Ashley (Witches for Hope)

New State Department org chart source just sent me

Thank you all for standing up to this administration. Just one day after Harvard filed suit against the Trump administration for freezing billions in federal funds, more than 180 higher education leaders from across the

He has zero discernment

They are all forcibly disappeared, they are all just gone, including this person. His family and lawyers should file a report with the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances here: www.ohchr.org/en/special-p...

They’re both very evil and very stupid

Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth (Gift Article) Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.

NEW: Mahmoud Khalil's wife gave birth to their child without him after ICE denied their request to let him be present.

“This was a purposeful decision by ICE to make me, Mahmoud, and our son suffer,” Dr. Abdalla said. “My son and I should not be navigating his first days on earth without Mahmoud."

Info Pete Hegseth shared with wife, brother came from top general’s secure messages Hegseth has denied the information he shared was classified, but it was given to him on a system for sensitive and classified information, sources told NBC News.

NEW: Pete Hegseth’s Signal chats about pending strikes in Yemen included information from a top general’s secure messages to him, three U.S. officials with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

They actually stopped their creator program, I heard this week

Van Hollen: I should also just say, I mentioned the fake margarita, they actually wanted to have the meeting by the side of the pool in the hotel. They want to create this appearance that life was just lovely for Kilmar. Which of course is a big, fat lie.

MFP reporters would like to talk to federal workers in Mississippi who have lost jobs as a result of DOGE. If you or someone you know has lost a job or know of a program that has been cut and would be willing to speak to our reporters, please email us at MFPtips@proton.me

Your periodic reminder that one way to think about privilege is: who's allowed to make mistakes?

White House Replaces COVID-19 Information Site With ‘Lab Leak’ Theories The website scrutinizes past health officials' handling of the coronavirus pandemic and examines “the true origins of Covid-19."

The White House has replaced the federal COVID-19 site with one dedicated to “lab leak” theories and sweeping allegations of cover-ups of the virus

Take this with a grain of salt, but it's not *just* hopecore:

I don't know if we are properly considering how much faster info spreads among avg people than it used to. It was a LOT easier to suppress info before the internet. Back then, many *really* didn't know; today, millions know at a click.

Dear senators who think you can’t do anything,

Today, Senator Van Hollen - through diplomatic pressure - got a meeting with Abrego Garcia in El Salvador. So that thing you’re thinking about doing? DO IT.

~ All of Us

Courage is a great way to show you deserve to be a leader.

BREAKING: Juan Carlos Lopez-Gomez has been released. This is the moment he reunited with his mom.

Black Mirror pitch: POTUS destroys democracy in 90 days.

Everyone watches it happen on their phones.

The opposition party leaders are 85 years old and post "Hey, stop" once a day.

Toiletries are locked behind glass.

An evil online bookstore sends Katy Perry into space for feminism.

[fin]

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.

Our voices are stronger when we howl together 🐺🐺

RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet. "I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."

RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.

Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.

Real answer: Mars needing to depart 29 degrees Cancer.

What is WRONG with everybody today???

Wrong answers only.

My last piece of advice: is your job in politics? Is it as a news reporter? No?
Look at the news like once or twice per day. Don't have it be a constant drip. Evening and morning papers are a good unit to digest the news by. the 24-hour cycle is like a psychic water torture.

Women, minorities fired in purge of NIH science review boards Scientists, with expertise in fields that include mental health, cancer and infectious disease, typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal.

Science doesn’t improve by cutting Black, Hispanic, and women experts. But that’s exactly what happened—38 out of 43 removed from NIH boards were just that. And they wonder why trust in institutions is fading.

Trump plans to make it easier to build in areas protected by Endangered Species Act, White House official says President Trump plans to overhaul the Endangered Species Act, a White House official confirmed.

A WH official confirmed today that President Trump plans to overhaul the Endangered Species Act to make it easier to build in the U.S. where endangered species live.

A proposed rule would eliminate habitat protections by changing the definition of "harm" to listed species.

A lot of people seem to think following the U.S. Constitution is optional—like picking which shoes to wear in the morning. It’s not. If you’re within the boundaries of the United States, the Constitution applies to you.

A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home from Canada says he was detained at the border without an explanation and "treated like a criminal."

DOGE was never about savings. It was always about surveillance.

Over the weekend, we released new details—and now whistleblowers are coming forward too. What’s becoming clearer by the day: DOGE isn’t a government efficiency program. It’s a data weapon aimed at the American people.