Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

Couldn’t have said it better myself…

Famine Confirmed in Gaza UNICEF is calling for an immediate ceasefire and safe, sustained humanitarian access to deliver urgently needed supplies.

A devastating new milestone: key indicators confirm that conditions have officially reached famine levels in the #GazaStrip.

Our colleagues are on the ground doing everything possible to deliver for children in #Gaza, despite the immense challenges. Follow us for humanitarian updates. #promoted

Pakistan is tapping into solar power at an 'unprecedented' rate. Here's why Solar experts say there's never been a faster adoption of solar, with panels popping up on rooftops.

Solar experts say there's never been a faster adoption of solar, with panels popping up on rooftops. n.pr/41exsIB

News 9 radar damaged in apparent attack by anti-government militia group Oklahoma City television station News 9 is reporting an anti-government militia group targeted its weather radar system.

An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)

Lincoln Square Media on Substack “I am not only a NO, but a HELL NO on this reconciliation bill.” Who else loves Rep. Stansbury as much as we do?

I posted this to Facebook. It was immediately classified as "spam" and removed.

FYI - I'm sorry to say that the bill passed by 1 vote.

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Bondi grotesquely claims that Abrego Garcia's wife and child are better off with him gone

Health secretary RFK Jr. endorses the MMR vaccine — stoking fury among his supporters Prominent anti-vaccine activists lined up on social media to denounce the move.

Prominent anti-vaccine activists lined up on social media to denounce the move. By @gbrumfiel.bsky.social

And just one obvious thing I want to write today. You can stay out of politics as much as you can. But politics won't stay out of you. No matter how prosperous and stable your country is - you still need to fight for it.

#UkrainianView

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Transgender Policy Raises Questions About Two BOE Members To the Editor:I read the article titled “Board of Education Votes Against Rescinding District Transgender Policies.” Giving credit where it’s due, it was a good read. However, I think it’s worth...

Bridgewater, NJ: February 25th marks the first day that we heard politically-driven misinformation in a BOE meeting among its rank and file members. It's not a proud moment for us, but we can change that. I'm hoping people will engage and push back.

@aoc.bsky.social: "Tax cuts cost money. We have to pay for them. So every dollar that you spend in federal taxes is going to pay for some rich person's G-Wagon. And it's also going to cut an 8-year-old kid with autism's ability to access Medicaid. That's what they are putting on the table."

FBI investigating Trump EPA claims of fraud in $20B Biden grant fund While career prosecutors in two U.S. attorney offices and a U.S. judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, Citibank has locked down billions without explanation.

First of many, but here we have a completely manufactured criminal investigation. One career prosecutor already resigned over it. Goal is simply to claw back $20 billion in Biden era climate money. Open and shut corruption. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

Opinion | Notes to the American People — and Government Workers — on How to Stop Trump Resistance to Trump can work. I’ve seen it happen.

"Where we might otherwise have felt like lonely voices in a bureaucracy, public outrage gave us courage and the knowledge that we were, in fact, working in the public interest. Advocacy on the outside made advocacy on the inside possible."

-Brendan Ballou, Former federal prosecutor

Trump Elevates Kremlin Talking Points, a Familiar Pattern From His First Term President Trump’s description of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine as a “Dictator without Elections” echoes the Kremlin’s messaging.

A day after President Trump falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia, the U.S. leader's description of the Ukrainian President Zelensky as a "Dictator without Elections" echoes the Kremlin's messaging. It's not the first time Trump has done this.

Team Trump invents fake "emergency" to sidestep environmental laws Officials could rubber-stamp 688 permit applications—including more than 100 pipelines and gas-fired plants.

In recent days, the US Army Corps of Engineers created a new designation of “emergency” permits for infrastructure projects, citing a Day One executive order signed by Donald Trump which claims the US is facing an “energy emergency."

from @theguardian.com via @climatedesk.org

Ukraine is making weapons 'faster and cheaper' than anywhere else in Europe — and that's a problem, Danish PM warns Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Saturday that Europe must ramp up production efforts going forward.

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned Saturday that Europe must ramp up production efforts going forward.

Shhh…that’s the quiet part.

Scraping the Bottom of the Barrel Missouri's AG

My Attorney General is suing Starbucks because he argues that, “Starbucks diversity initiatives have caused higher prices and longer lines,” and that, “Starbucks workforce is more female and less white.”

Yes, you read that right.
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Anyone else sick of all the winning?

Former Fort Carson Iraq war veteran gives up the fight to stay in the US

Jose Barco, a decorated U.S. Army veteran once based out of Fort Carson who served 2 tours in Iraq, was taken into custody last month by ICE because his citizenship papers, which were supposed to be processed while he was in the Army, were lost.

Read his story:

You can’t make this shit up.

My personal fave

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.

Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”

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President Trump just signed an executive order: The Chiefs won the Super Bowl.

This is how the world views the US.

Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."

Crockett: What we’re not going to do is stand around while they pull this bullshit that they’re trying to pull right now

What Your Profile Pic Says When It's Not A Picture Of You To the Editor:I learned that Mayor Moench is currently using a flattering rendition of Donald Trump as his Facebook profile pic. I’m sure he has his reasons. For what it’s worth, I agree and have a...

My town has had an almost exclusively Republican government for decades, which is not a bad thing in and of itself. But in the era of Trump, things have not gone well - especially with our mayor, who fancies himself a fan of 47 and emulates some of his behaviors.

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