Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died. https://to.pbs.org/47ug2uu
A budget is a moral document.
Oregon state Democratic lawmakers approved a measure on Thursday that would prevent federal immigration officers from wearing masks. The measure is a response to the Trump administration’s nationwide deportation efforts.
Michael de Adder, The Contrarian
Good speech. Most US press got bamboozled by Bill Barr's scheme. Trump's collusion with Russia was always real, continues to be. www.youtube.com/live/ylvTFvJ...
(Oregon's Secretary of State)
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It seems like any Democrat intending to fund more missiles for Hegseth to play with should at least get some answers from the Pentagon first about the bombing of the girls elementary school.
Unless you want to be responsible for financing the next one without any due diligence.
A Reductress post features a photo of Kristi Noem with the headline, “Kristi Noem Put Down for Being Too Hard to Train”
Screaming
Henry huggin' the wall.
The world's largest acidic geyser (Yellowstone) started erupting after 5 years of dormancy, a magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit Louisiana of all places, a M6.4 earthquake hit Alaska, and TWO DOOMSDAY FISH washed ashore Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on the same day as the Saturn-Neptune Conjunction in Pisces.
Here’s Brian McGinnis’ last Instagram video from before the protest
Shameless ✅️
He voted against the 2024 bipartisan border bill after being a border hawk
Punchbowl News reported that a closed-door meeting of Republican Senators, led by Daines torpedoed the immigration deal because it would “kneecap GOP candidates in races.”
dailymontanan.com/2024/02/29/d....
Thou shalt arrest Kristi Noem and put her in a detention center indefinitely so she can “await processing.”
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Ai image of a black cat with a faraway look on his face, in his litter box, using a tiny lawn mower to spray the litter everywhere. Title reads: my cat using the litter box.
Philip Pilkington: Jet fuel has doubled in price. I’m guessing this burst of inflation is going to be worse than what we saw in 2022
UPDATE: Organizers say "5,000–10,000+" expected. Speakers include Seattle City Attorney Erika Evans and Seattle Councilwoman Alexis Mercedes Rinck
Total Lunar Eclipse over Tsé Bit'a'í in the Dinétah, NM: Earlier this week, Earth’s shadow swept across the full Moon in the year’s only total lunar eclipse. This stunning sequence combines images showing the Moon’s path across the night sky.
This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale 🐋 population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...
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An old coal mine sitting under Bellingham's Birchwood neighborhood could heat and cool Bellingham Technical College's buildings, if a proposed pilot project progresses.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
AOC: “That’s one reason he must be removed from office - if the Epstein files have such a hold on Trump & this admin that they are willing to plunge us & risk world war in order to save themselves politically - that is the definition of someone who cant make objective decisions for the American ppl”
Reuters photographer Kylie Cooper captures the day's photo
Dig it!
Republicans are using kids as a smokescreen for what Big Tech lobbyists want: a national surveillance program to harvest our data with zero protections for people and their privacy.
We must fight this dangerous expansion of surveillance technology.
Hate to break it to you guys, but Kristi Noem was not *fired.*
Instead, they “transferred” her a “special new role” as “special envoy for The Shield of the Americas,” which is totally a “real position” with “important responsibilities.”
It’s 100% not a made up nepo baby job 😉
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