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This should motivate library lovers to donate whatever they can to their local library.
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
Among Friends by first-time novelist Hal Ebbott
Do you know who would know what is in the Epstein files? The lawyer who prosecuted the case. Oh, wait.👀
I live in the West 60s and found that when I told people I lived on the UWS they generally assumed I lived in the 80s or 90s. So now I say “near Lincoln Center” for clarity. I’m good with Lincoln Square.
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?
Bryant Park, NYC
And let’s not forget there were “fine people on both sides.” They could not care less about antisemitism. Such a disgraceful farce designed only to deny free expression of opinions.
BREAKING: Mike Johnson plans to put up the SAVE Act for a vote any minute now! This is THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY that will limit access to the polls and lead to voter purges. We must stop this bill. Hands Off Her Vote Toolkit ➡️ social.demcast.com/toolkit/stop...
People will get sick, or worse, because the people who are charged with keeping our food safe were fired,” says Scott Faber, senior vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group, a health advocacy group. #foodsafety #FDA
How exactly does withholding millions of dollars for STI testing, cancer screenings, and contraception services make America healthier? #TitleX www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
I’m Still Here
Before vaccinations parents did try to infect a well child if her sibling had German measles. This was because getting that illness when pregnant was dangerous, so parents wanted girls to get infected when young so immune as adults. Also more efficient to have multiple kids sick at same time!
This struck me as the perfect distillation of JD Vance. He is a shockingly incurious and unserious guy who has faked his way into the center of power and now thinks he’s the smartest guy in the room.
Ending the night with this. *Get your hankies* A D-Day veteran called a gracious and humbled Zelenskyy a hero.
This needs to be amplified.
SSA employee to me re: 50% staff reduction: "Can say unequivocally that such deep cuts to SSA, which is already at historically low staffing, will cause significant to extreme degradation of services, very likely including checks missed and individuals dying before their claims can be processed."
Firing the JAGs especially concerning: One more example of Trump’s all too successful attempt to remove any guardrail that might limit his power. As citizens increasingly take to the streets, who will have the power to tell him that, no, in this country we don’t shoot protestors?
Can’t wait to read this. Congrats!
Yes. Also I’m Still Here: gut-wrenching yet hopeful, with outstanding acting by all.
Any chance we’ll finally get to see all the Trump tax returns that “the IRS is still auditing”?
The Deborah Birx look….
Thank you for your continuing efforts to highlight and, most important, combat the many totalitarian initiatives underway.
Yes, though given recent ridiculous proposals, apparently not in retreat from Greenland, Canada, Panama Canal, and — perhaps most absurdly — Gaza. A very peculiar kind of isolationism. Imperialism more like it.