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Covid is a justice issue. Racial, gender, environmental, economic, health rights/disability and decolonial justice. It brings all my interests together!

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If you’re not going to mask at protests & vigils, we’re not going to make it thru these awful times. N95 protects against Covid & other viruses so you stay well enough to stay in the fight.

Masking is resistance! ✊😷

Masking is solidarity with your fellow oppressed citizens! ✊😷

It’s all connected.

15.02.2026 03:03 👍 46 🔁 28 💬 1 📌 1
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Personally I think this is too much money for Donald trumps untrained heavily armed militia

29.01.2026 02:22 👍 5412 🔁 1712 💬 236 📌 183

Be better informed in 2026. Cut out NPR, NYT, & MSNOW.

Try these instead:

@inthesetimes.com @democracynow.org @blackagendareport.bsky.social @dropsitenews.com @prospect.org @levernews.com @boltsmag.org @onthemedia.bsky.social @aljazeera.com @thedigradio.bsky.social @theappeal.org

01.01.2026 18:12 👍 19 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 0

It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.

23.12.2025 01:49 👍 3737 🔁 1042 💬 36 📌 41
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Palestinians in Gaza are dying as the Israeli siege turns harsh winter weather deadly Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million…

Severe weather conditions in Gaza have claimed the lives of 13 people, including babies who froze to death, as Israel continues to block the entry of aid that could provide shelter to 1.5 million Palestinians living in worn-out tents.
mondoweiss.net/2025/12/pale...

13.12.2025 02:00 👍 60 🔁 65 💬 2 📌 4
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An Open Letter from Former Civil Rights Division Employees On the 68th anniversary of the Civil Rights Division, former employees share an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.

Today is the 68th anniversary of the creation of the DOJ Civil Rights Division, and over 200 recent employees have shared an open letter decrying the near-destruction of the division’s mission and expressing the hope to one day rebuild it.

09.12.2025 14:02 👍 196 🔁 106 💬 1 📌 17
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SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System A landmark new study shows COVID-19 isn’t ‘just a cold’: One infection left people with long-lasting immune damage, and those with heart disease lost up to 70% of key immune cells. Reinfections may wo...

SARS-CoV-2 Leaves a Lasting Mark on the Immune System
johnsnowproject.org/primers/sars...

07.12.2025 21:24 👍 273 🔁 177 💬 0 📌 34
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What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air. After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed. Vacci...

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.

After a disastrous Midwestern outbreak early this year, we tested that theory and found that where the wind blew, the virus followed.

Vaccines could help, but the USDA hasn’t approved them.

04.12.2025 02:30 👍 1635 🔁 912 💬 65 📌 115

Indoor air quality at schools across the 8 Wards and Covid & Long Covid burdens by geography and demographics

24.11.2025 21:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ICE’s Detention Center outside Chicago was sued on October 30 for allegedly abusing detainees. One day later, a "system crash" lost all video footage that could have shown how detainees were being treated. trib.al/QwT3aqI

21.11.2025 00:12 👍 2480 🔁 1321 💬 182 📌 241
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Border officers detain well-known legal scholar travelling to conference on Palestine | CBC News A prominent academic and former UN special rapporteur says he was detained by customs agents in Toronto while on his way to speak at a conference on human rights violations against Palestinians.

Canadian border officials detained for hours a 95-year-old man on his way to a conference about human rights violations against Palestinians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

15.11.2025 23:35 👍 40 🔁 31 💬 3 📌 3

Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

09.11.2025 22:58 👍 26569 🔁 7430 💬 824 📌 520

These spineless ones want our suffering to be wasted.

NOW is the time to be calling, leaving VM, email.

Use @5calls.org if you need a script. Call even if they aren’t yours. Email if you can’t get through.

No whining. Get it done.

09.11.2025 23:54 👍 30 🔁 17 💬 1 📌 1

Please sign on

31.10.2025 13:36 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

This is a terrible headline, and the first paragraph makes it sound like the bullied student did something inappropriate. All the facts you report make it clear that bullying was occuring, and the location was incidental. Do better.

11.10.2025 00:08 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

18.09.2025 23:43 👍 19627 🔁 9891 💬 503 📌 445

Every major talent that works for ABC and Disney should refuse to show up for work until Jimmy Kimmel is reinstated.

Marvel movies need to shutdown. Ditto the sitcoms.

Collective boycott.

Corporations love money more than anything,& this will harm them and force them to do the right thing.

17.09.2025 23:52 👍 24089 🔁 7179 💬 1088 📌 492
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The sit in by veterans in Washington D.C. protesting Trump’s military take over is growing!!

Jay Carrey, the army veteran who was arrested for burning the flag has been released and is there!

These veterans will continue their sit in until the National Guard leaves DC!! 💪

27.08.2025 00:12 👍 1244 🔁 550 💬 42 📌 33

Say her name @apnews.com - Maryam Abu Daqqa risked her life working for you, yet now you refuse to say her name while spouting the same old IDF lies. Shame on the AP and all the mainstream media silent amid the slaughter of >250 Palestinian journalists - that's more than 20 colleagues each month.

26.08.2025 16:28 👍 40 🔁 28 💬 0 📌 0

🚨ALERTA🚨 Zonas donde ha habido informes de policías/agentes federales parando a la gente y pidiendo documentación, especialmente a individuos en scooters/ciclomotores y confiscándolos
- Calle 5 y K NW
- Calle 19 y M St NW
- Calle 14 y Rhode Island NW
- Calle 14, entre T y U NW
- Calle 14 y Irving NW

14.08.2025 17:56 👍 18 🔁 22 💬 0 📌 0

I think it’s worth noting this piece generated the most unsubscribes I’ve seen in a while, and the newsletter version had the lowest open rate in many months. These horrors persist in part because too many people go to great pains to avoid them.

24.07.2025 02:32 👍 9761 🔁 3065 💬 242 📌 81
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Protect Medicaid Vigil Join the Protect Medicaid Vigil to stand up for essential healthcare services. Learn more about our events, partners, and how you can take action.

There's going to be a 60-hour protect Medicaid vigil in DC starting on July 23 "in honor of the 60th anniversary of Medicaid and Medicare, as these very care programs are under attack." protectmedicaidvigil.com

09.07.2025 17:42 👍 50 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 1
Democrats on Bluesky: “The truth” (A graph showing “Republican Budget Bill Transfers Wealth from Poor to Rich” with “$1.1T in Tax Cuts for People Making Over $500k” on one side, and “$700B Medicaid Cuts” and “$300B SNAP Cuts” on the other side)

Democrats on Bluesky: “The truth” (A graph showing “Republican Budget Bill Transfers Wealth from Poor to Rich” with “$1.1T in Tax Cuts for People Making Over $500k” on one side, and “$700B Medicaid Cuts” and “$300B SNAP Cuts” on the other side)

If you’re in a swing district or state, use our simple Neighbor2Neighbor tool to get a list of like-minded neighbors, knock on their doors, and talk to them about stopping the GOP’s monstrous megabill. Let’s get the word out to save Medicaid and SNAP: indivisibleproject.formstack.com/forms/stopth...

19.06.2025 01:52 👍 585 🔁 280 💬 13 📌 13
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4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care In 2023, a Mexican girl, 4, was allowed U.S. entry for lifesaving medical care. She and her parents, who live in Bakersfield, have been told they must leave.

4-year-old Bakersfield girl facing deportation could die within days of losing medical care - Los Angeles Times

Don’t ever tell me that Christians support the GOP. There is nothing Christian or Christ-like about this. Just plain old cruelty and callousness:

28.05.2025 02:37 👍 19360 🔁 7213 💬 942 📌 574
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Tell Your Senators: Don't cut health care & food assistance to give another tax cut to the rich Contact Congress today!

Senate offices are closed right now. Their inboxes aren't. Send your letters demanding Senators not cut health care or food assistance. Let's send 1,000 in the next 2 hours:

actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

28.05.2025 01:22 👍 467 🔁 214 💬 19 📌 18

Today marks two months since the Senate unanimously passed my bill with Senator Collins to fix the D.C. budget time bomb set off by House Republicans.

If they don't pass this bill, D.C. won't be able to use its OWN money to fund its OWN schools, public safety and more. They must act.

14.05.2025 17:53 👍 415 🔁 84 💬 18 📌 6
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Tell Congress to Impeach Trump Contact Congress today!

Do you agree Trump should be impeached and removed? Tell Congress here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

12.05.2025 01:12 👍 230 🔁 51 💬 14 📌 0
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Children face starvation in Gaza as Israel's blockade of food, medication reaches 2 months | CBC News Roughly 60,000 children in Gaza are showing signs of malnutrition, the territory's Health Ministry said, as a two-month blockade on the besieged Palestinian territory remains in place, with aid groups...

Tens of *billions* of US taxpayer dollars to fund the Israeli military and its 60+ day blockade. Tens of thousands of Palestinian babies and children now facing malnutrition. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

04.05.2025 13:39 👍 5 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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The end of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division as we know it In a little more than one hundred days, the Trump Administration has significantly dismantled the federal government.

open.substack.com/pub/justiceb...

28.04.2025 15:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0