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YouTube video by CBS News "This is so hypocritical," CEO on Institute of Museum and Library Services staff placed on leave

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How A Tiny Federal Agency’s Lawsuit Could Provide The Smoking Gun Against DOGE The U.S. African Development Foundation’s standoff with DOGE contradicts the Trump administration’s defenses of Elon Musk’s operation.

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So true 😆

What a neat idea! Thanks for sharing.

‘What the hell’s happening to your country?’ Traveling as an American under Trump 2.0 | Shanti Nelson My American accent inspired pity, empathy and utter confusion. I feel the same: it’s as though we’ve entered hospice care

“Traveling abroad for the first time since November, I saw pity in the eyes of strangers when they heard my American accent. Pity, empathy, and utter confusion, as if to convey “What the hell is happening to your country?”

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‘I’m on the side of the workers’: the Minnesota senator calling out Trump and Musk Tina Smith is leaving at the end of her term, and says she would call Musk a dick even if she had to face re-election

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Miss Education My little Riley loves her crinkle book.

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Fact-checking quiz from The Sift®/Get Smart About News, March 2025 Instructions: Review each of these examples and consider if there are any indications that you should be particularly skeptical of the content. Refer to the News Literacy Project's "In brief: Misinfo...

Want to know how good you are at spotting disinformation? Here’s a quiz from the News Literacy Project.

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party time!!

5 Calls Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.

5 Calls is an app that makes it easy for us to contact legislators. It also gives you a script you can use or modify. It is something we, the people, can actually DO about the stuff going on in the Trump administration.

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“Look into my eyes….. You will forget that you just gave me a bowl of food. You will go into the kitchen and fill my bowl….”

I repeat…

February 7, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

An Independent Congressman has some thoughts about the intents of our Constitution’s founders. It’s definitely worth a listen. One thing he says is something most of us have already heard: “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

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Is Somebody Doing Something?! Yes. Let me break it down for you.

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But you were too sexist and racist and let Russia flood your pinhead with bullshit. Fuck you.

All you had to do was elect two brilliant, diligent, overqualified Women.

#mood.

Opinion | The resistance will not be rushed Resting up to join a peaceful, nonviolent, colorful and multigenerational opposition.

Article about how to survive and resist, each in our own small way, by wise woman Anne Lamott. 💕

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Sing it, sister. Equally bad, why would you buy the fourth ebook in a series but not the first three? Whyyyy?

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The Most Controversial Game on the Internet Wyna Liu, the editor of the 'New York Times' game, discusses her process and the particular ire her puzzles inspire.

Check out this Atlantic article about the joys and trauma of the NYT Connections game. I KNOW I’m not the only one who has to use hints occasionally!

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Good morning Bluesky Bitches..turkey went in at 5:30aPST