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Maine Governor Janet Mills ‘See you in court.’

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We can't afford air traffic controllers, but we can afford a $200 million government ad campaign thanking Trump. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Democrats should go to all these ruby red and vulnerable GOP districts where voters are upset at Trump and Musk and court them. Full court press.

This is a great article by John Pavlovitz. open.substack.com/pub/johnpavl...

Medicaid coverage for virtual visits ends April 1st. As someone who cares for children that live up to 8 hours away, this is DEVASTATING. Children, adults, elderly will all suffer. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES The 5 calls app makes it easy!

BREAKING - The Dow just had its worst drop since March 2020 — at the beginning of Covid Back then it was a pandemic mismanaged by Trump Now it’s tariffs and inflation mismanaged by Trump Watch out — Trump is giving America economic Covid

Less than 24 hours after Trump said he would leave some social safety net programs like Medicaid intact, the inveterate liar has reneged. Trump is now backing the House GOP’s strategy calling for finding $880 billion in savings from the committee with jurisdiction…

And who they didn't like

I remember D☭Иald TЯ☭M₽ Crashing Wall Street last time he was in the White House He's doing it again

Ruh roh

Waiting to hear from all the “Trump-Russia was a hoax” crew and somehow they’ve evaporated into nothingness

People experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.

You’re damn right, Harry!

None of this has anything to do with effectiveness, or “lethality,” or promoting “warfighters," or any other buzzwords. It is praetorianism, plain and simple, and it is an assault on our military and our democracy. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

The Trump administration halted defunding of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau after the city of Baltimore and a nonprofit filed a lawsuit.

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🚨Tariffs: 🚨 trump can EXEMPT from tariffs anyone he wants Read that again He controls who is charged & who is exempt 1️⃣He will SELL exemptions 2️⃣He will WITHHOLD exemptions He is a MOB BOSS collecting his PIZZO The absolute power here is insane!! shorturl.at/5FVBg

✡️Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel marched alongside Martin Luther King Jr. His powerful words, "my feet were praying," encapsulate his belief in active social justice. Heschel's works "Man Is Not Alone" & "The Sabbath" continue to inspire. He played a crucial role in improving Catholic-Jewish relations

You do not belong here Musk. GTFO!

They just now noticed?

Georgia congressman confronted by angry crowd over support for Trump’s agenda

Over on X, simple tweets by my colleague Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal Constitution have been blocked. They were nothing but video of a town hall held by Rep. Rich McCormick R-GA where he was asked questions about DOGE

The German chancellor rejected Vance's comments about governing with the far right.

Forget Stalin and Trotsky, Animal Farm is a play for our times. Pringles anyone? | Alison Phillips

Public Environmental Data Partners archives climate datasets, uploading copies to public repositories and cataloging where and how to find them if they go missing from government websites. Scholars explain:

“I want the reader to feel something. To be moved. The best reason to read a novel is to feel life more fully.” @harrisonmooney.bsky.social interviews author Jack Wang. 

Dear Elon, we’re out. The Tyee will no longer be posting to X (formerly Twitter) and we’ve removed the X sharing buttons from our stories. Here’s why.

Zelenskyy: I told Trump that Putin is a liar

Maryland National Guard out of Frederick Douglass parade after DoD order declares Black History Month ‘dead’

"It also would've saved DOJ a heck of a lot of damage."

you kind of have to hope that the next president rides in on a giant wave of civic nationalism. i will work for the next government, whatever that government is.

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Just because this needs to be said regularly: the patriotic American thing to do is to esteem our Canadian friends and neighbors, guard and respect Canada's right to self-determination, and condemn aggression and bullying whether domestic or international in nature.

Your INCOMPETENCE is showing!!

In a reckless move that could put countless Americans at risk, CDC cuts are expected to devastate the Epidemic Intelligence Service, a ‘crown jewel’ of public health EIS officers tasked with investigating disease outbreaks and health threats in the U.S. and abroad.