Barbara Messmore

The Lever Wins The 2025 National Press Club Award This award is a major milestone not just for The Lever’s newsroom, but for all independent news outlets competing with the world’s biggest media conglomerates.

The Lever Wins The 2025 National Press Club Award www.levernews.com/the-lever-wi...

Opinion | For God’s Sake, Fellow Lawyers, Stand Up to Trump The time has come to defend the oath we took when we became officers of the court.

Our Law Firm Won’t Cave to Trump. Who Will Join Us? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/o...

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I Visited Dozens ofCivics Classrooms. The Right’s Attacks Are Wrong. newrepublic.com/article/1911... via @newrepublic.com

I do wonder how much this remarkable moment and picture in 2019, which went viral, is a reason for his nutty threats against Canada now.

Is Donald Trump Afraid of Elon Musk? The president has long operated without anything resembling worry when it comes to appointments or executive action, but as his most powerful—and richest—political ally chainsaws his way through the f...

The answer is yes www.vanityfair.com/news/story/i...

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Before RFKJ’s HHS hearings start Wednesday, consider how Project 2025 aims to use HHS to limit abortion access:
• reverse approvals and limit access for abortion meds (p 284)
• eliminate funding to organizations that provide abortions, disqualify providers performing abortions from Medicaid (p 471)

🚨If your senator is below, call them “No on RFK Jr” (202) 224-3121
• Booker (D-NJ)
• Cortez Masto (D-NV)
• Whitehouse (D-RI)
• Murkowski (R-AK)
• Ernst (R-IA)
• McConnell (R-KY)
• Cassidy (R-LA)
• Collins (R-ME)
• Tillis (R-NC)
• Lankford (R-OK)
• Cornyn (R-TX)
• Curtis (R-UT)
• Moore Capito (R-WV)

Visiting a friend on a horse ranch near Solvang, north of Santa Barbara.

Okay. Thanks. Will play with this some more later-busy day

Hi Karen- I know next to nothing about this app. I just figured out how to reply to a post by clicking on the folder shaped icon. Now that it is in reply mode I see a lot of option icons at the bottom like sending a photo, gif, etc. Here’s a photo

The leader we should have had

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What is alt text what does it mean to require it? Tia!

Surviving the Next Four Years A practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0

Preparing for the next four years. Here is a practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0.

Delta CEO says the Trump administration will reverse government 'overreach' seen under Biden The chief executive of Delta Air Lines says the incoming Trump administration will be a “breath of fresh air” for airlines after what he called government “overreach” under President Joe Biden.

Trying to get home from Dallas to DC. Flight delayed for hours, finally canceled. Airline tried to rebook me on a flight to Denver(!), and then take a red eye to DC

Thanks to a Biden reg, I was able to get a refund and rebook on another airline

Trump promised airline CEOs he’ll get rid of the reg

This. This is the whole game.

Did you know...?

Crows have the largest brain to body ratio of any bird. Their brain to body ration is even bigger than humans.

#wildlifephotography