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Should Democrats Shut Down the Government? It’s the only way they can fight back against the Trump catastrophe

Should Democrats Shut Down the Government?
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How One MN School District Killed Its Right-Wing Book Ban - Racket St. Francis School Board members recently restricted certain books to appease conservative ideologues. But the Trump-voting exurban community isn’t as monolithic as the book banners thought.

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Minnesota’s Mighty Maker Spaces - Racket Need a cement mixer? A 3D printer? A pottery wheel? A laser cutting station? Yeah, these places have got you covered.

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YouTube video by MSNBC FULL CONVO: Ta-Nehisi Coates and Chris Hayes on protests in America and more

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I did not have Gustavo Dudamel/LA Philharmonic/Cynthia Erivo/Purple Rain on my Coachella 2025 Bingo card

But thankful it happened

This assessment of President Trump's deportation policies, sending US residents and potentially American citizens to foreign prisons, was written by a federal judge appointed by President Ronald Reagan.

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time” Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…

One flight attendant recalled being told: “‘If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’”

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This was such a nourishing alternative to the inauguration today and helped my imagine our path forward.