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Connecticut Sets Aside $500 Million Safety Net As Shutdown Threatens Food, Heat, and Health Programs | CT News Junkie The reserve temporarily redirects money normally used to pay down pension liabilities into a restricted account within the state’s $4.3 billion rainy-day fund. It can be tapped only if programs such a...

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The weathiest country in the world doesn't mean a thing if it won’t feed its own people.

Photo of the back of a person at a protest holding a white handmade sign reading "I [heart] due process".

The constitutional guarantee of due process means the government can’t deprive us of our rights on a whim.

Square of tartan with vertical and horizontal thin stripes in red and grey on black

A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt
via Smithsonian Magazine

Ukrainian youth orchestra's symphonic poem recreates the sound of wartime nights A youth orchestra in the Kyiv region composes a symphonic poem recreating the sound of wartime nights in Ukraine.

If you have 3 minutes to spare, give this a listen.

Whoever thinks this is a “bombshell” clearly hasn’t been paying attention.

Senate is back in session today.

1/ So a quick 🧵on where things are at on the shutdown.

You get a lot of propaganda and spin thrown at you, so I want to give you the real, behind-the-scenes tea.

2nd Amendment and NRA folks:

Where ya at?

Mark Kelly: “lf you are undocumented in our country, you cannot get healthcare from the Affordable Care Act exchange. You are not eligible for Medicare. You are not eligible for Medicaid. They’re just making that up. They just like to blame brown people.”

‘War-ravaged’ cities don’t typically have artisanal kombucha on every corner.

Installation, the viewer looks towards three walls in a room in a gallery space, each wall is coveted in photographic images of the same size, in the centre on the floor is a large monochrome image of a white woman and her baby with the words 'Labour of Love' in red writing

‘Labour of Love’ installation, 2022, a visual depiction of the 650 times artist Sarah Maple fed her baby over three months to highlight the sheer volume of work that is expected of mothers and to challenge people to rethink the value of the time spent #WomensArt

From Ken Burns' “The 2025 Battle of Portland”

🎶Sweet Betsy From Pike🎶

“Dearest Prunella: As I write to you, a silent war rages in Portland. ANTIFA is the sneakiest foe of any war. Being invisible, they are difficult to find. Please pray for me as I enjoy my delicious coffee. Your Loving Husband”

True which ever way you look at it
Happy Saturday BlueSky Friends
Please be safe 🙏 and enjoy the rest of your weekend

Let's be decent, America !

What’s more astonishing: 1) that the president clearly believes, and repeatedly suggests, that asylum seekers are people from mental asylums, or 2) that no journalist has ever challenged him on this and no mainstream media outlets have done any deep dives on this story?

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Remember how this united us as a country.

Today we are divided like never before.

#sad

They shout “America first” but are always putting Americans last.

Cutting SNAP and food assistance doesn’t make children healthy. You can’t talk about making America healthy again while taking food out of their mouths

Reminder: At the start of his legal career, RFK Jr. failed the bar, was forced out as a D.A., and got arrested for heroin. Without the Kennedy name, that story ends there.

Sing it.

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Appeals Court Finds Many Tariffs Were Issued Illegally

Connecticut Now 2-0 Against Trump Over Lawless Tariffs.

Another needless tax on families and businesses who cannot afford to bankroll stupidity.