Janet Julian

Luckily, Sinclair has a helpful database of all their stations, so you can see if they're operating in your area and respond accordingly.

sbgi.net/tv-stations/

As an epic fantasy writer who's studied military history in different periods for decades, I bin books for errors in strategy and tactics too often. I absolutely recommend this concise and straight-forward handbook for any author unsure of their footing. Your book will improve in all sorts of ways.

“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.

For the first time since she was freed from an immigration prison, Rümeysa Öztürk speaks. And she does so by ... writing:

"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."

Really interesting article on queering the Medieval

Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.

The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a severe blow to 1,500 local public stations, as well as PBS and NPR

Senator Warren Statement on Trump Admin’s Reported Decision to Approve Licenses for Nvidia to Sell the H20 to The People’s Republic of China | United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af... The Official website of The United States Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

My full statement on the reported decision: www.banking.senate.gov/newsroom/min...

The Goose Is Loose: Why I'm Building Better Social Media for Canada They said 'Don't read the comments.' I said 'Hold my maple syrup' — and started building a platform where you actually can.

gandersocial.ca/blog/en/home...

We Hold These Truths

A LOT of people don't actually know what the Constitution says. So I'm proud to support @weholdtruths.bsky.social's campaign to educate Americans about our principles and rights in easy-to-understand language. Read, sign, and share to help spread these truths. www.weholdtruths.com #weholdtruths

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.

"As violence erupted, his charging document said, he told other rioters who were attacking law enforcement officers, 'Kill ’em! Kill ’em! Kill ’em!'

He then raised his arms in celebration after breaching the Capitol in a face mask... and escaped through a window..."

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

Debunking All the B.S. About Zohran Mamdani Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, is facing a wave of Islamophobic misinformation attacking his character and politics

If you're looking to counter a friend or family member's misconceptions about Zohran Mamdani, we did a convenient rundown debunking all the smears (so far):

Donald Trump finds his approval rating sinking once more Pollster G. Elliott Morris' tracker shows that on the issue of the economy, Trump's approval rating is underwater by 15.75 points.

January Trump approval on the economy:
plus +8.24 points

Today Trump approval on the economy:
minus -15.75

January Trump approval on inflation:
plus +1.99

Today Trump approval on inflation:
minus -22.24

So clearly it's time to deploy the Marines in L.A.?

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

Trump job cuts hobble NOAA team that reopens ports after hurricanes, sources say The closure of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Navigation Response Team in Fernandina, Florida – one of the network's six national locations - could mean slower response times and longer port closures if hurricanes slam into the U.S. Southeast this summer.

www.reuters.com/business/env...

Inside the AI Prompts DOGE Used to “Munch” Contracts Related to Veterans’ Health Experts who reviewed the code for ProPublica found numerous and troubling flaws in the system, providing a disturbing glimpse into how the Trump administration is allowing artificial intelligence to g...

“'I think mistakes were made,' said Lavingia, who worked at DOGE for nearly two months, 'I’m sure mistakes were made.'

"The [DOGE A.I.] model hallucinated, deciding around 1,100 contracts were each worth $34 million when they were sometimes worth thousands..."

www.propublica.org/article/insi...

Job growth held steady in May, but new signs of economic trouble emerge U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is “booming,” he’s wrong.

"U.S. job growth over the first five months of 2025 is the worst since the Great Recession. When Donald Trump says the economy is 'booming,' he’s wrong..."

www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

We talk a lot about the closing down of reviewing space, of cultural news -- Locus is doing it and deserves to keep doing it. Not only does Locus review a wide range of writers but it develops longterm conversations about those writers, reviewers who know their work. A small thing that struck me +

How will the GOP tax plan impact you? Do you make $360,000 or more per year? YES! Your taxes will decrease substantially. Do you make more than $914,900 per year? NO YES! On average, your taxes will DECREASE by $36,320 NO On average, your taxes will DECREASE by $7.160 NO TAX BREAKS FOR PEOPLE BELOW THIS LINE Do you make $157,500 per year? NO YES! On average, your taxes will INCREASE by $610 Do you make at least $28,600 per year? NO YES! On average, your taxes will INCREASE by up to $1,530 On average, your taxes will INCREASE by $790

Republican Death Bill. Let’s call it what it is.

Make sure that your Republican senators hear from you!

📱 (202) 224-3121
📱 (202) 224-3121
📱 (202) 224-3121
📱 (202) 224-3121

Hurricane season starts June 1 and if you live in a Gulf state, you need to watch this. It’s worse than you might think.

The few employees still left at FEMA admit: they are not prepared. Not enough staff. Not enough supplies. Not enough leadership. Plan accordingly.

How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.

DOGE cut off Social Security Administration spending so now workers have to use their own money to buy office supplies.

Meanwhile Elon Musk makes $8 million every single day from the government.

Unsplash image of the Earth, mostly the nightside with a tracery of city lights on every continent.

OK, this is wild.

In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.

It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.

What the HELL?

1/

Just shameful.

FEMA chief is fired Federal Emergency Management Agency acting Administrator Cameron Hamilton told people he was terminated Thursday.

The head of FEMA was just fired, one day after telling a congressional committee that the nation needs the emergency management agency that Trump has suggested abolishing.

The agency is now without a leader three weeks before the start of hurricane season.

www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

Trump Administration Settles With Maine to Restore Frozen Funds Over Trans Athlete Feud (Gift Article) The state’s attorney general said the federal dollars paid for food for schoolchildren and other essential services.

Maine Gov Janet Mills prevailed over Trump! 👏👏

“The message here is if you don’t follow the law and you try to target Maine without relying on any shred of law to support it, we’re going to have to take you to court.”

I gifted this so you can read it

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/02/u...

So much winning!

This isn't a real government, it's a monster energy drink and a copy of Mein Kampf in a trench coat

This isn't hypothetical.

The coming days are bringing higher prices and disrupted supply chains, this time not because of a pandemic or a war, but self-inflicted by our country's government under this president.

Screenshot of a tweet from the verified account of J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling), posted at 12:52 PM on April 28, 2025. The tweet contains only a hyperlink: "transcrimeuk.com". The tweet has 2,057 views.

This is straight up nazi shit. The nazis published propaganda on Jewish crime. If this were blackcrimeuk or immigrantcrimeuk everyone would see it for the bigoted shit that it is.

Men at Bluebonnet Detention Facility (immigration prison) in Anson, TX form an S.O.S. with their bodies to signal to a drone overhead.

This is the facility from which the Trump Administration appeared ready to fly another planeful of men to El Salvador last weekend

www.reuters.com/pictures/sos...

YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren In his first 100 days, Donald Trump has done next to nothing but raise costs for American families.

In his first 100 days, Donald Trump has done next to nothing but raise costs for American families.

If only it’s true!