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Woman with a Broom. I believe if we work smart and together, we will get that magic we are working towards, and the realization of the many ScienceFiction movies in my head where the White House=WestWing and C Street=Madam Secretary. It can still happen.
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❗️Tonight, 🇺🇦Ukrainian strike drones successfully attacked the 🇷🇺Russian Ufa oil refinery, located 1,300 km behind the front line.

Guerilla advertising seen in the London Metro

Day 1 on the left. Day 2 on the right. Don't let anyone tell you that pushback is pointless. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I love leaving voice mails for my senators where I say things like "the USPS is very important to our country" as if I'm helping a small child with a book report or describing our civilization to an alien

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Outer Banks herd of wild horses welcomed 14 foals in 2024

⚡️Ukrainian journalist Tatiana Kulyk killed in her home by Russian drone attack in Kyiv Oblast. Tatiana Kulyk was a journalist at the Ukrinform news agency and host of "the Nation of the Invincibles" program.

CSPAN Caller from West Virginia: I’m a diabetic and I’m on Medicare. When Biden was in there, my insulin was $6 for a 28 day supply. I just went to CVS, it went back up to $80…

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

Dear @cnn.com, The judge did not “vacate” the trial. He adjourned it. Then he appointed an amicus curiae to argue against dismissing the charges. Who writes your headlines?

It was an honor to sign the guest book in the home of Anne Frank. I was here as a younger man and thought about her life as a dark chapter of history. Today, I can’t help but think of her story as one of caution. Our world is fragile, and it’s incumbent on us not to break it.

The League has official joined BlueSky! 🦋 Follow: @nba.com

The notorious pet duck of a University of Oregon student that once attended a game at Autzen Stadium and became beloved on campus and around Eugene over the past two years died on Wednesday.

"The layoffs come in the middle of tax filing season. Former IRS officials warned that losing such a large number of employees could disrupt Americans’ ability to easily file taxes this year, even if the layoffs are not supposed to affect those deemed 'critical'...” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/19/u...

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

Kamala was right. And it only took him less than 30 days to roll over for Putin.

No words….

As a measles outbreak causes dozens of illnesses in West Texas, it’s important to know how to identify signs of the illness. It can cause serious complications – such as blindness, pneumonia or encephalitis, swelling of the brain – and even turn deadly, especially in children younger than 5.

I am not on Medicare, but sharing what showed up in my chart this morning. 19 year olds do not see doctors? Pressed another OOPS Button? This is how medicine is done now children! WTF?

Dynamic to watch: Republicans who can't bear what Trump is doing to their constituents but who are too scared to speak up against it.

🔺 NEW: An aircraft with ten people on board has gone missing over Alaska, according to officials, prompting an overnight search operation. The Bering Air plane was reported missing en route from Unalakleet to Nome, Alaska’s department of public safety said on Thursday

A suspected tornado event Thursday night killed two people in a small East Tennessee community, the local emergency management agency said.

Number 10 of 14 in a series of 4x4 small works titled Little Prayers. #encaustic #energypainting #abstractart

This has been a wild week, with way more news coming out of the new administration than anyone can follow. And that's likely by design. Here's some of the biggest things that happened this week.

The SkyTok feed with Bluesky’s new video rendering mode looks AMAZING! bsky.app/profile/mmcc... We’ve managed to build a significant % of #tiktok as a custom feed on the social web in under a week using surf.social and this work from @pfrazee.com and team. More to come. bsky.app/profile/mmcc...

Wow! The number of @bsky.app users just passed 31 MILLION!👏 LETS DO THIS!

BREAKING | Grenfell Tower set to be demolished amid backlash from survivors

Something I’ve always wanted from the NYT, but that I can’t remember it ever doing, is for the newspaper to show some professional indignation about being grandiosely lied to.

I adore @maddow.msnbc.com shouting out to bluesky

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Federal Election Commission Commissioner Ellen Weintraub announced that she had received a termination notice from the president—but said that wouldn’t be enough to remove her from the role.

About to join Ali Velshi on MSNBC. Hope you'll join us! If not, you know the rule:

Did he not hit his quota?

Received a letter from POTUS today purporting to remove me as Commissioner and Chair of the FEC. There's a legal way to replace FEC commissioners-this isn't it. I've been so fortunate to serve the American people and stir up some good trouble along the way. That's not changing anytime soon.

The only X is Malcolm X.

NEW: President Donald Trump has given Elon Musk sweeping authority to overhaul the U.S. government bureaucracy and its operations around the globe. ProPublica confirmed the identities and roles of more than 20 key people affiliated with Musk.