A New Jersey data center will reportedly receive $77 million in tax breaks — while only creating one permanent job.
One job, in exchange for higher utility bills, noise pollution, and potential groundwater pollution.
Is it any wonder communities are organizing to stop data centers?
This is your reminder that it's been ten months since the assassination of Melissa Hortman, her husband and her dog, and there hasn't been even a hint of justice for her family, friends or colleagues.
The civil rights group made the announcement on Tuesday, saying President Donald Trump's administration appears to be preparing legal action against it or some of its employees. https://to.pbs.org/4cBhzkf
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
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Author @gilduran.com was just banned from “free speech absolutist” twitter for criticizing the Palantir CEO’s manifesto— so here’s his upcoming book: www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Ne...
I will be on @maddow.bsky.social’s show tonight to talk about InfoWars. Unlike the site’s current proprietor, I am not presently shirtless.
If you live in Virginia, tomorrow you have a huge opportunity to make it clear to the GOP that if they want to win, it won’t be by changing the rules and redrawing maps. At least, not without a fight. Vote YES on the redistricting vote, and push back!
it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit
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Betty Yee has suspended her campaign for governor.
She's putting California, our democracy, safety & well being ahead of her ambitions.
I hope others like Katie Porter will follow in her footsteps.
Please let everyone you know that she & Swalwell have dropped out.
abc7.com/post/betty-y...
Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez Deremer resigned on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
www.notus.org/trump-white-house/lori-c...
California governor election update - Betty Yee is ending her campaign. While she was polling low, this may be significant as it frees up a lot of organizations and political leaders to endorse someone else - she had been one of the first to run.
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Most Americans know what it would take to fix our broken country
- Abolish Citizens United
- Outlaw foreign influence
- End the electoral college
- Tax the oligarchs
- Reestablish rule of law
- Strict separation of church & state
It’s whether we have the courage to change our self-destructive ways
If you're worried about the CA Governor's race please share--and USE!--this new website by the volunteers at Indivisible Alameda. It tells you how to contact the lower polling candidates in the race and urge them to drop out. It's a much-needed resource.
indivisible-alameda.org/take-action/...
Hey everybody! I am taking the helm of this classic American institution with @theonion.com and want to know what you fine folks would like to see from us.
Everyone always seems to forget what a piece of garbage Elise Stefanik is
And I’m not even talking about the lies and hypocrisy
In 2022 she endorsed a candidate who praised Hitler and made racist comments about Michelle Obama
And in 2025 accepted an award from a GOP group that ALSO lauded Hitler
If you’ve been mulling over all the possible blowback from Trump’s colossal strategic mistake in Iran, read this gift article. Ultimately, Trump has set in motion the (possible) eventual fall of America and the West. If that sounds fanciful, or mere scare mongering, read this gift article.
DACA protections are important to voters like me.
Dreamers are here through no fault of their own. They grew up here, went to school here, built their lives here. They are part of our communities, and they deserve protection.
This is where Xavier Becerra actually did the work.
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When I worked on ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ Trump would gather his family & they would all humbly bow their heads in prayer before finale tapings. Often, Donald would recite a favorite Bible verse….Naw, I’m just f^cking w/you, he would ask if there were any MILFs in the audience.
#California #XavierBecerra Let's go!
A 4-panel image depicting a conversation between Mayor Mamdani and Cardi B Mayor Mamdani: Universal 2-K deserves a universal jingle. Cardi B will pick the winner. Cardi B: Think you've got the song? Submit your jingle! Mayor Mamdani: Write the anthem for free childcare in New York City!
2-K JINGLE CONTEST RULES 1 Must be 15 seconds OR 30 seconds. 2 Must name "myschools.nyc" (2-K registration site). 3 Original music and lyrics. No remixes or Al! 4 Must be appropriate for all ages - this is for the kids! 5 Must be an NYC resident to win. 6 Bilingual jingles encouraged!
Submit your jingle by May 1st at nyc.gov/jingle!
This week Putin bombed the Zaporizhzhia Baptist Church House of Prayer. Ten victims so far including the pastor. Putin has killed as many as 80 pastors and priests and destroyed more than 700 churches. Putin specifically targets evangelical churches in Ukraine.
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Statement from Israel’s Proxy Secretary of War:
Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.
I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.
Mayor Mamdani and President Obama read a picture book to a group of children.
Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh with a group of children.
Mayor Mamdani and President Obama chat and laugh.
Children hug Mayor Mamdani.
Today, President Barack Obama and I read to a group of toddlers at Learning Through Play Pre-K Center in the South Bronx.
In between singing wheels on the bus, we discussed our administration’s vision for this City — one where New York’s Cutest have the strongest start possible.
📌NPR has received two of the largest gifts in the public media network's existence, totaling $113 million.
This is something called a "good news" story.
I'd die without NPR, I really would.
MS NOW confirms: The Trump DOJ has removed the lead prosecutor overseeing the investigation into John Brennan.
Maria Medetis Long told colleagues that she had recently told her superiors that there was not ample justification to bring criminal charges against Brennan.
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