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“But the antidote to moral injury doesn’t usually start with grand gestures, it starts with recognizing our capacity to act in the service of our values in small ways that remind us we have at least some agency, even if everything in us is screaming that we have none.”

Excellent piece.

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free.

consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

BREAKING: THE WEAPONIZED SANDWICH CONTAINED SALAMI

How To Prepare for Trump Taking Over Your City A leading Democratic mayor has a game plan. But he also has concerns that the national party isn’t doing more to support them.

"'We don’t need the National Guard in our cities and this government should respect home rule. I thought the Republican party believed in federalism, and I guess that that’s gone away now under this administration.'"

Brava!

I'm going to publish the entirety of an exchange I just had with the press office of the DOJ. I want you to see how they are talking about truth.

Trump’s Truth Social launched an AI chatbot, which doesn’t see eye to eye with him.

The Post asked the bot about topics like tariffs, the best president and Jan. 6. Here’s what it said. wapo.st/45vMriv

Feds call Afghan interpreter arrested by ICE in CT a national security risk An interpreter who worked with U.S. forces in Afghanistan and was arrested by immigration agents in Connecticut is a risk to national security, federal officials said. His attorney denied the claim.

EXCLUSIVE: Last week, I reported on an Afghan interpreter arrested by ICE in Connecticut.

Now ICE says he's "a risk to the national security."

His lawyer says he "has never and does not now pose a threat to national security."

My latest at CT Insider — www.ctinsider.com/news/article... #nutmegsky

DC man accused of throwing sandwich at federal officer released from custody Sean Dunn, accused of throwing a sandwich at a federal officer, is released on his own recognizance as the judge finds the felony charge excessive.

Subway sandwich guy has been released on his own recognizance.

His attorney argued the felony charge was excessive, and the judge agreed.

Oh, and he’s a USAF veteran.

www.wusa9.com/article/news...

A pale, heart-faced owl with mottled tan and white plumage, perched under a wooden structure.

I found a sleepy Barn Owl this morning in...a barn.

#owls #birds #nature

A cartoonishly blue male mountain bluebird looks down on the photographer from its perch in an ash tree as if to say 'be sure you get my good side'.

While working on my Masters, I befriended an older gentleman who maintained over 300 bluebird boxes in the Swan River Valley. I helped check them and saw many mountain bluebirds. I just never managed to photograph one until this fellow in Nicolle Flats, Saskatchewan who posed so nicely. #birds 🌿

Trump Posts Video of the Night Obama Humiliated Him as He Pushes for Prosecution Donald Trump shared an edited 5-minute mash-up of Obama mocking him.

Donald Trump is still nursing a 14-year grudge.

Andry José Hernández Romero

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Some great concurrent reporting from @404media.co

www.404media.co/ice-plans-ce...

huge crowds out in force for the NO KINGS protests

They think all these people are paid.

Fixed it:
--> last year, the U.S. sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal **combined**
--> every $1 of research funded by NIH generates $2.56 in economic activity
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Chatting with AI image generators has gotten surrealistic. Asked Poe’s Image_Creator to refine its earlier rendition of “a beautiful flag flying in the wind with the words Diversity Equity Inclusion”

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

Lexington and Concord at 250: Can We Still Hear the ‘Shot Heard Round the World’? Big Revolutionary War anniversaries lie ahead—and bring reminders of our messy, surprising history.

With the Battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy—plus related smaller skirmishes—the American Revolutionary War began 250 years ago today. How does the 'shot heard round the world' sound today?
www.thebulwark.com/p/lexington-...

YouTube video by Democracy Docket Trump DOJ Drops Voting Rights Lawsuits

NEW VIDEO: In the past few weeks, the Trump Justice Department dropped or withdrew its involvement in 7 voting rights cases filed under the Biden Administration.

Paige and I explain these cases and what they mean about the future of voting rights. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b-h...

The Dallas ICE office is involved in a mass removal effort targeting nearly 200 people — many without removal orders — scheduled to be deported to El Salvador today.

This is not just cruel – it is lawless. I refuse to stay quiet while families are being torn apart, and lives are being put at risk.

Happy 250th Anniversary of Lexington and Concord from the Supreme Court of the United States

Harvard Never Doubted US Demands Despite ‘Astonishing Overreach’ Harvard University said it had no reason to doubt the seriousness or authenticity of a letter it received from the government this month despite it containing demands that were “astonishing in their o...

Regardless of whether the letter was sent erroneously, it has set off a chain of events leading to a remarkable battle between the administration and the oldest and richest US university

The nationwide measles outbreak now stands at more than 800 cases, but you probably don’t know that since RFK Jr is keeping a tight lid on that news.

The orange areas in the below map show where the vaccination rate is under the 95% coverage target among kindergarteners. That’s a LOT of orange!

International students pumped nearly $44 billion into the American economy and generated 378,000 jobs last year alone.

From the NYT today.

You guys Elon Musk appointed the head of the IRS and President Trump didn’t even know about it.

Food banks scramble after USDA halts $500 million in deliveries | CNN Politics In the coming weeks, the shelves at dozens of food pantries in California’s Fresno County will be a little emptier. Visitors won’t be able to take home as many groceries, and their bags will contain f...

DOGE's latest efficiency is halting $500 million in food deliveries to the nation's food banks. www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/p...

Here's the reality: they've backed themselves into a corner. If they bring him home there will be hell to pay. It's clear that they believe that the lesser hell is not bringing him home. So we need to make that hell the worse hell. Start calling and screaming at all of your representatives now! 1/2