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Just as important as the raw totals is the factor driving the retirement announcements: Capitol Hill just isn't a great place to work lately. |
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| As a rule, when the president talks about imaginary conversations, his descriptions are vague. Occasionally, he slips up. |
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As a rule, when the president talks about imaginary conversations, his descriptions are vague. Occasionally, he slips up. |
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| The fact that bullet-pocked windows remain in place at the agency's headquarters makes it difficult to be optimistic about the CDC's future. |
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The fact that bullet-pocked windows remain in place at the agency's headquarters makes it difficult to be optimistic about the CDC's future. |
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| Whether Team Trump appreciates this or not, there's a very real possibility that the alleged smear campaign will backfire. |
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Whether Team Trump appreciates this or not, there's a very real possibility that the alleged smear campaign will backfire. |
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WHAT'S ON RACHEL'S BLUESKY RADAR? |
Hello readers! As much as we like to provide a complete digest of Rachel's Bluesky posts here, in the interest of expediency the items below are only the news stories Rachel linked to. If you'd like to see the many No Kings posts that Rachel re-shared over the weekend, you can take a scroll through her posts here. Cheers! - is it actually unclear?
really?
"It was unclear why the White House did not issue orders to block the tanker or whether it would allow future Russian oil shipments to reach the island..."
U.S. Allows Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Despite Blockade
(Rachel remarks on New York Times)
- "DOHA, Qatar — Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."
(NBC News)
- "The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..."
"Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..."
(USA Today)
- "footage drawn from Russian military Telegram channels that appears to show Russian soldiers with Ubiquiti Wi-Fi bridges, appeals from Russian soldiers seeking funds to acquire the equipment, and step-by-step guides for Russian soldiers on how to install them..."
Pussy Riot protests US tech company Ubiquiti for 'powering Russian war crimes'
(Kyiv Independent)
- "Detainees with no criminal charges were sometimes held in cramped jails for more than a week, violating Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines that limit such stays to three days.
In Orange County, home to Orlando, the county mayor and immigration lawyers said that federal authorities had been picking up jailed detainees and driving them not to immigrant detention centers, but around town for a few hours. Federal authorities would then rebook the detainees into the jail the same day, in order to restart the three-day clock, the mayor and lawyers said."
(New York Times)
- "In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma.
A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow.
"I was in shock, seeing those little dots," he said of the scan..."
(Minnesota Star Tribune)
- The Incredible Shrinking CPAC — Once the center of conservative gravity, CPAC can't get a single Trump family member to show up.
(Mother Jones)
- ".. More Republicans are retiring ahead of the midterms than at any point in nearly a century, according to an ABC News tally .."
(Carl Quintanilla shares ABC News)
- "I have a crazy way of reporting on 'No Kings' that's different from the NYT...I go out and talk to protesters about what they think
Sure, size matters, but so does the passion of a movement offering the 4-letter word that beats back dictators
Hope
My new column"
(Will Bunch shares the Philadelphia Inquirer)
- "Happening now in Evanston, IL: interfaith leaders are hosting anothet demonstration against Highlands REIT, the Chicago real estate firm that owns the Sherman Plaza property across the street from this rally, and is planning to lease a vacant jail in Colorado to ICE for immigration detention."
"This is the second weekend in a row that people have gathered in Evanston to protest Highlands REIT's contracting with ICE. Read more about that first gathering here:"
(David Byrnes shares Chicago Reader)
- "This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. "
(Gillian Brockell shares Daylight San Diego)
- "Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and also the best guarantee we can hold free and fair elections this November. Today, it was shining brightly."
(Joyce White Vance shares her Substack link)
- "🚨 THIS JUST IN: With over 100 protests still to come, we can already estimate that at least 8 million people participated in No Kings protests today.
That makes No Kings 3 the largest single day of protest in American history. #NoKings"
(Indivisible)
- "A few miles south of Howell, the tiny village of Pinckney hosted its first official No Kings rally, organized by Kate Pratt.
"It just upset me so much that there wasn't ever anything here going on, and so last week, I said, 'Oh, what the heck? I'm just gonna host one of these things,' Pratt said.
Pratt, who has lived in the village of about 2,500 people for almost 50 years, said she only expected maybe a dozen people to show, but was happy to see more than 50 turn out."
(Michigan Advance via News from the States)
- "Previous demonstrations in Missoula have drawn thousands, and the one Saturday, organized by Missoula Resists, Indivisible Missoula and Stand Up Fight Back, was estimated at more than double, possibly triple, the first No Kings rally..."
(Daily Montanan)
- "In La Crosse and Viroqua on Saturday, protesters asked about Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden, a vocal ally of President Trump who has represented the district since 2023, responded with eye rolls, name calling and, in one case, a fart noise..."
No Kings rallies across Wisconsin draw thousands
(Wisconsin Examiner)
- highly recommend an excellent brass band for all No Kings protests!
(sent by a pal in Northampton Massachusetts)
Hello readers!As much as we like to provide a complete digest of Rachel's Bluesky posts here, in the interest of expediency the items below are only the news stories Rachel linked to. If you'd like to see the many No Kings posts that Rachel re-shared over the weekend, you can take a scroll through her posts here.Cheers! - is it actually unclear?
really?
"It was unclear why the White House did not issue orders to block the tanker or whether it would allow future Russian oil shipments to reach the island..."
U.S. Allows Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Despite Blockade
(Rachel remarks on New York Times)
- "DOHA, Qatar — Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."
(NBC News)
- "The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..."
"Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..."
(USA Today)
- "footage drawn from Russian military Telegram channels that appears to show Russian soldiers with Ubiquiti Wi-Fi bridges, appeals from Russian soldiers seeking funds to acquire the equipment, and step-by-step guides for Russian soldiers on how to install them..."
Pussy Riot protests US tech company Ubiquiti for 'powering Russian war crimes'
(Kyiv Independent)
- "Detainees with no criminal charges were sometimes held in cramped jails for more than a week, violating Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines that limit such stays to three days.
In Orange County, home to Orlando, the county mayor and immigration lawyers said that federal authorities had been picking up jailed detainees and driving them not to immigrant detention centers, but around town for a few hours. Federal authorities would then rebook the detainees into the jail the same day, in order to restart the three-day clock, the mayor and lawyers said."
(New York Times)
- "In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma.
A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow.
"I was in shock, seeing those little dots," he said of the scan..."
(Minnesota Star Tribune)
- The Incredible Shrinking CPAC — Once the center of conservative gravity, CPAC can't get a single Trump family member to show up.
(Mother Jones)
- ".. More Republicans are retiring ahead of the midterms than at any point in nearly a century, according to an ABC News tally .."
(Carl Quintanilla shares ABC News)
- "I have a crazy way of reporting on 'No Kings' that's different from the NYT...I go out and talk to protesters about what they think
Sure, size matters, but so does the passion of a movement offering the 4-letter word that beats back dictators
Hope
My new column"
(Will Bunch shares the Philadelphia Inquirer)
- "Happening now in Evanston, IL: interfaith leaders are hosting anothet demonstration against Highlands REIT, the Chicago real estate firm that owns the Sherman Plaza property across the street from this rally, and is planning to lease a vacant jail in Colorado to ICE for immigration detention."
"This is the second weekend in a row that people have gathered in Evanston to protest Highlands REIT's contracting with ICE. Read more about that first gathering here:"
(David Byrnes shares Chicago Reader)
- "This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. "
(Gillian Brockell shares Daylight San Diego)
- "Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and also the best guarantee we can hold free and fair elections this November. Today, it was shining brightly."
(Joyce White Vance shares her Substack link)
- "🚨 THIS JUST IN: With over 100 protests still to come, we can already estimate that at least 8 million people participated in No Kings protests today.
That makes No Kings 3 the largest single day of protest in American history. #NoKings"
(Indivisible)
- "A few miles south of Howell, the tiny village of Pinckney hosted its first official No Kings rally, organized by Kate Pratt.
"It just upset me so much that there wasn't ever anything here going on, and so last week, I said, 'Oh, what the heck? I'm just gonna host one of these things,' Pratt said.
Pratt, who has lived in the village of about 2,500 people for almost 50 years, said she only expected maybe a dozen people to show, but was happy to see more than 50 turn out."
(Michigan Advance via News from the States)
- "Previous demonstrations in Missoula have drawn thousands, and the one Saturday, organized by Missoula Resists, Indivisible Missoula and Stand Up Fight Back, was estimated at more than double, possibly triple, the first No Kings rally..."
(Daily Montanan)
- "In La Crosse and Viroqua on Saturday, protesters asked about Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden, a vocal ally of President Trump who has represented the district since 2023, responded with eye rolls, name calling and, in one case, a fart noise..."
No Kings rallies across Wisconsin draw thousands
(Wisconsin Examiner)
- highly recommend an excellent brass band for all No Kings protests!
(sent by a pal in Northampton Massachusetts)
Hello readers!As much as we like to provide a complete digest of Rachel's Bluesky posts here, in the interest of expediency the items below are only the news stories Rachel linked to. If you'd like to see the many No Kings posts that Rachel re-shared over the weekend, you can take a scroll through her posts here. Cheers!
- is it actually unclear?
really?
"It was unclear why the White House did not issue orders to block the tanker or whether it would allow future Russian oil shipments to reach the island..."
U.S. Allows Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Despite Blockade
(Rachel remarks on New York Times)
- "DOHA, Qatar — Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."
(NBC News)
- "The third No Kings protests were an unmistakable display of political force..."
"Two-thirds of participants live in suburban, small town or rural areas, a 40% increase over last time in protesters from outside big cities..."
(USA Today)
- "footage drawn from Russian military Telegram channels that appears to show Russian soldiers with Ubiquiti Wi-Fi bridges, appeals from Russian soldiers seeking funds to acquire the equipment, and step-by-step guides for Russian soldiers on how to install them..."
Pussy Riot protests US tech company Ubiquiti for 'powering Russian war crimes'
(Kyiv Independent)
- "Detainees with no criminal charges were sometimes held in cramped jails for more than a week, violating Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidelines that limit such stays to three days.
In Orange County, home to Orlando, the county mayor and immigration lawyers said that federal authorities had been picking up jailed detainees and driving them not to immigrant detention centers, but around town for a few hours. Federal authorities would then rebook the detainees into the jail the same day, in order to restart the three-day clock, the mayor and lawyers said."
(New York Times)
- "In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma.
A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow.
"I was in shock, seeing those little dots," he said of the scan..."
(Minnesota Star Tribune)
- The Incredible Shrinking CPAC — Once the center of conservative gravity, CPAC can't get a single Trump family member to show up.
(Mother Jones)
- ".. More Republicans are retiring ahead of the midterms than at any point in nearly a century, according to an ABC News tally .."
(Carl Quintanilla shares ABC News)
- "I have a crazy way of reporting on 'No Kings' that's different from the NYT...I go out and talk to protesters about what they think
Sure, size matters, but so does the passion of a movement offering the 4-letter word that beats back dictators
Hope
My new column"
(Will Bunch shares the Philadelphia Inquirer)
- "Happening now in Evanston, IL: interfaith leaders are hosting anothet demonstration against Highlands REIT, the Chicago real estate firm that owns the Sherman Plaza property across the street from this rally, and is planning to lease a vacant jail in Colorado to ICE for immigration detention."
"This is the second weekend in a row that people have gathered in Evanston to protest Highlands REIT's contracting with ICE. Read more about that first gathering here:"
(David Byrnes shares Chicago Reader)
- "This story is insane. Married an American, arrested at her greencard interview, flown out of state, nearly killed multiple times when her diabetes was ignored and then mistreated. When she finally got out? Found out her credit card had been used illegally. "
(Gillian Brockell shares Daylight San Diego)
- "Sunlight is the best disinfectant, and also the best guarantee we can hold free and fair elections this November. Today, it was shining brightly."
(Joyce White Vance shares her Substack link)
- "🚨 THIS JUST IN: With over 100 protests still to come, we can already estimate that at least 8 million people participated in No Kings protests today.
That makes No Kings 3 the largest single day of protest in American history. #NoKings"
(Indivisible)
- "A few miles south of Howell, the tiny village of Pinckney hosted its first official No Kings rally, organized by Kate Pratt.
"It just upset me so much that there wasn't ever anything here going on, and so last week, I said, 'Oh, what the heck? I'm just gonna host one of these things,' Pratt said.
Pratt, who has lived in the village of about 2,500 people for almost 50 years, said she only expected maybe a dozen people to show, but was happy to see more than 50 turn out."
(Michigan Advance via News from the States)
- "Previous demonstrations in Missoula have drawn thousands, and the one Saturday, organized by Missoula Resists, Indivisible Missoula and Stand Up Fight Back, was estimated at more than double, possibly triple, the first No Kings rally..."
(Daily Montanan)
- "In La Crosse and Viroqua on Saturday, protesters asked about Republican Congressman Derrick Van Orden, a vocal ally of President Trump who has represented the district since 2023, responded with eye rolls, name calling and, in one case, a fart noise..."
No Kings rallies across Wisconsin draw thousands
(Wisconsin Examiner)
- highly recommend an excellent brass band for all No Kings protests!
(sent by a pal in Northampton Massachusetts)
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(Rachel Maddow)
- God bless you, Jon Dee Graham.
Rest in peace, friend.
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- Beloved Austin singer-songwriter, Jon Dee Graham, dead at 67
(Rachel shares the Austin American-Statesman and a song)
- "the lawsuit asks the courts to stop the agency from making arrests without warrants or probable-cause determinations, and to make the government pay the expenses and legal fees of those who were improperly detained..."
...
"ICE agents appeared at a Columbus hotel on Dec. 17 looking for someone. As they did, three housekeepers had the bad luck to walk to their cars on their lunch break.
They were "snatched by federal agents who jumped out of their vehicles then sped off the property," the lawsuit said. "All three housekeepers appear Hispanic or Latino, and two are Puerto Rico-born United States citizens.
"No questions were asked before these federal agents grabbed them and placed them in their vehicles. Two of the women were ultimately released once ICE realized they were U.S. citizens — but only after spending four days in jail.""
(News from the States)
- "As acting US Attorney for Rhode Island, she spent the past year overseeing federal prosecutions under the Trump administration.
She now begins a new job at Mass Deportation Defense, a nonprofit created to provide counsel for those facing immigration proceedings..."
(10WJAR)
- Amherst man pardoned by Trump over Jan. 6 sentenced for child porn possession
(MassLive)
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