A president does not dictate what speech is allowed. A president does not dictate who a company can hire or fire or have sit on their board. A president does not dictate when a merger pleases him and when it does not. Only a dictator does. And we will not allow one in the United States. Not now. Not ever.

@schiff.senate.gov

Katyal: "I was able to go to court - the son of immigrants-- & say on behalf of small businesses, 'Hey, this president is acting illegally.' I was able to present my case, have them ask really hard questions, & at the end of it they voted & we won. That is something extraordinary about this country"

Color photograph of Jennifer Doudna, the Nobel Prize-winning biochemist (2020 Chemistry Nobel, shared with Emmanuelle Charpentier for co-inventing CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology). She's a professor at UC Berkeley, a pioneer in molecular biology, and one of the most influential scientists alive today. The portrait captures her in a more recent, casual style: shoulder-length silver-gray hair, bright blue eyes, warm smile, wearing small pearl earrings and a textured maroon/reddish-brown zip-up jacket over a lighter top, set against a plain light gray background.

The first all-female team to share a Nobel Prize in science: biochemists Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier.

They won the 2020 #Nobel Prize in #Chemistry "for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR-Cas9)." Jennifer Doudna was born #OTD in 1964.

#WomenInSTEM

The cover-up just never ends. Rest in peace, Ruben Ray Martinez.

CARTOON OF THE DAY

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We know exactly why. It is clear.

With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans

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There are at least 12 human biological variations that influence gender, based on chromosome variations, hormone variations, gonadal variations, structural and developmental variations, and chimerism.

MAGA legislators should have at least one book read to them.

There are at a bare minimum, 12 human biological variations that influence how gender expresses itself, bases on chromosome variations, hormone variations, gonadal variations, structural and developmental variations, and chimerism.

MAGA legislators should have at least one book read to them.

We will not get over the Trumpstein files ever!

@knecessary.bsky.social

@jesseduquette.bsky.social

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It’s been nearly a week since Pam Bondi’s now-infamous appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, but America’s cartoonists just can’t quit her.

Seattle Seahawks decline White House invitation! 💙🏈💚

Any political party spreading lies about voter fraud as a pretext to make it harder for every one to vote is sending a clear message: they can't win on their ideas alone.

Remember this.

Remember what J6ers were screaming at the insurrection…

Trump is suing the DOJ for investigating him, while locking people up in detention centers who are here legally and haven't done anything wrong. He doesn't just think he is above the law, he thinks he is the law.

Trump is fine-tuning his opulent ballroom.

At the same time, a U.S. citizen is shot in the face 3 times while the ICE thug shooter stands BESIDE the young woman's car door.

Priorities

Outstanding example of art as opposition to lies. Beautiful and powerful

“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus …
Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”

So DUI hire Hegseth is firing Brigadier Generals now.

I feel so much safer.

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So the person coming out of his home to help someone in distress is "THE WORST OF THE WORST"?

“I’ve never protested before - but I just watched 4th & 5th grade kids run away from our own government.” 😕🇺🇸💔

(From @crindivisible.bsky.social )

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A good man telling a basic truth!

😕🇺🇸💰

Swalwell: ICE agents shot Alex Pretti and Renee Good. And the only person in the world who has been held accountable by DHS is the pilot who somehow forgot to move Kristi Noem’s blankie.

😂👇😂