NO KINGS Call for Veterans and Military Families · No Kings Join veteran organizers from Common Defense and other partners for a special call for veterans and military families taking part in NO KINGS mobilizations on June 14. We will discuss the special role ...

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If the market continues to trend down, and the Atlanta Fed turns out to be right, the midterms will be very interesting.

The battle between republican self preservation and MAGA will be intense

January 25, 2025 We have all earned a break for this week, but as some of you have heard me say, I write these letters with an eye to what a graduate student will need to know in 150 years.

Excellent @hcrichardson.bsky.social explainer on inspectors general. Why would a corrupt wannabe king want them out of the way? And why would his party of and for the rich support his brazen corruption? heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-25...

Gulf of Trump

January 24, 2025 “NUTS!”

Mandatory reading from @hcrichardson.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

January 22, 2025 Marc Caputo of Axios reported today that Trump’s decision to pardon or commute the sentences of all the January 6 rioters convicted of crimes for that day’s events, including those who attacked police...

January 22, 2025

January 19, 2025 You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.

January 19, 2025

January 18, 2025 Shortly before midnight last night, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published its initial findings from a study it undertook last July when it asked eight large companies to turn over information a...

January 18, 2025

January 15, 2025 It is somehow fitting that President Joe Biden’s farewell address to the nation, scheduled for 8:00 Eastern time tonight, was overshadowed today by the dramatic announcement that after months of negot...

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January 14, 2025 Shortly after midnight last night, the Justice Department released special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on former president Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential...

January 14, 2025

In Praise of California It has its flaws — what place doesn’t? — but it plays a big role in America’s greatness

States shouldn't have to earn the right to federal aid. But in any case, California, which subsidizes the rest of the country, definitely has open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

The Contrarian | Substack Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy. Click to read The Contrarian, a Substack publication. Launched 13 hours ago.

Too many in mainstream & new media aren’t standing up to Trump’s assault on democracy—we will

Today, @jenrubin.bsky.social & I launch @contrariannews.bsky.social: bold, independent, pro-democracy journalism

Join us in the fight 👇 contrarian.substack.com

January 12, 2025 Almost ten weeks after the 2024 election, North Carolina remains in turmoil from it.

January 12, 2025

Opinion | I talked to Meta’s Black AI character. Here’s what she told me. Is this the new era of digital blackface?

If you want to know why I left FB/Meta, here's yet another reason. I fear for my friends of color and my LGBTQ+ family and friends. FB isn't 'keeping you in touch', it's keeping you addicted and their chatbots are deliberately designed to perpetuate racist/homophobic stereotypes!

Don't walk, RUN!

LIVE: Local news crew captures fire tornado in LA.

The largest of the LA fires, in Palisades, is still only 8% contained.

Local news station KTLA 5 captured this fire tornado on its northern flank, funnelling flames hundreds of feet into the air.

(🎥 KTLA 5 News)

January 10, 2025 Today the Department of Labor released the final jobs report of Joe Biden’s presidency.

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As Los Angeles burned, Latino immigrants rushed in to put out fires Many Latino immigrants in Los Angeles worked to extinguish some of the fires with hoses. They aren't firefighters, they were just helping people in other neighborhoods.

Many Latino immigrants in Los Angeles worked to extinguish some of the fires with hoses. They aren't firefighters, they were just helping people in other neighborhoods.

Drone collides with firefighting aircraft over Palisades fire, FAA says Several viral videos and images appeared to be taken with drones in conflict with a temporary flight restriction issued by the Federal Aviation Administration to protect firefighting aircraft.

Can people really be this stupid? www.latimes.com/california/s...

As of 12:02 am, DOJ has advised the 11th Cir of its appeal of Judge Cannon's order in the So. District of Florida & restated its intention of releasing the J6 volume of the report & sharing the classified documents volume with Congressional leaders.

January 9, 2025 Family members, friends, and political leaders gathered today at the Washington National Cathedral to honor the life of former president Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29 at age 100.

January 9, 2025

January 8, 2024 At least four wildfires tearing across Los Angeles have killed at least five people and forced the evacuation of at least 130,000 more, and have flattened about 42 square miles (109 square kilometers)...

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January 7, 2025 Today, President Joe Biden signed proclamations that create the Chuckwalla National Monument and the Sáttítla Highlands National Monument, protecting 848,000 acres (about 3,430 square kilometers) of l...

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@berndogg.bsky.social : nice to know you are here! Love your tag line! Hope all is well 😀