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Donald Trump isn’t just illegally removing U.S. citizens from the country without due process. He’s illegally removing U.S. citizens who are literal children undergoing care for cancer. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

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Happy Saturday!

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Cooper: Wow, his image is being shown on a monitor.. that's why you hear people actually applauding. They're applauding President Zelenskyy when he appeared on some of the Jumbotrons

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The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach. Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

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Lulu 🐾 Baby female Doberman Pinscher mix Adoptable from Alternative Humane Society of Whatcom County (Bellingham, WA) https://www.petfinder.com/dog/lulu-76169886/wa/bellingham/alternative-humane-society-of-whatcom-county-wa15/

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A two year old baby forced onto a plane by her government—our government. That’s what Ilan Wurman and Kurt Lash and their academic collaborators and defenders have been paving the way for with their bullshit articles. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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so, arresting judges should be more than enough reason for complete obstruction at in the house and senate. complete obstruction. anything you can do. interrupt proceedings, deny consent, holds on nominations. everything.

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Telling my boss that I've written 200 beautiful emails and I'll be revealing them very strongly in the next few weeks. I can't say who I sent the emails to or what they were about but the response has been frankly very positive and I think you'll be very happy

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When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.

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Breaking News: A federal prosecutor interrogated the The New England Journal of Medicine — which is considered the world’s most prestigious medical journal — in what its editor described as a “vaguely threatening” letter.

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JUST IN: The ACLU has added Andry Hernandez Romero, the openly gay barber/makeup artist, as lead plaintiff in its D.C.-based class action against the Alien Enemies Act. They say the US has "constructive custody" over those held in El Salvador. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Even though abortion is illegal in Tennessee, abortion pills by mail are not. This week, Mayday Health will spread word about abortion pills through a digital billboard truck and poster campaign. nashvillebanner.com/2025/04/24/m...

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PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

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At long last someone has identified RFK Jr.'s support base: the 9% of people who have a favorable opinion of the Black Plague

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Drake Catches Himself Singing ‘Not Like Us’ In The Shower

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Rashida Tlaib discovered that CBP has detained at least 210 people who have accidentally crossed Ambassador Bridge, in Detroit, entering Canada. Over 90% of them took a wrong turn and crossed the bridge by accident — a mistake frequently made by people living in the area, locals say.

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Over 1,000 people here with us in the small rural town of Saxapahaw, North Carolina. @chrismurphyct.bsky.social

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bluesky goes down sometimes, just like your mom

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So thrilled to announce we've released Instant SQL in both the MotherDuck and DuckDB UIs! It's a new interaction pattern for writing SQL queries that provides realtime result previews and deep query inspection & debugging. Bye bye run button 👋 Truly, literally only possible with DuckDB

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Florida immigration operation underway in partnership with feds, state police www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

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Nael’s course is fantastic and free! Check it out! #dataviz

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I so wish he would shut the fuck up

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% who think it is acceptable for border officials to require people entering the U.S. to provide access to their electronic devices and social media accounts, [including citizens | only non-citizens] U.S. adults 16% | 20% Democrats 13% | 9% Republicans 25% | 31% today.yougov.com/topics/polit...

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Fuck It, I'm Making a Funfetti Cake www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/fuc...

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Friendly reminder to support your local independent bookstore this weekend! A slightly less friendly reminder to just not buy books from Am*zon at all.

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This is also fun! www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj6bBhP2/

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This is amazing and will make your whole morning.

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Our friends at NYT Election Analytics have added a polling average in chart form. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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At least 2 people—29 and 44 yo—have died while detained at Krome ICE prison near Miami. The facility is so overcrowded people are sleeping in the bathrooms: “Their faces are literally under the toilet.” english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-...

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“Nearly half of Americans—or about 156 million people—are living in counties with failing grades for ozone or particulate matter pollution, two of the most common and dangerous air pollutants. That’s 25 million more people than in the 2024 report.” apple.news/Aj-MZ1MdHQZC...

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Avery Lotz and visual journalist Maura Losch explain Papal conclaves and how the next pope will be chosen.

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Yes! Voice of America safe. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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I would boycott us if I could.

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Restarting newsletter with an inspiring collection of rare Chinese information graphics. See it first at chartography.net

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Homeland Security Secretary can’t secure her own purse.

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Sampson 🐕‍🦺 Baby male Pit Bull Terrier Adoptable from City of Buffalo Animal Shelter (Buffalo, NY) https://www.petfinder.com/dog/sampson-76114317/ny/buffalo/city-of-buffalo-animal-shelter-ny341/

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Pope Francis (Jorge Mario Bergoglio), 1936-2025. Much will be said by many more knowledgeable than I about his papacy and its historical significance. I'll only say that he seemed to me a very decent man in an age of indecency. May his memory be a blessing.

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“I’ve never missed a court appearance. I’ve never missed an appointment with immigration or ICE,” Daboin Rall said. “The truth is: I don’t have any criminal record. I’ve done everything correctly according to the rules of this country.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...

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Unpopular Pete Hegseth Forced To Drink Lunch Alone

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More incredible reporting from the @tampabaytimes.bsky.social | Countering DeSantis, $10M Hope Florida donation came from Medicaid, draft shows www.tampabay.com/news/florida...

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The Largest Companies Have Gobbled Up More of Their Industries Corporate consolidation across all industries costs the typical American household more than $5,000 a year, one economist estimated. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/b...

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Rest in Peace gentle servant. May his memory be eternal.

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The key chart right now: Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers. This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.

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Wetlands across Tennessee may soon be open for construction. WPLN's @carolineeggers.bsky.social reports the state Senate passed a developer-sponsored bill to remove legal protections for certain types of wetlands last week, and the full House will take up the vote today.

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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago: —Pioneering cancer researcher; —Arrested at airport in Boston; —Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana; —"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research. Read it. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Blender 🦮 Adult male Pit Bull Terrier mix Adoptable from Cleveland Animal Protective League (Cleveland, OH) https://www.petfinder.com/dog/blender-76110631/oh/cleveland/cleveland-animal-protective-league-oh1292/

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