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80% Collapse: China Can't Stop The Bleeding; China's AI Race; Influencer Crackdown - China Update
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Environment & Energy
Heatwave "Most Significant Ever" For SE Australia - For 8th Time Ever, Daily High Temp Of 50C Confirmed
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'What does this really solve?' Senate Dems avert shutdown over immigration - The 11th Hour - MS NOW
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Health
I have not watched this show, but I saw a video of Harrison Ford and Michael J Fox speaking of Parkinson's and this....
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Media
Award-Winning Palestinian Journalist Banned From TikTok After Trump-Backed Investor Takeover
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Activist Headquarters
📣🔥...here is the user guide for ELITE, the tool Palantir made for ICE.
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Gun Control & RKBA
New Colorado red flag law expansion -- allowing more people to seek a gun-removal order -- clears first hurdle
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Civil Liberties
Pam Bondi's X account is posting mugshots of Minnesotans arrested for impeding ICE/CBP, forbidden under DOJ rules.
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Public Transportation and Smart Growth
Los Angeles: Metro selects underground heavy rail as locally preferred alternative for Sepulveda Transit Corridor
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Single Payer Health Systems
Our data is not safe in the healthcare system - Munson Healthcare confirms data breach involving patient information
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Race & Ethnicity
Protective Fictions: James Baldwin's Warning and the Church of the Founders - Tad Stoermer
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Israel/Palestine
Video shows masked, armed men beating a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank
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Occupy Underground
The Affordability Crisis is a "hoax" but Trump also plans to take steps to tackle said Affordability Crisis
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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism
Matt Bernstein: Samantha Fulnecky (Univ. of Oklahoma) Failed the Grift
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