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I've slept on it and yes, I'm STILL pissed off about yesterday's #Eurovision semifinal results. #Ireland absolutely should have made it, and #Australia was definitely better than several that made the cut.

It's incredible that @booker.senate.gov is looking to smash through the old filibuster record doing something actually worthwhile. I'm glad that someone in the Democratic party is actually trying to do something about what is going on.

Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker

I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:

I used to think that when global warming truly began to bite, deniers would face reality & we could act. Now I think it's more likely it will lead to a kind of fascism that will respond to global warming by, like, executing everyone who says global warming is real.

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁

We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

The pardoning of Capitol attackers would undoubtedly signal to Trump's most ardent of loyalists that they, like him, are above the law, at least for the next four years. A troubling outcome, to be sure...

Trump has now pledged to institute on day one a new 20-25% tax on Canadian imports from things like maple syrup & Crown Royal to oil/gas & lumber/paper

#TrumpTax #TrumpFlation

Top Trump Aide Accused of Asking for Money to ‘Promote’ Potential Appointees President-elect Donald J. Trump ordered the investigation by his legal team into Boris Epshteyn, a powerful figure in the transition. Mr. Epshteyn denies the allegations.

Breaking News: Donald Trump’s legal team found evidence that a top adviser asked for fees to promote potential appointees for administration jobs.

EXCLUSIVE: Ethics committee told of second sexual encounter between Matt Gaetz and 17-year-old, sources say | CNN Politics The woman who says she had sex when she was a minor with then-Rep. Matt Gaetz told the House Ethics Committee she had two sexual encounters with him at a party in 2017, sources familiar with her testi...

Exclusive: Matt Gaetz allegedly had a second sexual encounter at a 2017 party with a 17-year-old girl. He withdrew as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general pick after CNN asked for comment.

Matt Gaetz: the first person to last negative Scaramuccis.

How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance

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Tip: go to Kayak flights, go to the menu, and click "explore". You can plug in departing airport, price limits, and travel dates (leave set to "anytime" if you're flexible), and it'll show you ALL the destinations world wide that fit your criteria. Great way to see all the options!

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies.

The average Wall Street employee got a $176,500 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

Putin updates Russia’s nuclear doctrine after Biden’s arms decision on Ukraine | CNN President Vladimir Putin has updated Russia’s nuclear doctrine, two days after his American counterpart Joe Biden granted Ukraine permission to strike targets deep inside Russia with US-made weapons.

BREAKING: Putin updates Russia’s nuclear doctrine, two days after Biden grants Ukraine permission to strike targets deep inside Russia with US-made weapons

Jarvis: His generals called him fascist. Joe Scarborough called him fascist, and now the fascist is in charge and it is journalism's job to cover it that way, not to back off and say okay, well that's it, we lost. Let the fascism happen. No

YouTube video by Robert Reich 10 Worst Things About The Trump Presidency | Robert Reich

ICYMI: Here's a refresher on what happened last time around.

Trends in the Distribution of Family Wealth, 1989 to 2019 At a Glance Building on earlier work by the Congressional Budget Office, this report examines changes in the distribution of family wealth (a family’s assets minus its debts) from 1989 to 2019 and ana...

From 1989 to 2019, the richest 1% of families increased their share of total national wealth from 27% to 34%.

At the same time, families in the bottom 50% saw their share drop from 4% to 2%.

When we say trickle-down economics is a hoax, this is what we mean.

I was super happy to see that they make it easy to add alt text from the start! Gotta love integrated accessibility features. ☺️

Picture of a sleepy American Staffordshire Terrier

I love this girl so much