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Singer-Songwriter Angie Stone Dead at 63 Angie Stone -- a singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence -- has died ... TMZ has confirmed.

Angie Stone, singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence, has died at 63

Never imagined this
Family members leaving America to raise their children in safety and sanity with our European allies

A brief word today at the end of the sixth horrific week of Trump 2.0 https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-sermon

He didn't wear a suit, but he received a pardon and was treated better than Zelenskyy was.

My husband @robertcooper-us.bsky.social and I were the FIRST gay couple to adopt children in the US, way back in 1985. We went on to adopt five wonderful kids — all adopted at birth.

They’ve grown so much! Here’s a pic from our wedding in 2000, and a recent one including their significant others. ❤️

Forty percent of children on Southwest Virginia are on Medicaid. Let that one sink in.

VA fires 1,400 more staffers in second round of workforce reductions About 2,500 VA workers have been forced out of their jobs in the last few weeks.

1400 more firings at Veterans Affairs:

"Officials said specifically that Veterans Crisis Line responders were not affected by the dismissals. But workers within the department said that support staff for the crisis line were among the workers let go..."

www.militarytimes.com/veterans/202...

This hits hard…

“Then she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.”

You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.

bonkers shit as Trump waves around a printout of one of his Truth Social posts meant to show how he purportedly gave water to California

Love to see it!

Oof!
Brian hit the nail on the head!

He nails it.

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European Parliament member 👇🏽

DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

It's annoying how clearly this is going to play out.

They gut the FAA.
Therefore, the FAA can't do its job well because it was gutted.
Therefore, they say "The FAA sucks, we have to privatize it." which is what Project 2025 wants to do. They're manufacturing the crises for their end goal.

CHATTANOOGA…

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We the People are pissed! #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #BuildTheResistance #PoliticalRevolution #NoVoiceUnheard #NoKings #VoicesOfFlorida #VoicesUnheard @polrev.bsky.social

Text over partial image (painting) of John Adams: "Government is instituted for the common good: for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men." -- John Adams

Dismantling OSHA, the folks who look out for blue collar workers when their bosses try to kill them, is insane.
My 1st husband was killed in a work-related accident.
OSHA immediately found gross negligence and was by my side for two years. 🙏🏽
Brian & I were only married 11 months…

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There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot

Depressing but necessary read 🚨

The guys causing world collapse have an escape plan 🤔

Do you? No? We'll get off your couch and keyboard 🙏

Trans Rescue - Trans Rescue At Trans Rescue, we are dedicated to helping trans individuals and people from the broader queer community escape life-threatening situations in some of the world’s most dangerous regions. With over 1...

For my #trans friends 🙏

Trans Rescue are dedicated to helping trans individuals and people from the broader queer community escape life-threatening situations in some of the world’s most dangerous regions ♥️

The USA counts!! 😔

An important point to keep in mind.

Defense Secretary reframing not paying his taxes as a weaponization of government is a pretty good distillation of where things are

Talking with my daughter’s boyfriend about his current reading: Steinbeck’s “Grapes of Wrath” and how it relates to what is happening today gives me hope for the future. Some of these Millennials have got it right.

I often think about how the main non-occult antagonist of the first Ghostbusters movie was a guy who worked at the Environmental Protection Agency, & it was just taken as read that we'd all boo a guy who was a threat to freedom loving Americans' god given right to store nuclear waste in Manhattan

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

In Chicago, cognitive behavioral therapy shows promise curbing youth violence The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not rational.

The program, which focuses on mentoring and therapy, relies on the idea that most violent crimes are emotional, not rational.

This is what our Transportation Secretary was doing yesterday as planes are crashing on a near-daily basis. I cannot remember a more dangerous time to fly and yet this reality TV actor-turned-Cabinet Secretary is busy watching cars drive laps at the Daytona 500.