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Writer, educator and believer in science. These views are my own, not my employer’s.
As feared, Cornyn finds a way to appear as a block without actually blocking. And he’s ok on the tax exclusions too.
Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms
Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is dead
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Trump's Medicaid work requirements are putting even terminally ill patients through bureaucratic nightmares to keep their health insurance — all to fund even more tax cuts for the wealthy.
Announcement late Friday to minimize embarrassment.
Justice department admits reflecting pool damage was not caused by vandals as it moves to drop charges against Olympian – US politics live
US attorney in Washington DC moves to dismiss charges against David Hearn, telling court that documents indicated ‘damage was the result of flawed installation’
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Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
As feared, Cornyn finds a way to appear as a block without actually blocking. And he’s ok on the tax exclusions too.
Todd Blanche’s US attorney general prospects in question as vote looms
Republican John Cornyn says he will not back nomination without written confirmation $1.8bn slush fund is dead
theguardian.com
Can’t abide the bullshit stunts but maybe we should take some comfort if even the self-promoting chancers might turn.
Maga influencer Laura Loomer reverses course on Ukraine after Kyiv visit
Rightwing provocateur meets Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who says he expects to meet Donald Trump in Washington next week
theguardian.com
E. Jean Carroll spent nearly a decade in court fighting one of the most powerful men in the world. She fought with tenacity and grace — and she won. She is one of my personal heroes. We all owe her a debt of gratitude.
One of the worst problems we now have to deal with is our complete inability to trust anything our government agencies tell us about events.
Man who was killed by ICE in Texas never ‘weaponized’ his vehicle, witnesses say
Lawyer says men who were riding in van are being pressured to self-deport as footage of incident is reportedly with investigators
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Cape Verde 🇨🇻!!!! What more can be said. They are the winners no matter what happens from here.
Frustrated with book bans, these Utah bookstores now hand out free copies of titles pulled from public schools - The Salt Lake Tribune www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
Frustrated with book bans, these Utah bookstores now hand out free copies of titles pulled from public schools
The bookstores teamed up Utah’s LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce on the giveaways, which they say they won’t stop until the state stops banning books.
sltrib.com
In an unprecedented act of dissent, active-duty USAF Major Jason Watson was arrested on the Capitol steps after calling for the impeachment & removal of Donald Trump. Risking his career to uphold his constitutional oath, his arrest marks a historic moment. ✊🏻✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾✊🏽
Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.
The crazy good Gil del Bosque Quartet live this afternoon in Austin. When the world is crappy, jazz can be a salve.
This amazing image really captures the Tennessee fight and it's all over the internet. I am reposting it to encourage people to credit photographer Nicole Hester and the Tennessean.
More to this than the headline suggests but for the record, I do not utter “tax the rich” with contempt or venom, only in the tone of factual and beneficial suggestion.
New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs
Steve Roth was responding to the announcement by New York’s mayor of tax on second homes worth more than $5m
theguardian.com
What a cool idea! Keep the pressure! @redactedreadingroom put all 3.5 million pages of the Epstein files bound together in 3,437 volumes of books, on display in a new exhibit in Tribeca. David Garrett, one of the organizers, says the goal is to push for the release of all of the files. #Pinks
Great show from Bruce and the band at Austin this weekend. Tom Morello as guest on top. The messaging was spot on too. The boss ensures music still matters.
Unbelievable! The admin. is paying $885 million in taxpayer money to energy companies to stop their offshore wind farm projects and redirect the funds directly into oil & gas. This follows the same pattern as last month's deal with TotalEnergies. That's our tax dollars at work. For the polluters.
I suspect the elephants won’t mount his head on a plaque. That may be a crucial difference.
US millionaire big-game hunter dies after being crushed by elephants
Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting an antelope species in Africa when the incident occured
theguardian.com
Listening to music Spinning some Bowie tonight. And this kicked me. “He'll build a glass asylum With just a hint of mayhem” Live ‘74. 50 years later it resonates.
Warm day but large crowd at Austin rally yesterday. Among the many creative posters and placards, this made me stop and ask permission to capture. Truth.
Lates tactic to avoid prosecution. You might need to understand English football to get this!
