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A US city has effectively banned data centers for the first time. St. Charles, Missouri has changed their land use rules so that data centers cannot be built. The change is indefinite, and to build data centers in St. Charles the land uses rules would need to change again.
So for all the Massie race watchers (I'm so surprised at the loss, gasp) do we still need to give feet massages to republicans so they like us orrr....
Linda Sarsour of MPower Change responds to the Monday shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in which two teenage attackers fatally shot three people before dying from apparent self-inflicted gunshots. Sarsour knows the mosque’s imam and Amin Abdullah, a security guard who was killed.
Today the EPA proposed repealing limits on multiple types of “forever chemicals” in drinking water. If finalized, the Trump administration proposal would end drinking water limits for four toxic PFAS. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
EPA wants to repeal limits on ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
If finalized, the proposal would end the Biden-era restritions for four toxic PFAS compounds and give utilities two more years to comply with limits on two other compounds.
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Hawai’i just passed a bill that undermine Citizens United. The bill establishes corporations as “artificial persons” without the right to spend money on elections. The bill could limit the influence of super PACs and be a model to challenge the influence of money in politics.
When we took office, NYC had a $12B deficit. Today it’s zero. And we didn’t close that gap on the backs of working people. We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets, & public housing. Call it Pothole Politics or Democratic Socialism: We are government that delivers for the people.
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Louis Armstrong performing for his wife at the Great Sphinx of Giza (1961). 📷 Bettmann/Corbis
Right but it will means less Dem seats. @gelliottmorris.com has some analysis that says in order to take back the House, Dems need to win the house vote by 4%. bsky.app/profile/gell...
G Elliott Morris@gelliottmorris.com · 3mo agoAfter losing their map in Virginia, Strength In Numbers estimates Dems are now down 6 seats in the House from mid-decade + post-VRA redistricting. Could lose 2-3 more across the South. Dems need to win the House pop. vote by 4 to win the majority of seats. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-10...
BREAKING: Maryland is about to become the first state in the nation to ban the use of surveillance data and dynamic pricing at grocery stores. The Maryland House has just passed the Protection from Predatory Pricing Act. Governor Wes Moore plans to sign the bill.
A worker died at an Amazon warehouse in Oregon last week. For more than an hour, workers were instructed to continue working as the man lay dead. One worker wanted to help, but a manager told them to “Just turn around and not look. Let’s get back to work," according to @thewesternedge.bsky.social.
‘Everyone is Replaceable’: Death Rattles Oregon Amazon Facility
A worker died at Amazon’s Troutdale warehouse last week. Employees were told to look away.
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He had one job per his presidential oath of office and his constitutional mandate to ensure laws are faithfully executed. His priorities were out of whack because he was an old school work across the aisle guy when all those norms were gone. Nice guy who didn’t grasp the gravity of the moment.
Biden picked the wrong AG or Trump would be in prison. Glad though that his family had a nice Easter as we edge closer to nuclear holocaust. 🤷♀️
Revlimid has its origin in a pill that cost patients $7.50 each. Decades later, the cancer drug costs more than $18,000 for a month’s supply — even though it still only costs about 25 cents to manufacture. (Published May 2025)
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
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Live right now! the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: we invented new music friday | Thundercat LP | Earl x MIKE x Surf Gang LP twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...
AOC Commits to Opposing ‘Any Spending on Arms for Israel,’ Including Iron Dome The progressive congresswoman has been named as a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender. www.commondreams.org/news/aoc-vot...
AOC Commits to Opposing ‘Any Spending on Arms for Israel,’ Including Iron Dome | Common Dreams
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bold stance against military funding for Israel is a powerful rejection of oppressive policies. Will other Democrats follow her lead? Ocasio-Cortez's unwaverin...
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Walmart's CEO is bragging that Sparky, the company's in-app AI agent, is leading people to spend 35% more. He told investors that Sparky gives them a better ability to understand their customers. This comes as Walmart patents tech that allows for more dynamic pricing.
🚨NEWS: Democrat Andy Thomson has won the Boca Raton mayoral race by just ONE vote. 🔵 Thomson — 7,568 🔴 Liebelson — 7,567 With 100% of votes in, Thomson becomes the first Democratic mayor of Boca Raton in over 30 years. One vote decided the election.
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Live right now! the morning show with Open Mike Eagle: impossible coffee | (yo)OMETV raps | Elucid x Sebb Bash LP twitch.tv/open_mike_ea...
Reverend Jesse Jackson called on each of us to be heralds of change, to be messengers of hope; to step forward and say “Send me” wherever we have a chance to make an impact. How fortunate we were that Jesse Jackson answered that call. What a great debt we owe to him.
had a couple all star volunteers helping me out with merch in the Berkeley you never know who's gonna come to the rap show. next time it could be Rick Moranis taking tickets or Janet Jackson bartending or Jack Nicholson smoking a joint in the bathroom. mikeeaglestinks.tumblr.com/post/8966612...
BREAKING: New York City reports the lowest levels of shootings, shooting victims, and murders ever recorded for the first two months of a year. Major crime is down nearly 8% citywide, burglary hit a record low, and retail theft dropped 25%
