Meeting has been rescheduled to Tuesday, March 3.

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fun fact:

we're advancing our analysis for PFAS compounds. the equipment we're considering measures particles down to the parts per *trillion* level.

so imagine filling 66 empty football stadiums with tennis balls.

one of those tennis balls is red.

go find it.

*that's* parts per trillion.

Local Hero Video Series: Week 264 Feat. Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg YouTube video by Rep. Jamie Raskin

Ezra Levin and Leah Greenberg have built a nationwide pro-democracy movement with their huge and nimble group Indivisible, which led the No Kings Day protests across America. Today, we honor our Fourth of July Local Heroes straight from MD-08.

LL Cool J, Jazmine Sullivan pull out of Philly July 4 concert due to workers strike The Philadelphia native has joined LL Cool J in pulling out of the Wawa Welcome America concert because of the city workers' strike.

Jazmine Sullivan and LL Cool J have both pulled out of performing at the Wawa Welcome America Fourth of July Concert in Philly in a show of solidarity with striking workers

Takashi Murakami at the Cleveland Museum of Art

University Hospitals physicians claim retaliation for union organizing efforts Two pediatricians disciplined after leading campaign that has gained support from over 1,000 eligible physicians seeking reforms for patient care.

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Judge rules Ohio’s EdChoice private school voucher program unconstitutional Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jaiza Page granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in three of the five counts in their complaint.

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The Firm Running Georgia’s Struggling Medicaid Experiment Was Also Paid Millions to Sell It to the Public Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.

NEW: Deloitte Consulting is taking in tens of millions in tax dollars to build, manage and market Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program. Yet only 3% of eligible residents have enrolled.

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Millions of People Depend on the Great Lakes’ Water Supply. Trump Decimated the Lab Protecting It. The Trump administration’s slashing of budgets and staff have Great Lakes scientists concerned that they have lost the ability to protect the public from toxic algal blooms, which can kill animals…

Cutbacks have gutted the staff at NOAA’s Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, who work to protect the public from toxic algal blooms.

Severe spending limits have made it difficult to purchase ordinary equipment for processing samples, such as filters and containers.

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Life is a chronic condition…

Beyond Showerheads: Trump’s Attempts to Kill Appliance Regulations Cause Chaos Donald Trump has long railed against everything from low-flow showerheads to LED lightbulbs. After failed attempts to undo appliance regulations in his first term, he may have found a new end-run to…

Contemporary shower fixtures are only one of the items that rankle the president. He has frequently denounced toilets that he claims require flushing “ten or 15 times” and LED lightbulbs, which he faults for making him look orange.

By @peterelkind.bsky.social

“Abundance” Is How Dems Lose To Trump Ezra Klein’s new book is supercharging elites’ campaign to deter Democrats from challenging billionaires and corporate power.

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One of thousands in Cleveland’s Market Square..

Cleveland Heights Mayor Kahlil Seren Defends Wife's Unofficial Role at City Hall Amid Rising Turmoil, Staff Departures Former City Administrator Dan Horrigan recently resigned after less than three months on the job, citing Natalie McDaniel's role in creating a hostile and "untenable" work environment

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Not only is RFK Jr.’s destruction of HHS going to cause suffering and death—it’s beginning to upset the medical-industrial complex.

Analysts at Cantor, formerly headed by Lutnick, call for Kennedy's dismissal - Reuters

Between his horrendous policy changes, the gutting of AID and much more we are living under a regime of mass murderers.

Trump Admin Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence Homicide by an abusive partner is the leading cause of death for pregnant women in the U.S. – and researchers are gutted by the sudden cuts.

NEW: The Trump administration pulled funding for research to protect pregnant women from domestic violence, citing it as a “DEI” initiative.

MY HUGE MISTAKE YouTube video by Cathy Fink Marcy Marxer

My good friends Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer have a song in light of #signalgate

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Trump Halted an Agent Orange Cleanup. That Puts Hundreds of Thousands at Risk for Poisoning. Diplomats in Vietnam warned Washington that halting USAID’s efforts to clean up the massive deposit of postwar pesticides would be a catastrophe for public health and relations with a key strategic…

With Vietnam on the verge of its rainy season, when torrential downpours are common, officials warned the State Department that the toxic substance could flood into nearby communities, poisoning their food supplies.

By @annamaria.bsky.social, Brett Murphy, and Le Van

And stuff like this is why I follow the account of a public utility 3,000 miles away.

My sewer district—love it!

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Or if they had a capable human editor…

There's a term for this: Wikipedia: "Extraordinary rendition is a euphemism for state-sponsored kidnapping in another jurisdiction and transfer to a third state. The phrase usually refers to a United States-led program used during the War on Terror,[1]...

Molly Crabapple w/ Hasia Diner: Here Where We Live is Our Country, the Jewish Labor Bund YouTube video by Institute on Culture Religion and World Affairs (CURA)

Hard for me express my gratitude to my friend @mollycrabapple.bsky.social for unearthing and reanimating the deliberately suppressed history of the Jewish Labor Bund.

Listen to this magnificent talk for something adjacent to hope.
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Flo Fox, 79, Dies; Street Photographer Overcame Blindness and Paralysis She was legally blind and used a motorized wheelchair, but she managed to capture what she called the “ironic reality” of New York City on film.

Do yourself a favor and read this beautiful obituary.

Key details here are that they did so under incorrect belief he was here on a student visa. Presented evidence that he holds a green card, agents on the spot declared it revoked. This isn't rule of law. And because fence sitters will ask: Even far right orgs present no evidence of support for Hamas.