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😮💨 PHEW. Supreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public school
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Supreme Court deadlocks, blocking creation of first religious public school
With only eight justices voting, the 4-4 tie leaves in place an Oklahoma State Supreme Court ruling that the school violates the separation of church and state.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/05/22/supreme-court-oklahoma-religious-charter-schools/
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FRONTLINE
7 months ago
For the first time, we have published ASL-interpreted videos of our podcast "Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action," a collab. with
@mainepublic.org
&
@pressherald.com
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ASL-Interpreted Videos for “Breakdown” Podcast Investigating Deadly Maine Shooting | FRONTLINE
American Sign Language-interpreted videos for the podcast series “Breakdown: Turning Anguish Into Action,” which examined the deadly 2023 mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine, and the aftermath.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/asl-interpreted-videos-podcast-deadly-maine-shooting/
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👏 👏 👏 Even if the "perp" has actually already been charged with something, everyone is allowed the opportunity defend themselves. Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
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Wisconsin judge arrested by FBI, charged with obstructing immigrant arrest
Judge Hannah Dugan’s arrest is the first known instance of the Trump administration charging a local official with interfering with immigration enforcement.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/04/25/wisconsin-judge-arrest-fbi-ice-immigration-enforcement/
7 months ago
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👏👏 This is what a true mentorship should look like! In business, in volunteerism, in athletics. We all have something to learn from each other.
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A glimmer of good feelings during this darkest timeline: It's finally nice enough to sit outside for awhile AND the pup's birthday present finally arrived!
8 months ago
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The Onion
8 months ago
Food Stamps: Myth Vs. Fact
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The Onion
8 months ago
Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know
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Mother Jones
9 months ago
Columbia University has agreed to terms set by the Trump administration in order to retain its federal funding. This includes a mask ban, and it’s unclear whether and how health exceptions would be implemented for people who, for example, are immunocompromised.
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Caving to Trump's demands, Columbia University says it will ban mask-wearing
Enforcing such an order while allowing exceptions for health can be a dicey matter.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/03/columbia-university-ban-masks-trump-republican-demand-pro-palestinian-israel-protests/
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Catching up on my Worst Case Scenario calendar with these truly awful suggestions 😂 "Drink SEVERAL energy drinks." "Stab yourself in the leg." "Be argumentative."
9 months ago
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Changed my flight home to catch
@gwsofficial.bsky.social
at City Winery tonight in
#Boston
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#NoRagerts
9 months ago
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10 months ago
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Good. Come at us. Let the kids play.
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10 months ago
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Feeling very proud of
#maine
#govmills
this morning. Sitting at the airport overhearing multiple people talk about how she stood up to
#potus
yesterday. (I hope the
#janetmills
team scans Bluesky)
10 months ago
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Portland Press Herald
10 months ago
Angus King tells Senate colleagues, ‘We’ve got to wake up.’
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Angus King tells Senate colleagues, ‘We’ve got to wake up.’
In a speech on the Senate floor, King says America faces a 'constitutional crisis' and challenges Republicans to take a stand rather than rely on the courts to stop constitutional overreach, calling t...
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/02/20/angus-king-tells-senate-colleagues-weve-to-to-wake-up/?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BlueSky
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This is the darkest timeline.
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10 months ago
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The New Yorker
10 months ago
In an essay from 2017, Toni Morrison, who was born on this day, in 1931, recalled some lessons on work that she gleaned from her father.
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Such a great point. DOGE isn't saving, they're wasting. “Canceling [government contracts] now yields the taxpayers no return on their investment,” said a statement from American Institutes for Research. ... “This is an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars.”
10 months ago
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Griffin William Sherry
10 months ago
See you out on the road this spring! Tickets and more info ->
www.griffinwilliamsherry.com/tour
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Went to report the mislabeling of the
#GulfofMexico
as an incorrect place, but that's not an option, (un)surprisingly.
10 months ago
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Pat Fuller
10 months ago
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I used to rely on
@nws.noaa.gov
updates on Twitter, but since moving here, I'm bummed to see they're not active.
#wx
#mewx
10 months ago
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The
@ncaa.bsky.social
is unfortunately targeting LESS THAN TEN student-athletes by allowing the POTUS to bully and exclude them. TEN! That's only .002% of all NCAA athletes.
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
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How new NCAA policy affects transgender athletes after Trump’s order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that seeks to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. What could that mean for college athletes?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/02/06/trump-transgender-athletes-ban-sports-explained/
10 months ago
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There were other options. 😑 I used to be so proud to be an NCAA athlete, certainly has lost its shine over the years.
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10 months ago
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J. L. Westover
10 months ago
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Mac Ross
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Patrick Chovanec
10 months ago
Schoolhouse Rock is going to have to remake its cartoon on how a bill becomes a law.
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The Washington Post
10 months ago
Breaking news: The White House has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development, the world’s largest provider of food assistance, after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk access restricted spaces.
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USAID security officials on leave after refusing access to Musk allies
Billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk has been denigrating USAID, which is the world’s largest provider of food assistance.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/02/usaid-trump-musk/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Since I deleted my Instagram, I'll now have to post my cute
#dog
photos here. Darn.
#SundayScaries
10 months ago
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The New Yorker
10 months ago
At a press conference this week, on the tragic plane crash over the Potomac, Donald Trump made it clear that he will seek political advantage in anything, even the death of 67 people in a horrific accident in the second week of his Presidency.
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Donald Trump’s Cabinet of Revenge
Tulsi Gabbard, Kash Patel, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., bobbed and weaved around senators’ questions, but their own words came back to bite them.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/donald-trumps-cabinet-of-revenge?utm_medium=social&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny
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Shenanigans
10 months ago
Sorry I'm just in a really bad place right now (United States)
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Reading updates about last night's AA crash and this infuriates me, in particular. Blaming Pete Buttegieg and "diversity" for something so tragic. READ MORE: No survivors expected after midair D.C. plane crash, Trump speaks from White House
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10 months ago
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Mother Jones
10 months ago
“News reports claim I am anti-vaccine…I am not,” RFK Jr. said in his opening statement to the Senate Finance Committee. At that, a protester in the audience, shouted, “You lie.” She was removed from the hearing room by Capitol Hill police. The protester was right.
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It took RFK Jr. just six minutes to lie to Congress
Trump's HHS nominee is indeed anti-vaccine.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/rfk-jr-confirmation-hearing-vaccines/
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Portland Press Herald
10 months ago
Maine Gov. Janet Mills used her annual State of the Budget speech Tuesday night to call on lawmakers from both parties to resist the urge to score political points during what promises to be difficult and contentious budget negotiations.
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Gov. Mills uses budget address to call for compromise by lawmakers in both parties
The governor also came out against a citizen referendum for a red flag law and challenged a commission that oversees legal representation to indigent clients to change its practices rather than reques...
https://www.pressherald.com/2025/01/28/watch-mills-delivers-budget-address-to-legislature/?utm_source=bsky.app&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=BlueSky
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Looking for new music? Do you like Jamestown Revival or Trampled by Turtles? Try Griffin William Sherry 🎶 ⬆️ Former front man of The Ghost of Paul Revere
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We as individuals can still do the right thing. If you're hiring (or have influence in hiring), please keep DEI initiatives in mind. Remember that it's about giving a equitable chance, not and equal chance.
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Layoffs loom as Trump administration orders federal DEI workers on leave
Employees of diversity, equity and inclusion programs are to be placed on administrative leave by 5 p.m. Wednesday. Agencies were told to make plans for layoffs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/22/dei-federal-employees-trump/
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