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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

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Toronto edition. BTW, under Biden we had just one commercial plane crash. One month into Trump and his tag-team attack with Elon Musk on the FAA we're at 77 deaths, 15 injuries and counting with 3 crashes. If this were Biden this would be a mainline conspiracy by now.

Every day, more and more Jewish leaders break from decades of silence to reject ethnic cleansing. Thank you to these 350 rabbis using your voices in this moment to oppose Trump’s plans in Gaza and #SayNoToEthnicCleansing.

#GazaIsNotForSale

Video: Opinion | Don’t Believe Him Look closely at the first two weeks of Donald Trump’s second term and you’ll see something very different than what he wants you to see.

Ezra Klein explains Steve Bannon's "muzzle velocity" strategy to "flood the zone" with illegal executive actions to keep us distracted and convince us that Trump is a king instead of pushing legislation that would make a permanent impact as a president. Klein argues it’s backfiring.

Rep. Ilhan Omar: "This is what the beginning of dictatorship looks like."

To The People I Know Who Voted for Him, To the people I know who voted for him,

To the people I know who voted for him,

You know how I feel about him.

There’s nothing I could say about him that you don’t already know.

But as this next chapter of our nation begins, I just want you to know:

I am going to hold you responsible.

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE PENTAGON PRESS ASSOCIATION SUBJECT: New Annual Media Rotation Program for Pentagon Press Corps For over a half-century, the Pentagon Press Corps has benefited from working out of individual office spaces that provide coveted and open access to some of the Department's top military and civilian leaders. Known as the Correspondents' Corridor, this office space loaned to media outlets by the Secretary of Defense stands as a tribute to the importance the Department has long placed on informing the public about the U.S. military and all it does to project peace through strength. It also honors the many correspondents who put their lives on the line, and in many cases died, while covering our finest in battle. In order to broaden access to the limited space of the Correspondents' Corridor to outlets that have not previously enjoyed the privilege and journalistic value of working from physical office space in the Pentagon, beginning February 14, 2025, the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs will implement a new Annual Media Rotation Program for those dedicated media spaces. Each year, one outlet from each press medium - print, online, television and radio - that has enjoyed working from a physical office in the Pentagon will rotate out of the building to allow a new outlet from the same medium that has not had the unique opportunity to report as a resident member of the Pentagon Press Corps. This year, the following news outlets will begin their rotation by vacating their physical office space effective Friday, February 14, 2025: Print - The New York Times TV - NBC News Radio - National Public Radio Online News - POLITICO In their place, the following outlets from each medium will be invited to move into the Correspondents' Corridor workspaces formerly occupied by the above four outlets. Print - New York Post TV - One America News Network Radio - Breitbart News Network Online News - HuffPost News (aka The Huffington Post)

To be clear, the outlets that vacate the spaces loaned to them by the Secretary will remain as full members of the Pentagon Press Corps. They will continue to enjoy the same media access to the Pentagon and will be able to attend and cover briefings and be considered for travel with civilian and military leaders in the Department as they have previously. The only change will be giving up their physical workspaces in the building to allow new outlets to have their turn to become resident members of the Pentagon Press Corps. Thank you in advance for participating in the Pentagon Press Corps Annual Media Rotation Program. By turning over the office space loaned to you by the Secretary, you will ensure that new outlets will have the same opportunity you have enjoyed covering our nation's finest up close from office spaces inside the walls of the Pentagon. (John Ullyot Acting

NBC News is being kicked out of its space in the Pentagon and replaced by OANN.

🛑CANCELLED—“Research on Women’s Health” funding website of the NIH.

Everything We Know About Trump's Executive Order on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth From what it says to what it means for you.

new @teenvogue.com: @brittneymac15.bsky.social digs into the details of Trump's exec order on trans youth healthcare. I checked with an @aclu.org senior attorney on what trans youth and their families should plan for.

in short: no changes RN; stay on top of your healthcare; don't comply in advance.

100% loyalists need only apply in the Trump administration!

Opinion | A ‘silver tsunami’ approaches, and the U.S. economy is not prepared In 2050, an expected 82 million older adults will represent 23% of the U.S. population.

“By the end of 2025, close to 12,000 people a day will turn 65 for the next two years.”

@michelenorris.bsky.social looks at the largest leap in retirement eligibility that America has ever seen; when the gaps in the system are impossible to ignore.

READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

REPEATING (BECAUSE I’M RIGHT): MOVE TO IMPEACH TRUMP TODAY.
He’s committed 14 new impeachable acts since Friday

OUR DIRTY LITTLE SECRET IS: the party that tries to impeach has won the last 13 ELECTIONS

Fight. Back.

GET THE ALL-NEW COUNTDOWN PODCAST: tinyurl.com/4udus4hy

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik There is no way to rationalise the horrors inflicted on Gaza’s innocent children. Now is the time to mourn them fully For the past week, Palestinians in Gaza have been returning to their homes, now mostly reduced to rubble – and to their dead who still…

Goodbye to the lost children of Gaza. You were loved, you are remembered, you did not deserve it | Nesrine Malik

Egg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expect Bird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH**

* Currently paused by Executive Order
** Grant reviews now all canceled
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Jan. 6 Defendant Shuns Trump’s Pardon, Likening ‘Stop the Steal’ to a ‘Cult’ Pamela Hemphill, 71, of Boise, Idaho, who served 60 days in prison, said it would be “an insult to the Capitol Police” if she accepted the pardon.

“It’s an insult to the Capitol Police, to the rule of law and to the nation. If I accept a pardon, I’m continuing their propaganda, their gaslighting and all their falsehoods they’re putting out there about Jan. 6.” Good for her!

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...

The exact number of federal employees working in DEI roles appears to be unknown, or at least not publicly disclosed. This raises questions: does the Trump administration even know who these employees are or how many exist? If not, how exactly do they plan to identify them? 🤔
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The Second Coming of MAGA's Messiah How a rapist, felon, and traitor became millions of Americans' savior—and what the rest of us can do now

Look, I don’t have a clue what’s coming or how to best prepare and I’m not sure any of us truly do.

What I do know, is that I’m not letting this bastard win.

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Love that you're here. Bummed that you can't turn off the comments, though. 😉😬

Fascist Charlatans Furious Over Sermon on Mercy Bless this bishop!

At the National Prayer Service, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde delivered a heroic, spontaneous act of rebellion—a sermon calling for mercy for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people. Naturally, Donold and his cult are big mad. Let’s break it down.

UN says it could take “$500 million over 10 years to clear” unexploded bombs from Gaza.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/hgeadw

This is every ordinary American's ONLY job for the next four years: #StopTheOligarchy

Raise your hand if you agree.

👏🏼👋🙌🏾👊🏿✋🏻🤲✊🏽

In sermon to Trump, Bishop Budde pleads for immigrants, transgender rights WASHINGTON (RNS) — The inaugural prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral Tuesday morning featured a number of interfaith leaders, including the Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop...

BREAKING: In sermon to Trump at inaugural prayer service, Episcopal Bishop Budde pleads for immigrants, transgender rights —> religionnews.com/2025/01/21/i...

Trump Pardons Ross Ulbricht, Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace Ross Ulbricht was serving a life sentence for creating a site in a shady corner of the internet to sell heroin, cocaine and other illicit substances.

ummmm? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/t...

Happy to see you here!!

A screenshot of Rep. Frost speaking on the House floor in front of a chart that says “THE GOP CHILD PREDATOR EMPOWERMENT ACT”

Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social is the winner of our Courage Caucus Award of the Week. The youngest member of the House brilliantly messaged against the GOP anti-trans kids bill and helped unify the Democratic caucus against it. If you’re a constituent, call his office to say thanks: (202) 225–2176.

Trump has repealed a Biden executive order mandating ethical behavior from administration employees.

The order told federal workers to:
-Not accept gifts from lobbyists
-Not take other bribes
-Not lobby for two years after government work
-And more

Now those rules are gone.

Message from the Executive Director Message from the Executive Director

The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention issues a Red Flag Alert following Musk’s Nazi salute.

Those seeking to downplay or excuse or make light of or turn a blind eye to or “give the benefit of the doubt to” Musk are culpable

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