My state of #Minnesota is hurting but we will get through this
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YouTube video by More Perfect Union MEDIA BLACKOUT: America’s Poorest Counties Devastated By Catastrophic Flooding

Flash flooding has killed at least six people, including a 3-year-old, in West Virginia.

In the middle of it all people are stepping up to help one another.

With the state's capacity limited, and Trump making severe cuts to FEMA, neighbors are helping neighbors.

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We had a new poster made for the podcast. I'm the taller one.

“Autism will be cured by early spring now, not the fall.” - man who swam in poop last weekend

Until this week I had assumed “the secret lives of Mormon wives” was something actors repeated to warm up before a performance.

His mother would discuss religion, slavery and temperance with him all the time.

Statement on Palestine, Genocide, and Repression The Department of American Indian Studies issues a statement in support of Palestine.

Yesterday, the U of Minnesota deleted the American Indian Studies’ statement on Palestine. (Also deleted was a story about Leonard Peltier’s return home and five other dept statements on Palestine.) Our expertise matters if we don’t oppose genocide. web.archive.org/web/20250322...

the democratic party is best summed up by sending a black guy out to do a marathon speech like he's fucking shadow in american gods getting lynched for odin and then immediately afterwards voting to continue the business of confirming people to kill black and brown people at home and abroad

My favorite message from a member today. This is a rational, hard-working, mild-mannered, moderate, selfless American. And clearly, a Patriot.

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I just released the full report on Congress trading in 2024.

Like every year since 2020, some US politicians beat the market.

From the start of 2024 to year end, many had unusual trades & huge portfolio gains.

Here are the top political traders of 2024.

Alec Baldwin should shoot another person.

7 Democrats just joined Republicans to vote to repeal a Biden-era rule reducing emissions from rubber tire manufacturing. Make America Pollute Again.

Costa
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Golden
Gonzalez
Gray
Perez

After Elon Musk Fired Her, She Kept Showing Up to Work—for Free The billionaire and his followers are out to cull federal employees they think are lazy and overpaid. But without people like Bianca Sicich, the Attwater’s prairie chicken could go extinct.

Yet another dedicated scientist and public servant, this time from US Fish and Wildlife, showing up unpaid after she was fired to volunteer to protect an endangered species.

What are we even doing here.

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A painting of a bird next to the words "gimme a fuckin break"

Israel continues to block food and critical aid from entering Gaza.

Netanyahu’s intention is to “change the terms of the ceasefire negotiations” by starving the people of Gaza, says former executive director of Human Rights Watch @KenRoth.

Extended Interview: Mark Graham on Internet Archive’s Work Preserving the Web as Gov’t Sites Go Dark Extended interview with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine at the Internet Archive. He is also part of the End of Term Archive for federal websites.

Extended Interview: Mark Graham on Internet Archive's Work Preserving the Web as Gov't Sites Go Dark

The Bay Area weather radar (KMUX) has been out of service for more than 24 hours now. An expensive broken part needs to be replaced and specially ordered, but that may not be possible due to ongoing freeze on government credit card spending, I’ve been told.

The Speaker who thinks dinosaurs were on Noah's Ark wants to talk about algorithms and code and data.

Support for Israel TANKS among democrats and independents

‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies

2 PhD students recently met at a conference & Trump's slashing of research & science bound them

With only 3 other scientists they started a movement that's growing around the country

On March 7 in Washington DC, and state capitals, "Stand Up for Science" will take place

All details below & bravo!

The #memories of #sledding as a kid came back to life last night
#winter #hillsledding

Just so we are clear: Elon Musk is recklessly dismantling the agencies meant to hold him accountable. This isn’t about efficiency—it’s about dodging regulations and rigging the system for himself.

🚨 We are mobilizing for a NEW national day of protest— March 4th Against Monarchy!

Find organizing resources and more at linktr.ee/fiftyfiftyon....

@polrev.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social #NoKings #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne

Georgia Touts Its Medicaid Experiment as a Success. The Numbers Tell a Different Story. Only 6,500 participants have enrolled in a program that has cost taxpayers more than $86 million — a warning for other states looking to impose restrictions on Medicaid in a second Trump presidency.

NEW: Georgia’s governor promotes his Medicaid work requirement as a national model for reform.

Yet the program has cost taxpayers $86M, three-quarters of which has gone to consultants, and enrolled less than 3% of the quarter-million Georgians eligible.