Lisa D

The Empire State Building is shining in red, black and green tonight in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from Trump’s FCC chair — CNN Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

🧵 First it was Stephen Colbert. Then Jimmy Kimmel.

Voices that courageously challenged Trump have been driven from the airwaves.

Don’t be fooled by the feeble excuses crafted to placate: it isn’t about money, ratings, or “inappropriate” comments.

It’s about punishing anyone who dares to…. 1/6

Kash Patel fired the 'legendary' special agent in charge of Utah's FBI division a month ago. Her colleagues say she was “absolutely the best” agent in the bureau but she was a woman of color so she had to go:

www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

It is weird that the assassination of essentially a celebrity influencer is a bigger deal than the shooting of two top state legislators + their spouses

Charlie Kirk was a private citizen

Melissa Hortman was a seated lawmaker in MN

No Flags were flown half staff at the WH for her death by gun violence

Based on what I'm seeing, Democrats think they can use this event to highlight their civility, steady hand and commitment to the high road for 2026 voters. Republicans, on the other hand, think they can use this to outlaw Democrats.

Thinking about the family of Representative Melissa Hortman & her husband who were assassinated at the hands of a radical MAGA shooter in June.

Melissa was doing such important work for the state of Minnesota & this country-we grieve her loss & demand strict gun reform legislation.

3 teens, including suspected shooter, in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School A fourth minor was also transported to a hospital, a spokesperson with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said

Three 3 teens, including suspected shooter, are in critical condition after shooting at Evergreen High School.

We’re a violent society armed to the teeth.

We need gun safety legislation NOW.

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Per Paul Krugman, economist
"THIS IS A FIVE-ALARM FIRE
WE ARE ALL LISA COOK"

She has not been charged with any crime

Of course, the first BLACK WOMAN on the FED BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Allegedly, mortgage fraud

GET OUTRAGED
The dollar just took a nose dive

Judge rules Utah's congressional map must be redrawn for the 2026 elections The Utah Legislature will need to rapidly redraw the state’s congressional boundaries after a judge ruled Monday that the Republican-controlled body drew them in violation of voters’ rights.

Great news out of Utah!

apnews.com/article/utah...

Traumatizing our communities, our children.
Destroying property and stealing from businesses.
Using violence to kidnap people off the streets, US citizens included.
Treating people inhumanely in detention centers—not enough food or water.
No due process.

When will enough be enough?

Exaggerating crime to “save” a city is a classic fascist play.

Mussolini did it.
Hitler did it.
Pinochet did it.

Now Trump’s doing it in D.C. — and the people who actually live there aren’t buying it.

Hi! I'm Ashley & I teach 5th grade in WA. I was setting up this week & realized I am OUT of room for all of the amazing books in my library!

I desperately need to #ClearTheList of these shelves. Can you help?

I added gift cards that will be put toward them too!

Please SHARE! 🩷

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NIGHTS OF BLUE SKIES
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DAY 18 JULY 2025

Tonight I Honor Steven Colbert

He has the highest ratings of any late night show
Here is the clip where he calls out Paramount
Now he is out
Did you know Paramount is trying to close billion $ deal w/ Skydance that requires Trump's approval

Regarding that lying email from #SSA claiming no more taxes on SS:

The law introduces a temporary additional deduction of $6,000 per senior (age 65+), phasing out at incomes above $75,000 for singles and $150,000 for couples. This deduction is in effect for tax years 2025 through 2028.

😔😔😔

Save Medicaid Please call your Representative right now and leave a voicemail, or first thing on Monday morning before the mark up session begins.

🚨HIT THE PHONES TO SAVE MEDICAID - PLEASE AMPLIFY & ACT 🚨

TODAY the House will be marking up deeply unpopular massive Medicaid cuts.

MANY GOP on the committee are in tight districts. Calls and pressure ARE effective here.

Call today. Type your zip to get a script ⬇️
OcasioCortez.com/savemedicaid

Strains bounds of propriety?

Strains…bounds…of…proprietary?

Am I having a stroke?

What is happening?

Thank you to everyone who showed up, good news, the judge has been released!

SURPRISE!!!! The NYT did an analysis of the press room and exposes how Karoline Leavitt relies on planted stooges in the room to throw propaganda soft balls she uses to lie to the public.

This is how authoritarian states are run.

I would not have predicted that large universities would show more courage than either Big Law or corporate media. Good for them.

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Trump’s Case Against Man Deported in “Error” Just Took Another Big Hit Trumpworld claims Kilmar Abrego Garcia was in MS-13. But new information concerning the local cop who attested to that charge at the time raises fresh questions about it.

SCOOP --> The cop who initially attested to Abrego Garcia's alleged MS-13 membership was subsequently suspended and indicted for serious professional misconduct: Sharing case info with a sex worker. This undermines Trumpworld's smears.

New piece from me:
newrepublic.com/article/1940...

Well this seems like a fantastic plan.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/h...

Absolutely incredible turn out at MN State Capitol! #HandsOff

Pages 4-5 of linked doc

Chief Justice Roberts did not explain his dissent.

Justice Kagan's brief opinion accuses the court of likely botching the merits and needlessly racing to intervene when there is no actual emergency. "Nothing about this case demanded our immediate intervention."
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

JUSTICE JACKSON, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR joins, dissenting. This application concerns the Department of Education’s decision to cancel, with no meaningful explanation, more than 100 grants the Federal Government had previously awarded to public schools and universities across the country. The District Court issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) finding that the Department’s decision was likely unlawful and pausing the grant cancellations while the court considers a pending motion for a preliminary injunction. The TRO expires in three days, and it will become moot even earlier if the District Court rules on the preliminary-injunction motion this week. With the TRO on its last legs, a majority of this Court has chosen to dive into this dispute today, allowing the Department to implement immediately its new summary granttermination policy. It does so even though the TRO preserves the pretermination status quo and causes zero concrete harm to the Government. By contrast, reinstating the challenged grant-termination policy will inflict significant harm on grantees—a fact that the Government barely contests. Worse still, the Government does not even deign to defend the lawfulness of its actions. Instead, it asks us to superintend the lower courts’ real-time decisions about ancillary

threshold and remedial questions, which we could easily wait to address in the ordinary course. It is beyond puzzling that a majority of Justices conceive of the Government’s application as an emergency. It is likewise baffling that anyone is persuaded that the equities favor the Government when the Government does not even argue that the lower courts erred in concluding that it likely behaved unlawfully. This application should have been denied for numerous obvious and independent reasons, and the Court does itself—and the legal process—no favors in deciding to grant it. I A To address a nationwide shortage of qualified teachers, Congress has enacted several competitive grant programs that facilitate the recruitment, training, and support of educators. This application concerns the Department’s recent efforts to terminate grants that were awarded under two such programs: the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program and the Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) program. Congress established the TQP program in 2008, authorizing the Department to award grants to high-need educational agencies and schools for the purpose of training teachers. 20 U. S. C. §§1021(6), 1022a(a), 1022a(c)(1), 1022h. In the statute that creates this program, Congress made plain its intent to (1) “improve student achievement,” (2) “improve the quality of . . . teachers,” (3) “hold teacher preparation programs at institutions of higher education accountable,” and (4) “recruit highly qualified individuals, including minorities and individuals from other occupations, into the teaching force.” §1022. By statute, the Department awards each TQP grant based on a peer-review process “for a period of five years.” §§1022b(a), (b)(3). Similarly, under the SEED program,

Jackson, joined by Sotomayor, has a lengthy dissent accusing the majority of prematurely intervening to butcher the law and harm public education across the country. She sees the order as an extremely dark omen. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers.

Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

A photo of Boston’s Old South Meeting House (where the Boston Tea Party began) with the following words projected onto it: “FRIENDS! BRETHREN! COUNTRYMEN! You are called to THE COMMON April 5 to make UNITED RESISTANCE to every destructive measure of this administration!”

Boston is ready for Saturday’s national day of action: handsoff2025.com/?SQF_SOURCE=indivisible