A photo of Bill Nye speaking outside of the Capitol
Bill Nye and hundreds of Planetary Society members are heading to DC on Monday to protest the White House's proposal to slash NASA's science budget in half.
These cuts were announced as the Artemis astronauts were on their way to the Moon:
April 17, 2026
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Ten Republicans defected, including Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania.
He joined the commonwealth's seven Democratic representatives in voting in favor of the measure
From @statesnewsroom.com
Good. More please.
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The perfect meme.
Think like a woman and maybe you’ll get it.
Your job offer from the Atlantic is in the mail.
Let’s see contempt charges now. They did it for the Clintons, all far in love and war they say.
Time for Robert Garcia to move ahead w contempt charges. Even though it won’t succeed, the message showing Blanche’s corruption is necessary!
There it is.
Week ahead schedule for House Oversight Committee no longer includes Tuesday's deposition with Pam Bondi on #EpsteinFiles
JD Vance has "positioned himself as the avatar of MAGA’s failure at the exact moment when he’s failing most visibly."
Well played, JD. Via @brianbeutler.bsky.social, who goes deep into Vance's strategic errors:
www.offmessage.net/p/jd-vance-g...
So Thrilled with this failure and Thiels distress! 🥰
Some anti-abortion state lawmakers are pushing to revise the definition of “abortion” so abortion bans don’t apply to cases in which the death of an “unborn child” is the result of medical care provided to the pregnant woman.
From @stateline.org
Huh. Which lawmakers daughter or wife had to take an emergency trip out of state for basic healthcare
Huh??
Commentary:
Pennsylvania is home to nearly 700,000 veterans, the fifth highest veteran population in the country.
If lawmakers ignore significant flaws in the delivery of care, veterans like me will continue to struggle with our mental health care.
Ha.
Ha.
Let me know when they add the dirty martini
Mike Minogue's support for Donald Trump is buried way too deep in this article. Just a few months ago he told WCVB that he still suppprts Trump. Which should be absolutely disqualifying for anyone hoping to be Governor of Massachusetts.
You win the internet.
Waiting on the Red Cross Doctor Hat.
Just wait till she sees this.
A federal judge needs to extend his order blocking work on an immigration detention center in Maryland.
The planned detention center would be located just 16 miles from the border with Pennsylvania.
From @marylandmatters.org.web.brid.gy
Decompensation is a term we should familiarize ourselves with and use
I just hope Leonard Leo is happy.
He happily posts them.
Literally lol
"If you can't solve the smallest task in someone's life, why would they ever trust you to solve the biggest one?"
Mamdani's revival of early 20th century "sewer socialism" here is the inverse of Guiliani's "broken windows" approach.
Starting small to do big things, but this time, they're good.