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You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:
If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.
If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.
Oregon is set to lose an additional $400 million in federal grants awarded for climate action and is among more than a dozen Democratic states losing federal funding after the Trump administration terminated nearly $8 billion for those states this week.
Oregon to lose an additional $400 million in federal climate grants
Oregon and 15 other Democratic states are losing nearly $8 billion toward climate projects, after the Trump administration terminated multiple federal grants.
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October 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
You may have heard my arguments against the Electoral College before. Here’s a new one the Founders never anticipated:
If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.
If the President is elected by popular vote, he probably wouldn’t selectively punish entire states for voting against him.
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It is unconscionable that American taxpayers are paying for these killings. Shame, shame on Donald Trump and the complicity of everyone who continues to look the other way. apnews.com/article/pale...
July 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
It is unconscionable that American taxpayers are paying for these killings. Shame, shame on Donald Trump and the complicity of everyone who continues to look the other way. apnews.com/article/pale...
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It was an honor to talk with so many librarians at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference this weekend about my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI. At a time when our fundamental freedoms are under attack, these heroes are on the front lines to defend the right to read.
June 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
It was an honor to talk with so many librarians at the @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social conference this weekend about my new graphic memoir, IT RHYMES WITH TAKEI. At a time when our fundamental freedoms are under attack, these heroes are on the front lines to defend the right to read.
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“When you see a total eclipse, you will realize for the first time what the meaning of awesome is,” Mr. Eclipse said. “Everything else is mundane.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Fred Espenak, Astrophysicist Known as Mr. Eclipse, Dies at 73
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June 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“When you see a total eclipse, you will realize for the first time what the meaning of awesome is,” Mr. Eclipse said. “Everything else is mundane.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
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Montpelier Vermont illuminated for Pride Month
June 24, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Montpelier Vermont illuminated for Pride Month
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I learned about it from the simpsons
Oh come on, I learned the existence of this word by missing it in a previous Spelling Bee, and now that I know it, it's not an answer anymore
June 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I learned about it from the simpsons
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In a world full of Stephen Millers, be a Terry Moran.
June 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
In a world full of Stephen Millers, be a Terry Moran.
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Just thinking about wtf is wrong with someone who says something like this
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day
MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
June 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Just thinking about wtf is wrong with someone who says something like this
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Go, Katie, go! Montgomery County is cheering for you always and forever proud of your achievements. Keep inspiring kids everywhere to reach their dreams, in the pool and in the world.
Katie Ledecky breaks 800m freestyle world record almost a decade after setting it | CNN
Katie Ledecky produced a scintillating swim to break yet another world record on Saturday, this time in the women’s 800m freestyle, lowering the mark she set almost a decade ago at the 2016 Rio Olympi...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Go, Katie, go! Montgomery County is cheering for you always and forever proud of your achievements. Keep inspiring kids everywhere to reach their dreams, in the pool and in the world.
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Also if by any chance for some random reason anyone needs poster board or magic markers or anything like that there’s a Michael’s in South Burlington that opens at 10 am.
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maps.app.goo.gl/t49xEbpRzft5...
March 2, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Also if by any chance for some random reason anyone needs poster board or magic markers or anything like that there’s a Michael’s in South Burlington that opens at 10 am.
maps.app.goo.gl/t49xEbpRzft5...
maps.app.goo.gl/t49xEbpRzft5...