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Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours (1970)
Stevie Wonder

The name Leo carries a proud legacy of standing with workers. Pope Leo XIII, known as the “Pope of the Workers,” defended the right to organize, fair wages, and safe conditions. I am heartened to see Pope Leo XIV choose this name and am hopeful he carries that mantle forward.

go out, listen to natalie cole’s “this will be” in your headphones and pretend you’re the star of a romcom, 10/10 recommend

Great News For Us, Awful News for Trump Onward.

AOC slammed Mike Johnson, saying: “You run the government. If you have the votes, then go ahead. If you need Democrats, then you need to negotiate with Democrats. Those are your two options. Blaming someone else because your shoes are untied isn’t one.”

House Democrats are very clear: We’re asking Senate Democrats to vote no on this CR, which is not clean.

Just making sure everyone saw what the former Social Security Administrator told CNBC on Saturday...

Good morning and Happy Tuesday to everyone who agrees that if Elon Musk really wanted to cut waste, he'd start with subsidies to Big Oil, loopholes to hedge funds, and all the waste from the Pentagon.

Stop squeezing the little people, FFS.

Wow!
So 1+1 really does equal 2.

The Texas measles outbreak is hitting the area with the highest vaccine exemption rates. Shocking—if you ignore science.

Les Misérables Epilogue Scene Performed at the White House Governors Ball by the US Army Chorus YouTube video by The DailyFAFO

I think the Army Choir had a message for the Trumpists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIQh...

Gotta love the NC State fans!

The start of week three:

What are the chances that an Army run by this boozy bozo would crash a Blackhawk helicopter into a plane at a DC airport tonight? I mean, really.

Warren: "He can stand there, smile at you and say, 'anybody can vaccinate their kids who wants to,' but he literally could bankrupt the vaccines manufacturers with the power he will have. And since he's got a financial incentive to do that, we cannot trust him in that job."

REPORTER: Is there an acting FAA director?

DUFFY: *walks away*


(The FAA director resigned on the day of Trump's inauguration under pressure from Elon Musk)

incredible things are happening on the federal employee subreddit

Isn’t her boss a criminal? Asking for a friend!

These people who get *furious* at bishops telling Trump to do as Jesus asked and show mercy, and who want to humiliate and punish the poor, have to wear enormous crosses around their necks, because how else would anyone guess they are "Christian"?

Wow. Caroline Kennedy breaks her silence on RFK Jr in a message to Senators: “We grew up together. It’s no surprise that he keeps birds of prey as pets because Bobby himself is a predator. He enjoyed showing off by putting baby chickens & mice in a blender to feed to his hawks.”

Working on getting those prices down I see.

When they tell you who they are, believe them

Banking regulator rescinds more than 200 job offers for examiners it needs A government-wide hiring freeze is adding to a staffing shortage at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., complicating the agency’s efforts to oversee thousands of banks across the country.

do you enjoy knowing that when you deposit money in a US bank, you won't lose that money? nice, right?

it's because bank deposits are insured by FDIC.

i don't know what FDIC ever did to these people, but apparently it too is now on their blow-it-up list:

www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

This is how you say “go fuck yourself sideways with a porcupine” in inspector general speak.

Going to be interesting to see how the administration responds

Finally! We now know the backstory to this classic "Planet of the Apes" ending.

With everything so seemingly terrible these days & no sign of anything remotely hopeful in the near future, I thought you might need this photo of a baby giraffe.

Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ | CNN Business Veteran opinion columnist Jennifer Rubin is becoming the latest in a long list of Washington Post figures to leave the troubled institution.

www.cnn.com/2025/01/13/m...

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