Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer and leader with the Chicago Freedom Movement, dies at 85
05.03.2026 23:49
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Bernard LaFayette, Selma voting rights organizer and leader with the Chicago Freedom Movement, dies at 85
@propublica.org is one of the most important publications in the U.S. right now.
Freedom of the Press is a fundamental part of Democracy for a reason. This story is a major part of the reason Kristi Noem was canned.
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Excellent closing Richard Hell quote about his famous apartment:
"I don’t want to go out anyway. I have everything I need right here.”
If the government gets to decide if you have them, they're not human rights.
So we’re just going to forget all about this and never ask Trump, Leavitt or Hegseth about it again after the first day because this is totally normal so who cares.
One woman who called the State Department helpline looking for help said they told her to "stop ranting and raving" and hung up on her.
Another woman said they asked her how to spell Oman.
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A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
This was me and I knew at least a dozen others just like me. None of us are teaching full-time anymore and I'm the only one still involved in higher ed at all. (A couple teach high school.) The sheer waste of talent because of the f'd up two-tiered system is beyond calculating.
That’s what they said about Iraq too. And Afghanistan. And Vietnam.
First, the FBI “directed” New York law enforcement to cease their Epstein investigations in 2019. Now, it has been revealed the state of New Mexico was also investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch in 2019, but the DOJ intervened and closed the case. trib.al/6PjH9aQ
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'UNIMAGINABLE CRUELTY': Judge Gary Brown, a Trump appointeee from NY, thrashes DHS' treatment of a man who came to the US at 9 as an abuse/neglect victim, has no criminal record and became a college grad.
"The laws of decency condemn such villainy." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Following his Grammy win and a North American tour announcement, the music legend gave the Tiny Desk a career-spanning lesson in blues. blockclubchi.co/4cjuZCZ
Hegseth has made his views on jus in bello clear.
Minnesota would like a word.
Today should be your 38th birthday.. When you lose your son you lose more than a child you lose a piece of your heart and your joy. Life is forever altered, and nothing can ever fill that space. Yet in my soul, he remains, my precious boy, forever loved. His laughter, his smile, and his love are woven into who I am. My love for him will never fade. Yor are my pride and my joy - you've made a change that cannot be broken..
Alex's mom on his 38th birthday.
More than 150 military bases in the United States have a public school, see if you can use your big doctor brain to figure out why that might be
Just a reminder: instead of an actual diplomat, we sent Trump’s deeply compromised son-in-law as the lead negotiator to avert war with Iran.
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You can just say things.
Are there any other images of a country's leader wearing a hat or sweatshirt or anything emblazoned with his or her country's name while discussing something serious?
This is murder. ICE routinely deposits released detainees far from their home just to be cruel. It’s standard practice. To do this to a blind man on a wet cold winter day in Buffalo is to know you are potentially sending him to his death.
Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education is stronger than ever.
NEW: NBC News also now confirming my reporting that DOJ is withholding at least three FBI interviews with the woman who accused Trump of assaulting her when she was a child nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Thought it interesting (& inspiring) when the older gentlemen in the front got the mic, shared his views about Trump, and then made sure to mention that he served under three Republican admins in DC and he was no Democrat. He was just appalled by this current administration.
VP Vance is falsely claiming the Trump Admin somehow has the “inherent” authority to just unilaterally withhold from MN mandatory federal #Medicaid funding to which the state is entitled.
Road Rules and Real World had better casts.
Actually, it’s hurting children.