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Cal Raleigh is very warm Wow 😳

Mother Earth Fired for Being DEI Planet: tinyurl.com/6uamjf45

NEW: Andrew Cuomo used ChatGPT to help write the housing plan he released this weekend, which included several nonsensical passages. The plan even cites to ChatGPT on a section about the Rent Guidelines Board. hellgatenyc.com/andrew-cuomo...

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Columbia may have signed its own death notice. Word has it that tomorrow Columbia will announce an agreement to formal oversight by Trump. This, if true, will signal the death of Columbia as we knew it - a premier teaching and research institution. I explain it here: youtube.com/shorts/W7Rr7...

If you live in Seattle, are 18+, and are a citizen or have a green card, the city will provide four $25 vouchers for you to donate to any eligible candidate at zero cost to you. Please consider donating to Katie Wilson for Mayor! www.seattle.gov/democracyvou...

i never imagined marco rubio would end up being one of the central villains in this endless nightmare. an absolute monster among monsters.

Was not expecting to open the main CBC page this morning and see this! In today’s climate, I feel our message is even more relevant than even just a few months ago when the interview was recorded. www.cbc.ca @christelvaneck.bsky.social @lydiamessling.bsky.social

Happy Sunday everyone

It's finally out! Drink coffee, drink soda, take whatever stimulate you prefer. This is extremely long, even by my verbose standards. But its the absolute minimum word count I thought I could tell the "foreign exchange liquidity crisis" aspect of this with. www.crisesnotes.com/is-the-trump...

36k to hear Sen Bernie Sanders and Rep Alexandria Ocasio Cortez in Los Angeles today: 📸Bernie Sanders

Honored to present Student Civic Leadership Awards to some extraordinary students who I hope will continue to be leaders in Washington for a long time. 🧵

#Mariners 😬

Another client laid off by research hospital via DOGE. Why? Simple, the payment from the Feds stopped coming in and no one would respond to the major hospital's inquiry. No more researching nutrition support for rural kids now I guess.

It's up, its out. I covered a hell of a lot. There are a few things I didn't end up having the space or the brain functioning left to cover. But I'm gonna crash now. See y'all in 6 hours. Promote the piece in my absence. www.crisesnotes.com/our2025lehma...

When I offered notary services at the start of this administration, a few people asked how that was helpful. Changing/Amending your birth certificate requires a notarized sworn testimony. If you need this service and you reside in Seattle, I will provide it for free!

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

A bunch of folks showed up to the Bothell City Council tonight to speak against a potential resolution affirming Bothell as a welcoming place for LGBTQIA+ people. Here was Bothell Mayor Mason Thompson's response.

Did not see "US Imposes Crippling Sanctions on Itself" for 2025. Something unbelievable stupid? Sure Criminality and Corruption? Table stakes Cruelty and Maliciousness? Obviously But this? Wow

Here’s a real-time tracker of all (so far) confirmed campus abductions and visa revocations since April 2:

The skeleton key to understanding reactionary conservatism is quite simple: they are scared, all the time, of everything.

NEW PIECE: I'm finally back & just in time to provide the big picture analysis of the Trump Tariff stock market crash. I'll have a follow up piece about the stock market tomorrow & at least one payments system piece later this week. www.crisesnotes.com/trumps-liber...

I hope other university alliances start pooling resources and engaging in the kinds of collective action Rutgers is proposing here for the Big Ten. senate.rutgers.edu/report/resol...