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Journalists should be on the side of democracy. Proud CA/BayArea native currently navigating the North Star State. Springsteen heals. Dylan is forever young. Animals/nature = sentient beings.

“If people don’t vote, everything stays the same. You can protest until the sky turns yellow or the moon turns blue, and it’s not going to change anything if you don’t vote.” ~Dolores Huerta, who died today at age 96. Image: El Malcriado, University of California San Diego Library.

This black and white photo shows a young Latina woman, Dolores Huerta, standing and holding a sign reading “Huelga” (“strike” in Spanish).

The NY Times will publish a hit piece on the Democratic Alaska senate candidate six days before an Election but won't mention a new rape allegation against the President of the United States.

"Never before in American history has the federal government, on the eve of an election, sought to coerce a state and local government to abandon their own Constitutional elections procedures and bend to the will of the Executive Branch." Judge Carter ruling against DOJ in CA mail ballot case.

Again, I beg any reporter, when Ted Cruz says Abdul El-Sayed is "advocating for and supporting a terrorist organization," demand he provide a specific example for his repugnant claim. When he can't, tell the truth about what Cruz is: a bigot and a liar. www.cbsnews.com/news/abdul-e...

Ted Cruz calls Abdul El-Sayed a "jihadist leprechaun," as GOP closing message leans into attacks

At a campaign event outside of Detroit, GOP Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas attempted to tie Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood.

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Judge David Carter: "Never before in American history has the federal government, on the eve of an election, sought to coerce a state and local government … the Executive would have this Court believe that it reigns as a sole sovereign. But California and its people are sovereign, too."

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h ago

Reuters: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LOSES INITIAL BID TO BLOCK CALIFORNIA FROM COUNTING MAIL BALLOTS FROM ALLEGED NONCITIZENS

Attorneys for 15 Minnesota residents facing federal conspiracy charges have obtained evidence of a sweeping, possibly unconstitutional spying operation carried out by ICE against left-wing social movements in Minnesota and beyond.

ICE Is Running One of the Largest Anti-Left Surveillance Operations in US History

ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations is engaged in far-reaching spying against left-wing activists that rivals the FBI and CIA crackdowns on the Civil Rights and anti-war movements.

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NEW: Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself has done more to overhaul elections.

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself ha...

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World's climate plans would cut emissions by only a tenth of what's needed, UN report says World elite have decided that Earth should no longer be a habitable or livable planet putting short term profit and economic as more important Utter lunacy www.thejournal.ie/climate-targ...

World's climate plans would cut emissions by only a tenth of what's needed, UN report says

Scientists warn that every additional fraction of a degree above 1.5C increases extreme weather events.

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Three doctors who have served on state maternal mortality review committees told ProPublica that Ciji Graham’s death was preventable. “There were so many points where they [doctors] could have intervened,” one expert said. (Published January)

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.

In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.

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What Kamala Harris proposes in not impeaching Trump is this the same reason why letting Jefferson Davis and the rest of the Confederate soldiers and leaders off the hook was a bad idea.. We've been paying for it ever since😡