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I was just an Education Department guy under Reagan and the most junior WH senior staffer under G.H.W. Bush, so what do I know? But if I were an ex-president, and the current president were executing the most disastrous turn in American foreign policy in 80 years, I think I might say something?

🚨🚨🚨 PSA- Gov. Braun has banned the distribution of the Imagination Station books in Indiana. For those who do not know, Imagination Station is a program started by Dolly Parton which provides a free book each month to children from 0-5. 1/2

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

The men and women of the FBI deserve a Director who respects the mission of the agency. Instead, the President has nominated someone who has peddled in conspiracy theories and has a revenge agenda.

As chilling a meme as I have seen. But I agree.

Today’s show was my last at CNN. My closing message: It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.

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The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Oh, this is “nice.”

This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.

Every state with a Democratic attorney general has sued the Trump administration to block an executive order seeking to undermine the birthright citizenship protections guaranteed by the Constitution. trib.al/bPKWejQ

Thinking of starting a Bishop Budde fan club. Anybody in?

On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we need to recommit to the fight for reproductive rights. No one should have fewer rights than the generation before them. Reproductive freedom is fundamental, and we must protect it everywhere, for everyone.

Watching so many people having spent money to go to the inauguration, and then Trump canceling it because he’s worried about the pictures and small crowds, is a perfect picture of his whole relationship with his supporters. They give and give, he takes and takes.

‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad

“.. An X account belonging to a beloved D.C. dive bar, Dan’s Cafe, dryly posted about the shift to the rotunda: “Good thing his supporters already know how to get inside.” @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/o...

I wish we could cultivate a culture where people get excited about and share the new skills they've learned more than the new stuff they've bought.

Some details from this wsj scoop www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Donald Trump is too weak and fragile to have an outdoor inauguration ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha now the stupid fuck can't brag about his crowd size ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oops I mean how terrible for Donald Trump

It’s amazing to me that politicians don’t commit to post first on @bsky.app and to engage with constituents here THIS is more powerful than CNN , MSNBC, The Post will ever be. You can broadcast for 9 mins on a declining medium, or engage here and start a real discussion. Which is more powerful?

I’ll always be on the side of these heroes.

Repubs in the Senate & House, just know that once you cross the rubicon of politicizing aid to victims of natural disasters, that is a road that you don’t want to go down. Especially since your states seem to have a lot more of them, & you tend to lose your majorities quickly.

A lot of people will criticize @johnfetterman.com for visiting trump. Don't. Imo, the best way to win voters is to do all you can to represent your constituents first. Your party last. Voters want results. If he can use Trump to get that. Amen.

Just sayin…

LA fires are a good reminder that the only difference between me and any refugee is luck.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared: "There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States."

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So good to see President Carter receiving the honors his decency earned. His memory is already a blessing.

Outrageous! This needs to blow up. They want to throw out 60,000 votes and steal the state Supreme Court election in NC!

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The disturbing reality behind America's rigged economy www.alternet.org/what-really-...

Jan 6th was a violent attack on our country, not a “day of love.” The truth is well documented, witnessed by dozens of GOP officials, it’s up to us to defend it against the relentless lies. My latest: adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/defending-...

Taiwan suspects that China was behind the cutting of an international undersea telecom cable early Friday morning.

The sad reality is, the overwhelming majority of Americans don't know there's a voter for the Speaker going on, don't care & won't be able to name him after the vote. This is what happens in a country where civics education is no longer universal. Its absence lets darkness settle in over democracy.

Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

The prime minister of Greenland called for independence from Denmark and removing the “shackles” of colonialism in a strident New Year’s address this week.

A Seoul court also approved a search warrant for Yoon's residence after he ignored repeated summons from authorities investigating him following his failed attempt at martial law. www.ft.com/content/7aae...