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Everyone’s expectations got skewed over the past week but Abdul El-Sayed getting $70 million spent against him in a state he lost a primary by like 20 points eight years ago and still winning last night is probably the most impressive electoral accomplishment of the decade.

Folks from the Women's March have been arrested at the Capitol for protesting ICE. Shout out to the women who are putting their lives and livelihoods on the line to get their message out: ABOLISH ICE.

I'm really tired of all the thievery and abuse in ICE concentration camps. I'm also really tired of all the lies from the oval office and clown-car cabinet. I don't understand why ANYBODY is allowing all this to go down. The child rapist in the oval office is an asshole, but why so much death?

Report: Detainees at ICE facility in Texas report frequent beatings and other human rights abuses

The 84-page report issued jointly Wednesday by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union says men and women held at Camp East Montana, located at the U.S. Army's Fort Bliss in El Paso,...

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Whitehouse: "Today I think is a sad and embarrassing day for this committee as it looks like on a party-line vote we are going to advance out of this committee probably the most discreditable person ever to seek the office of attorney general. Let's start with the Epstein files ... "

RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline

Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate funds Yes, he was. He's been wrong forever. Will the program receive funds? Who knows? He might just flush the funds down the golden toilet right into his own pocket.

Divided federal appeals court says Trump administration was wrong to terminate climate funds

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.

apnews.com

Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It The Party of Death (GOP) LOVE stupid people who will believe their lies as they attempt to stoke fear of anyone not white. Stupid kids become stupid people and if this program helps people of color? Well, then. It must go.

Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It

The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.

nytimes.com

Poor Jeanine Pirro. It’s always sad when a vicious liar loses their job because they unscrupulously tried to ruin the life of an innocent American hero to appease the most repellent man in America. Drink up, sweetie.

I delivered all 3 of my kids at hospitals that no longer provide labor and delivery care. Maine has lost 10 birthing units in just the past decade. While I appreciate the challenges hospitals like Lincoln face, closing this unit would be devastating for patients, workers, and Midcoast communities.

Dozens rally in Portland ahead of MaineHealth board vote on closure of birthing unit in Damariscotta

MaineHealth says it's considering the closure because of staffing challenges and low birth rates.

mainepublic.org

And now, a little Vivaldi. Michel Tirabosco, a renowned pan flute player, collaborating with Raphaël Froissart. He is a professor at the Geneva Conservatory. Born with physical differences, he began playing the pan flute at 7 and has achieved international recognition for his skill. #streetmusic

This is very like the period which led to the French Revolution. A bunch of entitled oligarchs pursuing their own private urges at public expense, ruling a dissatisfied populace & a not-all-there would be king who says "let them eat cake".