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Laura Parkin

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Host of Cape Climate on WOMR, creator of Cape Cod & Islands Weekly Climate Roundup, gardener, and I do some other stuff. Cats, corgis, and climate.

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AOC came out swinging against age verification legislation and somehow the entire tech press seems to not have noticed?

09.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 2969 πŸ” 918 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 5
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Kids grow fast, and so do we.

This fall, we're adding more than 1,000 seats for universal 3-K in 56 zip codes. Childcare will be more accessible and affordable across all five boroughs.

09.03.2026 23:06 πŸ‘ 2932 πŸ” 404 πŸ’¬ 37 πŸ“Œ 28
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California is stepping up as the Trump admin undermines public health and puts lives at risk

@governor.ca.gov is defending science: launching the West Coast Health Alliance and partnering with global health leaders like the @who.int as vaccine guidance is rolled back and research funding is slashed

09.03.2026 22:40 πŸ‘ 234 πŸ” 79 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Just a reminder that Muslims have been on this continent since the first arrival of non-Indigenous people. They were among the first generation of Americans, and have been here ever since.

09.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 8960 πŸ” 2894 πŸ’¬ 592 πŸ“Œ 140

These poor kids. This family did nothing wrong except believe in the United States.

08.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 999 πŸ” 306 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3

This is what ecocide looks like.

08.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 5029 πŸ” 1838 πŸ’¬ 91 πŸ“Œ 43
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FEDWATCH: Oil-shock inflation β€œprevents the Fed from responding to worsening employment conditions .. an adversely tightening policy which could strain credit and put at risk 1 to 2 million jobs created by private credit, according to the Fed’s own estimates.” πŸ‘€

08.03.2026 16:00 πŸ‘ 398 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 10

These asshole twerps with no brains or education from DOGE really did use ChatGPT to find NEH grants to terminate ILLEGALLY - ruining hundreds lives and destroying hundreds of the greatest humanities projects and partnerships of our time. I’m overwhelmed with rage and anger all over again.

07.03.2026 20:54 πŸ‘ 1063 πŸ” 427 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 9

This ad shows her getting attacked by ICE as she protested.
I was there.
I saw what happened.
It was worse than these clips show, and her bravery was obvious.

After tear gas and pepper balls, after getting thrown to the ground, when the gas cleared she sat at that very spot, and started knitting.

08.03.2026 05:05 πŸ‘ 1577 πŸ” 283 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 1
08.03.2026 13:28 πŸ‘ 2515 πŸ” 1177 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 37
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Don’t let Fox get away with it this time. Spread the word.

Fox & Friends Weekend replaced footage of Trump attending yesterday’s dignified transfer with a clip from 2025.

They clearly didn’t want their audience to see him disrespecting fallen soldiers wearing a baseball cap.
H/T: @BadFoxGraphics

08.03.2026 14:13 πŸ‘ 4437 πŸ” 2762 πŸ’¬ 326 πŸ“Œ 177
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How to Capture the Mad King's Attention - emptywheel There are ways to explain the snowballing repercussions of Donald Trump's illegal war on Iran. But he's not *getting* those explains for a variety of reasons that make his rule insane.

How to Capture the Mad King's Attention

emptywheel.net/how-to-captu...

08.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 13
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Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday

08.03.2026 13:24 πŸ‘ 12944 πŸ” 4905 πŸ’¬ 922 πŸ“Œ 695
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TAPPER: You know that if you vote against an additional $50 billion of funding for operations in Iran, that vote will be cast as you voting against the troops.

CHRIS MURPHY: Come on. The American people do not want this war. If you support the troops, you should be voting against this war.

08.03.2026 13:36 πŸ‘ 17145 πŸ” 4025 πŸ’¬ 1592 πŸ“Œ 864
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Brilliant πŸ†

Isata Kanneh-Mason absolutely tears through Rachmaninoff’s fiendish Piano Concerto No. 3 with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

08.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 4279 πŸ” 921 πŸ’¬ 180 πŸ“Œ 76

THREAD: I got laid off from NYMag/Vulture after 14 years. The family lost 75% of income + medical. Now mzs.press bookstore, once a side project. is do-or-die for Judith & I. I feel weird telling you this because others are doing much worse. But if you could like or share this, we'd be so grateful!

08.03.2026 00:29 πŸ‘ 5933 πŸ” 3443 πŸ’¬ 285 πŸ“Œ 234

I don't ever want to hear that it's wrong to call them Nazis again.

08.03.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 2447 πŸ” 669 πŸ’¬ 33 πŸ“Œ 9

DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin is one of the most active stock-traders in the Senate β€” and violated the STOCK Act against insider trading as recently as last August.

He currently holds stock in L3Harris, which has millions in contracts with ICE and FEMA.

The grift continues.

06.03.2026 19:45 πŸ‘ 16356 πŸ” 7375 πŸ’¬ 530 πŸ“Œ 383
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Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)

04.03.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 6084 πŸ” 1720 πŸ’¬ 307 πŸ“Œ 262

Reupping.

Not only did Trump minimize possibility of terrorist attacks on US. But White House nixed a law enforcement bulletin ABOUT those threats.

07.03.2026 11:01 πŸ‘ 585 πŸ” 284 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 11

This was a very hard piece to report out, but an important and urgent one. If you care about the safety of women and girls online, I hope you’ll read it and share it with others.

06.03.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

*** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ***

Clyde Conway (D–as in Dog) wishes a Happy Ding Dong the Puppy Killer is Gone Day to his four-legged constituents and all humans who celebrate.

06.03.2026 15:28 πŸ‘ 6426 πŸ” 894 πŸ’¬ 234 πŸ“Œ 39
Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying Trump impulsively acted in Venezuela and Iran, causing global instability, and suggesting spikes in instability coincide with revelations about the Epstein files. Below is a video still of Ocasio-Cortez speaking outside a government building.

Screenshot of an X post by Acyn quoting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez saying Trump impulsively acted in Venezuela and Iran, causing global instability, and suggesting spikes in instability coincide with revelations about the Epstein files. Below is a video still of Ocasio-Cortez speaking outside a government building.

Continuation of the same post showing Ocasio-Cortez arguing that if the Epstein files influence Trump’s decisions enough to risk global conflict to protect himself politically, it means he cannot make objective decisions for the American people. The image shows Ocasio-Cortez speaking on a walkway outside a building.

Continuation of the same post showing Ocasio-Cortez arguing that if the Epstein files influence Trump’s decisions enough to risk global conflict to protect himself politically, it means he cannot make objective decisions for the American people. The image shows Ocasio-Cortez speaking on a walkway outside a building.

She's right, you know.

06.03.2026 00:32 πŸ‘ 2961 πŸ” 666 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 22
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***** MEDIA ADVISORY *****

Clyde Conway (D-Central Park) will be issuing a video statement on the firing of Secretary of Puppy Killing Kristi Noem shortly.

05.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 5908 πŸ” 537 πŸ’¬ 250 πŸ“Œ 26
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Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, Kristi Noem.

05.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 22505 πŸ” 4965 πŸ’¬ 765 πŸ“Œ 403
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Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.

"I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me in trouble."

--Carl Sagan

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...

05.03.2026 20:08 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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We identified 12 shootings by federal agents that led to the deaths or injuries of citizens & immigrants since Sept.

Nearly every time, the Trump admin blamed the injured and dead. Experts say this apparent lack of accountability demands that local authorities step up to investigate federal agents.

05.03.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 2180 πŸ” 971 πŸ’¬ 28 πŸ“Œ 39
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I just voted to end the illegal war with Iran. Republicans blocked it. We have to keep fighting tooth and nail to prevent this from becoming another endless war in the Middle East.

05.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 280 πŸ” 45 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 5
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AOC: If people like Kristi Noem, Kash Patel, and Pam Bondi violate the law, there are supposed to be consequences. These are people who call themselves law enforcement officers. The message they’re sending is that they can cover up for pedophiles and street executions. That cannot be acceptable.

05.03.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 6543 πŸ” 1803 πŸ’¬ 102 πŸ“Œ 54