Giovanny Pinto
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Teaching, Traveling and reporting Professor of Media Studies @RutgersU Previously Reporter @Connpost, @Nytimes, @Newsday, @starlegder
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Joined December 2010
Colorado voters have approved raising taxes on households earning over $300,000 to fund meals for all public school students, raise salaries for school meal staff, and bolster SNAP at the state level.
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The shift in Connecticut tonight is seismic. Possibly unprecedented. Loads of towns flipped from Republican to Democratic control. A partial list: Ansonia Bethany Branford Bristol Brooklyn East Granby Ellington Enfield Farmington Milford New Britain New Fairfield Norwich
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BREAKING: Democrat Zohran Mamdani wins New York City's mayor's race over former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa.
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Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping a stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.
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So CBS settled Trumpâs lawsuit where he frivolously sued because they edited Kamala Harrisâs interview so it would fit into their air time. Then CBS does a 73 minute interview of Trump where they made big edits from the version that was broadcast. They aired 28 of 73 minutes.
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A US military whistleblower has accused former President Joe Biden's administration of downplaying evidence that Israel intentionally killed Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh in 2022.
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Universities are affirming that no amount of federal inducement is worth surrendering the freedom to question, explore, & dissent. In rejecting Trumpâs compact, schools are standing up for higher educationâs sacred commitment to academic freedom & institutional self-governance.
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BREAKING: Trumpâs Education Dept. cancels grants that help students who are both deaf and blind. âHow low can you go?â said one person who works with DeafBlind students and their families. In @propublica: https://t.co/CEo297mLIM
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Citing concerns about DEI, the U.S. Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. âHow low can you go?â one...
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This is a massive shift in policy. Confirming that DHS will not recognize DACA status as protecting people from deportation and encouraging them to self deport is as devastating as ending the program.
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"DACA does not confer any form of legal status in this country," said DHS assistant press secretary Tricia McLaughlin, who then encouraged "every person here illegally" to self-deport.
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US Citizen detained by ICE: Clearly it didn't matter that I was a citizen, or a veteran, or that I identified who I was. They ignored everything I said, and they just they broke my window and they dragged me out. I let them know that I was a veteran and I wasn't doing anything
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@NYCMayor Took you only 3.5 years and being shamed by Ritchie Torres and the media during an election campaign to do anything about it. Go pat yourself on the back some more for finally getting around to doing your job.
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I paid off my undergraduate loans. I still support canceling student debt. You donât need to personally benefit from something to know itâs the right thing to do.
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Social media users draw parallels between DCâs new 'Superman' film and Israelâs war on Gaza. The film depicts a fictional US-backed nation that sets out to invade a weaker neighbour.
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NEW: A group of independent experts appointed by the United Nations says that the Trump regime's mass deportations without due process is âenforced disappearanceâ which is "state-sponsored abductions that are banned under international law."
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Eight men sent by the United States to South Sudan could presage a new approach to Trump-era deportations, even as critics say the practice could amount to âenforced disappearance.â
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In New York City, Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy founder Yeoman Wilder intervened when supposed ICE agents started questioning his youth baseball team. Wilder said the agents asked the kids: âWhere they're from, who are their parents, and I just thought, âwhoa, whoa ⌠this is
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@TheWarMonitor Did nobody tell those idiots that Puerto Ricans are not immigrants? Dear Lord what ignoramuses.
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I thought this was a post from The Onion but, nope, it's real life in the cult of Trump in America in 2025. Literally beyond parody: https://t.co/QZtz4dok5I
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Speaking from a detention facility in California, an Iranian immigrant says she believes "the good people will be released".
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"The Chinese simply canât believe their luck... OBBB 'virtually guarantees that China will own the future of solar, wind power and electric cars and trucks, as well as autonomous vehicles' 'And why? Because Rs view those as âliberalâ energy sources' https://t.co/pUuHmURtlq
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Beijing must be delighted by how the U.S. is surrendering the future of electricity to it.
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Trump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants and ends key support for solar and wind
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President Donald Trump wants the U.S. to rely on oil, gas, coal and nuclear to meet its energy needs.
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Statement from Executive Editor Matt Murray: âFor three decades, Ellen Nakashima has been one of the most careful, fair-minded, and highly regarded reporters covering national security. Reaching out to potential sources rather than relying solely on official government press
It has come to my attention that Washington Post reporter @nakashimae appears to be actively harassing ODNI staff. Instead of reaching out to my press office, she is calling high level Intelligence Officers from a burner phone, refusing to identify herself, lying about the fact
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How grotesque. The Republican reconciliation bill cuts nutrition programs for hungry kids in order to give tax breaks to billionaires. Good luck to my Republican colleagues in explaining the morality of that to their constituents.
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