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DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate — and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

Seems troubling.

More troubling would be the idea that the Administration might have bombed Iran without expecting this.

RIP to Jesse Jackson. His funeral is today. I wanted to share this clip from his appearance on Sesame Street in 1971. His important words ring just as true today as they did back then.

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Reuters Exclusive

"U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school."

"The strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East."

The United States had a deal that could have prevented Iran from getting a nuclear weapon.

Donald Trump ripped that deal up and got nothing in return.

Statement from Jasmine Crockett.

seems reasonable

Gil Scott-Heron - B-Movie (Live at the Wax Museum Nightclub, 1982) YouTube video by DJ 3lectrical

#GilScott-Heron called out Ronald Ray-gun in 1981 on #”B”Movie and it’s a straight line to Donald Fel-un today…

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So far the war in Iran has cost an estimated $5.5 billion.

That's roughly $1 billion per day.

$41,666,667 per hour.

$11,574 per second.

People do not want this.

They want a living wage. They want healthcare. They want to be able to afford a home. They want their basic needs met.

ICE taking steps to close detention center at Fort Bliss, document shows Preparations to shutter Camp East Montana in El Paso come less than eight months after facility’s opening, according to an internal ICE document.

This ICE detention center is the largest in the country and has become notorious for rampant physical abuse, medical neglect, and death.

We won't let up the pressure until it's shut down for good.

So is F47 keeping this gold-framed photo of Putin up in the Oval Office you gotta wonder…

Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

Like clockwork.

“FIGHT BACK” - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...The premise of this theatrical experiment is simple: It’s the March 13, 1989 meeting of ACT UP New York, the passionate group ta

It's not just a play-- it's a chance to re-live a vital day and turning point when ACT UP took on AIDS-- Click the link to read the preview in the New York Edition of Picture This Post--

#ActUp #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #LGBTQA #GayPride #AIDS

NYC Fringe Presents Real Men Wear Scarves in Pittsburgh - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...It’s not easy growing up gay in the Iron City under an iron fist. A young man's revenge fantasy, inspired by an out-of-body expe

A pained father and gay son story-- Click the link to read the preview in the roundup of the NYC Fringe Festival--

@frigidnewyork.bsky.social #NYCFringe #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #LGBTQA

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Why the Epstein Investigations Took So Long and Did So Little

A good summary of the Epstein case and his co-conspirators evaded prosecution--- especially when combined with the Netflix 4 part series about Epstein-Filthy Rich

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. e

The Rot Is Real And There Is More To It The Atlantic Piece Just Scratched The Surface

The Rot Is Real And There Is More To It
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Renewable Energy and National Security The wind and the sun don’t need to transit the Strait of Hormuz

Renewable Energy and National Security
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Are Democrats About to Pull Nearly $250 Billion in Public Money from the Companies Dismantling Democracy? Somewhere in your state’s pension fund, right now, there are shares in a company called Palantir Technologies.

Are Democrats About to Pull Nearly $250 Billion in Public Money from the Companies Dismantling Democracy?

ProPublica Reveals Trump Allies’ "National Emergency" Plot to Seize 2026 Midterms New reporting exposes a closed-door meeting where Trump allies and election deniers plotted a “national emergency” plan to influence the 2026 midterms.

ProPublica Reveals Trump Allies’ "National Emergency" Plot to Seize 2026 Midterms

(Couple this with reports on how the cybersecurity ranks of the US government --among other crucial counter-terrorism roles-- have been drastically thinned out.)

Frick Collection Presents "Ruffles & Ribbons" - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...twenty-four hand-colored engravings, known as fashion plates, depicting French dress in the late eighteenth century… prints f

The Frick has the largest collection of "fashion plates" of this type-- a peek into the how our use of this expression came to be-- Click the link to read the exhibit preview in the museum section of Picture This Post

@frickcollection.bsky.social #NYCArt #fashion #NYCMuseum #PictureThisPostMuseums

Moskowitz: "Let me congratulate the former Homeland Security Secretary on her appointment to be the Shield of Americas, which I'm pretty sure the president came up with when he watched the last Avengers movie"

Manhattan Theater Club Presents "THE BALUSTERS" - Preview A spokesperson says--- “... The Balusters is a raucous, wild ride through a small community with big feelings. The Vernon Point Neighborhood Association is a

When neighbors go to war--- familiar territory or anyone who belongs to a church, club, etc. Click the link to the theater section of Picture This Post to see a preview of this play--

#ManhattanTheaterClub #NYCTheater #PictureThisPostTheater #DavidLindsay-Abaire #KennyLeon #NewYorkNOW

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Passage from Carl Sagan’s A demon-haunted world book.

Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.

Peabody Essex Museum Presents BEYOND THE BROOM: SALEM SHORT FILMS - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...exhibition featuring more than 60 short documentaries by local filmmakers that illuminate the people, places and traditions that d

A film festival that sets out to show how Salem is way more than witches-- Click the link to read the preview in the Museum section of Picture This Post-

#PeabodyEssexMuseum #BostonMuseum #Bostonfilm #PictureThisPostFilm #PictureThisPostMuseum #Salem #BeyondtheBroom

JOE TURNER’S COME AND GONE on Broadway - Preview A spokesperson says--- “...Set in 1911, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone unfolds in a Pittsburgh boarding house run by the steadfast Seth and warm-hearted Bertha

The second in August Wilson's American Century Cycle-- with superb cast. IMO-- in itself a reason to visit NY and Broadway--Click the link to read the preview in the New YorkNOW roundup on Picture This Post-

#NYCTheater #Broadway #AugustWilson #DebbieAllen #PictureThisPostTheater #SethHolly