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The free programs would relieve what has become an arduous burden for families in New York and across the country. It’s the first free child care program for municipal workers in the city’s history. buff.ly/5otr9Yf

During the ICE occupation in Minneapolis, media flocked to cover the massive protests and mutual aid networks that had been built—and rightfully so. Less attention has been paid to the small farming and meatpacking towns in the rest of the state. buff.ly/8thSNSd

The opposition to wealth taxes on the very rich held by some prominent Democrats is intellectually and empirically—not to mention politically—indefensible. buff.ly/dsia6gt

The Home Team Act would end sports leagues’ prohibitions on public ownership by community members or local governments. buff.ly/ObUxJzE

The liberal Republican long ago became an extinct species; the moderate Republican is nearly extinct. The strange thing is that so few Republicans seem to mind the party’s betrayal of principles its leaders once said were sacrosanct. buff.ly/XRNa0MR

ICE has been lying for more than a year about its authority to arrest people when they show up to their routine immigration court hearings, according to a letter from the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. buff.ly/6lIq7te

The Trump administration is paying a French energy company a billion dollars to not build two wind farms off the East Coast. Looking into the details of the deal, it is even dumber and more dishonest than it first appears. buff.ly/Vkmjs6F

Meta has been found liable in court for negligence twice this week, indicating that people have come to hate social media, even if they’re heavy users of it. buff.ly/Lo0ikvU

If a Democrat is elected president in 2028, a massive rebuilding of the public sector is a top priority—not just to reverse Trump’s marauding but to repair decades of pre-Trump neglect and willful sabotage. buff.ly/v8Ka5QX

Project Hail Mary is a moving and, for a Hollywood film at least, shockingly realistic view of heroism. buff.ly/ezNGSR5

A recent shooting highlights a serious problem in the Veterans Community Care Program, the private-sector network mandated by the VA MISSION Act of 2018. The act does not have common safeguards for caring for volatile patients. buff.ly/KoZauet

Much writing on current-day politics explains how ideologically polarized Democrats and Republicans have become. But the truly consequential change is that under Donald Trump, the Republicans have routinely betrayed basic tenets of conservative philosophy. buff.ly/XRNa0MR

A recent study could be vital for the ongoing debate about taxes that has taken over the Democratic Party. It shows that a 2 percent wealth tax on multimillionaires initially introduced in 2021 would yield more than twice as much revenue today. buff.ly/wcrBBdn

TSA gets funding. Now the fun begins: The measure financing most of the Department of Homeland Security has nothing constraining the actions of ICE. But to get ICE more funding, Republicans have a tall task. buff.ly/m35wTYn

Under Donald Trump, the Republican Party hasn’t just reversed its positions on specific policies. It has routinely betrayed basic tenets of the conservative philosophy that Republicans have long claimed was the bedrock of their party. buff.ly/BeuTHlX

The doubling of estimated revenues from the Warren wealth tax adds a new dimension to the debate on how to redesign the tax code. buff.ly/XU9Kpbi

Very few private-sector providers are aware of the fact that veteran patients can contribute to the problem of workplace violence. buff.ly/6mfKJrx

The Republicans’ goal for both the existing law and the pending new one is to kill public-sector unions, which are the linchpin of virtually every Democratic campaign in the state. buff.ly/AvMvdVY

Recent court cases show that social media platforms’ traditional protection from legal liability is over and their goodwill with the public has dissipated. buff.ly/Lo0ikvU

If we want energy companies to stop torching the climate and invest in 21st-century power sources, the first step is to turf Republicans out of office. buff.ly/Vkmjs6F