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JUST IN: The White House has begun DEMOLISHING portions of the East Wing of the White House to build Trump’s $250 million ballroom — despite earlier claiming it wouldn’t “interfere” with the existing White House structure. (Washington Post)

He’s not stopping. Trump continues his desecration of the White House. Now he’s plastering the outside of the historic building with his tacky fake gold ornaments.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!🎇
#Cleveland
#Guardians
#GuardsBall

So awesome! First open water swim in the Chicago River in a century! A huge environmental achievement.

Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources A Holocaust Memorial Museum exhibit will temporarily close for upgrades, sparking concern from some staff over potential changes amid President Trump's review of museums.

Upcoming 'upgrade' to Holocaust Museum exhibit on US response to Nazi Germany sparks some staff concerns: Sources

An image from the aftermath of the shooting at Annunciation Church in Minneapolis. In the foreground is a woman running in the middle is a street. She is running away from the camera, towards a school in the background. She has her wallet in her hands, and also her shoes, which she presumably took off so she could run faster. You can see the bottom of one of her feet, and dirt is visible (again, presumably from running barefoot).

Of all the photos posted by the Strib related to the shooting at Annunciation Church, this was the one that got me the most. Maybe because we cant see the (presumably) mom’s face, so it seems more universal? arc.stimg.co/startribunem...?

Bruce Springsteen released 'Born to Run' 50 years ago today. 💿

The president of the United States is trying to steal congressional seats so I don’t give a fuck about the Cracker Barrel logo discussion. Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow.

Let’s lock it in! Why equal rights belong in Ohio’s constitution: Leslie Kouba Columnist Leslie Kouba urges Ohioans to support two proposed constitutional amendments—one guaranteeing broad equal rights protections and another recognizing same-sex marriage—to ensure lasting safeg...

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Opinion | Answering My Critics About the War in Gaza Why I believe American support for Israel in this conflict is a moral and practical failure.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“Gaza represents not some distant and inevitable tragedy, but our own moral and practical failing,” our columnist Nicholas Kristof writes. “We have blood on our hands.”

Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American history museum A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.

Under pressure from the White House, Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit at the National Museum of American History

Congratulations to newly confirmed United States Circuit Thug Emil Bove!!

US to destroy almost $10m in contraceptives rather than send abroad for women in need Supplies were almost certainly intended for women in Africa, two senior congressional aides says

First destroying food, now contraceptives… the cruelty is the point.

www.alternet.org Jim Jordan will now have to answer questions under oath about wrestling team scandal

Jim Jordan will now have to answer questions under oath about wrestling team scandal https://twp.ai/4ipW9N

Rep. Pete Sessions accuses PBS and NPR of "providing content against the American dream."

The Trump regime is about to burn 500 tons of USAID emergency food. Why?
Because it expired after its shipment was delayed.

1.5 million children could have eaten for a week. Now, taxpayers will spend $130K for it to be destroyed.

This isn’t just inefficient – it’s cruel.

Maurene Comey, daughter of James Comey, is fired from her job as a federal prosecutor Comey, who had worked in the U.S. attorney’s office for nearly a decade, prosecuted both Jeffrey Epstein and his associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, was fired Wednesday from her job as a prosecutor in the Manhattan US Attorney’s office.

BREAKING: A federal judge has just blocked Trump's Big Beautiful Bill from pulling funding for Planned Parenthood.

I was hungry, but you passed a bill that cut funding for food stamps so billionaires could get more tax breaks. I was thirsty, but you removed environmental protections and left me without clean water. I was a stranger, but ICE agents arrested me and put me in a concentration camp surrounded by alligators. I was sick, but you cut billions of dollars from Medicaid and I couldn’t get the healthcare I needed. I was in prison, but you left me there in unconscionable conditions because you made money off of it. Whatever you did to the least of these, my siblings, you did to me.

How I think Jesus would have phrased Matthew 25 if he was preaching in America right now.

In a shipping container.

On Friday, she sliced out a slew of critical Medicaid and Medicare provisions that may total $200B, throwing a huge monkey wrench into MAGA Republicans' scheme.

"Elizabeth MacDonough is not a household name. A 'parliamentarian' sounds like a persnickety bureaucrat rapping her gavel when speakers exceed their allotted time limit. "But Elizabeth McDonough, the Senate parliamentarian, deserves recognition and respect for her work this week-work that was anything but ministerial. "MacDonough is tasked with ensuring that the reconciliation bill complies with the 'Byrd Rule,' which, among other things, excludes measures in which funding is 'incidental' to a policy change. "She has enforced this rule justly and zealously, leaving a slew of MAGA extreme policy proposals on the cutting room floor. "As Time magazine put it, 'She wasn't elected and she doesn't cast votes. But over the past week, ...the quietly powerful Senate parliamentarian may have had more influence over Donald Trump's legislative agenda than anyone else in Washington.' "That is because Democrats do not have the numbers, and not enough Republicans have the spines to reject radical, harebrained, and simply cruel measures."

🚨🚨 "Over the past week, …the quietly powerful Senate parliamentarian may have had more influence over Donald Trump’s legislative agenda than anyone else in Washington."

Thank you, Elizabeth MacDonough.

Finally Someone Enforces The Rules
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"There is nothing so American as our national parks.... The fundamental idea behind the parks...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us."

- President Teddy Roosevelt

Former President Joe Biden paid respects to Melissa and Mark Hortman as they lie in state at the Minnesota Capitol.

President Joe Biden pays respect to the Hortmans and Gilbert. 🥺

Bruce Springsteen’s Tracks II: The Lost Albums review — the Boss’s unreleased music is finally heard This treasure trove of cosmic Americana, heartland rock and Burt Bacharach-style pop covers a period from 1983 to 2018

There are musicians, and there is Bruce Springsteen

There are songwriters, and there is Bruce Springsteen

There are singers, and yes, you get the point

TRACKS II: THE LOST ALBUMS will be released at midnight CEST
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Judge rules Ohio’s EdChoice private school voucher program unconstitutional Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jaiza Page granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in three of the five counts in their complaint.

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A Franklin County judge has ruled that Ohio’s EdChoice school voucher programs are unconstitutional, delivering a victory to public school advocates and setting the stage for a likely appeal on a case over education funding in the state
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Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid could jeopardize 11 rural hospitals in Ohio. Is your local hospital on the line?

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The season is too long…

Much as I would not dare to predict the consequences of this war, I do think we can summarize it thusly so far:

A smart and evil man manipulated a stupid and evil man into a war against a fanatical and evil regime.