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ℍ𝕦𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕤𝕥: "True morality is doing what is right without the threat of divine retribution nor the possibility of divine reward." ~ Arthur Paliden Public ed advocate, retired educator, global citizen attitude, crunchy liberal, atheist, pretty sweary.
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Firing the federal workers who help people recover from disasters, while the FEMA chief admits that he wasn’t even aware that there was a hurricane season – it’s baffling. They are putting working people all across the country at risk.

Let me introduce you to Josh Divine, a Trump judicial nominee who as a student newspaper opinion columnist explained opposition to homosexuality by grouping it with bestiality, polygamy, and “any form of sex that goes against the biological design of procreation and the nurturing of a family.”

I mean, if you had a serious, important job and you made a mistake like this, you'd probably get fired...

BREAKING NEWS: President Trump formally asks Congress to take back the $1.1 billion it has set aside for all public broadcasters for the next two years.

The House budget bill would kick 15 million people off health insurance, according to @centeronbudget.bsky.social But the damage won’t stop there—weaker local economies that rely on health spending could lose 850,000 jobs b/c of Medicaid cuts: www.epi.org/blog/house-b...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D) sued acting U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey Alina Habba Tuesday over his arrest while protesting the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts last month. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

The GOP #ReverseRobinHood budget would strip at least 14 million Americans of their health care coverage. I call BS - nothing about these cuts will “strengthen” the system. (1/2)

FYI: Cutting Social Security’s phone lines will burden seniors, people with disabilities, and survivors with long, unnecessary travel. Cuts to customer service are Social Security cuts.

Republicans are taking away health care from millions of Americans.

The Trump administration has announced that it is revoking guidance to the nation’s hospitals that directed them to provide emergency abortions to women when they are necessary to stabilize their medical condition.

HAWLEY: Let's see the Trump chart. You don't think it's a little bit anomalous that Trump has so many more nationwide injunctions against him? KATE SHAW: A very plausible explanation you have to consider is that he's engaged in much more lawless activity than other presidents

NEW: Attorneys for MyPillow Guy Mike Lindell said in opening statements at his defamation trial in Denver that they won’t present evidence of his claim that the 2020 election was rigged. “It’s just words. All Mike Lindell did was talk,” said Lindell’s attorney. #copolitics

NEW: Trump Administration Proposes Cutting Tribal College Funds by Nearly 90% @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

🚨NEW: VoteVets slams decision to strip Harvey Milk’s name from Navy ship. “This isn’t just offensive—it’s a calculated act of disrespect.” It's not about tradition. It’s about forcing out those who don’t fit Hegseth’s 1980s action figure fantasy of service. FULL STATEMENT ⬇️

Kristi Noem Combats Claimed Antisemitism by Trying to Deport 61 Israeli Students, and Other Tales of Harvard Derangement www.emptywheel.net/2025/06/03/k...

Check out the white supremacist Odin imagery on a patch belonging to an apparent ICE officer in the Twin Cities today

“They classify Palestinians as under three categories: Hamas, Hamas supporters, and human shields or potential terrorists.” ‘Genocidio’ author Rula Jebreal joined @naomiaklein.bsky.social to discuss growing up in a Jerusalem orphanage under Israeli violence. Full episode: zeteo.com/p/an-ongoing...

"A US senator is apparently calling for a government... to bomb a boat carrying food to a starving population." @premthakker.bsky.social reports on Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham seemingly threatening activist Greta Thunberg who's currently on a boat filled with aid heading toward Gaza.

Kennedy and MAHA are a disaster for America ... critical to keep an eye on this open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Reminder that Trump was ordered by the Supreme Court to facilitate the return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States. That was nearly two months ago. If Trump can violate due process and openly defy a SCOTUS order, what’s to stop him from doing the same to anyone else?

i’m here at lake and bloomington where a group of protesters have gathered. officers with DEA and ICE patches have surrounded las cuatro milpas. video slow to upload, apologies.

Starbucks has a legal obligation to bargain over ANY policy change in union stores. Maybe instead of enforcing an unnecessary dress code, we can work together to improve staffing, wait times, and wages for baristas with fair union contracts!

Thanks to DOGE: -NASA employees need multiple rounds of emails to buy basic materials -FDA food tests are delayed over approval for simple expenses -FAA staffers can't easily pay for air traffic control tower window washing DOGE is making government LESS efficient.

In South Korea, Democratic Party liberal candidate, Lee Jae-myung, has officially won & will be the country's next president. Yesterday, I did a video breaking down the significance of this election and how far-right Koreans are mimicking Donald Trump’s rhetoric: www.youtube.com/watch?v=legJ...

Q: Does the White House have a reaction to the election in South Korea? LEAVITT: Yes, we do. Let me find it for you. Thank you. Um. We do not.

I asked Secretary McMahon if she had done ANY analysis about how the Department of Education would be able to perform its basic obligations under the law before firing HALF of its staff. NO analysis was done. None. These people want to take a CHAINSAW to public education with a BLINDFOLD on.

Just reminding y'all of the Congressionally mandated report (condition on education) that ED did not put up by the deadline of June 1st AND when a reporter reached out asking why they missed the date, they threw up old tables/figures and links to other websites

New, from me: The Trump administration is already making it easier for partisan political appointees to fire career civil servants. A new policy will also allow them to politicize who is hired into the civil service. The spoils system returns! 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-politi...

at lake and bloomington where ICE were seen. large group of angry people

Shot. Chaser.

The correlation between being insecure and ostentatiously trying to present yourself as tough remains incredibly strong. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

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-...