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Angie for Florida: All Hands Organizing Meeting · Angie for Florida Angie for Florida is hosting an "All Hands On Deck" organizing call! Join Rep. Angie Nixon as we prepare to engage our neighbors, friends, and families across Florida. Come hear the latest campaign up...

I'm attending Angie for Florida's event, “Angie for Florida: All Hands Organizing Meeting” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/angieforflor...

04.02.2026 16:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

A novel tactic. Tax Americans until Europe complies.

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Happy 4th! Thinking about selling some NFTs. What do you think?

04.07.2025 16:54 👍 620 🔁 61 💬 116 📌 19
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Wow! France gifted her to us, and now they’ve captured what so many Americans are feeling on Independence Day. The values the Statue of Liberty stood for are no more.

📌 A stunning mural of the Statue of Liberty covering her face was unveiled in Roubaix, France, on July 3, 2025.

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Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

If Barack Obama or Joe Biden had proposed this, the GOP would be in the streets with pitchforks and
torches.

I guess the new "conservative" position is, "I want the state to know everything about me at all times."

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/t...

30.05.2025 12:51 👍 1420 🔁 537 💬 151 📌 55

This is why we need to STAND UP FOR SCIENCE in the US.🧪

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Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first.

One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish.

Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points.

We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are.

Anelise Feldman
Freshman, Yarmouth High School
Yarmouth

Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

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NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

23.04.2025 02:58 👍 37670 🔁 10430 💬 1615 📌 1421

if only there had been some kind of historical precedent to help people see this coming

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State Terror A brief guide for Americans

"the president defied a Supreme Court ruling to return a man mistakenly sent to a gulag... and spoke of sending Americans to foreign concentration camps.
This is the beginning of an American policy of state terror, and it has to be identified as such to be stopped"
snyder.substack.com/p/state-terror

15.04.2025 15:02 👍 20825 🔁 9683 💬 565 📌 659

I needed this laugh today. Another great song from these guys!

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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'

09.04.2025 07:14 👍 17548 🔁 4416 💬 133 📌 318

How about housing a rapist and felon who grabs pussies?

07.04.2025 23:56 👍 39 🔁 2 💬 3 📌 0

NEW: Jenner & Block files suit over Trump’s executive order targeting the firm

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Yesterday, more than 1,000 lawyers and legal groups signed a letter calling on Attorney General Pam Bondi to defend the Federal Judiciary, the Rule of Law, and the legal profession from the President’s vicious and palpably unconstitutional attacks.

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	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
	4.	A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.

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	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
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Alt for four images: 1. A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos. 2. The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background. 3. A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights. 4. A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.

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	1.	A person in a black robe and a tall brown felt hat stands facing a line of riot police holding shields labeled “Polis.” The person is being sprayed with pepper spray, and the air is filled with mist and debris. The person wears a gas mask and stands with a composed posture amid the chaos.
	2.	The same person in black robes and a tall brown felt hat stands calmly with arms folded while being sprayed with pepper spray by riot police. The individual wears a gas mask and stands on a wet street littered with water bottles. A line of police in helmets and shields labeled “Polis” stands in the background.
	3.	A person wearing a black robe, gas mask, and tall brown felt hat stands with arms outstretched in front of a row of riot police. The police hold transparent shields marked “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet.” Smoke fills the air, and the scene is illuminated by strong overhead lights.
	4.	A similar scene shows the same person in a dramatic pose with arms wide open and head tilted back, wearing the same attire. Smoke surrounds the area, and the line of riot police with shields labeled “Polis” and “Çevik Kuvvet” remains in the background. Debris is scattered on the ground.

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Some badass early Pulitzer contenders out of Turkey

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Trump CANCELS RALLY Tonight As 7000 PROTESTORS SHUT IT DOWN
Trump CANCELS RALLY Tonight As 7000 PROTESTORS SHUT IT DOWN YouTube video by Pro-Democracy Network
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Gainesville Florida

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Bakery in Denmark starts selling bright orange Donald Trump ‘moron’ cakes A bakery in Denmark has started selling bright orange Donald Trump 'moron' cakes.

I want to buy the U.S. rights to manufacture and sell this excellent product

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Last time, Donald failed to honor his oath to protect the Constitution.

This time, he didn't even pretend to make that oath.

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This is in public, in the middle of the day, and on camera.

Imagine how high he gets at night in private.

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The Contrarian | Substack Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication. Launched 13 hours ago.

Welcome to The Contrarian, a new media outlet not owned by anybody

You won’t find cozy alliances, half-measures, or false equivalences here. We bend the knee to no one, vigorously challenge unchecked authority and champion transparency and accountability

Join our venture at contrarian.substack.com

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If you haven’t read George Orwell's 1945 satirical novella Animal Farm, you really should. It’s a great allegory for what’s happening today in America.

12.01.2025 18:27 👍 12842 🔁 2815 💬 705 📌 135
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Anita Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16, 2024)

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Matt Gaetz is the Eddie Haskell of Jeffrey Epsteins

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