Turning into a huge story and deservedly so as it cuts straight to the quick of what RFK & Co. claim to be doing at the CDC/HHS

For the record: The Washington Post is run by partisan hacks who think we won't remember that they took the *exact* opposite stance when it was Republicans pushing their own gerrymandering grab in Texas last year -- *without* putting it up for a vote.

Man, I wish I could make this--with several of my heroes, Andrea, Sarah, Jamelle.

David F. Ellison cordially invites you to an intimate gathering in celebration of the civil rights movement honoring George Wallace and the White Citizens Councils Thursday, April 23 at an all-white country club to be named later

Thanks so much, @biographersintl.bsky.social! biographersinternational.org/news/2026-pl...

So honored that "Wakara's America" is now a finalist for the @biographersintl.bsky.social's Plutarch Award. biographersinternational.org/award/the-pl...

The White House website's bios of the "Founding Fathers" are a perfect example of the complete, willful erasure of slavery from their propagandistic version of American history. Read this for yourself if you don't believe me. www.whitehouse.gov/founding-fat...

So glad to see someone so beautifully articulate what I think about almost every day….

Cardinal Cupich: "We're dehumanizing the victims of war by turning the suffering of people & killing of children & our own soldiers into entertainment. To splice together movie cuts w/ actual bombings & targeting of people for purposes of entertainment is sickening. This is not who we are."

At the moment of surrender, Parker remembered, General Lee “stared at me for a moment… He extended his hand and said, ‘I am glad to see one real American here.’” Parker took his hand and replied: “We are all Americans.”

Denmark didn’t “transition” its grid—it replaced it. ~15% → 92% renewable electricity in 25 years. Wind did the heavy lifting. Solar is scaling. Interconnection balanced. Flexibility solved variability. Wind built it. Solar is scaling. Fossil lost it. This IS system replacement. ⚡#Bettrification

NEW from @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social and myself: In which we attempt to wade through the drama over reports of the Pentagon-Vatican meeting from January, which has triggered a flurry of statements and denials that, notably, do not *uniformly* dispute major claims. religionnews.com/2026/04/10/u...

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At this point, Khanna is my favorite for the nomination.

Are you going to impeach the president today? No? Then you do, in fact, support making a whole civilization die.

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Ready to read the untold stories of the politicking and backstabbing that went into the design and construction of the Capitol? Wanna hear more about the bombings, gas explosions, fistfights, gunfights, and botched assassinations that occurred within its walls? It's coming your way June 2, 2026.

GORSUCH: Do you think Native Americans are birthright citizens under your test? SAUER: Ah, I think ... so. I have to think that through.

This car costs $8500. Not a typo. Less than 10 racks. And you don't have to put gas in it. But we can't have it in the US, because we'd rather have racism and argue about solved problems like birthright citizenship, and should Black people be allowed to vote. So you get Cybertrucks instead. Enjoy!

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Dern will reportedly star as Miami Herald journalist Julie K. Brown, who wrote a book on Epstein the series will be based on.

Since there is still confusion about whether Grammarly is a more benign “tool” than full on chatbots; as if it’s just a fancy grammar (the name) and spell checker… “In short, it gives students tools with which to cheat, as well as tools explicitly for hiding that they’ve cheated.”

Before Sunday ends, here’s today’s #ScholarSunday thread once more. Please reshare to help boost all this great work & all these awesome folks, thanks! 🗃️ @hcrichardson.bsky.social

So I'm somewhere over a third into this project. Here is where we stand so far.

In that small courtroom in early Los Angeles, the meaning of freedom did not hinge on speeches in Congress, but on a writ of habeas corpus, and on a Black community that insisted the ancient “Great Writ” must apply to them. moreamerica.substack.com/p/biddy-maso...

⛓️‍💥 It’s time to free our homes from fossil fuels. In practice, that means: solar panels, heat pumps and insulation upgrades. Solutions to make us rely on affordable, crisis-proof renewable energy. This isn’t about one single technology. It’s about combining them. Let’s call them “Independence Kits”

More than 1,500 mathematicians are demanding that their field’s most prestigious meeting be moved from the U.S.

YIMBYism has won the battle for the heart of the Democratic Party. there are still some holdouts (looking at you, Karen Bass), but Democrats are finally becoming the party of building more housing, transit, and clean energy

The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis. My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives? So I picked up my camera 👇

Some YA fantasy authors who to my knowledge have never funded an attempted trans genocide: Terry Pratchett Diana Wynne-Jones Garth Nix Suzanne Collins Susan Cooper Phillip Pullman Rick Riordan Pierce Brown Sheri S. Tepper V. E. Schwab Rachel Hartman Alex Pheby Alan Garner Ursula Le Guin And more!

lowkey love her being like EYE have a passport bc I'm rich but what about the rest of y'all broke asses? I still know an unconstitutional poll tax when I see one!

Every time I see these ICE "kids" strolling through O'Hare(?), I think of Evan and Miroki making tiramisu.

Trump allegedly showed a classified map to people aboard his private plane, Smith found during his investigation.

That’s it?

Remarkable Weather Channel article about the unprecedented heat wave and not a single word about #climatechange. Embarrassing, and journalistic malpractice in this day and age. weather.com/forecast/reg...

Cet événement avait normalement 0,0001 % de chance de se produire... Après une vague de chaleur historique la semaine dernière, les États-Unis vont encore suffoquer. UN FIL 1/8

Colorado snowpack is melting out three weeks ahead of the previous record. This is happening at 1.5C of warming. What will the record year look like at 2 or 2.5C?

In that small courtroom in early Los Angeles, the meaning of freedom did not hinge on speeches in Congress, but on a writ of habeas corpus, and on a Black community that insisted the ancient “Great Writ” must apply to them. moreamerica.substack.com/p/biddy-maso...

Congratulations to Dr. Lauren Duval, whose new book, The Home Front: Revolutionary Households, Military Occupation, and the Making of American Independence, has been awarded the Society for Military History Distinguished Book Award for First Book!

Insider trading by the President would not be an official act, therefore he'd have no immunity if charged.

Dame Judi Dench! 🤣☠️

Despite Trump's false claims of slashing drug prices, Big Pharma has already RAISED prices on 64 cancer drugs this year. This comes after Big Pharma gave millions to Trump's inaugural and reaped huge tax breaks and handouts from his Big Ugly Bill. "Make America Healthy Again."

The slowest and biggest smash-and-grab in the history of the world

In honor of Liam Ramos, the 5 year old detained by Ice,(now released) for the next 75 days, I will post one Democrat per day of the 75 who signed a letter expressing gratitude for ICE. We can and must do better. Everyone should know who they are. #75icedems Day 63 Subramanyam, Suhas (VA-10)

The mask is completely off. You can’t meet these people in the middle. We’re not working toward the same goals. They hate America. They hate democracy. They hate freedom. And they hate you.