The same people who didn't care about a Presidential candidate with 34 felony convictions don't care about a President who had 385 accounts closed by Capital One for money laundering.
Mary Sweeney
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Music lover of all things Brit Rock 🎧 My very first date was seeing Bowie's Ziggy Stardust US Kickoff concert at Music Hall. It was life affirming as a freshman in high school. Proud compassionate liberal. Beyond concerned for this democratic republic.
Call me crazy, but if a Democratic president had 350 accounts closed by their bank for money laundering it’d be more than a blip in the media
A new Senate investigation says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank and Bank of America processed massive sums tied to Jeffrey Epstein despite glaring red flags. Powerful institutions helped keep his operation running and every one of them must be held accountable. Follow the money, release everything.
Our thoroughly corrupt electoral system.
“Jeannie Pirro folded like an umbrella,” said the guy who couldn’t fold an umbrella if his life depended on it.
FLAG: Trump gets to keep tax immunity for himself, his sons, and the Trump Organization under the new 'deal' struck by Todd Blanche. The new order also reaffirms that Trump won't have to pay any taxes he might have owed the IRS.
Only the good die young. Pete DeFreitas drummer for Echo & The Drummer and by all accounts a kind soul. Photo: Simon Mills #rememberingpetedefreitas❤️🥁🪘
Countries where it’s illegal to criticize the president: • Iran • China • Russia • North Korea • The United States
A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.
Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency
David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”
The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.
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🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
Gerrymandering lets politicians choose their voters instead of the other way around. Until we end that, it will remain difficult to achieve the things most Americans already agree on.
Why doesn't anything matter any more? ‘The Boss Wants This Money’ Fine line between fundraising and extortion.
Exclusive | ‘The Boss Wants This Money’: Inside Trump’s Unprecedented Fundraising Operation
Meredith O’Rourke, nicknamed ‘princess of darkness,’ carries out the president’s desire to wring hundreds of millions from companies for his projects.
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Someone needs to send in a coroner to check on Mitch like they did on the Wizard of Oz. Make it official! youtu.be/6cMsXBJ0Y98?...
Wizard Of Oz Munchkin Coroner
YouTube video by Kyle Wilcock
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BREAKING: The 9th Circuit has rejected ICE's unprecedented mass detention policy — the 5th striaght appellate loss for the Trump administration and perhaps the most significant, covering California, Arizona, Nevada and Washington, among others. cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/op...
Senator John McCain warned us about Rand Paul when he said, “The senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin.”
📌Sending regards, and concern to the thousands affected by the Kumamoto earthquake, because I know I can't expect our tongue-dragging, repulsive president to do it. Hell, I couldn't even expect this me-first moron to point to Japan on a map ...
“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don’t do that, you’re wasting your time on this Earth.” ~Roberto Clemente. Image: MLB via Getty Images.
NEW: A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, the so-called “God particle,” explains how the move would’ve stifled that breakthrough:
How Trump’s “America First” Administration Could Shut U.S. Scientists Out of the Next Nobel-Worthy Discovery
A proposed White House rule would give political appointees unprecedented control over scientific funding. One physicist, who helped discover the Higgs boson, explains how the rule would’ve stifled th...
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There are times when time-honored events should be canceled. The White House Correspondents Dinner was shameful. Unwatchable.
Worth pointing out that in 1956, a children's book adaptation of Homer was doing "woke" casting.
BREAKING: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Man who killed Democratic Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman is sentenced to two life terms plus 40 years in prison.
Celebrated saxophonist Plas Johnson has died. He's best known for his playful musical turn on one of the most recognizable movie themes in history. Johnson's recording for composer Henry Mancini's “The Pink Panther” helped the song win three Grammys and an Oscar nomination.