BONAMICI: How does it enhance the health of children to spend HHS's limited resources on a video of you drinking milk in a hot tub with Kid Rock, and how much did it cost?
RFK Jr: I have no idea
B: I consider it waste
RFK Jr: So many people have come up to say, 'That inspired me to workout'
The explosive growth of AI data centers have transformed opaque structures of inequality and power into literal ones. Oligarchy is now more than an idea, it is a place—and the people who live there are fighting back. ow.ly/s0UK50YKp3C
“I believed that the U visa meant that we would finally be safe. [I]nstead, they put me and my child on a plane and sent us into the arms of the person we had sought protection from.”
Reminds me of the Harvard Law prof who helped the tobacco industry fight off lawsuits with his law review articles claiming that smoking actually lowered health care costs because smokers died younger.
Would I be uncool to say that this sounds kinda gross?
Red States: We're going to cut all the programs that don't support our theology
Blue States: We're going to cut the same programs, but because they don't support the business school
HEADLINE OF THE DAY:
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#BuhBYE
Those benches are pretty uncomfortable.
I'm old enough to remember the days when all the conservatives hated Justice Kennedy because he had the temerity to cite laws from other countries.
Trump's $400 MILLION ballroom will have faux windows and a stairway to nowhere.
We knew money couldn't buy class... but apparently in Trump’s case it can't buy functionality either.
speak loudly and ask if you can borrow somebody else’s stick
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At CPAC, the shah's son promises to "make Iran great again" while his supporters call for Trump to return him to Iran's monarchy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reza Pahlavi, the son of the last Iranian Shah, gave a campaign speech at CPAC today. The event was surprisingly moving. So much hope for Iran’s future. So much of that relying on Trump. Hard to see a happy ending.
When the FBI director ignores the memo from the IT department..
"Part of the problem with CPAC this year may be that many of its biggest draws in the past are now part of the government they long railed against. FBI Director Kash Patel, who wrote a whole book about “government gangsters,” is now one of them." www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The average Social Security check today is about $2,000. You can't even get into assisted living with that.
Also buried: the $100,000K they are talking about is for a COUPLE.
Have these people ever actually voted?
There were people who posted things like this about Charlie Kirk when he died. They were doxxed and harassed by Trump's supporters, and in many cases were fired from their jobs as a result.
It's remarkable how often this administration has deployed people to stand around
Just like DC, where the National Guard has been strolling aimlessly for months and will be until 2029 apparently.
Markwayne Mullin dodges on whether he would break the law for Trump.
Sen. Maggie Hassan: "If directed by the President to take an action that would break the law, would you follow the law or follow the president's direction?"
Mullin only said: "The president would never ask me to do that."
Those David protein bars beloved by finance bros have WAY more calories than advertised.
@rainierharris.bsky.social has the story >
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Since the CFPB has been stripped of its power, Credit Bureaus aren't correcting mistakes on consumers' credit reports.
www.propublica.org/article/cred...
How taxpayers are *still* getting screwed on Kristi Noem’s big fancy plane. And maybe via related contracts revealed here. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Another yucky health inspection for a Trump property--
"‘Affected By Pests’: Trump’s Chicago Hotel Restaurants Failed Health Inspections"
@taylorgiorno.bsky.social for @notus.com
www.notus.org/health-scien...
New from me at @motherjones.com: Today, @ericswalwell.bsky.social said he's working to help the family of a Deaf kid seek humanitarian parole so he can continue attending CA School for the Deaf–and his staff brought his hearing aids to Colombia for him to use. www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/20...
