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A picture of the garden in front of the east wing of the White House. A mix of colorful flowers and small trees

NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.

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MLB playoffs should not be on halloween!

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

She deserves extra treats until the kitty is healthy

I want more people to care that SNAP benefits are being cut off on November 1. 40% of SNAP beneficiaries are children. This is callous and vile.

ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

It’s October and my baseball team is in a court room instead of a locker room <3

Kendrick vs Drake World Series?

Since California has same day voter registration, I think its voter suppression to advertise the supposed ‘voter registration‘ deadline.

The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdown About 10 million small-business owners, employees and the self-employed are caught in the middle of the shutdown fight over the Affordable Care Act.

Millions of Americans, including small business owners, their employees, and the self-employed, rely on ACA tax credits for health coverage they otherwise couldn’t afford. (1/2)

4 hour Verizon outage right before Vance’s live firing on California? Sus

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US? It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

You chose right

Cars kill about as many people as guns in the U.S.

i think an interesting cultural experiment would be if we started enforcing traffic law

I don’t feel old being around young people. I feel old when I'm in a crowd of people I assume are my age.

🚨🚨The House reading clerk just read a letter from House Speaker Mike Johnson where he declares a 'District Work Period' from October 7 to October 13.

That would mean no votes in the House until mid-month.

Cassie takes a selfie on her bike wearing sunnies, a purple helmet, and a safety vest. She is riding on a multi-use path that has construction scaffolding around it. A number of kids and adults on bike are behind her

100% of people under age 16 are nondrivers. They live in every community and they deserve to be able to get around as much as anybody else.

My only #WeekWithoutDriving trip today was the #DevonshireBikeBus. 1/3

So Speaker Johnson gave the congress another week off. Paid of course, while they shut the govt down.

The GOP has made it clear they have no interest in compromise with Dems. So they will have to figure how to reopen their govt that they closed.

And they get another vacation

A stranger just called my dog old. I didn’t know random dog insults were a thing.

Affordable Care Act premiums will rise 114% if enhanced subsidies expire, KFF says The federal government may shut down if Congress can't reach a deal about enhanced premium tax credits, slated to expire at the end of 2025.

‘Affordable Care Act premiums will rise 114% if enhanced subsidies expire’

This is what Democrats are fighting tooth-and-nail to fix - and what Republicans are fighting tooth-and-nail to leave broken - for millions of Americans.

People need to know.

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I think colleges are missing out on income from true crime girlies. do an online criminal justice/criminal law hybrid. it doesn’t even have to be for a specific degree.

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read.

They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

This is something the Republican Party has been working on for some time. I first tracked it in Florida where a bill gained traction that would have taken away nonprofit status from lgbt nonprofits.

Even wrote a story on it.

We are very much at increased risk of these kinds of fascist crackdowns.

When did landlords stop including water/sewer/trash in the rent and charging a bunch of monthly fees for their property management costs?

A flyer for the event at the link: showing the title rendered with the Hollywood sign in the background PRESENTED BY METRO TRANSIT AND HOLLYWOOD STORIES THAT MOVE US Join us for a conversation that will shine a light on the intersection of entertainment, sustainability and the stories that move us all. Ed Begley Jr. ACTOR/ ACTIVIST FEATURED SPEAKER Adam Conover Stephanie Wiggins Bill Wolkoff COMEDIAN METRO. CEO SCREENWRITER/ PRODUCER Monday, September 22 - 1:30-2:30 MODERATED BY Alissa Walker TRANSPORTATION JOURNALIST

Extremely excited about this! Join Ed Begley Jr., @adamconover.net, @metrolosangeles.bsky.social's Stephanie Wiggins, @billwearsties.bsky.social and me for a very special SoCal Transit Month event.

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Wake up.

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Recall that Anthony Kennedy resigned without having no specific reason to do so in 2018 and his son had authorized billions in loan at Deutsche bank for Donald Trump.