“There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth.”
Dorothy Thompson, born on this day in 1893

"If I had my life to live over, I would do it all again, but this time I would be nastier."
Jeanette Rankin of Montana, the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, died OTD in 1973

Indiana lawmaker files disciplinary action against state’s attorney general  • Indiana Capital Chronicle Two Indiana Republicans traded blows Friday over an immigration bill's demise — an issue that may now appear before a disciplinary commission.

“As for a disciplinary complaint, Liz can get in line."

No shit, this makes eight or so.

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I could be wrong about this but I really think most Americans do not want to be forced to “do their own research” about food & drug & product safety and would rather that the government agencies that have been sorting that all out for them for decades not be obliterated in the name of “efficiency.”

Who had confidence in Trump’s ability to manage the economy? Who? I feel like I’ve got nuts.

Hear me out….

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NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

"This was really meant as a makeup project for women, because women have been excluded from research for so many years."

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🔥 @petebuttigieg.bsky.social shares his vision for 🇺🇸 with Andrew Schulz and the “Flagrant 2” podcast

Maternal Mortality in the United States After Abortion Bans - Gender Equity Policy Institute (GEPI) Mothers Living in Abortion Ban States at Significantly Higher Risk of Death During Pregnancy and Childbirth

Mothers living in states that banned abortion nearly 2x as likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth, or soon after giving birth, compared to mothers living in supportive states where abortion was legal and accessible.

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Graffiti in purple spray paint that reads NO GOD, NO BOSS, NO HUSBAND. The word BOSS is partially obscured by the remains of a yellow flier.

NO GOD, NO BOSS, NO HUSBAND. Athens, 2020.

After my dad asks if we can appeal to the GOP's sense of decency.

The America I loved is gone It was a nation of dreams, built for the screen. Then it shattered

"The America I knew, the America I loved, has closed.

And so I find myself like a man who has been admiring bubbles floating in the air, trying to recall their shape and swerve and shine after they’ve popped."

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HEY KID YOU WANT TO BE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

young men don’t need a “left Joe Rogan” they need sports betting regulation

Is it just me, or are the days when you start drinking at noon during holidays the best days?

Happy Easter!

Whelan Tweet: "The only explanation I can see for the Supreme Court's extraordinary 7-2 order that directs the Trump administration "not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further order of this Court" is that the Court does not trust the Trump administration to abide by its promise to the district court. And given how unworthy of trust the Trump administration has proven to be, that's an ample explanation."

Jonathan Adler tweet: Jonathan H. Adler @jadler1969 The presumption of regularity, like any presumption, can be overcome. Ed Whelan response: I'd be inclined to deny the Trump administration the presumption of regularity for as long as Stephen Miller remains in the Administration.

When you've lost Ed Whelan—and can you possibly conceive of how hard it is for a conservative President to LOSE ED WHELAN—you are in bad shape indeed.

WATCH — @carolecadwalla.bsky.social : “The Russian and American presidents are now speaking the same words. Telling the same lies. We are watching the collapse of the international world order in real time… it is already later than we think.”

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

Maybe we should honor the women who were real astronauts.

From left to right are Shannon W. Lucid, Margaret Rhea Seddon, Kathryn D. Sullivan, Judith A. Resnik, Anna L. Fisher, and Sally K. Ride. NASA selected all six women as their first female astronaut candidates in January 1978.

Federal cuts shutter Purdue University's regional climate center The Midwest Regional Climate Center at Purdue University, a nonpartisan informational group, lost its federal funding and suspended its services.

Trump *really* hates farmers.

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Did you enjoy eating food without having it make you sick and possibly die? Oh well.

Imagine if there were a place you could present evidence and someone could decide if you were right

Seth Rogen presenting the Breakthrough Prize for physics (Getty)

“It’s amazing that others in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science. It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast.”

— Seth Rogen’s censored remarks presenting the Breakthrough Prize

He is a union apprentice and raising three special needs kids, two of them from his wife's previous relationships so yes he is certainly in the running.

Grabbed at his appointment to become a citizen. Is this who we are? 😕🇺🇸

this is as succinct a summary of american life as you'll ever see

The posse comitatus act enters the chat

American evangelicals love to claim that belief is necessary to morality, because it allows them to claim morality simply by believing they are, without ever having to actually be moral.

Would men need to provide a marriage certificate to vote? No? Just women? Got it.