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Notifying a governor by text message that the president is sending in troops seems... non-secure and very bizarre. Also, why do texts from the president's assistant look like the Spam texts I get, trying to convince me I need a new mortgage when I don't even own a home? katu.com/news/local/k...
Kotek, Trump have tense text message exchange over troop deployment to Portland
Oregon’s governor and the president of the United States had a tense text message exchange over the president’s order to send the National Guard to Portland.
katu.com
September 30, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Notifying a governor by text message that the president is sending in troops seems... non-secure and very bizarre. Also, why do texts from the president's assistant look like the Spam texts I get, trying to convince me I need a new mortgage when I don't even own a home? katu.com/news/local/k...
Well, cool, cool. Didn't have "return of the bubonic plague" on my 2025 bingo card. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
California resident catches the plague, likely from infected flea at Lake Tahoe, officials say
Officials believe an infected flea bit the sick person, who was camping in the South Lake Tahoe area.
www.nbcnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Well, cool, cool. Didn't have "return of the bubonic plague" on my 2025 bingo card. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
House oversight committee demands answers on gutting of CDC public records office
House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
www.npr.org
April 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
House Rep. Gerry Connolly is pushing CDC leadership to explain why the personnel who handle FOIA requests lost their jobs, noting that that the public has a right to access federal records.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is sure to end well.
White House may seek legally binding control over Columbia through consent decree – report
Possible escalation comes after university already accepted changes as pre-condition for restoring $400m in grants
www.theguardian.com
April 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is sure to end well.
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Alabama's Fairhope Public Library has lost its funding for not banning books as demanded of them: www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/u...
Alabama board defunds local library for failing to protect teens from ‘inappropriate’ books | CNN
The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content.
www.cnn.com
March 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Alabama's Fairhope Public Library has lost its funding for not banning books as demanded of them: www.cnn.com/2025/03/22/u...
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“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
thebetter.news
March 6, 2025 at 5:45 AM
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”
This is so cowardly. If you steadfastly believe what you're doing is right, why would you be afraid to stand up for it? Slime. apnews.com/article/town...
Speaker Johnson tells GOP lawmakers to skip town halls after an onslaught of protests
House Speaker Mike Johnson is encouraging Republican lawmakers to skip town halls that have been rife with protesters.
apnews.com
March 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
This is so cowardly. If you steadfastly believe what you're doing is right, why would you be afraid to stand up for it? Slime. apnews.com/article/town...
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No more work-from-home, government workers, except for Kash Patel, who will run the FBI from Las Vegas www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
February 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
No more work-from-home, government workers, except for Kash Patel, who will run the FBI from Las Vegas www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
WASHINGTON—Addressing the ongoing outbreak in Texas that has infected at least 124 state residents and killed one child, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed Thursday to mak...
theonion.com
February 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore
Well, I've now reached the stage of this timeline where I'm having nightmares about microplastics and the fall of Rome so... you know, that's where I'm at.
February 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Well, I've now reached the stage of this timeline where I'm having nightmares about microplastics and the fall of Rome so... you know, that's where I'm at.
Not sure this alum's "complete lack of understanding of how the judicial branch works" is a real selling point for Yale Law School. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Outrage after JD Vance claims judges are not allowed to check executive power
Vice-president accused of threatening constitution after saying judges have no right to restrain president’s agenda
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Not sure this alum's "complete lack of understanding of how the judicial branch works" is a real selling point for Yale Law School. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Oh good. We're enforcing newspeak. www.404media.co/for-immediat...
'For Immediate Compliance': FEMA Workers Responding to Wildfires Ordered to Say 'Alien' Instead of 'Immigrant'
"This is the most 1984 email I've ever seen," one worker said.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Oh good. We're enforcing newspeak. www.404media.co/for-immediat...
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The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
N.Y. Attorney General Warns Hospitals Against Canceling Transgender Care (Gift Article)
A White House executive order last week threatened to pull federal funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care. But not providing the care could violate state law, Letitia James said in ...
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has warned New York hospitals that complying with the White House’s executive order to end gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth could well violate state law.
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If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.
January 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
If the FAA director got fired over a business beef AND there was an air traffic controller hiring freeze despite huge shortages AND a chaotic blitz to hollow out federal bureaucracy, and then within a week the first American airliner crashes in 16 years, you would be insane not to talk about it all.
For years, I've wished publications had an option to purchase 1 article or a day pass, but I've never seen such a thing until today. Kudos to the Salem News in Massachusetts for being so reader-friendly!
December 10, 2024 at 10:00 PM
For years, I've wished publications had an option to purchase 1 article or a day pass, but I've never seen such a thing until today. Kudos to the Salem News in Massachusetts for being so reader-friendly!