four employees Jan. 26.

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EEOC Sues Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for Sex Discrimination BOSTON – Coca-Cola Bevera

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, tasked by Congress to eliminate discrimination and advance equal opportunity, is going after Coke, a company where <40% of senior leadership is female, for discriminating against MEN by having a networking event for women 🙃

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Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.

U.S. rejection of new mRNA flu vaccine 'sends chills,' epidemiologist says The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it will not review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, despite late-stage trials showing it was safe and effective. The rejection has many in and ...

The FDA announced it will not review Moderna’s new mRNA flu shot. The rejection has many in health care concerned about the Trump administration’s approach to vaccines. https://to.pbs.org/3ZDZg86

Simply horrific. What are we becoming?

Salty, Oily Drinking Water Left Sores in Their Mouths. Oklahoma Refused to Find Out Why. State regulators discovered strong signs of oil pollution, including high levels of salt and toxic metals, in one family’s drinking water. But for two years, they repeatedly delayed basic tests to fin...

Tests found barium, which can cause heart and blood pressure problems, at 3x the EPA’s limit in the Boarmans’ drinking water.

But the state did not inform the family of the results for over a month — until @readfrontier.bsky.social and ProPublica requested them.

Magic. Thank you for sharing.

A two-month-old named Juan Nicolás has been held with his mother at the South Texas Family Residential Center, an immigration detention facility near Dilley, Texas, for more than three weeks roughly half of his life. The infant had been exhibiting serious health problems,

Federal judge orders ICE to release Filipino man after 'pattern of failures' in medical care The man's rights were violated after inappropriate medical treatment "more likely than not" led to extreme pain and two partial foot amputation surgeries, the judge said.

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Totally 💯% HEARTLESS INHUMANE tactics and INTENTIONALLY ENDANGERING HUMAN LIVES

2-Month-Old Baby Juan Nicolás & His Mother Were ‘Abandoned Across the Border’ Hours After He Was Hospitalized With Bronchitis, Castro Says “His life is in danger,” Congressman Castro said Tuesday about the baby.

UPDATE: Congressman @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social has confirmed that Juan Nicolás and his mother were deported despite the 2-month-old’s recent hospitalization for bronchitis.

“They were abandoned across the border in Mexico.”

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