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Doug Mack
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once again wishing democratic politicians and pundits would speak out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns cities are "real america" just as much as any twee main street or dying industrial town
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Mother Jones
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Charlie Kirk's assassination is heinous and frightening and warrants widespread condemnation. But it should not protect him or others who engage in such politics of extremism from critical review.
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No, Charlie Kirk was not practicing politics the right way
His assassination deserves full condemnation; his full impact should not be sidestepped.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/charlie-kirk-legacy-ezra-klein-2020-election-trump-turning-point/
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Iāve finally gotten my TBR down to one pile and this is what my September TBR is looking like! šš
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. š¦
3 months ago
Happy Shark Awareness Day! I want people to be aware of 5 things: 1 Sharks are awesome 2 Sharks are not a threat to your safety 3 Sharks are ecologically important 4 Sharks are highly threatened 5 We can still save them- but it matters what we do, donāt reinvent the wheel, follow experts!
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Paul Waldman
4 months ago
Don't forget that the Supreme Court has undertaken this radical expansion of executive power and personal immunity not for some ordinary Republican but for the most corrupt president In American history. They're doing it for THIS GUY, who is guaranteed to abuse every ounce of power he's given.
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NPR
4 months ago
JUST IN: The Supreme Court rules in favor of parents who want to opt out of classes that use books with LGBTQ characters.
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Supreme Court rules for religious opt-outs for kids in public schools
At issue was whether school systems are required to provide parents with an "opt-out" option when parents claim their religious beliefs conflict with their children's course material.
https://n.pr/445tyni
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NPR
4 months ago
UPDATE: The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.
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U.S. completes strikes on Iran nuclear sites, Trump says
The attack marks a major escalation in the burgeoning war between Iran and Israel and came despite years of promises by President Trump to keep the U.S. from entering another Middle East conflict.
https://n.pr/44pW8zD
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ProPublica
4 months ago
āThe federal government used to prioritize domestic terrorism, and now itās like domestic terrorism just went away overnight,ā Michigan AG Dana Nessel said. āI donāt think that weāre going to get much in the way of cooperation anymore.ā (Published May 2025)
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āThe Federal Government Is Goneā: Under Trump, the Fight Against Extremist Violence Is Left Up to the States
As the White House redirects counterterrorism personnel and funds toward mass deportations, a state-level scramble is on to preserve efforts once supported by Washington. The result is a patchworkā¦
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doj-domestic-terrorism-extremism-states-michigan?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=6-16
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Nicole Lee
7 months ago
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Board game publishers lament the devastating impact of new US tariffs on the tabletop industry: 'There is no silver lining. It is a lose-lose-lose situation for everyone involved'
The tabletop boom just stopped dead in its tracks.
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/board-game-publishers-lament-the-devastating-impact-of-new-us-tariffs-on-the-tabletop-industry-there-is-no-silver-lining-it-is-a-lose-lose-lose-situation-for-everyone-involved/
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Al Jazeera English
7 months ago
Israeli forces arrested Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' in the occupied West Bank after settlers beat and injured him, according to his colleague
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āNo Other Landā co-director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrested
The film is an Oscar-winning documentary collaboration by Israeli and Palestinian filmmakers.
https://aje.io/4fgixp
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NPR
8 months ago
JUST IN: The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.
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Linda McMahon has been confirmed as Trump's secretary of education
The White House has been clear that it intends to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and that it will be McMahon's job to oversee that effort.
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/03/nx-s1-5307078/trump-cabinet-linda-mcmahon-confirmed-education
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ProPublica
8 months ago
If DOGE is a federal agency, it canāt shield its records from the public. If itās not an agency, then its tens of millions of dollars in funding werenāt legally allocated and should be returned, some contend.
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DOGEās Millions: As Musk and Trump Gut Government, Their Ax-Cutting Agency Gets Cash Infusion
The Department of Government Efficiency is funded ā and acts ā like a federal agency. But the White House has shielded DOGE from the rules that govern such agencies, ProPublica found as it examinesā¦
https://propub.li/3EXXHLf
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This is my current TBR for March. Iāve already started the top two, but Iām excited to finish all of these next month! šš
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ProPublica
8 months ago
āThis is someone who made his money by ripping off American taxpayers and who shouldnāt come anywhere near a position of authority over tax dollars,ā said Sen. Ron Wyden about Schulerās appointment. āHeāll fit right in with the Trump administration.ā By
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Trump Vowed to Clean Up Washington, Then His Team Hired a Man Who Pushed a Scam the IRS Called the āWorst of the Worstā
Frank Schuler was a leading promoter of a tax deduction derided as a scam by prosecutors, senators and the IRS. Now heās a senior adviser to the General Services Administration, which manages theā¦
https://propub.li/4357ed8
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NPR
8 months ago
Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
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Trump administration plans mass firing at office that funds homelessness programs
Staffing at the HUD office that pays for housing and support services across the country is slated to be cut by 84%. Advocates warn such heavy cuts could make record-high homelessness even worse.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/22/g-s1-50199/doge-trump-hud-cuts-homeless-housing-programs
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NPR
8 months ago
President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.
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Trump's passport policy leaves trans, intersex Americans in the lurch
President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/21/nx-s1-5300880/trump-passport-policy-trans-gender-intersex-nonbinary
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NPR
8 months ago
Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to un-scare them," he says.
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A pediatrician warns of 'long lasting' consequences of RFK Jr. leading HHS
Ratner predicts the appointment of Kennedy, a vaccine skeptic, will impact vaccine availability and hesitancy: "It is much easier to scare people than to un-scare them," he says.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/18/nx-s1-5300174/adam-ratner-booster-shots-measles-rfk
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Erin Biba
8 months ago
This commission statement refers to people with Autism, ADHD, asthma, auto-immune disease, and chronic illness as a ādire threat to the American people and our way of lifeā. This is a manifesto against disability. This is the language of eugenics.
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Establishing the President's Make America Healthy Again Commission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, itĀ isĀ hereby ordered: Section 1.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/establishing-the-presidents-make-america-healthy-again-commission/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR1SErud5Tu3NGb7PN1P1SH1bMWrNaqo2aoPvvnNc5WiS2IrAhpLXHlp9bw_aem_jn2B0kbC060F0yDuQBLLfA
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Al Jazeera English
8 months ago
Israel has issued a tender for the construction of nearly 1,000 additional housing units in an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank, reports Israeli NGO. Read more:
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ProPublica
8 months ago
2/ The rogue episode was one of the first in what diplomats and officials see as a yearslong campaign to transform U.S. foreign policy into his own. Now one of the most powerful people in government, Peter Marocco has the means to do it. By Brett Murphy &
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Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy
Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Maroccoās turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreignā¦
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy
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ProPublica
8 months ago
The Trump official currently dismantling USAID was caught in a secret meeting with a group of pro-Russian separatists in the Balkans. Those he met with are under American sanctions for trying to restart the Bosnian war in the name of Christian nationalism. 1/
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NPR
9 months ago
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.
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'Unprecedented': White House moves to control science funding worry researchers
If the Trump administration continues targeting DEI in science and seeking to slash funding, American science will look fundamentally different.
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/07/nx-s1-5289912/unprecedented-white-house-moves-to-control-science-funding-worry-researchers
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9 months ago
BREAKING NEWS: The federal lawsuit accuses those jurisdictions of "making it more difficult for, and deliberately impeding, federal immigration officers' ability to carry out their responsibilities."
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Justice Department sues Chicago and Illinois over 'sanctuary' laws
The federal lawsuit accuses those jurisdictions of "making it more difficult for, and deliberately impeding, federal immigration officers' ability to carry out their responsibilities."
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/06/nx-s1-5288871/justice-department-sues-chicago-and-illinois-over-sanctuary-laws
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Chuck Wendig
9 months ago
A reminder that fiction ā books, film, games, what have you ā is always political. The willful absence of āpoliticsā in any work is itself a political choice and a political act. Who gets to tell (and sell) stories is political. It might be an undercurrent ā covert, not overt. But itās there.
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9 months ago
Gov. Greg Abbott this week directed state agencies to work with federal immigration authorities to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Texas is Trump's biggest ā and most enthusiastic ā partner on immigration overhaul
Gov. Greg Abbott this week directed state agencies to work with federal immigration authorities to crack down on illegal immigration.
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/31/nx-s1-5279486/texas-eagerness-to-help-with-trumps-illegal-immigration-crackdown-policies
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Just finished Parable of Talents; my last Octavia Butler book. Short review: Not as good as Parable of the Sower, but still eerie in how prescient it is. The whole series is defintely worth a read, especially in these times. šš
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I picked a hell of a night to start watching Unrivaled. Lunar Owls vs Laces? What a game!!! š„
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