Leslie Cameron

See you April 5!

The Memo: Democrats, lawyers left reeling from Paul, Weiss firm’s Trump deal A Washington Post editorial appeared earlier this week headlined “Trump’s efforts to intimidate the legal profession cannot stand.” Within 48 hours later, those efforts were not merely standing. Th…

The signers of the Declaration of Independence risked their lives to secure freedom from a tyrant. How many signers would we have today?

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YouTube video by The Daily Show Matthew Desmond - “Poverty, by America” & What It Takes to Close the Poverty Gap | The Daily Show

If the top 1% of the wealthy in America simply paid the taxes they OWED, we would net $175,000,000,000. This $175 billion would be enough to lift every American under the poverty line to above the poverty line. The taxes they OWE.
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The ABA rejects efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession Three weeks ago, the American Bar Association spoke to you about values that guide us. We called upon every lawyer to insist that the government adhere to four major principles of law that have guided...

The American Bar Association keeps having to issue unprecedented statements defending our judges and courts, the rule of law, the separation of powers, and co-equal branches of govt.

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Okay someone fixed this, whew! That long list needed segments.

'For the record...': Rachel Maddow sets the record straight on Trump address falsehoods Rachel Maddow runs through an exhausting but by no means exhaustive list of false statements made by Donald Trump in his first address to a joint session of Congress of his second term.

Fact checking a few of the President’s many lies…

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Scoop: Senate Dems plot to delay all Trump nominees in retaliation for USAID restructuring Senate Democrats are privately discussing an escalation beyond "blanket hold."

Dems throwing sand in the gears. 👍

Https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/senate-democrats-holds-nominees-usaid

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

Project 2025: NOAA climate science is “bad for business.”
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YouTube video by PBS NewsHour WATCH: Sen. Tim Kaine questions RFK Jr. in confirmation hearing

Sen. Tim Kaine asks RFK about an earlier tweet in which Kennedy says,
he would not “take sides” on 9-11.

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When, Why, and How to Prune Shrubs Dormancy makes late winter/early spring the best time to prune many shrubs and trees. The gardener can see the shape of the bare plants better, and the cuts are less disruptive than when the plant is ...

The best time for pruning summer flowering shrubs & trees is coming up. Skip spring flowering woodies (or the buds get cut off). This is a good overview.
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SIFT (The Four Moves) How can students get better at sorting truth from fiction from everything in between? At applying their attention to the things that matter? At amplifying better treatments of issues, and avoiding …

3/ Here's more detail from @mikecaulfield.bsky.social, the model's originator. You don't have to be a student - it works for anyone.

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Entomologist Max Ferlauto counted up the butterflies and moths that emerged in spring on lawns that had been raked, or not, in the fall. Far fewer emerged where leaves had been removed. Rake less! See butterflies more!
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Do no fall yard work…. And save more bugs. They’re surviving winter under the leaves, looking like leaves, in dead flower stalks, in branches and twigs, and in the soil. Or attached to a branch, like this swallowtail chrysalis. Leave the garden be and go have some tea instead.

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