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Once again, the FCC is coming after Colbert. This time they're refusing to allow CBS to air an interview of James Talarico, a Dem Senate candidate from Texas. So we all know what to do, right?

If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''

Let me tell you a tale of how completely the normies have been mobilized. My 14 year-old niece has done School of Rock for the past 5 years; last summer she was part of their touring band, and the kids loved playing together so much that they decided to keep doing it. (1/?)

COMMENTING GUIDE: Opposing Two Trump Regime Rules Banning Gender-Affirming Care, Deadline 2/17/26 Creator profile picture Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland January 26 Edit I. Bottom Line Up Front The Trump Regime's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published two companion proposed rules designed to eliminate access to gender-affirming care for minors nationwide. Together, these rules would: Ban hospitals from providing this care (CMS-3481-P) — regardless of how the care is paid for Prohibit Medicaid and CHIP from covering this care (CMS-2451-P) — cutting off funding for lower-income families You have the opportunity to help defend trans kids by submitting comments against these vile proposed rules. Because even if a state wanted to continue covering gender-affirming care through Medicaid, the hospital rule would prevent hospitals from providing it. The two rules use different regulatory mechanisms to accomplish the same policy goal: eliminating access to gender-affirming care for anyone under 18 (or under 19 for CHIP). You should submit your comment to both dockets. The deadline is 5PM ET on February 17, 2026.

Public comment on Dr Oz's proposed rules to ban gender-affirming care for youth closes 2/17

One rule bans hospital-based care, the other eliminates Medicaid/CHIP coverage

Together they'd make care virtually unavailable nationwide, including in shield law states

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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

And don't forget boiling the bones while you eat one of those meals to get a delicious broth for a soup base!

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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This is so horrific.

millions will stream sunday’s super bowl without seeing this ad.

Yay! I've been really looking forward to this.

Ethnic Cleansing in Ohio? Nazi Lies in Vance's America

In Springfield, Ohio, people are preparing in advance of a “large deportation” promised by the president. To all appearances, the city is 2 or 3 days from a federal ethnic cleansing, grounded in a hate campaign organized by the vice-president and American Nazis.
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#histmed #PandemicThinking 🗃️

I can't imagine being so hung up on my child's genitalia that I couldn't embrace their love. Feels creepy, sadly. You deserve so much better. Hugs from a total stranger!

I'm going to check in with my child and see if I'm unfairly burdening them with expectations I'm not conscious of. Thank you!

Done!

The Apothecary's Wife by Karen Bloom Gevirtz.

YouTube video by Aaron Parnas WATCH: Newly surfaced video shows Alex Pretti, as a nurse, honoring fallen veteran at the VA

This is how we should honor #AlexPretti … by sharing this video of him with a veteran who had died at the VA Hospital where he worked…
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The killings will continue until you give us the state voter rolls

In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.

Two white friends tail me home if it's outside the hours when people are out and about. I'm damn near third generation Minnesotan. It's not just "you're a citizen you'll be fine." I'm a black woman alone. Who knows what they will do.

And a stream of crispy leaves the first time you opened it in the spring.

Hey, anyone! I'm leaving this post up to get the word out. Sometimes we need reminding. Thanks.

You are right. I appreciate the reminder.

I read her stuff long before all that came out, so my memory of her work is less nuanced than it should be.

Is this where one deletes a post?

I feel weird thanking you for bringing this to my attention. But here we are. Thanks!

I loved the Shattered Chain sequence within Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover series. Although some of the feminism is a bit dated, but not badly.

This stunning find is on display until the end of January so make sure you come to check it out before it's gone and we bring in February's fossil of the month!
For more details on this spectacular find and Lizzie check out our website: charmouth.org/chcc/fotmjan... (2/2)

This will have me chuckling for days... thanks!

Inside Stephen Miller’s Dark Plot to Build a MAGA Terror State He is descended from Russian Jews—you know, the kind of people who were once denounced as alien and unassimilable. Today, his project is to unleash government persecution of those he deems alien and u...

Stephen Miller is employing state terror in service of the open goal of shifting the ethnic mix of the country. In numerous ways he's doing this at the expense of public safety.

We spent weeks reporting on Miller's real aims. Here's the result. We hope you'll read:
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Minnesota DVS warns ICE agents they’re violating state law by switching license plates The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services told federal homeland security officials to stop license plate switching immediately. Gov. Tim Walz called tampering with plates “criminal activ...

The director of Minnesota’s Driver and Vehicle Services is warning U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents that they’re violating state law and could be cited if they switch out or remove license plates on their unmarked vehicles.

Trump Cut Their Lifeline. Months Later, They're Still Fighting Like Hell To Survive. A small organization powered by the people who need it most has found a way to save lives abandoned by the Trump administration.

NEW: This is a story that took months to pull together and broke my heart a million times writing it.
But this isnt a sad story.
This is about courage, compassion and survival. And the herculean efforts of a group of people who refuse to lay down and die.
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It’s pretty wild that the most rabidly anti-immigrant administration in recent memory is comprised of a President married to an immigrant, a VP married to the daughter of immigrants, an assistant AG in charge of Civil Rights who’s an immigrant (Dhillon), & it was all funded by an immigrant (Musk).