From marriage equality to early childhood programs, the filmmaker used his influence and his resources to fight conservative ballot measures in California.

The main practical benefits would be tax relief for the cannabis industry and fewer barriers to medical research.

How Trump’s freeze on state AI laws could make your next home cost even more

Police search for missing 16-year-old North Charleston girl #chsnews

Trump and Stephen Miller plainly decided that sending him to a place he sees as acceptable wouldn’t be sufficiently dehumanizing. Trump had to “win” by sending him to the country of Trump’s choice only. trib.al/iNU8HDV

Commentary: Tens of thousands of people leave short-term residential addiction treatment programs each year in the United States, but the period immediately after discharge is where the system often breaks down.

A lawsuit against Instacart alleges that the mobile shopping giant fired a corporate employee for running for Congress, citing fears that some of her Democratic positions could lead to backlash from President Trump and Republicans.

“We’re seeing the ways Christian nationalism is corrupting the church and public life, and the way our faith is being misused in legislation," said Justin Douglas. "That’s something we feel an obligation to push back against — to not legislate our faith, and show a faith guided by love and justice.”

The U.S. House voted this past Thursday to pass a bill Republicans say would reform the Clean Water Act and cut through regulatory burdens. Opponents say the bill would lead to more water pollution and higher water utility bills ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/us-ho...

This year, statues of tall men clad in all black with masks drawn up to hide their faces are disrupting the serenity of a Charlotte church's Nativity scene. The figures are depicted approaching the Holy Family and the Wise Men with handcuffs as if preparing to make an arrest.

Authorities are still searching for a gunman who killed two students and injured nine others on Brown University’s campus. The FBI and Providence police released video of a person of interest and are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to a conviction. https://wapo.st/4pYqW3b

Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year. (Published July 2024)

The movies Reiner directed, from A Few Good Men to The Princess Bride, weren't just good — they were people's favorites, the types of films people come back to again and again. n.pr/48L9Y0s

People with prediabetes who get their blood sugar under control may cut their risk of death from heart disease or heart failure by half, according to new research.

"As religious leaders began to speak more openly about the goodness of sterilization and euthanasia, lay people responded in kind." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-devils-b...

Days after a shooting left two students dead and nine others injured at Brown University, police released new surveillance video they say shows a person of interest in the investigation. The FBI also released a description, saying the person is "approximately 5’8" with a stocky build."

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is seeking an injunction to stop construction until it gains approval.

Judge refuses to grant Sarah Palin a new trial in her libel lawsuit against The New York Times

3 new measles cases found in Weld, Montezuma counties trib.al/6u6BVQ3

Trump's plan to pump more water in California is ill-conceived and harmful, lawmakers say

School districts are rushing to adopt "one chatbot per child" models, but decades of research shows learning is fundamentally social. Here’s why isolating students with AI tutors may undermine the classroom interactions that actually support brain development. buff.ly/gv76wEl

A cast of Trump’s lesser-known political appointees and DOGE operatives cut programs in ways that guaranteed widespread harm and death in some of the world’s most desperate situations. From our friends at @propublica.org:

The U.S. military says it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people.

The US military conducted strikes against three alleged drug-trafficking boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing 8 people. https://cnn.it/4aOnKlF

Gwinnett County students to graduate after given second chance with non-traditional, free program

#NoCelebites #NoInfluencers #NoTrillionairBillionaireControl #TrumpDementia #TrumpGrift

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, Israeli attacks since the start of the ceasefire have killed at least 377 people.

Former President Barack Obama is in Chicago this week to review progress on the Obama Presidential Center, which is set to open in June. He stopped by the Bessie Coleman branch of the Chicago Public Library to read to students and hand out gifts.

Barron Trump is a Birthright son of a mother who entered the US on ‘Genius Visa’ and whose grandfather was denied re-entry to his own birth country (Germany) bc he was a virulent Nazi (not just the pasteurized version). ALL of the trumps should be deported. Just saying.

Can we state the obvious ? trump has dementia and can no longer suppress all of his hateful, racist beliefs .

"Pete Hegseth’s hostility toward the press has been a defining characteristic of his time as defense secretary. The current controversy over US strikes against suspected drug boats helps demonstrate why," writes CNN's Brian Stelter. | Analysis https://cnn.it/48Kls5I

‘Wicked for Good’ - the rich are eating us ( feeding us propaganda to keep us ignorant and angry) . Juxtapose that w trump, Hegseth ( murderer) , Noem (murderer), Bondi(murderer enabler), Homan(inhumane perpetrator), Witkoff(Russian asset). ‘Wicked for Bad’ - trump’s ’presidency’ . He needs to go.

Martha Ruiz is happy to see her children again after spending weeks in ICE custody following an immigration raid on their Gary home last month. “I didn’t know if I was going to see them again,” said Ruiz.

Trooper who was seriously hurt in crash now accused of sexual assault by his caregiver

Nearly 40 years after an armed sheriff, anti-LGBTQ activists and a judge’s order shut down the Gay Rodeo Finals, this year the riders came home.

When an ICE agent fired the tear gas canister, it hit 55-year-old nurse Vincent Hawkins in the face, shattering his glasses and concussing him. As he was rushed to the emergency room, he wondered if he'd ever see through his left eye again.

Lowcountry organization gives back to foster care children during the holidays #chsnews

CU Boulder team discovers why Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier lost half its mass in two months trib.al/lzUcYc3

Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that one age group is bearing a disproportionate share of our national gun violence crisis.

Hail to the Pedophile in Chief. Sig Heil to the Nazi in Chief. trump is DEI from Hell. Satan loves him.

Trump is a lying piece of meat - stroked out IRL - a puppet of Project 2025. Brain Dead . Gone.

Steve Bannon looks like a hemorrhoid

Miller , Noem, Homan , Rubio, and above all trump (and his fam and cronies) - we’re coming for you after the Midterms. IMPEACH and Prosecute 🇺🇸

trump’s latest saber-rattling rants abt invading Venezuela and Nigeria ( oil rich countries) is straight up Neo-colonialism ( w a soupçon of racism thrown in for his base).

"It’s still the case that your vote does improve our chances of not having a king, and your vote is worth much more than the time it takes to cast it." (from July 2024) www.liberalcurrents.com/elections-ar...

trump is a Nazi, a rapist , a sexual predator of young girls, and a psychopath. The US is in serious danger w him and his ‘handlers’ (Miller, Bondi,DOGE, Bannon,Project 2025,Putin) grifting Americans literally to death. RESIST and Survive and Look out for one another.

trump capitulates abt SNAP benefits bc a judge ORDERED him to do so - not bc he gave AF abt children going hungry . Hell isn’t hot enough for this ‘president’.

Yes, There Are Some National Guard Willing To Do The Right Thing As of this moment, the National Guard is indefinitely prevented from deploying within the Chicagoland area. The court order was issued pending the Supreme Court's decision to rule on the matter. And because this administration is a…

Not too sure MAGA Mike is going to like this new national ad buy from the DCCC

To this day I’m haunted by what could have been. This clip describes a missed opportunity, but I couldn’t do it alone. Be sure to get The Last Republican on demand now!