the people who told us to calm down because Roe was settled law are the same people now telling us to calm down because the military would never open fire on Americans

Please consider becoming a PBS supporter - a $60 annual donation (or $5/month) gets you PBS Passport streaming television service. Just go to PBS.com and look for PBS Passport. Pass the word, as well. It's up to us now that PBS is losing the federal funding (i.e. the CPB), about 15% of the total.

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

1/ Over the past several days, my better half and I have been talking about what a new UVA could mean for Charlottesville, the city that raised us and that we know so well.

We're all going to be unbelievably fucked if blue states don't start immediately rolling back restrictions on new housing to create a construction boom and build millions of new multifamily homes as soon as possible

Trump: "We brought back free speech in America. Free speech."

This is a flagrant lie. Today he told universities they would be punished if they allowed protests of or criticisms of Israel, a clear violation of the First Amendment.

Officials at the FAA have directed staff to identify tens of millions of dollars to fund a Starlink deal for upgrading air traffic control communications. Staff has been instructed to find the funds while minimizing documentation and avoiding a paper trail.

📣 DC friends - please consider supporting this rally on Wednesday, February 19th!

If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not

Note that anyone can email the snitch line, DEIAtruth@opm.gov. So if you’ve got any, uh, thoughts or information you’d like to share about this initiative, fire off that email today!