NEWS: Donald Trump orders ICE to ramp up operations in blue cities, Vance Boelter has been caught, Republican Mike Lee faces calls for expulsion, VA doctors can refuse treatment based on marital status, and more.

All the news you missed overnight: open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

“It’s time to change the myth and the religion.”

- Carl Sagan

Recently I mourned the death of hard rock and metal in mainstream culture and it instigated an interesting (to me) conversation about how music breaks through in the Internet driven era and how music fans today have to go find stuff themselves. So I’ve been listening, here’s some of my fave stuff

Here you go: youtu.be/e4hRJDYh1Ss?...

If you are a federal worker being offered a buyout, I would advise against taking it.

Of course, this is a personal decision for everyone and it’s your choice.

But these offers are a rush job. The legality is questionable and this admin does not keep to its word.

They aren’t firing for a reason.

Word of the day….