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Political violence is bad. It usually begets more political violence. Celebrating political violence is bad. It usually encourages more political violence, against various targets. Campus shootings are bad. They make everyone on campus less safe. It's bad that what I wrote here is controversial.

I have a dream… That one day people will care about children the way they care about embryos.

The Toronto Blue Jays held a moment of silence prior to the start of tonight’s baseball game vs the Minnesota Twins. Canada is a good friend. 🇨🇦

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A DOGE kid gets beat up in DC and it’s DefCon1; hundreds of bullets into federal buildings with officer killed in Atlanta and it’s crickets; violent mob attacks Capitol wounding dozens of officers and it’s pardons for all.

Multiple times this year I’ve had coffee with fellow immigrants who grew up in corrupt third world countries and the shared sentiment has been that Americans don’t understand how bad things are going to get.

Baby Rhino is supervising and protecting his mother while she gets treatment… ❤️ The baby is so adorable…. 🥰 🦏

Countries that think U.S. democracy is functioning well are not generally ones where democracy is functioning well. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Yes, you did vote to deport moms. You just didn’t bother to pay attention to what Trump was saying every single day.

Justice David Souter —Appointed by GW Bush —voted in favor of affirmative action, gay marriage, separation of church/state and abortion rights. —Did the work, quiet, strong, empathetic…kind —enjoyed hiking and doing his own home repair A great role model for young men. RIP 🇺🇸

I miss him and his VP.

Can you say the same?! 🤚

Thank you Nurse Jackie!

CBC hiring new correspondents in (takes deep breath): -Banff -Red Deer -Lethbridge -Medicine Hat -Fort McMurray -Lloydminster -Hinton/Jasper Plus a slew of other cities outside Alberta. Apply. cbcrc.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/CBC_Radio-Ca...

#canada

Right now, millionaires and billionaires only pay into Social Security on their first $176,100 of wage income and not at all on unearned investment income. The rest of us pay in all year long. #ScrapTheCap

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SCOOP: In 2020 and 2021, Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's pick to head NIH, advised a South African group that claimed there was no Covid pandemic and pushed a conspiracy theory about efforts to combat Covid. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons.

All this talk about cutting Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security! The answer lies on the other side of the books: REVENUES - increase them by fairly taxing the wealthy.

The first video from the cockpit of an F-16 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force

Will one single member of the administration, at any level, resign after today? Will one single elected Republican criticize Trump?

"History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for."

Stand with Ukraine. 🇺🇦 #UNITED24

Trump "gold card" immigration idea is an even better deal for foreign oligarchs than it looks, because it comes with a huge tax loophole not available to US citizens or other immigrants. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/27/t...

Medicaid covers: - 21% of Americans nationally - 83 million low-income Americans - 4 in 10 children - 1 in 4 adults with disabilities - Nearly 50% of kids with special needs - 41% of births nationwide - 5 in 8 nursing home residents - 32% of people in Mike Johnson's home state

"Peatlands are important carbon stores, important habitat for many different species, but what sets them apart is their ability to capture carbon from the atmosphere & store it for thousands of years" - Lorna Harris, Dir. of our Forests, Peatlands & Climate Change Program, speaking with CTV News 🧵🌎

The flu epidemic in CA is killing more people than Covid. Wear a mask and stay out of crowded areas. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...

Front page of today’s NY Post

🌭 Share of adult’s diet with ultra-processed food consumption: 🇺🇸 USA: 58% 🇬🇧 UK: 57% 🇦🇺 Australia: 40% 🇿🇦 South Africa: 39% 🇲🇽 Mexico: 30% 🇯🇵 Japan: 28% 🇨🇱 Chile: 28% 🇧🇷 Brazil: 22% 🇰🇷 South Korea: 21% 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 18% 🇮🇹 Italy: 18% Source: British Medical Journal 2023

How the moon looks from different latitudes on Earth: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsi...

Glacier national park, Montana 📷 zrzhg #Photography #Landscape #lake