Florida colleges to pull sociology from general education offerings The move follows a similar action for state universities.

“Saying the course promotes ideology, the State Board of Education on Friday removed sociology from the list of general education offerings available at Florida’s 28 public colleges.”

I guess he never heard of the 1918 pandemic. Started amongst American soldiers at Fort Reilly, Kansas. In the end, it killed more American soldiers than the Germans had. 64K died from the flu. 53k were killed in action. Abject, imbecillic stupidity is the hallmark of this Administration.

Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...

Every morning at 9 am Ukrainians remember those killed by Russia

Excellent vocal exercise!

At the #PENLitAwards, we asked Tony award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang, one of the night's star presenters, for his perspective on writing in the age of generative AI. He spoke up for the irreplaceable value of the "human lens." Share your thoughts in the comments.

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Warsh admitting Trump has a man crush on him isn’t the flex he thinks it is.

Kevin Warsh would not admit publicly, under questioning from Elizabeth Warren, that Donald J. Trump lost the 2020 Presidential Election.
Warsh clearly lacks the individual independence needed to be Federal Reserve Chairman.

Fun Fact: Warsh's wife's father Ronald Lauder has documented financial dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, such as a 2014 LLC for $25 million artwork alongside Leon Black.

Like so much else Trump has done, he’s turned what was once a great department into a fucking mess. And it frankly breaks my heart.

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This is my favourite graphic.

It's incredible how far DAYTIME solar has already come with almost no batteries.

Just think how this will change with batteries, when instead of daytime solar, we get DISPATCHABLE solar.

The solar boom is only just starting...

Also they're still mad about Eastman being disbarred for being willing to participate in a coup, because if a Republican is doing a coup it's also fine+super libertarian

I'm truly starting to believe everything they said about him was true about him thinking Iran would be as easy as Venezuela and that he actually didn't know Iran could shut down the strait of Hormuz

Of course they are concentration camps. And @anatosaurus.bsky.social is right that once you accept the euphemism you are halfway to normalizing the thing.

Harmeet probably just misspelled James O'Keefe's name when filling out the complaint.

She's sloppy that way.

Could we have Elizabeth Warren for Senate Minority Leader?

JB Pritzker's Invoice: Payback's a Bitch - emptywheel Among the reasons why JB Pritzker's demand that Trump make Illinois families whole for the money Trump illegally took from them is that the amount Pritzker demanded -- $1,700 per family -- is not far ...

On Pritzker's invoice.

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I noted the day of the SCOTUS decision that JB Pritzker IMMEDIATELY moved to make this point, by demanding a refund for IL. And State refunds may be the best way to politicize how Trump created the worst of all worlds. But Elizabeth Warren is, predictably, focused on it as well.

First slide of an Instagram carousel summarizing Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American, April 20, 2026. A curly-haired dog is pictured in a teal circle on the left. Text reads: “Today, Heather explains how FBI Director Kash Patel's increasingly erratic behavior — marked by alleged mismanagement, loyalty-driven purges, and a $250 million defamation suit against The Atlantic — reveals a national security apparatus being reshaped around personal fealty to Trump rather than the rule of law.”

Today’s excerpt from “Letters from an American” by @hcrichardson.bsky.social



Full carousel on Instagram.
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People should not be confused by all this bullshit. Vaccinate your kids! Vaccinate yourself!

Amid measles outbreak, workshop on ending Florida vaccine mandates draws national attention A workshop with pediatricians, parents for and against vaccines, and state health officials will discuss the plan to halt four school-entry mandates now and the repeal of seven others later.

Could it be that people don't want to raise their children in the greatest measles outbreak area in the USA? Taking the brakes (vaccine programs) off childhood diseases doesn't make them magically go away.

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Native Floridian here: prices have skyrocketed and services cut all in favor of corporate welfare. Instead of addressing insurance costs, they want to eliminate prop taxes which will leave cities and counties in shambles with no $ for roads, parks, libraries, etc. Greed has destroyed FL.

'Trump is not going to be around forever': GOP lawmakers at each other's throats over bill A House bill written by a Florida Republican designed to allow a stream of immigrants to stay in the work is creating a schism within the party with dueling PACs planning to spend millions backing sep...

'Trump is not going to be around forever': GOP lawmakers at each other's throats over bill

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The media’s failure to cover Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner’s ongoing conflicts of interest as he gets billions from the Middle East while being Trump’s negotiator is insane.

(Especially after what they did with Hunter Biden)

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"Direction of the country: ... Just 8% say things are going well"

I can think of a political party that used to win, and did so by conning its voters....

He only cared about ONE thing...how it looked on TV. Enough has been said regarding the impossible healing job...not enough said about the depravity it takes to kill your followers to make good television.

This illustrates the need for broad and comprehensive reforms with money in politics. We need an international “No Dictators Day” before he steps up his attack on the nation he was supposed to govern, not humiliate. 😱🤬