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I can only imagine the bailout package they are drawing up for themselves.

As the saying goes, privatize the profits, and socialize the losses.

This latest episode of THE WHITE LOTUS convinced me, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Lochlan is really Eric and Saxon is Don Junior.

#goaheadtrytounseeit #showusonthedoll #itsallinthewrist

Trump signs order aiming to eliminate 'anti-American ideology' from Smithsonian institutions President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order directing Vice President JD Vance - a member of the Smithsonian Board of Regents - to eliminate "improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from Smithsonian museums, education and research centers and the National Zoo, the White House said.

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The American dream is officially over All because the rich must always steal from the poor.

www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

'THIS IS NOT A SET OF PROCEDURAL MISSTEPS. It is not simple incompetence. It is malice toward our constitutional structure. Simply put, the Trump administration has begun its defiance of the courts in earnest.'

Rosenberg: Trump-Putin call seen as victory in Russia The Russian leader was able to set his own conditions for peace in a two-hour phone call with Donald Trump.

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Everything you say to your Echo will be sent to Amazon starting on March 28 Amazon is killing a privacy feature to bolster Alexa+, the new subscription assistant.

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Chinese state media hails Trump cuts to Voice of America State newspaper gloated that the network has "now been discarded by its own government like a dirty rag".

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Buried on Sunday.

Pressure grows to hold secret Apple privacy hearing in public Civil liberties campaigners have joined US politicians and the BBC in saying Friday's hearing should not be secret.

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"What you think is the point is not the point at all but only the beginning of the sharpness."

~ Flann O'Brien, THE THIRD POLICEMAN

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Just waiting for him to dissolve SCOTUS by executive order.

Pals, the organization I volunteer with is producing a film festival THIS WEEKEND! I hope anyone interested can attend, but if not, we’d graciously accept any help. There’s even an option to buy a ticket as a gift for someone in need. qfestnj.org

Alabama Republicans refuse to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court The Supreme Court this year reaffirmed a federal court order for Alabama to include two districts where Black voters make up voting-age majorities, “or something quite close to it.”

Alabama GOP refuses to draw a second Black congressional district in defiance of Supreme Court-

SCOTUS this year reaffirmed a federal court order for Alabama to include 2 districts where Black voters make up voting-age majorities, “or something quite close to it.”

www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

Vermont, I love your energy. More of this, please.

He's always been a cesspool.

great newspaperman too

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Federal funding for public media is facing threats. Here’s why that matters. Joined with member support, federal funding plays a critical role in helping OPB provide universal access to factual information—especially in often overlooked rural communities.

Here's a good summary of basic facts about federal funding of public media via the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 - and what's at stake if it's lost, especially for stations in rural areas where local news deserts are already growing: www.opb.org/federal-fund...

There is such a warped poetry in this.