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https://youtube.com/@johnwdowell INFP, Free Thinker, philosopher, Progressive Democrat, nomad, explorer, voyager, Astronomy fan, single with no children, pro human rights, Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. FEC is ruining America
These decisions, taken in close collaboration with the Trump administration, have made it impossible for me to teach modern Middle East history, the field of my scholarship and teaching for more than 50 years
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"British newspaper The Daily Telegraph reported that facilities available at the Bryan prison include a gym, yoga classes and a 'puppy program,' which involves prisoners training service dogs in collaboration with Canine Companions."
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Uprooted is influenced by the stories of some of the kids Bee Squad have worked with, as well as examples of homelessness in Buckinghamshire.
02.08.2025 14:44 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0Ukrainians living under fire tell the Daily Beast they want Trump to visit them in their bomb shelters.
02.08.2025 14:45 — 👍 34 🔁 15 💬 3 📌 0New aerial images show the destructive impact of Israeli bombardments that have destroyed much of Gaza, displaced most of its population and left more than 60,000 people dead, according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
02.08.2025 14:46 — 👍 257 🔁 172 💬 42 📌 23Everything about this story is horrific:
1. The student never mentions Jews
2. The university is going to expel a student for criticizing a country over genocide
3. A Republican congressman is taking credit and implying the student is a Muslim terrorist
4. The U.S. Justice Department is involved
A Miami jury decided Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly 2019 crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology. The automaker said it will appeal.
02.08.2025 14:48 — 👍 681 🔁 165 💬 20 📌 9So there's an angry white man who murdered hikers in AR.
Another who murdered his family in TN.
Another who's a suspect in a shooting in MT. 1/
But our government has decided that every non-white immigrant or person is a criminal.
Trump announced plans to Make America Gilded Again, with a gaudy $200 million White House ballroom designed in the style of Late-Stage Ceaușescu meets Liberace.
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Turning Point USA backing Andy Biggs for governor. A Democratic PAC says it's violating Arizona's dark money disclosure law.
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From the mountains of Western Maryland to Baltimore to the Eastern Shore, Maryland relies on public broadcasting.
Let’s call it for what it is: Republicans didn’t like the truth being reported, so they silenced those who speak it.
A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details. https://trib.al/u9WbqG1
02.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 66 🔁 48 💬 10 📌 5India's stranded renewable projects double to over 50 GW, documents show reut.rs/3Hi5vsz
02.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 22 🔁 8 💬 2 📌 0Trump’s EPA is gutting the rules that keep our air clean, energy affordable, and businesses competitive. China’s investing in the future—Trump’s handing it to them. Higher gas prices, more pollution, and a weaker America. You’ll pay the price.
02.08.2025 14:50 — 👍 79 🔁 41 💬 5 📌 1Marc Elias, one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent lawyers, welcomed any converts to his brand of brass-knuckle politics.
“I do not believe, when it comes to elections, that Democrats should ever engage in any process that requires Republicans to act in good faith,” Mr. Elias said.
22 years later…
02.08.2025 14:51 — 👍 923 🔁 318 💬 61 📌 25This gave me a chuckle. I love how creative people can be.
02.08.2025 14:41 — 👍 17 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0Americans pay more for medications than anybody else in the world. We’re the planet’s suckers: although everybody uses, by and large, the same meds, the drugs that carry the highest prices are — yo...
02.08.2025 14:52 — 👍 9 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0Tonight, in a win for SoCal residents, the Ninth Circuit upheld the temporary restraining order that blocks the administration from conducting racist stops across Los Angeles and surrounding counties.
We will never stop fighting for all our immigrant communities.
When government stats showed unemployment rising, Trump fired the person in charge of economic statistics. That’s what autocrats do.
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