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Public defender. Professional troublemaker. Burrito and word game enthusiast. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?
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Joy of Plants Santa Fe - #PlantSwap #SouthsideLibrary Café Room Saturday, March 8, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm The Plant Swap is an informal gathering of people of all ages who are interested in #plants. Drop off plants you no longer want and try your hand at something new!

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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”

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DOGE’s accounting of its “savings” is riddled with sloppy mistakes. The five largest cuts that it listed on its website earlier this week were all incorrect — making the savings look far larger than they were in reality.

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Being a rascal is good and pure behavior, when you are rascal in opposition to evil. Don't forget that, kids.

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Tonight my kid threw up all over himself and the kitchen floor. We cleaned up, and then, when we were almost done, I knocked a bottle of Mexican Fanta off the counter. Orange soda and tiny shards of glass everywhere. It has been a night.

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today in breaking laws no matter how obscure, ladies and gentlemen, the Goldwater-Nichols Act

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Firing all of the JAGs (Judge Advocates General)—the top lawyers in each service branch—is just as bad as, if not worse than, firing (most of) the Joint Chiefs.

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Stop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)

submitted 17 hours ago • 79 comments

The University of Pittsburgh has paused all of its PhD admissions because of Trump-Musk hammering research funding. www.wesa.fm/health-scien...

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New Mexico Supreme Court says double jeopardy protects alleged witch from being retried.

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*Slams dictionary shut til Monday*

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Hunger advocate turned out in force today at the Roundhouse to lobby for funding and policies to help close the gap on food insecurity in New Mexico. We caught up with The Executive Director Jill Dixon to learn more.

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New at @searchlightnm.bsky.social: we talked to three young public lands employees in this state who got fired by DOGE last week, to get an in-depth feeling for the kinds of people who got axed & whether the decisions involved were at all thought out. (Answer: no.) searchlightnm.org?p=99493&prev...

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Some good news today! The stop work order for those providing legal representation to unaccompanied children has been cancelled.

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Editor friends: "Less than ten years has passed" or "Less than ten years have passed"? I think it's "has," but the source I'm working from says "have," and it's Friday and my brain is broken.

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CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

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He’s such a dick. But Janet Mills’s framing—“We’re going to comply with state and federal law”—is excellent.

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