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WARREN: I want to understand how slashing healthcare for families so Meta gets a $3 billion tax cut is a 'really good outcome for the American public' IRS CEO BISIGNANO: I don't see the two as correlated WARREN: Those tax cuts were paid for by pushing people off their healthcare. Did you not follow that?

Neguse: "Despite all of that, Speaker Johnson made the decision to gavel the House out of session and send everyone home. Now we're back 2 weeks later and what has the Republican majority decided is the most pressing issue to debate? Apparently it's a resolution commemorating a bill that Republicans passed last year. It's absurd."

💡 Did you know? Peter Magyar was a senior official in the Orban regime. In 2023 he learned Orban covered up systemic child rapes in a state-run orphanage from his ex-wife, Orban's Justice Minister, who was complicit. He divorced her, quit his job, and set out to oust Orban.

If you paid even a penny in federal income tax last year, you paid more than: Tesla Southwest Disney Live Nation HP United PayPal CVS Health Palantir Citigroup PG&E 3M That's right. They paid $0 in federal income tax. It's time for big corporations to pay their fair share.

In 1914, a five-year-old girl named Charlotte May Pierstorff was shipped alive through the United States postal system. Faced with the high cost of a train ticket, her parents discovered that Charlotte weighed just under the 50-pound limit for the newly launched parcel post service. For only 53 cents in postage — attached directly to her coat — they mailed her to her grandparents’ home in Idaho. She traveled safely in the mail car, supervised by a postal clerk. What sounds like an urban legend was actually a real event during a short window when postal regulations had not yet explicitly banned the mailing of live children. Charlotte became the most famous “package” in Idaho, and her story quickly spread through newspapers. Once stories and photographs of children being sent by mail began circulating, the Postmaster General stepped in. By 1915, new regulations were introduced that officially prohibited the mailing of human beings, closing the bizarre loophole forever.

This is part of a larger trend of governments - including the Trump administration - trying to censor journalists reporting on the realities of this war. Ahmed Shihab-Eldin must be released immediately.

Dear god. Very, very serious allegations of civil rights violations at the State of Florida's Everglades immigration detention center (officially known as "Alligator Alcatraz"), including guards beating people detained there.

Rep ⁦@RepSuhas⁩ says YES the House Oversight Cmte does have leverage to get Pam Bondi to show up for a deposition on #EpsteinFiles

Long before Helena Bonham Carter stepped onto a movie set, her grandmother was facing down the most terrifying man in history. Imagine walking through the halls of 10 Downing Street as a teenager, listening to the secrets of the British Empire. This was the world of Violet Asquith. She wasn't just another socialite. She was a political predator with a razor-sharp mind who saw the world's gears turning before anyone else did. In 1906, a young Violet sat next to a 32-year-old Winston Churchill at a dinner party. While others saw a boisterous politician, she saw a kindred spirit. Their friendship would span six decades, bridging two World Wars and the fall of empires. Violet became Churchill's sounding board and his most trusted confidante outside of his marriage. But as the 1920s arrived, the champagne of victory from the Great War began to taste like vinegar to her. She watched the aftermath of World War I with a cold, analytical dread. While the world celebrated, Violet warned that the crushing demands placed on Germany were planting the seeds of a monster. She predicted that if the young German democracy wasn't supported, a new militarism would rise. She was a lone voice screaming into a hurricane. By the time the 1930s rolled around, her worst fears had a name: Adolf Hitler. Violet didn't just disagree with the Nazis. She loathed them. At a time when members of the British aristocracy were quietly admiring Hitler's 'efficiency,' Violet was calling him a merchant of nightmares. She stood on soapboxes and wrote scathing indictments of the Third Reich. She took aim at the policy of appeasement, famously noting that 'peace at any price' was a debt paid in other people's blood. Her defiance did not go unnoticed across the English Channel. When the Nazis drafted their secret 'Black Book' for the planned invasion of Britain, they didn't just list generals and spies. They listed Violet. She was marked for immediate arrest and liquidation by the SS. To the most powerful dictator on earth, this woman’s words were as dangerous as a division of tanks. She was a woman who refused to blink, and her bloodline still carries that same fire today. During the terrors of the Blitz, Violet refused to flee to the countryside. She served as an air raid warden in the heart of London, patrolling the streets while Nazi bombs leveled the city around her. She also worked tirelessly behind the scenes to secure visas for Jewish families, personally guaranteeing their safety to ensure they escaped the reaching shadow of the Gestapo. After the war, she shattered every glass ceiling in sight. She became the first female President of the Liberal Party Organization and delivered influential lectures at Oxford University, an institution that had denied her a degree in her youth due to her gender. She eventually entered the House of Lords as a Baroness, fighting for human rights until her final days. Violet was so close to Churchill that many historians believe he actually proposed to her before he met his wife, Clementine. Though she turned him down romantically, their intellectual partnership remained one of the most influential 'power friendships' in British history. Additionally, her son, Mark Bonham Carter, continued the family's heroic streak by escaping an Italian POW camp during WWII and walking nearly 400 miles to safety. #drthehistories

Ms. Batra was granted withholding of removal from India *decades* ago. She's been living and working legally (including for the U.S. government!) ever since. But with third country removals now a real option, TSA shared her data with ICE and they arrested her at the airport.

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No means no. Period. The United States already has the ability to open bases in Greenland under the 1951 agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States. Additionally, a high-level working group is currently in place between Denmark, Greenland, and the United States under the 1951 agreement — you must respect that.

Even a wartime leader needs to answer the first call from his mother...

Zelensky has arrived in Italy on an official visit and has already begun talks in Rome with Prime Minister Meloni 🇮🇹🇺🇦 Just as Trump lashes out at Meloni for the second day. Interesting 👀

When he asked her to bend hospital rules and admit an alcoholic, she didn’t hesitate. She placed him in the flower room. It was August 16, 1939. Sister Ignatia Gavin worked at St. Thomas Hospital in Akron, Ohio. She was quiet, unassuming, easy to overlook in the busy halls. But when Dr. Bob Smith came to her, she made a decision that would change everything. Hospitals at the time were strict. Physical illness was treated. Alcoholism was not. It was seen as a moral failing, not a medical condition. Patients were turned away. Dr. Bob knew the consequences. He had struggled with alcohol himself. By 1935, he and Bill Wilson had started Alcoholics Anonymous. But meetings alone weren’t enough for those in severe withdrawal. Some needed medical care to survive. No hospital would allow it. So he asked Sister Ignatia. She thought about the rules—and what turning someone away would mean. “Bring him in,” she said. The patient was admitted under a different diagnosis. There were no available beds. So she used the only space she could. The flower room. A small, quiet area sometimes used for arrangements—and occasionally for the deceased. It wasn’t meant for patients. But it was safe. And it was private. That single choice changed the approach to treatment. For the first time, alcoholism was being handled inside a hospital. Word spread quietly. There was a place that would take you in. A person who wouldn’t judge. Patients began to arrive in worse conditions—physically and emotionally exhausted. Sister Ignatia treated each one the same way. Calm, direct, without fear. Soon, the flower room wasn’t enough. She pushed for a dedicated space. The hospital eventually gave her a small ward, later known as Rosary Hall. It was simple—just a few beds and basic support. But it worked. She stayed with patients through the most difficult hours. She didn’t avoid the truth. She asked them directly if they were ready to change. If they said yes, she helped them. If they relapsed, she let them return. When someone completed treatment, she gave them a small medallion. It came with a condition. If they ever planned to drink again, they had to bring it back to her first. That pause—facing her again—stopped many from relapsing. Dr. Bob died in 1950. She kept going. In 1952, she opened another treatment unit in Cleveland. She insisted on certain details, even small ones like keeping coffee available for patients. To her, those things mattered. Over time, she helped thousands directly, and many more through the programs she supported. She never claimed recognition. She believed the work belonged to the people who recovered. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy sent her a letter of thanks. She retired a few years later due to illness and passed away in 1966. At her funeral, many who attended had once been her patients. People who had arrived at their lowest point—and left with a chance to start again. Today, addiction is treated as a medical condition. But it started, in part, with a decision. One person choosing compassion over policy. When others were turned away— she let them in.

The acting Director of ICE (Todd Lyons) admitted publicly that ICE uses Israeli spyware to hack American phones. The spyware is called "Graphite".

Los libros de historia pasaron por alto discretamente el hecho de que Barack Obama, durante las noches más saturadas de presión de su presidencia, se retiraba solo a la Sala de Tratados en el segundo piso de la residencia de la Casa Blanca —no para trazar estrategias, no para tomar llamadas, sino para escribir a mano cartas personales a diez ciudadanos estadounidenses comunes cada única noche, una práctica que mantuvo con una devoción casi monástica durante los ocho años completos, seleccionando él mismo las cartas de las 40.000 que llegaban diariamente a la Casa Blanca, y su directora de correspondencia de toda la vida, Fiona Reese, confirmó que Obama a menudo lloraba en privado mientras leía ciertas cartas, doblándolas con cuidado antes de escribir respuestas tan personalmente detalladas y emocionalmente presentes que los destinatarios describían frecuentemente la experiencia de recibirlas como el momento más significativo de sus vidas, con un obrero siderúrgico de Ohio escribiendo de vuelta para decir que la carta de Obama lo había detenido físicamente de tomar una decisión que habría alterado permanentemente el futuro de su familia. Lo que hace que esta práctica sea casi insoportablemente conmovedora es el detalle que surgió después —Obama nunca usó una computadora para estas cartas, siempre un bolígrafo de punta de fieltro negro, siempre papel legal amarillo primero como borrador, siempre reescrito a mano una segunda vez en el papel membretado de la Casa Blanca, porque él creía, como le dijo a la historiadora Doris Kearns Goodwin en una rara conversación privada después relatada en su obra de 2018, que el acto físico de presionar la pluma contra el papel obligaba a una calidad de atención que simplemente teclear no podía replicar, una filosofía arraigada en sus años como profesor de derecho constitucional en la Universidad de Chicago de 1992 a 2004, donde desarrolló la convicción de que la democracia solo funciona cuando sus líderes permanecen genuinamente, incómodamente cerca de la gravedad específica del sufrimiento humano individual en lugar de procesarlo desde la distancia aislante de las instituciones y las pantallas.

Trump’s Bureau of Land Management is once again trying to fast-track decisions that impact Chaco Canyon, a 1,000+ year-old sacred cultural and historical site, with an outrageously short public comment period. They think we aren’t paying attention. BLM plans to release a Draft Environmental Assessment in the coming months, followed by just 14 days for public input. 14 days to save a 1,000+ year old heritage site? Follow for more updates and when the public comment period will start. Let’s keep fighting to protect Chaco.

🇺🇸 | Kevin Warsh - nominated by Trump as the next Fed Chair. Jewish, married to Jane Lauder. His father-in-law Ronald Lauder is President of the World Jewish Congress, a longtime pro-Israel activist and a key figure in Jewish-American elite circles. In 2010 (after Epstein had already been convicted for sex crimes with minors), Warsh and his wife appeared on Epstein’s guest lists - including a Wall Street dinner and a St. Barth’s Christmas trip, together with Ghislaine Maxwell, the Trumps, Melania, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Ivanka. He also has ties to Polymarket, SpaceX, and crypto. Clear conflict of interest. And let’s not forget - crypto projects linked to Trump and his circle have already caused hundreds of millions in investor losses. America’s central bank in the hands of someone with these connections?

Blue Butterfly. Brown Bear. Green Turtle. That’s what ICE names the prison blocks at Dilley to make this place sound humane. It’s not. Kids are being locked up, denied care, and treated like they don’t matter. This must end.