No better way to spend a late summer evening than taking a ferry to buy a new (to me) accordion

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New Citizen Soldiers: Naturalization During World War II | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Foreign-born US troops made a significant contribution to American victory in World War II. Between July 1, 1942 and June 30, 1945, 109,382 foreign-born members of the US Armed Forces became naturaliz...

Maybe someone else has already pointed this out, but over 300,000 foreign-born people served in the US Army during WWII.

www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles...

This is Sweetie Cat and I love him for all the reasons

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Would love to see my senators and representative working on this

Like an operation where the patient comes to in a hotel bathtub missing a kidney

Message sent, thanks

I'm interested - that lungwort is so pretty!

As one of your constituents, I ask you to 1) call for resignations of group chat members 2) call for an investigation, both into this chat, and to find out whether there are other group chats that are illegally addressing national security issues 3) invite Jeffrey Goldberg to testify in committee

As someone who has voted for you multiple times, I am asking you to vote no on cloture. Your constituents need you to stand up for what is right, even when it's hard.

Opinion | The assault on DEI? It’s aimed at resegregation. The GOP leaders attacking inclusion programs want to go back to an era when White men ran everything

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Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Leaves Millions Without HIV Treatment (Gift Article) President Trump’s pause on aid, and the gutting of the primary aid agency, could jeopardize the health of more than 20 million people worldwide, including 500,000 children, experts say.

Two weeks into President Trump’s sweeping freeze on foreign aid, H.I.V. groups abroad have not received any funding, jeopardizing the health of more than 20 million people, including 500,000 children.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/h...

As one of your constituents, I thank you!

Seattle folks: there is a massive fundraiser this weekend supporting immigrant rights nonprofits. Lots of local restaurants and businesses are donating a portion of their profits. Eat good food, help a good cause: bit.ly/m/seattlefun...

In the midst of this shit show, I'm thankful there are still snowdrops

If you’re angry that Congress is idly standing by while Trump seizes absolute authority through brazenly illegal power grabs—restructuring the entire government around his own cruel and arbitrary whims by executive decree—you should call your representatives and tell them: 202-224-3121

Musk's Junta Establishes Him as Head of Government Imagining how we'd cover overseas what's happening to the U.S. right now

Having watched with growing alarm the developments of the last 24 and 36 hours in Washington, I thought I’d take a stab at how the US media would cover this story if it was happening in a foreign country. Here’s that story that should be written this weekend: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/musk-s-jun...

Unelected agents of a oligarch have seized core services of the state without legal sanction or authorization; yes, that's a coup

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Well, this is terrifying

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Washington state is too far away for us to go to DC and act directly, but we elected you to represent us. Please, we need you to act more creatively to defend us!

January 29, 2025 M-25-14 MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES FROM: Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office of Management and Budget Me SUBJECT: Rescission of M-25-13 OMB Memorandum M-25-13 is rescinded. If you have questions about implementing the President's Executive Orders, please contact your agency General Counsel.

🚨 BREAKING: OMB has just issued a memo *rescinding* the previous memo freezing all federal financial assistance programs.

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This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.

Thank you so much for this!

They can make Donald Trump apologize for January 6th.

A thread, if you will pardon me.

Friday afternoon work-from-home coziness

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