Bill Hanson

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Inside the DOGE Threat to Social Security A day in the life of a claims rep for America’s largest government program.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk talk obsessively about rooting out fraud at the Social Security Administration. The agency’s inspector general recently found that less than one per cent of benefits distributed between 2015 and 2022 were improper.

Army Corps knew Trump order would waste California water, memo shows The Army Corps colonel responsible for releasing reservoir water at Trump’s direction knew it wouldn’t reach Southern California as he promised, a memo obtained by The Post shows.

WAPO: “.. The Army Corps of Engineers colonel responsible for releasing water from two California reservoirs at President Donald Trump’s direction in January knew that it was unlikely to reach the southern part of the state as Trump had promised, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.”

Very heartening to see foreign officials mocking him for being a fucking clown. Feels like the garlic to his vampire

How long will it take for Trump to issue an executive order prohibiting all of these lawyers — as he did earlier with two law firms — from access to federal buildings? Of course, it is impossible to bring a federal lawsuit without going to a federal building.

The Words Federal Agencies Are Discouraged From Using Under Trump Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.

Trump administration has identified words to be banned on government websites or at least be wary of using. Among them: women, race, injustice, climate science, pollution, victim, historically. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

"The American antisemitism now merges with the Russian antisemitism and reinforces it. The idea that Zelens'kyi is not a real president, and that his government is therefore not a real government, has been a very specific Russian antisemitic trope from the beginning."

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Exactly

I’m George Takei and I approve of this message.

It’s only half the pair it should be.

Ryan Day held the ship together. Congrats to my Buckeye friends.

Wonderful to see the separation of Church and State on full display today. Goosebumps.

Watch: Rising stars Melin Melyn share raucous new single Welsh music trailblazers Melin Melyn have shared their new single ‘The Pigeon & The Golden Egg’. The raucous ’70s spangled groover is the latest single from their upcoming debut album ‘Mill On The Hil...

The Welsh psych pop wizards have released new single 'The PIgeon & The Golden Egg' taken from their forthcoming debut album 'Milll On The Hill'

Changing the name of “The Gulf of Mexico” to “The Gulf of America,” is not a stoke of genius. Other than benefiting mapmakers the worldover, plus computer code writers and Trump’s ego, it will have absolutely no impact on anything. So why not call it what it actually is: “The Gall of America?”

Alito spoke with Trump before president-elect asked Supreme Court to delay his sentencing | CNN Politics Justice Samuel Alito said he spoke with President-elect Donald Trump by phone this week in support of a former law clerk who is seeking a job in the incoming administration

Breaking news: Justice Samuel Alito spoke with Trump before the president-elect asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing

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If my school teacher had said that to me I would have said “Show me the evidence.”

Reds and Bluesky yellows, greens and browns.

"The process of decivilization may begin with profound distrust in institutions and government leaders, but that distrust gets far worse in a society where people brutalize one another. There is no shortcut back to a robust democracy." Adrienne LaFrance Executive Editor

The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK

Coach Campbell met with our WWII veteran guests, all Michigan natives, before our #SalutetoService game Sunday.

World, how did I get here? Into the Blue again.