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@lauraedwards

california politics daylister 🌈 berkeley grad & ucla mpp. discount chappell roan. she/her

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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...

We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.

28.02.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 17017 πŸ” 6539 πŸ’¬ 469 πŸ“Œ 550

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

26.02.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 10823 πŸ” 5231 πŸ’¬ 86 πŸ“Œ 338

You think "the online left" is unhinged, dog please talk to an independent voter IRL. They want universal healthcare and abolish taxes. They want to dissolve the coast guard. They want to rename the army the coast guard. They want their alien implants removed, and they also want more alien implants

24.02.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 9237 πŸ” 1384 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 105
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Btw AOC saying β€œum” is the on same level of a staffer you fucked killing herself by self-immolation according to Punchbowl

23.02.2026 16:51 πŸ‘ 810 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 41 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pope Leo tells priests not to use AI to write homilies or seek likes on TikTok "To give a true homily is to share faith," and artificial intelligence "will never be able to share faith," the pope said.

β€œPope Leo XIV has urged priests to not to use artificial intelligence to write their homilies or to seek β€˜likes’ on social media platforms like TikTok.”

β€œβ€˜To give a true homily is to share faith,’ and artificial intelligence β€˜will never be able to share faith,’ the pope added.”

22.02.2026 16:39 πŸ‘ 3135 πŸ” 775 πŸ’¬ 39 πŸ“Œ 244
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Amazon's tax bill plunges after GOP tax cuts The 87 percent drop is largely due to a more generous depreciation break in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act.'

Thanks to the OBBB, Amazon’s tax bill for 2025 is $1.2 billion, down from $9 billion the year before despite a 45% jump in profits.

21.02.2026 22:53 πŸ‘ 1615 πŸ” 891 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 258

look at my country man, we’re getting out-No Kings’d by the fuckin’ british

19.02.2026 14:22 πŸ‘ 24958 πŸ” 5172 πŸ’¬ 449 πŸ“Œ 147

"iS tHeRe a tEcHnoLoGY tHe leFt Is eXcItEd aBoUt" yeah, renewable energy, mRNA vaccines. Lots of cool stuff like that! Probably not the one whose main promise was cutting payrolls

18.02.2026 14:42 πŸ‘ 8455 πŸ” 1821 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 102
Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas 
Detained for 70 days

β€œI don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

Mia Valentina Paz Faria A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas Detained for 70 days β€œI don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by 
@micarosenberg
 et al for ProPublica:

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by @micarosenberg et al for ProPublica:

β€œI don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

- 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas.

Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children.

www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

17.02.2026 19:31 πŸ‘ 12166 πŸ” 7001 πŸ’¬ 325 πŸ“Œ 832
photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

photo of Pam Bondi testifying in the foreground as a group of 7 women and 1 men raise their hands

Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

11.02.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 40537 πŸ” 13811 πŸ’¬ 1373 πŸ“Œ 891
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FDA won’t review Moderna application for first mRNA-based flu vaccine The decision, which shocked company officials, comes as the FDA says it will take a stricter approach to federal vaccine approvals.

So the feds ARE NOT considering an mRNA vaccine for the flu, which could save countless lives, but ARE backing research into whether horse dewormer can cure cancer, because the right views vaccines as elite and ivermectin as populist.

Cool.
kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

11.02.2026 02:24 πŸ‘ 8057 πŸ” 3036 πŸ’¬ 357 πŸ“Œ 244
Large television showing the boonta eve classic

Large television showing the boonta eve classic

They got the big game on at the bar

08.02.2026 18:12 πŸ‘ 5801 πŸ” 1507 πŸ’¬ 50 πŸ“Œ 42
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Stop Meeting Students Where They Are What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.

Stop Meeting Students Where They Are

What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... | @theatlantic.com

06.02.2026 20:57 πŸ‘ 100 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 8

the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women β€” and interactions with them β€” through the lens of sex

05.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 19944 πŸ” 4685 πŸ’¬ 302 πŸ“Œ 263
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2024-25 COVID vaccine 80% effective against death, CDC estimates

Only 23% of Americans opted for the COVID shot this season, despite the fact that it's a virtual guarantee against dying.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/202...

05.02.2026 14:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.

02.02.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 4900 πŸ” 2149 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 46

The California State University system spent $16.9 million last year giving ChatGPT to all students, faculty, and staff. We are asking the CSU chancellor not to renew the contract with OpenAI when it expires.

Anyone can sign the petitionΒ β€” link below!

31.01.2026 19:13 πŸ‘ 2103 πŸ” 831 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 22

If I were the mayor or council of Los Angeles, I would simply fire the police chief and hire someone willing to enforce the law

30.01.2026 02:03 πŸ‘ 426 πŸ” 105 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 4
28.01.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 16549 πŸ” 6480 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 39
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Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback The famed convention's organizers have banned AI from the art show.

San Diego Comic-Con has banned AI art following an artist-led backlash last week.
www.404media.co/comic-con-ba...

25.01.2026 23:30 πŸ‘ 326 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 8
Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti
Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti

β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry.

Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact.

I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. 

Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti β€œWe are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the β€˜hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

25.01.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 24930 πŸ” 12859 πŸ’¬ 200 πŸ“Œ 448
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset by President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in his city.

The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.

24.01.2026 21:55 πŸ‘ 941 πŸ” 405 πŸ’¬ 92 πŸ“Œ 53
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"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

24.01.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 40044 πŸ” 12719 πŸ’¬ 556 πŸ“Œ 535

Don't know how to emphasize this any more. You are in a war for democracy whether you like it or not. The act of doing nothing β€” or doing things insufficiently β€” will lead to the replication of Minneapolis in every major American city.

24.01.2026 17:45 πŸ‘ 316 πŸ” 97 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

ICE agents killed a man and are disappearing the witnesses.

24.01.2026 16:50 πŸ‘ 2486 πŸ” 1233 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 19
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Minneapolis protester as he's being brutalized by feds: "You're gonna have to kill me! You're gonna have to kill me! I've done nothing wrong! My name is Matthew James! I'm a US citizen! You're gonna kill me! Is that what you want?" (You can hear his wife screaming)

24.01.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 31066 πŸ” 14504 πŸ’¬ 1765 πŸ“Œ 1450

we actually need to band together and let the dems know we will never donate another cent or vote for the party again if a single member of the party votes to give a single cent to ice ever again

24.01.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 5067 πŸ” 1186 πŸ’¬ 158 πŸ“Œ 93

ICE agents are America's failures, basically indistinguishable from lazy school shooters, losers who want to play Call of Duty on our streets against people who can't fight back. They have unlimited ammo and toss tear gas like they're pressing L1. They have to be defunded and jailed. All of them.

24.01.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 11615 πŸ” 3381 πŸ’¬ 228 πŸ“Œ 107

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

24.01.2026 16:45 πŸ‘ 20129 πŸ” 6990 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 183

β€œnobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh

21.01.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 7781 πŸ” 1496 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 46