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Motherjones.com
- by RevealWhen the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department in California wanted to purchase new firearms, it sold its used ones to help cover the cost. The old guns went to a distributor, which then turned around and sold them to the public. One of those guns—a Glock pistol—found its way to Indianapolis. That Glock was involved in […]
- by Tristan BaurickThis story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Residents of the mostly Black communities sandwiched between chemical plants along the lower Mississippi River have long said they get most of the pollution but few of the jobs produced by the region’s vast petrochemical industry. A new study led by Tulane University […]
- by Noah Lanard and Isabela DiasOn Friday, Omar Cárdenas Martínez called a relative from the Bluebonnet detention center in Texas to say that he had just been given a notice. Cárdenas had arrived there earlier this week, after being transferred from another US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, Prairieland, about three hours away in Alvarado. The document stated that […]
- by Sophie HurwitzOn April 11, the Trump administration sent Harvard University a sweeping set of demands—among them that the university report international students to the federal government for violation of student conduct policies—ostensibly to curb antisemitism on campus. Three days later, Harvard president Alan Garber announced that the school would “continue to follow the law”; Harvard, he […]
- by Artis CuriskisAs of Friday, Covid.gov, the Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 resource launched in 2022, is no longer providing information and resources about Covid—and Covidtests.gov, the website used to order free Covid tests from the government, isn’t, either. Both now redirect to a White House page promoting the “lab leak theory,” which contends that […]
- by Jackie Flynn MogensenThe publisher of CHEST, a prestigious, peer-reviewed medical journal focused on respiratory health, received a letter from the Trump administration seeking information about how its editors handle scientific controversies and “competing viewpoints.” Some medical professionals see the missive as an attempt to stifle academic freedom. “It has been brought to my attention that more and […]
- by Anna Merlan and Kiera ButlerWhile his anti-vaccine allies swooned and scientists cringed, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. used his first-ever press conference this week, in response to new data showing an apparent increase in the number of autistic kids, to promote a variety of debunked, half-true, and deeply ableist ideas about autism. He painted the condition as a […]
- by Dan FriedmanEd Martin, the acting US attorney in Washington, who has earned some notoriety through attempts to use his office to attack political opponents of the Trump administration, recently turned his sights on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian efforts to help President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. But Martin’s latest effort—a letter alleging misconduct by […]
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Crooksandliars.com
- by The ConversationRosemary (Marah) Al-Kire, University of Washington; Clara L. Wilkins, University of Washington, and Michael Pasek, University of Illinois Chicago President Donald Trump and members of his administration have long used allegations of anti-Christian discrimination as a rallying cry for supporters, arguing that policies and laws on issues like school prayer and LGBTQ+ rights threaten Christians’ […]
- by Conover KennardSenator Chris Van Hollen says that Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been moved from El Salvador's notorious CECOT prison to a lower-security detention facility. That's a good start, but he still deserves due process. The Democratic Senator on Friday detailed his recent meeting with Garcia, saying the Maryland father said he was being “traumatized” by his […]
- by TengrainAbove, Depeche Mode performs, People are People. Today, our bloggers answer the age-old question, Who could have known… First Draft: Pet Owner Shocked Dog Chases Rabbit. Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I: May You Live in Interesting Times. Musings of an Old Fart: A selfish, miserable world. Wonkette: To Win Trade Deal, UK Simply Needs To […]
- by Cliff SchecterThere’s a moment in every good action movie where the hero, calm and collected, dodges a flurry of clumsy haymakers from the villain—and then, with one precisely aimed move, knocks them flat. On The Five, that was Jessica Tarlov. Her weapon of choice? Cold, hard facts—sharpened to a point and aimed straight at the hollow, […]
- by Frances LangumOpen Thread below… read more
- by Alix BreedenDonald Trump’s lapdog in the State Department made a call to action earlier this week, asking employees there to report anyone who seemed to give off any “anti-Christian” vibes in the workplace. And while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is sniffing out those deemed sacrilegious by snitches, one of Trump’s mouthpieces is hilariously doubling down […]
- by HeatherA leaked draft of the Trump administration's budget proposal for the Department of Health and Human services shows they want to slash overall spending by a third, and completely eliminate Head Start, a program which provides children from low-income families with education and health services: The 64-page document calls not only for cuts, but also […]
- by NewsHound EllenFred Piccolo is a former COVID spokesman for Gov. Ron DeSantis and now the former marketing director for Florida’s New College. You may recall that New College is a formerly progressive liberal arts school that DeSantis vowed to transform into a bastion of conservatism. As Susie Madrak reported via the Miami Herald, DeSantis has “overhauled […]
Medium.com
- by Left WisdomThis is James Garman a voter from New Orleans, Louisiana and I am writing to Rep Troy Carter to urge, no demand that he step up for the American people against the illegal occuptation of the White House by a man who organized and is known to have organized a coop to overturn the government […]
- by Left WisdomThis is the emailed note I sent to my Representative and the 2 senators for my state. I am pretty sure the rep will vote correctly because he is a democrat and cares about the people at least enough to be elected again by us. The two senators are likely a waste of time, but […]
- by Left WisdomDear President Zelenski:As a normal everyday citizen of the United States, I have great concern for your nations future as an independent democratic nation. However, the United States has fallen into a horrible abyss in the last few months. We have fallen for the lies of one of the most anti-democracy men in the Western […]
- by Left WisdomI have absolutely no intention of being “polite” in this blog. I intend to tell the truth and let it all hang out. We are in a horrible situation right now and if we don’t get it together and fight for what America supposedly stood for at one time, no matter how imperfectly, we are […]
- by Left WisdomAxios this is in Israel(bear in mind, this is the sharing of a personal opinion although it is backed up by history and my personal observation which I insists has relevance…I am NOT a spelling or grammar expect, although if I get a sign that a word is misspelled, I will try to correct it. Just […]
- by Left Wisdoma picture from the internet from Jan 6, 2021’s insurrectionWell, violence is not far away when MAGA gets “owned” by things that make no difference in the scheme of life. If you have spent any time “listening” to right wing media or reading the missives they publish to see where their minds are, you know […]
- by Left WisdomLook at this!!!! This is what we are likely going to have to look at if the MAGA cult manage to win this election….or we don’t get our nation to stand for the right thing. Sadly, although Biden has tried to do something about this atrocerity, the Congress has drug its heels and still insists […]
- by Left WisdomAre Mammoth coming back — science, really?found at freepixOk, I am currently reading a science fiction novella about a sometime in the near future time when the Wooly Mammoth, or at least some version has been brough back to life. Apparently the humans of that time have NOT managed to do a good job of saving the Earth from […]
Democracynow.org
- by Fatma Hassona, the 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and subject of the upcoming documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, was killed with her family Wednesday by an Israeli missile that targeted her building in northern Gaza. The strike occurred just one day after she learned that the film centered around her life and […]
- by “These were otherwise healthy school-age children who didn’t have to die.” We speak to the world-renowned pediatrician, virologist and vaccine expert, Dr. Peter Hotez, about the dangerous anti-vaccine agenda of Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Amid a growing number of measles cases in the United States, RFK Jr. has promoted […]
- by U.S. Airstrikes on Yemen Kill at Least 58, Injure Over 100 Others, Palestinian Photojournalist Fatma Hassona Killed with Family in Israeli Attack, Hamas Rejects Interim Israeli Truce Proposals, Seeks Comprehensive and Full End to War, ICC Demands Hungary Justify Its Failure to Act on Netanyahu Arrest Warrant, Sen. Van Hollen Meets with Kilmar Abrego Garcia […]
- by We speak with the award-winning author and journalist Omar El Akkad, whose new book about the war on Gaza is titled One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This. The book expands on a viral tweet El Akkad sent in October 2023, just weeks into Israel’s genocidal assault on the Palestinian territory, decrying the […]
- by President Trump’s Africa envoy Massad Boulos has finished a tour of several East African nations, including the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he discussed a peace deal that could involve the U.S. tapping the country’s rich mineral resources, including cobalt and lithium. Several Western mining companies are already reportedly lined up to take part […]
- by Sudan is facing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis after two years of war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, or RSF. Thousands have died, and some 13 million have been forcibly displaced. There are also widespread reports of sexual and ethnically motivated violence and a worsening hunger crisis. Emtithal Mahmoud, a […]
- by Vince Warren, executive director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, joins us as President Trump’s defiance of the courts is pushing the United States toward a constitutional crisis, with multiple judges weighing whether to open contempt proceedings against his administration for ignoring court orders. On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg criticized officials for […]
- by U.S. Judge Finds “Probable Cause” to Hold Trump Admin in Contempt over CECOT Transfers, ICE Violently Arrests Massachusetts Man After He Reveals He’s Not the Target of Their Search, California Faith Leaders Condemn Plans to Reopen Dublin Prison as ICE Jail, IRS Could Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status over Refusal to Bend to Trump, DOJ Sues […]