@shigg24.bsky.social
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Current and former FEMA officials are warning Congress that the Trump administration’s policies have undermined the nation’s ability to respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
FEMA staffers accuse Trump of weakening disaster programs
The signatories said FEMA under President Donald Trump has strayed far from the disaster preparedness reforms designed to correct the agency's mistakes in responding to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
www.politico.com
August 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Current and former FEMA officials are warning Congress that the Trump administration’s policies have undermined the nation’s ability to respond to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
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As a YouTube TV subscriber, this makes me so happy:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
Fox and Fox News at Risk of Being Pulled From YouTube TV in Carriage Dispute
Fox began warning customers Monday that its channels could be pulled from YouTube TV on Wednesday unless they reach a new deal soon.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
August 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
As a YouTube TV subscriber, this makes me so happy:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
August 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Daniil Medvedev after a loss at the US Open.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
Another grown man throwing a tantrum like he's a 3yo toddler. Ffs, mate. Do the world a favour—get off the court and stay off.
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This is my favorite so far!
August 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This is my favorite so far!
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Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
August 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Life-saving idea! Pass it on!
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In 2011, a Chicago officer pulled a woman over just to get her phone number, then called or texted her nearly 30 times.
Between 2017 and 2019, he was reported for sexual misconduct three more times before he was finally arrested.
(Published May w/ @invisible.institute)
Between 2017 and 2019, he was reported for sexual misconduct three more times before he was finally arrested.
(Published May w/ @invisible.institute)
Chicago Police Dismissed a Recruit’s Claims That a Colleague Sexually Assaulted Her. Then He was Accused Again and Again.
The Invisible Institute and ProPublica reviewed over 300 complaints accusing Chicago officers of sexual assault and misconduct. Time and time again, the police department downplayed or ignored…
www.propublica.org
August 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
In 2011, a Chicago officer pulled a woman over just to get her phone number, then called or texted her nearly 30 times.
Between 2017 and 2019, he was reported for sexual misconduct three more times before he was finally arrested.
(Published May w/ @invisible.institute)
Between 2017 and 2019, he was reported for sexual misconduct three more times before he was finally arrested.
(Published May w/ @invisible.institute)
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Pete Hegseth "seems determined to bar academics or anyone who faintly resembles one from contact with the armed forces," Eliot A. Cohen writes:
Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.
bit.ly
August 7, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Pete Hegseth "seems determined to bar academics or anyone who faintly resembles one from contact with the armed forces," Eliot A. Cohen writes:
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Republican Senator Rick Scott, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, defended his position that Congress should be able to trade stocks despite their conflict of interest, asking his Senate colleagues, "Anybody want to be poor? I don't."
Millionaire MAGA Senator Ripped After Offering Eyeroll-Worthy Defense Of Congressional Stock Trading
www.comicsands.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Republican Senator Rick Scott, who is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, defended his position that Congress should be able to trade stocks despite their conflict of interest, asking his Senate colleagues, "Anybody want to be poor? I don't."
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Some Arizona radio stations in rural and tribal communities rely on public broadcasting funds for more than half their budget, but now the organization that supports them is closing their doors. If stations shut down, these communities will lose a critical source for information.
August 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Some Arizona radio stations in rural and tribal communities rely on public broadcasting funds for more than half their budget, but now the organization that supports them is closing their doors. If stations shut down, these communities will lose a critical source for information.
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August 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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OPINION by @hayleymiller.bsky.social:
“As the court takes up more and more cases via the emergency docket, Kagan said the justices have a ‘real responsibility’ to clarify the reasoning behind their decisions.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
“As the court takes up more and more cases via the emergency docket, Kagan said the justices have a ‘real responsibility’ to clarify the reasoning behind their decisions.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Justice Kagan calls out important issue with Supreme Court’s use of the shadow docket
“A court is supposed to explain things,” the Obama appointee said during her appearance at a circuit conference. “That’s what courts do.”
www.msnbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
OPINION by @hayleymiller.bsky.social:
“As the court takes up more and more cases via the emergency docket, Kagan said the justices have a ‘real responsibility’ to clarify the reasoning behind their decisions.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
“As the court takes up more and more cases via the emergency docket, Kagan said the justices have a ‘real responsibility’ to clarify the reasoning behind their decisions.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
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Out-of-season tomatoes are already lacking in flavor, texture, and color, Rachel Sugar writes. Donald Trump’s tariffs will likely create a new problem this fall: cost.
Tomato Season Is Different This Year
Come fall, Americans will once again be stuck with flavorless grocery-store tomatoes. Because of tariffs, they’ll also be more expensive.
bit.ly
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Out-of-season tomatoes are already lacking in flavor, texture, and color, Rachel Sugar writes. Donald Trump’s tariffs will likely create a new problem this fall: cost.
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It’s been 16 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. Meanwhile, folks are out here trying to survive on $7.25 an hour. In this economy?!
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
July 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It’s been 16 years since Congress raised the minimum wage. Meanwhile, folks are out here trying to survive on $7.25 an hour. In this economy?!
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
I’m standing with my Labor Caucus colleagues to #RaiseTheWage, because $7.25 ain’t cutting it.
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We previously found that the Trump administration knew the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes.
Our latest analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the U.S. immigration system.
Our latest analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the U.S. immigration system.
He Came to the U.S. to Support His Sick Child. He Was Detained. Then He Disappeared.
Like most of the more than 230 Venezuelan men deported to a Salvadoran prison, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas had followed U.S. immigration rules. Then Trump rewrote them.
www.propublica.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
We previously found that the Trump administration knew the vast majority of the 230+ Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador had not been convicted of violent crimes.
Our latest analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the U.S. immigration system.
Our latest analysis reveals another jarring reality: that most of the men were already moving through the U.S. immigration system.
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Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ canceled by CBS, to end in May 2026
CBS said in a statement that it was “purely a financial decision.” The show launched with Colbert as host, executive producer and writer a decade ago.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Breaking news: “The Late Show” with Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026, CBS said in a statement.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
The announcement came days after Colbert spoke out against the $16 million paid earlier this month by Paramount, the parent company of CBS News.
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One day. That’s the slap in the face the DOJ is calling “accountability” in Breonna Taylor’s case.
Now they want to act like civil rights charges were too much? Please be for real.
If you’re wondering how little they value Black lives—look no further.
Now they want to act like civil rights charges were too much? Please be for real.
If you’re wondering how little they value Black lives—look no further.
DOJ seeks one-day sentence for officer in raid that killed Breonna Taylor
In November, a federal jury found officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Taylor’s civil rights during a March 2020 police raid in which she was fatally shot.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
One day. That’s the slap in the face the DOJ is calling “accountability” in Breonna Taylor’s case.
Now they want to act like civil rights charges were too much? Please be for real.
If you’re wondering how little they value Black lives—look no further.
Now they want to act like civil rights charges were too much? Please be for real.
If you’re wondering how little they value Black lives—look no further.
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Trump: “He’s a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed.”
Also Trump: constantly talking about other people’s IQs…
Also also Trump: can’t even remember who he appointed.
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Also Trump: constantly talking about other people’s IQs…
Also also Trump: can’t even remember who he appointed.
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Trump says he was surprised that Jerome Powell, the Fed chair he appointed, was appointed
The president seemed to forget that he appointed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, which was part of an unsettling pattern of cognitive missteps.
www.msnbc.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Trump: “He’s a terrible Fed chair. I was surprised he was appointed.”
Also Trump: constantly talking about other people’s IQs…
Also also Trump: can’t even remember who he appointed.
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Also Trump: constantly talking about other people’s IQs…
Also also Trump: can’t even remember who he appointed.
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GOP hypocrisy? I'm shocked.
GOP Rep. Leading Biden Autopen Probe Caught Using Digital Signature On Investigation Documents
GOP hypocrisy? I'm shocked.
www.comicsands.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
GOP hypocrisy? I'm shocked.
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The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that had blocked President Trump's executive order requiring government agencies to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
Supreme Court allows Trump to resume mass federal layoffs for now
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was appointed to the court by President Biden, dissented.
n.pr
July 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Supreme Court lifted a lower court order that had blocked President Trump's executive order requiring government agencies to lay off hundreds of thousands of federal employees.
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It’s funny because it’s true
July 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It’s funny because it’s true