Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk

How Pa.'s falling school vaccination rates and enforcement failures put thousands of children at risk A six-month Pittsburgh Post-Gazette investigation found that school leaders have allowed thousands of children into schools without all the required vaccines even though they had no special exemptions...

Looking good, America!

a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on his face . ALT: a close up of a man 's face with a serious look on his face .

Wait until Johnny Uath gets word.

Q: Mr. Secretary, let's start with an easy one. Do you have a medical or public health degree?

Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr: No

Todd Blanche and Jeanine Pirro Clear Proud Boy and Oath Keeper Terrorists to Rearm - emptywheel Jeanine Pirro and Todd Blanche have asked to wipe away the terrorist, sedition, and other convictions of the Proud Boy and Oath Keeper leaders, clearly branding the GOP as the party of terrorism.

Todd Blanche and Jeanine Pirro Clear Proud Boy and Oath Keeper Terrorists to Rearm

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Banner parent company to buy Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, staving off its closure The Venetoulis Institute will acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, converting it to a nonprofit to prevent the historic paper’s closure.

A great day for #Pittsburgh.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated again—a week after gifting millions to a college, she's just given $70 million to Meals on Wheels America | Fortune MacKenzie Scott, worth $41.1 billion, is on a philanthropic tear and has donated an estimated 46% of her net worth.

How hasn't MacKenzie Scott won Time's (lame) Person of the Year? Or create a Nobel Prize for Humanity for her.

Editorial: Trump wants to spend on military while gutting American infrastructure One of the main appeals of Donald Trump as a candidate for president, among his supporters, was his emphasis on building up American industry and infrastructure...

"Shifting resources from American domestic needs to defense contractors and overseas adventures isn’t just a broken promise — it’s the exact opposite of what Trump campaigned on. And it’s the exact opposite of what America needs."

Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson (1994).

Impossible to disagree with a single word that Ben Rhodes (Obama era NSC official) is saying here:

On Wednesdays We Wear Black 🖤

Looks like too much work has been done already.

How Trump Took the U.S. to War With Iran

How a PowerPoint presentation by Netanyahu can dupe a dope. "Advisors" ducking for cover or seeking cover through strategic background recounting of events.

1987 #Pittsburgh #Pirates “New Faces”

Andy Van Slyke

"This was my year to blossom, to do the things everybody anticipated me doing in St. Louis. But I can do it here. Sure I can."

as printed in the 4/7/87 Post-Gazette 📰

#LetsGoBucs

Retired 4-Star Navy Admiral and former Navy SEAL William McRaven on Donald Trump: "Through your actions, you have embarrassed us in the eyes of our children, humiliated us on the world stage and, worst of all, divided us as a nation."

And Vance is there to boost his “election” prospects.

“.. The United States is unpredictable,” said Roderich Kiesewetter, a lawmaker from Germany’s ruling party, echoing a widespread sentiment in Europe. “It’s not a reliable partner anymore for the Western world.”

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He has nukes.
He is a damaged fool.
Stop him.
Remove him.

A thin sliver of sunlight-illuminated Earth seen against the black of space, framed by part of one of the Orion Capsule window frames.

I can't get enough of these photos from Artemis II.

That's home. That's us.

Taken earlier today by one of the crew.

Credit: NASA/Artemis II Crew

JOURNALIST (wearing a subtle but defiant pin on his suit): Good evening, Mr. President

TRUMP (visibly decaying): whhat th hell did that little waiter just say to me

Trump revels in threats to commit war crimes in Iran

Gregory Sievers, American (1951- ), The Theater, oil, 36 x 24 in, private collection

White sailboat on calm deep blue waters

White in blue 🤍 🌊
📷 Lawrence Walton

Artem Zub for the Jedi Council.

Sixto Lezcano
Sammy Khalifa
Humberto Cota
Ed Ott

petition to replace the easter bunny