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Opinion | New documentary shows Andrew Young's singular role in MLK's circle The 93-year-old Young had a role in Martin Luther King Jr.'s inner circle that was different than everybody else’s, but no less necessary.

“’Twas grace hath brought me safe thus far... and grace will lead me home...”

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YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson The Declaration of Independence | Journey to American Democracy

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Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.

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Deploying troops to Chicago is not legally justified, says Illinois attorney general - NPR

Trump's Plan To invoke the Insurrection Act

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Massie: "The Speaker of the House just offered a fig leaf to my colleagues. They're gonna vote on a non-binding resolution today that does absolutely nothing ... they're allowing the DOJ to curate all of the information that the DOJ is giving them ... the perpetrators are being protected"

I’m so impressed by the survivors and I’m behind their efforts to get validation, conviction for those involved ! Enough is enough! #jeffreyEpstein

How RFK Jr. Dismantled Trust in Public Health: A Student’s Warning for the Future In yet another blow to our nation’s public health infrastructure, officials from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) have informed the nation’s leading medical associations that they ...

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“Alligator Alcatraz” Construction Halted, But Native Heritage Remains at Risk The Miccosukee Tribe says the notorious detention center is located close to “hundreds, if not thousands, of protected ceremonial and religious sites.”

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Opinion | California Farms Feed America. They Can’t Do It Without Immigrants.

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YouTube video by CBC News: The National Recognizing the signs of fascism today | Historian Timothy Snyder

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New Analysis Finds Trump Family Has Raked in $3.4 Billion Off the Presidency President Donald Trump and his family have made a staggering $3.4 billion off the presidency, according to an analysis by the New Yorker.

Even before his 2nd term, his businesses were milking the presidency for every cent they could. A new analysis has put a dollar figure on how much Trump’s crypto, real estate deals, licensing agreements, & other grifts have netted them a staggering $3.4 billion.
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The official voice of the US government Is cruel, gross, and weird. What is that doing to us? Joking memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

The White House's memes about imprisonment, deportation, and death by alligator are designed to radicalize and desensitize.

“What you have is this desire to get people to buy into the fun of sadism,” says Jason Stanley, an author who’s leaving the US because of “concerns over fascism.”

Trump's civil war And our new birth of freedom

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No, Good People Don't Still Support Him Everyone believes they're essentially a good human being.

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YouTube video by EOP Live John McCutcheon "Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)" (Woody Guthrie) @ Eddie Owen Presents

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Here are 5 times Stephen Colbert was a great LGBTQ+ ally - LGBTQ Nation CBS recently cancelled his late-night talk show soon after he criticized the network's parent company's $16 million "bribe" to President Trump.

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Army veteran and US citizen arrested in California immigration raid warns it could happen to anyone A U.S. Army veteran arrested during an immigration raid at a California marijuana farm says he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle on his way to work.

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These people are my neighbors, friends, and students who are being terrorized by our current President. Shame on anyone who supports terror imposed on decent people trying to rub two nickels together to support their families.. SHAME on ICE!

I Don't Give a Damn Why You Still Support This President To Those Who Still Support Him,

I Don't Give a Damn Why You Still Support This President
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This is just sick.

via @ktla.com: Footage obtained by KTLA shows a young man crying, saying his mother had just been taken, and children and protesters running from tear gas that was deployed when a crowd gathered at an immigration raid at a Ventura County farm this afternoon

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CBS reporter Scott Pelley:

This is a warning that I fear many will look back on in five or six years and think “he was so right”.

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