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Opera singer (baritone) and on voice faculty of The Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
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Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
Moody’s downgrades U.S. credit as Congress considers bill that could add to deficits
Moody’s knocked the government’s credit rating down a notch as debt soars.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Moody’s Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating, as the country’s debt soars and interest rates remain high.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
The downgrade, from the highest rating to one notch below, comes as the president’s budget bill suffered a blow in Congress.
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Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
April 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47
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Why have they not already?
Let’s see what he does, shall we?!
He. Will. Disappoint. Guaranteed. ✨
He. Will. Disappoint. Guaranteed. ✨
April 15, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Why have they not already?
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A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the US can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.
Immigration judge rules that Columbia University activist Mahmoud Khalil can be deported - The Boston Globe
Immigration Judge Jamee Comans made the determination at the end of a nearly two-hour hearing. Khalil can appeal the ruling.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A Louisiana immigration judge has ruled that the US can deport Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil.
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Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Not a single word to help the 33m small businesses in this country. Not from anyone in the administration.
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
So many buy from China, and don't have alternatives.
So many didn't have the cash to front run the tariffs and buy inventory
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*gazes wistfully out a window*
Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections
Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.
www.wsj.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
*gazes wistfully out a window*
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Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
SCiMaP
scienceimpacts.org
March 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just in NIH grants, It looks like beautiful Iowa City, home of the U of Iowa, will lose $71m in funding. That's almost $1k per resident. And that's before all the other cuts to SSA, FDA, etc.
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
Anyone in Iowa City that can offer more insight?
scienceimpacts.org
H/T to Prathima !
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🚨 Alabama’s public health system is under attack! A $190M grant funding infectious disease prevention has been terminated, cutting 140 health dept. jobs. With a measles outbreak looming, who will protect our communities? #HealthJustice #Alabama
www.wsfa.com/2025/03/28/d...
www.wsfa.com/2025/03/28/d...
DOGE cancels $190M contract affecting Alabama health departments
The new U.S. Department of Government Efficiency, or “DOGE,” has terminated a multi-million dollar Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant that benefitted the Alabama Department of Public Hea...
www.wsfa.com
March 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
🚨 Alabama’s public health system is under attack! A $190M grant funding infectious disease prevention has been terminated, cutting 140 health dept. jobs. With a measles outbreak looming, who will protect our communities? #HealthJustice #Alabama
www.wsfa.com/2025/03/28/d...
www.wsfa.com/2025/03/28/d...
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He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
March 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
He fired the black chairman of the joint chiefs for being woke and hired his brother.
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Christy Walton, Walmart heiress, takes out full page anti-trump ad
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
March 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Christy Walton, Walmart heiress, takes out full page anti-trump ad
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
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Tufts PhD student and Fulbright Scholar, apprehended in my area apparently because she co-authored an OpEd in her school paper last year that was politically critical. WTF, people???
www.facebook.com/share/1WSGWK...
www.facebook.com/share/1WSGWK...
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March 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Tufts PhD student and Fulbright Scholar, apprehended in my area apparently because she co-authored an OpEd in her school paper last year that was politically critical. WTF, people???
www.facebook.com/share/1WSGWK...
www.facebook.com/share/1WSGWK...
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The Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities in Somerville has been sent to a Louisiana detention facility, despite a federal judge’s order telling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to remove her from Massachusetts without notice.
Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities sent to Louisiana - The Boston Globe
Masked plainclothes officers arrested Rumeysa Ozturk outside a Somerville home Tuesday evening.
www.bostonglobe.com
March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities in Somerville has been sent to a Louisiana detention facility, despite a federal judge’s order telling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to remove her from Massachusetts without notice.
This was our anthem at church Sunday. I pray and work for the day the whole world sings this from our hearts. Peace.
March 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This was our anthem at church Sunday. I pray and work for the day the whole world sings this from our hearts. Peace.
Please. Everyone. Watch, listen, and HEAR all 13 minutes and 28 seconds of this! Please!!
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
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U.S. Marine Band forced to cancel concert with students of color after Trump DEI order
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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March 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Please. Everyone. Watch, listen, and HEAR all 13 minutes and 28 seconds of this! Please!!
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
youtu.be/lhwS06U1SnA?...
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March 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks
The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...
www.wunc.org
March 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state
www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...
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my old toaster did this :(
March 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
my old toaster did this :(
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“Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump turns White House lawn into car lot for megadonor Musk
It’s easy to get inured to the corruption, but hawking Teslas on the South Lawn was among the most obscene events in White House history.
www.msnbc.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
“Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption”
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
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Congress is voting on a Republican-led and Trump/Musk endorsed bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the year.
Here’s 6 reasons why you should urge your Representative and Senators to REJECT this proposal:
Here’s 6 reasons why you should urge your Representative and Senators to REJECT this proposal:
March 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Congress is voting on a Republican-led and Trump/Musk endorsed bill to fund the federal government for the rest of the year.
Here’s 6 reasons why you should urge your Representative and Senators to REJECT this proposal:
Here’s 6 reasons why you should urge your Representative and Senators to REJECT this proposal:
Wikipedia ‘On this Day” for today:
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wikipedia ‘On this Day” for today:
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“This is like presidential campaign rallies, isn’t it? But I’m not running for president, and this is not a campaign,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told The Associated Press. “You gotta do what you gotta do. The country’s in trouble and I want to play my role.”
Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders emerges as the leader of the anti-Trump resistance
At 83 years old, Sanders is not running for president again. But the stooped and silver-haired democratic socialist has emerged as a leader of the resistance to Donald Trump's second presidency.
buff.ly
March 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
“This is like presidential campaign rallies, isn’t it? But I’m not running for president, and this is not a campaign,” Sen. Bernie Sanders told The Associated Press. “You gotta do what you gotta do. The country’s in trouble and I want to play my role.”