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A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
History shows revoking Harvard's tax status won't be easy — or fast
A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
www.npr.org
April 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.
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True facts are true
April 18, 2025 at 4:01 PM
True facts are true
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My painting COASTAL POPPIES
April 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
My painting COASTAL POPPIES
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Fun fact about Trump tariffs you won’t see in 99% of the reporting:
Trump tariffs are illegal.
Congress controls tariffs just like tax rates.
President can change a tariff only for national security emergency, meaning war.
Trump tariffs are illegal.
Congress controls tariffs just like tax rates.
President can change a tariff only for national security emergency, meaning war.
March 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fun fact about Trump tariffs you won’t see in 99% of the reporting:
Trump tariffs are illegal.
Congress controls tariffs just like tax rates.
President can change a tariff only for national security emergency, meaning war.
Trump tariffs are illegal.
Congress controls tariffs just like tax rates.
President can change a tariff only for national security emergency, meaning war.
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Governor doesn’t have power to summarily fire the Mayor. She can hold a hearing where she is judge, prosecutor & jury. Mayor presents a defense & can appeal in court which could take years. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/n...
Hochul to Meet With City Leaders to Discuss the ‘Path Forward’ for Mayor
After four top aides to Mayor Eric Adams resigned, calls for him to step down are growing.
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Governor doesn’t have power to summarily fire the Mayor. She can hold a hearing where she is judge, prosecutor & jury. Mayor presents a defense & can appeal in court which could take years. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/n...
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Today's lesson for Black History Month is US Army Lt. Henry O. Flipper, one of the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. In 1877 he was the first black cadet to graduate from West Point, thus also becoming the Army's first black commissioned officer.
www.thenmusa.org/biographies/...
www.thenmusa.org/biographies/...
National Museum of the United States Army
www.thenmusa.org
February 19, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Today's lesson for Black History Month is US Army Lt. Henry O. Flipper, one of the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 10th Cavalry Regiment. In 1877 he was the first black cadet to graduate from West Point, thus also becoming the Army's first black commissioned officer.
www.thenmusa.org/biographies/...
www.thenmusa.org/biographies/...
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The GOP budget is out.
Republicans recently promised to love and cherish Medicaid.
Their actual plan is to destroy it.
Republicans recently promised to love and cherish Medicaid.
Their actual plan is to destroy it.
February 13, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The GOP budget is out.
Republicans recently promised to love and cherish Medicaid.
Their actual plan is to destroy it.
Republicans recently promised to love and cherish Medicaid.
Their actual plan is to destroy it.
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uhhh kinda feels like maybe they should publish those birds flu studies?
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC scientific report resumes publication after unprecedented pause
But three studies about bird flu remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:50 PM
uhhh kinda feels like maybe they should publish those birds flu studies?
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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Today's lesson in Black History Month is Jackie Robinson. Before he was immortalized as the player that broke Major League Baseball's color barrier, he was a Lieutenant in the Army during WWII and was court-martialled for his refusal to sit in the back of the bus while riding on base at Ft Hood.
Jackie Robinson and the “Double V” Campaign
Jackie Robinson is most noted for integrating Major League Baseball on April 15, 1947. However, Robinson’s role in the eventual integration of the military is less well known. Five years before his Ma...
nmaahc.si.edu
February 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Today's lesson in Black History Month is Jackie Robinson. Before he was immortalized as the player that broke Major League Baseball's color barrier, he was a Lieutenant in the Army during WWII and was court-martialled for his refusal to sit in the back of the bus while riding on base at Ft Hood.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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I love this
February 13, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I love this
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Ok thank you! Looks eerily similar
December 21, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Ok thank you! Looks eerily similar
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These are fantastic works of art.
February 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
These are fantastic works of art.
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Amazing" It is by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. This is written as a part of it: “I let go of what has weighed me down. Light as a feather, I ride the wind. Like Black folks have always done. Flying free above the structures built to confine us”
Mural by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (6 photos): “I let go of what has weighed me down. Light as a feather, I ride the wind. Like Black folks have always done. Flying free above...
Street Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh"Flight" by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh at 1228 Spruce St. in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with Mural Arts Philadelphia. Photos by Steve Weinik and James.
streetartutopia.com
December 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM
Amazing" It is by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh. This is written as a part of it: “I let go of what has weighed me down. Light as a feather, I ride the wind. Like Black folks have always done. Flying free above the structures built to confine us”
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Nice.
Not in Philly, but this is my favorite.
Not in Philly, but this is my favorite.
December 21, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Nice.
Not in Philly, but this is my favorite.
Not in Philly, but this is my favorite.
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Houston has over 1,000 street murals with huge works of art on downtown buildings. Part of the “Big Art Bigger Change”Street Art for Mankind and created by prominent international and local artists to amplify social and environmental justice in Houston. We need more art.
December 21, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Houston has over 1,000 street murals with huge works of art on downtown buildings. Part of the “Big Art Bigger Change”Street Art for Mankind and created by prominent international and local artists to amplify social and environmental justice in Houston. We need more art.
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If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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GOP pollster says Trump voters ‘tired’ of being accused of racism
Republican pollster Frank Luntz said on Friday that President Trump’s voters are “tired” of being accused of being sexist and racist. In a discussion about Trump’s remarks linking diversity, equity…
thehill.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
If you don't want to be accused of racism, don't vote for a fucking racist, this isn't exactly rocket science my dudes
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
thehill.com/homenews/cam...
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@cantwell.senate.gov care to explain? You like non-government actors having control over these systems?
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
16 Democratic senators recently voted to confirm the Trump-appointed Treasury Secretary who just gave Musk’s team access to a Treasury payment system that disburses trillions and holds mass quantities of personal information. Food for thought. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
February 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
@cantwell.senate.gov care to explain? You like non-government actors having control over these systems?
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
Where is your fight? Where is your outrage?
Is it time for a new senator for Washington? We won’t forget your abdication of responsibility.
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Happy Black History Month! Here at VAT we're going to spend February sharing history about African Americans and the military (in addition to the usual helpful stuff and general snark, of course). Your first lesson of the month:
www.history.com/news/gi-bill...
www.history.com/news/gi-bill...
How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans | HISTORY
The sweeping bill following World War II promised prosperity to veterans. So why didn’t Black Americans benefit?
www.history.com
February 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy Black History Month! Here at VAT we're going to spend February sharing history about African Americans and the military (in addition to the usual helpful stuff and general snark, of course). Your first lesson of the month:
www.history.com/news/gi-bill...
www.history.com/news/gi-bill...
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They've announced the identity of the female crew member on the US Army Blackhawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines flight 5342: Rebecca Lobach.
With her fellow aircrew members CWO Andrew Eaves and SSG Ryan O'Hara, today we honor their ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. 🇺🇸
With her fellow aircrew members CWO Andrew Eaves and SSG Ryan O'Hara, today we honor their ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. 🇺🇸
Durham woman identified as third aboard Black Hawk involved in DC midair collision
Disbelief — that is what friends and neighbors of Rebecca Lobach tell CBS 17 they’re feeling after hearing the tragic news that she was in one of two aircraft to fall into the icy Potomac Riv…
www.cbs17.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:25 PM
They've announced the identity of the female crew member on the US Army Blackhawk helicopter that collided with American Airlines flight 5342: Rebecca Lobach.
With her fellow aircrew members CWO Andrew Eaves and SSG Ryan O'Hara, today we honor their ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. 🇺🇸
With her fellow aircrew members CWO Andrew Eaves and SSG Ryan O'Hara, today we honor their ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation. 🇺🇸
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yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth
January 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
yyyyyeah maybe we shouldn’t just “relax”
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Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?
January 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Serious question: can the president just spend all his time in office suing people and then use the litigation as a "legal" way of accepting bribes via "settlements"?
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What y’all have seen on tv and on your phones ain’t nothing like the devastation and heartbreak in real life. My heart goes out to everyone in greater Los Angeles that lost their homes and belongings and pets and loved ones. We will recover.
@chuckdpe.bsky.social
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January 29, 2025 at 10:08 PM
What y’all have seen on tv and on your phones ain’t nothing like the devastation and heartbreak in real life. My heart goes out to everyone in greater Los Angeles that lost their homes and belongings and pets and loved ones. We will recover.
@chuckdpe.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebui...
@chuckdpe.bsky.social
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebui...