Seems like we've already learned more about Tyler Robinson than we ever heard about Thomas Crooks. I'm still baffled at how little we know about why Crooks shot at Trump.

Correlation and causation are very different things.

YouTube video by Turner Classic Movies Make 'Em Laugh (1952): Full Song & Dance - Donald O'Connor - Musical Romantic Comedy - 1950s Movies

Amazing O'Connor number from Singin' in the Rain. youtu.be/iGCNBdCvzL4?...

Likewise!

Thank you!

I'm facing a milestone birthday in a couple of weeks that has me feeling reflective, so I very much appreciated that sort of thinking right now.

Random strangers on the Internet are often right. What could possibly go wrong? 😂

Absolutely!

Rumeysa Ozturk: Free Speech is Not a Crime

Davis Square, Somerville

"Education, therefore, is a process for living and not a preparation for future living." John Dewey

If anyone at the Department of Education wants to add me to the “Let’s sell the federal student loan portfolio to SoFi for 12 cents on the dollar” group text I pinky-promise your secrets are safe with me.

Quote of the day:

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge." - Stephen Hawking

Yes. It may also help numb your pain if it doesn't the boys.

benion Grieving a wasted life At a point in life when there are far too many days behind than ahead, one tends to re-elected in contrast to standing up for the reflect on a life lived. In my lifetime decades greater good? were devoted to protecting America. Sacri A compromised Supreme Court recently fices were made both by myself and my fam- trotted out a shallow token standards of Ily in military service. The tip of the spear: conduct for themselves. Apparently it's Countless weeks over the years were spent not a bribe to accept favors after a deci-sion; only before. Corporations are people? living at the end of a runway on alert with an Really? Whatever happened to Superman's armed B-52 as generations of aviators have motto of "truth, justice, and the American done before and since. way?" The purpose: if required, be airborne Pay-to-play is the theme of the day. Un- in minutes on a one-way trip bringing a challenged and uncontested blatant conflicts nuclear Armageddon to an adversary. Fly: of interest abound. The rule of law is situ- ing the unfriendly skies over North Viet- ational if adhered to at all. America can no nam provided a brief interlude, but overall, longer be trusted. The unbridled pursuit of this long line of silent sentinels stood firm power and wealth driven by unquenchable to protect America by deterring external greed has left service above self and Con- threats to our freedoms and way of life stitutional norms in the dustbin of a quaint across the decades. I was privileged to serve past. with men and women of integrity imbued Recently the VA said exposure to Agent with a sense of service. Orange is the probable cause of the can- I'm truly grateful that the B-52s we flew, which were built tough, were engineered cers I live with. Actually I suspect it's more from yet unspecified sources, which cause on scientific principles and fabricated by experienced, skilled workers rather than military pilots to have significantly higher founded on mere beli…

This letter appeared in the Bloomsburg PA Press Enterprise this morning. I am assured the writer is who he purports to be, an Air Force veteran.

None of this shit should be normalized.

I can't help but wonder if he is also trying to punish the economies in blue states along the way because many have closer trade relationships with Canada.

I sincerely hope not. This makes me sad on all sorts of levels.

I'm going to bet there is no way Tony Stark would have eight of his rockets blow up before finding a solution.

Judith Butler, philosopher: ‘If you sacrifice a minority like trans people, you are operating within a fascist logic’ A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world

Judith Butler: "Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?"

"They'll never cut Social Security" is the new "they'll never overturn Roe v Wade."

If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.

Researchers do research. Parents are not “doing their own research” on vaccines. They’re just googling.

It’s the same tool the rest of us use to figure out “Mexican food near me” and “what happened to Richie from Family Matters.”

Please show me data and evidence that white men have been materially disadvantaged by efforts to improve DEI.

Trump Threatens to Pull Funding From Universities Over Protests Legal experts said holding back federal financing would violate First Amendment protections.

The Trump administration plans to withhold funding to universities if students protest - a clear violation of the first amendment.

This is a battle the Trump Administration will not win. BUT, winning isn't the point. The point is to make life hard for the university.

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Agreed on the bravery

The more you know. #JointSession

When you can't win fairly, move the goalposts closer.

(and apologies for the messy Venn diagram, I didn't have the skills or patience to make it prettier.)

My attempt at trying to make sense of the many drivers behind the current Trump administration policies. What would you add/change?

“Millions of us are used by the wealthiest elites to perpetuate and do the dirty work of keeping systemic racism alive and thriving in the USA. It’s not our place to decide and tell Black and brown people that their reality does not exist.”

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