These are all overwhelming blue voters in red states. Sadly, they also take the brunt of all the hate from both sides.

Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

Hi, I'm the guy who used to oversee the federal government's agency IT telecommunications contracts. This is extremely bad. There is absolutely no need for this. Not only is it a huge security exposure, but the simplest explanation for this is that it is meant to be a security exposure.

THREAD: There’s a dire situation in Vietnam, at the largest Agent Orange spill in the country.

When Trump and Marco Rubio cancelled foreign aid, froze funding and began dismantling USAID, those who were cleaning up the Bien Hoa air base had to halt work. 1/

Almost every major Trump action is intentionally illegal. Trump is gambling that the US democratic system is too broken to stop him. He assumes, to adapt a phrase: "All we've got to do is kick the door in and the whole edifice will come crumbling down."

The testing hour is here.

This administration has convinced half the country that the real problem isn’t the billionaires who evade taxes and collect government handouts, but the working class who pay taxes and get nothing in return.

Paige Buekers is a great player. But she legitimately looked SHOOK tonight.

Incredible job by the Lady Vols and the fans

I know Pat is having a good ole time right now. 🥹 I was fortunate to witness the legendary "Three Meeks" in person on their 3-Peat run. Tonight reminded me of those times! We're gonna "Raise the Roof" the rest of the night!! 😅 So Proud!!! 🧡🩵

You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.

You can’t post your way out of fascism

Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them

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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

I know this sounds weak, I know it.

But kindness is one of the few things we carry that can make a difference for each other.

We can’t undo all this hate, but we can still make life a little easier for others.

America is about to go through some things. This hurts a lot, I know. Remember, we’re all in this together. Let’s be here for each other.

From Jeff Tiedrich's newsletter, published today:

Don't Stop Caring This one isn't really about sports.

My first non-sports post on my mostly sports blog is live as of this morning. Might be the most sincere thing I've published publicly, and I hope it can provide some hope or inspiration to at least one person who reads it.

Why we shouldn't and can't stop caring right now and moving forward:

a woman in a black sweater and red collar is dancing in a room . ALT: a woman in a black sweater and red collar is dancing in a room .

Okay, initial thoughts:

UNRIVALED IS AMAZING.

If you aren’t watching, I feel sorry for you.

1st EVER Unrivaled game just changed every opinion I had on 3x3! Full Court 3x3 is so🔥🔥🔥 #Unrivaled #WNBA #wbb

OH MY GOODNESS

JEWELL LOYD STUFFS SKYLAR DIGGINS-SMITH

The fact we’re getting this highlight in JANUARY in AMERICA, I love Unrivaled already.

Taylor Swift shares her feelings and provides a number of helpful resources worth donating to that will help provide aide and assistance to those affected by the LA fires.

One-on-one with Lady Vols Coach Kim Caldwell 247Sports covers the court with Lady Vols head coach

One-on-one with Lady Vols Basketball Coach Kim Caldwell across a range of topics from life changes to recruiting to SEC play to the naysayers. Click the pic to read.

We were robbed of having an actual President and many chose a criminal piece of shit instead of her. It’ll continue breaking my heart for a long time.

Homemade caramel popcorn.

"More people died from homelessness than homicide in Nashville this year.”

A friend shared this photo from yesterday's memorial at Riverfront Park.

Still can't believe the Lady Vols made an NCAA-record 30 threes in a single game today.

That's outrageous.

Flavor Flav cheesin in a photo with Taylor Swift

Happy Birthday to the supremely kind
and extremely talented Mastermind Taylor Swift
🫶🏾

Caitlin Clark is TIME's Athlete of the Year time.com/7200904/athl...

🥹🫶👑

You cannot deny the Lady Vols in the AP Poll now

🔥Loving this teams development this year!! 🧡🩵 🍊 #RaiseTheRoof #iykyk

Caitlin Clark generated $36,000,000 of revenue for the City of Indianapolis since being drafted by the Fever according to a renowned valuation guru in the field of finance

"The numbers are so staggering, they don't even seem real".

#wnba