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Yes.

A rogue president with a loyal DOJ isn’t unstoppable, unless we act like peasants. Courts can stop him. States can sue him. Whistleblowers can expose him. But it takes all of us, loud, sharp, fed up. Power bends to pressure. So push. Hard. Clean House with your votes, or get steamrolled. Our call.

Very Boston moment this morning - seagull eating a rat. While I appreciate the rodent control, I hope dinner hadn’t been poisoned and I’ll end up seeing dead seagull on the way home… @universalhub.com

Sailing ship just got storrowed on the Brooklyn Bridge @universalhub.com

JFC what is wrong with these people

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Musk's Starlink was having a hard time getting permits abroad. Then Trump slapped tariffs on basically everything we buy from overseas—and suddenly countries negotiating trade deals started giving Starlink sweet deals! Looks like textbook corruption—and we're all paying for it.

Here is why having 4 trains scheduled to depart within 5 minutes of each other is a bad idea #mbtaFail @universalhub.com @mbta-cr.bsky.social

Staff and budget cuts at local offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), are degrading weather forecasts and adding chaos to New England's commercial fisheries.

Worth a listen

Project 2029…..

Running the math in my head on which Fox host is gonna get the gig.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...

This is wild…. lol

STUNNING story: 25-year-old DOGE aide was warned about his conflicts of interest at CFPB but participated in mass layoffs at the agency anyway, including the firings of the ethics lawyers who had warned him.

Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.

confession

Hi, I’m God. Jesus and I are very much against the defunding of childhood cancer research.

Beep.

Starting today, the Federal Election Commission will be without a quorum and unable to enforce campaign finance laws. That's thanks in part to President Trump's likely unlawful firing of Commissioner Weintraub.

😂😂😂

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had the consumer messaging app Signal set up on a computer in his office at the Pentagon so that he could send and receive instant messages in a space where personal cellphones are not permitted, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.

RFK Jr’s HHS Plans to Cut the National Suicide Hotline’s Program for LGBTQ Youth. It receives on average 2,100 contacts a day. This is metaphorically telling LGBTQ youth they can go kill themselves. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

I would like for stupid people to stop making important decisions that affect my life

Mass. nonprofit working to reduce violence sees federal funds cut | Click on the image to read the full story

Why am I walking along Pappas Way in Southie right now and I see a dolphin floating by? 📹: @anewbauer