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Firefighters question leaders’ role in Washington immigration raid • Michigan Advance Wildland firefighters were stunned when federal immigration authorities last week raided an active wildfire response in Washington state, arresting two firefighters and sidelining crews for hours. Wil...

#Wahington #firefighter raid is causing lots of concern. Many now believe the raid was a set up and that leadership can’t be trusted.

“belief that the top officials assigned to the fire deployed the crews to a remote location under false pretenses”

“I felt beyond betrayed”

BREAKING, from NY Playbook PM: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order allowing pharmacists to prescribe and administer Covid vaccines to New Yorkers who request them.

Yep.

NYC youth baseball coach confronts ICE: ‘I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids' A New York City baseball coach said he confronted immigration agents who questioned minors at a park: "I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids."

#NYC baseball coach confronts ICE child predators.

“There's only one way to get into the cage, so my whole thing was I can control that. I was in front of the entrance and that's when I just said, you know, I may die here, but they will not take one of these kids." www.wcpo.com/politics/imm...

CARTOON OF THE DAY

(From @mluckovichajc)

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

a sarcastic Bernie Sanders: "Why not? When you get bad news, fire the guy who delivered the news. I think that's sensible policy."

University sidelines scientist who exposed toxic metals in Lake Maurepas The SELU scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Lake Maurepas was abruptly removed from her research position without explanation.

A university scientist who discovered alarming levels of toxic chemicals in a lake in southeastern Louisiana was abruptly removed from her research position this week without explanation

Laura Loomer‘s tweet: Alligator lives matter. The good news is, alligators are guaranteed at least 65 million meals if we get started now.

The entire Latino population in the U.S. is 65 million. She means all of us.

Senate GOP to Medicaid Recipients: Drop Dead The haphazard budget is almost over the finish line.

"Murkowski promised to make sure that 'Alaskans and *people around the country* are not impacted in a negative way' (emphasis ours). That didn’t last." www.thebulwark.com/p/senate-gop...

Let me repeat this for the folks in the back of the room.

"I’m sorry if I’m not adequately sympathetic to Lisa Murkowski’s plight, but she understands the consequences of her actions. She says the vote was difficult– she voted for it! That’s not difficult. You don’t get credit for doing the hard thing when you don’t actually DO the hard thing."

True! 😺😸😹

Hmmmm. I wonder what they want. 🙄

Mitch McConnell has a net worth of up to $52 million, and has had high quality government-financed healthcare for decades.

Losing your healthcare, losing your loved ones, losing your life, isn’t something people should be told “get over it.”

Money for bombs but not Meals on Wheels.

CARTER: The Adolescent Trial Network for HIV intervention received a stop work order that shut down research at 14 sites where 7 studies were being conducted. Were you aware of that?

RFK JR: As far as I know, we haven't cut any clinica--


CARTER: I'm telling you by your own records you are

Hot take: people should be able to call the police to verify if they think they’re being kidnapped by men in masks who won’t identify themselves in unmarked cars without it being a “resisting” crime

Elon Musk’s Lawyers Claim He ‘Does Not Use a Computer’ The claim appeared in a court filing related to Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The Tesla and xAI owner has posted about his laptop numerous times in the past year.

Elon Musk's lawyers should probably be figuring out what to claim when they're hit with an order to show cause, because even if Elon told them this they have certain independent duties to the court.

www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

🚨 LA: “Fake ICE agents targeting the schools”

It was only a matter of time.

How is anyone supposed to tell the difference? And now @MarshaBlackburn Jack Johnson & Speaker Sexton are codifying masked Secret Police vigilantes into law?

Goldman: "These are people doing in the right way, who are nonviolent, noncriminal, and they're getting arrested. So what message does that send? Obviously it sends the message, 'Go further underground. Don't appear in court. Don't pay your taxes' ... that's just going to make the public less safe."

#ICE #MLS #Soccer

I'm always and genuinely flummoxed by anyone who ever says that Bluesky is not lively and engaging. It was so lively and engaging when there were less than 50k people here that I almost immediately started spending most of my social media time here. Now there's more! How are these folks missing it?

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.” -Steve Martin

a flock of birds are flying in the air in a field . ALT: a flock of birds are flying in the air in a field .

35% chance of locusts and biblical plagues in DC on Saturday.

some right-winger looked up a jacket I was wearing and is mad that it was expensive when it was for sale in like 2014 and I really don't know how to explain the concept of thrifting to them

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Two brown bunnies sit closely together on a tiled floor indoors.

I wish them both the worst.