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Losing the historical, irreplaceable documents of the Goddard Space Library would be detrimental to space science. You can help save the library by visiting this link below!
tinyurl.com/ycxc83yd
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February 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Losing the historical, irreplaceable documents of the Goddard Space Library would be detrimental to space science. You can help save the library by visiting this link below!
tinyurl.com/ycxc83yd
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Huh, some hellhole.
“Leaders also said Choose Chicago secured 65 citywide conventions, up from 49 last year, and a record $2.9 billion in hotel revenue compared to $2.8 billion in 2024.”
“Leaders also said Choose Chicago secured 65 citywide conventions, up from 49 last year, and a record $2.9 billion in hotel revenue compared to $2.8 billion in 2024.”
Chicago Tourism Saw A Boost In 2025 Even As Trump Tried To Paint City As A 'Hellhole'
Choose Chicago reported upticks in hotel stays, conventions and revenue as visitors rejected federal rhetoric. The tourism bureau hopes to beef up its budget to attract even more people to the city vi...
blockclubchicago.org
February 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Huh, some hellhole.
“Leaders also said Choose Chicago secured 65 citywide conventions, up from 49 last year, and a record $2.9 billion in hotel revenue compared to $2.8 billion in 2024.”
“Leaders also said Choose Chicago secured 65 citywide conventions, up from 49 last year, and a record $2.9 billion in hotel revenue compared to $2.8 billion in 2024.”
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The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea the president called "a scam."
Repeated scientific studies say it's a documented and quantifiable harm. https://to.pbs.org/4ctVHJ7
Repeated scientific studies say it's a documented and quantifiable harm. https://to.pbs.org/4ctVHJ7
Trump calls climate change threat to public health 'a scam' but scientific findings show otherwise
The decision from the administration on Thursday reverses a 2009 finding that says warming endangers Americans' lives and health.
to.pbs.org
February 13, 2026 at 9:28 PM
The Trump administration on Thursday revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea the president called "a scam."
Repeated scientific studies say it's a documented and quantifiable harm. https://to.pbs.org/4ctVHJ7
Repeated scientific studies say it's a documented and quantifiable harm. https://to.pbs.org/4ctVHJ7
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Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
February 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Graze on my lips, and if those hills be dry,
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
Stray lower, where the pleasant fountains lie.
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Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible. the dismantling of USAID has killed at least 600,000 to date.
about 88 deaths per hour. It includes deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children.
www.salon.com/2025/11/19/t...
about 88 deaths per hour. It includes deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children.
www.salon.com/2025/11/19/t...
Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible
Estimates show that the dismantling of USAID has killed at least 600,000 to date. It could get much worse.
www.salon.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Trump’s greatest crime is practically invisible. the dismantling of USAID has killed at least 600,000 to date.
about 88 deaths per hour. It includes deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children.
www.salon.com/2025/11/19/t...
about 88 deaths per hour. It includes deaths from malaria, tuberculosis, HIV, malnutrition, diarrhea and more. Two-thirds of these deaths are children.
www.salon.com/2025/11/19/t...
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Denying climate change and it's causes is no different than denying gravity. It is an argument made by idiots. It does not change the laws of nature, but when used to change the laws of the country, people will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Denying climate change and it's causes is no different than denying gravity. It is an argument made by idiots. It does not change the laws of nature, but when used to change the laws of the country, people will die. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...
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All the more reason to March for #Science March 7th. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
"...the administration is essentially saying that the vast majority of scientists around the world are wrong and that a hotter planet is not the menace that decades of research shows it to be.
It’s a rejection of fact that had been accepted for decades by presidents of both parties..."
Gift link.
It’s a rejection of fact that had been accepted for decades by presidents of both parties..."
Gift link.
Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
All the more reason to March for #Science March 7th. @standupforscience.bsky.social @sufsseattle.bsky.social
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I’m proud to be endorsed by Justice Democrats and PAL PAC.
The only way we can fight fascism is with bold progressive ideas and accountability for all in power.
It’s a new moment. And it requires new leadership:
@justicedemocrats.com @votepalpac.bsky.social
The only way we can fight fascism is with bold progressive ideas and accountability for all in power.
It’s a new moment. And it requires new leadership:
@justicedemocrats.com @votepalpac.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I’m proud to be endorsed by Justice Democrats and PAL PAC.
The only way we can fight fascism is with bold progressive ideas and accountability for all in power.
It’s a new moment. And it requires new leadership:
@justicedemocrats.com @votepalpac.bsky.social
The only way we can fight fascism is with bold progressive ideas and accountability for all in power.
It’s a new moment. And it requires new leadership:
@justicedemocrats.com @votepalpac.bsky.social
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They should've given Martin Short some sort of special Oscar for just the facial expressions he makes in this scene. bsky.app/profile/benc...
February 11, 2026 at 2:55 PM
They should've given Martin Short some sort of special Oscar for just the facial expressions he makes in this scene. bsky.app/profile/benc...
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The economy produced roughly the same number of jobs in Joe Biden’s last full month in office as it produced in Donald Trump’s first full year in office.
Kind of wild that this jobs report is being framed so positively when it also says this “the annual benchmark revisions sharply lowered estimates for job growth in earlier months. The new estimates show that the U.S. economy added just 181,000 jobs in 2025, down from the earlier estimate of 584,000”
Update from Ben Casselman
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The economy produced roughly the same number of jobs in Joe Biden’s last full month in office as it produced in Donald Trump’s first full year in office.
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Finally—this news is way overdue.
The National Guard should’ve never been sent to Chicago or any other city.
And it’s time for the Trump Administration to end its mass deportation campaign of terror.
The National Guard should’ve never been sent to Chicago or any other city.
And it’s time for the Trump Administration to end its mass deportation campaign of terror.
BREAKING: The Trump Administration quietly withdraws National Guard troops from Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, in a win for the rule of law and immigrant communities.
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Finally—this news is way overdue.
The National Guard should’ve never been sent to Chicago or any other city.
And it’s time for the Trump Administration to end its mass deportation campaign of terror.
The National Guard should’ve never been sent to Chicago or any other city.
And it’s time for the Trump Administration to end its mass deportation campaign of terror.
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The House could vote today on the GOP’s new voter suppression legislation modeled on the infamous SAVE Act. This series of bills would end registration by mail and add new ID requirements that could prevent millions of eligible voters from registering. Make sure your representative hears from you.
Tell Your Representative: Vote NO on Voter Suppression | Indivisible
indivisible.org
February 11, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The House could vote today on the GOP’s new voter suppression legislation modeled on the infamous SAVE Act. This series of bills would end registration by mail and add new ID requirements that could prevent millions of eligible voters from registering. Make sure your representative hears from you.
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Censoring the word "vaccine" doesn't make America healthy.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Censoring the word "vaccine" doesn't make America healthy.
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Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr .
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February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Science cannot thrive when censorship shuts down research. Shutting down research doesn't make people healthy. Help us impeach & #RemoveRFKJr by visiting standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr .
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This is a tax on you.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
Trump's tariffs cost American households $1,000 last year: Research group
President Donald Trump’s tariffs cost the average American household $1,000 last year, according to new research from the nonpartisan Tax Foundation.
abcnews.go.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This is a tax on you.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
You paid $1,000 more in a tax because of Trump.
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I introduced the Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act to help federal regulators address the growing financial risks climate change poses to everyday Americans.
Read more at casten.house.gov.
Read more at casten.house.gov.
February 9, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I introduced the Addressing Climate Financial Risk Act to help federal regulators address the growing financial risks climate change poses to everyday Americans.
Read more at casten.house.gov.
Read more at casten.house.gov.
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They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow.
Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking.
February 10, 2026 at 3:45 AM
They're building concentration camps with my tax money Chuck. They're torturing children. They're murdering innocent people on the street. What are you doing.
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This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
We are murdering people and it is basically just background noise at this point. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/u...
U.S. Boat Strike Kills 2 in Pacific, With One Survivor
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 AM
This is the 38th time that the U.S. military has unlawfully killed civilians on the orders of Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump. At least 130 people — never charged with crimes, their identities unknown to their executioners — are now dead.
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i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:56 AM
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
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This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape!
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
This is what the most distant confirmed galaxy looks like. The light we're receiving was emitted when the Universe was ~15x smaller in linear size than today, and right now it's ~30 billion light-years away from us. The light was emitted when the Universe was <300 million years old. Pretty amazing!
News from the edge of the visible universe:
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
February 7, 2026 at 2:28 AM
This galaxy is VERY tiny—much much smaller than our own Milky Way—& incredibly distant. But we can see it AND distinguish its shape!
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
How?
The light we see from it is from SO LONG AGO that the Universe was MUCH smaller at the time: we see it as it was when it was close enough to us to look big!! 🤯
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Trump’s EPA is compromised. Not only are they rolling back regulations protecting clean air and water, they’re pulling back in the courts — filing only 16 lawsuits against polluters in all of 2025. None of this makes America great, or healthy!
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February 7, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Trump’s EPA is compromised. Not only are they rolling back regulations protecting clean air and water, they’re pulling back in the courts — filing only 16 lawsuits against polluters in all of 2025. None of this makes America great, or healthy!
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NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 8:10 PM
NYT confirming MS NOW reporting:
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
Prosecutors began investigating Renee Good's killing, then Washington told them to stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Good's vehicle, but Trump leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have since departed.
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Super Bowl Sunday is my favorite day of the year because I can go ANYWHERE I WANT and there is NO ONE ELSE AROUND! No lines! No problems! PERFECT!
February 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Super Bowl Sunday is my favorite day of the year because I can go ANYWHERE I WANT and there is NO ONE ELSE AROUND! No lines! No problems! PERFECT!
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Republicans want to make it even more difficult for millions of eligible Americans to vote by passing the SAVE Act.
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
February 8, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Republicans want to make it even more difficult for millions of eligible Americans to vote by passing the SAVE Act.
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...
Tell your Members of Congress to protect our voting rights and reject the SAVE Act: win.newmode.net/declarationf...