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but also this is the US, so of course national park passes are "per car" not per person.

but also, how exactly does this work? A person does not show ID to buy a national parks pass. How would the random national park worker at the register verify one's citizenship? Americans aren't showing a passport or birth certificate to buy a parks pass - so how are they verifying non-US visitors?

In South Korea, my social media feed is packed with 🇨🇦 “come work in Canada” “we want you here” adverts 🇨🇦

Will they be updating all portraits of married women to note their maiden names as well?

it's all so petty

While simultaneously waging war domestically on immigrants, science, public health, research, higher education, and facts!

You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries “Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:

On his podcast with KSwisher, the two of them described the Larry Summers "cancellation" as a guy being punished for "asking for dating advice" & not a guy abusing his power & authority in the workplace to harass & undermine a junior colleague, with the help of a convicted pedophile

So when reading the New Yorker profile on Kash Patel, the biggest surprise for me was learning he has a law degree. I was gobsmacked he went to college, let alone that he had completed law school and passed the bar in at least one state...

Meet the new Deputy Chief of Staff at the CDC.

I don't know, early counts of mail in ballots and early voters is a fine way to declare winners & then scream about scams/fraudulent elections when everything actually gets counted & our favored candidate loses. Have I seen this somewhere before??

You can donate to No More Deaths / No Más Muertes here:

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Unfortunately, our reactive solutions dependent on mutual aid, religious orgs, charity & local efforts reinforces the GOP agenda to destroy federal govn't & national standards for education, healthcare, food assistance, housing, product safety etc. This loss of trust will not be easy to repair.

Flying local in Venezuela is old Russian planes with Spanish language notices & 🇻🇪 flags plastered over everything that is cracked or loose.

Would hate to lose a great Secretary of State, but I would be happy to see Adrian Fontes primary him 🤞

The self-deportation ad is on nearly all the radio stations I could find while camping near the AZ Mexico border over the holiday.

I get that these super rich dudes don't pump their own gas, or care about what these everyday things cost for their fellow Americans. But regardless of who buys your bananas or pumps your gas, surely he has a smart phone and could look up the price of gas before spouting off absolute nonsense...

It's just wild. Students have a right to free speech & religious beliefs, but that does not obligate faculty to give them an A when they use incorrect information & illogical claims to complete assignments. This is the stuff that parents used to destroy US K-12 education. Universities are next.

Did they learn this from Turning Point’s Professor Watchlist?

What, only 3 years? What happens in years 4 and 5 and 6? Is Northwestern then free to compete for federal research & development funds based on merit alone? Or will Northwestern payments then go straight to the Trump library/foundation, instead of the federal government?

Just spent way too much time down the rabbit hole of Ceaușescu & Centrul Civic. The descriptions of his economic mismanagement & population growth policies (Decree 770) sound strikingly familiar...

@gabilotta.bsky.social FYI

In what universe is anyone watching the current administration and coming to the conclusion “Trump cares about the little guy”? Complete and utter nonsense.

FEMA employee terminated for signing whistleblower letter It appears to be a major violation of federal whistleblower protections and constitutional rights.

SCOOP—In August, nearly 200 current/former FEMA staffers published the Katrina Declaration, a whistleblower letter detailing all the dangers posed by current leadership.

All current employees were put on indefinite leave, and now I've learned one has been fired in violation of federal protections:

DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2

The dog is innocent!!!!
Hope you’re enjoying these final moments

Immigrant doctors, immigrant teachers, immigrant engineers, immigrant farm workers, immigrant restaurant owners, landscapers, scientists, students, computer scientists, nurses, construction workers…

Immigrants are the backbone of our workforce, our economy, and our future!

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The 2025 US State Department setting criteria for assessing human rights violations in other countries is laughable

Liked this post. Then thought I recognized the name! Tell Hitzer “hi” from me please.

The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored. Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.

NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.