YouTube video by Federal Reserve Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell

POWELL: “The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Federal Reserve setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the President.”

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So grandpa is manifesting coups on Wikipedia now?

#IceOutNow

🇺🇸 MINNEAPOLIS VETERAN: "They are terrorizing the population, in Afghanistan we never wore masks.” (From @statuscoupnews.bsky.social )

Argentinean hospital uses the tango to keep Parkinson's symptoms at bay 'We know that Parkinson's requires pharmaceutical treatments. Tango is used to rehabilitate the motor part.

Some 200 Parkinson's patients have participated in tango workshops over the past 15 years at Argentina's Ramos Mejia Hospital to study the impact of the dance on the disease's symptoms.

Russia sends warships near Alaska on "patriotic" mission

The presence of Russian naval vessels in the Far East follows President Vladimir Putin's trip to Alaska to meet Donald Trump.

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Trump facing "self-inflicted disaster," Nobel Prize-winning economist says

A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that most of President Trump's tariffs were illegal.

How Trump Is Transforming the U.S. Government’s Environmental Role The E.P.A. said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections.

The EPA said this week it would revoke its own ability to fight climate change. It’s the latest move in an extraordinary pivot away from science-based protections in the U.S.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been a cornerstone of American culture for three generations.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting to shut down after being defunded by Congress, targeted by Trump

Bible scholar and TikTok star @maklelan.bsky.social says conservatives are using the Bible in defense of Christian nationalism—and harming vulnerable groups of people in their pursuit of power.

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Republicans Release Proposed New Texas Congressional Map, Could Add 5 GOP Seats Read more here.

BREAKING: Texas Republicans release their proposed congressional map that could add 5 new Republican seats and set off a consequential redistricting battle between red and blue states over control of the U.S. House in the 2026 midterm elections.

From: @jenrice.bsky.social

Travel advisories issued against the United States.

Wisconsin public libraries ask for public's help to speak up about federal funding WAUKESHA, Wis. - Public libraries across Wisconsin could lose federal funding. The Bridges Library System in Waukesha says that’s due to the planned

Wisconsin public libraries ask for public’s help to speak up about federal funding

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Yep... definitely nothing to see...

DHS Cancels Extreme Weather Comms Grant While Bodies Still Being Recovered in Texas As more than a hundred fatalities have been confirmed in Texas flash...

NEW: Sec. Noem has now admits "last mile" disaster communications weren't up to par in the Texas catastrophe. But while bodies were still being recovered on Tuesday DHS canceled a $3 million grant focused on improving precisely those kinds of "last mile" comms. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dhs-c...

Evil incarnate.

Watch this. Because this is the way: Local officials using their platform right, reaching out to the community.

Ambrocio “Enrique” Lozano, affectionately known as “the popsicle man,” was reportedly abducted in broad daylight in Culver City. Masked man. White van. Cart left behind in the street.

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Love This!

So much for MAHA.

A white mug with the Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction logo holds a spray of lavender next to a stack of the eight books shortlisted for this year's prize: North Continent Ribbon by Ursula Whitcher Remember You Will Die by Eden Robins The City in Glass by Nghi Vo Archangels of Funk by Andrea Hairston The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy Rakesfall by Vajra Chandrasekera The West Passage by Jared Pechaček Blackheart Man by Nalo Hopkinson

We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

This nails it. One knows that those soldiers could have marched like soldiers. Hell my ROTC class and Boy Scouts did a better job of marching in-sync. Those troops were protesting and if they are not on report their officers are in league with them.

250+ million acres of public lands eligible for sale in SENR bill The bill mandates disposal of over 2 million acres of BLM and National Forest lands; public lands eligible for sale in the bill encompass over 250 million acres, including local recreation areas, wild...

"The bill directs what is likely the largest single sale of national public lands in modern history..."

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Federal Reserve Warns Trump’s Economy Is About to Get Whole Lot Worse Trump’s tariffs are directly to blame, said Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.

Federal Reserve Warns Trump’s Economy Is About to Get Whole Lot Worse newrepublic.com/post/196983/... via @newrepublic.com

Really, though.

Acknowledging the reality! Amen.