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Hegseth’s War on America’s Military Someone needs to explain the Pentagon purges to the American people.

”Dumping the Army chief of staff in the middle of a war, without explanation, is a reckless move even by Hegseth’s standards,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone The Trump administration has shut down the CIA World Factbook, and there's much lamenting about the demise of a free source that many people used to check basic facts about countries.

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6 books named finalists for the 2026 International Booker Prize The shortlisted titles include novels and novellas from authors and translators spanning four continents, with stories that range from Japanese-controlled 1930s Taiwan to the streets of Tehran in 1979.

The shortlisted titles include novels and novellas from authors and translators spanning four continents, with stories that range from Japanese-controlled 1930s Taiwan to the streets of Tehran in 1979. n.pr/4dV4ynP

Paul McCartney - Days We Left Behind (Lyric Video) YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO

This is a beautiful new song by Paul McCartney--for everyone, but those of us who are aging will relate most to it.
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Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message Pope Leo XIV says no one can use God to justify war and he's praying especially for Christians in the Middle East.

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The Jinn in the Well by Wasima Khan In Manchester, the tap water speaks Urdu at 3:17 a.m., but only to the ones who never learned to read their father's hands. It asks about the train. The one from Amritsar. The one no one survived.

"The Jinn in the Well" by Wasima Khan
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"Very limited options" for Americans stranded in the Middle East YouTube video by CNN

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Full interview: Anthropic CEO responds to Trump order, Pentagon clash YouTube video by CBS News

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DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"In Chicago, of 92 people arrested for assaulting or impeding officers last fall, 74 cases have resulted in no charges; in 13 cases, charges were filed and dismissed; and five charged cases were still pending. . . there have been no convictions.

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Affidavit For my Father by Connie Post Affidavit For my Father You were never in the Epstein files the letters of your name fell only inside my body The island you so often frequented was my room with its small shelves and bed partially…

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Starting Small - Image Journal We can’t love an abstraction. So, I begin with my cats.

A beautiful poem: imagejournal.org/article/star... #poem #poems #poetry

Department of Education Backs Down on Unlawful Directive Targeting Educational Equity | NEA In a victory for academic freedom and education equity, the U.S. Department of Education conceded the end of its February 14, 2025, “Dear Colleague” directive that sought to restrict diversity, equity...

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U2 - One Life At A Time (Lyric Video) YouTube video by U2

This is a beautiful song! youtu.be/XRmpvPtcTAQ?...

U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video) YouTube video by U2

U2's protest song: "American Obituary".
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Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

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Stop ICE's Attack On Our Communities An ICE agent shot and killed Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. This news is devastating. ICE must immediately withdraw its 2,000 agents from Minnesota and Congress must block any new funding to immigr...

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Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Good. These killings are a direc...

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Amid the “higher-education hellscape,” @ibogost.com wondered, are schools like Amherst and Davidson the final bastion of the college ideal? He visited liberal-arts colleges across the country to investigate: theatln.tc/CWxAnAeL

A beautiful poem, "Irma" by Paul Hlava Ceballos atlengthmag.com/irma/ #poetry #poem #Poems #poets #immigrantpoets

Where Is The Line? | Protest Song Calling Out The Cowardly Republicans In Congress YouTube video by The Resistance

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The Blurred Lines Between ICE and the Proud Boys The far-right group’s views and tactics are now emulated by federal agents.

Extremist groups such as the Proud Boys have been oddly quiet during Trump’s nationwide ICE operations, Ali Breland reports. “We’ve kind of gotten what we want, right?” Enrique Tarrio, the group’s leader, told Breland.

Opinion | Do We Want to Live in Alex Pretti’s America or Gregory Bovino’s?

The clash in Minneapolis and across the US is embodied by two men: Gregory Bovino and Alex Pretti. Their choices should clarify ours. Which one would we want our children to emulate? Do we want to live in Alex Pretti's America or in Gregory Bovino's?
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Caregivers for the elderly could lose wage protections under Trump proposal The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.

The Labor Department has proposed rescinding an Obama-era rule that gave home care workers the right to overtime pay and other wage protections. The administration says the rule made care too costly.

The Justice Department’s prosecution of the reporters Don Lemon and Georgia Fort is “best understood not as law enforcement but as propaganda,” Quinta Jurecic argues: theatln.tc/fcStyVnv

Tell Your Members of Congress to rein in ICE NOW On January 24, federal forces with the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. This was just over two weeks after the killing of Renee Nicole Good. These killings are a dire...

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The arrest of @donlemonofficial.bsky.social and others is a Trump gift to Putin and Xi. When the American government arrests journalists for committing journalism, this devalues the image of American democracy worldwide and gives Putin and Xi an excuse for their own persecution of journalists.