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Some highlights from Mayor Joe Hogsett's 2026 proposed budget:
- $1.7B budget (3.5% increase over last year)
- no new tax increases
- 4% cuts across agencies depts (except DPW, police, fire, sheriff)
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
- $1.7B budget (3.5% increase over last year)
- no new tax increases
- 4% cuts across agencies depts (except DPW, police, fire, sheriff)
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
Highlights from Mayor Hogsett’s $1.7B Indy budget proposal
The mayor did not seek a tax increase as most departments faced modest cuts.
mirrorindy.org
August 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Some highlights from Mayor Joe Hogsett's 2026 proposed budget:
- $1.7B budget (3.5% increase over last year)
- no new tax increases
- 4% cuts across agencies depts (except DPW, police, fire, sheriff)
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
- $1.7B budget (3.5% increase over last year)
- no new tax increases
- 4% cuts across agencies depts (except DPW, police, fire, sheriff)
mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...
"Kids these days have is so easy!"
Yes. That's the whole bloody point.
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics, philosophy, and natural history in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, and architecture."
- John Adams
Yes. That's the whole bloody point.
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics, philosophy, and natural history in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, and architecture."
- John Adams
July 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
"Kids these days have is so easy!"
Yes. That's the whole bloody point.
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics, philosophy, and natural history in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, and architecture."
- John Adams
Yes. That's the whole bloody point.
"I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics, philosophy, and natural history in order to give their children a right to study painting, poetry, music, and architecture."
- John Adams
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According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows the Trump administration to move forward with the abolition of the Department of Education. It gives no explanation for its order. All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
From Sotomayor's dissent:
From Sotomayor's dissent:
July 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.
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My original thread tracking how the Trump administration is changing Indy is so long it's hard to use. So starting a new thread to track post-100 days stories.
Let's get back to it. #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
Let's get back to it. #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
May 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My original thread tracking how the Trump administration is changing Indy is so long it's hard to use. So starting a new thread to track post-100 days stories.
Let's get back to it. #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
Let's get back to it. #Indianapolis #HoosierSky
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I've be struggling to comprehend how the sweeping disruptions to federal programs and mountain of executive orders is having a real-time effect on people here in Indianapolis.
So I'm starting this thread to keep track of stories documenting the impact.
Let's go.
So I'm starting this thread to keep track of stories documenting the impact.
Let's go.
February 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I've be struggling to comprehend how the sweeping disruptions to federal programs and mountain of executive orders is having a real-time effect on people here in Indianapolis.
So I'm starting this thread to keep track of stories documenting the impact.
Let's go.
So I'm starting this thread to keep track of stories documenting the impact.
Let's go.
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WARREN: Can POTUS legally tell the IRS to change someone's nonprofit status?
BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer
WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?!
LONG: I can read the statute and I did
WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!
BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer
WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?!
LONG: I can read the statute and I did
WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!
May 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
WARREN: Can POTUS legally tell the IRS to change someone's nonprofit status?
BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer
WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?!
LONG: I can read the statute and I did
WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!
BILLY LONG: I'm not able to answer
WARREN: You can't read these words and tell me what those words say?!
LONG: I can read the statute and I did
WARREN: Then tell me what they mean!
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wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
May 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
wife: how was guarding the two paths today, honey?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
guard: [looking away] fine
wife: did something happen?
guard: [tearing up] no
wife: would the other guard tell me something happened?
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HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
May 20, 2025 at 2:16 PM
HASSAN: What is habeas corpus?
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
NOEM: Habeas corpus is a constitutional right that the president has to be able to remove people from this country
HASSAN: That's incorrect
The Art of Redoing the Deal, but worse and with ongoing collateral damage.
May 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Art of Redoing the Deal, but worse and with ongoing collateral damage.
Incredible how transgender folks are too strong for sports but too weak for the military. Good thing our military is already spending 8x more on Viagra alone than all transgender-related health expenses.
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Incredible how transgender folks are too strong for sports but too weak for the military. Good thing our military is already spending 8x more on Viagra alone than all transgender-related health expenses.
Nothing says "solid fiscal policy" like tariffs on Thursday, exemptions on Friday, and reversal on Saturday.
April 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nothing says "solid fiscal policy" like tariffs on Thursday, exemptions on Friday, and reversal on Saturday.
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
April 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
For your enjoyment: here is Secretary of Education Linda McMahon talking about implementing AI in schools, but pronouncing it "A1," as in "A1 Steak Sauce"
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
www.youtube.com/live/lxrg28z...
Sometimes it's darkest before it gets darker.
April 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Sometimes it's darkest before it gets darker.
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Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
South Sudan cholera patients died walking to clinic after US cut aid, charity says
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said on Wednesday.
reut.rs
April 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after US aid cuts forced local health services to close, the UK-based charity Save the Children said reut.rs/3E9kB27
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Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Guess where they got their weird trade deficit math from?
Abdominal work in your forties isn't to create a six pack, it's to build strength to suck in your gut.
March 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Abdominal work in your forties isn't to create a six pack, it's to build strength to suck in your gut.
The Fashion Police are really efficient - no arrest, no jail, no courts. The verdict is delivered immediately.
March 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Fashion Police are really efficient - no arrest, no jail, no courts. The verdict is delivered immediately.
"If necessity is the mother of invention then laziness is the father."
March 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"If necessity is the mother of invention then laziness is the father."
March 6, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
March 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Former 🇺🇸 ambassador to Russia 👇🏽
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This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...
What Gutting USAID Means for My Young Patients in Burundi
“To my patients and their mothers, I offered apologies from the American people,” writes Dr. Jennifer Furin.
time.com
February 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is a gut-wrenching, beautifully written essay. A doctor must watch helplessly as children die because USAID's freeze on aid has limited access to nutritional supplements. time.com/7258248/us-f...
