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Texas can require Ten Commandments in classrooms, court says The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state can enforce its 2025 law requiring public schools to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments.

Breaking: Texas can force schools to post Ten Commandments, federal appeals court rules.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state can enforce its 2025 law requiring public schools to display donated posters of the Ten Commandments.

Federal appeals court reverses ruling that blocked some Texas districts from displaying the Ten Commandments The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a number of Texas families who had sued the state seeking to block school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a number of Texas families who had sued the state seeking to block school districts from displaying the Ten Commandments in classrooms.

Dallas City Council set to vote on low-income housing proposal City Council members are set to vote Wednesday on a location policy for low-income housing. Civil rights lawyers say it perpetuates placing people of color in impoverished areas.

City Council members are set to vote Wednesday on a location policy for low-income housing. Civil rights lawyers say it perpetuates placing people of color in impoverished areas.

Fresh from moving to vacate the DOJ’s own criminal convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers for seditious conspiracy, Todd Blanche and Kash Patel have now criminally indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center for infiltrating extremist groups with paid informants—exactly what the FBI does!

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The Return of Communism Chic A new generation discovers the workers’ paradise.

The progressive focus on oppressions in liberal Western societies and on the ugly sides of Western history has produced some needed self-exploration, but it has also led to the erasure or whitewashing of the evils of the West’s adversaries.

LA, we’re on our way!

Join us at The Novo on May 21 for a night of Bulwark Live with the gang.

How to Counter the Houthis Without Strengthening Them If the United States is drawn into another round of military action in Yemen, it ought to avoid the mistakes of the last decade. From about 2015 to last

The Houthis are hard to weaken when outside pressure makes them stronger at home. The better answer is tighter deterrence and less room for them to profit.

The Executive Orders Blocking Your NIH Grant This image was generated by Google AI (Gemini)

"This is the pattern. When legislative proposals fail (Congress rejected NIH restructuring), implement administratively. When regulations fail in court (15% indirect cap struck down), implement through executive orders and grant vetting."

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Why Are Palantir and OpenAI Scared of Alex Bores? | The Ezra Klein Show YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

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Track Ukraine Do your candidates support a free Ukraine?

@dylanburnstv.bsky.social started a project to track which politicians support funding for Ukraine.

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Iran and the Indispensable Broker: How Pakistan Outmaneuvers India on the World Stage In Sept. 2025, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia signed a mutual defense pact, formalizing what decades of quiet cooperation had already made real. The defense

The nonproliferation rulebook was written for superpowers. It has no chapter for what Pakistan and Saudi Arabia just did.

Jonathan Cohn: "I don't know that the FDA is going to always get it right or wrong, but we definitely don't want the FDA taking orders from a president because he got a call from a podcaster."

Prediction Markets: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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This Indonesian Metal Band Is Changing Everything YouTube video by Loud Society

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We owe each other a country where at least the things that two-thirds of Americans can agree on actually get done. When something is broken in this country, we have to do what it takes to fix it.

Thank you, Tulsa, for the warm welcome back - and for showing us what a better future looks like.

Friday was my last day at NHGRI. After 10 wonderful years, my lab is headed to Johns Hopkins University
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Washington Post article on STEM cuts at federal agencies. NSF tops it at -42%!

“Between January 2025 and February 2026, STEM and health employees at science-focused agencies saw nearly 15,000 jobs cut. The rate outpaced cuts among other federal workers.”

OPM data - Figure from Wash Post article 19 April. (Where US science has been hit hardest.)

NSF at -42%!

TWiV 1314: Clinical update with Dr. Daniel Griffin YouTube video by MicrobeTV

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RFK Jr.’s No-Good-But-Maybe-Not-That-Bad Week The CDC is in line to get a normie director—but it will still be tough to escape Kennedy and his anti-vaccine crusade.

NEW at @thebulwark.com

I wrote about the well-credentialed, highly regarded doctor Trump just picked to run CDC

And what it says — and doesn’t say — about the future of RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccination crusade www.thebulwark.com/p/kennedy-rf...

I’m not on the left.

I’m not on the right.

I’m trying to make sense of what’s actually happening — without losing perspective, or my faith in the process.

This week’s episode covers one of the more chaotic news cycles we’ve had in a while… and ends with some clarity and peace.

Destiny Meets His Hero Adam Kinzinger: The Republican Party, Trump & The State Of Politics Today YouTube video by Daliban Clips

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Neighborhood Comes Together To Rescue Husky After ICE Took His Family | The Dodo YouTube video by The Dodo

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Texas public health leader Jennifer Shuford tapped at CDC Jennifer Shuford, an infectious disease physician who oversaw the country’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, is among a slate of CDC nominations with no apparent ties to the anti-vaccine movement...

Dr. Jennifer Shuford, head of Texas’ public health agency, has been tapped to serve as chief medical officer at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Record Store Day reminder: the best parts of a community only survive if we show up. Places like CD Cellar in VA are still here because people choose them. Shopping local isn’t just nostalgia, it’s an investment in the communities we want.
Took a break to pop in, say hello & grab some amazing vinyl!

NEW: Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign continues to exploit overstretched Russian air defenses to damage oil infrastructure and military assets in Russia and occupied Crimea. (1/6)

Read more in the full April 18, 2026, Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar041826

Inside Trump’s Effort to “Take Over” the Midterm Elections When Trump tried to overturn the 2020 election, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held. But if faced with the same tests today, those barriers — and people who held the line — would l...

The midterms will serve as an unprecedented stress test of the integrity of American elections “with more election deniers having access to federal power than ever before,” some experts and Democrats warn.

US Coast Guard spots overturned vessel near Saipan during search for missing ship The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands.

The Mariana is a 145-foot dry cargo vessel registered in the U.S. It suffered engine failure Wednesday as a massive typhoon bore down on Saipan and nearby islands. n.pr/3Qe6iit

The vast network of men drugging & raping their wives YouTube video by CNN

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The Conversation We Need: Navigating Israel-Palestine with Soypill YouTube video by LonerBox Live

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