Mike Johnson says opposition to data centers is a Chinese conspiracy. Huh? Meanwhile, 61% of Americans oppose building a new data center in their own area.
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Kyiv. Such a beautiful moon. The National Academy of Sciences, a medical centre, residential and office buildings, a petrol station, a café, a warehouse and critical infrastructure were among the places hit or damaged by russian drones today. Autumn. There are casualties.
50 years ago today, Stevie Wonder's 'Songs in the Key of Life' was released. It spent thirteen consecutive weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and won a Grammy for Album of the Year...
The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition. truthout.org/articles/the...
The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
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I would like my president to sleep during the evening, not staying up all night writing and reposting stupid shit on social media. I want a president that stay awake during the day, pays attention and make conscious choices. Not one that naps during high level meetings. Is that to hard? WTF!
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
Texas Tribune@texastribune.org · 16h agoBreaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
This Land Is Your Land: Mount Vernon Beverly Gage organizes her book into thirteen chapters: one for each of the trips she took around the country. The first trip, to Brandywine and Valley Forge, is done. The second trip is to Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon consisted of a "manor house fronting twelve…
This Land Is Your Land: Mount Vernon
Beverly Gage organizes her book into thirteen chapters: one for each of the trips she took around the country. The first trip, to Brandywine and Valley Forge, is done. The second trip is to Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon consisted of a "manor house fronting twelve square miles of Washington family property. By the numbers, Mount Vernon was a black community: five white Washington family members, about a dozen white servants and craftsmen .
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Putin’s reward for bombing hospitals, schools, apartment buildings, public parks and museums and killing children is to get invited to the G20 Summit by Marco Rubio.
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MacFarlane: The Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio has got the same issue. Last year, they paid $50,000 for diesel to transport their food. Now, they’re paying $150,000 for the diesel to transport their food.
What happened to the Oneida Nation? #BeverlyGage: The colonists' victory turned out to b their own loss. The Treaty of Canandaigua rewarded them w a vast swath of land in upstate NY, but over the next century, due to questionable land sales & settler threats, they were swindled down to 32 acres.
Can you tell texas republicans are not used to competitive races bsky.app/profile/head...
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 18h agoKen Paxton: The criticism has been that I let a child predator out after one day. Well guess what? They served 60 days.
Still reading #ThisLandIsYourLand: The success of the American Revolution depended on an alliance of: 1) white men; 2) black men, mostly slaves; 3) the Oneida Nation, 1 of the few indigenous communities who chose to side with the rebels. It's all abt ALLIANCES, people. U can't walk that road alone.
“Heart of the Beast” I have not watched a Brad Pitt movie in at least ten years. But I really liked this one. I was vested. I like survival stories. The whole time I kept thinking: so that's why I need a dog. There was a man in the audience who brought his dog with him in a puppy carrier and it…
“Heart of the Beast”
I have not watched a Brad Pitt movie in at least ten years. But I really liked this one. I was vested. I like survival stories. The whole time I kept thinking: so that's why I need a dog. There was a man in the audience who brought his dog with him in a puppy carrier and it started to bark.
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#amreading #UShistory #BeverlyGage #ThisLandIsUrLand #booksky "Martha Washington's great-granddaughter, Mary Custis, married Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who did as much as any man 2 tear apart the nat'l fabric Washington had tried 2 weave." Democracy needs defending, generation after generation.
Who thinks the United States Supreme Court is compromised?
It is so weird to hear MTG attacking the exact same conspiracies she came to town on…
Abbas Araghchi, the Iranian foreign minister: "In 2015, we had a deal, we remained committed to that deal, it was the US that withdrew with zero justification"
Men with signs stand in front of the U.S. Capitol in support of the Civil Rights Act of 1960. By photographer Warren K. Leffler
Who’s ready for No Kings? We’re getting an early start on making signs! ✊💚
#sentenceoftheday #BeverlyGage #ThisLandIsYourLand #booksky #USNationalParks #SaveOurParks "Despite recent budget cuts & political attacks, there's no traveling the country's historic sites without encountering the Park Service's fleet of good-hearted, army-green-clad, campaign-hat-wearing rangers."
NEW: Going LIVE in 30 minutes with a few close friends for the one-year anniversary episode of The Breakdown. No paywalls ever: www.muellershewrote.com/p/what-do-ma...
What Do Mark Hamill, Kathy Griffin, Glenn Kirschner, Rep Gloria Johnson, and Brian Karem Have in Common?
I’ll be speaking with all of them for the epic one-year birthday episode of The Breakdown
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Current Read: This Land Is Your Land, by Beverly Gage After a summer spent reading novels, mostly thrillers written by women, I was ready for a change of pace. This book is a balm to my soul. Beverly Gage did her research on the ground: by traveling solo across the United States. Her first stop:…
Current Read: This Land Is Your Land, by Beverly Gage
After a summer spent reading novels, mostly thrillers written by women, I was ready for a change of pace. This book is a balm to my soul. Beverly Gage did her research on the ground: by traveling solo across the United States. Her first stop: Brandywine, Pennsylvania. Brandywine was the first test of our fledgling Republic. And we lost. "The Battle of Brandywine was the largest, single-day military engagement of the Revolution .
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BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
