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Trump’s killing of 11 alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers sets a dangerous precedent | Kenneth Roth

Alsobrooks: "What Democrats need to continue to urge is that this is not at all what we were promised. We weren't promised that our health system would be dismantled. We weren't promised we would become not only sicker but poorer as we watch healthcare premiums that will be increasing very soon."

@hcrichardson.bsky.social Good morning Dorchester!

Shocking finding: a new global study finds women remain almost invisible in the world’s news. "Women appear in just 26% of media. Women make up half of the global population, yet just a quarter of those who are seen or heard in the news." This statistic has barely changed in the last 15 years.

If someone doesn’t ask Karoline Leavitt why she posted on social media that this bill includes no taxes on Social Security when she knows it is a lie and she intentionally lied to the American people, everyone in the room should lose their jobs.

The Qatar bribe is *initially* going to the Department of Defense so Donald can avoid paying for jet fuel, pilots, and maintenance. It is *then* going to his "Library" so Donald can can continue avoiding personally paying such costs--and avoid paying taxes. The entire scheme is a scam.

“This will be disastrous to communities,” says a professor. “And the thing that’s really unfortunate is we won’t feel it until after disaster hits.” - via @grist.org truthout.org/articles/dog...

President Deranged Loser spent the weekend throwing tantrums about tariffs, threatening the Supreme Court, and attacking ABC for telling the truth about his new bribe jet. Verily, he never stops crying like a wee baby.

If we were still a democracy the GOP would not be proceeding with a budget that will hurt virtually every American except a handful of the richest and most powerful. But they don’t work for the voters. They work for their donors.

They found no fraud—just a new way to screw over retirees at Silicon Valley speed.

There’s a reason that the very day the GOP was introducing a bill that would *ban states from making laws related to AI* the AI execs themselves were in Saudi Arabia with Trump, minting billion dollar deals. AI has become an oligarchic project — and democracy an impediment.

As the U.S. seeks a 30-day ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow, Ukrainians interviewed by MT described feelings of confusion and anxiety for what comes next.

A Quinnipiac poll found that only 32% of voters would blame Democrats in Congress for a gov't shutdown, versus 53% who would blame Trump/Republicans in Congress.

“I’m not going back again, not during this government,” said one returning migrant. “We all live in constant fear of deportation. At least here I feel free.”

Donald Trump’s trade war stokes fear, frustration as layoffs begin in Canada’s steel industry Union leaders, industry groups, executives and analysts say the damage from the trade war is already taking its toll, and could get substantially worse.

"How does it feel right now? Terrifying," a trans athlete tells @edgeofsports.bsky.social in his second forum on trans sports during the Trump era.

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson tells Trump to “bring back our history" after women are removed from a list of graves at Arlington National Cemetery.

A landmark ruling on transgender rights in Poland! The country’s Supreme Court has issued a ruling that eliminates the requirement for trans people to involve their parents in gender recognition proceedings.

‘Ruined this place’: chorus of boos against JD Vance at Washington concert

Newsmax agrees to pay $40m to settle defamation suit over false election claims

White House clarifies Witkoff, not Trump, spoke to Putin as Ukraine denies US president’s claim its troops are encircled in Kursk – live

The Democrats could have leveraged their position, writes @joanwalsh.bsky.social. But instead, Schumer has agreed to go along with the Republican’s funding bill to avert a government shutdown.

If Successful, I Would Call It a Coup: A Retired Judge's Warning About Elon Musk's Abuse of Power

From @stateline.org: In 1999, Connecticut became the first state in the country to pass a red flag law, which allows family members, law enforcement and sometimes health care workers, friends and co-workers to file what is often called an extreme risk protection order.

After initial steps like renaming DEI offices and scrubbing website language, universities now are making deeper changes in response to President Trump’s policies

The findings, published in the Journal of Health Psychology, indicated that people who had slept poorly over the past month were more likely to endorse outlandish ideas, particularly after exposure to conspiracies

"Our next generation of researchers are now poised on the edge of this cliff, not knowing if there's going to be a bridge that's going to get them to the other side, or if this is it."

💭 "But what if the problem is not just in transphobia itself - but also in adultism?" https://www.wearequeeraf.com/alongside-transphobia-is-the-broader-issue-of-adultism-making-things-worse/

Vance was booed as he took his seat at a National Symphony Orchestra concert.

Aid workers warn ‘people are dying and they’re going to continue dying’ as funding cuts hit

Uncertainty is Donald Trump’s brand. But what if he already told us exactly what he’s going to do? @sbg1.bsky.social writes about how it may be time for America—and the rest of the world—to come to terms with the idea that Trump might really mean what he says.

In 54 days Trump has gone from... Promising a new “golden age” to arguing recession is “worth it.” Promising “day one” egg-price decreases to telling people to “shut up” and keep backyard poultry. Demonizing electric cars to advertising them on the White House lawn.

A Helsinki court has sentenced Russian neo-Nazi and former paramilitary commander Yan Petrovsky (aka Voislav Torden) to life in prison on four counts of war crimes committed in eastern Ukraine.

Elon Musk’s Tesla has warned that Donald Trump’s trade war could expose the electric carmaker to retaliatory tariffs that would also affect other automotive manufacturers in the US.

Purger-in-Chief Elon Musk’s entitlement math makes it clear that millions of older Americans—many of them red state Republicans—will lose the vital benefits they rely on.

Open Road Renewables engaged with locals as it looked to develop a dual-use sheep grazing and solar project in central Ohio. A clear majority submitted comments in favor. Then a state agency brought a death blow. Ohio has lost 5 solar projects in 15 months

Job losses spiked a whopping 245% in February. This is higher than any month since July 2020 (the middle of pandemic) and the highest in any February since the Great Recession of 2009.

"We must continue to support and invest in state-based organizations working on the ground, because they know how to win in tough political climates. And, we need to ensure that we protect direct democracy and access to the ballot measure process."

America’s national parks saw more than 331 million visits last year, a record. But the Trump administration does not want to call attention to those numbers amid mass firings of rangers and other employees.

The US has pardoned insurrectionists twice before – and both times, years of violent racism followed

Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a two-fold challenge to Vladimir Putin ahead of upcoming peace talks in Saudi Arabia next week.