Molly Ivins, dressed in a sort of satin blouse with a neckthing that I'm going to call a scarf?. She's smiling with every cell in her body. Beaming radiantly the joy of being righteous and kind at the same time. Her eyes closed almost to a squint, and every pearly white on display. Gods bless you, Molly, you were a hell of a person.

My favorite evergreen Molly Ivins quote:
"I prefer someone who burns the flag and then wraps themselves up in the Constitution over someone who burns the Constitution and then wraps themselves up in the flag."

The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.

An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” johncassidysays.bsky.social writes.

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

YouTube video by Jess Craven 101 Texas is our future under Republicans. That’s terrifying. #shorts

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A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated NOAA's Center for Heat Resilient Communities would have helped local officials keep residents safe.

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

YouTube video by Robert Reich Florida Weatherman Issues Warning about Government Cuts

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US ‘illegally deported’ Vietnamese and Burmese migrants to South Sudan Immigrant rights advocates say White House violated court order and ask judge to order nearly a dozen people’s return

Stop calling kidnapping and trafficking people to countries they’ve never been to “deporting.” It’s criminal behavior by a country with no conscience. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Diseases are spreading. The CDC isn't warning the public like it was months ago Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

If deporting US citizen children with cancer isn’t your redline, it’s time to reassess your priorities.

President Zelenskyy:

"It is absolutely obvious that Russia is actually trying to fool the world - fool America& others -prolong the war further. That's why pressure is necessary…Yesterday's meetings in Vatican and Rome confirmed that our partners understand what's going on."

No more occupational health research.
No more HIV research. Or tuberculosis. Or sexually transmitted infections.
No environmental health & science research.
No chronic disease research & prevention.

The CRUELTY is the point.
This won’t make anyone healthier.
It will do the exact opposite.

There are no tariffs being put on Russia. Hmmm

YouTube video by Hawk's Podcasts / mdg650hawk ICE targeting brown AMERICANS re-entering the U.S

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Trump, Kennedy decimate HHS and CDC workforce, imperiling decades of progress to end the HIV epidemic - AIDS Foundation of Chicago Today, HHS rolled out decimating staffing cuts to federal agencies that will permanently undermine national leadership and infrastructure in infectious diseases, including HIV. AFC condemns the mass f...

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keep on going booker! 💙

@booker.senate.gov @corybooker.com

The CDC has literally been gutted today.

There’s no need for “April Fools” when reality is a nightmare for every human on this planet.

Thousand of scientists fired.
Entire departments erased.

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Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Greg Casar on stage in Tucson in front a crowd of 23,000 people.

Tucson, Arizona today.

Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.

23,000 showed up.

YouTube video by Bernie Sanders Let Me Be Clear: Putin is the Dictator. Not Zelensky.

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Post from Occupy Democrats - YouTube Hit the 👍 if you stand with Ukrainian President Zelensky against Trump!

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(above an image of Elon Musk) While Elon Musk was busy slashing consumer protections and food for poor kids, the Trump administration agreed to pay SpaceX another $38,858,978 (below the image) Trump and Elon aren't uncovering fraud, waste, and abuse of power-they are creating it.

We found the real fraud.

Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

Years ago a white editor* asked if I was biased about immigration stories because I'm an immigrant. I've been asked a version of this question dozens of times since. The driving idea is that people who embody difference introduce bias; it's the framework that maintains white supremacy in newsrooms.