Trump and company are just going to keep on grifting until their time is up because they know they’ll get away with it. #MassPardons

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I filed my taxes and waited to learn whether a civilization would be destroyed in my name Connection/complicity

"The story I tell myself, when I pay my taxes, isn’t wholly untrue. But it relies on heavy redactions. I file my return and picture it funding libraries and food for hungry families. I do not picture bombs falling on schools and bridges in Tehran."

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Recently retired! And amazingly thankful for it. Now I actually have time to read the books!

lol, good luck with rest of the school year. Only a few months and it’ll be done 💪

Ahh, nice

Wait, Rain is your real name? I love that!

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

NEW: Trump accepted $37m worth of donated steel for his WH ballroom project from the Luxembourg-based company ArcelorMittal.

Days later, the WH made adjustments to Trump's tariffs that could benefit ArcelorMittal.

If you are a United States servicemember and you are concerned about illegal or immoral orders, or you simply need clarity on your rights and duties, a counselor at the GI Rights Network can help. 877-447-4487 girightshotline.org/en/military-...

Trump: “We’re not supposed to be seduced that way, right? But I am. When somebody’s nice to me, I love that person. Even if they’re bad people. I couldn’t care less, I’ll fight to the end for them.”

The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.

We decided to illustrate it.

"One agent is married to a TV news anchor who reports on the Border Patrol. Another, who also engaged in a gun battle with a school shooter in Uvalde, Texas, has posted in an online gun forum with thread titles like 'Whipping Haitians.'"

amazing work by @awinston.bsky.social + Maddy Varner

Trump risks falling in to the ‘asymmetric resolve’ trap in Iran − just as presidents before him did elsewhere Throughout history, powerful militaries have been thwarted by smaller adversaries with more determination.

Academically it might be Asymmetric Resolve but I just call it not doing your research.

Bright pink azalea blooms

Bright pink azalea blooms

Bright pink azalea blooms

Bright pink azalea blooms

Azalea appreciation! So much pink in my yard right now 🩷🌱🌺

Trump Team Changed a Report to Hide How Bad DOGE Made Things You’d never know what call wait times at the Social Security Administration are actually like based on what was supposed to be a nonpartisan report.

“The Washington Post revealed Thursday that the Trump administration altered a Social Security report to make call wait times appear shorter than they actually were.” 3/20/26 share.google/4uxvmflD9xgy...

I will inundate you with spring blooms soon. I hope. From last year #flowers #blooms #spring

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

Staff at the nation’s largest ICE concentration camp, located north of El Paso, Texas, have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to "die by suicide," according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

So according to the WSJ a US Senator conspired with another country to manipulate the US into starting a war, am I getting this right

Yes but I think her chances are slim

We don’t want her back but I’m down with never hearing from her again

if people are using classified information to place bets, then theoretically others can analyze betting behavior to find signals that reveal classified information.

Trump’s EPA decided climate change doesn’t endanger public health. Evidence says otherwise. - High Country News Extreme heat, severe weather and air pollution are proven to cause negative health impacts.

Extreme heat, severe weather and air pollution are proven to cause negative health impacts, shares The Conversation.

None of this is normal

I do really wish more reporters would just ask "Speaker Johnson, do you think it’s appropriate for the Speaker of the House—third in line of succession to the presidency—to be so consistently unfamiliar with current events?"

Who were the other men in the Epstein files? This is the FBI’s own list FBI employees shared a PowerPoint presentation in the summer of 2025 covering the Epstein case, including a slide about 11 powerful men.

Who were the other men in the Epstein files? This is the FBI’s own list, including a summary of allegations against 11 men.

Very cool. I’m just a little dot in the teardrop of progressive American democrats. Couldn’t find the librarians or bookish folk, oh well

How-To - Polidashboard How to Use PoliDashboard to Find Deceptive or Suspicious Advertisers Deceptive and suspicious ads have proliferated on social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, X, TikTok, and others, par...

Check out our how-to page for examples of how we and others have used @PoliDashboard.org to identify malicious actors who use paid ads on Facebook and Instagram to deceive users. polidashboard.org/how-to-use-p...

We are working on a more detailed PoliDashboard 'how-to' for journalists. #Staytuned.

🌱 Found this while walking the dog in the park. No idea what plant it’s from, as it was on some grass not near anything. Does anyone recognise this? Also would I be able to grow the seeds from it? Tia

Sick fourth-grader among 4 Columbia Heights students held by ICE Columbia Heights Public Schools says four students remain detained by ICE after Liam’s return, including 10-year-old Elizabeth, who has fallen ill.

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

Homeland Security is targeting Americans with this secretive legal weapon Under Trump, the Department of Homeland Security has weaponized administrative subpoenas to attack free speech, according to privacy and civil rights groups.

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