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Trump may be a lying monster, but he understands that politics is something you have to do 24-7, writes @jeetheer.bsky.social. If Democrats keep playing dead, they will be dead. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Oh yeah they're gonna cut social security.

dow jones is short for dowtholomew jones

Will they also be disposing of the memorial honoring the federal workers murdered by a far right anti-government terrorist?

Trudeau: We’re probably going to keep booing the American anthem. But let me tell Americans, we're not booing you. We're booing a policy that is designed to hurt us.  But we're Canadian. We're going to fight. And we're going to win.

SCOOP: The Air Force general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate romantic relationships with five women, including three who worked on Capitol Hill. Sources tell @propublica.org that one of those scrutinized was @senjoniernst.bsky.social

The mood is grim in this Ohio bar as locals consider the double whammy of tariff-driven inflation and sinking retirement funds. But they know it's a price worth paying because things will be even worse for Blacks and Hispanics.

If you look closely, you can see an America First bro in the doorway yelling, "why aren't you wearing a suit?" and "did you say thank you?"

Spotted today, at Joshua Tree.

"tree equity" is the kind of thing that columnists like to make fun of when why it works is actually instantly apparent to anyone who's ever walked down a street in the summer apnews.com/article/tree...

America's workers are not "falling" into homelessness. They're being pushed. My essay for @nytopinion.nytimes.com:

“We’re witnessing the self-sabotage of the United States.”

breaking: association of american railroads releases another "diesel forever, fuck you" study www.progressiverailroading.com/rail_industr...

Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know

Pritzker: "We're talking about the death of a constitutional republic. That's what happened in Germany in 1933, 1934. And we're seeing today that we've got an administration in Washington that's ignoring court orders."

Reporter: Migrants who were in Guantanamo Bay say they were shackled and placed in cages and say they were not treated as human beings. Any response to those conditions? Leavitt: It’s a promise the President campaigned on

I’m glad this is being covered explicitly because it’s something that’s totally obvious if you have any kind of sustained contact with the federal workforce vs. the private sector but probably isn’t for non-Black people who haven’t

I'm sure this is fine futurism.com/young-coders...

*stares directly at the camera

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Have always appreciated their way with words

After reading, “… is now one of the most successful Podcasters in the Country, something he is willing and prepared to give up in order to serve,” I will never be the same.

the goal of owning a computer is to acquire as many PDFs as possible

“More than a quarter of the contracts listed by DOGE were actually already paid, the Journal found, saving no money. For instance, DOGE listed $168,000 in savings for terminating a contract with HHS for an Anthony Fauci museum exhibit. It had already been fully paid.” Beyond parody.

POV: You're 16, believe being in advanced placement math class means you're a once in a generation genius, and have just discovered Reddit.

Does the left need its own Big Balls?

Amid the orders President Trump signed on his first day back in office was a memorandum implicitly taking aim at Brutalist buildings. By revising guidelines for public buildings, he is attempting to imbue new ideals into the nation’s built environment, Anna Kodé writes. nyti.ms/4bfV8Ag

Amazing show on the work of New Deal era illustrator / graphic designer Lester Beall at the Poster House gallery in Manhattan. Closes this weekend!

In the depths of the Nebraskan winter, 2400 people came out to listen to Bernie Sanders in Omaha last night. 800 had to be turned away at the door. Over 190,000 tuned into the livestream. There is a movement to be harnessed here. @sanders.senate.gov (📸 Anna Bahr)

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Rep. Grothman (R-WI): President Trump has done some very good things Crowd: Booooo

The Trump administration’s mass layoffs of health workers hit a key vaccine unit of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to people familiar with the matter.