They’re going to keep the government shut down until they completely erase Trump from the Epstein files, aren’t they?

Who’s doing the best independent journalism right now? I want to cancel my NYT sub and need better alternatives.

White words on a black background read: 50+ Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino. ~130 Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers. ~20 Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

He’s the only Republican there. He sent all the rest of them home again to avoid a vote on the Epstein files. Since Johnson has become Speaker they have probably been in recess at least 3 out of every 4 days. And they’ve done NOTHING on health care for years. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Straight from the Ministry of Plenty

Trump says "bad, sick" Democrats could have doctored the Epstein files to make him look bad. Great logic by Cheetolini. He's suggesting the Dems framed him, but forgot to release the dirt, let him win the election, and then quietly turned over the Epstein files to him.

At a press conference last month, the Attorney General of the United States publicized the claim that Abrego played a role in the murder of a rival gang member’s mother.

Today, more than a month later, the government’s own witness admitted that they haven’t been able to corroborate that allegation.

Juneteenth: ‘The Day of Freedom Came’ First-person accounts of emancipation.

Here are five testimonies of men and women from four different states recollecting—decades later—how they and their families heard and responded to the news of their freedom

They’ll be branded and he’ll be selling replicas within the month.

A few hundred Americans of all ages standing in dappled sun with flags and signs

Hello from Berlin where a few hundred Americans are outside the embassy, currently reading aloud from the Declaration of Independence. #nokings

These comments are just as great as the story :)

President Zelensky: "We were ready to accept every proposal — in one form or another — put forward by members of the Trump administration to both sides. We supported them all. Russia didn’t support a single one. So who doesn’t want to end the war?"

The bird dance for the ages

House Agriculture Committee approves $300 billion in nutrition spending cuts The bill will force states to take on more costs of the nation’s largest anti-hunger program.

5/ And there are provisions making HUGE cuts to child nutrition programs. 30% cuts to food for kids. C'mon. That means Republicans are taking food away from 12.6 million people so billionaires can…..buy an extra yacht? www.politico.com/live-updates...

Every year on Memorial Day, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil.

DURBIN: How can we give hope to people across the country who are suffering from so many diseases when our government is cutting back on that research?

RFK Jr: I do not know about any cuts to ALS research

D: I just read them to you!

R: I didn't know about them until you told me about them

It’s truly astounding that in the instead of all the things he should be thinking deeply about, this is what’s on his mind.

Exactly! Instead, how about the NYT highlighting people drawing the same conclusions but choosing to stay? That’s who I want to read about.

This quote is a whole sermon:
“In Revelation, the real threat to the church isn’t persecution—it’s assimilation. “Do not fear what you are about to suffer” (2:10), Jesus says to one church. The danger is not what the empire can do to Christians, but what Christians will become to avoid suffering.”

So much for Back the Blue

The Body Remembers: Trauma Leaves Lasting Biological Imprints - Neuroscience News Survivors of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing continue to carry hidden biological imprints of trauma, even decades after the event and in the absence of visible mental health issues.

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Call your senators

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

February 28, 2025 Today, President Donald Trump ambushed Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelensky in an attack that seemed designed to give the White House an excuse for siding with Russia in its war on Ukraine.

I urge everyone to read this account of what happened yesterday in the Oval Office by @hcrichardson.bsky.social. What's more shocking to me than Trump's and Vance's treatment of Zelensky is that there are Americans celebrating what they did. heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/february-2...

When he blew up and started randomly ranting about Hunter Biden, I remembered and it all made sense (for him, that is).

Special: Trump tears into Zelensky in White House shouting match Ukraine: The Latest · Episode

A worthwhile 20 minute listen. Our leaders have abandoned our friends and thoroughly embarrassed themselves and our country. At least it was clear and stark so other countries can plan accordingly.

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Zelenskyy’s restraint and patience is really impressive.