Understanding the federal government’s indictment of a civil rights icon, the Southern Poverty Law Center:
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The murders continue.
The U.S. Has Now Killed More Than 180 People in Boat Strikes. We’re Tracking Them All @theintercept.com
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And .. here come the Freedom of Information Act requests for Kash Patel records
DC watchdog group Democracy Forward has formally requested Patel's calendars & any messages from security detail that include words "drinking", "hungover", "inebriated"
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Incredible shots of the exchange between Rep. AOC and RFK, Jr. at today’s congressional hearing.
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“The EU’s highest court has found Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ law to be discriminatory, stigmatising and in breach of basic democratic values…”
This is a crucial decision. The court rejected the political claim that LGBTQ+ representation is “propaganda.” We must keep fighting politics that dehumanise us.
"This is an important thing to think about."
Verge headline: Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want by Elizabeth Lopatto Illustration of a brain melting in the sun
"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and LLMs. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich."
Read more: buff.ly/Yu2AUFy
Two IDF soldier giving 30 days military detention after they were photographed smashing a statue of Jesus. FFS they are shooting children in the head! But a statue violation is worthy of more?
54% of adult Americans read at a sixth grade level or lower. Of those, 1 in 5 read at a third grade level or lower.
Pennsylvania's appellate court confirmed that access to abortion is a fundamental right under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
This decision is a win for all Pennsylvanians.
The government shouldn't be making your healthcare decisions - you should.
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The Southern Poverty Law Center, which is best known for its tracking of hate groups, said that the Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the nonprofit regarding their use of informants.
Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...
What if I told you government could do things to meaningfully improve your life?
A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.
One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.
Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?
A vivid digital artwork of a planetary nebula resembling a glowing cosmic eye, with a bright central star surrounded by concentric rings of blue, gold, and white gas. Wispy, luminous filaments radiate outward into a dark star-filled background, creating a dramatic, swirling halo effect.
The void blinked, and in the gap between darkness and forever, an iris of azure flame and gilded interstellar dust unfolds. Tendrils of dying starlight comb the black for a last embrace—a universe-wide sigh dressed in a halo of final, radiant breath.
I quite admire Meghan and Harry both. It takes a lot of courage to throw off centuries of monarchy and assert one’s independence. They were able to recognize a toxic situation and remove themselves and their children from it. Good on them.
Extremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement
Are they serving crow?
And Reagan had to reverse many of his tax cuts cuz of decreased revenue & increased deficit. George HW Bush had to raise more taxes. Then Bill Clinton left W a budget surplus which he gutted with all his pointless wars!
President Donald Trump has been handed a grim reality check with a poll suggesting his administration's economy is the worst in 74 years.
Keep these stories alive.
True stories show the lies of racism.
Which is why MAGA Nationalists want them buried.
They have to have time to place their bets.
Worldwide, girls and women are far more likely to be killed by their intimate partners or family members, than complete strangers.