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There’s a lot of talk about whether the President can accept the gift of a new Air Force One, but not a lot about why he wants it. Usually, we are told, he complains about how old the current planes are: 40 years. They need a lot of maintenance, altho when one does, the other is swapped in.

Clifflee and Jack.

AOC: We heard that we should take your word that Medicaid will be protected — that we should trust you that no one is going to be affected by this. But as a woman, the word was given that my rights would not be taken away by the Supreme Court — and that wasn’t true.

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 Summary Report of the Civil War 150th Deleted From National Park Service Website

I have waited my whole life, for this moment....

Here is the main point I tried to make in my opening statement.

I don't know what Trump and the GOP are claiming to celebrate today, but I know for certain it's not the life and teachings of a man who was illegally arrested and executed by the State on false charges because authorities feared his existence. Wishing you all a peaceful and reflective Good Friday.

Dictatorships grab people off the street and jail them. Dictatorships demonize vulnerable minorities. Dictatorships destroy data. Dictatorships reject independent courts. Dictatorships buy the backing of the super-rich. Dictatorships persecute dissidents. See what’s happening, fellow Americans.

“A country that cannot tell the truth about itself cannot assess what has led it to moments of greatness in the past and what could lead it again to greatness." wapo.st/4jdXL8m

@mallorymcmorrow.bsky.social Listened to you with Preet just last night. Gave me hope!

During the Cold War, Americans were appalled both by the repression and the material deprivation of life under the Kremlin. Now, apparently, it seems like the civil liberties part isn't really a bother, as long as things are cheap and the WiFi signal's good.

When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public