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We need to pass a House rule or law that requires them to work a certain number of days to get paid. Since Mike Johnson took over these people hardly ever work. When they finally come back after weeks off they work 2 days and he sends them home for 2 more weeks. It’s ridiculous.

“Utter Disaster for All Involved”: Is Trump’s War on Iran Repeating Bush’s “Forever War” in Iraq? As Iranian missiles strike military, residential and economic targets in neighboring Gulf states, we speak to Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara in Doha, Qatar. Bishara says Iran’s t...

"It’s like the American government [is] addicted to international violence, to wars, to assassinations, to launching those hegemonic wars that they [cannot] end.”

I'd go further back to when we let a classroom full of kindergarteners be killed and we did nothing about gun control.

The Ensh*ttification of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Trucks On: What's Happening and What You Can Do Nearly a year after the Institute of Museum and Library Services was dismantled, what's happening at the agency? What can we do to help out?

For the PM crowd..

The Ensh*ttification of the Institute of Museum and Library Services Trucks On: What’s Happening and What You Can Do

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Update: all 55 have been reinstated

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Quote from Washington Times editorial board "[Radical liberals] don't realize that, when they express contempt for the man who holds the country's highest office, they reveal their contempt for the Americans who put him there."

Uh no...we definitely realize it.

Jackson library moves 37 books as director warns of 'slippery slope' in censorship The Jackson-Madison County Library Board moved 37 young adult books to the adult section after a citizen request.

"They proposed solutions such as building walls around the 18 & up literature section and requiring ID checks or keypad entry to access it."

Teens at Jackson-Madison Library (TN) can drive themselves to the library but cannot browse adult sections w/o permission.

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“Massive” war launched by a man with no plan. Again. Donald Trump is repeating George W. Bush's catastrophic mistakes.

"Trump appears to be winging it, letting loose the dogs of war and then seeing what the hell happens."

Hard to argue

Local and State Police Can Investigate Federal Agents, But Rarely Do It doesn’t happen often, but local law enforcement can arrest and charge federal agents. Legal experts say there’s a moral obligation to at least try to hold federal immigration officers accountable w...

“Unfortunately, because Congress is not taking any steps to rein ICE officers in, there really is no option other than states protecting their constituents’ rights," said Joanna Schwartz, a law professor at UCLA.

Soon after becoming F.B.I. director last February, Mr. Patel beefed up staffing in Nashville, where Ms. Wilkins lives, then assigned a SWAT team composed of four agents and two vehicles to protect her full-time, said an F.B.I. official briefed on the plans. Mr. Patel overrode F.B.I. advice that such an unprecedented arrangement first undergo a legal review, the official said. Past directors’ spouses were protected while traveling with them, but did not get a personal government detail.

This is probably gonna get lost in the whole 'war' thing happening this weekend but...

"Patel’s demand that rotating SWAT teams provide his girlfriend with security for singing appearances, personal engagements and errands is unprecedented in the FBI"

🎁 Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/u...

"I don't see what difference it's going to make," says Iranian American scholar Ervand Abrahamian in response to reports of Ali Khamenei's death. "Even if the top is decapitated, there are other people already there ready to replace them."

"They want me to hide or leave or disappear" Republicans invalidated Avery Rowland’s drivers license, along with hundreds of other transgender Kansans. Here’s how she’s fighting back.

“They want me to hide or leave or disappear, not to be visible and active in public society."

Republicans invalidated Avery Rowland’s drivers license, along with hundreds of other transgender Kansans. Here’s how she’s fighting back.

I went to the protest by myself and I was talking to a few people around me. One man said: 'I sincerely hope that China doesn't start bombing Los Angeles to free us from our fascist regime.' - Everyone was extremely solemn at that comment.

Donald Trump was never antiwar MAGA's critique of globalism always left room for conflict.

The right likes to pretend that President Donald Trump is antiwar. This has always been more useful delusion than fact.

Donate to Support A Community Leader's Recovery, organized by Catherine Schetina Hi, my name is Catherine Schetina, and I’m organizing this fundraiser on beha… Catherine Schetina needs your support for Support A Community Leader's Recovery

Eva Woods is a tireless community leader in Los Angeles who has, for years, spearheaded care for our neighbors in MacArthur Park. She was recently assaulted and needs help to pay for extensive medical bills. If you can support, friends have organized a GoFundMe: www.gofundme.com/f/support-a-...

Kansas Court of Appeals rules CoreCivic can’t house ICE detainees without Leavenworth permit • Kansas Reflector CoreCivic can’t house immigration detainees before reaching an agreement with the city of Leavenworth on reopening its private prison

Kansas Court of Appeals upheld an injunction that keeps CoreCivic from housing prisoners while it works through a permitting process with Leavenworth city officials.

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This is beyond a fire alarm fire, and it's the bigger than five alarm fire we have been warning about for more than five years. It would override any protections happening in your state. These books would be gone.

The goal isn't the books. Those are one piece of the bigger erasure of queer people.

Trans men file lawsuit over Kansas law that restricts bathroom use and invalidates driver's licenses • Kansas Reflector Two transgender men from Lawrence are suing the state over a new law that invalidates driver's licenses and restricts bathroom use based on sex assigned at birth, citing numerous constitutional rights...

A lawsuit has now been filed against the state by two trans men. (17/15)

How the NAACP signed up to abolish ICE Trump's war on civil rights has pushed the group—117 years old today—into a new era of confrontation.

Trump’s war on civil rights has pushed the group—now 117 years old—into a new era of confrontation.

YouTube video by The Daily Show Trump Floats Canceling Midterms & MAGA Pushes Alt Super Bowl Halftime Show | The Daily Show

Trump Floats Canceling Midterms & MAGA Pushes Alt Super Bowl Halftime Show

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Alternate headline: Johnson Lied.

His military flyover of the Epstein Survivor's Press Conference was like when a little kid puts their fingers in their ears, saying "Nyah, nyah, nyah I can't hear you!"!
Pathetic, hugely expensive & hilariously ineffective.

#TerrifiedOfTheEPSTEIN_Files 😨

I need you to repeat after me: she’s not an ‘underage woman’ she is a child

What Exactly is a 'Storytime'? Here's what you need to know about these much-loved library programs.

Storytime has long been a beloved staple of public library offerings. How do you explain the importance of storytime to your patrons?

Federal agents violently detained a food delivery driver as he emerged from a D.C. coffee shop Saturday morning.

The incident captured on video showed the officers throwing him to the ground and beating him before sweeping him away in an unmarked vehicle. wapo.st/45Egtkc

Mother sues Florida dairy farm, claims she lost fetus after raw milk led to bacterial infection A New Smyrna Beach dairy farm was named in a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims she lost her fetus after falling ill while caring for her toddler who became sick after drinking raw, unpasteurized mil...

i do not understand suing a dairy because you made the unwise decision to purchase and consume raw milk www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2...