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“Betty Reid Soskin, the nation’s oldest park ranger when she retired in 2022 at age 100, and a trailblazer in preserving the history of Black Americans and women, died Dec. 21. She was 104.” - By Otis R. Taylor Jr., KQED
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December 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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90 years ago...
Then Again: From his Vermont farmhouse, a novelist imagined a fascist takeover of America - VTDigger
Sinclair Lewis drew from national and international headlines, but set most of the story among the green valleys of his adopted home state.
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July 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
90 years ago...
Small-minded and self-defeating behavior continues
Trump threatens 50% tariffs on Brazil if it doesn’t stop the Bolsonaro ‘witch hunt’ trial | CNN Business
President Donald Trump sent out a slew of letters Wednesday to some global trading partners, advising them of tariff levels as high as 50% for their exports to the United States.
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July 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Small-minded and self-defeating behavior continues
The highly secure "cone of silence" for sensitive military discussions
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
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March 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The highly secure "cone of silence" for sensitive military discussions
Rates at which Federal judges are ruling against his rash actions
Another way of saying this is that Trump’s claims are so extreme that even judges appointed by Republicans agree
As we show in a forthcoming JOP paper, this is an important signal to higher courts about the undelying merits of the claims
As we show in a forthcoming JOP paper, this is an important signal to higher courts about the undelying merits of the claims
1/🧵 Judges across ideological lines are ruling against Trump at strikingly similar rates (84% liberal, 86% centrist, 82% conservative). This isn't partisan opposition to Trump—it's the judiciary functioning as intended by cutting across partisan lines to uphold the Constitution.
March 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Rates at which Federal judges are ruling against his rash actions
Pigheaded fascists seek to erase credit where it is due
Clearest proof yet that the Trump admin uses "DEI" to mean "nonwhite people doing something impressive and getting credit."
Navajo Code Talkers made a big difference in WWII. The Axis had more trouble translating their language than cracking codes. And it's not like the Navajo owed the US anything.
Navajo Code Talkers made a big difference in WWII. The Axis had more trouble translating their language than cracking codes. And it's not like the Navajo owed the US anything.
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
March 17, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Pigheaded fascists seek to erase credit where it is due
Social media users are claiming former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams admitted to improperly using a $2 billion EPA grant to buy votes. She didn’t.
Abrams didn’t admit she used $2 billion grant to buy votes
Days after President Donald Trump called out Stacey Abrams in his March 4 speech to Congress, Abrams defended herself in
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March 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A federal judge in Maryland issued an even more sweeping restraining order on Thursday, surpassing an earlier one from the same day. The order broadly prohibits the Trump administration from implementing any future “reductions in force,” such as this week’s directive to terminate half of the
March 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
March 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
“‘In the past several weeks, [Trump] has really launched a full-frontal assault on the Constitution, the rule of law, our system of justice and the entire legal profession.’”
Conservative Legal Icon Says This New Trump Move Is '1 Of The Most Sinister'
Former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig ripped Trump's "full-frontal assault on the Constitution, the rule of law, our system of justice and the entire legal profession."
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March 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Pete has a point
Democrats Need Their Own DEI Purge
The woke brigades in the Democratic Party aren't merely annoying. They have undermined Democrats' appeal to the same minority communities they are supposedly so focused on 'including.'
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February 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Pete has a point
I'm not sure if you've ever heard of "paternalistic racism," but it's a thing. It’s a form of racial bias where someone expresses supportive views about a group while still reinforcing stereotypes or treating them as a historical, or “othered” entity rather than as modern, diverse individuals.
February 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Let's hold sacrosanct our commitment to our NATO allies and not forget for what it was Americans fought. Enough hypocrisy from the White House.
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February 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Let's hold sacrosanct our commitment to our NATO allies and not forget for what it was Americans fought. Enough hypocrisy from the White House.
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Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the State House in Boston to City Hall, chanting “Elon Musk has got to go” and “No kings on Presidents Day!” The temperature was below freezing with wind chills in the teens.
Hundreds gather in Boston for 'No Kings on Presidents Day' protest
Nearly 1,000 people marched in the snow from the State House in Boston to City Hall, chanting “Elon Musk has got to go” and “No kings on Presidents Day!” The temperature was below freezing with wind c...
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February 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Intercultural celebration in St. Pete. 49th annual! Will NEA funding give it another year?
FOLK FAIR
The 49th Annual International Folk Fair will be in England Brothers Park February 20th-22nd, 2025 Thank you to the staff of Pinellas Park for being so welcoming! Please note - registered service...
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February 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Intercultural celebration in St. Pete. 49th annual! Will NEA funding give it another year?