Karissa Barrows

Yeah :(

Halfway through this and I'm full of existential dread but also really grateful that anyone left to do this level of investigation on all of this. Wild times we're in

NEW: Most of the Medicaid cuts passed by congressional Republicans last year don't take effect until after the midterms, but the Trump's signature law is already squeezing state Medicaid programs.

In Idaho, one service on the possible chopping block is home care for people with disabilities.

we live in almost the worst timeline

It’s more when people assert that nothing BUT voting is needed; those people are kidding themselves and usually are the same people pushing dickheads like Gavin Newsom for president

Our allies blew up hundreds of millions of dollars of your tax money for reasons that aren't clear to anyone other than an old rapist is mad no one came to his birthday party

Advocates say the real State of the Union is deepening instability Critics took issue with President Donald Trump’s divisive rhetoric around immigrants and false claims about affordability

“What we are witnessing from our government is authoritarianism. Any response that doesn’t acknowledge that truth is a disservice to Americans who deserve and need honesty right now.” Rep. Summer Lee, D-Penn., said in the Working Families Party's response.

Remember what I said about how, when Trump is flailing, they start inserting a fake, fictional Trump into their stories, who is acting rationally and sanely?

This app is not a bastion of verified videos right now. The content aggregators are sharing old clips, AI clips, misattributed clips, etc.

We all have to be mindful of what we share. Doing our best to evaluate what we boost and always erring on the side of caution as non-Middle East experts.

For months, @jacksonwryan.com has been looking into why so many video games sites have become full of gambling and casino stories, unusual author images, and, most recently, the use of AI. We've connected these sites to Clickout Media. Here's what we've learned.

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The Department of War regretfully informs you your husband has died lethalitymaxxing in Operation Epic Furry

This idea that the NYT is an unbiased neutral observer because they sometimes publish accurate information is one of the most demented and reality-eschewing tenets of the religion of journalism to take hold among the chattering classes. Truly bizarre to see, an ignorance of journalism history.

One of my favourite sides of politics/media.

Also there’s no point in reporting this but this website is full of Islamophobia no one gives a shit about and they don’t monitor

One data centre or one million homes? Mapping Ontario's proposed hyperscaler boom Canada’s National Observer found and drew from multiple sources to put together a map of planned data centres in Ontario, and found at least 15 projects with a combined capacity of 2,202 MW currently ...

New story out from @cloelogan.bsky.social and me. Data centres are being planned across Ontario, with some using the same amount of electricity as 700,000 homes. Where are they? And why are communities being left in the dark?

www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/02/n...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has warned that any street protests or actions deemed to disrupt public security will be treated as collaboration with the “enemy”, amid escalating military confrontation.

Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260302-ira...

State of the Union Portends Further Oppression of Trans Americans — Assigned The story of Sage Blair is complicated and uncertain, but its inclusion in Trump’s SOTU can only mean one thing. Plus, the ACLU is suing Kansas over a law that invalidates trans people’s IDs and licen...

Trump's State of the Union shone a spotlight on the story of Sage Blair, a confusing saga that Assigned Media dug into in 2023.

The focus suggests that persecution of trans Americans will remain a priority for the president in 2026. More on Assigned here:

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Nearly 170 people killed in attack in South Sudan’s Ruweng, officials says

Nearly 170 people killed in attack in South Sudan’s Ruweng, officials says https://aje.news/g68z7k

Trump's toxic pollution exemptions are a gift to America's dirtiest coal plants Just 27 of 219 facilities required upgrades under Biden-era rules on mercury and other neurotoxins.

Trump's toxic pollution exemptions are a gift to America's dirtiest coal plants [via @theguardian.com]

26 humanitarian workers missing after clashes in South Sudan’s Jonglei state: Report Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said 26 humanitarian workers have gone missing following clashes in South Sudan’s Jonglei state, local media reported on Monday. Among the 291 MSF staff in L…

26 humanitarian workers missing after clashes in South Sudan’s Jonglei state: Report

DHS wants to incarcerate 1500 human beings in a WAREHOUSE in a town where the population is about 2000 people. It's gross.

Oh they're really speedrunning the incel takeover huh. This is like the soft launch of a slippery slope of op Eds that will ultimately end with "should girls recieve education?"

Conversion therapy to “help trans people recover” in prison can also draw from prison infrastructure set up to allow private companies in to render people who use drugs temporarily abstinent.

Yes this prison privatization has happened in Canada. Spearheaded by Alberta of course.

Abstinence-based drug policy language now sloshing its way back into conversion therapy

If you’re using LLMs for this kind of research, you are simply an idiot. You are wasting your own time, the time of anyone you are trying to get read your slop, and the compute/energy resources of the world.

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They went to war with Iran (which nobody in America was asking for) so they could conjure an excuse to allow ICE to keep murdering Americans and teargassing schools here at home with impunity (which nobody in America was asking for).

When I was looking into professional grad school programs, I was appalled by the number of “remote” programs that required a week on campus 1-2x per year.

Even if some in-person was accessible to you, how many people could potentially cover travel costs and use so much vacation time?