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The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

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Clears it up a lot.

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If journalists had any integrity and courage, they would boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner. It should be as empty as a TPUSA event.

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Israel’s “Black Wednesday” Massacre Leaves Lebanese Families Giving DNA to ID Loved Ones’ Remains In Lebanon, an unprecedented campaign of DNA tests is being used to identify mangled bodies left trapped under rubble by Israel’s blitz.

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Trump avoided punishments for his post-2020 abuses, but many of his lawyers did not For the attorneys who helped fuel the president’s efforts to remain in office, the consequences have been severe. Take John Eastman, for example.

And they remain mystified as to why it's so hard for them to find real lawyers who will work for him...

Eastman: disbarred

Giuliani: disbarred

Chesebro: disbarred

Clark: facing possible disbarment

Ellis: law license suspended

www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

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The FBI Director, the DC US Attorney, and the Secretary of Defense walk into a bar.

Apparently like every day.

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Texas Medical Board Sanctions Three Doctors for Delayed Care That Led to the Deaths of Two Pregnant Women The two women died during miscarriages. The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to their deaths.

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi and Nevaeh Crain died during miscarriages in Texas after doctors delayed treatment.

The state’s medical board has ruled that substandard care led to the deaths, but the doctors were given minimal punishment.

By Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

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Eyewitnesses recount three deadly Israeli strikes on medics in southern Lebanon - The Boston Globe Humanitarian agencies report that an average of two health workers have been killed every day in this war.

The latest on Israeli butchering of healthcare workers as its Gaza strategy of societal destruction is applied in Lebanon.
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/18/w...

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We should be learning from other countries...

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It is a profound irony when the nation under attack feels more empathy for the attacker's citizens than the attacking government itself.

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Repost from Mayra

There were more protesters outside the Turning Point rally in Athens GA than event attendees.

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Longtime Immigration Court Interpreter Arrested by ICE at South Texas Airport The state’s only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years.

Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...

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Hello, @abigailspanberger.com.

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Hochul Proposes Tax on N.Y.C. Second Homes That Are Worth $5 Million

We will be taxing the ultra-wealthy and global elites.

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Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us

"There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of us," write @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social, and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social.

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ERASING HISTORY: U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Proud Boys leaders Ethan Nordean & Joseph Biggs, despite jury findings of coordinated efforts to stop the transfer of power.

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Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting.
She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said.
ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities.
After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.

Barrera said her husband said the smell of human feces in the toilet caused a fellow detainee to vomit and, in turn, created a chain of people vomiting. She said her husband is asthmatic and has not received medication to treat his condition. The lack of medicine and the stress of the overcrowded holding cell has left him short of breath and teetering on the edge of an asthma attack, Barrera said. ICE did not immediately respond to questions on April 10 about the conditions of the Mesa or Phoenix facilities. After the publication of this article, Barrera told The Arizona Republic her husband was transferred to the ICE facility at San Luis Regional Detention Center at about midnight. The San Luis Regional Detention Center is in Southwestern Arizona and has the capacity to hold 700 people.

This is horrific. A U.S. citizen describes the facility in Arizona that her husband was brought to while he waited to be put on a deportation flight. Dozens of people were crammed into tiny cells, there was a "chain of people vomiting" from filthy toilets, no medical care, and only one meal per day.

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The preliminary data from the AAUP‘s annual faculty compensation survey is out.

Things are not OK.

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Meanwhile, the typical American will pay a federal income tax rate of 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

[Via @itep.org]

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Canadian mother held by ICE with daughter, 7, speaks out on families ‘suffering greatly’ in detention Tania Warner and her daughter were detained in Texas facilities deemed ‘unsafe and degrading’

"She is from British Columbia but moved to Texas in 2021 when she married her American husband.

The family was driving home from a baby shower when they were stopped at a border patrol checkpoint. She and Ayla, who has autism, were fingerprinted and detained..."

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BREAKING: 300+ New Yorkers have taken over the offices of Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer demanding no more weapons for Israel.

Tell Congress: Fund people, not bombs.

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“If this policy stands, politicians & the monied interests who support them will have effectively taken over the curriculum of our institutions in the TTU System, whose credibility will be indefinitely and irreversibly harmed.”

— Andrew Martin, Texas Tech AAUP Chapter President

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So many people in & from West India, including me, trace their ancestral histories to what is modern day Iran. Gujarati and Panjabi are heavily influenced by Farsi. The world is not neatly divided up by borders. Civilizational destruction is not only genocide, but mass erasure.

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Higher ed workers push to amend collective bargaining bills CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (CBS19 NEWS) -- Virginia faculty, staff, grad students, and other higher education workers are fighting to make sure they can collectively bargain, and they're calling on Gov. Abigail

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Image of three individuals walking together on a residential street. They appear to be accompanying an elderly person. Text on the right side includes a quote "Long-term care is not just an individual health issue, but a structural driver of wealth inequality. By maintaining a system that depends on unpaid family caregiving, provides public support only after families have nearly exhausted their savings, and allows private, profit-driven companies to capture rising care costs, the US effectively penalizes aging." from Jessica Forden, associated with the Roosevelt Institute."

Image of three individuals walking together on a residential street. They appear to be accompanying an elderly person. Text on the right side includes a quote "Long-term care is not just an individual health issue, but a structural driver of wealth inequality. By maintaining a system that depends on unpaid family caregiving, provides public support only after families have nearly exhausted their savings, and allows private, profit-driven companies to capture rising care costs, the US effectively penalizes aging." from Jessica Forden, associated with the Roosevelt Institute."

NEW 🗞️: While headlines claim millennials will be the wealthiest generation ever, a silent crisis is draining that inheritance before it ever reaches them: the skyrocketing cost of long-term care. 🧵
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

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Day of Action 2026 — Coalition For Action In Higher Ed

📆 ❗Join us on April 16 & 17 for our third annual #DayofActionforHigherEd

This is a call for free higher ed in every sense:
- Make public schools tuition free
- Erase all student debt
- Ensure schools remain bastions of free thought for a better world

www.dayofactionforhighered.org/day-of-actio...

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Bernie Sanders on Lebanon

#ethniccleansing #landgrab #warcrimes #Netanyahuisawarcriminal

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Fire First, Settle Later: A Troubling New MO? (opinion) Denying tenure-line faculty their legal rights comes with costs.

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Trump Administration Plans Sweeping Changes to Accreditation The Trump administration wants the agencies that oversee colleges and universities to set minimum standards for student achievement, protect viewpoint diversity and consider cost efficiency in their e...

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Liam Conejo Ramos constantly worries about being detained by ICE again, his parents say: "My boy is very different" Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old whose detention by ICE sparked global outrage, constantly worries about being detained again, his parents told CBS News in an exclusive interview.

Liam Conejo Ramos' father says his son now regularly sees a psychologist.

Liam's mother, Erika Ramos, said he's been exhibiting signs of psychological trauma, including hypervigilance and isolation.

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