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Last night at about 2AM, my family and I woke up to bangs on the door from the Pennsylvania State Police after an arsonist set fire to the Governor’s Residence in Harrisburg.

It’s moments like these when we might consider it relevant that the current FBI director who might be charged with investigating this crime appeared eight times on the podcast of Stew Peters, a Christian Nationalist who recently called for a “final solution” to America’s “Jewish problem.”

Years ago I wrote a book about “culture jamming”—activism that subverts commercial messages to thwart their appeal and critique corporate politics. But whoever hacked the audio on crosswalk signs throughout Palo Alto to deliver parody messages from “Musk” and “Zuckerberg” is next level! #MomSky

On April 11, the Trump administration announced that it would be terminating a historic settlement negotiated by the Biden Administration that would have improved wastewater treatment for majority-Black communities in Alabama, calling the www.blackenterprise.com/trump-revers...

This is how tariffs work. ..and now I want Crab Rangoon.

Indeed. This is transparently self-serving. www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

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This is happening in spite of the fact that the president is not in charge of the Smithsonian. It's not an executive branch government agency, rather it's chartered by Congress and under a board of regents created by statute, none of whom are even appointed by the president.

"The envy of the world," that was the title of the Economist article published on Oct. 19th, 2024 - less than 6 mos ago. ONE MAN HAS DESTROYED THAT! WHY? If something is working, you may improve upon it, but you don't destroy it. 🗣️Remind those you know off Bsky!! www.economist.com/weeklyeditio...

Some personal news: the Department of Homeland Security has given me, an immigration lawyer born in Newton, Massachusetts, seven days to leave the U.S. Does anyone know if you can get Italian citizenship through great-grandparents?

The four law firms that it was announced are now Trump collaborators -- Kirkland & Ellis, Latham & Watkins, Simpson Thacher, and A&O Shearman Sterling -- ALSO agreed today to "Disavow DEI" as part of a settlement with EEOC. Why would any new associate join such a place? Why would any partner stay?

Y’all have watched a tiny Scientologist p-pop off cliffs & run through falling train cars for 30 years now but a middle aged Black woman playing an ass-kicking POTUS is a bridge too far