A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law when it ordered a 50 percent cut in FEMA employees. The judge said the plan, put together by DHS, impedes FEMA’s ability to fulfill its legally mandated duty to respond to disasters.

Federal judge rules Trump plan to cut FEMA by 50 percent was unlawful

The judge said the plan, put together by DHS, appeared as if it was "pulled from thin air" and would impede FEMA's ability to fulfill its legally mandated duty to respond to disasters.

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Just 0.03 percent of Americans live into their 100s. But Dorothy Boggess is lucky enough that one of them is her friend of more than eight decades, Velma Long. https://wapo.st/4gbanOR

Some of you have never audited your cats and it shows. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

I love dogs…….

When filmmaker Paul Greengrass prepared to shoot “The Uprising,” a historical epic about the 1381 English Peasants’ Revolt, he knew the movie’s climax spoke to the current moment. But it was more on the nose than he ever intended.

The first No Kings movie is about a medieval peasant revolt and ‘people power’

“What struck me straight away was how contemporary it was,” filmmaker Paul Greengrass said of the historical epic, which stars Andrew Garfield.

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This photo stops me in my tracks every time I see it…it conveys 9/11 completely

Quiet thoughts.

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Trump stiffed you on the $2,000 he promised last year, and now he's back demanding you vote Republican before he'll cut you a $5,000 check. Where I come from, that's called paying someone off, & he's doing it out loud, on television. Even Fox News sees it. #CorruptTrumpRegime

A president conditioning a $5,000 payment on his own party winning Congress is buying an election result out loud, on camera, and calling it a dividend to make it sound legitimate. Nobody gets to purchase your vote with your own tax dollars. #CorruptTrumpRegime

"Fine you can sleep here but only for tonight"...

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This little dog moved his brother's bed so he could sleep comfortably and not on the floor. “Dogs know how to take care of their family.” Original post

An armful. Photo from my collection, no date/info. 

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Coroner confirms details of babies’ measles-related deaths amid growing Pennsylvania outbreak

The two measles-related deaths in Pennsylvania last month involved infants, and the virus itself caused one of the deaths, a Pennsylvania coroner confirmed Wednesday.

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Agree with this 100%. (& please give your pet a hug for me!) #HappyLaborDay

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This Labor Day (and all other days): Thank the workers who serve you. Appreciate the workers who care for you. Respect the workers who pick up your trash. Salute the workers who get you your mail. Honor the workers who teach your children. Pay all workers a living wage.

IMPOSSIBLE. He's been a perpetual, non-stop source of embarrassment to all decent humans since he first rode down that escalator to declare all Mexicans criminals, drug dealers & rapists. He's the worst thing to happen to our country, EVER.

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They’re begging people to go at this point.

The Troll-Masters return Wednesday 9/16 🙏 🤣

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‘From one Paradise to another’: Two towns, two fires and one ‘historic’ football game | Maui Now

Lahainaluna and Paradise high schools will face each other tonight in a "Unity Bowl" that aims to showcase the resilience of two communities recovering from devastating fires.

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The Spanish Town Doing Capitalism Better

Centered in the Basque Country, the world’s largest industrial cooperative network has social good and humanism at its heart.

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I know there's not much of a chance newspapers will print this one but you can't have a word like 'ballroom' and expect me not to do a joke about it.

had a decent cry because bernadette peters is turning 14 soon & is acting like a very old girl. i swear her eyes told me not to worry, but how. also, look how gorgeous she is.

Good morning from Lake Ontario. ☀️

Cat lady in training.

Engaged! Postcard from my collection, no date.

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‘Bioloon’: UK scientists invent revolutionary biodegradable balloon

Discarded balloons “leak toxic chemicals into the environment" and can easily be swallowed by animals.

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The Goat-Cow Is Spain’s Wildfire-Fighting Secret Weapon

Small, nimble cows are being deployed in Galicia to lower wildfire risk by doing what they do best: eating.

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Seems the Orange 🤡's renaming Lake Ontario is just as popular as his renaming The Gulf of Mexico, which is... NOT AT ALL. Instead of working on lowering prices, his focus on B.S. like the Ballroom, Helipad & putting his name on the Kennedy Center is the perfect Midterm strategy...for the DEMS!