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Just saw Jake doing a story about the WH ballroom construction. Looks like part of the WH is being kicked in. Gees. I’d like to know why all the trees around the Kennedy Center are chopped down? What’s that about?

@booker.senate.gov Ted Cruz says facts like these are political. Is FEMA a no show in a disaster like the Central Texas tragedy because it’s been gutted?

FEMA will no longer go door-to-door to assist disaster victims The move, says one agency worker, will “severely hamper our ability to reach vulnerable people.”

A reminder: FEMA is no longer going door-to-door to assist disaster victims

[From our Climate Desk partner @wired.com]

a young man with blonde hair is wearing a black and white striped shirt . ALT: a young man with blonde hair is wearing a black and white striped shirt .

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Brilliant book. Brilliant idea. Bet it’s banned in Florida.

a minute? For me it was a fraction of a second!

I'm sending prayers to former President Joe Biden. He's been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Some of the cancer has spread to the bone.
Biden and his family are reviewing treatment options right now.

Stephen Miller says they are “actively looking at” suspending the writ of habeas corpus, which is only allowed when the US has been invaded or during an insurrection, which would not allow people to challenge their incarceration in court if they are arrested and detained.

From his home in suburban Chicago, John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV's brother, reflected on his brother’s ascent to the papacy, his values and his American roots. “The best way I could describe him right now is that he will be following in Francis’ footsteps,” Prevost said. nyti.ms/43wrALh

Someone snitched!

The U.S. Army suspended a Wisconsin female commander after discovering portraits of President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had been flipped around to face a wall, according to an Associated Press report.

Col. Sheyla Baez Ramirez has been suspended.

I love this! 👇🏻

Dayum! Years ago, he helped hundreds of us find the door in layoffs at Discovery.

Credit: Deadline: Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav saw his total compensation tick up to $51.9 mill in '24, from $49.7 mill in '23.

Zaslav is among the highest paid CEOs in corporate America.

It's National Pet Day? Glad I did not miss it! Here are my two chil-rin! (L) is Sassy. (R) is Scout. 😘

How wonderful!

I'm sad to learn Val Kilmer has left this world.
I interviewed him many years ago for the film., "The Ghost and the Darkness." A true story about 2-human eating lions in Kenya.
I switched up my approach to Val and asked him about why he loved Africa? He smiled and really chatted me up.

The nation's capital city will remove the large painting of the words "Black Lives Matter" on a street one block from the White House. Rep. Andrew Clyde (R) filed legislation Monday to withhold $185 million in transport funding if Black Lives Matter Plaza isn't renamed Liberty Plaza. WaPo.

BTW… let’s be real. DOGE should be pronounced… ‘Dog-ee.’ It’s sounds more demeaning… and that’s the point.

There IS a fountain of youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age.
Sophia Loren

This is true. @bsky.app is the app of the people.

We may not all agree. We may not even all like each other. But we can engage and disagree and agree with our hate

That makes the platform the future of social media

Thank you to @maddow.msnbc.com for promoting @bsky.app on air and complimenting it.

Her on air support is truly important

Sure wish you still had that gorgeous house in Scotland. I’d love to just burrow myself there. 🤦🏽‍♀️

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis At the Munich Security Conference, Olaf Scholz accused the U.S. vice president of unacceptable interference in Germany’s coming elections.

German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Downplays Nazis www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/w...

Fascism Isn't Coming To America, It's Here. Do Americans Have the Strength to Drive it Out? Fascism isn’t coming to America, it’s already here.

Fascism Isn't Coming To America, It's Here. Do Americans Have the Strength to Drive it Out?
open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

It’s a magic sharpie that can also change the path of tornados. Remember?
I’m flyin in to your city at the end of the month. Can we meet for snacks, coffee or drinks?

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Another one falls to pressure?

PBS is shutting down its DEI office, with two DEI executives losing their jobs. “To ensure that we are complying with the President’s Executive Order we have closed our DEI office, and [SVP of DEI] Cecilia Loving and [Director of DEI] Gina Leow are leaving PBS."

He really believes if he says it ... then it will be so? 🤔