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hoping to leave things a bit better than i find them - and see some of the world in the process Not sure what else you'd think, but: views my own, travel deals posted as PSA, RTs not endorsements - except for the dogs. Those I endorse.
Plz watch “The Secret Agent” - it’s amazing film that can teach you so much about how to fight back against fascism.
Memory is resistance
paydayreport.com/oscar-nomina...
‘SINNERS’ won 4 Oscars tonight.
• Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan)
• Best Cinematography
• Best Original Screenplay
• Best Original Score
See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26
Due to the forecasted severe weather, DCPS will close schools two hours early on Monday, March 16.
Afterschool and evening activities are cancelled. Staff will remain at school until all students are safely dismissed.
Hooray!!! Michael b Jordan!
Chamomile lavender shortbread dough chilling in the fridge for Tuesday #cookieparty
SINNERS IS OFFICIALLY AN OSCAR WINNING FILM
See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26
Noting: While storms may be most widespread late afternoon and evening Monday, a few severe storms -- capable of producing tornadoes -- could develop between midmorning and midafternoon. Some areas could see more than one round of storms. You need to be weather-aware all day.
Safety messages from NWS re severe storms Monday, which includes tornado chance. Please stay weather aware; this is HIGHER-END threat. Concern re treefalls. Avoid driving in high winds, wait it out; During any warnings, shelter in interior room at lowest floor, away from windows.
Dangerous outbreak of thunderstorms likely Monday in DC area; tornadoes possible
Timing most likely between afternoon and early evening but some late morning storms possible.
Level 4 out of 5 storm risk; highest in 2.5 years.
Full briefing: www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2026...
Make sure you have devices charged and/or portable power banks handy; keep a cooler or two full of ice, extra water (especially if you're on a well), flashlights and first aid kits, a battery powered weather radio. Power outages could be very widespread and possibly lengthy given the wind threat
He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.
Q: “So, hundreds of millions of dollars in grants were terminated from the NEH. The deficit didn’t change much. And you were paid $150,000 to do that job of reducing the deficit. Do you feel like the $150,000 paid to you was wasteful spending?”
A: *Laughs, frowns….long pause*
A manufacturing problem in millions of Abbott glucose sensors for diabetes patients has been tied to at least seven deaths and hundreds of injuries worldwide.
on.nbcboston.com/9xkryjX
"For her 50th birthday, Linda bought herself a crown & wore it all day long.... Her favorite cocktail was a French martini, which includes vodka, pineapple juice & Chambord liquor, [known for its crown-loke cap]. “She was the queen,” Consweulo said, laughing before dabbing her eyes with a tissue."
When Mike Lee says this, we rightly hear him admitting to what they’ve doing. But when most Republicans read this, they hear Mike Lee calling for fair elections in which Democrats can’t win by cheating, like they did in 2020. Mike Lee knows he’s lying, but he also knows his audience will believe him
Trump defense lawyer John Lauro faced unusually testy pushback from co-panelists & DOJ alums attending ABA conference.
Lauro praised Trump DOJ for being in a "better place" now that Jack Smith isn't victimizing the president.
"You're a clown," someone yelled.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
It is hard to overstate, for non-lawyers, just how milquetoast the ABA is in normal times. It’s supposed to be boring insurance lawyers leading workshops with boring tax lawyers, trying to drum up business.
A pissed off ABA is like dentists manning the barricades and singing Le Marseillaise.
Target
-gave Trump big campaign money
-rolled back their DEI polices (which, were they reinstated? NOPE www.supermarketnews.com/grocery-oper...)
-tried to tokenize their way out of it
-failed to stand up for the residents of their state who were being killed & occupied by ICE
Yeah, no. Me either.
Sun. March 15 in DMV DC-Sarau de Samba w/ local Brazilian performers Pablo Regis, André Coelho, Rui Gordin 2-5 pm @ Glen Echo Park (Afro-Brazilian culture w/ samba dance lesson); Cheo y Los Consentidos de la Casa w/ Leon City Sounds djs @ Takoma Station Tavern (NYC Latin funk & bugalu band) 🧵
The NY Times spoke to an Iranian businessman who shared the feeling of some Iranians “that the war facilitated the transition to a new supreme leader, something that the regime might have otherwise struggled to do.”
NEWS: D.C. says that starting on May 12 it will implement a wait list for the child care subsidy program, which currently helps 7,500 kids from low-income families pay for child care. City officials say without it, enrollment growth will blow the program's $96 million budget.
Haitian woman, 31, dies alone at Pittsburgh bus stop days after ICE released her to the streets far from home to perish. Rest in power, Daphy Michel: migrantinsider.com/p/the-loneso...
🚨NEWS: Democrat Andy Thomson has won the Boca Raton mayoral race by just ONE vote.
🔵 Thomson — 7,568
🔴 Liebelson — 7,567
With 100% of votes in, Thomson becomes the first Democratic mayor of Boca Raton in over 30 years.
One vote decided the election.
Hegseth is getting rid of as many guardrails as he can at the Pentagon. This should scare EVERY American. He is as unbalanced as Trump and he is going to get a lot more Americans killed.
Better article re: the #TargetBoycott
"The company confirmed to USA Today that it’s making no new commitments or reversals on its DEI policy."
and
"Black women across the country are reminding people that they started the boycott — and they’ll decide when it ends."
Black households are less likely to be approved for key disaster aid, receive smaller payouts via the federal government and private home insurers, and lose wealth after disasters while white households tend to gain it, even controlling for factors like income, homeownership, and local damage.
Prayers for the downed crew. A US Air Force KC-135 StratoTanker has gone down in Iraq. They say hostile fire not involved. Two planes were involved in an incident that apparently damaged both planes. One plane landed safely. The other went down in Western Iraq. Rescue/Recovery Ops are underway.
On today’s episode of Cartoonishly Overt Sign We’re the Baddies: they’re taking the olive branch off the dime because it presents peace
Shouldn't be rare to see this said by a US senator