We're beyond thrilled to be a recipient of an America250 grant from the Kentucky Historical Society and America250 Kentucky. We'll be putting it to good use launching the Kentucky Genealogy Trail in 2026 (it's like the Bourbon Trail, but for family historians). #genealogy Congrats to the recipients!
Trump is levying more taxes on US consumers than any president in US history. And he has built a massive propaganda machine to explain to people that he's not dong what he's actually doing. www.ft.com/content/50f8...
Child must carry the fetus to term, while the sexual assaulter gets probation and a slap on the wrist.
As usual, the man commits the crime, and the young girl pays the price.
#DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks #RepublicansAreDestroyingAmerica
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Senate Bill 181 was designed to prevent sexual abuse but has had unintended consequences for sports and other school activities.
BREAKING: Acting Director of FEMA refuses to say that FEMA will continue to exist.
In a Congressional hearing Trump's acting FEMA head David Richardson would not directly answer when asked if FEMA will be eliminated or continue to carry out its required functions under the law.
Twenty states filed a lawsuit Monday challenging new Trump administration rules that bar undocumented immigrants from a host of federal programs, including Head Start and career and technical education offerings.
EXCLUSIVE: DeSantis diverted disaster prep resources during hurricane season in the rush to build the "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp
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Ever since the former commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics was dismissed by the Trump administration in February, I wanted to hear her story. Peggy Carr was among a string of Black senior officials fired in early 2025. (1/3)
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.
When experts warned for months that the NWS “is being destroyed” by Trump’s personnel cuts, Howard Lutnick assured Congress that forecasting won’t be affected. Now TX officials are blaming a faulty forecast by NWS for the deadly impact of a storm. open.substack.com/pub/meidasto...
If you don’t think this moment of symbolism is 100% deliberate, you haven’t been paying attention.
The Speaker surrendering his gavel is purposeful, self-subjugation to the “King”. Congress betraying its role & yielding its power.
All on #July4th too.
When WIRED then asked 21 of the US's largest health insurance groups whether they would stop providing cost-free coverage of current routine immunizations in the event ACIP stops recommending them, only Blue Shield of California—a company in the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association—confirmed it would.
The Trump administration declined to release nearly $7 billion in school funding that helps pay for after-school programs and other services. https://trib.al/CIBxpaX
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board could stop recommending some routine childhood immunizations, leaving insurers to decide whether to still cover them. For now, most are remaining tight-lipped. www.wired.com/story/insure...
Jeffries: "All we need are 4 Republicans to join us in support of their constituents, to have John McCain-level courage, and stand up in defense of the healthcare of the American people. What type of party would bring a bill to the House floor that rips away Medicaid from those in need?"
5/ The bill cuts the help middle income Americans get to buy health care on the Affordable Care Act exchange.
A 60 year old couple making $85,000 (not a king's ransom) would see a $26,000 increase in health care premiums. Yes, that's right - $26,000.
So, here it is. Thanks to a new state law that was NEVER DEBATED, Indiana University has committed itself to abolishing majors in African-American/African Diaspora Studies: American Studies; Art History; French; Italian; Religious Studies etc. DOZENS of majors. www.ipm.org/news-section...
75-year old Cuban man in the US for SIX DECADES dies in ICE custody. Convicted in the 1980s for 2 counts of federal possession of controlled substances.
Acting ICE Director, Tom Homan, in response says, “I mean, people die in ICE custody.”
Stunning how media has turned passage of the Abominable Bill into a will they-or-won't they romcom with a July 4th deadline for Cinderella to kiss the prince, rather than a situation in which multiple members of Congress say they're terrified they or their families will be killed if they cross Trump
Every cut that the government makes to social services is effectively a tax on women. Because they're the ones who will be expected to fill in the gaps.
A bar graph. On the left side is a bar showing that Republicans are cutting $930 billion from Medicaid. On the right side is a bar showing that Republicans are giving $910 billion in tax breaks to corporations under their budget bill, paid for by gutting Medicaid.
Republicans may lie about what's in their budget bill but the numbers sure don't.
DESANTIS: “You’ll have an ability for food. You’ll have an ability to consult legal rights - if you have that.”
History has seen this darkness before. But this is the first time it has been broadcast live.
A breakthrough preventive drug that offers total protection from HIV was to be rolled out across parts of Africa this year. But the Trump administration’s foreign aid cuts derailed those plans.
“Miller owns between $100,000 and $250,000 worth of stock in Palantir, Peter Thiel’s data and intelligence software company that has a several lucrative contracts with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement”
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Update on Ernesto, an 18-year-old in Bowling Green, KY who was taken by ICE: “The Department of Homeland Security has blocked the release of Ernesto Manuel-Andres, despite a federal immigration judge ordering that he be released on bond, according to the nonprofit working with him.”
🚨NEW: Erez Reuveni, the DOJ lawyer fired for his honesty in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, sends Congress a whistleblower letter detailing lawlessness at the DOJ around the CECOT deportations.
He says Emil Bove told the DOJ to respond to likely court orders blocking flights with "fuck you."
