Watch Beryl Howard's speech about facts and authoritarianism...
“The Very Importance of Facts Is Dismissed, or Ignored:” Todd Blanche Whines about Women Judges, Again
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#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
"The Very Importance of Facts Is Dismissed, or Ignored:" Todd Blanche Whines about Women Judges, Again - emptywheel
The defense attorney Trump has put in charge of running DOJ is whining about another woman judge, just like he whined about Tanya Chutkan. This time, he's complaining that Beryl Howell quoted from a book, without naming Trump.emptywheel
By Nature devised of a wonderowus kynde,
Deyntely dyeted with dyvers dylycate spyce,
Tyl Euphrates, that flode, dryveth me into Inde"
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The Skelton Project – Speke Parott
A glossed and annotated full-text edition of Speke Parott (Speak Parrot, Speke Parrot) by the poet John Skelton.www.skeltonproject.org
Union organizers assaulted while organizing at a Chicago construction site
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Union Made. Union Paid. on Instagram: "🗣️🗣️BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Newly obtained video shows union representatives behind the Union Proud Warrioraccount being violently attacked while attempting to organize workers at a construction site. This is Trump’s Ame
155 likes, 20 comments - unionmadeunionpaid on March 21, 2025: "🗣️🗣️BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: Newly obtained video shows union representatives behind the Union Proud Warrioraccount being violently attacked while attempting to organize workers at a construc…Instagram
Juste pour rappel de l'iniquité de cette loi : Bayrou est un apôtre du vote par correspondance. En 2022 encore, son parti proposait une loi sur le sujet pour sa niche parlementaire. Là, son gouvernement vient de le supprimer pour des personnes par définition empêchées de se rendre sur place.
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Le Sénat vote la suppression du vote par correspondance des détenus pour les municipales et les législatives
L’initiative était soutenue par le gouvernement et est censée prévenir les risques de « déstabiliser l’expression démocratique » dans les communes où les prisonniers sont nombreux.Le Monde avec AFP (Le Monde)
To celebrate my new album, coming in just two weeks, I’m giving away a few codes for my #cyberpunk EP, “Escape from Ultra City”. 😀
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Redeem: jonnyfallout.bandcamp.com/yum
#synthwave #electronicmusic #synthfam #synth #music #Bandcamp
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Opinie | Hoe de term ‘antisemitisme’ een dekmantel voor agressie wordt
Essay Timothy Snyder: Trump en de zijnen zeggen tegen antisemitisme te strijden, maar willen vooral autoritair regeren, schrijft Timothy Snyder.NRC
RIP farmers.
Musk’s tactics are hurting those who live off that land—the farmers
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#EndTrump #EndMusk #DonaldKrasnov #RepublicansOwnThis #GOPKakistocracy #GOPWeirdos #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
Musk’s tactics are hurting those who live off that land—the farmers
It’s a time of uncertainty in the heartland as agricultural programs are cut. “It’s very unsettling and very stressful.” By � Marcus Baram , for�Daily Kos
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Beautyland. By Marie-Helene Bertino.
You are a girl, then woman, growing up quite certain you have an alien soul, though the only evidence you have of this are faxed communications from your dying home planet which seek to understand humanity (so you become a writer).
4 of 5 library cats 📠 📠 📠 📠.
@bookstodon #books #bookstodon #reading #scifi #newyork #philadelphia #writing
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Na de crisisjaren raken Grieken gewend aan het nieuwe normaal. Maar leuker is het niet geworden
Griekse economie: Met de overheidsfinanciën gaat het stukken beter. Maar de economie is nog lang niet terug op het niveau van voor de crisis.Marloes de Koning (NRC)
La bonne action du jour: faire et imprimer une affiche proposant des solutions alternatives aux services privateurs, et la coller de partout au boulot dès demain.
Sources LibreOffice et PDF disponible évidemment, public domaine CC-0
@lianna @felixengel @jeffwbrooktree wait what?
I've encouraged feedback, and welcome criticism, that's pretty easy to see.
But that last one, I don't recall ever sexually harassing anyone, and I'd like to see some receipts because that is quite the dangerous accusation.
Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them.Hands Off!
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"Basically, if there wasn’t a “deep state” before, they’ve certainly done their damnedest to create one.”
Terrorizing our fellow Americans | Fred Wellman
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#TrumpDeepState #RussVought #EndTrumpNow #EndDOGENow #USPol
Terrorizing our fellow Americans
Russ Vought promised to traumatize Federal workers, and it's happeningFPWellman (On Democracy with FPWellman Substack Community)
Student loans, #SpecialEducation to move out of #Education Dept
#Trump continued his push to unwind the US Dept of Education, announcing that the management of the entire federal #StudentLoan portfolio & of the dept's "special needs" programs would be moved to other #FederalAgencies immediately.
#USpol #corruption #law #regulation #PublicIntegrity #kleptocracy
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Appearing in the Oval w/ #Defense Secy #PeteHegseth, #Trump said,“I've decided that the #SBA, the Small Business Administration, headed by #KellyLoeffler, a terrific person, will handle all of the student loan portfolio. We have a portfolio that's very large,"Trump said.
[recall #KellyLoeffler was embroiled in an #InsiderTrading investigation during #COVID after Trump repeatedly downplayed the #pandemic she & other #Republicans invested in #PPE that was in high demand after it spread unchecked]
The federal #StudentLoan portfolio — which includes about $1.6T in loans for ~43M borrowers — is currently overseen by the #Education Dept's office of Federal #Student #Aid (#FSA). That office has been gutted by the recent raft of buyouts, early retirements & last week's broad reduction-in-force [#RIF].
It was not clear, based on #Trump's announcement, how or if the remaining employees & expertise at FSA would be transferred to the SBA.
#USpol #Musk #DOGE #law #regulation #kleptocracy
#Trump said he would move #StudentLoans "out of the Dept of #Education immediately" & that #KellyLoeffler & her staff are "all set for it. They're waiting for it. It'll be serviced much better than it has in the past. It's been a mess."
~8M federal #StudentLoan borrowers are in #legal limbo, not making loan payments, as #Biden-era repayment plans were frozen by a judge for being *potentially* illegal. Borrowers also can't currently enroll in the govt's income-driven repayment plans….
#law
In a statement, #KellyLoeffler said, "As the government's largest guarantor of business loans, the #SBA stands ready to deploy its resources & expertise on behalf of America's #taxpayers & #students."
But those resources are about to take a big hit as well, as the SBA also announced on Friday that it plans to cut its workforce by more than 40%.
[a “break it then say it should be shut down because it’s broken” philosophy]
#USpol #Trump #Musk #DOGE #law #kleptocracy #corruption #StudentLoans
Multiple sources at #FSA who could not speak publicly for fear of #retribution said they were blindsided by the news.
Logistical challenges aside, the role of the office of Federal #Student #Aid as the administrator of the #StudentLoan portfolio is protected by #law. It's not clear how these responsibilities could be #legally moved w/o a vote of #Congress. [not that #Trump cares]
#USpol #Musk #DOGE #law #FederalAgencies #Education #StudentLoans #regulation #kleptocracy #corruption
…As recently as Thurs, WH press sec Karoline Leavitt had assured reporters that, "when it comes to #StudentLoans & #PellGrants, those will still be run out of the Dept of #Education."
After announcing these potential changes to the federal student loan portfolio, #Trump then said, "Bobby Kennedy, the Health &Human Services [secretary], will be handling special needs," referring to #RFKJr. [😱]
#SpecialEducation #kakistocracy #USpol #Musk #DOGE #law #FederalAgencies #regulation #corruption
This appears to be a reference to the federal #law known as the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (#IDEA), which the #Education Dept administers. The law guarantees students w/ #disabilities the right to a #free, appropriate education &, in 2024, sent ~$15B to schools to help pay for #SpecialEducation services. The law also makes clear that it is the secretary of education's responsibility to administer these funds.
In a social media post, Sen #PattyMurray, D-WA, called the potential changes "a clear violation of #education & #appropriations #law."
The Education Dept has a dedicated Office of #SpecialEducation & Rehabilitative Services, &, as w/the federal #StudentLoan portfolio, it's unclear how these collective responsibilities on behalf of #children w/ #disabilities could be moved legally w/o a vote of #Congress.
#kakistocracy #USpol #Trump #RFKJr #Musk #DOGE #regulation #kleptocracy #corruption
In a social media post, #HHS Secy #RFKJr said his agency "is fully prepared to take on the responsibility of supporting individuals with special needs."
Not everyone was convinced.
"This is NOT a minor bureaucratic reorganization — it is a fundamental redefinition of how our country treats #children with #disabilities," said Keri Rodrigues, president of the National #Parents Union, which represents >1,800 parent orgs across the country.
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Open-access, in the new edition of Ground Truths
The Business of Promoting Longevity and Healthspan
A crop of new consumer-facing companies with unconventional data collectionEric Topol (Ground Truths)
Until now, scientists have mostly ignored shared silences between romantic partners, concentrating on verbal exchanges: how to discuss feelings, negotiate needs and deal with conflict. But according to new research, silence can be a powerful communicator for couples.
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#KnowableMagazine
#ScienceMastodon
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Here's the difference between dogs and cats.
You feed a dog, and it goes "You feed me! You must be God!"
You feed a cat, and it goes "You feed me! I must be God!"
Your cats aren't favoring the new feeder as a God. They are favoriting it as their most dedicated worshipper.
Regardless, check your shoes before you stick your feet in them, because you've been relegated to the lowest class.
@lowqualityfacts
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