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Grocery Prices Going Up! Thanks, Trump and Republicans. www.cnn.com/2025/04/09/b...

IRS to share immigrants’ tax info with DHS | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg

Alan Cumming revealed that his makeup process for his Nightcrawler went from 4 hours in X2 to a mere 90 minutes for Doomsday.

April 8, 2025

In less than one week, many Americans will no longer be able to apply for Social Security benefits over the phone, setting the stage for disruptions and upheaval. Nearly 6 million seniors live more than 46.6 miles, roundtrip, from a field office, per a new analysis. trib.al/5XSPqyL

So many student visas have been revoked that Inside Higher Ed started mapping them

The economic collapse will destroy the social safety net. States cannot deficit spend by law. As revenues nosedive, they'll be forced to cut back on education, healthcare, and vital programs. They'll also be more dependent on federal funding giving Trump more leverage.

Reupping, from Inauguration Day www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Love, Death & Robots released a wild trailer for Season 4.

The systems also have filtering capabilities, which can restrict students’ access to certain websites and pages based on their content.

National Weather Service no longer translating products for non-English speakers

U.S. Supreme Court pauses order to return wrongly deported Maryland man | via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social #ksleg

Evergreen.

Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’

El nuevo requisito de registro del DHS viene con muchas interrogantes, pero aquí hay algunas cosas clave que debes saber: → Determina si tú y tu familia necesitan registrarse. → ¿Qué es la "evidencia de registro"? (1/3)

The GOAT, Shinichiro Watanabe, is back with a killer new sci-fi anime series set in a seemingly utopian future where a miracle drug has cured all pain. now streaming on Max nerdist.com/article/best-ne...

Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.

I'm not reasured by my IG algo showing me how to start my own garden in the current times. I mean it's cool thing to try, but I feel like the timing is concerning

Trump administration funding freeze of $27B clean-energy program strands local projects | via Allison Prang #ksleg

Thank god we have @ricksteves.bsky.social —

Tariffs grounded Pittsburgh's aerospace deals. #econsky

Price hikes, idled factories, layoffs: how car companies are responding to Trump’s tariffs

💥 Fantastic news from Louisiana! Science plus organized activism plus rule of law plus investigative journalism did this. Also love.

Page One: @nytimes.com @bostonglobe.com

April 3, 2025

April 2, 2025

Cad Bane and Asajj Ventress are the stars of the upcoming Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld anthology series.

Now THAT’s a headline, no notes

NEW: GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then the company started expanding into deportation flights. “They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”

BEWARE THE DAY OF LIES BELIEVE NOTHING QUESTION EVERYTHING STAY FROSTY, FOR CHICANERY AND LEGERDEMAIN IS AFOOT

Pushback works, part gazillion: "Here are the facts: DOGE moved forward with plans to close multiple field offices. Then, without public notice or explanation, they reversed their plans. Now they are trying to pretend like they were never planning to close the offices." popular.info/p/how-the-so...

BREAKNG: A federal judge has barred the Trump administration from ending "temporary protected status" for 350,000 Venezuelan nationals — which was slated to expire next week. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

Trans rights are human rights because trans people are human beings.

GOLDMAN hikes its odds of US recession to 35% — from a prior 20%. The move reflects “the sharp recent deterioration in household and business confidence, and statements from White House officials indicating greater willingness to tolerate near-term economic weakness in pursuit of their policies.”

From the “pro-life” party…

This week, footage spread online of plainclothes ICE agents snatching Tufts grad student Rumeysa Ozturk off the street in Somerville, Massachusetts, spurring local protests. Read more here ⤵️

Local police leaders have feared the erosion of public trust as a result of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. Many officials say they're seeing signs that's happening.

arguments for allowing higher overdraft fees tend to turn into "just don't be poor" once you realize banks engage in exploitative practices to maximize overdrafts even if you have the money www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2cVhPvW/

Car salesman at a local Hyundai dealership today, after I asked him about the tariffs: "It's terrible. The price of every vehicle is going to go up five or six thousand dollars... And here's the thing, even after they go away, think about it, they're not going to come back down again."

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...

Last year, the CFPB classified "buy-now-pay-later" apps in the same category as credit cards to better protect consumers. Is it any wonder that Big Tech billionaires pushed so hard to gut the CFPB? More Silicon Valley "innovation."

Amazon shakes up streaming leadership team

People died as a result. More will die.

Recently, green card and visa holders have been facing tougher scrutiny at airports. Immigration attorneys give tips on how to reduce the chances of running into problems while traveling.

Thrilled so many folks are downloading “The Man Who Calculated Death” podcast. It was behind a paywall on Wondery but now Podcast One is making it available for free! They’ll be dropping a couple of episodes every Tuesday for the next month, and NEW bonus episodes as well!! All eps on their way!

I associated A&E's long-running cop reality show "The First 48" with re-run marathons. But when I learned that it was mentioned as a factor in the 2024 exoneration of a man convicted of murder in Minnesota, the state I live in and cover, I perked right up. Thread 🧵