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WTF! The Trump administration plans to review (with the intent to remove or eliminate) some of the nation’s wildlife refuges and fish hatcheries. Agency director Brian Nesvik ordered officials to identify refuges/hatcheries whose purpose the administration claims “no longer aligns with the mission.”

Ha, I've done that when I'm extremely anxious.

Bucky!

Thanks for sharing this!

I really need a bear distraction !

Things like billing and prior authorizations take an enormous proportion of resources.

At the ICE raid and subsequent community resistance in Paramount, California this morning, this skater kid ate dozens of munitions from Border Patrol agents, walked away slowly and flipped them off.

The fact they chose California as the flash point is also an indicator that they don't think these things through

LA has like 4M+ people. Sending every single ICE officer is ~20K, LAPD is 9K, LASD is 10K. Going in at 100:1 manpower – leaving zero bodies for literally anything else – is foolish

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YouTube video by Explore Bears & Bison Get Ready For Bear Cam 2025! | Brooks Live Chat

Glad to see Mr. Fitz will be back on the Katmai cams this year!
5 days before we get to watch for our beloved Brooks Falls Bears! I was worried with all the funding cuts and firing that we wouldn't have it this year.

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Absolutely!

This is one of the best ads I have ever seen and I can’t believe I missed it

Are we sure this man has a college degree?

I had to listen twice because I thought he said Superbowl mortality.

I had a man complain to me that more women and people of color are being admitted to med school. I have no clue why he thought I would be sympathetic since I have a PhD. His son is a doctor though.

Just a guess here but China probably has a lot of other countries they can work with.

A super useful thread on what to do now that the GOP has a framework for reconciliation.

The only way Donald Trump is going to get people to flock to the streets cheering for him is to start the parade in this:

Trump Is Showing Why Dictatorships Fail The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.

"This is what arbitrary, absolute power looks like. And this is why the men who wrote the Constitution never wanted anyone to have it"

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

This Instability May Be Worth It. Here’s Why. Oren Cass makes the case for tariffs. Hosted by Ross Douthat

In any authoritarian regime, there are people who make a livelihood by rationalizing the actions of the leadership, making them palatable to a general audience by offering analogies with reasonable theoretical statements. Their profesisonal title is usually something like "chief propagandist"

🤣 Sure, sure

"Like Amazon, but with human beings."

'Wi-Fi Keeps Going Down': Donald Trump's Return to Office Mandate Is Going Terribly Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED that Trump's federal return to office order has resulted in chaos (including bad Wi-Fi and no toilet paper), with productivity plummeting and public services suffering.

Dozens of federal employees tell WIRED that Trump's federal return to office order has resulted in chaos (including bad Wi-Fi and no toilet paper), with productivity plummeting and public services suffering.

The White House just put out a statement threatening to veto this bill if it reaches Trump's desk.

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What on earth is he trying to say.

Is it indifference, incompetence, or idiocy? The way Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump handled our missing soldiers tells a story

fpwellman.substack.com/p/is-it-indi...

Pam Bondi’s brother is running for DC Bar president. Ed Martin’s deputy is running for DC Bar treasurer.

If like me you’re a DC lawyer who doesn’t usually vote in DC bar elections: time to start

The last one I heard was when he called himself the fertilization president. It will be a while before I can handle another one.

It's not a bad idea to go to the local Walmart or big box retailer and buy lots of consumables now. From toothpaste to soap, anything you can find storage space for, buy before they have to replenish inventory.

Even if it's made in the USA , they will jack up the price and blame it on tariffs.

This speaks volumes:

Yale professors, Timothy Snyder, a historian of totalitarianism and the author of "On Tyranny," and Jason Stanley, a philosopher and the author of "How Fascism Works", move to Canada.

leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2025/03...

munkschool.utoronto.ca/person/timot...