Apparently, our shutdown government has enough money to fly Kash Patel around to see his girlfriend, but not enough money to feed kids.

Billboards outside US Southern Command urge troops not to 'break the law’ in Caribbean strikes “Don’t let them make you break the law,” reads a billboard along the road to U.S. Southern Command, one of several set up by veterans.

Here's a brilliant billboard campaign to put important messages before the National Guard troops being deployed to US cities! Another illustration of doing what we can, where we can. A model for us all! taskandpurpose.com/news/vet-gro...

seems like—I know this sounds crazy, but let me just quickly throw it out there, on the remote chance there might be something to it—a pattern

America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home.

Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.

“Effective July 7, 2025, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the general public. Security officers will enforce these restrictions, and your cooperation is appreciated.”

👀 Spotted by @diking.bsky.social on the National Archives website:

“Effective July 7, the National Archives at College Park, MD, will become a restricted-access federal facility with access only for visitors with a legitimate business need. It will no longer be open to the public”

Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility, officials of Save the Children said.

"At least five children and three adults with cholera died as they went in search of treatment in South Sudan after aid cuts by the Trump administration shuttered local health clinics"

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/w...

A chart which is headlined “See How Government Spending is Up even as Musk Touts Savings”. The chart shows cumulative spending since the inauguration over the first 80 days. In summary, $154 billion more has been spent at this time in 2025 compared to 2024.

It is important to understand what a complete and unqualified failure Elon Musk and DOGE has been.

(📸 Wall Street Journal)

Musk's PAC offers $100 to Wisconsin voters in pitch against "activist judges" The move reflects how Musk is throwing his considerable wealth behind Trump's priorities — including an upcoming election in Wisconsin for a crucial seat on the state's Supreme Court.

Elon Musk is offering people in Wisconsin $100 if they sign a petition.

This is in the context of his efforts to swing the court to conservatives. www.axios.com/2025/03/21/e...

We win again! Our administrative stay DENIED by the 9th circuit

Scientists have just cured pancreatic cancer in some patients with personalized mRNA vaccines. Pancreatic cancer. And this Trump administration wants to throw it all away.

They’re throwing away a cure for cancer.

🚨Fellow Guardrails, mark your calendars!
Day of action on April 5 👇

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

🧵 Elon Musk is shredding the United States government. But that’s not enough for him. Now, he wants to buy Wisconsin’s state Supreme Court as well.

Help stop him: secure.actblue.com/donate/wisde...

Chaos and turmoil are whipping through America, spreading fear in Ohio and across the country • Ohio Capital Journal Under the current program of wild, mindless destruction, Ohio doctors, farmers, veterans, teachers, professors, students, working families, and children with disabilities, are all being terrorized by…

New Editor Commentary: Under the current program of wild, mindless destruction, Ohio doctors, farmers, veterans, teachers, professors, students, working families, and children with disabilities, are all being terrorized by the Musk, Trump, Vance regime.

Federal Register hold makes ‘end run’ around court pause on NIH funding freeze NIH-related updates to the Federal Register, which are required for the scheduling of study sections and advisory councils, are on hold indefinitely, according to an email reviewed by <i>The Transmitt...

www.thetransmitter.org/funding/fede...

This is also why I don’t think journalists should allow people to use “woke” without forcing them to provide a specific explanation of what is meant. Too much focus on racial justice? Too much focus on LGBTQ tolerance? Make them say it. Because to be blaming marginalized folks for what’s happening…

She was the first transgender woman to testify before Congress. Then conservatives began attacking her identity | CNN Frances Thompson’s testimony in 1866 came at a critical time, as the nation weighed whether to expand equal constitutional protections to newly freed Black Americans. But it also came at a great perso...

A Black transgender woman's testimony helped ratify the 14th Amendment. Then her identity was attacked. Some see parallels to today's climate.

Schools across the country received a racist threat letter from the Trump Administration on Friday effectively stating that schools that receive taxpayer dollars cannot address the stark racial inequalities in education by any means. #THREAD ed.gov/media/document…

Dismissed Nuclear Bomb Specialists Recalled by Energy Department The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter.

New: The Energy Department is seeking to bring back nuclear energy specialists after abruptly telling hundreds of workers that their jobs were eliminated, according to two people familiar with the matter

Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.

Shows how dangerous the little Musk-rats can be on their mission of thoughtless destruction. All this, to save money to give more tax breaks to Musk and his billionaire buddies, who already pay shamefully low taxes considering their vast wealth. www.cnn.com/2025/02/14/c...

Vance meets with leader of Germany's far-right AfD, attacks Europe over free speech and democracy US Vice President JD Vance on Friday met with Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, his office said. News of the meet...

This is the second time that someone from the Trump administration has met with the AFD party.

Vance’s speech is very gaslight-y, questioning Germany as a democracy.

He is clearly setting the stage for something!

www.france24.com/en/europe/20...

The ABA supports the rule of law It has been three weeks since Inauguration Day. Most Americans recognize that newly elected leaders bring change. That is expected. But most Americans also expect that changes will take place in accor...

“These stories should concern all Americans because they are our family members, neighbors and friends. No American can be proud of a government that carries out change in this way.”

The American Bar Association speaks out. Please read and share.
www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...

Some enterprising reporter might ask Secretary Rubio why he hired this 19-year-old Musk protege for a State Department position, what that position is, and what job qualifications he has to fill that slot.

Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM because its holiday list wasn’t ‘sustainable’ Some users are angry that some events have been removed.

They didn't have to do this www.theverge.com/news/608858/...

In Pennsylvania-

NIH FUNDING:
2.23B

JOBS SUPPORTED:
21,784

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
5.23Billion

Opinion | Settlements With Trump Are Weakening Press Freedoms Media institutions and technology companies are offering obscene sums of money to settle feeble or frivolous lawsuits.

Each legal settlement between media companies and Donald Trump “weakens the democratic freedoms on which these media organizations depend,” writes Jameel Jaffer, the executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute. “They also damage the media institutions’ prestige and credibility.”

Trump Is Testing Our Constitutional System. It’s Doing Fine. The president’s flurry of illegal actions have been stopped by the courts. That’s how it is supposed to work.

It's hard to believe that anyone published this excrement; like I noted earlier, it's gonna age so poorly

www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is an excellent summary of our situation, which is quite bad.

It’s not just that they’re breaking laws. They’re breaking laws that are centrally important to our constitutional order and are constitutive of its identity. They are targeting the best parts of what democracy has built here.