PSA for those with gas furnaces: Make sure the exhaust vent isn't blocked with snow and ice. My parents' neighbor had CO alarm go off because theirs was blocked and exhaust couldn't escape.

Why would you believe a US security guarantee right now? They won't even guarantee NATO countries' security.

How the National Park Service is deleting American history www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/c...

We cannot possibly host the World Cup during this madness. Same with the Olympics.

This kind of crass, absurd and obscene embrace of willful murder from a top official is basically participation in murder after the fact

Ohio voters enshrined abortion rights into the state constitution. Ohio Republicans don't care. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/06/r...

the entire contradiction at the heart of the last 15 years of dem dysfunction has been simultaneously insisting the only mechanism for punishing republican malfeasance is the vote while also adopting a posture of bipartisan comity with those very politicians voters are supposed to be disciplining.

The Trump administration just conducted an illegal attack on Venezuela and has spoken about attacking Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, and Denmark. These Democrats just voted to confirm Trump's nominee for Assistant Secretary of Defense: Fetterman Gallego Kaine King Reed Rosen Shaheen

27 Million Fewer Car Trips: Life After a Year of Congestion Pricing www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Ironic that our celebration of the 250th anniversary of our Declaration of Independence will be led by a mad king.

Every Democrat needs to take notes. You have to run on immediately undoing all of this shit.

Today, I learned that Washington, PA was originally named Catfish Camp.

Bill Clinton releasing a statement saying 'release the Epstein files, you cowards' was not on my bingo list.

Cover just dropped. Coming in 2026 from Oxford University Press.

University of Akron is privatizing its dorms. www.cleveland.com/akron/2025/1...

Started watching "Boots" on Netflix. I was a bit surprised when I saw Norman Lear listed as an executive producer - turns out it was one of his last projects before his passing in 2023 at age 101.

TIL that The Jacksons song "Blame It on the Boogie" was written by Michael Jackson, but not the Jackson 5 Michael Jackson. The writer was an English singer-songwriter. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blame_I...

Oh hey, I found the war on christmas

Trump arrives in FL for another weekend of parties and golf while his attorneys fight in the Supreme Court to deny food to SNAP beneficiaries despite a court order.

Marge says that Republicans can end the shutdown anytime they want without Democratic votes.

JD Vance had the Army Corps of Engineers release water from Caesar Creek Lake so he could go kayaking last weekend. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The “deal” that Brown made with the Trump admin is much more extreme than is being reported. It includes government oversight of course evaluations and no barrier to government interference in faculty hiring. Read it for yourself here: www.brown.edu/sites/defaul...

This is an outrage. Other faculty senates need to speak up.

Union Pacific to Buy Norfolk Southern in $85 Billion Railroad Deal www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/b...

* REUTERS POLL -- NEARLY 90% ECONOMISTS, 89 OF 100, SAY THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF OFFICIAL U.S. ECONOMIC DATA, INCLUDING 41 SAYING VERY CONCERNED @reuters.com

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

I"m really happy to see this. It's also true that this points to a very large population of twentysomething dumbfucks in the United States. (Just keeping it real.)

The Abrego Garcia fiasco keeps getting worse. The way Trump and the WH are bringing the full weight of their propaganda and legal machines to destroying this one day laborer is an extraordinary abuse of power. I try to take stock of that larger story here: newrepublic.com/article/1977...

The UVA Faculty Senate has voted to approve a resolution of No Confidence in the Board of Visitors

NEW: Tucked inside the GOP mega-bill is an excise tax for solar and wind. And Republicans say they have no idea who put this provision in, or why. "I don't know where it came from," Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham, who released the bill, tells NBC News. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

Republicans are about to decimate Medicaid across the country and their top two Senate leaders are trying to get their states exempted from the cuts at the 11th hour.

One of the central achievements of the Affordable Care Act was to *raise* the Medicaid eligibility threshold to 133% of the federal poverty level—because everyone understood that there are plenty of folks who couldn't otherwise afford health care even though they're just over that (arbitrary) line.

Wow. Some people are upset about gutting the national endowment for the humanities. But fear not. The Big Beautiful Bill appropriates $40 million for "for the procurement of statues" for the President's "Garden of Heroes" www.budget.senate.gov/imo/media/do...

Trump and Stephen Miller want a vast secret police apparatus and they are building it right out in the open.

He didn’t like the answers it was giving, so he’s starting over.

Hegseth is now threatening to send the Marines to LA to suppress protesters against ICE’s brutal assault on immigrant garment workers. Just process that: Sending in the *military* to crack down on protesters. We’re now at severe risk of martial law. That’s what they’ve wanted all along.

Trump Officials Weaken Rules Insulating Government Workers From Politics www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up for Core Values www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/u...

For an organization supposedly staffed by technology wunderkinds, the DOGE website is crap.

China is “trying to replicate” USAID programs in Africa as the Trump administration dismantles the agency, the commander of the U.S. Africa Command told lawmakers.

‘A Different World’ Sequel Series Gets Rare Netflix Pilot Order variety.com/2025/tv/news... via @variety

Trump’s Battles With Colleges Could Change American Culture for a Generation www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/u...

This is the gold standard measure of atmospheric carbon, the one you see in almost every chart that tracks emissions.

Walgreens Sells Itself to Private Equity Firm in $10 Billion Deal www.nytimes.com/2025/03/06/b...

The US military has removed photos of the B-29 bomber “Enola Gay” — which dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan — apparently because it contains the word “gay,” which violates their new anti-DEI rules.

Cuts Could Close Campsites and Trails in California, Forest Service Memo Says www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/c...

WVU has removed references to sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, and gender expression from its non-discrimination statement. Old statement: safety.wvu.edu/safety-on-ca... New statement: campusengagement.wvu.edu/compliance

Penn State is going to close branch campuses. Other than Erie and Altoona, all the ones in western half of the state are potentially on the chopping block although final decisions not made yet. www.post-gazette.com/news/educati...

Wheeling Intelligencer/Ogden Newspapers editorial on the lack of transparency in the WVU presidential search process www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/edit...