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Report from experts in CDC is issued. Kennedy disparages report, offers his own hypothesis based on....I don't know, something he pulled out of his ass this morning? Then he also calls people with autism as essentially vegetables. What a fucking moron.

Moon rising over the stadium while watching New Mexico United beat North Carolina FC 1-0 in the second minute of extra time. #somosunidos

Robert Kennedy Jr. is a worthless piece of shit who needs to be held criminally liable for the harm he is doing to us.

Was shopping at Home Goods today (under duress) and while there was taking note of where products were made. Everything I looked at, with one exception, was made in Asia, mostly in China and Cambodia. There is no way the company can absorb 145% tariffs. Say goodbye to Home Goods if this continues.

Watched GOP senator declaring Trump has "already won" the trade war because nations are coming to renegotiate trade deals. I think Duke and UH (break my heart again) would tell him the game isn't won until the buzzer sounds. In the meantime, we'll be taking it in the ass.

This means we are screwed; no help coming from SCOTUS. There is no rational reading of that statute that authorizes these types of deportations. Even if SCOTUS eventually rules against the administration, the fact that 5 justices are OK with letting them get away with this shit is terrifying.

This was the only blooming cactus in sight. A burst of color in the Quebradas. People say there is no beauty in the desert. They're wrong. #hikenewmexico

UH Cougars beat Duke in one of the greatest comebacks in March Madness history. Maybe this year they can exorcise the horror of 1983 (every time I see Valvano running across the court I want to puke). Go Coogs!!! #uhproud #coogsrule

My favorite sign at the Albuquerque Hands Off rally: "Honk if You've Never Drunk Texted War Plans"

Truth Social reposts false video purportedly from Warren Buffet saying Trump's move is best he's seen in 50 years. Buffet just issued statement saying this is bullshit (paraphrasing), he hasn't said anything like this and won't post anything till annual meeting. Deep Fakes abound from MAGA!!

I wonder if there is another senator with the guts to follow Cory Booker? I hope so.

Would someone in the press please ask Marco Rubio (JD Vance for that matter) how revoking the visas of students for no other reason than expressing views disfavored by the government is consistent with the concept of freedom of speech?

Of course Russia doesn't need to hack anything any more because this administration is probably just giving it to them.

No shit. They got that going for them.

WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social shares the story of Sarah Inama, a 6th grade teacher in Idaho who is standing up to injustice in her school and state.

NEW: I spoke with a lawyer who says her client, an LGBTQ Venezuelan who came to the US seeking asylum through proper channels, was deported as part of the Alien Enemies Act sweep. She says he is not a Tren deAragua member and that ICE misidentified his tatoos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWga...

I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.

Trump says thanks to John Roberts for keeping his ass out of jail. I put Roberts on the same level as Roger Taney, the chief justice who wrote the Dred Scott decision (the one holding black people could not be citizens). In my opinion the two cases are both abominations.

So we’re going to invade Panama?

What the fuck does half this crap have to do with the state of union? This guy is accepted to West Point? This guy is an honorary member of the secret service? This is bullshit.

All these GOP jerks said don't worry about Trump giving away the farm to Russia, he'll want to make a good deal. So he's withdrawing sanctions fron Russia while at the same time stopping military aid to Ukraine as well as withdrawing assistance to keep Ukraine's electric grid going. Sounds fair.

‘Scuse me for getting lawyerly but the Dept of Ed can’t cut off fed funding just b/c a school has a DEI program. That is a prior restraint on speech, which is a no-no. Also, just b/c a DEI program exists doesn’t mean the school is per se discriminating. Schools need to fight this instead of caving .

As Kenny Rogers sang, “You gotta know when to walk away, know when to run.” These Republicans definitely took that part of the song to heart. Profiles in courage they are not.

Unfortunately not too far from the truth.

This has unfortunately never been more true. I remain astonished that so many supposedly mentally competent adults thought this miserable excuse for a human being is the best choice to lead the country, as well as that the entire GOP would become a sycophantic cult of personality.

The cult of personality that used to be the Republican Party is defending today's Trump/Vance oval office shit show. Proof again that they have no spine, no dignity, no sense of personal honor. What disgusting examples of moral cowardice. #Ukrainetriumphant

I don't think Zelensky handled the White House meeting poorly at all. He showed the world what bullies Trump & Vance are and demonstrated what a courageous leader looks like. Long live Ukraine! 🇺🇦 #Ukrainevictorious

A child dies from a preventable disease. Will the parents be prosecuted? No, because they withheld vaccination based on some stupid religious belief or a theory that has been completely discredited. I find it hard to be sympathetic to parents who essentially killed their child.

Are ALL Republicans completely okay with all the bullshit going on? I get that you always cut your own team so slack, but if you give even the smallest rat's ass about our nation aren't you thinking this is too much? Because what happens when the other side takes power AND DOES IT TO YOU!!?

Some views from the Burro Trail at Bandolier National Monument. What the current administration is doing to the National Park Service is cruel and unconscionable. #hikeNewMexico

Fire a 4-star black general, bring in a retired 3-star white guy with no experience at the chief of staff level. Can you say blatant racism? I knew you could.

I'm certain all the right-wing Christians are mobilizing to assist their federal employee neighbors suddenly and cruelly fired due to no fault of their own. They're not?? They aren't practicing these Christian biblical principles?? I'm shocked. Next you'll be telling me they gamble in Vegas.

This is a long post below but please read it. The writer-an EPA employee-eloquently describes the challenges he has overcome and the pride he felt at going to work for an agency that protects the American people & the disillusionment at how he's being treated. Share. People need to know.

BTW, just because you don't agree with the policy goals of a program doesn't mean the program was wasteful, fraudulent, or abusive.