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Sorry to step away from the catfight, but we’ve got a win! A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle AmeriCorps halting the termination of grants and its volunteer network!

Don’t let your glee interfere with your loathing.

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No. Absolutely not. He's a nazi. He smashed the federal government and stole our data. He put USAID and USIP in a wood chipper, leaving hundreds of thousands of children to die. He's not welcome in any party I belong to. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

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👀 @ag.state.mn.us

📣 As the Musk/Trump Regime tries to Nazify America, a reminder that FLIPPING THE SENATE BLUE is critical to reining them in, and donations are part of achieving that. #Blue26 (Yes, I've upgraded IOWA to a top tier state) secure.actblue.com/donate/senat...

Bernie: "What that is all about is that if you're rich in America, you can make campaign contributions, you are entitled to massive tax breaks because you're superhuman beings. But if you're a poor working stiff, working at McDonald's, struggling to put food on the table, you're entitled to nothing"

"Democrats Commission $20 Million Study to Figure Out How to Communicate with Bros on YouTube" gizmodo.com/democrats-co...

Interesting.

Chris Murphy: "We can't be preparing for the 2026 election. It might not come. All of our focus right now has to be on protecting the democracy, about stopping the corruption."

very fun to read frederick douglass accurately describe the problem with the pardon power in 1867

Trump's tariffs, tax cuts, and austerity budget are a windfall for the super-rich at the expense of the poor. This is what class warfare looks like. [Via @4taxfairness.bsky.social‬]

We rely on deep sleep to clear the brain's metabolic waste products (that can induce inflammation), which decreases with aging. Now there's a discovery of a non-invasive way method to augment waste clearance in aged mice @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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REMINDER: Nathan will be #LIVE on YouTube in 10 minutes! Join us for updates and to ask questions! 🫡 TUNE IN NOW: www.youtube.com/live/JE8klt8...

Total mentions on Maria Bartiromo's show this morning: Medicaid: 5 Biden: 69

WATCH: “You stand in my church. You promised me.” A Minneapolis pastor confronts the chief of police about helping ICE

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A Florida weatherman telling his viewers he can no longer be confident in his forecasts due to cuts to atmospheric science is the kind of resistance content I’m here for. Kudos, Sir.🌦️

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Why read the puff piece in the NYT when you can read this?

BREAKING: Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) announces that she is officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee.

I’m officially running to be the Ranking Member of the House Oversight Committee. These are not normal times—and this cannot be a business-as-usual moment. Read my full letter to my colleagues here: crockett.house.gov/media/press-...

John Dewey said that the only solution to the ills of democracy is more democracy, and what we are suffering from today is not democracy but all the impediments and obstacles to it—and all the attacks on it.

"...researchers [aiming] to understand how sleep problems might shape feelings of loneliness...proposed that sleep problems might increase rumination, which could lower resilience and, in turn, make adolescents more vulnerable to feeling lonely."

HLS/HLR folks: If you have any additional details about this “cooperating witness” situation and the apparent investigation into HLR by the Trump administration, please reach out! I’m on Signal at annabower.24 Email: [email protected] Happy to speak off the record or on background

I thought this story was horrific, but realizing it was an actor I long enjoyed only made it worse. My God.

This is Mertarvik, Alaska, population 300. It’s a new town. Its residents, the vast majority of whom are Yup’ik, began moving in around 2019. The move was by necessity: The nearby village where many residents previously lived, Newtok, is sinking, its riverbanks eroding. THREAD 🧵

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"It’s a reminder that billionaires are not all powerful, and that resistance isn’t futile."

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Statement from Buona Forchetta about the ICE raid last night. 💔

"First came mass firings disguised as efficiency reforms. Then the gutting of oversight agencies. Next, the weakening of enforcement through executive orders. Now, the final step: replacing career professionals with political loyalists through ideological screening."

Everyone needs to think harder about how to drive attention to this giant Medicaid cut bill Republicans are on the verge of passing — it’s very unpopular, all factions of Democrats oppose it, and yet it’s barely present in the discourse.

San Diego erupts at ICE raiding a local restaurant and detaining ALL staff.

BREAKING: ICE RAID reported at Buona Forchetta tonight about a mile up the road in San Diego. Smoke bombs were used to disperse the crowd. FUCK ICE. WTF?!

This has to stop. Has to.

SPACENEWS: NASA budget would cancel dozens of science missions, lay off thousands (But sets aside nearly $2 billion effectively earmarked for SpaceX) spacenews.com/nasa-budget-...