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DOGE comes for AmeriCorps staff in Washington and across the country Employees were abruptly placed on administrative leave.

DOGE continues to hurt our country. AmeriCorps represents Americans’ best instincts - to help each other. Musk has no interest in helping anyone other than the ultra wealthy and powerful.
www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

The entire AmeriCorps agency has been placed on administrative leave

YouTube video by Associated Press LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor

A Black man just beat the record for the longest filibuster, defeating the record previously held by a man who filibustered the literal Civil Rights Act.

As the time ticked over, Cory Booker announced he did it not out of hatred for who he opposed, but out of love for those who supported him.

Victor the frog

Victor the frog

Tiny friend.

If you’re siding with Vladimir Putin, you’re wrong.

The Revolution will be AI-icized

Cars pass under two highway signs with diverging routes: 1) can't look away, 2) had enough.

Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Bob Eckstein. #NewYorkerCartoons

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This Ain’t The Apprentice. Stop Calling Them Firings. They’re Purges. A lot of things happened. Here are some of the things. This...

This Ain’t The Apprentice. Stop Calling Them Firings. They’re Purges. talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo...

If you're protesting tomorrow:

"I invoke my rights to silence and counsel and will not answer questions without my attorney present."

MEMORIZE THAT, because aside from asking if you're free to leave (or providing ID if you're in a stop and ID state), that's the ONLY thing you ever say to cops.

Just started reading it!

My #botm box showed up yesterday. Starting with We Could Be Rats. #booksky

He deserves that treat.

Science!

My #botm picks for February. Which one should I read first when my box arrives? #booksky #bookofthemonth

Today is a solemn day of remembrance for the millions murdered in the Holocaust.
 
On the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, we look to our history as a warning against the dangers of antisemitism and intolerance and honor the promise: never again.

Good morning, especially to these two cuties.

I often have a book in all 3 mediums going at a time because each has its own purpose for me

Adding to my TBR!

Currently reading. Book 10 of 2025.
#booksky #storygraph #botm

This is not ok.

Photo of Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

❤️❤️

Helpful!

A couple of years back I pulled some of the Dr. King quotes that often go unrecognized by lots of people who look like me, and turned them into graphics.

Here's a few.

#stopwhitewashingMLK

This is the kind of content I need to see today.

Wish I coulda been there.
Instead drew this. Happy #MLK Day!

Here we go...