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Loves rural midwest living, politics, and gardening. I'm just trying to understand this crazy country.
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BREAKING: Federal judge orders that hormone therapy and social accommodations be maintained for transgender people in federal prisons, blocking Trump admin policies. Judge Royce Lamberth, a Reagan appointee, granted class certification and prelim. injunction in a lawsuit challenging the policies.

JUST IN: Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sues interim US Attorney Alina Habba for "false arrest and malicious prosecution." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Russia planned operation Zeus' Lightning, largest-ever cruise missile attack on all of Ukraine for the night of June 1 to force Ukraine's hand at Istanbul the next day. Ukrainian drones destroyed many of these very bombers, already fueled, hours before they were to take-off. (via Igor Sushko)

This mother #duck introduces her ducklings to society after making her nest in a #school building… 🦆🦆💜💜 #DuckSky #Reddit r\NextF***ingLevel

Strands #457 “That's proprietary!” 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🔵💡🔵 💡🟡🔵

Connections Puzzle #723 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪

WTF 🤬 America

BREAKING: The Brennan Center filed a brief in Hubbard v. Florida, urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject the state’s effort to prosecute a person with a felony conviction for making a mistake about his voter eligibility. www.brennancenter.org/media/14002/...

JUST IN: The Trump administration says Secretary RUBIO is "personally handling" discussions with El Salvador over the return of wrongly deported migrants. He has a "personal relationship" with Bukele that dates to his time on Foregn Relations Committee. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: The eight men in US custody in Djibouti—who the govt wants to deport to South Sudan—will be able to speak to their attorneys privately over Microsoft Teams or a satellite phone in a room the govt has now set up for this purpose, it tells Judge Murphy. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I feel safer already.

COOL!

(1/2) ICE was at the Portland Oregon US Immigration courthouse today. Thanks to PIRC, legal observers, and actions in our community, they left. But they may try again. Portland, please look out for your neighbors. #portland #oregon #ICE #DHS #neighborhood #multnomah

The Department of Homeland Security says it's terminating Temporary Protected Status for several thousand Cameroonians in the US weeks after the decision was reported in news outlets. The termination is already being challenged by a lawsuit filed last month.

BREAKING: SCOTUS declined to hear a major challenge to Maryland’s assault weapons ban. Once again, courts are letting gun laws stand—because they work. These laws keep dangerous weapons away from dangerous people, prevent violence & protect our families. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

BREAKING: A federal judge DENIES the government's motion to avert a trial in a case seeking to block the Trump administration from targeting pro-Palestinian students based on speech. It's on course for July 7, 2025 at 9 a.m. ET. Story soon @AllRiseNews.com www.allrisenews.com/p/d-day-prot...

🚨BREAKING: Supreme Court grants review of dismissal of Illinois voter suppression lawsuit for lack of standing. Democracy Docket will have full details and analysis. www.democracydocket.com

An update from the team on the uncertain future of our program and the impact of NSF budget cuts. Please share and reach out 🦠

In San Diego this weekend. Neighbors banded together and forced the ICE thugs out. This is how it's done. They think our voices don't have any power.

The FDA Commissioner- Makary - disgraced himself on national TV Sunday, confusing the public again on basic health issues. As always, we fact checked his statements, corrected them, and did our best in 3 mins to provide actionable advice. Have your back.

Communities aren’t staying silent about ICE… 18-year-old Massachusetts high school student Marcelo Gomes was taken by ICE on his way to volleyball practice Saturday morning. No word on where he’s being held. Marcelo missed graduation today, so Milford HS graduates marched to rally in solidarity.

“At least 11 big companies are moving work away from law firms that settled with the administration or are giving—or intend to give—more business to firms that have been targeted but refused to strike deals,” per @WSJ www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

When masks fall off.. setting up stage for US to blame Ukraine for “terrorism” against Russia.. as predicted.

Strands #456 “On the vine” 💡🔵🟡💡 🔵🔵💡🔵 🔵🔵

Connections Puzzle #722 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩🟩

Video shows two unknown men, without uniforms or identifying insignias, attacking and kidnapping a man from a Nashua, NH courthouse back in February. During the kidnapping, the assailants, presumed to be ICE agents, knocked an elderly bystander who walks with a cane to the ground.

FBI and Boulder Police have responded to a possible terror attack targeting Jewish protesters calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas. The perpetrator reportedly threw Molotov cocktails, setting several people on fire. Multiple people injured, including children. Suspect has been arrested.

#FAFO #TACOTrump

Dayum 🔥 The truth is, Black and brown men should proceed with caution, but this right here— gives me life!

President Bill Clinton when asked about Tapper's book, “The only concern I thought he had to deal with was, could anybody do that job until they were 86? “We’d had several long talks. I had never seen him and walked away thinking ‘he can’t do this anymore.’”

Cruel and Dangerous… The Trump administration just announced it’s shutting all Job Corps centers nationwide by June 30—no warning, no plan, just blindsiding students and families. Any thought given to the lives this disrupts? Any thought given to the skilled labor shortage this will make worse?

Happy Pride Month to all those who aren't hateful bigots.

WELKER: In 2021, you cited the CBO. So do you only believe the CBO when a Democrat is president? MIKE JOHNSON: No. This is very easy to explain. The CBO sometimes gets projections correct...but they always underestimate the growth that will be brought about by tax cuts and reductions in regulations

NEW: The Trump White House has pulled the nomination of Jared Isaacman — a close Elon Musk ally — to be NASA administrator.

Joe Biden's 'Promise Me, Dad' tops U.S. bestsellers list | Reuters While Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson smear book on President Biden is currently flopping miserable Oh sweet sweet karma 😋

This is a deeply unwell man, with access to the nuclear codes and surrounded by sycophants who won't stop him. But by all means, let's keep flogging books about Biden's mental health.

Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing on credit reports. Now, the agency is siding with the credit industry groups suing to have the rule vacated.