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Studio portrait of Nancy Wake in uniform, showing her parachute badge. She is a white woman with dark hair.

Very early #OnThisDay, 30 April 1944, New Zealander Nancy Wake parachutes into occupied France to be a courier for the Special Operations Executive.

Nick-named 'the white mouse' by the Gestapo, she is never captured.

She died in 2011.

#WomenInHistory 🗃️ #History #WomensHistory #WorldWar2
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Makes sense coming from someone who knows nothing about the U.S. government.

This shtick is getting so old. Is no “joke” off limits? How many people does one have to offend before one decides the job calls for tact and statesmanship.

Trump administration withholding $436.87 billion in approved spending, top Democrats say WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has so far withheld at least $436.87 billion of congressionally approved funding, the top Democrats on the U.S. Congress' appropriati...

"No American president has ever so flagrantly ignored our nation's spending laws or so brazenly denied the American people investments they are owed."

This country is becoming unrecognizable. What we’re seeing is state-funded fear. We’ve warned people: keep filming, go live on social media so these moments are documented and shared. This wasn’t a case involving masked ICE agents—but that’s happening too.

Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...

The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.

Trump blames Zelensky for starting war day after massive Russian attack The US president apportioned blame to Ukraine's leader hours after the deadliest strike on civilians this year.

Erasing history while actively rewriting it with lies.

He looks like a giant egg. We all know what happened to Humpty.

Trump Proudly Debuts New Tariff on a Group of Antarctic Islands. Only Penguins Live There President Donald Trump unexpectedly announced a new 10% tariff on the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are uninhabited by humans and best known for their penguin population

Even the penguins get tariffs. 🤦🏻‍♀️

So long, Strom: Cory Booker breaks Thurmond's Senate record with 25-hour speech The New Jersey Democrat has held the floor since Monday night in protest of President Donald Trump.

“Maybe my ego got caught up that maybe, maybe, just maybe, I could break this record of the man who tried to stop the rights upon which I stand,” Booker said. “I’m not here, though, because of his speech; I’m here despite his speech.”
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HHS layoffs hit Meals on Wheels and other services for seniors and disabled Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.

Staff that administer programs to help the elderly, disabled people and poor families with basic needs lost their jobs amid the Trump administration's layoffs.

Dusty, the pũma.

Gah! 😱

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Elon Musk bought and paid for Brad Schimel. That tells you all you need to know, Wisconsin.

Vote Susan Crawford today.

This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Does anyone know the unemployment rate for Veterans ? If 30 percent of the federal workforce is Vets, the number could get ugly quickly.

Any data out there ?

Trump says he’s ‘very angry’ and ‘pissed off’ at Putin during an NBC News interview — NBC News Trump said in an early-morning phone call that if he believes Russia is at fault for a ceasefire not being reached with Ukraine, he may impose secondary tariffs on Russian oil.

Wait…so Trump’s default moves of kissing Putin’s ass and begging him to just make his life easier aren’t fixing the problem he promised to solve on day one? 🤔 Well, shoot.

Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Biden administration regulation on the nearly impossible-to-trace weapons called ghost guns, clearing the way for continued serial numbers, background checks an...

Biggest red flags imaginable for any people or groups that would oppose such a common sense measure.

Key climate research office may close amid federal cost-cutting A federal cost-cutting initiative may shut down the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) office that manages Hawaii’s Mauna Loa Observatory, a critical site for tracking atmospheric ...

Cannot believe that the Mauna Loa Observatory is under threat of closure 😱
It is home to the world’s longest-running measurements of atmospheric carbon dioxide, providing the foundation for understanding the role of greenhouse gases in climate change.

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Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.

People shouldn't be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.

Politicians have forgotten they WORK for #WeThePeople

We trusted they'd protect us & our #HumanRights w/ integrity🗽

#Politicians are abusing our #vote 🗳️& using their power for cruelty against #Americans

Politicians are in power to protect America & American values & from foreign/domestic threats

Psst… take 12 seconds away from doom scrolling, to take a deep breath and relax with these sweet otters 🦦

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‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event | CNN Politics The White House, through an outside event production company called Harbinger, is soliciting corporate sponsors for this year’s annual Easter Egg Roll, which is prompting major concerns from ethics ex...

And the vulgarity continues. The turkeys pardoned this year will likely be named “Tesla” and “Meta.” 😒🤮

Okay it may seem bad that Meta appropriated the entirety of the written word without compensating or even consulting with any writers, but consider what the world got out of it: a thing you accidentally tap in Instagram

When in doubt, look it up! 👀

a man in a white shirt and tie is playing a drum ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is playing a drum

Better late than never, and it didn’t disappoint. #severance210