Claudia Calhoon

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Immigration/health advocate, health policy professor, CUNY York College, NYC/NC.

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Their inability to focus on the stakes of this election is just dumbfounding

An aspiring dictator & convicted felon w history of treason may win the presidency. Profoundly corrupt SCOTUS justices undermined the constitution and gave him immunity from prosecution for past & future crimes. This is all political journalists should be writing about 24/7. We’re at the precipice.

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“I love America like Anthony Bourdain or Woody Guthrie did” is the phrasing I’ve settled on

Not to be corny but I do think the ongoing aspiration to make America a pluralist democracy of equals is righteous, beautiful, and worth honoring, even if it has more often been the struggle of minorities & dissenters than the policy of the government. 🇺🇸

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just watched 74 people speaking at least a dozen different languages become american citizens in a ceremony at monticello, where the speakers were themselves children of immigrants. inspiring stuff and a vivid illustration of what reactionaries want to snuff out

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Despite the abolition of #slavery, laws from that era persist in the US legal system – and courts are still citing precedents involving those laws. A law professor calls for these historical roots to be acknowledged in citations to confront and understand the legacy #BlackSky

US laws created during slavery are still on the books. A legal scholar wants to at least acknowledge that history in legal citationstheconversation.com Since 2020, a team of legal researchers has collected more than 12,000 cases involving enslaved people and more than 40,000 cases that cite those cases.

Happy My-Dad-the American Revolution-historian-might have-been-wrong-about-everything Day

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I’m jamal from gaza and I always say this the last hope for my family because we lost literally everything, I hope to help or repost if you can 💔 www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

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biden, in his official capacity as president, can now pack the supreme court with however many justices he feels like without the advice and consent of the senate--what are they going to do, *prosecute* him???

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a thing to remember, in all of this horror, is that these are not the actions of a political party that is confident it represents the will of the people, and who is currently out of power and enslaved to a deeply flawed avatar. the struggle is not over and they have not won

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The thing I can't stop thinking about is this: I'm 48, and in my adult lifetime there has been one Republican who won the popular vote. But I will probably spend the rest of my life under the authority of a Supreme Court dominated by hard right conservatives. How is that democracy?

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Okay, I am going to be off this website for an unknown length of time, as I suspect people are going to be *extra* awful now, but I will say a few things first:

Y’all my to-do list for today was to edit a journal article where I measured incremental increases in distress associated with the 45th administration. So not sure how that’s going to work.

Just posted this on White House website: Dear Mr. President, Please expand the Supreme Court following today's SCOTUS decision granting the president immunity for official acts. Senator Markey has a great proposal for this. Thank you! www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Sen. Markey, Rep. Johnson Announce Legislation to Expand Supreme Court, Restore its Legitimacy, alongside Sen. Smith, Reps. Bush and Schiff | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusettswww.markey.senate.gov Bill Text (PDF) | Press Conference (VIDEO) Washington (May 16, 2023) – Today, Senators Edward J....

This is quite a week to be out of Zoloft.

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Gaza’s remaining hospitals, health centers and oxygen stations will stop working within 48 hours as the fuel needed to operate generators runs out, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement shared to Telegram noon local time Sunday.

Gaza’s remaining hospitals will stop working in two days, health officials warnwww.washingtonpost.com Israel’s closure of the vital Rafah border crossing last month severed key supply lines, aid groups warned. Fighting goes in Shejaiya, Gaza City, the IDF said.

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Every morning I check the news and it's like -SCOTUS Eliminates Three More Basic Rights, Only Six Remain -President Mispronounces a Word, Will Now Lose Election to Senile Hitler -New AI Company Uses Artist Blood to Let Billionaires and Racists Live Forever, Gets $45 Billion Valuation

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Don't fall for the trap. If Democrats listen to the New York Times and try to replace Biden, the New York Times will have a new narrative: Democrats in chaos. And they will then have 347 stories a week about whoever is the candidate, all focused on how inexperienced and unprepared that person is.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer gets it right. x.com/adambonin/st...

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so basically the supreme court is the HOA of all things now.

The world feels bleak today and I don’t have a fur baby but I arranged these flowers from TJs.

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Cherry harvest is in full swing in Grandview WA where temps are 85-90+°. Bertha, Elsa, Alma & Lucia start harvesting at 5 am when it is cooler. They work 5-6 hrs and earn piece rate of $7.50 per box of reiner cherries. They rush to earn as much as possible. #WeFeedYou

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I’m jamal from gaza and this the last and the only hope , support if u can or repost ♥️ www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

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My friends, I’m sorry I share the link so much but this link is the only hope the only the thing that will help me continue my university journey and rebuild my family life and it’s everything for me now so if u can help by any small amount or if you can share www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone in Gaza, organized by Robyn Parsonswww.gofundme.com Hi, my name is Robyn, I am a British citizen living in the UK. I am fundr… Robyn Parsons needs your support for Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone in Gaza

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It is the last full day for our Sweepstakes to get @jamalzuhir.bsky.social out of Gaza and it is serendipitously also Eid- a day when gifts are given to friends, family and those in need! So we have a gift for you- if you give a gift to Jamal- DOUBLE ENTRIES all day! forms.gle/hrcqrWiFXRVqpZsD9

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You can be part of rebuilding my life by sharing or support if u can , every little amount makes big difference ♥️🍉 www.gofundme.com/f/sspqf-10k-...

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Saxapahaw Prison Books has a new home in Brooklyn. My friend Moira launched the project & she needs volunteers to come read letters & pack books. Donations for mailing costs are also needed. www.saxapahawprisonbooks.org

This is extremely disappointing and not surprising for this institution Hospital fires nurse after calling Gaza war a ‘genocide’ in speech

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Or 3000 with £10 9r 6000 with £5