Rep. Grayson's 'Die Quickly' Comment Stirs Debate Florida Democratic Rep. Alan Grayson became an overnight sensation two weeks ago when he said the Republican health care plan was "die quickly." And back in his home district Monday night, a town hall...

He said this in 2009

www.npr.org/2009/10/13/1...

The National Archives at College Park, Maryland We hold permanent records created by Federal agencies that include: Textual records from civilian agencies Army unit records dating from WW1 Navy unit records dating from WW2 Still pictures Electroni...

An assault on democracy

Effective 7/7/2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions

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The Independent Databases Archiving the Trump Administration Non-governmental organizations and individuals are stepping in to keep public records as the Trump White House takes unprecedented steps to eschew transparency.

Reputable archives of Trump‘s speeches

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I’m a boomer and I completely agree.

If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

Energy Star is shutting down after the Trump administration's cuts to the EPA NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and Steven Nadel of the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy talk about the shutting down of Energy Star, which helps consumers identify energy-efficient appliances.

A shout out to NPR for covering it about a week ago

I was reading up on the history of diphtheria and ran across this interesting fact.

Kristi Noem wants migrants to battle for citizenship on reality TV Kristi Noem is now pushing for a reality show that would see immigrants compete 'for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,' DailyMail.com has learned.

I thought this was fake news. But alas, it is not.

Lastly, it is insulting to all that the go to response is that they are paid or that they are misinformed

However, I agree that journalist should be asking follow up questions. It is unprofessional not to do so.

Seriously? People’s benefits are being cut. Other things are creating an unstable environment. So to be surprised that people are protesting is naïve. To suggest that people are not going to demonstrate is simply distraction. However

books in the library for children,” but the Library collects according to principles to enable it to perform research for members of Congress and to keep a record of the American people. It is not a lending library. In order to conduct research at the Library, researchers must be over 16 years old.

unauthorized use of copyrighted material to train AI.

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt explained Hayden’s firing by saying “[t]here were quite concerning things that she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of [diversity, equity, and inclusion] and putting inappropriate

but in collecting government data about the American people. It is not likely a coincidence that the administration fired Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden last Thursday and Register of Copyrights Shira Perlmutter on Saturday. Both Hayden and Perlmutter have questioned the unauthorized

In her post about May 13, Heather Cox Richardson explains why librarian of Congress, Carla Hayden, was fired

Musk’s turn from DOGE back to AI is revealing not just in providing evidence that his primary interest all along was not in “waste, fraud, and abuse”

And his nose didn’t get longer either

Have to laugh

It’s a “free” kitten

Also, technically it is legal if (and only if) the government keeps it or if it is held at his presidential library

First Afrikaners arrive in U.S. under radically redrawn refugee program The refugees were admitted to the U.S. after an executive order from President Trump, and under an expedited and unconventional process for the U.S. refugee resettlement program.

Some people are more equal than others

All the more reason for ice to clearly identify themselves during interactions.

It can be displayed, not used

Federal law requires executive branch officials to disclose any gift from a foreign government and valued at $480 or more. It’s not bribery: A president can keep items to be displayed at their “presidential center.” To keep things for personal use, U.S. officials have to pay fair market value

Trump administration threatens to arrest House Democrats over ICE facility incident "There will likely be more arrests coming," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.

Wow, Watson Coleman is 80 years old and this regime is stating that she assaulted ice officers

Sophia

Should I be concerned that Tesla has viewed my LinkedIn profile?

One of the many things done by the current regime that have unintended consequences

I’d add … so that they can line their pockets and have more houses and yachts, not to mention more power

Some Good News: It’s Working Last night, I wrote to you about Ed Martin, Trump’s nominee to be the United States Attorney in Washington, D.C..

Some Good News: It’s Working: Ed Martin is out, National Parks are in, Trump is being contradicted by the Intelligence Community & the NC Sup Ct race from last November finally gets decided. Democracy wins. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...