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Photo of the Silent Parade held on this day in 1917. The Negro Silent Protest Parade, also called the Silent Parade, was a political protest in New York City, held with the intention to draw national attention to racial violence (lynching in particular): beinecke.library.yale.edu/blog/1917-na...
Yaay Aden Yang was looking forward to graduating high school. Then his father was deported to Laos. Now he's preparing for college while helping care for his four younger brothers and supporting his mom. Read more from our partners at @sahanjournal.bsky.social: wisconsinwatch.org/2026/07/minn...
Records reveal that 70 American troops were wounded in a single day during President Trump's Iran war, a fact kept from public knowledge.
Hidden Pentagon data reveals 70 US casualties in a single day of Trump's Iran warRecords reveal that 70 American troops were wounded in a single day during President Trump's Iran war, a fact kept from public knowledge.www.rawstory.com
July 21- Extreme rain (7.1"/1 hour) = mass flash flood covering entire Lewis County, WV. Trump is so-far refusing the sign the formal Expedited Major Disaster Declaration sent 07.25.26 @npr.org @theguardian.com @maddow.bsky.social @thegodshow.com @wired.com @politico.com www.wdtv.com/2026/07/22/h...
🖇️Country Roads, Take Me Away 🖇️*I see the typo in my original post-- No part of Lewis County was untouched, ALL communities impacted. Literally, from north, south, east, west - it hit everywhere. Lewis County got 7.1" of rain in less than an hour (per Weather Channel).
around 350,000 Haitians will officially lose their Temporary Protected Status today, as part of the Trump admin's ethnic cleansing operations this is v clearly illegal and immoral I wrote about the Supreme Court decision that's allowing it to happen anyway ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...
The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump SpeakNo comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.ballsandstrikes.orgCatherine RampellTPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...
“ There were 78 ICE flights yesterday. Every single one of them was dangerous because the people were shackled.” – Independent journalist and former flight attendant @gillianbrockell.com on ICE’s brutal removal flights: on-the-media.visitlink.me/ndp8ea
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In the ruins of a housing complex in Venezuela, the now homeless residents brave the heat, humidity, and flies from their tents, as they’re promised a house by 2027.
No basic services and nowhere to go: how these Venezuelans are living a month after the earthquakesWe visited the ruins of a housing complex built by the Chavista regime: the now homeless residents brave the heat, humidity, and flies from their tents, as they’re promised a house by 2027.nbcnews.to
Subtle. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for HimFederal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.www.nytimes.com
News outlets that covered the US-Saudi nuclear deal without mentioning that Jared Kushner, Trump’s top foreign policy advisor, is getting paid by the Saudi government: WSJ NYT AP Reuters CNN NBC ABC CBS The Guardian Semafor Washington Post Fox News New York Post BBC Newsweek MS NOW
A nuclear deal for the Saudis. A media blackout for Kushner’s corruption.On Wednesday, the Trump administration signed a 30-year nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that paves the way for the kingdom to enrich its own uranium.popular.info
FCC Chair Brendan Carr likely accepted $125K skybox tickets from Paramount while it sought approval for a multi-billion dollar merger. We filed a FOIA request to find out if Carr and others disclosed these gifts and if so, why ethics officers approved them.
FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar DealsAccepting tickets to the Kennedy Center honors gala compromised the commissioners’ impartiality, ethics experts told ProPublica. FCC Chair Brendan Carr has been gifted at least $63,000 worth of ticket...www.propublica.org
Stop scrolling, because you’re going to want to read this. Last year, Trump’s company collected at least $125 million from foreign sources. One of those payments was $2 million from Base Group, a South Korean company with a major financial stake in Korea Aluminium.🧵
Trump Paid $2 Million by South Korean Company Facing Trade Investigation (Gift Article)The payment illustrates the minefield Mr. Trump has created by maintaining personal financial ties with foreign businesses while he is in office.www.nytimes.com