Can We Ever Repair This Moral Rot MAGA can learn grace from the folks their leader wrongfully imprisoned.

“Democrats don’t talk about Trump’s faltering economy as much as they could.

Once, Democrats were a party of economic growth. As JFK put it in 1960, “let’s get America moving again.” It wouldn’t be a bad thing if more Democrats echoed that sentiment today.”

www.thebulwark.com/p/can-we-eve...

NEWS: Jeffrey Epstein Survivor Jess Michaels Speaks Out. Share Her Story. Please watch this powerful interview. I also highlight all the news you missed overnight in this newsletter.

This morning I spoke with Jess Michaels, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes.

Her story is one that needs to be shared everywhere.

Take a minute. Listen to her. And please, spread the word. open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Preparing devices for travel through a US border US border searches of electronic devices put journalists’ work at risk. But there’s a lot you can do to be prepared

Journalists carry a good deal of confidential information, including reporting materials and information about sources. It’s therefore important to prepare devices in advance before traveling.

Our security team put together a checklist to help.

The Ripple Effects of Shrinking U.S. Science Opinion | Severe cuts in research funding will cause a complex cascade of effects across the United States and the world.

Opinion: The Ripple Effects of Shrinking U.S. Science

Do this today, please!

The extra-extreme members of the House Budget Committee voted "present" tonight so that the Medicaid-cuts-to-fund-tax-giveaways-for-the-rich bill could pass out of committee 17-16.

Tomorrow, flood Capitol Hill switchboards to voice your opposition to this monstrosity.

202-224-3121.

Post your Brand New Air Traffic Control thread here, please!

We reviewed the bill.

We now know the details on how they plan to cut your healthcare to pay for tax cuts for the uber-wealthy.

7 ways they are cutting healthcare 🧵👇🏼

“Can you believe all this waste?! There’s a scientist studying *mold* and whether eating it can stop infections! We need DOGE to put an end to this!”

— dumdums in 1928 hearing about Alexander Fleming

Geography lesson at today’s Pro-Due-Process rally.

Receipts for the 9?

Breaking, per NBC News @garygrumbach.bsky.social --

Judge Paula Xinis in the District of Maryland has ruled that the United States Government must return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States by April 7 at 11:59p

Who did this?

This was….five months ago

Being a historian, people ask me if I think the US is living through Germany 1933.

I answer no, analogies are always imperfect but to me it feels more like Russia 1999: a blatant theft of state assets and liberals in a fugue state, refusing to believe the arc of progress is bending against them.

my kingdom ($7.14) to anyone who asks him what an “illegal protest” is, and then follows up with “what does that mean” until he gives a coherent answer or dies whichever comes first

The Trump-Putin Pact already exists, and we should act accordingly. There are some things we will never change with nice words or smart clothing. If you are worried about those things, you should understand where Trump's tactics come from. From Russia.
A thread. 🧵1/14

You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger.

Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

Letters went out to federal workers this morning stating they were fired due to poor performance. However, all employees had been rated as “exceptional” performers by their supervisors. Please keep these records and pursue wrongful termination claims. Let the lawsuits begin.

From EARTHSEED: THE BOOKS OF THE LIVING Choose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a liar is to ask to be told lies. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.

from “Parable of the Talents” by Octavia Butler

Mike Pence just reposted an old article he wrote about the limitations on the powers of a president. For some reason. Here is a part of it.

45 was sitting and Stinky was standing.

NOAA told to search its grants for climate change terms The search would provide a list of NOAA's climate change-related grants.

FML. NOAA is searching for terms like "climate," "methane," "nitrous oxide," "greenhouse gas," "climate science," "carbon," the "Paris Agreement." That's what my NOAA grants are focused on.

Trump Killed a Major Report on Nature. They’re Trying to Publish It Anyway. (Gift Article) The first full draft of the assessment, on the state of America’s land, water and wildlife, was weeks from completion. The project leader called the study “too important to die.”

Trump ended the first-ever National Nature Assessment, which was trying to reveal how nature loss influences climate change and impacts humanity, but the researchers are trying to publish it anyway.

My coworker is an immigrant from Afghanistan. She said “I survived three wars. If you have lentils and water, we can get through this. I will make sure.”

Every day.

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Given Trump’s alliance with right wing “Tech Bros”, this 2013 article about the philosophy fueling some of the Tech Right is extremely important. It’s also really clear and easy to read. 1/ techcrunch.com/2013/11/22/g...

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