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It was weird to me that Hogg’s jump into politics was the DNC, the center of the establishment of the party, but it makes sense if he’s trying have one foot in and one foot out of the tent

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SCOOP: Not one, but two top advisers to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have been marched out of the Pentagon following a leak investigation www.politico.com/news/2025/04... @politico.com

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brb gonna kms

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Every aspect of this was designed in a lab to appeal to me

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The Washington Senate just approved HB 1596, which will require drivers convicted of reckless driving or excessive speeding to install an automatic speed governor as part of their probationary driver's license. The vote was 40-8. www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/14/o...

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The mirror universe Elon

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The North Carolina Supreme Court race was one of the most important things on Tar Heel State voters’ ballots last November - and the race has been much in the news since. But still nearly half of people say they have never heard of either candidate. carolinaforward.org/blog/april-2...

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Cover by Carl Barks.

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"Since the start of 2022, the Office of the President of El Salvador paid Merlo’s firm about $1.5 million for lobbying and influence operations targeting the U.S." open.substack.com/pub/influenc...

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The White House wants Harvard to agree to appoint some Trump-approved audit committee to screen the political opinions of the students.

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We’re at the “blaming disabled staff” point of the campaign

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Breaking News: Mohsen Mahdawi, a Columbia student activist who is a legal permanent resident, was arrested by ICE at a meeting he thought was a step to becoming a U.S. citizen. nyti.ms/4cxlwG4

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As we've explained in a recent report: www.etany.org/penn-station... Penn Station can 2x its current throughput when Gateway opens without any major construction. Further, MNR, LIRR, and NJT can work together to make through-running possible; they do not have to unify into a single agency.

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The Justice Department’s hour-late status report cites Salvadoran President Bukele’s refusal today to return Abrego Garcia. It also continues to defy the court’s explicit order to explain what steps the U.S. government is taking to bring him back. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Senator Chris Van Hollen just announced that he will travel to El Salvador this week if Abrego Garcia is not returned to the United States by midweek. www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

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Bukele says he won’t return the man wrongly deported from the US and sent to a Salvadoran prison. His defense is transparently dishonest, though, and he suggests the only way to do it is by smuggling him back to the United States, which he dismisses. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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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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I’ve bullied Ami, but have I bullied you into reading waaaaay too many words about how to make the trains go faster? transitcosts.com/wp-content/u...

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I can’t recommend the History of the Germans strongly enough. I went in with zero knowledge about German and medieval European history, but Dirk writes and presents the podcast so well I have been obsessed with it ever since.

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This year, the head of Connecticut’s DMV made a startling public admission, telling lawmakers that the agency, which regulates the towing industry, has never enforced a century-old law meant to protect drivers whose cars are towed. By Dave Altimari & @ginnymonk.bsky.social, @ctmirror.org

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Something that’s increasingly clear to me as I get older is that being a not-shitty person takes a lot of work. Being a heartless prick who takes advantage of other people is a lot easier, and compassion, caring, and self-sacrifice impose major costs.

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Now that I've emphasized the importance of protecting wildlife and biodiversity before it goes extinct, join me and experts from UC Berkeley, Mongabay, and the Coalition for Wildlife Corridors on how journalists can better cover wildlife corridors. Going live in 30 minutes:

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First Conan now this? Ar-are the Oscars good?

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NEWSDAY's The Point: "The report, by transit writer Nolan Hicks, provides a long-needed updated and comprehensive look at what electrifying the LIRR would cost and what the impact would be." -- www.newsday.com/opinion/the-...

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Mark your calendars

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