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YouTube video by Akiyoshi Nishidate Croydon - Captain Sensible

He also mentions his rabbit in his song "Croydon," which was the next single after "Wot." (At the 1:50 mark ... )

A new mark that appeared on the president's forehead is nothing to be concerned about, his personal theologian told news outlets on Monday. "It's just the Mark of the Beast, the result of a preventative deal he made with a swarm of flies wearing a business suit."

That is really beautiful! Well done.

As I noted, David Ellison went to the Democratic Attorney General Association last week; he knows this is a vulnerability, and Bonta wasn't the only one questioning him. That's why Ellison and his minion Makan Delrahim are trying to speed up closing the deal before anyone can challenge it.

Green party wins Gorton and Denton byelection, pushing Labour to third place in blow to Keir Starmer Hannah Spencer elected as party’s first MP in northern England, as Labour sees a 25.3% drop in vote compared to 2024

This is such excellent news to wake up to.

Begging my comrades in IL to stop this.

This seems like the best avenue of hope right now. Every Democratic state AG needs to make every possible effort to block the merger, or delay and drag it out as long as possible.

So I just got a statement from California AG Bonta's office:
"Paramount/Warner Bros is not a done deal. These two Hollywood titans have not cleared regulatory scrutiny — the California Department of Justice has an open investigation, and we intend to be vigorous in our review"

As if we needed more reasons to love Grace Jones.

9. The American Psychological Association's reaffirmation of its support for transgender youth health care is significant. Many readers of Singal were left with the wrong impression, and this latest story is yet more proof that the NYT and Singal continue to try to manufacture doubt on trans care.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

📌NOTE: In lieu of NPR’s magnificent reporting that the DOJ withheld Epstein files related to allegations that Trump SEXUALLY ABUSED A CHILD, I urge you again to refer to this lawlessness as a coverup NOT an investigation.

Trump’s Epstein Scandal Takes Damning Turn as Dem Drops New Bombshell As new revelations in the Jeffrey Epstein saga threaten the president, a legal expert decodes what we just learned—and lays out a roadmap to what will happen now.

"We are dealing now with an allegation that the president of the US raped and sexually assaulted a child and is now using his DOJ to try to cover that up."

If you want to understand latest Epstein revelations, @leahlitman.bsky.social explains them clearly on our pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2070...

It takes a lot to get me to share a link from the NYT these days, but this is worth the read if you haven't seen it yet.

Musk at World Economic Forum

This guy's smiling photograph is appearing today, in normal news coverage of an elite gathering.

He has killed 215,000 adults and 445,000 children with USAID cuts, as of the most recent estimates. 14 million deaths are expected by 2030.

What Elon Has Done Elon Musk's destruction of USAID has faded from public consciousness in America, despite leaving death and destruction in its wake.

"500 metric tons of high-energy food, intended for child refugees in Afghanistan and Pakistan under the age of five, were incinerated, as were ten million dollars of contraceptives"

Canvassing while Black is NOT a crime, something I had to remind one of my neighbors AND the police last Friday.

Stay until the end to watch the interaction for yourself.

Incredible story that deserves to be better known.

Lovely! Thank you.

Absolutely gutted by this @ahylton26.bsky.social interview with a first grader who was left home alone for hours last month after ICE arrested her father outside their apartment.

What a great way to celebrate reading in a friendly and welcoming space.

Brendan Fraser Stars as Eisenhower Amid D-Day Tensions in ‘Pressure’ Trailer Andrew Scott, Kerry Condon and Damian Lewis also star in the World War II film hitting theaters in May.

This looks promising. And honestly, there probably couldn't be a better time for a movie that centers the importance of meteorology.

Columbus Statue In Little Italy Park To Be Replaced By One Of Mother Cabrini, Park District Says Frances Xavier Cabrini, the first American saint, easily won a public vote to determine a replacement for the Columbus statue that was controversially removed by the city in 2020.

This seems like an excellent outcome.

Save the date! Independent Bookstore Day is just around the corner and we have lots planned to make the day super fun! 🤩 #booksky

YouTube video by Abramorama BILLY PRESTON: THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT | OFFICIAL TRAILER

It's included at the end of the article above, but here's a direct link to the trailer for "Billy Preston: That’s The Way God Planned It" on YouTube.

After a troubled life in the closet, legendary artist Billy Preston finally gets his flowers in new doc - Queerty The late Billy Preston's sexuality was said to be an open secret among his peers, yet it didn't become public until he passed in 2006.

This new Billy Preston documentary looks fantastic. I'm glad it's finally making its way into theaters, despite the legal challenges, and I'm looking forward to seeing it when I have the opportunity.

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An El Niño is brewing And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.

One thing that may dramatically shake up our political life on this planet is the advent of a strong new El Niño. (Also our, you know, life life)

billmckibben.substack.com/p/an-el-nino...

Screenshot of an excerpt from Jesse Jackson's 1988 DNC speech that reads as follows. America's not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth. When I was a child growing up in Greenville, S.C., and grandmother could not afford a blanket, she didn't complain and we did not freeze. Instead, she took pieces of old cloth—patches, wool, silk, gabardine, crocker sack on the patches—barely good enough to wipe off your shoes with. But they didn't stay that way very long. With sturdy hands and a strong cord, she sewed them together into a quilt, a thing of beauty and power and culture. Now, Democrats, we must build such a quilt. Farmers, you seek fair prices and you are right, but you cannot stand alone. Your patch is not big enough. Workers, you fight for fair wages. You are right. But your patch labor is not big enough. Women, you seek worth and pay equity. You are right. But your patch is not big enough. Women, mothers, who seek Head Start and day care and prenatal care on the front side of life, rather than jail care and welfare on the backside of life, you're right, but your patch is not big enough. Students, you seek scholarships. You are right. But your patch is not big enough. Blacks and Hispanics, when we fight for civil rights, we are right, but our patch is not big enough. Gays and lesbians, when you fight against discrimination and cure for AIDS, you are right, but your patch is not big enough. Conservatives and progressives, when you fight for what you believe, right-wing, left-wing, hawk, dove—you are right, from your point of view, but your point of view is not enough. But don't despair. Be wise as my grandma. Pool the patches and the pieces together, bound by a common thread. When we form a great quilt of unity and common ground we'll have the power to bring about health care and housing and jobs and education and hope to our nation. We the people can win.

Jesse Jackson's "your patch is not big enough" speech from the DNC in 1988 is still one of the best political speeches I've ever heard—and was the first time in my young life I'd ever heard a politician mention gay people in an affirming way, out loud on TV.

Full text: wwnorton.com/college/hist...

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Why CBS Didn't Broadcast Stephen Colbert's Interview With James Talarico

The backstory is here.

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…

In case you haven't seen it yet, this is the interview with James Talarico that CBS wouldn't allow Stephen Colbert to include in the broadcast version of his show and made him put up on YouTube instead.