The 10th Amendment comes out of hiding again, does not see its shadow, and decides to stick around for a while.

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This is evergreen advice.

The Trump administration is slashing $10 billion in funds for social services and child care in five Democratic-led states, a Health and Human Services official confirmed to CNN, with the agency suggesting without evidence that the funding has been used fraudulently. https://cnn.it/44ZeJTd

Abortions will remain legal in Wyoming. The state’s supreme court ruled Jan. 6 that two near-total abortion bans are unconstitutional. (via @wyomingpublicmedia.bsky.social)

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

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Heart of a Stranger: An Unlikely Rabbi’s Story of Faith, Identity, and Belonging, Rabbi Angela Buchdahl: www.facebook.com/100042941772...?

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We can see from losses in recent school board elections around Texas and the number of local groups fighting censorship documented by @penamerica.bsky.social that Americans are tired of library censorship battles and are pushing back. What can you do? Join @uabookbans.bsky.social to start!

More than two years after Hamas and its allies kidnapped 251 people from Israel and took them to Gaza, 47 hostages remain in the enclave, with at least 20 believed to be alive. https://cnn.it/4h36wST

People of varied religions and communities came together a few years ago to sing for peace. One Day is now: youtu.be/XqvKDCP5-xE?...

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In 1984, the mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap satirized heavy metal bands. Now the characters are back for a sequel, Spinal Tap II. Reiner says "they have grown neither emotionally or musically."

Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Hurricane forecasts are now much more accurate, 20 years on — largely because of federal government research.

NEWS: Far-right MAGA network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 MILLION to settle a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems over 2020 election lies LINK: meidasnews.com/news/newsmax...

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#Booksky #BookReviews: Never the Roses, Jennifer Lambert: www.bookbub.com/reviews/4105...

A new breakthrough suggests that lithium could play a role in both causing and treating Alzheimer’s disease. However, this research is among the thousands of projects that lost funding due to President Trump’s cuts to the NIH.

You can join PBS Passport for on demand streaming of the PBS library for a minimum of $5/month for PBS Passport, of $8/month for PBS and NPR. This is linked to my local station (WETA) but you can find your local at pbs.org give.weta.org/page/50762/a...

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Your public television and radio stations are relying on Viewers (and Listeners!) Like You more than ever.

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For $200,000,000 I’d rather have weather forecasters, air traffic controllers, and cancer research.

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"It saddens me to see how the holiday has become so cheapened. It’s all about getting the best deals, and no one stops to think about the true reason for the season: absolutely destroying independent bookstores."

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ICE's increasingly aggressive tactics are unacceptable and dangerous. They do not make us any safer. I’m calling for an independent investigation right now — this abuse of power must end.

Saying there are “too many non-working holidays” on Juneteenth is so on brand for a man who is actively trying to erase Black history. This from the same man who’s wasted over $26 million in taxpayer dollars and spent more than 30 days golfing since January 20, 2025? Please.

FDA approves powerful HIV drug that nearly eliminated spread in clinical trials www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Food and cooking play a big role in Juneteenth celebrations. The barbecues and fish fries woven into Black culture helped shape American cuisine.

Infants can literally just stop breathing and die with no warning from “whooping cough” (pertussis) infection. They do not necessarily even get the infamous cough that older children and adults get (and can be severe enough to break ribs). Do not let unvaccinated people around your newborns (or you)

#Booksky Shepherd books helps you find what you like, and now they list series in order, too: shepherd.com/books-in-ord...

Another fake lit agency is on the prowl, soliciting self-pubbed authors: GWM & Associates. Lots of vague platitudes and generic stock images, plus a Feb 2025 domain registration date that gives the lie to the array of book covers on the site, most pubbed long before February gwmandassociates.com

To honor the memory of all veterans, we on E Street remember this live performance of "The Wall" — filmed in 2014 and dedicated to veterans, friends, inspirations and a bandmate lost too soon: Ray and Walter Cichon as well as The Castiles' drummer, Bart Haynes.

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

i see this and i hear "i want mothers to look into their children's eyes while they die of milk-borne typhoid"

"Finally—finally!—we can reroute those dangerous funds from writing workshops and elementary school jazz ensembles into more important things. Like tax breaks for billionaires. And tanks."