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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker
YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker
youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I’ve taken the Senate floor and will speak for as long as I’m physically able to lift the voices of Americans who are being harmed and not being heard in this moment of crisis. Watch here:
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Judge Boasberg orders the PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE in SignalGate case.
This applies to top administration officials, including Michael Waltz; Pete Hegseth; Tulsi Gabbard; Marco Rubio; and JD Vance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
This applies to top administration officials, including Michael Waltz; Pete Hegseth; Tulsi Gabbard; Marco Rubio; and JD Vance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
Judge James E. Boasberg said top officials, including the defense secretary, the national security adviser and the secretary of state, must preserve the messages they exchanged.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Judge Boasberg orders the PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE in SignalGate case.
This applies to top administration officials, including Michael Waltz; Pete Hegseth; Tulsi Gabbard; Marco Rubio; and JD Vance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
This applies to top administration officials, including Michael Waltz; Pete Hegseth; Tulsi Gabbard; Marco Rubio; and JD Vance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/27/u...
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Fact/Reality Check:
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
March 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Fact/Reality Check:
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
*None* of the top TEN leading killers in the US are infectious diseases.
Meaning, RFK Jr’s idea of “refocusing” the CDC on just infectious disease might fool some, but is an unserious and nonsensical idea.
Empathy for the many HHS workers suffering under this regime.
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Lincoln was such a superb man. What America lost with his assassination! The Gettysburg Address is one of my favorites speeches.
March 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Lincoln was such a superb man. What America lost with his assassination! The Gettysburg Address is one of my favorites speeches.
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My husband informs me the speaker’s name was Edward Everett. Here’s the relevant bit from his Wikipedia entry:
March 27, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My husband informs me the speaker’s name was Edward Everett. Here’s the relevant bit from his Wikipedia entry:
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My most conservative trait is that we have to go back to making schoolchildren memorize Lincoln's speeches
March 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
My most conservative trait is that we have to go back to making schoolchildren memorize Lincoln's speeches
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thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
March 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
thinking of one of abraham lincoln's great quotes this morning:
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
"As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
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every single video I've seen of the hearing today, Democratic Senators (including ones I don't even like) were pounding the shit out of administration officials.
if the media will not play those clips, it's up to make them go viral, show our friends & family, etc.
They did something.
Reward them.
if the media will not play those clips, it's up to make them go viral, show our friends & family, etc.
They did something.
Reward them.
March 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
every single video I've seen of the hearing today, Democratic Senators (including ones I don't even like) were pounding the shit out of administration officials.
if the media will not play those clips, it's up to make them go viral, show our friends & family, etc.
They did something.
Reward them.
if the media will not play those clips, it's up to make them go viral, show our friends & family, etc.
They did something.
Reward them.
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me waiting for the “but her emails” crowd to find their tongues
March 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
me waiting for the “but her emails” crowd to find their tongues
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Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
March 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today I lost an NIH grant training clinicians to do research about intimate partner violence with perinatal women.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
More women are murdered in the perinatal period than die of obstetric complications.
I didn't just lose a grant. We lost an entire cohort of people building careers to prevent that.
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👇👇👇👇
Martin O'Malley, former Social Security commissioner, says he believes the Trump administration has already taken 90% of the actions necessary to crater Social Security.
March 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
👇👇👇👇
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This is why DEI matters. Please repost & keep reposting.
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This is why DEI matters. Please repost & keep reposting.
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@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Sen. Schumer understands political strategy. And he is right that that type of resistance worked eight years ago. But it just seems that now is the time to break glass. It's not the time for politics as usual.
March 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
@chrislhayes.bsky.social: Sen. Schumer understands political strategy. And he is right that that type of resistance worked eight years ago. But it just seems that now is the time to break glass. It's not the time for politics as usual.
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RIP, Tesla.
BYD announces charging tech that’s twice as fast as Tesla’s
EV charging is now almost as fast as pumping gas.
www.theverge.com
March 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
RIP, Tesla.
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“They’re looking at how many things are being thrown at me, & it’s like, ‘maybe I just better duck & cover,’”
“That’s why you’ve got everybody just like, zip lip, not saying word because they’re afraid they’re going to be taken down. They’re going to be primaried"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
“That’s why you’ve got everybody just like, zip lip, not saying word because they’re afraid they’re going to be taken down. They’re going to be primaried"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Murkowski says her colleagues are ‘afraid’ of Trump and Musk: ‘I’m not going to compromise my own integrity’
“That's why you've got everybody just like, zip lip, not saying a word because they're afraid they're going to be taken down,” she said.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“They’re looking at how many things are being thrown at me, & it’s like, ‘maybe I just better duck & cover,’”
“That’s why you’ve got everybody just like, zip lip, not saying word because they’re afraid they’re going to be taken down. They’re going to be primaried"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
“That’s why you’ve got everybody just like, zip lip, not saying word because they’re afraid they’re going to be taken down. They’re going to be primaried"
www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
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On a daily basis, I marvel at how many people in putative positions of power are willing to help obliterate American democracy. The US has faced a series of very easy moral tests in the past decade and it’s staggering how often people in once-respected positions have failed.
March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On a daily basis, I marvel at how many people in putative positions of power are willing to help obliterate American democracy. The US has faced a series of very easy moral tests in the past decade and it’s staggering how often people in once-respected positions have failed.
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Worth noting that it was Chief Justice Roberts who named Judge Boasberg to head of the FISA Court.
It remains an open question whether the Trump administration cares about pissing off the Chief Justice, but if they do, this won’t help.
It remains an open question whether the Trump administration cares about pissing off the Chief Justice, but if they do, this won’t help.
This is one of the most remarkable passages I've ever seen in a DOJ brief: the world will end if we tell the former head of the FISA Court, in an ex parte classified setting, about flight details that Marco Rubio already disclosed in a tweet.
March 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Worth noting that it was Chief Justice Roberts who named Judge Boasberg to head of the FISA Court.
It remains an open question whether the Trump administration cares about pissing off the Chief Justice, but if they do, this won’t help.
It remains an open question whether the Trump administration cares about pissing off the Chief Justice, but if they do, this won’t help.
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“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”
Tesla Is Dying, And Polestar Wants To Kill It
The industry is exorcising Musk.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
“Polestar wants to deliver the final blow. … Polestar is offering anyone who owns or leases a Tesla $5,000 off a lease on a brand new Polestar 3. Combined with their latest $15,000 Polestar Clean Vehicle Incentive, any Tesla driver can buy a Polestar 3 for a whopping $20,000 off.”
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"It has nothing to do with the controversies surrounding owner Elon Musk and his chaotic attempts to dismantle much of the federal government. Instead, the site simply isn’t getting anywhere near the engagement levels it once did..."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/17/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/17/b...
Mass. PR firm recommends clients scale back or phase out use of X/Twitter - The Boston Globe
John Guilfoil Public Relations ran a national survey and found the social media site isn't getting anywhere near the engagement levels it once did.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"It has nothing to do with the controversies surrounding owner Elon Musk and his chaotic attempts to dismantle much of the federal government. Instead, the site simply isn’t getting anywhere near the engagement levels it once did..."
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/17/b...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/17/b...
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“Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it and doesn’t like it. It is not an abstraction like ‘democracy’ or ‘Constitution’ or ‘rule of law.’ It conveys that the government is being run for them, not for you.” search.app/B3oTfWts5TgJ...
One Word Describes Trump
A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world.
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March 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“Corruption is patrimonialism’s Achilles’ heel because the public understands it and doesn’t like it. It is not an abstraction like ‘democracy’ or ‘Constitution’ or ‘rule of law.’ It conveys that the government is being run for them, not for you.” search.app/B3oTfWts5TgJ...
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Don’t let the Orange Man rewrite history!
March 14, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Don’t let the Orange Man rewrite history!