The Perfect Storm
1. The National Weather Service vacancy rate at its Texas offices doubled since Trump took office.
2. Kerr County (which voted 77% for Trump) did not have a warning system because local residents didn’t want to spend the money.
3. Climate change is making this happen more often.
For the first time in its 116-year history, the NAACP will not invite the president to their convention. www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
If a US Senator is not safe from being handcuffed and detained for free speech, none of us are safe.
For the record:
The Confederates fought a war against the United States to defend the institution of slavery.
Period.
Website screenshot: trumpcard.gov An official website of the United States government There are three seals displayed above the next text. In the center is the presidential seal in stylized gold. To the left is the Department of Commerce in silver. To the right is the Department of Homeland Security in silver. Underneath, in large text: “The Trump Card is Coming” Below that is: “ Enter your information below to be notified the moment access opens.”
Underneath that is a terrible fake CGI gold card, a real tacky piece of crap, with his face in the middle, the Statue of Liberty in the background, a bald eagle head in the foreground at the bottom. On the card is written up top “United States of America.” In 3 corners, “5M” is written, but in the bottom right it says “5,000,000.” Above that is his signature, and above that (right middle) it says “The Trump Card,” which is surrounded by a halo of star outlines.
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The Trump Card An official website of the United States government trumpcard@doc.gov
This is — and I cannot stress this enough — a real government website right now.
It is hosted on the Department of Commerce website (the Department of Commerce has no immigration functions whatsoever that I am aware of).
For many years, ICE has agreed not to deport certain people for humanitarian reasons, including this mother of three with no criminal record who has strong ties to her community.
Now the Trump admin needs "easy" deportations; so they're revoking stays of removal without any warning at all.
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.
Participants in Donald Trump's crypto dinner paid an average of $1.7 million each to attend. That's roughly 500 times the individual donation limit for federal elections.
"In the United States, racism has always gone hand in hand with the concentration of wealth among the very richest people."
- Heather Cox Richardson @hcrichardson.bsky.social
No one uses current event details and historical facts to indict Trump better Richardson. open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
There are a lot of fascinating courses to choose from!
DeLAURO: Are you planning to break the law by impounding appropriated funds?
RFK Jr: If you appropriate the funds, I'm going to spend them
D: We have! You're cutting the NIH by $18b. Congress appropriated those funds. How can you justify cutting billions from the biomedical research budget?
Trump Thanks Qatar for Their Generous Jet Bribe & Accidentally Does a Socialism
youtu.be/bUsIAwyLeiE
Every day.
Earlier this year, ProPublica found that the sepsis rate in second-trimester pregnancy loss hospitalizations increased by more than 50% under Texas’ abortion ban.
Here’s how we did our analysis.
(Published Feb.)
Russia killed her as a prisoner, then harvested her organs and months later returned her remains to Ukraine.
Trump believes we should be making deals with this government.
Jesus would be so ashamed at what MAGAs do in his name.
When a reporter asked Trump about China’s denial, he said: “Well, they had a meeting this morning.” The reporter answered: “Who’s they?” Trump replied: “I can’t tell you. It doesn’t matter who ‘they’ is. We may reveal it later.”
This is Un-f-n-believable. This Econimist cover is spot on.
Historians agree.
They are grabbing people off the street
They are disappearing them
They are savaging gov't institutions
They are laughing at guardrails & ethics.
They are scoffing at the rule of law.
They are threatening members of Congress into silence & compliance
They are destroying democracy
Join APG on 18 May for the New Voices webinar, "Reparative Genealogy: A Discussion on Ethics and Healing." Panelists will explore how genealogical research on the family trees of both enslavers & the enslaved, colonizers & colonized can lead to healing & repair. www.apgen.org/news_manager...
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The next time Florida tries to ban a book to "protect the children," remember that they want to change laws to make 14 year-old work overnight shifts.
They don't care about children, they just care about erasing women and all people who are LGBTQ or of color.
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There are RULES for gov’t documents—who has them, sees them, keeps them, where they’re kept—because they’re a record of gov’t business.
Not open to all—but containing the doings & ACCOUNTABILITY of what our gov’t does.
The Nat’l Archives stores much of that vital data.
DJT fired the archivist.
Shout out to Jeffrey Goldberg for reporting on this now instead of waiting two years to put it in a book.
The Alien Enemies Act centers on the President.
If DJT says he knew nothing about its implementation, he’s not only lying; he’s saying that the government’s actions had no justification of any kind at all—not even the warped use of old legislation.
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Just goes to show: No amount of money can buy some people even a single clue
They aren’t even skilled liars. They rely on quantity of lies rather than quality.
Valid visa and now gone. BTW, she was here to SAVE LIVES.
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
