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The radical right-wing legislature in Utah passed a bill that banned public schools and buildings from flying pride flags. But they are still allowed to fly city flags.

So check out Salt Lake City’s newly adopted city flags.

The failure of libertarians to pick the right side in this has exposed their whole thought system. A principled libertarian attack on limiting government overreach would be welcome at this time. Put no such thing exists. Libertarian just means selfish.

The Supreme Court Confronts Trump’s Lawlessness In a unanimous ruling, the justices ordered the government to seek the return of a man whom it had wrongfully deported.

The Roberts Court, for once, did what it was supposed to do in a unanimous ruling telling Trump to try to bring back Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man the administration said they accidentally sent to an overseas gulag for life. We are in a very dangerous moment. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time” Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...

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#handsoff Peoria

I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island

and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods

forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold

Tabletop teams near panic as Trump tariffs could kill decades of growth ‘Devastating consequences’ on the way, says trade group

I spoke with nearly two dozen creatives and publishers in the tabletop industry today. It's bad. It's real bad.

There are trans Americans right now looking out at this world and wondering if anyone is going to stand up for them and for their simple right to exist.

Well, I am. We are. We will.

I'm imagining Judge Boasberg and the DoJ were aligned for the first time when they found out the newest case was assigned to him:

"You've got to be f*cking kidding me!"

The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.

This story is absolutely bonkers.

Top national security officials in the Trump admin shared operational details of a military strike on Yemen in a Signal group chat, one they mistakenly added a journalist to, so he watched the whole thing play out in real time.

Just utter morons.

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I'm not an attorney, but I was listening to the call, and it didn't seem to go well for the government.

5pm ET, hearing on Trump's use of the Alien Enemies Act and the defiance of court order.
The public can listen by telephone. Let the number of callers show we are paying attention.

Global Bird Flu Risk Assessment: Are We Moving Toward a Pandemic? 🚨 We are at Stage 6: "Lots of Sporadic Human Cases." The risk of H5N1 mutating for human-to-human (H-to-H) transmission is increasing. 🔴 Stages of Risk: 1️⃣ H-to-H Airborne (Pandemic) – Global spread. 2️⃣ H-to-H Spread (Multiple Clusters) – Widespread human cases. 3️⃣ H-to-H Spread (Cluster) – Localized human transmission. 4️⃣ Sustained Transmission in Pigs – Virus adapting in new hosts. 5️⃣ Lots of Sporadic Human Cases – We are here! Increasing human infections. 6️⃣ Sporadic Human Cases – Isolated human infections. 7️⃣ Sustained Transmission in Mammals – Virus spreading in mammals. 8️⃣ Spillover to Mammals – Occasional infections. 9️⃣ Mass Infections in Poultry – Rapid spread in domestic birds. 🔟 Mass Infections in Wild Birds – Widespread avian infections. Baseline pandemic risk per year = 2%.

🚨 Global Bird Flu Risk Assessment: Are We on the Brink of a Pandemic? 🚨

The risk of H5N1 bird flu escalating into a pandemic is increasing. Where do we stand now, and what happens next? 🧵👇

Scatterplot titled “Empirical Evidence of Ideological Targeting in Federal Layoffs: Agencies seen as liberal are significantly more likely to face DOGE layoffs.” • The x-axis represents Perceived Ideological Leaning of federal agencies, ranging from -2 (Most Liberal) to +2 (Most Conservative), based on survey responses from over 1,500 federal executives. • The y-axis shows Agency Size (Number of Staff) on a logarithmic scale from 1,000 to 1,000,000. Each point represents a federal agency: • Red dots indicate agencies that experienced DOGE layoffs. • Gray dots indicate agencies with no layoffs. Key Observations: • Liberal-leaning agencies (left side of the plot) are disproportionately represented among red dots, indicating higher layoff rates. • Notable targeted agencies include: • HHS (Health & Human Services) • EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) • NIH (National Institutes of Health) • CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) • Dept. of Education • USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) • The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE), despite its conservative leaning (+1 on the scale), is an exception among targeted agencies. • A notable outlier: the Department of Veterans Affairs (moderately conservative) also faced layoffs despite its size. Takeaway: The figure visually demonstrates that DOGE layoffs disproportionately targeted liberal-leaning agencies, supporting claims of ideological bias. The pattern reveals that layoffs were not driven by agency size or budget alone but were strongly associated with perceived ideology. Source: Richardson, Clinton, & Lewis (2018). Elite Perceptions of Agency Ideology and Workforce Skill. The Journal of Politics, 80(1).

The DOGE firings have nothing to do with “efficiency” or “cutting waste.” They’re a direct push to weaken federal agencies perceived as liberal. This was evident from the start, and now the data confirms it: targeted agencies overwhelmingly those seen as more left-leaning. 🧵⬇️

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

I can’t believe the Supreme Court said the president was above the law and now the president is acting like he’s above the law.

Trump Names Himself Principal Ballerina of Kennedy Center Ballet Trump took to Truth Social to announce a purge of the company's ballerinas.

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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here.

HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻

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2/ State AGs need to be holding Musk accountable for this breach of financial data.

In addition, any EU and UK citizens whose data are in this system need to be making data subject rights requests. Maybe get None of Your Business (noyb) involved.

1/ Giving Musk access to the federal payment system represents a massive data breach. Here in the US, data privacy protections are weak, but most (if not all) states have protections against exposure of financial data.

YouTube video by PoliticsGirl What The F***?!

This is cathartic.
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YES.

BREAKING: Scientists Discover First Henipavirus in North America, Raising Pandemic Fears.

Scientists have identified the Camp Hill virus, a henipavirus, in shrews in Alabama, marking its first detection in North America.

"I will be meeting with some people that were very badly hurt."

There were no survivors. He is a lying buffoon.

There would not be a font size large enough for the NY Times editors to use demanding Biden resign.

BREAKING: H5 Bird Flu Detected in New York Squirrel.

BREAKING: Ohio has reported the loss of 1.8 million egg-laying hens due to the H5N1 bird flu, representing one of the largest single losses in the ongoing crisis impacting the U.S. poultry industry.

This could further drive up food prices.

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Mississippi has introduced HB1484, allowing enslavement of undocumented immigrants via life imprisonment for “illegal aliens.” It will also establish the “Mississippi Illegal Alien Certified Bounty Hunter Program.”