Erasing history

They feel so powerful that they just say it outright now. Once it became clear that the congressional Republicans would sell out their own constituents on Medicaid, there’s no reason to be coy.

A new House map proposed by the Texas GOP would take 5 seats away from Democrats.

Remind me, how is this not just cheating?

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Amazing resource!

🚨BREAKING: Republicans' new Texas congressional map is out. It's Plan C2308.

Interactive version available here: dvr.capitol.texas.gov/Congress/0/P...

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First the dogs eating books, now the boxes with travel memorabilia (in this case my mom’s)… weird synchronicity !

You dont need a scholar of authoritarianism and the military like me to tell you this does not produce good outcomes

Trump’s Qatari luxury jet siphons money from nuclear missile program Air Force plans to use leftover cash from the Sentinel program to fund the conversion of the Qatari jet that President Trump wants as a temporary Air …

Trump’s latest grift is sky-high, taking perhaps a billion taxpayer dollars from a questionable nuclear missile program to retrofit a luxury jet gifted by the Qatari royal family.
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8 Things to Know About New Research on Earth’s Rapid Drying and the Loss of Its Groundwater Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels. Here are the key takeaways.

NEW: Decades of NASA satellite data reveal how quickly the planet’s underground stores of fresh water have been depleted and how their use is contributing to rising sea levels.

Here are the key takeaways.

Lori here. Michael Owen

The end of the endless frontier? A warning on research cuts | Brookings Michael Feuer defends federal support for university-based research and warns against cuts that threaten U.S. innovation.

"If that trend continues, fueled by current efforts to radically reduce federal investments in university-based research, American science will suffer a potentially irreversible setback," writes Michael Feuer.

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Very appreciative that you posted it.

Really enjoying this seried…. And following up with visits!

What Trump and the GOP have planned next for NPR and PBS should scare you Defunding the public broadcasters is only the first step.

Republicans in Congress just voted to strip NPR and PBS of federal funding. Jeff Nesbit explains how it’s part of a broader plan to replace public media with right-wing religious broadcasting.

Redistricting ploy sells out Texas voters to shore up GOP seats | Editorial Texas voters deserve representatives who truly represent, and maps that align with their communities. What a shame some lawmakers will be working even harder to put those things out of reach.

"Apparently it’s not enough, in a state where 56% of the voters backed last year’s GOP presidential nominee, that 66% of the congressional seats are drawn to assuredly elect Republicans. It must be 80%." Latest per Statesman Editorial Board on TX redistricting farce
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Psycho / what ever happened to baby Jane

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Where is the U.S. considered the most important ally, and where is it considered the greatest threat?

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Unprecedented and illegal: Russ Vought refuses to release White House budget as required by law. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I've had this headline rattling around in my brain since January and I finally wrote it. Been hearing too many people in the startup world buying into the neoractionary nonsense that maybe a little light fascism is good for silicon valley. It's not. It's very, very bad.

A notice that should make students, faculty members, and taxpayers angry...

.... and will make people who have worked as speechwriters say ... really????

The Enshittification of American Power First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.

"In time, US citizens may find themselves trapped in a diminished, nightmare America—like a post-Musk Twitter at scale—where everything works badly, everything can be turned against you, and everyone else has fled."
@himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/enshit...

Declining immigration weighs on GDP growth, with little impact on inflation Unauthorized immigration surged sharply in 2021–24 but has since declined abruptly with negative implications for economic growth.

New macroeconomic analysis from the Dallas Fed:

Mass deportation will reduce US GDP growth by 0.89 percentage points this year and 1.49 percentage points by 2027

It doesn't have to be this way. The choice isn't border chaos or vast militarized raids. The third option: lawful channels for migration

A State Department employee shared with PBS News an image from inside the department. The image includes a piece of paper taped to a mirror with the words, "Colleagues, if you remain: RESIST FASCISM. Remember the oath you vowed to uphold."

Thank you for this insightful reporting

I encourage everyone to read this letter.

Please then realize the president is imposing a tax on American consumers to leverage a foreign nation into making a domestic political decision that will help one of his political allies.

He fought for things so much greater than himself….