Paul Kuehnert

This is lovely, Dan

with tillis voting no and collins yes on motion to proceed she becomes the chief villain. OK. Now boot her out in 2026.

Holy moly ole catfish!

Zohran Mamdani won because people are sick of:

1. Calculate-and-play-it-safe Democrats;

2. Christian Nationalism;

3. Republican xenophobia and their ICE Gestapo;

4. MAGA’s islamophobia; and

5. Politicians who talk about culture wars instead of the issues that affect ordinary people.

J Street and Members of the Progressive Israel Network Statement Following US Attack on Iran - J Street We fear that the Trump Administration’s unauthorized attack on Iran on Saturday risks a dangerous escalation into a new, broader Middle East war of choice. We hope that this war can be swiftly brought...

Restrained, sober, and on the money: jstreet.org/press-releas... @jeremybenami.bsky.social

Take note.

She talks not only about the trans rights but more broadly about the reality of social discourse today. She is insightful, pragmatic and inspiring. Highly recommended.

LOVE THIS

This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*

Very cool 😎

Such a lovely photo, Dan.

Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers Closing Remarks for 100 Days Conference "The problem we have is that we have a Congress that has decided to lay down and to turn over their power to the executive. That's the constitutional crisis"

Sherrilyn Ifill Delivers Closing Remarks for 100 Days Conference .. the single most compelling assessment of the 100 days. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer c...

These cuts included seven of the eight members of the team that studies firefighter line-of-duty deaths...The fatality investigation team was examining deaths at 20 fire departments when the layoff notices arrived.

by Mark Olalde:

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

At least 2500 people at the Augusta, Maine Hands Off! rally and march today!

HUZZAH!

US map via scienceimpacts.org visualization of economic loss due to IDC cuts to 15% as part of Feb 7, 2025 executive order, with shading denoting intensity of cuts.

Working with an interdisciplinary team, we have developed a website to communicate how the White House's proposed cuts to health research would cause losses of $16B and 68,500 jobs.

Find out how your community may be impacted.

Explore more at SCIMaP: scienceimpacts.org

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Pieces of a Girl by Stephanie Kuehnert: 9780525429753 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A raw and bold memoir about abuse and addiction, and the power of expression and community that helped Stephanie Kuehnert, the author of Ballads of Suburbia and regular Rookie contributor, survive...

Happy first birthday to my YA memoir, PIECES OF A GIRL! Thank you to everyone who read, shared, and celebrated it with me over the past year. And if you haven't checked it out yet, I hope you will! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/318849...

Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...

The warnings were clear:

* 1 million kids untreated for severe acute malnutrition;
* Up to 166,000 malaria deaths;
* TB cases up 30%
* 200,000 more polio-induced paralysis cases in 10 years.

The Trump team killed USAID anyway.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...

They Worked to Prevent Death. The Trump Administration Fired Them. Public health teams are being gutted, imperiling efforts to safeguard organ donation and prevent maternal and infant death. Many workers expressed fear at what would happen to the work they left behin...

"Multiple kidneys had to be thrown out because of transport delays — couriers not picking them up in time or airlines misplacing them. One was accidentally left on an airport luggage trolley." www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Augusta 50501 rally

Augusta 50501rally

From the 50501 rally in Augusta, Maine where 300+ braved the cold. #Stop the coup!

Aaarggh!