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Senators slipped a sneaky clause into the shutdown bill, letting them pocket up to $1 million for secret phone snooping—retroactive perks for the Jan. 6 crew, because why not enrich the elite while America waits. #Corruption

Dave Taylor (@temp2165) on Threads If she worth 25 million now why does she need her retirement

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ADL's move to establish 'Mamdani Monitor' decried as scaremongering and Islamophobia url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/adls-move-establish-mamdani-monitor-slammed-scaremongering-and-islamophobia

ICE is now the 13th largest military in the world on its own.

Never ever accept the lie we cannot pay for Universal Healthcare.

President began demolishing the East Wing of the WH to build there his $200M+ ballroom.

East Wing was built in 1942 during the presidency of FDR. It was constructed to cover the bunker that he used during WWII and the President's Emergency Operations Center.

Fantastic gills on this waxcap.

#MacroMonday and #MushroomMonday combined with an aging crimson waxcap? Stunning colour combination of pink and peach too. #fungi #mushrooms #vitaminN #waxcaps #SouthCumbria

Exclusive | Treasury Tells Employees Not to Share Photos of White House Ballroom Construction Images of the demolition of parts of the East Wing went viral on Monday, and Treasury’s headquarters next door to the White House has a front-row seat.

The Treasury Department instructed employees not to share to share photos of the demolition of parts of the White House’s East Wing

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100 Hardy, a lieutenant colonel, became the youngest Tuskegee fighter pilot at 19, and was among the first Black military pilots in the United States.

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

The same guy telling you Portland is war-ravaged, told you Mexico was going to pay for the wall and people were eating your pets in Ohio.

Gaza: New regulations require all aid entering strip to be sourced from Israel only url:https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-requires-all-aid-entering-gaza-be-sourced-israel-only

Each Member Of Family On Edge As Vacation Has Gone By Without One Blowout Fight

Each Member Of Family On Edge As Vacation Has Gone By Without One Blowout Fight https://theonion.com/each-member-of-family-on-edge-as-vacation-has-gone-by-w-1819579179/

Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man Festival A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the Burning Man festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

RFK Jr looks like he’s been sampling the diseases at the CDC

A sweet faced shorthaired gray tabby smiling squinty eyed at the camera while she sits on someone’s lap making happy air biscuits

A cute black cat with big yellow eyes is looking thoughtfully at the camera while laying on someone’s chest

EAST TEXAS DWELLERS❗️

I am once again asking that if you or a friend of a friend of a friend might even POSSIBLY know someone who could take 1 or 2 sweet healthy adult female cats with all vet care done and no behavioral issues, their disabled senior owners are being evicted and cannot bring cats!

A black background features bold white uppercase text centered in the image, reading: "I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO HOW IT WAS, I WANT TO GO FORWARD TO WHERE WE SHOULD BE". The quote is arranged in multiple lines, conveying a motivational message about progress and moving forward rather than returning to the past.

Photo of a dark skinned person's hand scritching the chin of a shorthaired white and tabby kitten.

Once upon a time a bunch of farmers in the Middle East came to an agreement allowing some slinky local creatures to do pest control for their crop storage.

Cut to 9,000 years later: Happy International Cat Day! icatcare.org/internationa...

Trump Burger owner faces deportation after ICE arrest in Houston Roland Mehrez Beainy, owner of Trump Burger in Houston, is facing deportation after overstaying his non-immigrant visitor visa, which expired on February 12, 2024.

The owner of Trump Burger has been arrested by ICE for overstaying his visa and is now facing deportation proceedings

James A. Lovell Jr., Commander of Apollo 13, Is Dead at 97 He led the three-man crew that survived a near catastrophic explosion in space in 1970, and was later immortalized by Tom Hanks in the movie “Apollo 13.”

Breaking News: James Lovell Jr., commander of Apollo 13, the spacecraft that survived a near catastrophic explosion as it approached the moon, has died at 97.

Yesterday, Maurene Comey, who prosecuted the Epstein case, was summarily fired from SDNY. Her letter to colleagues pulls no punches. "Fear is the tool of a tyrant, wielded to suppress independent thought."

h/t @msnbc.com

Alex Kydd
Ocean, Nature & Travel Photographer

The Trump admin, with Kristi Noem at the helm, axes TPS for over 520,000 Haitian immigrants, ignoring gang violence and chaos in Haiti. A cruel mirage of "improved conditions" masks a brutal deportation push, shredding lives and families. #ImmigrationCrisis

The Constitution is extremely clear on birthright citizenship. There is no part of it that could possibly be more clear.

If the president can overrule that, we no longer live in a constitutional democracy.

Wide-field astrophotograph of the Western Veil complex taken by Josh Bloch.

America is going to hell in a handbasket. The Supreme Court failed all of us today, repeatedly. But hey, enjoy this image of the Western Veil Complex which I took last night from my light-polluted San Jose backyard (264 1-minute exposures).

ICE arrested a 6-year-old boy with leukemia at immigration court. His family is suing. A Honduran mother and her two children — ages 6 and 9 — sued the Trump administration over their arrest at Los Angeles Immigration Court, the first lawsuit challenging the arrests of children under a ...

Monstrous:

"They were crying in fear. One of the agents at one point lifted up his shirt, which displayed the gun that he was carrying....The 6-year-old boy was terrified to see the gun. He urinated on himself and wet all his clothing. No one offered him a change of clothing for many hours."