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Senator #MichaelBennet is going off! on #CIA director #JohnRatcliffe about the #Signal chat group.
#Bennet: “You’re the director of the CIA, and you didn’t check who was in the chat group?”
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“Did you know the president’s Middle East adviser was in Moscow while on this thread?”
#Ratcliffe: I did not know that. (again, he’s the director of the CIA)
Israel releases Oscar-winning Palestinian director after he was attacked by West Bank settlers.
@AssociatedPress reports: "Lamia Ballal, the director’s wife, said she heard her husband being beaten outside their home as she huddled inside with their three children."
Anti-choicers hoped Dobbs would end abortion. Instead, the abortion rate went up.
I spoke with researchers Carole Joffe and David Cohen about why.
This story is about heroes: everyday people who filled the gaps to get women the care they need.
https://www.salon.com/2025/03/25/why-overturning-roe-v-wade-only-made-americas-abortion-rate-rise/
Fahrradverkehr in Deutschland weiter auf Wachstumskurs!
📷 ZIV

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Heute haben 2 Initiativen, für die ich mich engagiert habe, ihre Forderungen für die kommende Legislatur an die Fraktionen übergeben:
#Scientists4Future
#savesocial
Beide haben jeweils eine beeindruckende Zahl an Unterstützern gewonnen: 13.000 bzw 250.000
Trotzdem ist weder die CDU noch CSU zu einem Termin erschienen.
INFOS:
https://www.bayceer.uni-bayreuth.de/s4f/de/top/5001/Appell_Druckversion_25.03.2025.pdf

Reported yesterday that a lobbyist and government contractor bought JD Vance’s home for $170,000 over asking price
Here's how we were able to determine who bought Vance's home--
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Grönländska radion KNR har grävt fram en handling där det framgår att föreningen som ordnar hundslädstävlingen redan i februari formellt bjöd in den amerikanske försvarsministern(!?) att närvara tävlingen. Men ordföranden (som uppges ha skrivit under brevet) har förnekat att hans förening har något med inbjudan att göra.
🤔
https://knr.gl/da/nyheder/forening-staar-bag-amerikansk-invitation