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We’ve been saying from the start that the contractor was the problem. This is exactly why no-bid contracts are a bad idea. When there’s no real competition or oversight, taxpayers are often the ones left paying for the mistakes.

It has to be embarrassing to be MAGA after spending weeks blaming “vandals” for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool damage, only for the Trump administration to admit in court that it was caused by a “flawed installation” by the contractor.

Links: www.reuters.com/legal/govern... www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi... earthjustice.org/press/2026/t...

What’s really happening here, though, is that the federal government is stepping in to help a political supporter who has donated enormous sums of money to MAGA candidates and Republican causes. Elon Musk’s political contributions now exceed $350 million.

We all deserve the right to live our lives without politicians getting in the way. We're fighting for that this Pride Month and every other month of the year. 📸 Jordana Bermúdez

Gladstone: You may think, “How did we get here?” For the First Peoples of this land, unfortunately, this has been ongoing since the birth of this country as we know it today. So perhaps the question then is not, “How did we get here?” It’s, “How are we still here?”

My problem with the White House thunderdome isn’t that it’s “vulgar,” or “tacky,” qualities I often enjoy & terms which are often crudely classist when used pejoratively. My problem, as always, is the fascism. Don’t get distracted by taste, which is deeply subjective; it’s the fascism.

Promises made. None of them kept. Surprised?

Fonda: In the face of what’s happening, we need our industry to be unified, activated, and unwilling to engage in anticipatory obedience. We stand together in defense of our right to free expression. If they come for one of us, by God, they come for all of us.

You can tell a lot about a person by whether or not they think Elon Musk works for a living.

These are fighters rehearsing walkouts for tomorrow (UFC) They’re exiting Blue Room — space to receive foreign leaders since Madison admin. They exit to South Portico balcony that hosted FDR’s 1945 WWII Address, Carter's 1979 solar panel energy dedication, speeches for Pope Benedict XVI & Francis.

Climate advocates and Massachusetts officials blasted the climate plans put forward by the state's five gas utilities. The Department of Energy Resources called the plans "inactionable and unenforceable."

The GOP’s priorities are insanely off. Sen. Kim is right: Spread the word. Then let's kick these feckless cowards out of office.

Come on NYT

but a sitting president’s signature? Never until now. This is straight-up vanity politics the same administration putting Trump’s name on buildings, warships, and government programs is now literally printing his signature on your dollars. The bills don’t change. Just whose ego is stamped on them.

If Trump believes he has the power to pay TSA now, it means he believes he's had this power from the start of the shutdown. It's an admission he could have tried this from day 1, but chose not to because he hoped making travelers suffer would pressure Dems to cave and fund Border Patrol and ICE.

Every I.C.E. victim in these clips is a U.S. citizen. These are the Kavanaugh Stops™️ that that human frat paddle assured us would last only momentarily and cause only minor, if any, inconvenience. All lies. Rule of Law is dead and buried. There is no coming back from this. Sorry, folks.

Wow, turns out vaccines during pregnancy are... safe and effective, even protecting babies! Incredible! Truly shocking! It's almost like science works?!💉🛡️👶 This admin keeps peddling COVID-19 antivax nonsense, but science prevails.💪 Science: 2,978,547 🧠🪱: -785

We’ve been running into people who had no idea what’s happening this Saturday which, honestly, caught us off guard. So please tell everyone you know.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ ✊

We love seeing Our Whole Lives (OWL) making a difference! The Guardian highlighted how Wendy Pfrenger helped bring OWL to the UU Congregation of Oxford in Mississippi so local youth could access inclusive, accurate sex education: https://bit.ly/4s1JGj1 More about OWL: https://bit.ly/3NkVv4J #UU

This is our country. Donald Trump doesn't own America. He doesn't own the White House. Everything he does relies on our money. We depend on Congress to represent our interests. They are failing us by allowing him to exploit our money for his personal interests. He & his party of sycophants must go.

YES OR NO: Would you vote to authorize further arms funding for Israel?

Local Mojo, Kat for Illinois, and Allianza are teaming up to ICE a benefit concert supporting immigrants, asylum seekers, and refugees right here in Chicago. ALL proceeds go to the National Immigrant Justice Center. Live music by Inertia, The Mee-ow Band, and DJ Fat Dog Slim.

Shah Alam, 56, did not speak English. He was lost. He could not see. Border Patrol didn't contact his family or lawyer. They left him on the streets of Buffalo, where he died five days later.

You can watch me debate all these issues (and more!) with Daniel Biss and Laura Fine, live at 6PM CT on Fox 32 Chicago: ➡️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMEX... ➡️ www.fox32chicago.com/live

8 advances of animal agriculture that backfired. 🧨 👉 Learn more: https://veganfta.com/blog/2025/11/21/8-advances-of-animal-agriculture-that-backfired/ #factoryfarming #antibioticresistance #geneticmodification

72 Year Old Vegan Nun Speaks Up For The Animals Vegan nun and powerlifting champion Pat Farrell speaks about her views on animals and being vegan 🌱  "They are are neighbours too." Amen to that 🙏 Watch the full interview on the PBN YouTube channel.

Unlike other US Olympians speaking out against the Trump regime, Team USA's men’s hockey players chose to praise the president, write @edgeofsports.bsky.social and @julesboykoff.bsky.social. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The NAACP's 117th birthday wishlist: defund ICE, prosecute Kristi Noem, and shutter Elon's data centers.

On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast. The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me. But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.

If a Democrat did this, Sean Hannity would do 24-hour live coverage. Ingraham would interrupt the Super Bowl. Brian Kilmeade would set fire to the studio.

Another reason to oppose Trump’s attempt to take over elections through the SAVE Act.

Excellent, but lost the punchline: slowing clean energy drives the grid to fossil; higher-cost fossil drives money from customers to Trump donors.

The most important railway projects of this century are on the chopping block. The chair of the House committee that oversees transportation spending wants to gut funding for everything but highways. Bullies back down when you stand up to them. Join us.

There is no way Senate Dems should vote for DHS funding while Republicans are threatening to nationalize elections and Trump is threatening to do it by executive order. ICE reforms are no longer enough. Their authoritarianism must be fought with every legislative lever available.

This is part of the sexual politics of meat, so many ads for mammalian milk show cows happy to share their nursing product; smiling, skinny, thinking only of the consumer. Most ads omit, of course, their children for whom the milk was meant.

At Brandeis University, the exhibit "Who Will Draw Our History?" features 10 female artists and their work depicting life during and after the Holocaust. "I'm really struck by their call to duty and what they were able to create," said curator Rachel Perry.

ACLU of Minnesota's executive director Deepinder Mayell testified before Congress this week with a first-hand account of federal agents' lawless attacks on our rights and communities. Demand that Congress rein in DHS' abuses at aclu.org/stop_ice_attacks-

A brand new Super PAC — Elect Chicago Women — just dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars into this race. Why? Because it’s actually a front for AIPAC dark money. And they’re doing everything they can to buy my race:

Why USA, why? www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/a...

www.npr.org/2026/02/04/n... What do we do when protests aren't powerful enough?

People on this website have their theories as to why the Trump administration is promoting milk but the answer is simple: every administration does this (it usually just doesn’t look like bizarre memes)

theconversation.com/denmarks-gen... Let's Go Denmark!

criminal law prof here. There are laws against homicide, and federal agents are not in fact above them. Supremacy clause immunity is limited in scope, not an absolute barrier to state prosecution.