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On Facebook today, see that posts re No Kings events are all hit with lots of nasty bot/MAGA replies. Looks like a strategy to discourage followers & enthusiasm following could build.

"select" post offices...hmmm...

This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.

Today's cartoon by Nick Anderson:

"If Trump is taking America down, if he is going to bury this country, all the good in it and all its prosperity and potential, then he wants his most adoring and loyal retainers with him. He wants his cult locked inside." Good from @aselrod.bsky.social on MAGA as death cult:

yeeeeeesh prospect.org/2026/08/11/o...

@wamu.org What’s up tonight? Why the rerun of All Things Considered? What happened to Hot Jazz Saturday Night? People need a break from the news.

How ideas of a vast censorship network moved from the online fringe to Trump policy www.technologyreview.com/2026/08/07/1...

The perception of corruption surrounding everything this administration does is staggering. A 26-person law firm with no immigration experience just got a $150 million no-bid contract from HHS to represent migrant kids facing deportation — and surprise surprise, the firm is close to Trump.

This was a terrific interview. Everyone should listen to it.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement could be planning a $400 million detention facility in Hammond, La., with a construction start date of Sept. 1, according to a project entry in ConstructConnect, a subscription database that construction companies use to find and bid on upcoming work.

Last year, Trump and DOGE gutted funding for thousands of USAID programs, including monitoring and containing New World screwworm in Central America. Now, the parasite has moved north and infected American livestock. "Efficiency."

The personalization continues apace www.liberalcurrents.com/americas-pat...

This was a hard story to report. Newborns who don’t get a vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop a condition where they bleed uncontrollably. But more and more families are declining the shot. And babies are dying. www.propublica.org/article/more...

We live in a world where Trump can post this, but James Comey apparently gets indicted for laying out some seashells saying 8647 and then apologizing and deleting the image.

NEW: A rule change pushed by White House officials would slash benefits or end support for as many as 400,000 Supplemental Security Income recipients with Down syndrome, dementia and other disabilities whose parents or relatives receive SNAP benefits.

The list of 2025's most challenged books was release this morning as part of ALA's State of America's Libraries Report. Of the 4,235 unique titles that were challenged or banned in 2025, these were the top 11 most frequently targeted for censorship: https://bit.ly/3TE4cHi #NationalLibraryWeek

I've seen respected columnists using AI to add cartoons to their posts. Please stop- first of all, it's garbage. Secondly, most editorial cartoonists would be happy if you included their work with your posts. Just ask them for permission.

There are community cleanups every day of spring break (through April 19) as part of #SpringCleanUpWeek. 🧤✨ Each includes good company, food & community, plus a chance to learn how we catalog litter to support prevention efforts. Join us! Details + RSVP: www.springcleanupweek.com.

The Postal Service seems to be in real trouble. It's not a good sign that with so much chaos coming from the White House, an institution so important to so many Americans is almost forgotten. www.businessinsider.com/usps-suspend...

Would be wonderful if press at Trump’s press conference today asked question about this. But, alas, is unlikely.

This is an excellent & timely episode. Check it out.

Trump moves on his plan to make birth control progressively more inaccessible. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

@samdelgado.bsky.social While you’re checking in on NPS activities re DC neighborhood parks NPS manages, can you find out about Bryce Park in NW? NPS has recently removed all the benches. Are they being replaced?

At the height of ICE operations in Minnesota, reporters descended on the Twin Cities. I wanted to know what was happening in the small farming & meatpacking towns in the rest of the state. So we sent @emmarjanssen.bsky.social there, & she produced this stunning report. prospect.org/2026/03/30/a...

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." -Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1953

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Regulations are what keeps ordinary Americans healthy and, often, alive. It took spoiled meat and rodent droppings out of our food. It took harmful lead out of our gasoline and paint. It took poison out of our water. Deregulation only achieves one goal: making rich corporations richer.

@mcbath.house.gov Listening to hearing wi Bondi. Great job! Thank you.

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

I just published: 10 Simple Questions for Congress to Ask Immigration Officials - Overstaying a visa is not a crime (that's nearly 50% of all undocumented migrants) - Unlawful entry (18 usc 1325) is only a misdemeanor. For vast majority of those, the statute of limitations expired long ago - more

It’s still dark out. But a bobcat is plowing our alley. By moonlight.

The best part of Super Bowl Sunday.

"Every Minnesotan who is upset about the armed goons murdering their neighbors and terrorizing their communities is a paid agent of George Soros who should be imprisoned, and that's my plan for getting Minnesotans to choose me as their next senator."

@wamu.org Can’t find “Left-Right-Center” on Substack to say this. But this such a pathetic episode. Makes me regret having donated to WAMU.

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.

This child is still in a detention center.

God, I fucking love Bruce Springsteen. "Streets of Minneapolis", just released: m.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...

Listening to Marco Rubio testimony. This man sounds like he couldn’t order a Big Mac & fries without getting angry at the server. Talking a mile a minute & interrupting constantly while doing it. Poor guy. Maybe having three full time jobs is getting to him.

This is a *very* good explainer for those unfamiliar with the intricacies of federal law enforcement