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A reminder that the Fox News Cinematic Universe only focuses on black officials when they can tear them down.

They used to mock Baltimore's Brandon Scott as a "DEI mayor" but now that homicide rates have plummeted they're just pretending he doesn't exist.

Because of course it did

We’re going to annex Canada and invade Greenland but we can’t request return of an innocent man from El Salvador.

I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.

Deep fear in coal country: DOGE cuts put region's miners and families on edge For federal safety inspectors, the urgent call to their sprawling mining office near Pittsburgh was bleak: Man crushed in the rubble of an aging mine in...

USA to coal miners - Drop Dead. Literally. And take your towns with you

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Every day we sink just that much further

Trump Directs Smithsonian Sites to Scrub Content on Race, Gender President Donald Trump signed a proclamation directing the Smithsonian Institution to remove references to “improper ideology” from its programs and exhibitions, the latest effort from the White House...

Trump directs the Smithsonian Institution in Washington to remove `divisive' references to race and gender at its network of museums.

I love it when wealthy writers use some of their money to do things like foster literacy, instead of to attack marginalized groups.

Jeffrey Goldberg thinking he was being pranked and then realizing he was actually just in the war plans group chat is such a good microcosm of how it feels to be alive right now, everything seems fake until you realize it’s actually real and incredibly stupid

What could possibly go wrong? Oh wait.

Jessica: I don’t ever want hear “but her emails” again

hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd . ALT: hillary clinton is smiling while speaking into a microphone in front of a crowd .

I'm no lawyer, but it seems like discussing war plans in Signal outside a SCIF is maybe just a little bit worse than using a private server to send emails that weren't even marked as classified. But what do I know.

Hey guys remember the Hillary Clinton email server?

Seems kinda, small today, doesn’t it?

Figured I’d hop on here today for the 15th anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.

With everything going on right now, it’s easy to feel like regular folks can’t make a difference – but the ACA is a reminder that change is possible when we fight for progress.

Unbelievable turnout in this ruby red district for the Darrell Issa empty chair town hall!

Musk’s SpaceX Could Secure Billions in New Contracts Under Trump The boost in federal spending for SpaceX will come in part as a result of actions by President Trump and Elon Musk’s allies and employees who hold government positions. Supporters say he has the best ...

As veterans lose their jobs and Americans lose their Social Security and benefits, the richest man on Earth makes billions.

Musk Is Positioned to Profit Off Billions in New Government Contracts www.nytimes.com/2025/03/23/u...

What is he hawking today?

-Pretty In Pink soundtrack
-Sweet Relief- fundraiser of covers for Lucinda Williams
-Take a Bite Outta Rhyme, a rock tribute to Rap
-substance by new order f sure
-standing on a beach by the cure

JUST IN: Another medical horror story in an affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from DC. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

If I may, I see the personal parallels but not the larger societal ones.

Best I have felt in weeks

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

The Vast Dangers of Trump’s War On Information With dramatic cuts to departments and efforts to restrict access to certain research, the administration is reshaping a vast data-driven world in its autocratic image.

With dramatic cuts to departments and efforts to restrict access to certain research, the administration is reshaping a vast data-driven world in its autocratic image.

This cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social is getting banned on Twitter. Because of course it is.

February 15, 2025 After World War II, the vast majority of Americans—Democrats and Republicans alike—agreed that the federal government should regulate business, provide a basic social safety net, promote infrastructur...

February 15, 2025

This. Also. @aoc.bsky.social @ericswalwell.bsky.social et al , can you do what ever you guys do in the House to let Musk, Trump and everyone know that the UCFE, which funds unemployment benefits , is in the Dept of Labor. If these funds are cut, the cost will fall on the states.

Slay

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 !”

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

You are not powerless, and he is not unstoppable. Look at, and learn from, the funding freeze and how quickly he was forced to surrender.

On this week's @onthemedia.bsky.social I spoke with @telliotter.bsky.social about Wired's incredible reporting into DOGE.

And @ryanjreilly.com about Trump's purges at the DOJ.

Brooke spoke with @ezralevin.bsky.social about overcoming Democratic paralysis:

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