“It was heartbreaking to watch. Even if you’re not a mother, seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.” chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'

The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.

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"[Cutting SNAP] is unconscionable... It is damaging to the students. It is damaging to their educational prospects. The fact is: kids cannot learn if they are hungry." #powertothepeople #fighthate #saveourdemocracy #MAGAbudgetbill #strongertogether #medicaid

Our successful efforts to lift the redactions on the IRS-ICE data-sharing agreement reveal an apparent expectation by the government that it could use the law-enforcement privilege to keep key information secret — without proper justification. americanoversight.org/heres-what-t...

Here’s What the Government Tried to Keep Hidden in the IRS-ICE Data-Sharing Agreement - American Oversight

The unsealing of key documents, including the agreement itself, reveals not only what taxpayer data ICE is seeking from the IRS, but also the highly questionable justifications the government used to ...

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Pediatricians say that childhood vaccines are safe. A heroin-addled nepo baby with a brain worm says they may not be. For busy voters, it can be hard to know who to believe.

This week's #tesla takedown peek from Loveland. #resist #noco #colorado

The corporations took away pensions and our government made us get 401ks and now those are being turned to dust by a psychopath. #ImpeachTrump

Folks showed up in Loveland, Colorado today! #HandsOff

I spent my Friday evening with 34,000 Coloradoans. AOC & Bernie leading the mobilization of the working class is what we need to see from more elected officials. www.cpr.org/2025/03/21/b...

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New York Magazine@nymag.com · 2y ago

Wearing nothing but his tattoos and a pair of briefs, Bad Bunny was revealed as the face of Calvin Klein’s spring underwear campaign on Monday, with multiple shirtless images of the singer posted to Instagram.

Welcome to the #CDKL5 family-nice to see the proposed mechanism. A team has deepened our understanding of 2 other members of the CDKL family: #CDKL2 and #CDKL1. The labs of Drs. Oguz Kanca & Hugo Bellen show that variants in these genes can lead to neurodevelopmental conditions, including epilepsy.

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You could've retained some power with your vote. 🤷‍♀️

Mark Cuban@mcuban.bsky.social · 2y ago

Nebraska is going to get crushed between Tariffs and Medicaid cuts. They have to balance their state budget and it looks like at least a 200m shortfall this year. BEFORE tariff impacts. And Nebraska Republicans here ! Curious what you think www.1011now.com/2025/03/05/t...

NEW: A now-deleted list containing hundreds of US government properties that the General Services Administration (GSA) plans to sell includes most of a sprawling, highly sensitive federal complex in Springfield, Virginia that also houses a secretive CIA facility, WIRED has learned.

A Sensitive Complex Housing a CIA Facility Was on GSA's List of US Properties for Sale

Plans to redevelop a Northern Virginia warehouse site have long been complicated by the area’s worst-kept secret—the presence of a CIA facility. The GSA put the site up for sale anyway.

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The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is a boon to Beijing’s designs on Pacific island nations and weakens America’s national security, the former China policy lead for USAID told lawmakers Wednesday. (from @wyattwolson.bsky.social)

Former USAID official says agency shutdown could cede Pacific islands to China

The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is a boon to Beijing’s designs on Pacific island nations and weakens America’s national security, the former Chi...

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Share your story with Medicaid is Me. www.instagram.com/medicaidisme...

This morning at Dept of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HQ in DC as mandatory return to office began, this video played on loop for ~5 mins on screens throughout the building, per agency source. Building staff couldn’t figure out how to turn it off so sent people to every floor to unplug TVs.

Someone hacked the TVs at HUD and they’re airing an AI video of Trump kissing Elon’s feet.

ProPublica has released another study related to the effects of abortion bans in the U.S., this time showing a spike in sepsis cases in Texas following the implementation of that state's "heartbeat" abortion ban in 2021.

Sepsis Rates Soared in Texas After Abortion Ban: Report

Women in Texas are forced to wait with dangerous infections due to extremist anti-choice laws

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We are now finding bird flu in deer mice and house mice in Washington State. H5N1 is advancing along the evolutionary ladder—affecting birds, mammals, and humans. This is not speculation; it’s a timeline.

Do we have mother to thank?

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2y ago

Dark Pence is back.

Thank you for listening!

CDKL5 in Color@cdkl5incolor.bsky.social · 2y ago

🥳 We are celebrating a milestone! 1,000 plays! Have you listened to the CDKL5 in Color podcast yet? Listen to Marissa @anothermarissa.bsky.social and Amanda @women-r-smarter.bsky.social talk all things #CDKL5 Deficiency Disorder! Available on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!

Crockett: "It's just that they're idiots. These are the same guys as it relates to our nuclear stockpile, they're like, 'Oh, wait a minute, we needed those guys? Can we get them back? Oh, we don't know how to.' I don't know how anyone can look at this administration & feel a semblance of confidence"

Elon Musk’s DOGE just posted classified U.S. intelligence data on its website, and officials are scrambling, HuffPost reports.

Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website

“People are scrambling” to see if their sensitive information has been accessed by Musk’s programmers, said one federal intelligence employee.

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Honestly, none of us who voted for democracy are surprised.

Seth Abramson@sethabramson.bsky.social · 2y ago

The leopards are eating faces, and people who were only told by everyone alive on Earth that that would happen are steamed about it They were railroaded! Yes—everyone on Earth told them this would happen—but what about all the people on Mars, Venus and Proxima Centuri! Why did they hide the truth!

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

Women continue to be the only folks showing up with a spine.

Krassensteins@krassenstein.bsky.social · 2y ago

NIH has cut billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.

washingtonpost.com

Ian has written beautiful pieces about life with Iona over the years. Leaving the best for last, fly high beautiful. #cdkl5 #epilepsy #dee #caregiver #disability #uncomplicatedLOVE www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/artic...

As I held my dying daughter's hand, what did I feel? Pride...

My daughter Iona was born 32 years ago. She arrived at home, in such a rush to enter the world that my wife was unable to reach the nearby hospital.

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