Lauren Doney
@Ldoney
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After IU leadership cancelled the special Homecoming edition of the Indiana Daily Student last week, Purdue's student newspaper used their presses to print the "forbidden" edition of the paper and stocked newsstands in Bloomington. Pretty remarkable. https://t.co/Dfjn10HTUy
fox59.com
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University halted production of Indiana Daily Student (IDS) print editions last week. The university’s decision to stop funding IDS print editions came in th…
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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Starting Wednesday, for the first time since the Pentagon opened in 1943, there will be likely no major news outlets accredited to cover the dept, the one spending nearly $1 trillion of taxpayer money. Why? This Pentagon Press Association explains it best. Please read.
Strong statement from the Pentagon Press Association, noting that most members on Wednesday will have their credentials confiscated by the Pentagon and won’t be given new ones because the reporters can’t and won’t “acknowledge a policy that gags Pentagon employees and threatens
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There's now two classes of police in D.C.: - MPD officers, required to display name tags and use body-worn cameras, which are turned on during any engagement with the public. - Federal officers who are concealing their faces and don't have to wear name tags, and no body cameras.
“Sat. morning, officers with vests that said only police tased what appeared to be a deliveryman. The confrontation took place on 14th st…The officers refused to identify themselves. The incident was caught on video by someone who sent it to The Bulwark.” https://t.co/A0yeITLDt8
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NEWS: Ranking Members @RepRaskin, @RepJayapal, @RepJasmine, @RepMGS, @RepJerryNadler, @RepHankJohnson, and @RepLucyMcBath release a joint statement on the Department of Justice’s unfounded targeting of @RepLaMonica.
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“Every authoritarian regime runs on lies and runs on fear. Every authoritarian regime fears the truth and fears people who act justly and defiantly based on the truth. And that means they fear people like you and what you have to say.” -@RepRaskin @HouseJudiciary
Ranking Member @RepRaskin delivers his opening statement during today’s bicameral spotlight hearing examining the Trump Administration’s attack on the rule of law and the brave Americans who uphold it.
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“Courage is not the opposite of fear. Real courage, in fact, is experiencing all the fear…but then pressing on anyway with conviction and passion for what you know to be right and lawful and just.” - @RepRaskin
Ranking Member @RepRaskin delivers his opening statement during today’s bicameral spotlight hearing examining the Trump Administration’s attack on the rule of law and the brave Americans who uphold it.
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Ranking Member @RepRaskin delivers his opening statement during today’s bicameral spotlight hearing examining the Trump Administration’s attack on the rule of law and the brave Americans who uphold it.
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BREAKING: Ranking Member @RepRaskin demands Attorney General Bondi halt illegal intimidation campaign targeting the DOJ’s Public Integrity Office.
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The richest man in the world says he wants to shut down the government, forcing millions of American workers - including our troops - to go without pay through the holidays. Republicans are following his orders. This is insane.
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New today from @FrancescaDnunz: “Creating an apparatus to hunt down and identify millions of undocumented immigrants would require turning the United States into a police state.”
texasobserver.org
The Lone Star State is home to millions of undocumented residents and members of mixed-status families critical to the state’s economic success, yet Texas leaders are cheering on Trump anyway.
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DC’s @bikeshare keeps exploding! Stats for September 2024: 🔴monthly ridership record for 5th consecutive month 🔴664k monthly trips, a 38.5% increase from Sept 2023 🔴33 straight months of YOY growth 🔴annual ridership Jan-Sept is 4.45 million trips, 33.3% increase from 2023
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You ever just think, "This is such a cool universe"?
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Some personal news Elon Musk followed me on X a couple years ago and has shared my work and been willing to respond to DMs about stories from time to time, including a back and forth we had for a story on the Secret Service last week. Earlier this week, when I respectfully
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Billionaire businessman Elon Musk has accused the Biden-Harris administration of expeditiously bringing non-U.S. citizens into the United States with the
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Why was the sky purple in DC tonight? Conditions were just right: the air was really humid and sun was setting through Helene's clouds. Interestingly, this same combio of conditions produced a purple sky in Florida after Hurricane Michael in 2018. See:
cnet.com
Purple rain: After devastation, sometimes beauty comes.
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25+ minutes searching for a picture of a person in an outfit that would not get torn to shreds by @dieworkwear
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