Gretchen Kent

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Artist. Cat fancier. premixfix.com

If you watch the Obama Library, the World Cup, and the Knicks parade this afternoon -- and nothing else -- you can actually see the America we're supposed to be at age 250

Our whole city is cheering for the Knicks tonight. So it’s only right that we bring the Knicks to the whole city. Tonight, Game 5 will be streaming on 130 LinkNYC kiosks. Let’s go Knicks.

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A recently developed Defense Department program was meant to reduce civilian harm during military operations. But months before the Iran war, the mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.

The U.S. Built a Blueprint to Avoid Civilian War Casualties. Trump Officials Scrapped It.

The Pentagon dismantled its civilian protection mission as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority and the Trump administration reorganized national security around two principl...

propublica.org

Trump and Narendra Modi had a phone call Tuesday to discuss the war in Iran. For no apparent reason, they were joined by Elon Musk. There is no rational justification for including the world’s richest man on a call between national leaders during a global crisis. newrepublic.com/post/208316/...

WTF Was Elon Musk Doing on a Phone Call With Trump About Iran?

Musk has made his return to the president’s side at the worst possible time—the middle of a war.

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Not going to the No Kings 3 protest with the same rose-colored glasses as 1 and 2. I know no one is coming to save us. However, I still have the right to take to the streets and make my voice heard. To stand with my fellow Americans to say "I do not want war." That's reason enough. See you there.