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Minnesota was just ranked the 5th best state for child wellbeing — here’s why:

✅ Free school meals
✅ Nation-leading Child Tax Credit
✅ Paid family and medical leave

Governor Newsom's Address: Democracy at a Crossroads YouTube video by Campaign for Democracy

You may have seen clips of this speech, but if you haven't yet, you really ought to watch the entire thing and then share it with everyone you know!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8slq...

I have never tried Quordle.
I do the NYT daily crossword, the Mini and Wordle.
I think that The Mini is my favorite now.

You have to be wicked stubborn to keep playing Wordle.
Some of the answers are just crazy obscure. I even will look at an answer and question if it is indeed, a word. But I love doing Wordle and I would miss it if I didn't have access to it.

Few people can lay it out for you like W.E.B Du Bois. He takes my breath away. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you, Molly.

Congratulations, Cheri! What an accomplishment.
I just love the "victory hop" at the end.
I hope you are doing well now? Wishing you good health and lots of joy.

This draft dodger, who liked to pretend he was in the military by wearing this cute little costume in high school, is planning to use our real military domestically against US citizens. This violates the Posse Comitatus Act enacted in 1878 to stop our military being used as a domestic police force.

We Have Lift Off... Early evening. Hector The Great Blue Heron (Cousin of Henrik), in perfect form, taking off, to enjoy the fresh air & scenery, of Southern, Ontario. Incredible plumage. Very handsome.
📸🇨🇦
#GreatBlueHeron #Photography
#Wildlife #Birds #BirdPhotography #Nature #OntarioParks #Canada

BREAKING: Kamala Harris issues statement on Los Angeles.

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Yeah. The combination of Stubborn plus Warrior
is damned powerful!
Wordle in Power, my liege.

Wow!!! Very nice, Robyn. Very nice indeed. I just smack the letters up there and hope for the best. No rhyme or reason. You are a real artist! Or maybe a warrior.

The Gutting of America’s Medical Research: Here Is Every Canceled or Delayed N.I.H. Grant Some cuts have been starkly visible, but the country’s medical grant-making machinery has also radically transformed outside the public eye.

"Tanner, a chemist at the Univ. of Mississippi working to develop a novel approach for treating glioblastoma, was notified in April that the grant was terminated.

“I would like to cure brain cancer,” Dr. Tanner said. “I think that's not particularly controversial.”

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

For anyone unfamiliar with that French phrase:

This seems an excellent day to post a pic of the burning Reichstag in Berlin. Hitler blamed the 1933 fire on communists and used it as a pretext to suspend civil liberties and to allow the Nazis to peruse "ruthless confrontation" with German citizens.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.

Q: When does Donald Trump *never* call the National Guard?

A: When there is a *real* insurrection.

US Army tanks and vehicles arrive in Washington for military parade YouTube video by Associated Press

Coincidence that this is happening at the very moment authoritarian Donald Trump is threatening to use the US military against US citizens on the domestic streets in our cities?

Maybe the parade was a pretext to move equipment into a city famous for protests.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSnt...

Oh, honey . . . You can’t even get your wife back.

When, oh when, will the play acting and the dress-up time be over? People can see right through this.

You said it, Jeffery!
Well stated!

Healthcare for seniors is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.

Food for hungry kids is *not* waste, fraud, or abuse.

A $45 military parade for a draft dodging felon *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

Paying the National Guard to attack US citizens *is* waste, fraud, and abuse.

Hi there, Bridget! It's me, Arabella.
So nice to see you here

Oh, that is just beautiful! And so inspiring.

ICE is the January 6 insurrectionists all over again. Only instead of attacking law enforcement, they are pretending to *be* law enforcement. And instead of just terrorizing at the Capitol, they are doing it EVERYWHERE.

You too, Diana!