Penny Schwinn Drops Out of the Running for Ed Department’s Deputy Role. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn was reportedly working to block her confirmation. www.the74million.org/article/penn...

Donald Trump feels the Epstein vise. 👇👇 Trump Escalates Attacks on Obama and Clinton as Questions Swirl About Epstein. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/u...

Kari Lake torched by conservative WSJ editors for silencing Iranian lifeline www.rawstory.com/kari-lake-26...

Pre-K Teachers Are Stressed and Say They Want to Quit www.the74million.org/zero2eight/p...

What could possibly go wrong from our intelligence chief feeding reams of conspiracy fodder to hallucinating artificial intelligence?

‘Trump’s priorities — I, me, mine — are the same as they’ve ever been. But there’s something stomach-turning about squandering tens of millions of dollars on a vanity parade while slashing funds that could help feed those in need.’ Via @markzbarabak.bsky.social www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

Democratic Debate Over Private School Choice Reveals Post-Election Tensions. *The CEO of Democrats for Education Reform is pushing the party to embrace Education Savings Accounts and other forms of private school choice. www.the74million.org/article/demo...

With Old Milk and No Soap, Trump Golf Club Gets a 32 on Health Inspection. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/n...

Donald Trump Is Getting the Military Parade He Wanted in His First Term *28 Abrams tanks, 6,700 soldiers, 50 helicopters, 34 horses, two mules and a dog. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

A military veteran writes: "My experience at Harvard has been amazing and completely at odds with the panic that Trump and his MAGA supporters are trying to sell Americans." thehill.com/opinion/educ...

"The Executive Order is a clear violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment's protections for freedom of speech and association, and freedom of the press....Today, we challenge its constitutionality in the nation's independent courts."

BREAKING: NPR and three Colorado public radio stations are suing the Trump administration over the president's executive order seeking to ban the use of federal money for NPR and PBS.

Since W. Va. Gov. Patrick Morrisey loosened policy for school vaccine exemptions in January, 331 exemptions have been granted for religious and philosophical reasons. *No one who has applied on those grounds has been rejected. *Public health experts are worried. www.the74million.org/article/some...

"...a monument of arrogance based on a foundation of hypocrisy." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/o...

The funniest statement you will read today: "If Europe wants to promote peace in Ukraine, it needs to stop supplying weapons to Kyiv" - Aleksandr Grushko, deputy foreign minister of Russia. Do these bastards seriously think anyone will believe them?

How Other Prosecutors Could Pick Up the Case Against Eric Adams www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/15/e...

Mayor Eric Adams Claims Vindication in Trump DOJ Move to Dismiss Corruption Case. Yeah, sure. Now, can we get the trash picked up? www.thecity.nyc/2025/02/11/e...

Never could imagine a movement led by Donald Trump would sell-out to corporate and financial interests, right? A complete shocker....Did you read Project 2025: "the next conservative president should order the immediate dissolution of the agency."

Jeffries on GOP "bait & switch": "Part 1, talk about lowering the high cost of living but do nothing about it. Part 2, enact massive tax cuts for billionaires that will do nothing to improve the quality of life of everyday Americans. Part 3, stick working Americans with the bill for those tax cuts"

WSJ, last 48 hours:

During President Donald Trump’s first term, the Education Department held DEI training. Now, in the opening days of Trump’s second term, dozens of employees who attended that diversity program have been placed on leave because of it.

House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts (a.k.a. screw the poor people) to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

Let’s pray

Rough Trade is tripling the size of its Rockefeller Center store as music fans seek "experiences," owner says. *The site will include a built-in stage, and enough room to accommodate 300 people. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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

Dear Washpost Op-ed Department, This will be “debatable” when, say, Sara Biden (Joe Biden’s 65-year-old sister-in-law) storms the Capitol and assaults police officers to reverse a legitimate election. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Donald Trump Takes Office as a Newly Minted Crypto Billionaire. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/b...

"One lesson climate change teaches us again and again is that bad things can happen ahead of schedule." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...

Tesla's Model Y is getting a facelift. www.drivingelectric.com/tesla/model-...

TODAY: -Donald Trump is sentenced in NY -Rudy Giuliani contempt hearing in DC -DOJ making emergency bid to overturn Cannon’s order blocking release of Jack Smith report

Festivus update: Trump is back and so are chaos and nonsense. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/u...

Marco Rubio’s New Spokesperson Really Doesn’t Like Him. Tammy Bruce, incoming State Department spokesperson, spent years making fun of her likely new boss before changing her tune. newrepublic.com/post/189910/...

Donald Trump continues to find new ways to show how clueless he truly is. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...

Boo-hoo. Jenna Ryan says that serving time for her role in the Jan. 6 riot “shows how it feels to be caught in the middle of a polarized political climate, canceled by society, surveilled by the F.B.I. and thrown in prison for a tweet.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...

Jimmy Carter "probably improved the lives of more people over a longer period than any recent president." Agreed. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/29/o...

My latest as Dylan bio-pic nears: His alternate versions from 1965 of every cut on greatest album "Highway 61 Re-visited." Including piano demos of "Like a Rolling Stone" and "Desolation Row" and live "Ballad of a Thin Man." Plus: his biggest flop. gregmitchell.substack.com/p/dylans-gre...

More than a month remains before Donald Trump takes the oath off office, but already the wheels are falling off of the GOP jalopy that he'll be driving. www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12...

Wall Street takes a nosedive after latest Fed decision on interest rates. www.cnbc.com/2024/12/17/s...

Facing Four More Years of Donald Trump, Democrats Wonder: How Did They Lose Parents? www.the74million.org/article/faci...

Girls Face Stereotypes about STEM Abilities as Early as 6, Study Finds www.the74million.org/article/girl...

NEW: In comments we uncovered, Pete Hegseth justified the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack and slammed condemnations of the riot. He also spread a baseless conspiracy the break-in was a false flag operation carried out by leftist groups disguised as Trump supporters www.cnn.com/2024/12/17/p...

Reminder: He’s still a comvicted felon. apnews.com/article/trum...

Big: Kyiv claims responsibility for killing of Russian general in Moscow. *Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed outside an apartment after a device inside a scooter detonated. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

This appointment will be deeply damaging to the cause of democracy efforts to hold corrupt regimes accountable around the globe. In the far corners of the world, the frontlines of democracy, VOA is the one of the only sources of independent journalism.

Big record labels are trying to destroy @archive.org and claiming they’re doing it to help musicians. Musicians are telling the big record labels to fuck right off www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... Great letter organized by @fightforthefuture.org @liaholland.bsky.social

Incredible. @cnn.com #Syria www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...

“According to the digital market intelligence company Similarweb, the number of daily active US users on X has dropped by 8.4% since early October, from 32.3 million to 29.6 million. The number of Bluesky users has risen by 1,064%”