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I truly think people don’t realize how many universities and colleges — especially public ones — may shut down if restrictions on and withholding of federal funding persists for even one presidency We are facing the demolition of American higher education

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Scientists have reconstructed the insane weather of Tylos, a world so hot, and so close to its sun that the clouds are made of vaporised metal, and where it rains liquid sapphires and rubies. https://buff.ly/41a3GnB #ShareGoodNewsToo

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It always felt like Francis rose to power as a rebellion against the far right of Catholicism. If he doesn’t make it, I worry about who might get in.

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My mother went on a Roosevelt Elk viewing excursion yesterday with the State Parks folks in Jewell, Oregon, in the north section of the Coast Range.

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Labor For Higher Education is holding a large rally outside the Department of Health and Human Services on 2/25. Register below to join us in-person (or online for a viewing party and national phone bank)! www.labor4highered.org/home#register

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200 million dollars of waste.

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So. It has officially happened. I have been officially let go from my position at CDC. I wasn’t a probationary employee. I had stellar performance reviews every year. I’ll be ok. But please understand that many worked HARD to get into these positions and were doing great public health work.

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INBOX: Washington Governor Bob Ferguson’s office says that the state Employment Security Department is helping affected federal employees who have been laid off apply for unemployment benefits and seek new work, and is reporting numbers on affected federal workers.

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Just straight up Mafia behavior from Musk and Trump

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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.

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USA today!

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The problem I always have with these pieces is that there’s never any self-reflection by these voters and no indication that they’re going to do anything different in the future. Are you going to think about how this happened? Are you going to protest or help people being hurt by these actions?

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After 80% of nurses at Providence in Oregon rejected the contract offer a week or so ago, a short period of negotiation opened and now there's a new offer for nurses to vote on. Is it genuine progress, or just another tweak to the opening positions? I guess we'll find out very soon.

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Republicans are using a fire map that just shows which areas are at higher risk and sense that they can use it as a wedge. Some Dems may go along out of fear of backlash.

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Donald Trump is ending the national database of police misconduct

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The "see you in court" response got dropped from a lot of reposts of this. it's an important moment of defiance right to his face.

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Portland police appear to have deliberately withheld exonerating footage of student protestors. opb.org/article/2025...

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Medicaid is not for sale. NASA is not for sale. The Post Office is not for sale. America is not for sale. We have an obligation to resist kings. We outnumber them. And they can be overwhelmed.

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Trump: The NCAA has complied. Is the governor of Maine here? Mills: I'm right here. Trump: Are you not going to comply with that? Mills: I'm going to comply with state and federal law. Trump: You better do it because you're not going to get any federal funding at all. Mills: See you in court.

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The first innocents have been shipped into the Darien Gap, a remote area of Panama known for bandits and difficult terrain. These include immigrants who fear harm if sent to their country of origin. www.npr.org/2025/02/20/n...

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Meanwhile, in Canada, the country is finally poised to take advantage of the nicely organized distribution of its major eastern population centers. A nice straight line.

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Ok. So 1000s of federal jobs. The FAA. Energy projects & major grants. Now the USPS. Basically all the interests of the whole state at risk. Let’s play “what will it finally take for AK’s congressional delegation to stop bowing to a fake king & represent us, their constituents, aka their employers?”

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Current status: at the vet having a technician give my 6 lb cat a pill because she defeated me in several rounds earlier today.

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Incredible. Rail fans at LA Union Station heckle and boo Duffy’s remarks at the press conference where he has announced an FRA investigation into CA High Speed Rail. They yell “Cowards!” “Build the Rail!” and “We Pay Taxes, We Want the Train!” #IWillRide

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#MSH45 | The 40s: Truman I 🧵 Harry Truman runs a rebuilt Mount St. Helens Lodge, but WWII slows tourism—gas rationing means guests arrive by bus. Truman personally picks them up in Castle Rock and hauls them 46 mi. to Spirit Lake. During these years, his marriage to Marjorie continues to crumble.

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This is tragic but at least at the moment appears unrelated to current political events or the fires (Capt Marodi was featured in some reporting of the LA fires). www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/s...

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the fbi leaks are going to be historic

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Yeah, that's where we are.🧪🌿🌎

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This would be amazing. The Lan Su Garden is a treasure, but it feels isolated in a part of town that has struggled more than the rest. The garden needs a bigger footprint of related things for sure.

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It’s been a week since the MAHA EO was released. We haven’t covered it yet because there’s so much pseudoscience, biased statistics, and questionable content we needed time to wrap our head around it. Our criticism is twofold: data that are false/misleading, and policy driven by misinformation. 🧵

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A military vet in metro Atlanta was securing America's food system. Trump fired him www.wabe.org/a-military-v...

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How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

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