E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant to Alaska, Parts of Which Just Flooded The remote village of Kipnuk planned to use the money to protect against flooding. On Sunday, it was inundated.

Months before catastrophic floods swept through an Alaska Native village on Sunday, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant meant to protect the community from extreme flooding. At the time, the EPA administrator said he was eliminating "wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice grants."

Judge Rules Trump Can’t Fire Head of Federal Watchdog Agency Without Cause A federal judge said that the president’s efforts to remove Hampton Dellinger, who leads the Office of Special Counsel, were unlawful.

A federal judge in Washington on Saturday blocked the Trump administration from ousting the top official at a federal watchdog agency, finding that its efforts to do so were unlawful.

Gift of Edward R. Broida

Sean Scully, Narcissus, 1984

https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137080

𝙸 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝚡𝚙𝚘 𝟼𝟽 𝚒𝚗 𝙼𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚔𝚒𝚍. 𝙸𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝.

Governor Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight - Listen on NYT Audio 45 min listen - The Massachusetts leader, whose influence goes well beyond her state, discusses how the Democratic Party can pick its battles and rebuild its brand.

www.nytimes.com/audio/app/20...

Guggenheim Lays Off 20 Employees as Financial Challenges Persist The museum has suffered from rising costs and lower attendance. The cuts followed those at the Brooklyn Museum, which trimmed 10 percent of its staff this month.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/a...
𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚠𝚜.

Unbelievable.

Trump tells Zelensky 'make a deal or we're out' in angry White House meeting - follow live The US president calls his Ukrainian counterpart

www.bbc.com/news/live/c6...

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚉𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚔𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚙 𝚖𝚎𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚃𝚛𝚞𝚖𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚅𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚜*𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚜.

𝙸'𝚖 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸𝚗𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖. 𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝟷𝟼 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙸'𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚝.

I stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦!!!

𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚞𝚙 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎.

When Australian sheep farmer Ben Jackson couldn't attend his Aunt's funeral due to Covid restrictions, he wanted to honor her in a memorable way. So, he laid out grain for his sheep in the shape of a heart, hoping "she could see it through the clouds"
❤️❤️❤️

🔊 sound up for 🎶
📽️Ben Jackson

𝙳𝚊𝚖𝚗 𝚒𝚝.

Judge says Trump's mass firings of federal employees is illegal and should be stopped A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.

A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.

𝚃𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝙸𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝙷𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚠𝚊𝚢...

Me, 1993, South Wellfleet, National Sea Shore, Cape Cod.

Trump Confirms Plans to Use the Military to Assist in Mass Deportations Mr. Trump’s top immigration policy adviser has discussed using military assets to build detention centers and support civilian immigration agents.

President-elect Donald Trump intends to declare a national emergency over immigration and use the military as part of his plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants, according to a social media post he made on Monday.

@jhphotos.bsky.social 𝙽𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 . 😁