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Ken Paxton’s records do not show a business purpose for travel to Albania, Aruba, Australia, Costa Rica, the Czech Republic, the Dominican Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Mexico, Poland, South Africa or Taiwan. with @texastribune.org

The US Preventive Services Task Force is part of my doctor bible. But evidence-based and not swayed by lobbyists. There is NO good reason to not let the primary care experts do their (free) work to keep us all healthy. www.medpagetoday.com/washington-w...

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Take a listen to this man.

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Gowdy: let me get Jimmy Neutron meets Conehead Barber: I got you, fam.

In a country so deeply divided, isn't it nice to have something we can ALL agree on? #ReleaseTheFiles-BeginTheTrials ⚖️

President Donald Trump, who has spread falsehoods about voting by mail as he seeks to reduce it, cast such a ballot himself in the most recent Florida primary. (via @politifact.bsky.social) https://to.pbs.org/4ihkfId

Drowning is a leading cause of death for U.S. kids under 5. It can happen silently and in seconds. Assign a water watcher to keep eyes on kids in/near water at all times. Make sure the water watcher has no distractions.

It took him only 20 months to ruin the American economy (surprise! our economy is NOT Wall St!). Last issue before Biden left office ⬇️

My mom would have had to update her voter registration and prove her citizenship 8 times under the SAVE Act, counting all her moves and name changes. That's just one tiny part of Trump's project to make govt exhausting, punitive and (for him) profitable. My latest www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...

Government lawyers said in a 20-page court filing that information provided since the indictment of David Hearn shows that the damage was the result of a “flawed installation by the contractor.”

Two collaborations, one Ukrainian tradition connecting them. Meet our newest collection inspired by Kyiv’s embroidery: store.kyivindependent.com/collections/...

From Breakingviews - Breakingviews - Galbraith’s bezzle lurks beneath the AI frenzy reut.rs/3SAfONQ

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Why isn’t Forbes talking about how Ronald Reagan tapped Social Security funds to help finance tax cuts for the rich after rolling back Franklin D. Roosevelt’s marginal tax rates? Or how George W. Bush drew from that same fund to finance two illegal wars and never restored the money?

Does your city have Open Streets?

Dozens of American veterans and military family members were detained after they started protesting the Iran war inside a congressional office building in Washington D.C.

We’ve attempted to translate 22 points from Alex Karp’s alien words into something more reasonable, like human words from someone who might play him in the biopic.

Writing on money becomes illegal only when you: - Destroy the bill so it can’t circulate. - Cover essential details like serial numbers, seals, or the legal tender clause. - Use the bill for ads or branding (hello, USC 475). But adding a quick note?Totally fine. usfirstexchange.com/is-it-illega...

I ask google where routers are made Only one (Starlink) in the USA One other company is US based but the routers are imported. Only Starlink is US made. MUSK again. Rozzin Frozzin Frigging Felons.

Data centres are undermining renewable energy gains—and even reviving previously mothballed fossil fuel sites. Tim Smedley asks: are we really going to fry the world for AI slop?

you probably also know how important it is for everyone to get involved and as only overwhelming action will make this stop.. why not call in sick.. of fascism - join the action near you & bring everyone you can!

More environmental damage incoming:

@rikiwilchins.bsky.social 2026 Mar 11 Advocate While complaining about the costs associated with trans servicemembers transitioning, study shows Pentagon under free-spending SecDef Hegseth spends more on lobster in 1 month than it does on trans servicemembers in 1 year.

naturerecord.org/chapters/ove... The link to the draft report

The federal government said the state should do more to fight fraud and is holding back funds. Minnesota officials say the attack is unfair as the state's fraud rate is well below national averages. n.pr/46B98n2

Peaceful protesters walking to the Whipple Building terrorized by #ICE

Shady JD Vance in 2024: " Our interest, I think, very much is in not going to war with Iran.  It would be a huge distraction of resources. It would be massively expensive to our country." (H/T Home of the Brave)

The creator of Nearby Glasses made the app after reading 404 Media's coverage of how people are using Meta's Ray-Bans smartglasses to film people without their knowledge or consent. How it works: www.404media.co/this-app-war...

Well played.

pretty stunning chart

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Gee, who could have seen this coming?

Some call it the ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ a vast expanse of Antarctic ice roughly the size of Florida. As temperatures rise, the Thwaites Glacier is melting fast and threatens to raise global sea levels. https://to.pbs.org/4q20O7v

"Disqualify people from voting, stop people from voting, stop votes from being counted, and overturn the result. Those are the four broad areas." www.liberalcurrents.com/editors-note...

Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold. In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.