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Post a picture of the last game you were at October 14, 2021. San Francisco. Dodgers beat the Giants 2-1 in the playoffs.

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Post a picture of the last game you were at. Mets at Mariners on Sunday Night Baseball. Big Dumper buried us with 2 dingers in a 12-1 loss, but at least I got to witness Hot Dogs from Heaven (not pictured, I purchased that one).

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Post a picture of the last game you were at 9/29/2024 Mariners beat Oakland 6-4. The last game the actual “Oakland” A’s ever played.

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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

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Public comment is now open for passport gender marker changes. You can go here to go to each of the three proposed passport rules, and submit comment. My suggestion: be unique, argue for trans-inclusive policies, against the constitutionality of the changes, etc. www.reddit.com/r/Passports/...

submitted 3 days ago • 134 comments

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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Please share widely. I'm not above begging for Retweets if it means we end up showing how much New Yorkers, even those that initially opposed the program, now see the necessity of Congestion Pricing and show up to Oppose Trump's nonsense.

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Star of Leopard News Asks That Friend’s Face be Spared

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Took the kids this summer to see some of our most fiercely protected conservation areas. Was magical.

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BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

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Nice work, Seattle! Thousands showed up today to support federal workers and defend our democracy.

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As a result, she said, just three full-time employees remain in both the Yellowstone and Bozeman ranger districts to manage 19 rental cabins, 60 bathrooms, 21 campgrounds and other infrastructure spread across 1 million acres. www.bozemandailychronicle.com/townnews/wor...

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Upon receiving the news that four of the City's Deputy Mayors have submitted their resignations, I sent the following letter to @nycmayor.

submitted 5 days ago • 238 comments

You cannot determine whether you saved or cost money based solely on one side of the ledger. Example: I saved my household $2K by not paying the mortgage.

submitted 6 days ago • 1540 comments

Make America 1954 Again! This applies SFFA v Harvard well beyond the decision's remit to prohibit even actions intended to promote diversity and ensure that underrepresented students have community spaces at PWIs (i.e. BLSA, APALSA, etc) Absolutely hideous. www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...

submitted 5 days ago • 15 comments

JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington state, who blocked Trump's executive order re: transgender health care, says it is unconstitutional in multiple ways, including usurping Congress' power of the purse storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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this is the way

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It should be a source of profound embarrassment that a bunch of FedSoc lifers are taking a more vocal and principled stand against the corrupt Eric Adams deal than most elected Dems.

submitted 8 days ago • 248 comments

Trans Folks Refugees Immigrants Gay Men People on antidepressants List is building You are on this list, you just don’t know where

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ok! www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

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Elon Musk’s role in the Trump administration is unconstitutional. If the President wants Musk or any other powerful billionaire to have a significant role in running our government, he can and should appoint them as the Constitution requires.

submitted 8 days ago • 38 comments

One thing Democratic leadership could do right now is to name an alternate HHS secretary--someone to provide ongoing public updates and health information. And do it for other departments too. Start showing voters what a Democratic government would look like--press conferences, speeches, all of it.

submitted 9 days ago • 558 comments

Major update on SB 5184, Washington's parking reform and modernization act: today it was pulled from the rules committee and is heading for a floor vote!

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Interesting: the State Department’s procurement forecast detailing a $400 million order for "armored Tesla" has now been edited to "armored electric vehicles." The document shows the edit was made tonight at 9:12 p.m. -- after it was highlighted in reports

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