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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

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Map of Big Cities Health Coalition Highlighting: Austin, TX Baltimore, MD Boston, MA Charlotte, NC Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH Columbus, OH Dallas, TX Denver, CO Detroit, MI El Paso, TX Fort Worth, TX Houston, TX Indianapolis, IN Kansas City, MO Las Vegas, NV Long Beach, CA Los Angeles, CA Louisville, KY Memphis, TN Milwaukee, WI Minneapolis, MN New York City, NY Oakland, CA Oklahoma City, OK Philadelphia, PA Phoenix, AZ Portland, OR San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA Seattle, WA Tucson, AZ Washington, DC

The Big Cities Health Coalition, which serves over 60 million or 1 in 5 people in the US, has issued a statement condemning the federal government's moves to limit vaccine access and spread disinformation. The cities are working together to ensure people get vaccinated.

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This is the great that I want America to go back to. We saved the world. (Mauthausen Memorial)

Ohio voters, back ranked choice voting and break two-party dominance Ranked choice voting (RCV) increases voter satisfaction because voters are more empowered and engaged when they see a full range of preferences, versus being forced to choose “the lesser of two evils....

My letter to the editor. www.cleveland.com/letters/2025...

2025 Covid booster ✅ (The pharmacist gave me sticker when I told him I was taking a selfie for social media 🤣) #thankyouCVS #Covidbooster #covidvaccine

Never forget.

Trump administration cuts grants for minority-serving colleges, declaring them unconstitutional The Trump administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of minority students, saying they amount to illegal discrimination.

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Political violence is NEVER OKAY.

What. A. Game. #billieve @buffalo-bills.bsky.social

White liberal women: f*k the rich

Also White liberal women: my day has come to a halt because 2 rich people who I don’t know and who fly around in private jets to attend each others events to put money in the NFL’s pockets have gotten engaged and I am wigging out at a fever pitch.

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I wish WW women would lose their minds over the state of our “democracy” like they are over 2 very rich White people getting engaged.

Immigrants seeking lawful work and citizenship are now subject to 'anti-Americanism' screening Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for ‘anti-Americanism’ due to a new policy implemented by the U.S.

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Trump is doing an event with a quack economist in a desperate attempt to justify his firing of the BLS commissioner

These States Responded to DOJ’s Requests For Voter Data Read more here.

NEW: A few states have responded to DOJ’s requests, either handing over all the information the department requested, part of it, or denied DOJ’s demands altogether. Here are all the states that have responded to DOJ, and what we know about their responses. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Birthright Citizenship Under the U.S. Constitution The 14th Amendment has long been understood to grant American citizenship to anyone born on U.S. soil.

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#history #fypシ #USHistory #TiktokLearningCampaign #fyp #historytok TikTok video by OOO Polish

www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kbLWSV/ must see.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting, funder of NPR and PBS, says it will end operations within months after federal budget cuts The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit that provides funds to public radio and TV stations, including NPR and PBS.

Heartbreaking. #CPB www.cbsnews.com/news/corpora...

Senate GOP Confirms Trump’s DOJ ‘Hatchet Man’ for Lifetime Judgeship Read more here.

BREAKING: In a 50-49 vote, the Senate confirms Emil Bove, one of Trump’s former attorneys, to a lifetime federal judgeship despite multiple whistleblowers alleging that he urged the Justice Department to ignore court orders.

From: @jaknutson.bsky.social

108 Asian Cookies: Not-Too-Sweet Treats from a Third-Culture Kitchen|Hardcover From the IACP award winner and bestselling cookbook author comes a first-of-its-kind collection of irresistible cookie recipes inspired by Asian flavors and techniques to excite home bakers. Growing u...

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The first AAPI COOKIE cookbook, to be released in the U.S. Apparently, her publisher told her that her numbers of preorders are good, but not high enough for most physical stores to stock copies on hand from a writer of color. So I’m spreading the word.

What Is America, and for Whom? A white Christian ethno-state with strict hierarchies or a pluralistic democracy with egalitarian aspirations? American society has always been divided over what this country should strive to be

The audio version of the piece is up. Hopefully makes it a little more accessible and digestible.
 
What Is America, and for Whom?
 
A reflection on how to situate the Trumpist moment in U.S. history:

“Be prepared for the Congressional Budget Office to stand revealed as an outpost of lunatic left Communists dedicated to undermining the glorious accomplishments of Your Favorite President. This is because the CBO has dropped the final price tag on the Big Plug Ugly.”

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White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI’<br> The order would be one of several expected to be released outlining the president’s vision for winning the AI race with China.

White House officials are preparing an executive order targeting tech companies with what they see as “woke” artificial-intelligence models, their latest effort to go after diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

BREAKING: Scientists are staging a “science fair” in the lobby of a Congressional building to tell elected officials about the critical knowledge the US will lose because their research grants have been canceled.

With the updated RCV totals just released by the Board of Elections, our campaign has officially earned the most total votes in a primary in New York City history.

“The rule of law does not defend itself. Lawyers do.” — ABA President Bill Bay

First They Came for the Citizens What Nazi Germany’s 1935 Citizenship Law Can Teach Us About Trump’s Attack on Citizenship

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