So much fun to play with you all!

Is improv useful for something BESIDES Adam’s resumé? Author/expert Kat Koppett is here to talk about applied improvisation and lead our group to better communication! And then, it’s time to weed out the info from the disinformation: “Paula’s Fact-Finding Fiesta” returns!

Thank you.

Ya think?

It's not just evil and stupid, it's also heartbreaking.

Current Policy Baseline: The Budget Trick That Could Make Tax Cuts Look Free A maneuver so wonky that it might be best explained with sports cars and anime streaming.

The power of metaphor. Let's get better at understanding and communicating these moves. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...

NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent.

“It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up.

“A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.”

@kyivindependent.com

Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

U.S. Terminates Funding for Polio, H.I.V., Malaria and Nutrition Programs Around the World Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

The Trump administration terminates funding for polio, HIV, malaria and nutrition programs around the world.

“People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

Thank you!!!!

I appreciate the sentiment but it is much too tame for the moment. What future? The now demands strong resistance.

Reddit post from a terminated federal employee: "The thing that I can’t get over is that the actual richest man in the world directed my fucking firing. I make $50k a year and work to keep drinking water safe. The richest man in the world decided that was an expense too great for the American taxpayer."

the richest man in the world decided that you don't deserve safe drinking water

Looking forward to the part where he gets banished to an island

As ICE Arrests Hit California, Families Broken Up, Working People Detained | KQED Interviews suggest some people swept up in Trump’s immigration crackdown are dedicated to their families and communities — not hardened criminals.

The goal is terror and exhaustion. Expend a lot of resources playing whack a mole. Resilience targeting. It sucks. flip.it/s8TWzo

Folks: I am NOT affiliated with the group that is using my name to support an economic boycott. Please spread this post, if you would.

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What have Democrats done for you today?

Screenshot from "Letter from our correspondent" in "Papua New Guinea Courier"

The Papua New Guinea Courier is in rare form.

Finally! Hallelujah!

PLEASE - I have written to my senators to articulate my support: Why is DOGE allowed to exist and move forward. PLEASE DO SOMETHING!!!!!

Insanity: How can they be so ineffectual and out of touch???

Thank you ALL for your very hard work. And very glad you are eating and replenishing yourselves. 🙏

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Auschwitz is liberated | January 27, 1945 | HISTORY The Soviet Red Army enters Auschwitz, Poland, and liberates the survivors of the network of concentration camps—and finally reveals to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there.

A grim but essential memory: 80 years ago today Auschwitz was liberated. That there was an Auschwitz to liberate is unspeakably tragic. . .
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Indeed!

Trump’s inaugural address centers on pledge to lift a country in ‘decline’ In his second Inaugural Address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.

President Trump's inaugural address was a misleading assessment of the U.S. It has a growing economy, falling inflation, slowing illegal immigration, a record-breaking stock market, the lowest levels of violent crime in years and a military that has limited engagement in conflicts around the world.

Looking forward to continuing to build this community. Wishing everyone safety and comfort during whatever current crisis you may be affected by.