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The Myth of America First How Donald Trump’s Retreat from Expertise Made the Iran Conflict Far More Dangerous

Russia is helping Iran target Americans.

Donald Trump is easing oil sanctions on Russia.

Draw your own conclusions.

Yet we were told we could not afford to save babies lives with USAID.

Matcha raspberry tart from Maillard Pastries.
#bmoreeats

A "Humanitarian Response" Firm With No Federal Contract History Is Staffing Planned Immigration Detention Center in Maryland Anovaeon LLC, which has never won a federal contract, is recruiting for a 1,500-bed facility outside Hagerstown amid unresolved infrastructure concerns.

"Under the contract's terms, vendors cannot refuse detention referrals from ICE and are obligated to perform task orders even if they never submitted a bid for them."
projectsaltbox.substack.com/p/a-humanita...

Trump skirts Congress over Iran war as Republicans simply step aside Senate blocks war powers measure and House follows suit – now president can bomb Iran free from congressional interference

I'm not mad that this is the photo they picked.
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Shrinking North American bird population is getting worse faster. Experts blame agriculture, warming A new study finds North American bird populations keep dropping, and that decline is speeding up for many species.

Reason 1,578 to buy organic.
"The biggest impact of agricultural intensity though is our war on insects. Numerous recent studies have shown that insect populations in many places throughout the world, including the U.S., have crashed by well over 40 percent,”
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Wait a minute... I thought this thing was going to be over in 30 days? "Or less."

Baltimore’s floating wetlands are bubbling with life The National Aquarium’s Harbor Wetland attracts species big and small

"Mammals have also moved in, and on her daily rounds, Long has spotted muskrats and foxes in addition to perhaps the most notorious visitors—North American river otters."
www.chesapeakebay.net/news/blog/ba...

Cats will have 20 cool toys and end up playing with a Ricola wrapper.
#cats

Sara Teasdale
#poetry

DAY570 - Dar Williams - What Do You Hear In These Sounds YouTube video by EveryDayMusicTV

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"I am like East Berlin
I had this wall
and what I knew of the free world
Was that I could see their fireworks
And I could hear their radio"

This.

The Chester River Song YouTube video by Chesapeake Scenes - Topic

"I want to sail the Chester River, lay back in the noon day sun, with my feet in the river and a National Boh, lordy that's what I call fun."
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Sunrise and sunset on the Chesapeake Bay, at Betterton Beach this weekend.
#VisitMD

DoJ cases against protesters keep collapsing as officers’ lies are exposed in court String of embarrassing defeats for prosecutors as experts condemn DoJ effort to cast people as ‘violent perpetrators’

"overwhelming the federal courts in the state, diverting resources from the traditional work of federal prosecutors, such as complex fraud, drug and gang matters: “Public safety has not been served by these rash of cases.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Robert Duvall - Live forever [Crazy Heart] YouTube video by EElbing

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Gov. Kelly Ayotte disputes ICE chief’s claim she knew about Merrimack warehouse ‘in past weeks’ Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Todd Lyons testified before a U.S. Senate committee that his office provided an economic summary report during the “past weeks” on a proposed ...

Another reason to give to the ACLU.
"Ayotte has consistently said she had no knowledge about the Trump administration’s interest in a Merrimack detention facility until an American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire Right-to-Know Law inquiry was revealed Feb. 3."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

"Find out just what a people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them; and these will continue till they are resisted with either words or blows, or with both."
- Frederick Douglass

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How I feel when I want to give my cat a nice, comforting little petting but I just keep static-electricity shocking them

"If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him."
James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time

Tell Congress: Defund ICE if reforms are not met Contact Congress today!

Tell every member of Congress as loud as you can: Defund ICE!

Alley sledding on Baltimore
#bmore

3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defense agency said. One of those killed, Abed Shaat, had worked for years as a cameraman for CBS News and oth...

How's that ceasefire going? 3 journalists killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News - CBS News share.google/Oc9mIFjDLuHl...

The yellow 46 is Ferguson's district

Redistricting dispute between Gov. Moore, Senate president intensifies Meanwhile the House of Delegates is pushing ahead, fast-tracking an online public hearing on the proposal for Monday.

Bill Ferguson's constituents need to make some noise to get the Maryland redistricting map approved.
410-841-3600
bill.ferguson@senate.maryland.gov
It could help us get rid of Andy Harris, whose updates have been silent about the fascism taking over our country.
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