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Come for the practical advice, stay for the last four words of the final sentence.

Under Pam Bondi, DOJ failed survivors: missed deadlines, withheld millions of files, and illegally redacted thousands.

We cannot allow this to stand. Release all the files. Put Bondi under oath. Survivors deserve the truth, and they deserve it now.

Astounding

Endorse

Update: This bill still sits on the desk of Governor Spanberger.

The deadline for her to take action one way or the other is this MONDAY evening.

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Hard agree. (Skeeted from the Houston airport.)

Same with visual art. Which is why AI will never be good at either one.

Definitionally true. Writing is a creative act of the human mind. Texts assembled by computer algorithms are something else. We're going to need a new word for that.

screenshot of text reading Why It Matters for Residents Data isn't just a buzzword in Cambridge—it's shaping everyday life. Take the Cambridge Preschool Program, launched in 2024. After reviewing national research showing universal pre-K boosts literacy, narrows achievement gaps, and drives long-term success, the City acted. Today, more than 1,450 children have enrolled in free, high-quality preschool-giving families peace of mind and kids a stronger start. The first sentence is highlighted.

Screenshot of text reading Why This Matters CALEA Accreditation isn't just a plaque on the wall-it's the gold standard in law enforcement. Out of roughly 18,000 police agencies in the U.S., just 1 in 18 hold any level of CALEA accreditation, and even fewer achieve the advanced level. Cambridge now joins that elite advanced level group, becoming the largest municipal police department in Massachusetts to earn this distinction and one of only four municipal departments statewide to do so. The first sentence is highlighted

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Screenshot of text reading What does a future shaped by artificial intelligence look like—and who gets to decide? In December 2025, nearly 150 artists, scientists, policymakers, students, and community members gathered at the Cambridge Public Library to answer that question together. The event, Al and Us Town Hall, wasn't just a discussion—it was a movement toward building a more humane and equitable Al future. The last sentence is highlighted

if you really hate someone, teach them to recognize LLM-generated text

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An image of a list of the 27 grievances against King George III in the Declaration of Independence. Donald Trump's regime has committed at least 20 of them in whole or in part, condensed into the list below: 1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. 2. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of representation … 3. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing … his invasions on the rights of the people. 4. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; … obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners … 5. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice … 6. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices … 7. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. 8. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. 9. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. 10. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution … giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: 11. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: 12. For protecting them … from punishment for any Murders which they should commit … 13. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: 14. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent: 15. For depriving us … of the benefits of Trial by Jury: 16. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: 17. For … abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: 18. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. 19. He has … destroyed the lives of our people. 20. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us …

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain.

Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow.

#NoKings

"Un-American": Theatre Artists vs. the 1950s Blacklist - Issuu Long before the phrase “witch-hunting” became a president’s attempt to tarnish investigations into his own acts, it was the title of a chapter of director Margaret Webster’s autobiography Don’t Put Yo...

A superb piece by a longtime Friend of the Podcast - Mary B. Robinson!!!

Read how the "anti-Communist" investigations of the mid-20th century affected the theater industry, and how it was instrumental in leading to the founding of the SDC (the Stage Directors & Choreographers Society).

Not one of them has ever stood in a line for 4 hours or more to vote in person.

Not one of them has been turned away at the polls because they are suddenly “not on the list.”

Not one has had their pay docked b/c they arrived late to work b/c they went to vote in the morning.

Timely reminders are always appreciated

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Guessing this is someone who has never 1) shoveled snow *or* 2) gone to work.

So gratified that my new Rep is wasting no time in going straight at this corrupt administration after only a few months in office. We need more of this from every Dem. Walkinshaw is showing the way.

By Maxine Joselow Reporting by Washington Post Article linked below

This is insane.

Joni Mitchell's "Car on a Hill" could not be written today, is something I think when I listen to it now. That world is gone.

And that was just fine. Normal, even. People could get away and be by themselves for a while, knowing they wouldn't be bothered. Don't recall a lot of complaints.

Homer Simpson: "You know Mr. Burns, you're the richest guy I know. Way richer than Lenny."

Mr. Burns: "Ah, yes. But I'd trade it all ... for a little more."

This is something I tell to everyone on the East Coast that I can. If you have never gone out and physically stood in front of The West before but just seen it in photos, you absolutely must. You think you have an idea, but you have no idea: it is stupendously, ridiculously bigger than you think

This this THIS a thousand times this

Well, my brother is in the cast, for starters.

My wife, a popcorn addict, agrees that Rancho Gordo's Crimson is the best. Showed up in one of our Bean Club boxes and she was hooked by the first batch.

Check yourself to be sure nobody wrecked yourself

10/10 speechwriting. No notes.

Preach, James. More of this from every Dem, every day, for as long as necessary.