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And here is a gentoo penguin... Crushed under the weight of the new tariffs...

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I am thinking of penguins today...

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Just thinking about what the US looked like before the EPA existed

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I can’t believe I’m saying this, but Tom Nichols gets it.

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The Economist: MAGAlomania "On March 4 Trump painted a fantastical picture. The American Dream was surging bigger and better than ever before. Tariffs would preserve jobs, make America richer, and protect its soul. Unfortunately, in the real world, things look different." (Gift) econ.st/3DmhZ0f

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The Social Security Administration automatically terminates the benefits of anyone 115 or older (unless there is a younger spouse). AUTOMATICALLY! Congress listens to Trump claiming that 12.2 million people older than 120 get benefits! And they censure Al Green! 🤯 secure.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx...

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"The DOGE-led campaign to cancel contracts deemed 'wasteful' across the government is hurting Social Security. The agency lost a contract that paid for medical experts to testify at disability hearings..." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Trudeau: I want to speak first directly to the American people… your government has chosen to do this to you. Your government has chosen to put American jobs at risk. They have chosen to raise costs for American consumers on everyday essential items…

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"Woke" NSF research... 😠 The report "flagged" a study to create biosensors for detecting infectious diseases because the proposal repeatedly used the acronym “POC” often used for “people of color!” But in the grant's context, POC meant “point of care!” 🤯 www.propublica.org/article/ted-...

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These are the average spring temperature increases from 1970 to 2024 for a few major cities: Phoenix 5.3°F Tucson 5.8°F Houston 4.1°F Maybe it is time the climate change skeptics/deniers start thinking about their utility bills!

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Fun story about people throwing money into the ocean.

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Keir Starmer's make or break moment. My take on the encounter in D.C. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/paul-mason-starmers-make-or-break-moment/

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Economists worry a Trumpcession is on the way www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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Washington Post past glories... In 1971, Katharine Graham, owner and publisher of the Post, ignored her male-dominated board and Nixon's friends and continued publishing the Pentagon Papers after the NY Times was forced to stop. Meryl Streep in one of my favorite roles. The Post, 2017

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While the Washington Post is dying in the darkness, remember what this newspaper and its legendary reporters used to be... "All the President's Men" by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, 1974. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_the... Cover from the first edition

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Column: Jeff Bezos threw the Washington Post under the MAGA bus. His decision to revamp its opinion section threatens not just independent journalism, but the Post's business future, writes our senior editor Michael Schaffer.

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Equally important is canceling the CDC committee meeting to select the strains for the 2025-26 flu vaccine. Temporary? Or are we in deep, deep doo-doo?

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First measles death in a decade. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

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Ooppss! Texas appropriated $5 billion for loans to build gas-fired power plants. But the industry is canceling projects amid rising problems/costs. It takes 5 years to build a gas plant, while "...you can build a wind project in 12 months, a storage facility in 15, a solar project in 18 months.”

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If the Democrats bail out Mike Johnson on ANY spending bill, they deserve the utter political destruction coming their way. Some are already falling for the "but we'll get blamed for shutting down the government" b.s. Have you learned NOTHING? Not. One. Vote.

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Trump’s numbers on US & European aid to Ukraine are completely fabricated — Europe has given more to Ukraine and the US hasn’t reached anywhere near $350 billion.

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...And I don't know a soul who's not been battered I don't have a friend who feels at ease I don't know a dream that's not been shattered Or driven to its knees But it's alright, it's alright For we lived so well so long... www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE3k...

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Friedrich Merz did not even wait for the final results in Germany's election before delivering what could well be a defining verdict on US President Donald Trump, consigning Europe's 80-year alliance with the Americans to the past.

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80 years ago today: Marines raise the flag on Iwo Jima. We in the pro-democracy camp fight for the America that won World War II, and for the America that after the war worked to further advance the American idea. We know what side we would have been on 80 years ago, and what side we're on today.

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❤️👏 Definition: "Woke just means you give a damn about other people.” Jane Fonda variety.com/2025/film/ne...

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Merz just said on German TV that the primary priority of his government will be to ensure that Europe can achieve full strategic independence from the United States in the defence against Russia. Merz was once a die hard Atlanicist. Now, after Trump he is a Gaullist. Extraordinary.

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BREAKING: Mexican President Sheinbaum argues that if cartels are deemed terrorist orgs, then the suppliers of weapons—over 74% of which come FROM the U.S.—should ALSO face accountability for enabling terrorism. As a result, Mexico is expanding its lawsuit targeting U.S gun manufacturers. 🇲🇽

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/23/u...

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Cowardliness?? 😠 I am sure Trump doesn't know what NSF does, and Musk is drunk with power. But the NSF top administrators? They know precisely what they are doing by shamelessly "following orders!" As the fired NSF employees said, that’s on all of them! www.politico.com/news/2025/02...

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It's not easy being green But why wonder? Why wonder? I'm green, and it'll do fine It's beautiful, and I think it's what I wanna be www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4Zx...

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“We are not protecting the climate, but people” proclaims a billboard of Germany's Green Party. On Sunday, Germany heads to vote in an election in which migration has dominated the discourse. Security, democracy, and utility bills are at the top of people's concerns, with climate at the bottom.

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