Opinion | The right’s obsession with American "heritage" is all about who get to be seen as "white" Philip Bump: What Elon Musk was really getting at when he incorrectly claimed “American culture” is of “English-Scotts-Irish origin.”

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@pbump.com, great piece.

happy bday writer Toni Morrison, b.1931, Lorain, OH.

“At some point in life the world's beauty becomes enough. You don't need to photograph, paint, or even remember it. It is enough.”

“Love is never any better than the lover."

More boat strikes. More questions than answers. Per usual.

Warnock: "Jesus is a victim of identity theft in American politics and culture"

🙏

Amen.

It’s good that Stephen Colbert is calling out what Trump and CBS are doing. The assault on free speech is reprehensible. But he should also provide an opportunity for Jasmine Crockett to be interviewed. He shouldn’t only use his platform to promote James Talarico.

Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes, but Democrats could still block it The SAVE America Act has passed the House and enjoys President Trump's support, meaning the Senate's 60-vote threshold is the only thing standing in the way of it becoming law.

New: Trump's election bill tops 50 Senate votes

Susan Collins is #50 for SAVE America Act, per sponsor Mike Lee.

House passed it.

Trump supports it.

The 60-vote rule is now the only thing preventing it from becoming law. Democrats promise to filibuster it.

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I never get tired of views like these #oregon #PNW #river #nature #photography

Thanks to a crucial Supreme Court decision on its shadow docket that authorized immigration officers to racially profile people they thought might be undocumented, Operation Metro Surge saw officers target anyone — citizen or not — who wasn’t white for questioning, detention or, in many cases, brutal treatment. ICE began going door-to-door in predominantly minority neighborhoods to ask where residents were born, sometimes dragging them out of their homes at gunpoint. Officers indiscriminately fired pepper spray and tear gas at residents, including into the car of a family, hospitalizing a baby. “What that did was have an incredibly chilling effect on how people move about our communities,” said Richard Carlbom, chairman of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. “There are U.S. citizens who are Black, brown or Asian who won’t leave their house and we have to deliver food to them on a weekly basis because they’re afraid of being detained.”

One of my biggest fears about the midterms is that ICE could flood the polls with agents who perform Kavanaugh Stops on every non-white person before they get a chance to cast a ballot, then detain them until voting is over. Which is not far-fetched at this point. www.huffpost.com/entry/ice-po...

The current person in charge of ICE's procurement for detention is a GEO Group executive who ran the company's immigration detention portfolio. He was granted an "ethics waiver" from DHS allowing him to hand out contracts to GEO in his new role.

use to pass the Capitol, day and night, when I lived in DC. It is a great site.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani proposed raising property taxes by nearly 10% on Tuesday, after failing so far to persuade New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to increase taxes on corporations and the rich New York City mayor says “drastic measures” might be needed to fund his proposed budget

New York City mayor says “drastic measures” might be needed to fund his proposed budget on.wsj.com/4aVrzVR

Armed man wearing tactical vest arrested outside the U.S. Capitol, police say Police also discovered a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask inside the suspect's vehicle, which was parked near the building.

Armed man wearing tactical vest arrested outside the U.S. Capitol, police say

"Police also discovered a Kevlar helmet and a gas mask inside the suspect's vehicle, which was parked near the building."

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We are living through dark, disturbing and dangerous times, but do not despair — the cavalry is coming! Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will be taking the stage this spring from Minneapolis to California to Texas to Washington, D.C. for the Land of Hope And Dreams American Tour.

Majority (71%) of the public says Trump is not focusing enough on domestic affairs, such as addressing the cost of living in the U.S.
Majority (55%) also say Trump is focusing “too much” on foreign affairs, such as actions in Venezuela, Ukraine, and Gaza.
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Moss-covered brown and gray boulders and rocks scattered across a stream of blueish gray water. The water froths gently in white caps around the rocks. The far bank is brown and bare with naked trees. One from Rock Creek near Lake Needwood, MD.

Good morning, BlueSky. It's #RockinTuesday today, so I hope your Tuesday is rockin'. 🤓

#rocks #water #tuesday #winter #stream #eastcoastkin #photography #maryland #rockcreekpark #rockcreek #nature

“.. We’ve relied too heavily on our geography and others to protect us. This has created vulnerabilities that we can no longer afford,” Carney said.

@politico.com 🇨🇦
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“.. Trump campaigned on draining the swamp, but his tariff policies have instead flooded the swamp with a nearly 500 percent increase in lobbying revenues tied to tariffs ..”

@nationalreview.bsky.social
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Governor Pritzker and Rev. Jesse Jackson at Mayor Harold Washington's Centennial Birthday Celebration in 2022.

Rev. Jesse Jackson was a giant of the civil rights movement.

He broke down barriers, inspired generations, and kept hope alive. Our state, nation, and world are better due to his years of service.

I’m ordering flags to half-mast to honor him.

May his memory be a blessing.

Gwen and I are joining Americans in mourning the loss of our friend, Reverend Jesse Jackson.

I could always pick up the phone for his wisdom and historic perspective.

🤣🤣🤣

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JUST IN: Revised Fulton County demand for return of 2020 ballots seized by FBI calls evidence "woefully short" of showing probable cause that a crime was committed. County says actions would have to be willful to be crimes & no claim/proof of that. Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/27...

Trump....Me, me, me, me, me, me

Yes. 🤣🤣

How is it possible that Kristi Noem still has this job. Imagine if you’re a family member or a shipmate of this guardsman.

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happy bday Australian poet/feminist Louisa Lawson, b.1848.

"A city bird once in a desperate rage
Threw over the bars of his screen
The whole of the seed that was put in his cage,
And it grew to a miniature green.

Sometimes when my troubles come up in a mass,
And fate a new sorrow doth send,...

Trump does not read, especially Machiavelli.

Yes.

Someone recently told me that I’m not a unifier. That I’m divisive.

I know that. I am not trying to unify anyone with MAGA. I speak out against MAGA. I stand against their policies and their cruelty. I do not want to be united with that minority of voters.

They do not align with my values.