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Bloomington, Indiana has lost an icon. Listen to her talk about her work on her own words from January 2024. She spent her early years in Milwaukee, WI. After arriving in Bloomington, she became a trailblazing, strategic, kind community leader. Im glad that I got to meet amazing Charlotte Zietlow.

Writing about Elon Musk’s pay package without leading with this is like profiling John Wayne Gacy’s booming party clown career.

it's time for journos to start asking Johnson meta questions

"Speaker, on 5 occasions last week you said 'I haven't seen it' when asked about news events w/big implications for public policy. Do you ever read the news, and do you agree it's problematic for the Speaker to be so woefully uninformed?"

Rolling Stone excerpt about Montana’s ballot initiative to combat Citizens United

This is the best political news I’ve seen in a very long time — so please pass it on👇

Each state can limit Citizens United in their own state & they don’t have to wait for other states to do it.

Our new @rollingstone.com piece based on our new book MASTER PLAN. Get the book at LeverNews.com/book

For real!

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

Imagine being mad you didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize while you’re busy stirring up Civil War in your own country.

Perry asks, what if the president is relying on "completely invalid evidence?"

"What if DHS folks are not tethered to reality in their assessment of events. Does that matter?"

Hamilton: "A couple points …"

Wait... you're telling me that, in addition to Hegseth's reckless and vapid command performance for the military recently, military paychecks might not happen next week? 👀 Um....

Excellent article.

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

i desperately want everyone involved in the destruction of USAID to have to, st the very least, answer to the american people for the suffering and misery they have caused apnews.com/article/myan...

The whole reason Democrats are having to push for the Obamacare subsidies now is because Trump & Vance excluded them from their bill earlier this year, because Trump & Vance prioritized tax breaks for the wealthy over health care costs for the poor and middle class.

Francine returns! Beloved Lowe's cat back in Richmond after accidental truck ride out of state Beloved Lowe's cat Francine is back in Richmond after a week-long search, according to updates shared by Lowe's and Richmond Animal Care and Control on Monday.

It's sometimes nice to remember there's more to America than Stephen Miller's hideous vision of what the country should be

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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

It's actually Stephen Miller doing this. And im glad someone is saying NO!

Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."

The handsomest black cat in all the land, wondering if dogs will also be lifted bodily from the earth (if so he is for it).

Mr. Parks, waiting for the Rapture.

just heard someone call stephen miller peewee german

Goebbels says what?

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

President Johnson, in a November 9, 1968 letter to the Smothers Brothers:

“It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists . . . May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives.”

Good Thursday morning

Wishing you a day when you are always able to spot the blue sky.

On Tyranny is a good read. Leaving this here with all the recent news and attacks. Stay aware and stay vigilant. #hoosiersky #antifacism

Great interview today with the co-founder of a caring medical service for child abuse victims in south central Indiana 😔 #HoosierSky #Indiana #HoosierTwitter #BloomingtonIndiana

In this era of rash, rushed federal budget cuts, it's helpful to learn more about how federal funds, administered locally, support real people, families, and communities. The 812 is an excellent podcast focusing on the work of local government. Host Steve Volan conducts great interviews.

Another great episode out. Local government gets things done, folks. Listen at the812show.org on any podcast platform.