PabloReports: What do you make of Stephen Miller and Tom Homan asking for all this money but then refusing to show up to the hearing today?
Frost: That’s what happens when you have a lapdog as speaker.
BENNET: Do you agree that 89% of children who died from flu were unvaccinated?
RFK Jr: I don't know the exact number
BENNET: That is the exact number, Secretary Kennedy
RFK Jr: *death growls*
BENNET: You took down the HHS communications promoting the flu vaccine. Do you regret that?
If that is Barrón , they shortened him to look shorter than Eric and same height as dad Donald.
They're not even trying to hide it anymore...
The young people in our @obamafoundation.bsky.social Leaders program give me hope. One of those leaders, Luisa Neubauer, is working to fight climate change and recently traveled to Antarctica.
This Earth Day, I hope you'll check out her incredible story.
Correction: The redistricting scheme was always a power grab by Republicans.
And evidently, voters are not happy about it. That's why they turned out to vote "Yes" on Virginia's counter plan — to protect their own voices as Trump tries to drown them out. https://bit.ly/4mJbgQh
OPINION: (RNS) — Since 2018, it is the U.S. whose actions have been belligerent and framed by communications that often include invectives and sweeping threats.
‘Like I was disposable to him:’ Marimar Martínez testifies at congressional committee hearing about Border Patrol shooting
Deaths in ICE detention have hit a two-decade high, and allegations of medical neglect and poor conditions continue to surge.
Since the early days of the war on Iran, the US has been targeting Iranian ships in international waters.
Students, teachers and families stage daily peaceful sit-ins at the site of the fence near Umm al-Khair village.
The “big, beautiful bill” slashed funding for critical health-care programs, disproportionately affecting Black women’s access to care.
There’s plenty of precedent for AI being used for mass surveillance. While there’s not yet any smoking-gun evidence that the US government (or anyone else) is using LLMs to conduct surveillance in the way that could constitute a crime against humanity, there’s a clear appetite for such capabilities.
“Constituents are really alarmed.” – state Representative Erin Zwiener
New from Miranda Williamson: Energy, water, and deep tax breaks ... legislators are just beginning to count the real costs of the data center boom.
MAGA TEARS, Photo of a candle titles ‘MAGA TEARS: smells like regret and despair’ , made by Little Giraffe candle company.
MAGA Tears: smells like regret and despair…( note , this is an actual candle made by Little Giraffe Co. In N.C. )
As public institutions collapse under the weight of widespread destruction in Gaza, essential services have shifted into private hands.
Families find themselves forced to pay for once publicly provided services—like education & electricity—at prices far beyond their means, reports Hassan Abo Qamar.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer is facing charges of assault and criminal mischief after Colorado investigation into an October 2025 incident in Durango in which he seized and threw a demonstrator’s phone and pushed her to the ground.
The new proposed budget slashes money for environmental cleanup and calls to double the production of cores for nuclear weapons.
Trump’s team cannot "dictate the terms" of CUSMA talks, Mark Carney says, and Canada won't offer new concessions before getting to the table. #cdnpoli
New from Tonda MacCharles and @robertbenzie.bsky.social:
“The US president’s war with Iran has halted the flow of fertilisers. Tens of millions will go hungry as a result”, writes climate columnist Tim Smedley
“Billion-dollar tech platforms are aggressively pushing for deregulation of the ‘Uber for nursing’ industry in an effort to expand gig work in the healthcare sector, according to a report published on Tuesday.”
@andreagrimes.com writes about the intersection of loneliness, betting markets, and fascism:
"We aren’t meant to live this way—weirdly distanced from our people, even as we sit shoulder-to-shoulder at the bar, avoiding eye contact out of abject fear of being perceived."
Perspective: The longer a peace deal is delayed, the greater the risk that these pressure points burst open.
“After one of Utah’s warmest and driest winters on record, we’re being told to wait 20 years to move forward?” writes Steven Nyman in an op-ed. “That’s extremely out of touch with what we are all experiencing on the ground.”
This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.
Congratulations Virginia!
“I’m glad that Eric Swalwell is leaving. I’m glad that Tony Gonzales is leaving. Frankly, I think Cory Mills should probably be on that list as well.”
