Pete Hegseth’s religious rhetoric stirs debate in military Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s rhetoric is raising concerns about the impact that Christian nationalist ideas are having on military unity and the freedom of religion.

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For Shakespeare’s birthday, give a plug for my new book with @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526191908/

Alex Jones tweeting about losing Infowars: @elonmusk please help

Papa! Papa!

Royal Court reveals first recipients of Jerwood commissioning scheme

Tonderai Munyevu and Shahid Iqbal Khan are among the first recipients of a new commissioning scheme from London’s Royal Court.

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Enter, a full draft. [Anxious music plays.] #CurtainBook

Happens all the time. Nobody says anything about israel.

In Big Sky Country, Big Political Intrigue Montana Democrats thought they found a novel way to win control of the U.S. Senate—until the party faithful started fighting back.

Montana Democrats thought an independent could help them take back the Senate—then their own party started fighting back, @michaelscherer.bsky.social reports.

The Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts was the first public school in colonial North America. It opened 391 years ago today: Apr. 23, 1635.

Image: Boston Latin School.

He’s a vicious eugenicist.

Realizing that both these actors weren’t born yet so period-authentic Miami Vice qualifies as a period piece.

There is a reason Watergate was broken by Woodward & Bernstein on the metro desk AND NOT by the White House press corps.

Izzy Stone was mocking White House reporters as useless back in the 1950s

Georgia Democratic Rep. David Scott, 80, has died The longtime lawmaker was the first Black chair of the House Agriculture Committee.

David Scott was a solid and serious legislator who represented the interests of small farmers in the south. But his death highlights the Democrats' octogenarian problem and their need to transition quickly to a younger generation. www.politico.com/live-updates...

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I really want a senator, rather than explaining the math, to just say "We all know what's going on here, Mr. Secretary. Trump said a moronic thing and now everyone in the administration, including you, has to pretend it's real. You know it isn't real. But you can't say that because you're a coward."

Charlotte Rae appears in her signature role of housemother Edna Garrett in THE FACTS OF LIFE episode, “Into the Frying Pan.” It aired September 21, 1985, during the show’s seventh season. (Andy Bass collection)

Charlotte Rae appears in her role as Myrtle Ruth on a lobby card for the 1969 comedy-adventure film, HELLO DOWN THERE. (Andy Bass collection)

Charlotte Rae performs alongside a Krofft Puppet during a guest appearance on the NBC variety show BARABARA MANDRELL AND THE MANDRELL SISTERS. The episode aired March 28, 1981. (Andy Bass collection)

Actress Charlotte Rae (1926-2018) was born 100 years ago today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is best known for her role as the warmhearted housemother Edna Garrett on the first two seasons of DIFF'RENT STROKES (1978-79) and for eight seasons of its spin-off, THE FACTS OF LIFE (1979-86).

Please always check facts and try to find a reliable source.

“Zelenskyy confirmed that the EU had not yet finalised the release of a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, after a number of media outlets had reported it as a done deal.”

The procedure has started. Results are expected tomorrow.

Happy Earth Day.

It is wild that the First Lady of American theatre, Helen Hayes, wrote a book, that is shelved in the University of Montana in the geriatric section...because it was largely about growing old from all sorts of angles.

Oh well, no you've got that right...emptier and Trumpier!

It is definitely pretty. And at least I'm not in the Trumpy part of the state.

Snoops is very jet lagged, but we have made it to the University of Montana library to do some research, while his gran hangs out with her friend...(we want a nap!)

It is all relative, isn't it? As I sit in what I seem to recall is the third largest state (empty, yet full of Trumpist nutjobs)

There is a pitch intensity to LFC's PR machine in insisting that useless man is still going to be here in the summer...which means we're missing out on a manager who will actually be able to play a team to its strengths and to coach for improvements.

Fux sake.

Not only was Eisenhower not president for D-Day but he also waited 2 years for the cross-channel invasion. He was probably right to not gamble on one in 1942 and that caution was a marked contrast to whatever is going on now.

A man of property Just outside the City of London, in the secluded streets once occupied by the monastic precinct of the Black Friars, is an unassuming warehouse building

As a supplement to the piece in The Times Literary Supplement (@thetls.bsky.social), www.the-tls.com/regular-feat..., here’s a (rather long!) thread on Shakespeare’s house in the Blackfriars, what we knew, and what we now know, with some links to key documents. (1/20)

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Today we remember Stephen Lawrence, murdered in a racist assault on this day in 1993 whilst waiting for a bus.

We recognise his loved ones' long struggle for justice and the legacy of change they have inspired. Rest in peace.

Estimated redistricting shift so far:

Texas +5 R
California +5 D
Utah +1 D
Missouri +1 R
North Carolina +1 R
Ohio +1 to +2 R
Virginia +4 D

Net: roughly +1 to +2 Democratic seats nationally

The Supreme Court of Virginia should declare a *checks notes* state constitutional amendment unconstitutional.

GERMAN GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON: IF HUNGARY DOES NOT OBJECT IN WRITING, THE 90 BILLION EURO EU LOAN FOR UKRAINE CAN BE DISBURSED WITHIN 24 HOURS

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