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In DC, the entire city is on edge re Trump’s Birthday Nuremberg Rally, and I seem to have stumbled on a free outdoor showing of Waterworld by the Navy Memorial

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I will not be satisfied until the FDA issues guidelines framed around how many dishes you’re supposed to order at a restaurant that specializes in shareable small plates

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State health officials have made no secret of their concerns with declining MMR vaccination rates among kindergarteners, and Harris says an Alabama measles case “is coming.”

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Donald Trump is betting that a cycle of protest, violence and repression benefits him and makes his opponents look extreme. But what serves the president is dangerous for a divided country econ.st/4ngC4HJ

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"likely to draw an uproar from pro-vaccine groups" like the opponents are a tiny special interest group and not "literally all doctors and 95% of parents"

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I have arrived in DC. My Lyft driver was a former Voice of America producer who got DOGEd. He asked what Alabama was best known for and I said “oppression and football.” Anyway good night.

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Yesss I was born ready let’s goooooo

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Flight delayed bc, quote, “DC is doing DC things”

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Free him now

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Free him now.

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(sitting on tarmac) Them: Please out your device into airplane mode Me: You first

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read this as “anarchic squid” and liked it much better 🦑

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There is no one who can clear you with an innovative, educational, challenging THREAD more comprehensively than “the menswear guy.” Protect @dieworkwear.bsky.social at all costs.

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NEW: Judge Farbiarz grants a preliminary injunction blocking the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil for now on the basis of the Rubio foreign-policy determination (and gives the govt a 2-day stay for appeal). storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Free Mahmoud Khalil now

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BREAKING: Judge says Mahmoud Khalil cannot be detained or deported based on Rubio’s determination. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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In response to violence in DC and Boulder, American Jewish leaders are doubling down on conflating Zionism with Jewish identity—even as they insist that it's wrong to target Jews for Israel's actions. This response won't protect Jews, writes publisher Daniel May: jewishcurrents.org/the-tangled-...

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I am flying to DC this evening for a thing that has been on my calendar for months. Should I be nervous? I leave Friday afternoon…

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This erasure of “I Get Around” will not be tolerated www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/a...

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I was a paralegal for the Federal Defenders for 5 years and I would have been fired so hard if I made a mistake like this. And I would have earned the firing.

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Another 10/10 performance by Pam Bondi's Justice Department.

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RIP to Brian Wilson, who gave us many perfect albums but also the perfect interview

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RIP Brian Wilson. I saw Smile live at Carnegie Hall and again at Jones Beach circa 2005. He led the crowd in Row, Row, Row Your Boat, of all things, and it was the actual best. What an incredible artist.

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Without comment. Keep hammering this.

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"What Alabama needs is a mayor, but what our system rewards is rivalry," columnist @WarOnDumb.bsky.social writes. "It’s more about picking sides ... than coming together in Montgomery." Read the column: https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/alabama-doesnt-need-a-coach-for-governor-it-needs-a-mayor.html

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arc of the moral universe right now

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Steve Inskeep madder than I have ever heard him at DHS spokesperson. Good.

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The Republican-controlled Alabama Legislature has tried to ignore IVF access since passing a quick fix after the Supreme Court’s ruling. But the fix is still vulnerable to legal challenges.

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I don’t do hobbit books but I’m doing this one. Hope it’s good

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Not true. I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵

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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government. No one has heard from you in 88 days. As vigil, I’m posting a photo (or video) of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

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"The legacies of radical thought are not yours to cosplay. We’ve buried mentors and friends who gave everything to this work. They held coalitions together across race, religion, class, and creed... They did not sacrifice so you could embrace nihilism." Incredible, by @bulldogshadow.bsky.social.

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Holy shit Thomas Friedman finally www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/o...

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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.

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what do these words mean, like, when they are put together in this order?

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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.

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